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With the Bark Off

A Journalist’s Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media

By: Neal Spelce,Thomas Zigal

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With the Bark Off

A Journalist’s Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media

By: Neal Spelce,Thomas Zigal

What if you got a call from Lyndon Johnson to be in Washington DC tomorrow to take a trip around the world? If you are twenty-four-year-old broadcast journalist Neal Spelce, you buckle up. A two-week diplomatic dream trip turned into a lifelong rollercoaster ride. Spelce began his career as a part-time journalist in the LBJ family-owned Austin TV station in 1956, which vaulted him into a lifetime of memorable experiences with Johnson and many icons of the twentieth century. From his live reporting during the UT Tower shooting tragedy to his lifelong association with LBJ, Spelce found himself behind the scenes in many of the twentieth century’s crucial moments. The Austin-based journalist shares candid moments with LBJ and five other US presidents, including a rare interview with father and son presidents George Bush while the three were cramped together in a small bass boat on a Texas lake. During his lengthy media career, Spelce saw Austin grow from a college town to a thriving city. Along the way he interacted with Texas legends such as Darrell Royal, Willie Nelson, Dan Rather, and more, all part of entertaining stories that he tells, as LBJ liked to say, “with the bark off.”

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University of Texas Press

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195348008X

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British and German Deserters, Discharges, and Prisoners of War Who May Have Remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783

And Deserters and Disbanded Soldiers from British, German, and Loyalist Military Units in the South, 1782

By: Clifford Neal Smith

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British and German Deserters, Discharges, and Prisoners of War Who May Have Remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783

And Deserters and Disbanded Soldiers from British, German, and Loyalist Military Units in the South, 1782

By: Clifford Neal Smith

According to 18th-century immigration authority Clifford Neal Smith, the vast majority of German and English soldiers who, for one reason or another, became separated from their Revolutionary War units, ended up settling within a few miles of their discharge, desertion, or capture (POWs). Mr. Smith drew his conclusion from a careful examination of muster rolls from 1774 to 1783, as found in the Public Record Office in London. This consolidated work, which is based on those records, identifies several thousand soldiers who fall into this category. The records are arranged by regiment and thereunder alphabetically by surname. For each soldier, the author has transcribed his full name, status (deserter, dischargee, or prisoner of war), a date, and the source of the information. For the overwhelming majority of these individuals, these records may be the sole clue that links them from America to their European homelan

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806352574

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Mega-Awesome Adventures

6 Tales of Mind-Bending, Heart-Pounding Action!

By: Rick Riordan,Jonathan Stroud,Eoin Colfer,Bruce Hale,Eric Elfman,Ridley Pearson,Neal Shusterman

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Mega-Awesome Adventures

6 Tales of Mind-Bending, Heart-Pounding Action!

By: Rick Riordan,Jonathan Stroud,Eoin Colfer,Bruce Hale,Eric Elfman,Ridley Pearson,Neal Shusterman

Mega-Awesome Adventures features thrilling excerpts from six fantastic novels, including a sneak peek at a complete story from Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods! Explore this exciting sampler, which includes selections from internationally best-selling authors such as Eoin Colfer, author of the acclaimed Artemis Fowl series; Ridley Pearson, author of the Kingdom Keepers series; and Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus series.

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Disney Electronic Content

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1484713443

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Harry and Ike

The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World

By: Steve Neal

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Harry and Ike

The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World

By: Steve Neal

Between 1945 and 1952, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower worked more closely than any other two American presidents of the twentieth century; they were partners in changing America's role in the world and in responding to the challenge of a Soviet Europe. And yet, these men of character, intelligence, and principle will likely be remembered for the decade-long epic feud that nearly ended their friendship. In the first biography to examine in depth their political collaboration, bitter rupture, and eventual reconciliation, Steve Neal, political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, provides a fresh perspective on these two remarkable leaders, and on the American presidency itself.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743223748

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Life in the Universe

Expectations and Constraints

By: Dirk Schulze-Makuch,Louis Neal Irwin

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Life in the Universe

Expectations and Constraints

By: Dirk Schulze-Makuch,Louis Neal Irwin

Examines each of these parameters in crucial depth and makes the argument that life forms we would recognize may be more common in our solar system than many assume. Considers exotic forms of life that would not have to rely on carbon as the basic chemical element, solar energy as the main energy source, or water as the primary solvent and the question of detecting bio- and geosignatures of such life forms, ranging from earth environments to deep space. Seeks an operational definition of life and investigate the realm of possibilities that nature offers to realize this very special state of matter. Avoids scientific jargon wherever possible to make this intrinsically interdisciplinary subject understandable to a broad range of readers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540768165

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Life: The Movie

How Entertainment Conquered Reality

By: Neal Gabler

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Life: The Movie

How Entertainment Conquered Reality

By: Neal Gabler

The story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, and melodrama has turned everything—news, politics, religion, high culture—into one vast public entertainment. Neal Gabler calls them "lifies," those blockbusters written in the medium of life that dominate the media and the national conversation for weeks, months, even years: the death of Princess Diana, the trial of O.J. Simpson, Kenneth Starr vs. William Jefferson Clinton. Real Life as Entertainment is hardly a new phenomenon, but the movies, and now the new information technologies, have so accelerated it that it is now the reigning popular art form. How this came to pass, and just what it means for our culture and our personal lives, is the subject of this witty, concerned, and sometimes eye-opening book. "A thoughtful, in places chilling, account of the way entertainment values have hollowed out American life." --The New York Times Book Review

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Vintage

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0307773256

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Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

The Keetoowah Society and the Defining of a People, 1855-1867

By: Patrick Neal Minges

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Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

The Keetoowah Society and the Defining of a People, 1855-1867

By: Patrick Neal Minges

Exploring the dynamic issues of race and religion within the Cherokee Nation, this text looks at the role of secret societies in shaping these forces during the 19th century.

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Routledge

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1135942080

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When Elvis Died

By: Neal Gregory,Janice Gregory

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When Elvis Died

By: Neal Gregory,Janice Gregory

Now available in trade paperback for the first time, and published to coincide with the 15th anniversary of his death, a thoroughly researched and thought-provoking look at the death of Elvis, the media's reaction, and the unexpected hysteria and hoopla that followed. "Finally, a good book on the death of Elvis Presley".--Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone.

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Macmillan

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088687663X

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Capitalism and its Critics

Capitalism in Social and Political Theory

By: Gerard Delanty,Neal Harris

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Capitalism and its Critics

Capitalism in Social and Political Theory

By: Gerard Delanty,Neal Harris

Capitalism and its Critics offers an accessible account of major theories of capitalism from the industrial revolution to the present day. The book provides a comprehensive account of the economic and social thought of key theorists from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to David Harvey and Thomas Piketty. Capitalism has long been the subject of passionate debate, and today such contestations are perhaps more timely than ever. For its advocates, capitalism brings democracy and freedom and is the cornerstone of modernity and of progress. For its critics, capitalism is based on the exploitation of labour and is responsible for the destruction of the environment as well as colonialism. Whether capitalism survives the century, or whether an alternative social system emerges, may very well determine the fate of humanity. Capitalism and its Critics gives a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important theorists of capitalism, including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi, F.A. Hayek, J.M. Keynes, David Harvey, and Thomas Piketty. The book discusses some of the main debates about capitalism and considers alternatives in the twenty-first century. The 12 chapters are loosely chronologically organised around the main approaches and historical phases in the history of capitalism. Central themes of the book are the ideas of capitalist crisis and of tensions between democracy and capitalism in the making of modernity. A highly readable, informative and engaging text, Capitalism and its Critics is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding capitalism and its alternatives.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351017659

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Daisy Air Rifles and BB Guns

100 Years of America's Favorite

By: Neal Punchard

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Daisy Air Rifles and BB Guns

100 Years of America's Favorite

By: Neal Punchard

Arranged by product type, this book features 300 close-up photos celebrating not only the BB guns, but also the water pistols, cork guns, and accessories that were deemed essential by young marksmen. Every item is accompanied by an informative capsule history that details its design, constsruction, notable features, and an assessment of its place in Daisy history.

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Motorbooks International

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0760313334

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Business Law

A Digital Textbook

By: Neal R. Bevans

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Business Law

A Digital Textbook

By: Neal R. Bevans

Business Law: A Digital Textbook is a concise, engaging introduction to business law that covers not only the theory but also the practical aspects of the law. This text shows students how vital the "law" part of business law is to their everyday lives. In a concise, readable format, Bevans covers all the essential topics, from the organization and structure of the U.S. court system, through the formation of contracts, remedies of parties and then other major areas of law that touch on business law. Through thoughtful pedagogy in every chapter and excellent end-of-chapter activities, this text is the perfect choice for shorter Business Law courses that emphasize the connection between theory and practice. Professors and students will benefit from: Concise and logical organization, divided into 7 parts: Introduction to Law; Contracts; Commercial Law and Transactions; Business Organizations; Agency and Employment Law; Consumer Protection and Bankruptcy; and Property Excellent pedagogy in every chapter that includes: Learning objectives Key terms set out in bold in the body of the text and defined immediately for the ease of student comprehension Figures and tables to illustrate crucial points, designed to accommodate different learning styles among students Well-written text incorporating real world examples that bring legal principles to life Case excerpts to help students develop analytical skills Extensive end-of-chapter questions, activities and assignments to hone students’ understanding. The answers are provided in the appendix to help students check their own work. The author’s experience of teaching business law for well over ten years that helps the subject come alive for the students.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543820735

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Soul Babies

Black Popular Culture and the Post-soul Aesthetic

By: Mark Anthony Neal

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Soul Babies

Black Popular Culture and the Post-soul Aesthetic

By: Mark Anthony Neal

This guide examines the world of black youth since the Black Power and Civil Rights era. Reading political events, musical works, social forms, media representations and literary productions.

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Psychology Press

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0415926580

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9780415926584

Outrageous

Rise to Riches

By: Neal Katz

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Outrageous

Rise to Riches

By: Neal Katz

Women empowerment, overcoming adversity, social change, and hope were the cornerstones upon which Victoria Woodhull (1838–1927) and her younger sister Tennessee Celeste Claflin built their incredible lives in Victorian America. OUTRAGEOUS, Rise to Riches sets the psychological verity and traces Victoria from childhood poverty and horrific abuse to becoming one of the wealthiest women in America, founding the first women-owned brokerage firm on Wall Street, and the first women-owned newspaper. Victoria will stop at nothing to achieve her destiny. Neal Katz' debut novel, winner of 12 literary awards, is a historical fictionalized account of Victoria Woodhull's rise to presidential candidate and wealth, coming from poverty and abuse. Volume One of The Victoria Woodhull Saga tells the poignant, lascivious, and compelling inside story of how the sisters worked closely with Cornelius Vanderbilt, who at age 74 fell in love with the beguiling 24-year old Tennessee. Victoria provided the titan of industry "Inside Her Information" gathered through the soiled sisterhood, the ladies of the evening working at the top seven brothels servicing the rich and famous of New York City. This relationship resulted in the great lion of industry having his last public roar as together they manipulated the financial markets and created the impending collapse of the U.S. economy in the gold scandal of 1869. To avert the crash, President Ulysses S. Grant provides the richest man in America insider information on the gold market and telegrams Vanderbilt that his railroad company is "Too Big To Fail!" Vanderbilt was proclaimed "The Savior of the American Economy" for intervening in a crisis he helped create. View Victorian America through the eyes and thoughts of one of its leading heroines., Victoria Woodhull. Watch as the infighting and elitism of the earliest suffrage women denigrating, castigating, and denouncing other passionate suffrage rights women delayed woman suffrage and equal legal standing for five decades. Learn wonderful anecdotes of the origins of products and phrases used today. Learn the story of Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, the most popular man in America, who transformed Christianity from his father's "fire and brimstone" theology to one of a compassionate and loving Jesus, who will redeem all who turn to salvation with complete confession of their sins. The reverend's personal life did not imitate his lofty and popular theology of his weekly sermons at Plymouth Church. He was a notorious womanizer, often bedding, and sometimes impregnating the wives, sisters, and daughters of his most ardent trackers and deacons of the church. Written in the first person from Victoria's viewpoint, Neal Katz weaves a compelling page-turning story that cleverly unfolds history while providing a wonderfully entertaining ride.

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An Empire of Their Own

How the Jews Invented Hollywood

By: Neal Gabler

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An Empire of Their Own

How the Jews Invented Hollywood

By: Neal Gabler

A provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who were the moving forces behind the creation of America's motion picture industry. The names Harry Cohn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, Jack and Harry Warner, and Adolph Zucker are giants in the history of contemporary Hollywood, outsiders who dared to invent their own vision of the American Dream. Even to this day, the American values defined largely by the movies of these émigrés endure in American cinema and culture. Who these men were, how they came to dominate Hollywood, and what they gained and lost in the process is the exhilarating story of An Empire of Their Own.

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030777371X

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Biography

Writing Lives

By: Catherine Neal Parke

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Biography

Writing Lives

By: Catherine Neal Parke

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0415938929

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The Wounded Hero

Non-fatal Injury in Homer's Iliad

By: Tamara Neal

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The Wounded Hero

Non-fatal Injury in Homer's Iliad

By: Tamara Neal

This book is an investigation of non-fatal injury and bloodspill in Homer's Iliad and demonstrates the crucial significance of these motifs in the epic. They are shown to be fundamental to defining heroic status and a powerful means for developing the narrative and thematic structures of the poem. The study offers a nuanced definition of the nature of mortality and immortality and shows how the motifs of injury and bloodspill explicate the plot of the poem and its ethical values. This work is the first to examine these motifs in a systematic and comprehensive investigation. Focusing exclusively on the Iliad, the book sheds new light on ideals of heroic conduct.

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Peter Lang

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3039108794

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Small States in the International System

At Peace and at War

By: Neal G. Jesse,John R. Dreyer

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Small States in the International System

At Peace and at War

By: Neal G. Jesse,John R. Dreyer

Small States in the International System addresses the little understood foreign policy choices of small states. It outlines a theoretical perspective of small states that starts from the assumption that small states are not just large states writ small. In essence, small states behave differently from larger and more powerful states. As such, this book compares three theories of foreign policy choice: realism (and its emphasis on structural factors), domestic factors, and social constructivism (emphasizing norms and identity) across seven focused case studies from around the world in the 20th Century. Through an examination of the foreign policy choices of Switzerland, Ireland, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ethiopia, Somalia, Vietnam, Bolivia and Paraguay, this book concludes that realist theories built on great power politics cannot adequately explain small state behavior in most instances. When small states are threatened by larger, belligerent states, the small state behaves along the predictions of social constructivist theory; when small states threaten each other, they behave along realist predictions.

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Lexington Books

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1498509703

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After Patrick Henry

A Second American Revolution

By: Neal Q. Herrick

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After Patrick Henry

A Second American Revolution

By: Neal Q. Herrick

Neal Herrick demonstrates, in a lucid manner, that government corruption is the predominant problem facing society today. Although bribery and influence peddling are the most visible aspect of this corruption, they are not, in Herrick's analysis, the most serious. For Herrick, the more serious aspect of government corruption is the laws that bribery and influence peddling produce-laws that favour the corporations-resulting in, what he calls, a kind of delusional corruption that leads, for example, to unjust and unnecessary wars. Tracing both forms of corruption back through American history, Herrick gives a brief account of governmental descent into lawlessness, identifies the constitutional flaw that led to this lawlessness, and discusses some of the issues that must be considered in devising remedies. Book jacket.

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Black Rose Books Ltd.

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1551643200

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9781551643205

The Complete Idiot's Guide to College Planning

By: O'Neal Turner

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to College Planning

By: O'Neal Turner

Offers advice on applying for admission, negotiating financial aid, choosing the right college, writing essays, and preparing for interviews

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Penguin

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0028633687

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Scotophobin

Darkness at the Dawn of the Search for Memory Molecules

By: Louis Neal Irwin

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Scotophobin

Darkness at the Dawn of the Search for Memory Molecules

By: Louis Neal Irwin

This book chronicles the apparent discovery of “memory molecules” in 1965, the loss of credibility that plagued those findings, and the subsequent triumphant discovery of the neuroactive peptides, including endorphins. The story is told through a series of biographical vignettes and the author’s own experiences that unfolded from the plains of West Texas, through Kansas, Houston, New York, Detroit, and Boston. This seminal episode in the early history of neuroscience flows smoothly for the lay reader as an engaging story of the clash between personalities, conventional wisdom, and unconventional explanations. The book is well documented for the scientist and historian, providing a definitive account of early attempts to understand memory at the molecular level.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664156712

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Collected Letters, 1944-1967

By: Neal Cassady

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Collected Letters, 1944-1967

By: Neal Cassady

“Dave Moore's work on this collection is simply awesome.... It should become and remain the definitive reference book for Beat scholars forever.” —Carolyn Cassady Neal Cassady is best remembered today as Jack Kerouac’s muse and the basis for the character “Dean Moriarty” in Kerouac’s classic On The Road, and as one of Ken Kesey’s merriest of Merry Pranksters, the driver of the psychedelic bus “Further,” immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. This collection brings together more than two hundred letters to Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, and other Beat generation luminaries, as well as correspondence between Neal and his wife, Carolyn. These amazing letters cover Cassady’s life between the ages of 18 and 41 and finish just months before his death in February 1968. Brilliantly edited by Dave Moore, this unique collection presents the “Soul of the Beat Generation” in his own words—sometimes touching and tender, sometimes bawdy and hilarious. Here is the real Neal Cassady—raw and uncut.

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1101177330

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Songs in the Key of Black Life

A Rhythm and Blues Nation

By: Mark Anthony Neal

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Songs in the Key of Black Life

A Rhythm and Blues Nation

By: Mark Anthony Neal

In Songs in the Key of Black Life, acclaimed cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to Rhythm and Blues. He argues that R&B-often dismissed as just a bunch of love songs, yet the second most popular genre in terms of sales-can tell us much about the dynamic joys, apprehensions, tensions, and contradictions of contemporary black life, if we listen closely. With a voice as heartfelt and compelling as the best music, Neal guides us through the work of classic and contemporary artists ranging from Marvin Gaye to Macy Gray. In the first section of the book, Rhythm, he uses the music of Meshell N'degeocello, Patti Labelle, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, and others as guideposts to the major concerns of contemporary black life-issues such as gender, feminist politics, political activism, black masculinity, celebrity, and the fluidity of racial and sexual identity. The second part of the book, Blues, uses the improvisational rhythms of black music as a metaphor to examine currents in black life including the public dispute between Cornel West and Harvard President Lawrence Summers and the firing of BET's talk-show host Tavis Smiley. Songs in the Key of Black Life is a remarkable contribution to the study of black popular music, and valuable reading for anyone interested in how race is lived in America.

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Routledge

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1135206791

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The Authority of Experience

Sensationist Theory in the French Enlightenment

By: John C. O'Neal

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The Authority of Experience

Sensationist Theory in the French Enlightenment

By: John C. O'Neal

Sensationism, a philosophy that gained momentum in the French Enlightenment as a response to Lockean empiricism, was acclaimed by Hippolyte Taine as &"the doctrine of the most lucid, methodical, and French minds to have honored France.&" The first major general study in English of eighteenth-century French sensationism, The Authority of Experience presents the history of a complex set of ideas and explores their important ramifications for literature, education, and moral theory. The study begins by presenting the main ideas of sensationist philosophers Condillac, Bonnet, and Helv&étius, who held that all of our ideas come to us through the senses. The experience of the body in seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching enabled individuals, as John C. O'Neal points out, to challenge the sometimes arbitrary authority of institutions and people in positions of power. After a general introduction to sensationism, the author develops a theory of sensationist aesthetics that not only reveals the interconnections of the period's philosophy and literature but also enhances our awareness of the forces at work in the French novel. He goes on to examine the relations between sensationism and eighteenth-century French educational theory, materialism, and id&éologie. Ultimately, O'Neal opens a discussion of the implications of sensationist thought for issues of particular concern to society today.

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Penn State Press

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0271027797

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Once Upon a Time in a Different World

Issues and Ideas in African American Children’s Literature

By: Neal A. Lester

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Once Upon a Time in a Different World

Issues and Ideas in African American Children’s Literature

By: Neal A. Lester

Once Upon a Time in a Different World, a unique addition to the celebrated Children’s Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions and treatments of ideas in African America Children’s literature from the margins to the forefront of literary discourse. Looking at a variety of topics, including the moralities of heterosexism, the veneration of literacy, and the "politics of hair," Neal A. Lester provides a scholarly and accessible compilation of essays that will serve as an invaluable resource for parents, students, and educators. The much-needed reexamination of African American children’s texts follows an engaging call-and-response format, allowing for a lively and illuminating discussion between its primary author and a diverse group of contributors; including educators, scholars, students, parents, and critics. In addition to these distinct dialogues, the book features an enlightening generational conversation between Lester and his teenage daughter as they review the same novels. With critical assessments of Toni and Slade Morrison’s The Big Box and The Book of Mean People, bell hooks’ Happy to Be Nappy, and Anne Schraff’s Until We Meet Again, among many other works, these provocative and fresh essays yield a wealth of perspectives on the intersections of identity formations in childhood and adulthood.

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Routledge

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1135861641

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9781135861643

Ilan Stavans

Eight Conversations

By: Neal Sokol

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Ilan Stavans

Eight Conversations

By: Neal Sokol

Ilan Stavans has emerged as Latin America’s liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast," states the Washington Post. And the New York Times described him as "the czar of Latino literature in the United States." But his influential oeuvre doesn’t address Hispanic culture exclusively. It has also opened fresh new vistas into Jewish life globally, which has prompted the Forward to portray Stavans as "a maverick intellectual whose canonical work has already produced a whole array of marvels that are redefining Jewishness." Neal Sokol devoted almost a decade to the study of Stavans’s work. He applies his substantial knowledge to this candid, thought-provoking series of eight interviews. In them Stavans is caught at the vortex where his Mexican, Jewish, and American heritages meet. He discusses everything from the formative influences that shaped his worldview to anti-Semitism, Edmund Wilson, sexuality in Latin America, Gabriel García Márquez, and the fate of Yiddish. He also contrasts the role of intellectuals in advanced and developing societies, dwells on his admiration for Don Quixote and his passion for dictionaries, and reflects on his groundbreaking, controversial research on Spanglish—the hybrid encounter of English and Spanish that infuriates the Royal Academy in Madrid and also makes people describe Stavans as "the Salman Rushdie of the Hispanic world." Sokol shrewdly tests Stavans’s ideas and places them in context. By doing so, he offers a map to the heart and mind of one of our foremost thinkers today—an invaluable tool for his growing cadre of readers.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299199134

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Emerson’s Liberalism

By: Neal Dolan

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Emerson’s Liberalism

By: Neal Dolan

Emerson’s Liberalism explains why Ralph Waldo Emerson has been and remains the central literary voice of American culture: he gave ever-fresh and lasting expression to its most fundamental and widely shared liberal values. Liberalism, after all, is more than a political philosophy: it is a form of civilization, a set of values, a culture, a way of representing and living in the world. This book makes explicit what has long been implicit in America’s embrace of Emerson. Neal Dolan offers the first comprehensive and historically informed exposition of all of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings as a contribution to the theory and practice of liberal culture. Rather than projecting twentieth-century viewpoints onto the past, he restores Emerson’s great body of work to the classical liberal contexts that most decisively shaped its general political-cultural outlook—the libertarian-liberalism of John Locke, the Scottish Enlightenment, the American founders, and the American Whigs. In addition to in-depth consideration of Emerson’s journals and lectures, Dolan provides original commentary on many of Emerson’s most celebrated published works, including Nature, the “Divinity School Address,” “History,” “Compensation,” “Experience,” the political addresses of the early 1840s, “An Address . . . on . . . The Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies,” Representative Men, English Traits, and The Conduct of Life. He considers Emerson’s distinctive elaborations of foundational liberal values—progress, reason, work, property, limited government, rights, civil society, liberty, commerce, and empiricism. And he argues that Emerson’s ideas are a morally bracing and spiritually inspiring resource for the ongoing sustenance of American culture and civilization, reminding us of the depth, breadth, and strength of our common liberal inheritance.

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The Law of Higher Education

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee,Neal H. Hutchens,Jacob H. Rooksby

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The Law of Higher Education

By: William A. Kaplin,Barbara A. Lee,Neal H. Hutchens,Jacob H. Rooksby

Your must-have resource on the law of higher education Written by recognized experts in the field, the latest edition of The Law of Higher Education offers college administrators, legal counsel, and researchers with the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the legal implications of administrative decision making. In the increasingly litigious environment of higher education, William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee's clear, cogent, and contextualized legal guide proves more and more indispensable every year. Two new authors, Neal H. Hutchens and Jacob H Rooksby, have joined the Kaplin and Lee team to provide additional coverage of important developments in higher education law. From hate speech to student suicide, from intellectual property developments to issues involving FERPA, this comprehensive resource helps ensure you're ready for anything that may come your way. Includes new material since publication of the previous edition Covers Title IX developments and intellectual property Explores new protections for gay and transgender students and employees Delves into free speech rights of faculty and students in public universities Expands the discussion of faculty academic freedom, student academic freedom, and institutional academic freedom If this book isn't on your shelf, it needs to be.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111955120X

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The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Hematology

By: Griffin P. Rodgers,Neal S. Young

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The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Hematology

By: Griffin P. Rodgers,Neal S. Young

Written by clinicians and scientists at the National Institutes of Health and other leading institutions, The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Hematology, Second Edition is a concise, complete hematology handbook designed for quick bedside consultation. The book covers all hematologic disorders and provides residents, fellows, and practitioners with need-to-know information on pathophysiology, natural history, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. The succinct yet detailed presentation is ideal for board review as well as clinical reference. This thoroughly updated edition includes new information on supportive care and new therapies, including immunomodulatory drugs, growth factors, and epigenetic-acting agents and their role in selected disorders.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451153066

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Common Ground?

Readings and Reflections on Public Space

By: Anthony M. Orum,Zachary Neal

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Common Ground?

Readings and Reflections on Public Space

By: Anthony M. Orum,Zachary Neal

Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal explore how public space can be a facilitator of civil order, a site for power and resistance, and a stage for art, theatre, and performance. They bring together these frequently unconnected models for understanding public space, collecting classic and contemporary readings that illustrate each, and synthesizing them in a series of original essays. Throughout, they offer questions to provoke discussion, and conclude with thoughts on how these models can be combined by future scholars of public space to yield more comprehensive understanding of how public space works.

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Routledge

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113525754X

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Sports Medicine of Baseball

By: Joshua M. Dines,David W. Altchek,James Andrews,Neal S. ElAttrache,Kevin E. Wilk,Lewis A. Yocum

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Sports Medicine of Baseball

By: Joshua M. Dines,David W. Altchek,James Andrews,Neal S. ElAttrache,Kevin E. Wilk,Lewis A. Yocum

Sports Medicine of Baseball includes all-encompassing coverage of the evaluation and treatment of common problems encountered in baseball players at all levels of competition. A large portion of the book focuses on shoulder and elbow problems, given the high number of shoulder and elbow injuries that affect baseball players. The text will also cover lower extremity injuries, spine conditions, and common medical problems that may be encountered. Of special interest to athletic trainers, topics such as different training regimens for in-season versus off-season workouts and tailoring throwing programs for relievers and starters is given particular attention.

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1451153821

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A Stranger Thing

By: Martin Leicht,Isla Neal

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A Stranger Thing

By: Martin Leicht,Isla Neal

In this witty, adventurous sequel to Mothership, Elvie Nara is back on earth—but her life (including her new baby) is still pretty out there! “Irreverent humor makes this work of science fiction a comic treat” (VOYA). Pregnancy was pretty rough for Elvie Nara, what with the morning sickness, constant food cravings, and the alien race war she found herself in the middle of. But if she thought giving birth to an extraterrestrial’s baby would be the hard part, she was sorely mistaken. After Elvie’s baby is not what was expected, the Almiri completely freak out. Suddenly Elvie’s supposed allies have shipped her—along with her father, her best friend, Ducky, and her maybe-boyfriend, boneheaded Almiri commando Cole Archer—off to a remote “retention facility” (aka alien jail) in Antarctica. Talk about cold. But things really get complicated when a new group of hybrid aliens arrive with information that sends Elvie’s world spinning. Before long, Elvie is trekking across the bottom of the Earth with a band of friends and frenemies to uncover the secrets of her own origin. Will Elvie ever be able to convince the Almiri that a conspiracy to conquer the planet is a greater threat than a sixteen-year-old girl and a newborn who won’t stop crying?

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Simon and Schuster

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1442429658

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Own Your Thoughts OWN YOUR LIFE

A Revealing Guide to Clarify Your Thinking and Transform Your Life

By: Teresa S. Neal, PhD

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Own Your Thoughts OWN YOUR LIFE

A Revealing Guide to Clarify Your Thinking and Transform Your Life

By: Teresa S. Neal, PhD

When situations pop up that turn our world upside down, what do we do? We often become overwhelmed and fall victim to our circumstances. We may desperately want to take control of our lives, but don’t know how. The good life seems to float just beyond our reach. What can we do to make our lives better? Is it possible for us to take control of our lives? After decades of research and teaching, Dr. Neal has discovered a valuable path to better health and more joy-filled living. And the route is surprisingly simple. It’s all about thoughts. Own Your Thoughts, Own Your Life offers a comprehensive and compassionate guide for taking control of one’s life through a deeper inspection of the way we think. Dr. Neal introduces readers to a process of thought examination through a series of exercises which are easily done at home, building gradually into a journey of reflection and changing small habits for a much bigger overall gain. Thinking about thinking isn’t something we’re prone to do every day. Some people have never been encouraged to be critical or introspective at all. Whether you are totally new to the concept or have tried this before, Neal is there with you every step of the way. I found the narrative to be skilled and confident, with an upbeat and friendly tone that shies away from clinical terms (although there’s clearly a lot of solid research and knowledge underpinning every principle). The exercises feel more like opportunities than hard work, which is encouraging. I fully intend to incorporate these ideas into my daily life going forward. Overall, Own Your Thoughts Own Your Life delivers everything it promises and would make a valuable addition to anyone’s personal library. ~Five Star Review from K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite Any generally curious person will find this book engaging. Dr. Neal inspires readers to continue to think long after they’ve closed the book. ~Ben Beese, former student Most books on Mindset are fluff, mere pop psychology. Dr Neal has written an in-depth book of techniques and strategies to change your life . . . and alter your way of thinking. ~ Robert G. Allen, 5X NY Times Bestselling Author

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1636306284

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Schizophrenia

Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

By: Neil A. Rector,Neal Stolar,Paul Grant

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Schizophrenia

Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

By: Neil A. Rector,Neal Stolar,Paul Grant

From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom areas: delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and formal thought disorder. Treatment chapters then offer concrete guidance for addressing each type of symptom, complete with case examples and session outlines. Anyone who treats or studies serious mental illness will find a new level of understanding together with theoretically and empirically grounded clinical techniques.

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1609182383

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