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Stream Hydrology

An Introduction for Ecologists

By: Nancy D. Gordon,Thomas A. McMahon,Brian L. Finlayson,Christopher J. Gippel,Rory J. Nathan

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Stream Hydrology

An Introduction for Ecologists

By: Nancy D. Gordon,Thomas A. McMahon,Brian L. Finlayson,Christopher J. Gippel,Rory J. Nathan

Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management. In particular, growth has occurred in the areas of stream rehabilitation and the evaluation of environmental flow needs. The concept of stream health has been adopted as a way of assessing stream resources and setting management goals. Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists Second Edition documents recent research and practice in these areas. Chapters provide information on sampling, field techniques, stream analysis, the hydrodynamics of moving water, channel form, sediment transport and commonly used statistical methods such as flow duration and flood frequency analysis. Methods are presented from engineering hydrology, fluvial geomorphology and hydraulics with examples of their biological implications. This book demonstrates how these fields are linked and utilised in modern, scientific river management. * Emphasis on applications, from collecting and analysing field measurements to using data and tools in stream management. * Updated to include new sections on environmental flows, rehabilitation, measuring stream health and stream classification. * Critical reviews of the successes and failures of implementation. * Revised and updated windows-based AQUAPAK software. This book is essential reading for 2nd/3rd year undergraduates and postgraduates of hydrology, stream ecology and fisheries science in Departments of Physical Geography, Biology, Environmental Science, Landscape Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Limnology. It would be valuable reading for professionals working in stream ecology, fisheries science and habitat management, environmental consultants and engineers.

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1118688171

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Chinese Political Culture

By: Shiping Hua,Andrew J. Nathan

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Chinese Political Culture

By: Shiping Hua,Andrew J. Nathan

Until this book, there has been no comprehensive, methodologically aware study of all aspects of Chinese political culture. The book is organized into three major areas: Chinese identities and popular culture (regional identities, anti-politics attitudes, Hong Kong identity); public opinion surveys (the Beijing area, Chinese workers, the Shanghai area); and ideological debates (the "new" Confucianism, masculinity and Confucianism, why authoritarianism is popular in China, the decline of Chinese official ideology). Here is the first work that reveals just how much, how rapidly, and how dramatically China is changing and why our perceptions of China must keep pace.

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1315500485

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A Threatened Rural Idyll? Informal social control, exclusion and the resistance to change in the English countryside

By: Nathan Aaron Kerrigan

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A Threatened Rural Idyll? Informal social control, exclusion and the resistance to change in the English countryside

By: Nathan Aaron Kerrigan

Issues concerning globalisation, protection of identity and resistance to change at the national level (e.g., Brexit) have been the cause of much public and scholarly debate. With this in mind, this book demonstrates how these national, and indeed global narratives, have impacted on and are influenced by ‘going-ons’ in local contexts. By situating these national narratives within a rural context, Kerrigan expertly explores, through ethnographic research, how similar consequences of informal social control and exclusion are maintained in rural England in order to protect rural identity from social and infrastructural change. Drawing on observation, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, ‘A Threatened Rural Idyll’ illustrates how residents from a small but developing rural town in the South of England perceived changes associated with globalisation, such as population growth, inappropriate building developments, and the influx of service industries. For many of the residents, particularly those of middle-class status and long-standing in the town, these changes were seen as a direct threat to the rural character of the town. The investigation highlights how community dynamics and socio-spatial organisation of daily life work to protect the rural traditions inherent in the social and spatial landscape of the town and to maintain the dominance of its largely white, middle-class character. As a result, Kerrigan contends that the resistance to change has the consequence of constructing a social identity that attempts to reinforce the notions of a rural idyll to the exclusion of processes and people seen as representing different values and ideals.

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Vernon Press

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1622736125

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Historic Taverns of Boston

370 Years of Tavern History in One Definitive Guide

By: Gavin Nathan

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Historic Taverns of Boston

370 Years of Tavern History in One Definitive Guide

By: Gavin Nathan

The best single source on Boston taverns, then and now. A must have guide for locals and visitors alike: Visit the best examples of old taverns in and around Boston now. Learn how taverns evolved from 1630 to today. Create authentic drinks including Flap Dragon, Flip, Grog, Gumption, Jingle, Syllabub and Whistle Belly Vengeance. Cook a tavern feast, influenced by local ingredients and native Indian cooking. Explore the role taverns played in the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Meet the tavern keepers of bygone Boston and their colorful clientele including James Otis, Sam Adams and Judge Sewall. Discover the origins of local tavern names such as the Bunch of Grapes, Bell in Hand and Green Dragon. Unearth the hidden history in Boston taverns today

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0595393705

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Original Sins

By: Nathan Edmondson,Ryan North,Stuart Moore

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Original Sins

By: Nathan Edmondson,Ryan North,Stuart Moore

The Young Avengers are back and facing down the Hood! But as the Watcher's eye detonates, causing all the Marvel Universe's hidden truths to come tumbling into the light, the balance of power will suddenly shift, and one of the Young Avengers will fall! Plus, discover the Original Sins of dozens of major Marvel mainstays, including the Inhumans, Doctor Doom, J. Jonah Jameson, the Black Knight, Howard the Duck, Lockjaw and many more...including the prime mover behind the Watcher's murder! Plus: he's a cybernetic master assassin, and he doesn't even know it! Presenting the deadly debut of the all-new Deathlok! Collects Original Sins (2014) #1-5

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302480006

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Copyright Law Symposium

By: Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition

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Copyright Law Symposium

By: Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition

The first of its kind because it uses both Cantonese and Mandarin romanizations. It features over 6,000 of the most commonly used single-characters and over 12,000 terms to illustrate the use of the characters.

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Columbia University Press

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0231076061

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Race in a Godless World

Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914

By: Nathan G. Alexander

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Race in a Godless World

Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914

By: Nathan G. Alexander

Is modern racism a product of secularisation and the decline of Christian universalism? The debate has raged for decades, but up to now, the actual racial views of historical atheists and freethinkers have never been subjected to a systematic analysis. Race in a Godless World sets out to correct the oversight. It centres on Britain and the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, a time when popular atheist movements were emerging and scepticism about the truth of Christianity was becoming widespread. Covering racial and evolutionary science, imperialism, slavery and racial prejudice in theory and practice, it provides a much-needed account of the complex and sometimes contradictory ideas espoused by the transatlantic community of atheists and freethinkers. It also reflects on the social dimension of irreligiousness, exploring how working-class atheists’ experiences of exclusion could make them sympathetic to other marginalised groups.

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Manchester University Press

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1526142392

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The Long Armistice

Un Peacekeeping And The Arab-israeli Conflict, 1948-1960

By: Nathan A Pelcovits

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The Long Armistice

Un Peacekeeping And The Arab-israeli Conflict, 1948-1960

By: Nathan A Pelcovits

Drawing on previously untapped documents, interviews with key actors, and his own experiences in the Department of State, Nathan Pelcovits takes a fresh look at the impact of UN intervention, as peacekeeper and peacemaker, on the Arab-Israeli conflict during the formative years between 1948 and 1960. He examines the reasons behind the UN assumption of a quasi-custodial role in the dispute and how it is that Israel and the Arab states have come to hold diametrically opposed views of the value of engaging the UN as intermediary, with the UN-Israel relationship cooling into one of mutual suspicion and mistrust. Most relevant to the current peace process, Pelcovits explains why UN action shifted early in the game from an ambitious effort at peaceful settlement to "keeping" the peace of a long armistice. Pelcovits argues that the wounds of the formative years have affected the dynamic of the peace process to this day. The UN has been accorded a marginal role in the negotiations—ceremonial and passive—and UN peacekeepers are not likely to be enlisted as guarantors of the settlement.

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Routledge

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1000303063

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Forgotten Clones

The Birth of Cloning and the Biological Revolution

By: Nathan Crowe

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Forgotten Clones

The Birth of Cloning and the Biological Revolution

By: Nathan Crowe

Long before scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, American embryologist and aspiring cancer researcher Robert Briggs successfully developed the technique of nuclear transplantation using frogs in 1952. Although the history of cloning is often associated with contemporary ethical controversies, Forgotten Clones revisits the influential work of scientists like Briggs, Thomas King, and Marie DiBerardino, before the possibility of human cloning and its ethical implications first registered as a concern in public consciousness, and when many thought the very idea of cloning was experimentally impossible. By focusing instead on new laboratory techniques and practices and their place in Anglo-American science and society in the mid-twentieth century, Nathan Crowe demonstrates how embryos constructed in the lab were only later reconstructed as ethical problems in the 1960s and 1970s with the emergence of what was then referred to as the Biological Revolution. His book illuminates the importance of the early history of cloning for the biosciences and their institutional, disciplinary, and intellectual contexts, as well as providing new insights into the changing cultural perceptions of the biological sciences after Second World War.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822987686

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The Theatre Book of the Year, 1945-1946

By: George J. Nathan

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The Theatre Book of the Year, 1945-1946

By: George J. Nathan

George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) was formative influence on American letters in the first half of this century, and is generally considered the leading drama critic of his era. With H. L. Mencken, Nathan edited The Smart Set and founded and edited The American Mercury, journals that shaped opinion in the 1920s and 1930s. This series of reprints, individually introduced by the distinguished critic and novelist Charles Angoff, collects Nathan's penetrating, witty, and sometimes cynical drama criticism.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838611745

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2015)

By: Nathan Clarke,Steven Furnell

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2015)

By: Nathan Clarke,Steven Furnell

The Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance (HAISA) symposium specifically addresses information security issues that relate to people. It concerns the methods that inform and guide users' understanding of security, and the technologies that can benefit and support them in achieving protection. This book represents the proceedings from the 2015 event, which was held in Mytilene, Greece. A total of 25 reviewed papers are included, spanning a range of topics including the communication of risks to end-users, user-centred security in system development, and technology impacts upon personal privacy. All of the papers were subject to double-blind peer review, with each being reviewed by at least two members of the international programme committee.

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Lulu.com

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1841023884

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Finding the Open Road

A Guide to Self-construction Rather Than Mass Production : a Roadtrip Nation Book

By: Mike Marriner,Brian McAllister,Nathan Gebhard,Rob Bollinger

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Finding the Open Road

A Guide to Self-construction Rather Than Mass Production : a Roadtrip Nation Book

By: Mike Marriner,Brian McAllister,Nathan Gebhard,Rob Bollinger

A compilation of the wisdom gleaned from Roadtrip Nation's informational interviews and experiences on the road, including a how-to-roadtrip guide"--Provided by publisher.

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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1580087213

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Revitalizing America's Cities

Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement

By: Michael H. Schill,Richard P. Nathan

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Revitalizing America's Cities

Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement

By: Michael H. Schill,Richard P. Nathan

In many American cities, middle and upper income people are moving into neighborhoods that had previously suffered disinvestment and decay. The new residents renovate housing, stimulate business, and contribute to the tax base. These benefits of neighborhood revitalization are, in some cases, achieved at a potentially serious cost: the displacement of existing neighborhood residents by eviction, condominium conversion, or as a result of rent increases. Revitalizing America's Cities investigates the reasons why the affluent move into revitalizing inner-city neighborhoods and the ways in which the new residents benefit the city. It also examines the resulting displaced households. Data are presented on displacement in nine revitalizing neighborhoods of five cities — the most comprehensive survey of displaced households conducted to date. The study reveals characteristics of displaced households and hardships encountered as a result of being forced from their homes. Also featured is an examination of federal, state, and local policies toward neighborhood reinvestment and displacement, including various alternative approaches for dealing with this issue.

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State University of New York Press

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1438418965

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The Democratization of American Christianity

By: Nathan O. Hatch,Professor Nathan O Hatch

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The Democratization of American Christianity

By: Nathan O. Hatch,Professor Nathan O Hatch

In this prize-winning book Nathan O. Hatch offers a provocative reassessment of religion and culture in the early days of the American republic, arguing that during this period American Christianity was democratized and common people became powerful actors on the religious scene. Hatch examines five distinct traditions or mass movements that emerged early in the nineteenth century£the Christian movement, Methodism, the Baptist movement, the black churches, and the Mormons£showing how all offered compelling visions of individual potential and collective aspiration to the unschooled and unsophisticated" -- Publisher description.

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Yale University Press

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0300044704

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Imagination and Ethical Ideals

Prospects for a Unified Philosophical and Psychological Understanding

By: Nathan L. Tierney

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Imagination and Ethical Ideals

Prospects for a Unified Philosophical and Psychological Understanding

By: Nathan L. Tierney

Imagination and Ethical Ideals is an interdisciplinary work which investigates some of the links between moral philosophy and moral psychology, with implications for both personal ethics and social philosophy. Tierney begins with the argument that the widespread fascination with moral principles has led moral philosophers into a dead end, which is revealed both by their inability to deal with the problem of relativism, and by the felt irrelevancy of moral philosophy to the lives that people are actually striving to lead. He then offers an alternative account of the nature of ethical thought, grounded in a theory of imaginative ethical ideals. A psychological framework for ideals is then developed using the results of contemporary psychoanalysis and psychology, particularly the self psychology of Heinz Kohut.

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SUNY Press

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0791420485

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Wrestling with Rest

Inviting Youth to Discover the Gift of Sabbath

By: Nathan T. Stucky

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Wrestling with Rest

Inviting Youth to Discover the Gift of Sabbath

By: Nathan T. Stucky

Busyness is a sickness of the soul that affects many today—and it is especially detrimental to young people, who are finding their identity shaped by ongoing resume-building, constant digital communication, and unceasing activity. The last thing they have time for is rest. But rest—Sabbath—is necessary for youth, not just because of who they are socially, emotionally, and physiologically, but because of who God has made them to be and wants them to be. Nathan Stucky shows that rest challenges youth whose identities are rooted in productivity, efficiency, achievement, and accomplishment. For them, the notion of Sabbath grace both appeals and disorients. Yet through the Sabbath, God invites young people into an identity rooted and grounded in the grace, life, and provision of God. Wrestling with Rest offers biblical and practical advice for helping youth to discover their God-given identity, in which they can truly find rest.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467457183

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Rhetorical Public Speaking

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

By: Nathan Crick

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Rhetorical Public Speaking

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

By: Nathan Crick

Rhetorical Public Speaking: Civic Engagement in the Digital Age, Third Edition offers students an innovative approach to public speaking by employing the rhetorical canon as a means of constructing artful speech in a multi-mediated environment. It provides a foundation to guide students in understanding, constructing, and delivering messages that address matters of public concern. This edition features contemporary as well as historical examples to highlight key concepts and show how rhetoric works in practice. Each chapter includes speech excerpts, summaries, and exercises for review and retention. Students of public speaking are encouraged to employ their new skills as engaged citizens of society.

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Routledge

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1351868306

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Data-Driven Science and Engineering

Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control

By: Steven L. Brunton,J. Nathan Kutz

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Data-Driven Science and Engineering

Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control

By: Steven L. Brunton,J. Nathan Kutz

Data-driven discovery is revolutionizing how we model, predict, and control complex systems. Now with Python and MATLAB®, this textbook trains mathematical scientists and engineers for the next generation of scientific discovery by offering a broad overview of the growing intersection of data-driven methods, machine learning, applied optimization, and classical fields of engineering mathematics and mathematical physics. With a focus on integrating dynamical systems modeling and control with modern methods in applied machine learning, this text includes methods that were chosen for their relevance, simplicity, and generality. Topics range from introductory to research-level material, making it accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students from the engineering and physical sciences. The second edition features new chapters on reinforcement learning and physics-informed machine learning, significant new sections throughout, and chapter exercises. Online supplementary material – including lecture videos per section, homeworks, data, and code in MATLAB®, Python, Julia, and R – available on databookuw.com.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009115634

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9781009115636

The Starday Story

The House That Country Music Built

By: Nathan D. Gibson

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The Starday Story

The House That Country Music Built

By: Nathan D. Gibson

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Record Labels–Certificate of Merit (2012) The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built is the first book entirely dedicated to one of the most influential music labels of the twentieth century. In addition to creating the largest bluegrass catalogue throughout the 1950s and '60s, Starday was also known for its legendary rockabilly catalogue, an extensive Texas honky-tonk outpouring, classic gospel and sacred recordings, and as a Nashville independent powerhouse studio and label. Written with label president and co-founder Don Pierce, this book traces the label's origins in 1953 through the 1968 Starday-King merger. Interviews with artists and their families, employees, and Pierce contribute to the stories behind famous hit songs, including "Y'all Come," "A Satisfied Mind," "Why Baby Why," "Giddy-up Go," "Alabam," and many others. Gibson's research and interviews also shed new light on the musical careers of George Jones, Arlie Duff, Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, the Stanley Brothers, Cowboy Copas, Red Sovine, and countless other Starday artists. Conversations with the children of Pappy Daily and Jack Starns provide a unique perspective on the early days of Starday, and extensive interviews with Pierce offer an insider glance at the country music industry during its golden era. Weathering through the storm of rock and roll and, later, the Nashville Sound, Starday was a home to traditional country musicians and became one of the most successful independent labels in American history. Ultimately, The Starday Story is the definitive record of a country music label that played an integral role in preserving our nation's musical heritage.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604738316

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Comments about Dwyer's Desk

By: Samuel Nathan

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Comments about Dwyer's Desk

By: Samuel Nathan

This work, reproduces original newspaper articles as written by a prominent politician during the first decade of the 21st century, in a local paper. At the end of each article; the book give considered corrective comments about the preceding article. The book draws attention to flaws in the author's logic, accuracy and interpretation of events recorded by the politician. In some instances, contradictions and vindictive intent are pointed out. The reader is invited to make comparisons between original article assertions, the writer's opinions and their own experiences.

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iUniverse

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0595396348

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Piece of the Action

A Klondike’s Circus Novel

By: Nathan Woolford

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Piece of the Action

A Klondike’s Circus Novel

By: Nathan Woolford

“When you’re a success, when you’re at the top... that’s when they come for you. Everybody wants a piece... a piece of the action.” It’s 1960 and Klondike’s Circus is now a major, money-making juggernaut, with TV specials, Las Vegas engagements and all manner of sponsorship and endorsement deals in the pipeline. When the troupe is offered a starring role in a huge circus spectacular involving multiple promotions, boss Kal Klondike feels on top of the world. But that’s when the dark shadows start gathering. Sinister, malicious figures, all with a score to settle. And all wanting a slice of his profits. A deadly gangster. A humiliated performer. A madman long thought dead. And, at the head of the table, Klondike’s greatest rival, his former mentor and partner. Everybody wants a piece. Nobody is safe. The stage is set...

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1528990145

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Death, Drugs, and Muscle

Surviving the Steriod Underworld

By: Gregg Valentino,Nathan Jendrick

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Death, Drugs, and Muscle

Surviving the Steriod Underworld

By: Gregg Valentino,Nathan Jendrick

A behind-the-scenes look at the underground world of bodybuilding, this expose is a tragic tale of drugs, murder, and self-destruction. Detailing Gregg Valentinos fame as the man whose biceps exploded, this portrayal reveals how he quickly rose to the top of the weight-lifting scene, becoming both a spokesman for the sport and a celebrity among fans. This account also discusses how he crossed into the illegal world of steroids and drugs, becoming the biggest supplier of Steris products in the United States, and how his world of sex, drugs, and money came crashing down when his girlfriend died from a drug overdose and he was arrested. A gripping, uncensored story about a muscle-worshipping culture, this provocative, harrowing biography uncovers the dark and dangerous world of steroid use and drug dealing.

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ECW Press

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1554906806

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Constructing Spain

The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, 1953-2003

By: Nathan E. Richardson

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Constructing Spain

The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, 1953-2003

By: Nathan E. Richardson

Does fiction do more than just represent space? Can our experiences with fictional storytelling be in themselves spatial? In Constructing Spain: The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, Nathan Richardson explores relations between cultural representation and spatial transformation across fifty years of Spanish culture. Beginning in 1953, the year Spanish space was officially reopened to Western thought and capital, and culminating in 2003, the year of Aznar's unpopular involvement of his country in the second Iraq War, Richardson traces in popular and critically acclaimed fiction and film an evolution in Spanish storytelling that, while initially representative in nature, increasingly engages its audience in spatial practices that go beyond mere perception or conception of local material geographies. In original readings of films by Luis Berlanga, Luis Bu uel, Alex de la Iglesia, Alejandro Amen bar, and Julio Medem, and novels by Juan Goytisolo, Antonio Mu oz Molina, and Javier Mar as, Richardson shows this formal evolution as a necessary response to developments, restorations, and transformations of local landscapes that resulted during these years from various human migrations, tourist-invasions, urban development plans, resurgent nationalisms, and finally globalization. As these changes occur, Richardson traces a shift in the works studied from mere representation of spatial change toward actual engagement with shifting physical and social geographies, as they inch ever closer toward the production of an actual spatial experience for their audiences. In the final chapters of this book, Richardson offers in-depth and highly original readings of the storytelling projects of Medem and Mar as in particular, showing how these two artists invite readers to not only reconceive hegemonic notions of space and place, but to practice alternative notions of being-in-place. In these final readings, Constructing Spain, points to the newest developments in contemporary Spanish narrative and film, a rise of new grammars of creation to challenge the ongoing capital-driven creative destruction of globalized Spanish geography.

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