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Chaos

Overcoming the Overwhelming

By: Noah Asher

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Chaos

Overcoming the Overwhelming

By: Noah Asher

Why did you choose to read this book description? Is it because of the cool cover? It’s okay...we have all judged a book by its cover at one time or another. Or is it because the word Chaos completely describes your life right now? Or maybe, just maybe, you thought the author was awesome and decided this book would be a New York Times Bestseller? Probably not the last scenario. If I had to guess, I’d say it has something to do with that overwhelming stress weighing down on you. Reality is, there are many people in this world facing hard times: Anxiety, incarceration, loss, addiction, divorce, sickness, and I could go on, but I need this description to fit on the back of the book... How do we overcome these overwhelming times? Great question. I don’t have all the right words, which probably isn’t what you want to hear from an author. But I know Who does. His Name is Jesus. And He is the only One Who can bring unexplainable peace in the midst of your Chaos. Whether you are reading this behind prison bars, in the hospital room, at the funeral home, or on the awesome World Wide Web, I hope you choose to read this book. Chaos is inevitable. It comes like a thief in the night— stealing, killing, and destroying all we hold dear. But there is hope. Where the enemy comes to destroy, God comes to rebuild. He comes to restore. He comes to bring life and joy. This book isn’t some self-help book. Nor is it an autobiography. It’s a collaboration of real people experiencing real pain, learning how to overcome the overwhelming. Jesus isn’t just the center of this book. He’s the beginning, middle, and end. And spoiler alert: He always wins.

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WestBow Press

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9798385015351

Not of the Living Dead

The Non-Zombie Films of George A. Romero

By: Noah Simon Jampol,,Cain Miller,Leah Richards

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Not of the Living Dead

The Non-Zombie Films of George A. Romero

By: Noah Simon Jampol,,Cain Miller,Leah Richards

A killer monkey. Suburban witchcraft. Motorcycle jousting. A cockroach invasion. Despite this enticing list of other subjects, George A. Romero is best known for the genre-defining 1968 film Night of the Living Dead and subsequent zombie films. The non-zombie films in his decades-long career have gotten varied degrees of critical examination but they remain underexamined compared to the Dead flicks. This book focuses on Romero's "other" work, highlighting lesser-known films such as There's Always Vanilla (1971) and Bruiser (2000), as well as more popular films such as Martin (1977) and The Crazies (1973). It examines how his body of work participates in social critique by delving into issues such as capitalism's pitfalls and excesses, domestic and racial power imbalances, and our patriarchal culture's expectations of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality.

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McFarland

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1476685681

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9781476685687

Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

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Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Information is not the raw material of truth, nor is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.

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Signal

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077101967X

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The Last Jew

A Novel of The Spanish Inquisition

By: Noah Gordon

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The Last Jew

A Novel of The Spanish Inquisition

By: Noah Gordon

In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict. Many who wish to remain are intimidated by Church and Crown and become Catholics, but several hundred thousand choose to retain their religion and depart; given little time to flee, some perish even before they can escape from Spain. Yonah Toledano, the 15-year-old son of a celebrated Spanish silversmith, has seen his father and brother die during these terrible days - victims whose murders go almost unnoticed in a time of mass upheaval. Trapped in Spain by circumstances, he is determined to honor the memory of his family by remaining a Jew. On a donkey named Moise, Yonah begins a meandering journey, a young fugitive zigzagging across the vastness of Spain. Toiling at manual labor, he desperately tries to cling to his memories of a vanished culture. As a lonely shepherd on a mountaintop he hurls snatches of almost forgotten Hebrew at the stars, as an apprentice armorer he learns to fight like a Christian knight. Finally, as a man living in a time and land where danger from the Inquisition is everywhere, he deals with the questions that mark his past. How he discovers the answers, how he finds his way to a singular and strong Marrano woman, how he achieves a life with the outer persona of a respected Old Christian physician and the inner life of a secret Jew, is the fabric of this novel. The Last Jew is a glimpse of the past, an authentic tale of high adventure, and a tender and unforgettable love story. In it, Noah Gordon utilizes his greatest strengths, and the result is remarkable and moving.

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Macmillan

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146686673X

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The Cole Trilogy

The Physician, Shaman, and Matters of Choice

By: Noah Gordon

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The Cole Trilogy

The Physician, Shaman, and Matters of Choice

By: Noah Gordon

The New York Times–bestselling author’s historical saga of a family of healers—from Dark Ages London to Civil War America to modern-day Boston. In The Physician, an orphan in eleventh-century London, Robert Cole, becomes a fast-talking swindler. As he matures, his strange gift—an acute sensitivity to impending death—never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer. Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia. Christians are barred from Muslim schools, but by claiming he is a Jew, he studies under the world’s most renowned physician, Avicenna. Cole’s journey and love for a woman who must struggle against her only rival—medicine—make The Physician a riveting modern classic. In Shaman, Dr. Robert Judson Cole, nineteenth-century descendent of the first Robert Cole, travels from his ravaged Scottish homeland, through the operating rooms of antebellum Boston, to the cabins of frontier Illinois. In the wilderness he befriends the starving remnants of the Sauk tribe, who have fled their reservation. In the process, he absorbs their culture and learns native remedies that enrich his classical medical education. He marries a remarkable settler woman he had saved from illness. The Cole family is drawn into the bloody vortex of the Civil War, and their determination to survive in the midst of wilderness and violence will stay with the reader long after the final page. In Matters of Choice, Roberta Jeanne d’Arc Cole is the latest first-born descendant of Dr. Robert Cole. Favored to be named associate chief of medicine at a Boston hospital, she is married to a surgeon and owns a trophy residence in Cambridge as well as a summer house. But everything melts away. Her gender and her work at an abortion clinic cost her the hospital appointment. Her marriage fails. Crushed, she goes to her farmhouse in western Massachusetts, thinking to sell it, and finds an unexpected life. How she continues to fight for every woman’s right to choose, while acknowledging her own ticking clock and maternal yearning, makes this prize-winning third story of the Cole trilogy relevant and unforgettable.

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Open Road Media

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1453276378

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Armed Citizens

The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment

By: Noah Shusterman

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Armed Citizens

The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment

By: Noah Shusterman

Although much has changed in the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment and the patterns that emerged in the colonial era. America has long been a heavily armed, and racially divided, society, yet few citizens understand either why militias appealed to the founding fathers or the role that militias played in North American rebellions, in which they often functioned as repressive—and racist—domestic forces. In Armed Citizens, Noah Shusterman explains for a general reader what eighteenth-century militias were and why the authors of the Constitution believed them to be necessary to the security of a free state. Suggesting that the question was never whether there was a right to bear arms, but rather, who had the right to bear arms, Shusterman begins with the lessons that the founding generation took from the history of Ancient Rome and Machiavelli’s reinterpretation of those myths during the Renaissance. He then turns to the rise of France’s professional army during seventeenth-century Europe and the fear that it inspired in England. Shusterman shows how this fear led British writers to begin praising citizens’ militias, at the same time that colonial America had come to rely on those militias as a means of defense and as a system to police enslaved peoples. Thus the start of the Revolution allowed Americans to portray their struggle as a war of citizens against professional soldiers, leading the authors of the Constitution to place their trust in citizen soldiers and a "well-regulated militia," an idea that persists to this day.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813944627

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How Pac-Man Eats

By: Noah Wardrip-Fruin

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How Pac-Man Eats

By: Noah Wardrip-Fruin

How the tools and concepts for making games are connected to what games can and do mean; with examples ranging from Papers, Please to Dys4ia. In How Pac-Man Eats, Noah Wardrip-Fruin considers two questions: What are the fundamental ways that games work? And how can games be about something? Wardrip-Fruin argues that the two issues are related. Bridging formalist and culturally engaged approaches, he shows how the tools and concepts for making games are connected to what games can and do mean.

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0262360977

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Jewish Civilization

The Jewish Historical Experience in a Comparative Perspective

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt,Shemuel Noa? Aizens?tad?

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Jewish Civilization

The Jewish Historical Experience in a Comparative Perspective

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt,Shemuel Noa? Aizens?tad?

This book explains why the best way to understand the Jewish historical experience is to look at Jewish people, not just as a religious or ethnic group or a nation or "people," but, as bearers of civilization. This approach helps to explain the greatest riddle of Jewish civilization, namely, its continuity despite destruction, exile, and loss of political independence. In the first part of the book, Eisenstadt compares Jewish life and religious orientations and practices with Hellenistic and Roman civilizations, as well as with Christian and Islamic civilizations. In the second part of the book, he analyzes the modern period with its different patterns of incorporation of Jewish communities into European and American societies; national movements that developed among Jews toward the end of the nineteenth century, especially the Zionist movement; and specific characteristics of Israeli society. The major question Eisenstadt poses is to what extent the characteristics of the Jewish experience are distinctive, in comparison to other ethnic and religious minorities incorporated into modern nation-states, or other revolutionary ideological settler societies. He demonstrates through his case studies the continuous creativity of Jewish civilization.

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0791410951

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Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience

The Civilizational Dimension

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

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Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience

The Civilizational Dimension

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

Professor S.N. Eisenstadt has written numerous essays on Jewish Identity over the years. This volume brings together some of these. The major argument of the essays follows the Weberian view of Jewish historical experience as that of a distinct civilization, as a distinct Great Religion, the first monotheistic civilization - without, however, accepting many of Weber's concrete analyses.

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BRILL

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9004136932

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Matthew Henry Study Bible - Revised King James Version

By: Matthew Henry,Noah Webster

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Matthew Henry Study Bible - Revised King James Version

By: Matthew Henry,Noah Webster

Read the King James Bible together with the concise devotional study notes of Matthew Henry. This edition has some unique features: - Complete Study Bible containing the Bible text (Revised KJV) as well as Matthew Henry’s devotional study notes. - Bible text and devotional notes are fully integrated. You can read the bible text and notes without the need to jump back and forth to different locations. No need to switch between Bible and Commentary. You find Bible text and Matthew Henry notes close to each other, clearly distinguished from each other by typeface and background. - Contains Revised King James Version Bible text, pericope titles and devotional study notes - Easy and quick navigation to every book, chapter and pericope - Optimised in design as well as readability. Clear distinction between bible text and commentary. - Published by Importantia Publishing, a specialised Bible Publisher with experience in electronic publishing since 1992. - Text of both the Bible as well as Matthew Henry devotional study notes are fully proofed. - Much time, research and experience is invested to develop this Matthew Henry Study Bible. This is not simply a text taken from an unproved source and quickly converted to an ebook. This is the fruit of a well-thought project undertaken by a Bible publisher with the mission to publish quality ebook editions of the Matthew Henry Study Bible. The revision of the King James Version by Noah Webster contains a more familiar language than the original King James Version, without tampering with the meaning of the original Hebrew and Greek.

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9057192160

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9789057192166

The Promise of Progress

The Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan

By: Daniel Noah Moses

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The Promise of Progress

The Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan

By: Daniel Noah Moses

A detailed presentation of Lewis Henry Morgan's life from his early work with the Iroquois to his defense of American capitalism to his strange posthumous career among international leftists up to Morgan's influence among today's environmentalists, anarchists, feminists, and other social visionaries"--Provided by publisher.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826266606

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Arab Christians in British Mandate Palestine

Communalism and Nationalism, 1917-1948

By: Noah Haiduc-Dale

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Arab Christians in British Mandate Palestine

Communalism and Nationalism, 1917-1948

By: Noah Haiduc-Dale

Recent conflict in the Middle East has caused some observers to ask if Muslims and Christians can ever coexist. History suggests that relations between those two groups are not predetermined, but are the product of particular social and political circumstances. This book examines Muslim-Christian relations during an earlier period of political and social upheaval, and explores the process of establishing new forms of national and religious identification. Palestine's Arab Christian minority actively engaged with the Palestinian nationalist movement throughout the period of British rule (1917-1948). Relations between Muslim and Christian Arabs were sometimes strained, yet in Palestine, as in other parts of the world, communalism became a specific response to political circumstances. While Arab Christians first adopted an Arab nationalist identity, a series of outside pressures - including British policies, the rise of a religious conflict between Jews and Muslims, and an increase in Islamic identification among some Arabs - led Christians to adhere to more politicized religious groupings by the 1940s. Yet despite that shift Christians remained fully nationalist, insisting that they could be both Arab and Christian.

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Edinburgh University Press

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074867604X

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A Chosen Calling

Jews in Science in the Twentieth Century

By: Noah J. Efron

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A Chosen Calling

Jews in Science in the Twentieth Century

By: Noah J. Efron

Rejecting the idea that Jews have done well in science because of uniquely Jewish traits, Jewish brains, and Jewish habits of mind, this book approaches the Jewish affinity for science through the geographic and cultural circumstances of Jews who were compelled to settle in new worlds in the early twentieth century.

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1421413817

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The Physician

By: Noah Gordon

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The Physician

By: Noah Gordon

An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this “rich” and “vivid” historical novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (The New York Times). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift—an acute sensitivity to impending death—never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer. Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia. Christians are barred from Muslim schools, but claiming he is a Jew, he studies under the world’s most renowned physician, Avicenna. How the woman who is his great love struggles against her only rival—medicine—makes a riveting modern classic. The Physician is the first book in New York Times–bestselling author Noah Gordon’s Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with Shaman and concludes with Matters of Choice.

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1453263748

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Speed up Your Success in Times of Crisis

Because of the Need

By: Pastor Noah I. Mushet

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Speed up Your Success in Times of Crisis

Because of the Need

By: Pastor Noah I. Mushet

Intimacy with God remains the age long process for accessing and gaining Gods riches. In the bible, those who ended as generational rulers among men have been Kingdom slaves in intimate with God. Intimates of God always end as movers of men. You cannot truly be intimate with God and do not impact your generation! Keep in mind of the patriarch who reminded about God's covenant of grace with him through a dream. This expression of His love, fortunate care drew Jacob into a closer fellowship with the Heavenly Father. It was at a time when all of Jacob's plans had been frustrated and he had nothing but a stone for a pillow. Sometimes it does happen in this life when you feel like; you have no one and nothing else except God Himself! That time is called, time of crisis. There many touching stories which have been told of how the need of Gods intimacy could be used in the hour of crisis. For instance, William McKinley, assassinated American President, alleged to say on his deathbed, words of being nearer to God. And in 1912, as the Titanic was submerged into the arctic waters of the Atlantic sending at least 1,500 people into eternity, survivors said that the band played, the song of Nearer, My God, to Thee. How can a mere mortal benefit from friendship with God? What probable common ground could bring us mutually in intimacy then? Intimacy with God is something all should desire. The thought of human becoming friends with God boggle the mind. As small, weak creatures, what could we possibly have in common with the Almighty Creator of the universe? I recall Gods servant Pastor Verity M. Kotu of Reach Out For Christ Ministries who suggested that, you cant use God in emergency, for He (God) likes relationships. This is to say that, only when you have a problem, you begin to call on God. Dont be surprised if He doesnt come! Even yourself, you wouldnt like people to think of you only when they need your help! Its like they are just using you. God desires that we know Him intimately. Chapter five of the book of Genesis lists great men of the past who benefited from intimacy with God. You can observe that ten men are listed in that chapter, beginning with Adam, continuing through Seth, and ending with Noah. However, I would like to reveal two personalities whose case was different from the rests. These are Enoch and Noah. Lets begin with Enoch. The Bible says Enoch was a man who walked with God. In each case the Bible says that each man lived for so many years. You need to underpin the word lived. Every man was said to live from the time he became a father to the time he was buried, with the exception of Enoch and Noah. In Genesis 5:18-24 the Bible accounts one of those genealogies that are so tempting to leave out or read through in a hurry. In Genesis 5:22 the Bible accounts that after he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. In Genesis 5:24 the Bible also accounts that Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Two observations a. The others who were mentioned in that same chapter lived out their allotted time, but Enoch and Noah walked with God. b. Why concerning Enoch and Noah the word Worked was used? Walked with God is a frequent expression in Eastern part of the world, indicating steady, familiar and confidential communion. With no doubt, it describes intimacy and entails a condition of nearness to God. When the Bible says that Enoch and Noah walked with God, it means they both realised God's presence and enjoyed His communion in an astonishing measure. They grew deeper in intimacy with God, not occasionally, but in a walk that covered three hundred years, and that in a godless atmosphere. Abraham was called God's friend James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God. Isaiah 41:8 But you, Isr

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1465366490

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The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails

By: Noah Rothbaum

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The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails

By: Noah Rothbaum

Anthropologists and historians have confirmed the central role alcohol has played in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has been the subject of serious scholarly inquiry. The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails is the first major reference work to cover the subject from a global perspective, and provides an authoritative, enlightening, and entertaining overview of this third branch of the alcohol family. It will stand alongside the bestselling Companions to Wine and Beer, presenting an in-depth exploration of the world of spirits and cocktails in a groundbreaking synthesis. The Companion covers drinks, processes, and techniques from around the world as well as those in the US and Europe. It provides clear explanations of the different ways that spirits are produced, including fermentation, distillation, and ageing, alongside a wealth of new detail on the emergence of cocktails and cocktail bars, including entries on key cocktails and influential mixologists and cocktail bars. With entries ranging from Manhattan and mixology to sloe gin and stills, the Companion combines coverage of the range of spirit-based drinks around the world with clear explanations of production processes, and the history and culture of their consumption. It is the ultimate guide to understanding what is in your glass. The Companion is lavishly illustrated throughout, and appendices include a timeline of spirits and distillation and a guide to mixing drinks.

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0190670401

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Edgar G. Ulmer

A Filmmaker at the Margins

By: Noah Isenberg

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Edgar G. Ulmer

A Filmmaker at the Margins

By: Noah Isenberg

Edgar G. Ulmer is perhaps best known today for Detour, considered by many to be the epitome of a certain noir style that transcends its B-list origins. But in his lifetime he never achieved the celebrity of his fellow Austrian and German émigré directors—Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Robert Siodmak. Despite early work with Max Reinhardt and F. W. Murnau, his auspicious debut with Siodmak on their celebrated Weimar classic People on Sunday, and the success of films like Detour and Ruthless, Ulmer spent most of his career as an itinerant filmmaker earning modest paychecks for films that have either been overlooked or forgotten. In this fascinating and well-researched account of a career spent on the margins of Hollywood, Noah Isenberg provides the little-known details of Ulmer’s personal life and a thorough analysis of his wide-ranging, eclectic films—features aimed at minority audiences, horror and sci-fi flicks, genre pictures made in the U.S. and abroad. Isenberg shows that Ulmer’s unconventional path was in many ways more typical than that of his more famous colleagues. As he follows the twists and turns of Ulmer’s fortunes, Isenberg also conveys a new understanding of low-budget filmmaking in the studio era and beyond.

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Univ of California Press

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0520409647

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9780520409644

Century of Song

101 Songs that Shaped American Music

By: Noah Lefevre

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Century of Song

101 Songs that Shaped American Music

By: Noah Lefevre

Discover the Music that Changed Everything Embark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them. Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man’s world by reworking the chauvinistic lyrics to the 1967’s hit “Respect,” to Doja Cat’s successful backlash against toxic fans of the digital age; from a broken amplifier on “Rocket 88” ushering in the distorted sounds of rock n’ roll, to Kendrick Lamar’s release of “Alright,” which became the unofficial anthem to the BLM protests—each song mirrors the strife, change and progress of our country’s narrative. In this rich and engrossing guide for music lovers everywhere, you’ll discover how a single song can make history.

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Patrick Geddes and Town Planning

A Critical View

By: Noah Hysler-Rubin

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Patrick Geddes and Town Planning

A Critical View

By: Noah Hysler-Rubin

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This book studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans. Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a more vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.

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Routledge

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1317796497

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Like Men of War

Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

By: Noah Andre Trudeau

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Like Men of War

Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

By: Noah Andre Trudeau

Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major contribution to the literature on the United States Colored Troops (USCT). In this chronological operational history, Trudeau covers every major engagement—and a few minor ones—that the USCT participated in. By quoting generously from primary documents, including Black soldiers’ letters, Trudeau tells the combat history of African American troops in the Civil War largely through the voices of the soldiers themselves. This fresh, expanded second edition adds material on additional engagements and other aspects of Black soldiers’ experiences, and features a new selection of photographs. The updated bibliography is extensive, providing a rich selection of source materials for further study and exploration. Like Men of War is essential reading for anyone seeking a thorough understanding of the U.S. Civil War.

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0700635580

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Art of Advocacy

Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America's Best Lawyers

By: Noah Messing

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Art of Advocacy

Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America's Best Lawyers

By: Noah Messing

The Art of Advocacy: Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America’s Best Lawyers presents more than 150 examples of masterful advocacy to show lawyers how to write winning motions and briefs. The book focuses on the strategic and substantive choices that top litigators make, drawing examples from important, timely, and controversial cases. Detailed annotations give readers insight into what makes each document so effective. In addition to presenting a host of storytelling, stylistic, and organizational strategies, the book's examples demonstrate how to build and rebut different types of arguments. The Appendices provide a wealth of additional resources, including Karl Llewellyn’s previously unpublished advice from 1957 about the art of advocacy, which one top law professor described as the “best advice on legal writing I’ve ever seen.” Features Compiles more than 150 examples of masterfully written legal advocacy and analysis Succinct introductory text presents the facts of each case Detailed annotations by the author highlight How to tell your client’s story How to build and counter six types of legal argument How to organize your arguments How to develop a theme Excerpts from high-interest cases, such as The battle over “Obamacare” A massive copyright suit involving YouTube BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Facebook’s infamous feud with the Winklevoss twins Apple’s billion-dollar patent dispute with Samsung Lance Armstrong’s attempt to retain his Tour de France titles Major cases involving gay rights and affirmative action For year-long courses, a stellar option for second-semester students Perfect for practicing litigators who want to see a playbook of moves and strategies from top lawyers and from major cases Stresses strategic choices and the art of building compelling substantive arguments Focuses on briefs and motions Developing a theme Framing issues Isolates examples of specific arguments—doctrinal, textual, legislative history policy, and so on Innovative layout

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Aspen Publishing

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1454836288

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The Intellectual Devotional

Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Culture

By: David S. Kidder,Noah D. Oppenheim

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The Intellectual Devotional

Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Culture

By: David S. Kidder,Noah D. Oppenheim

This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection—collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. The Intellectual Devotional is a secular version of the same—a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each daily digest of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, philosophy, mathematics and science, religion, fine arts, and music. Impress your friends by explaining Plato's Cave Allegory, pepper your cocktail party conversation with opera terms, and unlock the mystery of how batteries work. Daily readings range from important passages in literature to basic principles of physics, from pivotal events in history to images of famous paintings with accompanying analysis. The book's goal is to refresh knowledge we've forgotten, make new discoveries, and exercise modes of thinking that are ordinarily neglected once our school days are behind us. Offering an escape from the daily grind to contemplate higher things, The Intellectual Devotional is a great way to awaken in the morning or to revitalize one's mind before retiring in the evening.

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Rodale Books

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1609616898

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The Jerusalem Diamond

By: Noah Gordon

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The Jerusalem Diamond

By: Noah Gordon

A man travels to Israel to uncover a diamond’s remarkable past in this vivid historical saga from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Physician. A diamond cutter and seller from a long, respected line of precious-gem dealers, New Yorker Harry Hopeman is intrigued by the story of the so-called “Jerusalem Diamond,” a magnificent yellow jewel rumored to date back to the biblical time of King Solomon. So when he’s asked to broker a deal that will return the legendary gemstone to Israel, he eagerly accepts. Arriving in the volatile Middle East, Hopeman soon discovers that his assignment will be anything but easy. Representatives of the Holy Land’s three major religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—are all laying claim to the priceless jewel that once adorned the miter of Pope Gregory, and they will do anything to possess it. Partnering with Israeli government agent Tamar Strauss—a beautiful and courageous Yemenite war widow who inspires the visiting American’s passion as well as his respect—Hopeman is soon entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue that crosses continents and stretches back thousands of years. As the duo follows the twisting travels of the gem and the bloody conflicts it has ignited throughout its extraordinary past—a history that intertwines with Hopeman’s own family saga—the story of a breathtaking land and its people unfolds in all its drama and glory. International-bestselling author Noah Gordon—whose acclaimed historical novel The Physician was the inspiration for the major motion picture of the same name starring Ben Kingsley— “has packed a suspense tale with religious, historical and archeological underpinnings, along with fascinating insights into an industry whose conduct is generally shrouded from outside scrutiny” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

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Open Road Media

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1453263799

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A Common-School Dictionary of the English Language

By: Noah Webster

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A Common-School Dictionary of the English Language

By: Noah Webster

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375044534

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To Be a Jew Today

A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People

By: Noah Feldman

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To Be a Jew Today

A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People

By: Noah Feldman

A New York Times Bestseller A leading public intellectual’s timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other. What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel, and to each other—and live their lives accordingly? Writing sympathetically but incisively about diverse outlooks, Feldman clarifies what’s at stake in the choice of how to be a Jew, and discusses the shared “theology of struggle” that Jews engage in as they wrestle with who God is, what God wants, or whether God exists. He shows how the founding of Israel has transformed Judaism itself over the last century—and explores the ongoing consequences of that transformation for all Jews, who find the meaning of their Jewishness and their views about Israel intertwined, no matter what those views are. And he examines the analogies between being Jewish and belonging to a large, messy family—a family that often makes its members crazy, but a family all the same. Written with learning, empathy and clarity, To Be a Jew Today is a critical resource for readers of all faiths.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374721009

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