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Freshwater Road

A Novel

By: Denise Nicholas

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“Breathtaking . . . Perhaps the best work of fiction ever done about the civil rights movement” from the award-winning actress and activist (Newsday). When University of Michigan sophomore Celeste Tyree travels to Mississippi to volunteer her efforts in the Freedom Summer of 1964, she’s assigned to help register voters in the small town of Pineyville, a place best known for a notorious lynching that occurred only a few years earlier. As the long, hot summer unfolds, Celeste befriends several members of the community, but there are also those who are threatened by her and the change that her presence in the South represents. Finding inner strength as she helps lift the veil of oppression and learns valuable lessons about race, social change, and violence, Celeste prepares her adult students for their showdown with the county registrar. All the while, she struggles with loneliness, a worried father in Detroit, and her burgeoning feelings for Ed Jolivette, a young man also in Mississippi for the summer. By summer’s end, Celeste learns there are no easy answers to the questions that preoccupy her—about violence and nonviolence, about race, identity, and color, and about the strength of love and family bonds. In Freshwater Road, Denise Nicholas has created an unforgettable story that—more than ten years after first appearing in print—continues to be one of the most cherished works of Civil Rights fiction. “A bold new novel that explores the fault lines of class and race in 1964 Mississippi.” —The Washington Post “Hypnotic . . . [Nicholas] conjures an insidious mood of fear and writes with lyrical prose.” —Entertainment Weekly

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1572847816

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The Dixie Swim Club

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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The Dixie Swim Club

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. [The play] focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years... As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of "teamwork", rally round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction."--Back cover.

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Deliver Us from Mama!

By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

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Deliver Us from Mama!

By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

Mama’s back—so chaos can’t be far behind! This rip-roaring, hilarious, high-octane race to beat the stork begins when Walker Sprunt’s wife, Hayley, goes into labor with their first child. The problem? She’s in Alabama, and he is in L.A., trying his best to get through a surprise visit from his meddling mother and his bossy big sister, Savannah, when he gets the call. Unfortunately, an air traffic controllers’ strike has just begun across the nation and Walker is at a loss for what to do. But his Mama, as usual, is not. And when she proclaims “Family Road Trip!,” Walker, from experience, knows disaster can’t be far behind. And is he ever right—as the clock ticks, Mama and her squabbling offspring jump in a car and sprint across two thousand miles of America and through its most unbelievably eccentric and colorful communities, and comedic chaos follows them everywhere. Despite experiencing zany alien encounters near Roswell, New Mexico, witnessing an uproarious last-minute wedding with off-their-rockers relatives, participating unwillingly in a high-speed police chase across Texas, surviving a churning river on a daiquiri party barge, and even escaping a wild New Orleans Mardi Gras night court, this exuberantly desperate trio drive on, determined to make it to Alabama before the new baby is born. And heaven help anyone who gets in Mama’s way, because she WILL be in Birmingham in time for the birth of her first grandchild! This flat-out-funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy will get your motors racing as it delivers miles of smiles and loads of laughs!

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Imperialism and Development

The East African Groundnut Scheme and Its Legacy

By: Nicholas Westcott

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Imperialism and Development

The East African Groundnut Scheme and Its Legacy

By: Nicholas Westcott

A compelling exploration of one of the most ill-advised and calamitous interventions in colonial development history.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1847012590

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Funny Little Thing Called Love

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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Funny Little Thing Called Love

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

This deliriously funny new Jones Hope Wooten comedy is all about that four-letter word: L-O-V-E. Under a full moon on this unpredictable night of romance, these four rollicking tales take you on an around-the-globe journey of unexpected and hilarious twists and turns: A slick, successful used-car-selling Romeo in Dallas, Texas, believes he's answering Cupid's call, only to realize too late that he's wandered into a life-changing trap set by three fed-up Juliets. On an island getaway, The Hallelujah Girls, a group of fun-loving gals from Georgia, say aloha to their wild sides as they accidentally crash a Hawaiian honeymoon in progress. These five women—and Waikiki—will never be the same! In a rooftop London bistro, sparks fly when two strangers surprisingly start to connect, only to be thwarted by a hyperactive American tourist who's determined to be the center of attention, and the unpredictable antics of an ancient waitress who wields a wicked sousaphone. And finally, in Manhattan, a man tries to battle his way out of a mid-life crisis with an ill-advised and elaborate marriage proposal. Unfortunately, it all goes wildly off-track when his caterer passes out, a tap-dancing singing telegram girl breaks into sobs rather than song, his ex-wife saunters in wearing nothing but a bathrobe and a smile, and a cowering superhero inches nervously across his twelfth-floor window ledge. So, open your heart to romantic mayhem and come join the fun! By the time the evening is over and the moon works its magic, love will conquer all and your sides will ache from laughter!

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Buryin' Daddy

Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest

By: Teresa Nicholas

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Buryin' Daddy

Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest

By: Teresa Nicholas

A descendant of Lebanese Catholic immigrants on her father's side and Baptist sharecroppers on her mother's, Teresa Nicholas recounts in Buryin' Daddy a southern upbringing with an unusual inflection. As the book opens, the author recalls her charmed early childhood in the late 1950s, when she and her family live with her grandparents in a graceful old bungalow in Yazoo City, Mississippi. But when the author is five, her eccentric father—secretive, penurious, autocratic, hoarding—moves his growing family into a condemned duplex nearby. Separated from her beloved grandmother and chafing under her father's erratic discipline, the girl longs to flee from the awful decrepit house. When she's a teenager, she and her father find themselves on conflicting sides of the civil rights movement and their arguments grow more painful, until a scholarship to a northeastern college provides the means of her escape. Two decades later, Nicholas has built a successful career in book publishing in New York. When her father dies suddenly, she returns to Mississippi for the funeral and to spend a month in the hated duplex as her mother comes to terms with her husband's passing. But as she sorts through the strange detritus of her father's life, the author comes to understand that he was far more complex than the angry man she thought she knew. And as she draws closer to her surprisingly resilient mother, affected by stroke but full of blunt country talk, she finds that her mother is also far from the naïve, helpless creature she remembers. Through a series of surprising and oddly humorous discoveries, the author and her mother will begin to unravel her father's poignant secrets together in this graceful and generous exploration of the intermingling of shame and love that lie at the heart of family life.

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The Savannah Sipping Society

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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The Savannah Sipping Society

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

THE STORY: In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate—and an impromptu happy hour—and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost through the years. Randa, a perfectionist and workaholic, is struggling to cope with a surprise career derailment that, unfortunately, reveals that she has no life and no idea how to get one. Dot, still reeling from her husband’s recent demise and the loss of their plans for an idyllic retirement, faces the unsettling prospect of starting a new life from scratch—and all alone. Earthy and boisterous Marlafaye, a good ol’ Texas gal, has blasted into Savannah in the wake of losing her tom-cattin’ husband to a twenty-three-year-old dental hygienist. The strength of her desire to establish a new life is equaled only by her desire to wreak a righteous revenge on her ex. Also new to town, Jinx, a spunky ball of fire, offers her services as a much-needed life coach for these women. However, blinded by her determination and efforts to get their lives on track, she over-looks the fact that she’s the one most in need of sage advice. Over the course of six months, filled with laughter, hilarious misadventures, and the occasional liquid refreshment, these middle-aged women successfully bond and find the confidence to jumpstart their new lives. Together, they discover lasting friendships and a renewed determination to live in the moment—and most importantly, realize it’s never too late to make new old friends. So raise your glass to these strong Southern women and their fierce embrace of life and say “Cheers!” to this joyful and surprisingly touching Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy!

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The Red Veld

By: Nicholas Rinth

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The Red Veld

By: Nicholas Rinth

With the Drowned Tower in shambles and its practitioners left to wander the foreign lands of Ferus Terria, Sylvie and Jack set out to learn more about the stone’s history. Their first stop: the Red Veld. But finding answers isn’t as easy as simply inquiring. They quickly find themselves stepping into an entire Institute of uncooperative practitioners, banding with an eccentric auctioneer, and standing against a horde of hired Nebbin. Where they must carve a path for themselves or risk losing what little they have left—it isn’t much of a choice. The pair barrel blindly through the dark. While unknown to them, the Zenith Council stirs with revolts surging in the west and Jack’s closest friend is captured by slavers interested in learning the secret to magic. The world continues to spin. But together, they realize the mystery behind the rise of the First Zenith and uncover truths that could rock the very foundation of the Institute that governs them. Some secrets, however, should never be brought to light. And there are those that would kill to keep it that way.

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Last Round-Up of the Guacamole Queens

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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Last Round-Up of the Guacamole Queens

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

THE STORY: In this deliciously funny Southern-fried comedy, the Verdeen cousins of Sweetgum, Texas — Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette — are up against the clock as they frantically attempt to produce the ultimate high school reunion before the old building is demolished. But they’ve got a bushel of obstacles to overcome before they can pull off this miracle: Gaynelle is reeling from the humiliating demise of her loathed ex-husband; Peaches’ romantic life has tanked because the older her dates get, the more horrified they are by her job as a mortuarial cosmetologist; and Jimmie Wyvette is trying to live down her on-camera catfight with a local televangelist. To top it all off, the cousins have got to impress a governor’s aide with their party-planning capabilities, so that they can nab the plum job of throwing the governor’s birthday bash — and keep their business afloat. Their scramble to prepare the perfect event is interrupted by the exploits of their beloved Uncle Aubrey, who is in danger of getting throttled by the two octogenarian sisters he’s simultaneously romancing, and by threats from their self-righteous Aunt LaMerle, who is determined to be crowned the final and forever Guacamole Queen of Sweetgum High. And that’s before one of Peaches’ former classmates arrives with a malevolent hand puppet and a score to settle, Jimmie Wyvette hog-ties the sherrif with police tape, the high school gym is blown away, and the desperate battle for Guacamole Queen heats up into an outrageous fight to the finish. Chaos is side-splittingly achieved! A gut-busting Jones Hope Wooten farce — and a stand-alone play in its own right — LAST ROUND-UP OF THE GUACAMOLE QUEENS is the third and final comedy in the Verdeen Cousins Texas Trilogy that begins with THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR and continues with REX’S EXES. You’ll laugh so hard you might even consider attending your next high school reunion!

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The Hallelujah Girls

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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The Hallelujah Girls

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

Several feisty females in Eden Falls, Georgia decide to shake up their lives starting with the Spa-Dee-Dah!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where they meet every Friday afternoon.

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Farce of Nature

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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Farce of Nature

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

The non-stop hilarity of this Southern-fried farce highlights one day in the life of the Wilburn family of Mayhew, Arkansas. Meet D. Gene Wilburn, the owner and proprietor of the Reel 'Em Inn, the finest little fishing lodge in the Ozarks. Well, it used to be, but lately business is down, tourists are few, and the lone guest who's just checked in—an extremely jittery Carmine DeLuca from Chicago—is only there due to a location shift in the Witness Protection Program. Doesn't anybody just want to fish anymore? Certainly not D. Gene's frustrated wife, Wanelle, who's fed up with their lackluster romantic life. She's taken drastic steps to improve it through hypnotic suggestion and, for the life of him, D. Gene cannot understand why his pants keep falling down. D. Gene's feisty sister Maxie has her own problems, chief among them battling ageism to resume her career in law enforcement. She's determined to prove her worth by keeping Carmine DeLuca alive through the weekend—a task that's going to prove to be much harder than she bargained for since she keeps losing both her gun and the bullets. And she never anticipated the gangster Camine's been dodging for the last five years, Sonny Barbosa, is about to walk through the door, in hot pursuit of his sexy wife, Lola. Seems the headstong Lola has driven hundreds of miles to the lodge to follow her boytoy, D. Gene and Wanelle's son Ty. But Lola meets her match in Ty's seemingly innocent girlfriend, Jenna, whose patience has reached the breaking point after months of waiting for Ty to come home. In the deliciously funny romp that ensues, they all hide, lie, disguise themselves, cross-dress, and slam doors chasing one another, while trying to figure out the source of an increasingly awful stench. By then it's too late and the lodge is surrounded by vicious critters and hungry varmints that have followed the odor down from the hills. Yet by the delightfully chaotic climax of this one outrageous day, love blossoms, truths are revealed, and the lives of all—family, guests and gangsters alike—change in incredible and surprising ways. This side-splittingly funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy is guaranteed to win your audiences over—hook, line, and sinker!

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Always a Bridesmaid

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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Always a Bridesmaid

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

THE STORY: In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other's weddings...no matter what. More than thirty years later, these Southern friends-for-life are still maki

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To End All War

A Historical Novel

By: Nicholas Lambros

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To End All War

A Historical Novel

By: Nicholas Lambros

It is 1916 and twenty-six-year-old John Morris cannot ignore the Great War anymore. Despite his fathers objections and the fact that America has not even entered the war yet, John leaves Maryland for France where he hopes to fulfill his mission of becoming a flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille. He leaves behind not only his parents, but also his surgeon brother, Michael, and sister, Catherine, who are quietly nurturing their own dreams to play a part in the war. Over two years later, Johns father is dead, his mother is in Arizona, and Michael and Catherine are heading to New York. Michael is soon assigned to an aid station in France while Catherine translates French documents for the State Department. But after she is supposedly sent to Paris to work at the United States Embassy, Catherine is made a counterspy in a French town near the Swiss border. As John, Michael, and Catherine each do their best to help in a war that stretches from the skies to the Western Front, none of them realize that only two of them will return home. In this historical novel, three young Americans drawn into the Great War bravely battle seemingly insurmountable challenges while attempting to survive loss, find love, and pursue their dreams.

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1491743840

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Razabilly

Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene

By: Nicholas F. Centino

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Razabilly

Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene

By: Nicholas F. Centino

Vocals tinged with pain and desperation. The deep thuds of an upright bass. Women with short bangs and men in cuffed jeans. These elements and others are the unmistakable signatures of rockabilly, a musical genre normally associated with white male musicians of the 1950s. But in Los Angeles today, rockabilly's primary producers and consumers are Latinos and Latinas. Why are these "Razabillies" partaking in a visibly "un-Latino" subculture that's thought of as a white person's fixation everywhere else? As a Los Angeles Rockabilly insider, Nicholas F. Centino is the right person to answer this question. Pairing a decade of participant observation with interviews and historical research, Centino explores the reasons behind a Rockabilly renaissance in 1990s Los Angeles and demonstrates how, as a form of working-class leisure, this scene provides Razabillies with spaces of respite and conviviality within the alienating landscape of the urban metropolis. A nuanced account revealing how and why Los Angeles Latinas/os have turned to and transformed the music and aesthetic style of 1950s rockabilly, Razabilly offers rare insight into this musical subculture, its place in rock and roll history, and its passionate practitioners.

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1477323511

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Black Cat Weekly #83

By: Bruce D. Arthurs ,Nancy Novick ,Phyllis Ann Karr,Hal Charles ,Murray Leinster ,George O. Smith,William P. McGivern ,W.C. Tuttle,Nicholas Carter ,Charles Dye

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Black Cat Weekly #83

By: Bruce D. Arthurs ,Nancy Novick ,Phyllis Ann Karr,Hal Charles ,Murray Leinster ,George O. Smith,William P. McGivern ,W.C. Tuttle,Nicholas Carter ,Charles Dye

Black Cat Weekly #83 has something for everyone -- modern and classic mysteries? Check! Science fiction? Check! Fantasy? Check! Even a crime tale set in the Old West! Novels, short stories, series tales featuring such great characters as master detective Nick Carter, western hero Hashknife Hartley, and sword & sorcery team Frostflower and Thorn are ien this issue. One of our best! Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Lucky Day” by Bruce D. Arthurs [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Grand Larceny at the Grand Prix” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “How Does He Die This Time?,” by Nancy Novick [Barb Goffman Presents short story] Blood Will Tell, by Nicholas Carter [Nick Carter series, novel] Hidden Blood, by W.C. Tuttle [Hashknife Hartley series, novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “The Truth About the Lady of the Lake,” by Phyllis Ann Karr [Frostflower & Thorn series, short story] “Time for Survival,” by George O. Smith [short story] “Nobody Saw the Ship” by Murray Leinster [short story] “Momentum,” by Charles Dye [short story] Convoy to Atlantis, by William P. McGivern [novel]

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1667681850

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A Reign of Peace

By: Nicholas F. Cucolo,Joseph A. Domino

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A Reign of Peace

By: Nicholas F. Cucolo,Joseph A. Domino

A Reign of Peace is an adventure epic where characters engage in larger than life heroics to preserve a distant yet familiar civilization. It focuses on a young man named Dominus and his struggle with faith as he confronts threats of war and conquest. How does it all start? In turning over the soil for the next crop, two hapless farmers unearth a small metallic boxabout the size and shape of a pocket calculator. To their amazement, it hums and has a small translucent window with an eerie pulsating green glow. The community buzzes with excitement. News of the strange artifact reaches Dominus and his close friend, Rumanion, farmers who have also studied history and archaeology at the University. They decide to have a look at this unique relic. Before they realize what happens, they are caught up in a series of events which forever alters their lives and their society as well. Memorable life-like characters struggle in a unique setting and, as a result of their conflicts, mature as they learn more about themselves and the world around them. Although Dominus is only in his late twenties, he is embittered and cynical as a result of a tragic youth (Man is no better than a swine, he laments, clinging to miserably to this cosmic prank called life, only to have it snuffed out. ..). Later, with the help of the devout cleric Thomas and his sister Elaina, Dominus acquires faith and finds love. As readers battle villains and a secret race of mutants along with Dominus and Rumanion, they feel as if theyre traveling through the Middle Ages. However, the novel is actually set in the future. At one point, fleeing for his life, Dominus stumbles into a network of caves which houses a missile complex. How is he to relate this discovery to the simple, agrarian values of his society? Besides Dominus and Rumanion, the book abounds with characters who have distinct and engaging personalities. Mangross, the self-serving mercenary, represents the dark path Dominus could take. Mangross would rather count his gold than ponder noble causes. (I am accustomed to being well paid for my services, he proudly boasts, and with my earnings, I can drink, game, and swyve my fill. Causes make man grim and morbid.) There is Sablestone the hermit, a proud warrior who spurns society, yet is a help to all. And Harrington Nob, the man bound by science and society, who learns friendship and compassion. Grunorga is the chieftain of the mutants; he is revealed to be a sadistic maniacal leader bent on fulfilling his imagined destiny as conqueror. In addition to the qualifies of a suspenseful fast-paced adventure story, the themes of mans relationship to nature, technology, his fellow man, and to God all predominate throughout the book. However, these motifs all emerge from the action of the story. And the action never stops!

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Winter in Fireland

A Patagonian Sailing Adventure

By: Nicholas Coghlan

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Winter in Fireland

A Patagonian Sailing Adventure

By: Nicholas Coghlan

After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures in Patagonia when, taking time off from his job as a schoolteacher in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, he and Jenny explored the region of southern Argentina and Chile over three successive summers. This time, as they negotiate the labyrinth of channels and inlets around snow-covered Fireland, he reflects on voyages of past explorers: Magellan, Cook, Darwin, and others. Sailing enthusiasts and readers of true adventures will want to add Coghlan's world-wise narrative to their libraries.

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University of Alberta

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0888646836

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Transmigration

By: Nicholas Maes

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Transmigration

By: Nicholas Maes

Simon, a seemingly normal teenager with abnormal abilities, unwittingly uncovers a plot by an army of souls that intends to take over the world and supplant the human race.

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145970231X

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Two Plays on the Aftermath of War

By: John Nicholas Schweitzer

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Two Plays on the Aftermath of War

By: John Nicholas Schweitzer

These two plays portray dramatic events on stage to inform the general public of the nature and seriousness of the psychological trauma endured by many veterans of combat, along with the enduring effects when they return to civilian life, and also to provide an opportunity for veterans who see the plays to identify with, to talk about, and in some measure to deal with their experiences"--Provided by publisher.

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1329663977

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Honky Tonk Hissy Fit

By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

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Honky Tonk Hissy Fit

By: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

In this rollicking, hilarious comedy, the Doublewide, Texas, gang is back and life in their tiny town has gotten crazier than ever! Just when things are looking up—the population has grown to seventeen mobile homes and a weekend farmers’ market—the rug is pulled out from under the residents yet again. It seems their vacation rental trailer has drawn unwanted attention from a mega-corporation in Austin. Suddenly the corporation is interested in Doublewide. Waaaay too interested. Mayor Joveeta Crumpler is the only one suspicious enough to sound the alarm, but no one is listening. Her mother, Caprice, is too self-involved with her “career” as a local celebrity to sense the growing threat, or to even realize that grumpy old Haywood Sloggett is increasingly drawn to her—and Sloggett is fighting those romantic feelings tooth and nail. Caprice is also hell-bent on keeping her neighbor and rival, Big Ethel Satterwhite, from horning in on her domain—the Stagger Inn bar. Big Ethel has her hands full trying to teach the town’s good-ol’-boy police chief, Baby Crumpler, how to dirty-dance for a countywide competition. But Baby’s got as much chance of winning as Georgia Dean Rudd has of not jinxing her relationship with Nash Sloggett—she’s twisting herself into knots trying to dodge his constant marriage proposals. And as the danger to the town grows, Joveeta can’t even count on the usually reliable and sweet health fanatic Lark Barken—because she’s currently under the spell of a demon she’s only recently discovered: caffeine. But as the tentacles of the corporation envelope them all, can the citizens of this little Texas town put aside their problems and unite behind Joveeta to fight “the big guys” and turn the tide in Doublewide? A heap of hilarity with a whole lot of heart—and a stand-alone play in its own right—HONKY TONK HISSY FIT is the third comedy in the trilogy that begins with Doublewide, Texas and continues with A Doublewide, Texas Christmas. By the triumphant finale of this ferociously funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy (Could there be a double wedding in Doublewide?), you’ll be throwing fits, alright—fits of laughter that’ll make your sides ache!

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The Marketing Power of Emotion

By: John O'Shaughnessy,Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy

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The Marketing Power of Emotion

By: John O'Shaughnessy,Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Emotion is one of the defining forces in our lives. It lies at the very heart of many of our most important experiences and memories. Not surprisingly, the worlds of business and marketing have long drawn on the power of emotion to influence consumer impulses and brand loyalty. Yet beyond the obvious emotions evoked by an inspirational Nike ad or an affecting Hallmark commercial lies an emotional universe that is less conspicuous, even transparent, yet no less influential. In this definitive work, two marketing experts provide a highly original, entertaining and anecdote-rich account of the marketing power of emotion. The primordial force behind motivation and persuasion, emotions enter into all decisions involving tradeoffs and are thus especially relevant to consumer decision-making. The Marketing Power of Emotion traces the manner in which companies rely on emotion to connect with consumers, develop new products, improve their strategic position, and increase brand recognition. Synthesizing key research in a variety of scientific fields, the authors cover the role of mood in persuasion; affect-driven consumer behavior; choice processes; associationism (how consumers develop positive and negative associations with a product); the importance of consistency; response prediction; and emotional response manipulation, among a host of other topics. Importantly, the centrality of emotion in developing brand loyalty is explored in depth. Essential reading for executives and middle management alike, as well as all students and scholars of consumer behavior, The Marketing Power of Emotion is the most authoritative statement yet on this critically important aspect of business strategy.

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0190287829

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Your Research Project

Designing and Planning Your Work

By: Nicholas Walliman

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Your Research Project

Designing and Planning Your Work

By: Nicholas Walliman

In the third edition of this bestselling book, you'll find everything you need to embark upon your research project and write your proposal with confidence. Written with the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in mind, Your Research Project will guide you through the process of formulating a research question, choosing your research methods, planning your research, and writing your proposal. Fully updated and revised, the new edition features: o A comprehensive introduction to the purpose and nature of research o Expanded coverage of writing a research plan or proposal o An overview of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, as well as more on mixed methods research designs o New sections on digital media and online research methods o Exercises and examples to provide students from across the social sciences with the practical tools needed to succeed in their project. Nicholas Walliman is Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University.

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1849204624

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How to Begin Studying English Literature

By: Nicholas Marsh

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How to Begin Studying English Literature

By: Nicholas Marsh

How to Begin Studying English Literature has established itself as one of the most successful and popular introductory student guides in the field. This fourth edition has been fully revised and expanded throughout, and now includes more examples and commentary on texts as well as a third essay-writing chapter, tackling critics and context. This book shows the reader how to approach novels, plays and poems, featuring chapters on themes, characters, structure, style, irony and analysis. In addition, sections on revision, exams and further development of study skills make this book an invaluable companion for anyone beginning to study English literature.

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1137508787

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Eat Without Fear

Harnessing Science to Confront and Overcome Your Eating Disorder

By: Nicholas R. Farrell,Carolyn Black Becker,Glenn Waller

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Eat Without Fear

Harnessing Science to Confront and Overcome Your Eating Disorder

By: Nicholas R. Farrell,Carolyn Black Becker,Glenn Waller

This book is a guide for individuals affected by eating disorders and their families on how to use exposure therapy to address the eating disorder. Exposure therapy is a treatment approach that involves confronting (rather than avoiding) challenging scenarios that evoke distress. When patients confront these distressing scenarios, although it is difficult for them, they are able to learn that their distress often decreases and they are able to tolerate this distress better than imagined.

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0197642969

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Twenty Two Games of Fame

A Chronicle of the 2017 Cleveland Indians Win Streak

By: Nicholas Brigeman

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Twenty Two Games of Fame

A Chronicle of the 2017 Cleveland Indians Win Streak

By: Nicholas Brigeman

On August 24, 2017, the Cleveland Indians win, 13–6, over the Boston Red Sox to split a four-game series after dropping the previous night's game by a score of 6–1. The Tribe is now back in the win column, and no player or fan could guess what is to come. From August 24 through September 14, 2017, the Cleveland Indians put together a stretch of wins that propelled them to the best record in the American League and set the record for the longest continuous win streak in Major League Baseball history. The Indians played and swept six consecutive series to win twenty-two straight games, the longest winning streak without a loss or tie ever recorded. Cleveland's pitching and hitting were so dominant they outscored their opponents by a total of 105 runs and had a collective team ERA below 2.0. This book includes an in-depth chronicle of every game of the historic win streak and exciting quotes from Tom Hamilton and others that put you right in the middle of this improbable run by the Tribe. Relive the most dominant win streak in the modern Major League era!

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Page Publishing Inc

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1644620111

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Christmas Belles

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

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Christmas Belles

By: Jessie Jones,Nicholas Hope,Jamie Wooten

THE STORY: A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. It's Christmas-time in the small town of Fayro, Tex

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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082222190X

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Your Soul at Work

Five Steps to a More Fulfilling Career and Life

By: Nicholas W. Weiler,Stephen C. Schoonover

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Your Soul at Work

Five Steps to a More Fulfilling Career and Life

By: Nicholas W. Weiler,Stephen C. Schoonover

This book helps balance the spirit-crushing split between personal and professional lives by providing practical tools, resources, and a workbook to show how a job can be a source of both professional advancement and spiritual growth.

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Hidden Spring

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1587680068

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Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders

By: Carolyn Black Becker,Nicholas R. Farrell,Glenn Waller

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Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders

By: Carolyn Black Becker,Nicholas R. Farrell,Glenn Waller

Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders teaches therapists to recognize the myriad ways exposure can and should be systematically included in ED treatment, providing practical guidance on when and how to use exposure techniques with this clinical population.

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0190069740

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One Year Complete Nutrition and Fitness Guide for High School Athletes

By: Nicholas Ferguson

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One Year Complete Nutrition and Fitness Guide for High School Athletes

By: Nicholas Ferguson

The book gives coaches, parents, athletes, or anyone who is training a high school athlete for competition the knowledge to do so effectively and safely. It book provides an overview of proper nutrition to enhance athletic performance as well as assist in weight gain or weight loss. In addition, the majority of the book is a day-by-day training program that can be adjusted by the user to take anywhere between 10 and 30 weeks. The program addresses all aspects of athletic performance. Strength training, power training, plyometric training, agility training, speed training, and conditioning training are all included in the book. The book gives you an easy-to-follow program that can be adhered to strictly or, by using the knowledge contained within the book, can be adapted and altered to suit any needs.The book contains:lifting, conditioning, agility, speed sheetsnutrition advicestretching routineshigh-intensity workoutsexercise descriptionspictures and diagramsadaptation adviceand more.

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Lulu.com

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1300354941

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The Pillow Fight

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

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The Pillow Fight

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

Passion, conflict and infidelity in this gripping tale of two people and their marriage. Set against the glittering background of high life in South Africa, New York and Barbados, an idealistic young writer tastes the corrupting fruits of success, while his beautiful, ambitious wife begins to doubt her former values.

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House of Stratus

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0755131347

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Lubetkin and Goldfinger

The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing

By: Nicholas Russell

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Lubetkin and Goldfinger

The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing

By: Nicholas Russell

Berthold Lubetkin and Ernö Goldfinger were two leading architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.

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Book Guild Publishing

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1915853974

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Theories of Computability

By: Nicholas Pippenger

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Theories of Computability

By: Nicholas Pippenger

A mathematically sophisticated introduction to Turing's theory, Boolean functions, automata, and formal languages.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521553806

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The Right of Hot Pursuit in International Law

By: Nicholas M Poúlantzas

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The Right of Hot Pursuit in International Law

By: Nicholas M Poúlantzas

In three Parts the author examines the right of hot pursuit on land, in the international law of the sea, and in international air law. He critically analyzes the development of the right, its present status and position in the future. Hence, solutions are proposed to present problems of international law in connection with the right of hot pursuit, as well as to problems which may arise in the future. Thus, the doctrine of hot pursuit is placed within the framework of modern international law and examined in the light of recent developments. These extensively discussed developments include not only consideration of the right of hot pursuit in connection with guerilla warfare techniques and conflicts not amounting to war, but also all recent evolutions in the international law of the sea, including, inter alia, problems appertaining to fisheries, exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf, pirate radiostations, and pollution of the sea. In addition, the right of hot pursuit in international air law is examined in connection with all modern situations, for instance, recent interception techniques of intruding aircraft, contiguous air space limits, hi-jacking of aircraft and air piracy. This work is an extended and updated edition of the book first published in 1969.

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