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Earth Capitalism

Creating a New Civilization Through a Responsible Market Economy

By: Patrick Petit

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Earth Capitalism

Creating a New Civilization Through a Responsible Market Economy

By: Patrick Petit

Today a deepening global recession is causing economic hardships for all kinds of businesses. Earth Capitalism attributes the crisis to inappropriate macroeconomic policies and excessive expansion of financial institutions in blind pursuit of profit, lack of self-discipline among financial institutions, and the failure of supervision and regulation to keep up with financial innovations. Collectively, these are some of the main causes of the current global economic malaise. Petit argues that human greed and insatiability are the true source of disparities around the world. Greed is the reason why we are depleting the Earth's natural resources and destroying its ecosystems. He argues that instead, a good life should be based on balanced give-and-take. When we take something from society or the Earth, we have to maintain a balance by giving something equivalent back. Happiness is founded on gratitude for what one has, and one should engage in an overall appraisal of life, not what one lacks. He believes the same principle should be applied to management of the Earth's natural resources and goods. The current global crisis impels us to create a responsible capitalism, one that benefits all living beings on this planet. It reminds us to live a simpler life based on true well-being and life-satisfaction, but simple living is not about living in poverty. As its subtitle suggests, Earth Capitalism's contributors present leading edge economic concepts, business models, and best practices that show the path toward creation of responsible capitalism?a viable scenario emerging from the current global economic and financial crisis.

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Routledge

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1351312626

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9781351312622

Patrick Jourdain's Problem Corner

By: Patrick Jourdain

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Patrick Jourdain's Problem Corner

By: Patrick Jourdain

In 1985, Patrick Jourdain was commissioned by Britain's TV Channel 4 to provide bridge problems as part of its Teletext service. The problems caught the eye of the editor of BRIDGE Magazine, and eventually formed the basis for the popular 'Problem Corner' feature, which began in 1990 and still appears in the magazine every month. It is from these same problems that the contents of this book have been selected. A combination of real-life deals and constructed themes, they will provide a stimulating challenge to any solver. Patrick Jourdain (Wales), who is President of the International Bridge Press Association, is an international player and one of the UK's best-known writers on the game. This is his third book.

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Master Point Press

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1897106475

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9781897106471

The Reading Lesson

The Threat of Mass Literacy in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

By: Patrick Brantlinger

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The Reading Lesson

The Threat of Mass Literacy in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

By: Patrick Brantlinger

[Brantlinger's] writing is admirably lucid, his knowledge impressive and his thesis a welcome reminder of the class bias that so often accompanies denunciations of popular fiction." —Publishers Weekly "Brantlinger is adept at discussing both the fiction itself and the social environment in which that fiction was produced and disseminated. He brings to his study a thorough knowledge of traditional and contemporary scholarship, which results in an important scholarly book on Victorian fiction and its production." —Choice "Timely, scrupulously researched, thoroughly enlightening, and steadily readable. . . . A work of agenda-setting historical scholarship." —Garrett Stewart Fear of mass literacy stalks the pages of Patrick Brantlinger's latest book. Its central plot involves the many ways in which novels and novel reading were viewed—especially by novelists themselves—as both causes and symptoms of rotting minds and moral decay among nineteenth-century readers.

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Indiana University Press

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0253212499

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9780253212498

International Supply Chain Relationships

Creating Competitive Advantage in a Globalized Economy

By: Patrick Daly

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International Supply Chain Relationships

Creating Competitive Advantage in a Globalized Economy

By: Patrick Daly

Multinational corporations have developed networks of production that stretch across the globe. They have done this in order to maximize their ability to service their customers in markets worldwide, exploit greater opportunities for growth, maximize their profitability and increase their business value. It is the strength and quality of the relationships and connections that we build with other players that will ultimately determine the effectiveness and the success of our business. International Supply Chain Relationships looks at these complex connections, covering long-term inter-organizational relationships, situational inter-organizational relationships, multi-disciplinary global engineering teams, technologies and innovations, supply chain communication, supply chain coordination, and future trends. International Supply Chain Relationships aims to provide supply chain practitioners in any type of business with ideas, tools and strategies that they can readily access, interpret and put into practice speedily and pragmatically to create value for their own international business. In many instances, supply chain projects bring together people from different disciplines who may come from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Add in long distances and different time zones and the complexities and challenges of sustaining successful working relationships increase even more. This book provides case studies which illustrate how to manage these arrangements effectively.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749480041

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9780749480042

Lawyer X

By: Anthony Dowsley,Patrick Carlyon

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Lawyer X

By: Anthony Dowsley,Patrick Carlyon

Underbelly meets Molly's Game - the true crime investigation that rewrote the story of Melbourne's infamous gangland war and triggered a royal commission. Melbourne's gangland war was an era dominated by murders, stings, hits, drug busts, corruption and greed - inspiring bestselling books and even a popular TV series, Underbelly. It took the police a decade to curtail the violence and bring down criminal kingpins Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel and their accomplices. When the police finally closed the case file, just how they really won the war, with the help of an unlikely police informer, would become a closely guarded secret and its exposure, the biggest legal scandal of our time. Lawyer X is the scandalous, true story of how a promising defence barrister from a privileged background broke all the rules - becoming both police informer and her client's lover - sharing their secrets and shaping the gangland war that led to sensational arrests and convictions. The story of how Nicola Gobbo became Lawyer X, and why, is a compelling study in desperation and determination. Lawyer X is the definitive story of Melbourne's gangland wars and its most glamorous and compelling central character, based on the ground-breaking work of investigative journalists Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon, who broke the story for the Herald Sun in 2014, and their five-year struggle to reveal the truth about the identity of Lawyer X.

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HarperCollins

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1460711831

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9781460711835

How to Make Brilliant Stuff That People Love ... and Make Big Money Out of It

By: Patrick W. Jordan

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How to Make Brilliant Stuff That People Love ... and Make Big Money Out of It

By: Patrick W. Jordan

This book describes a marketing and design approach called "total design,"which is about not only making but marketing and promoting a good or service both successfully and profitably. It offers an integrated, holistic approach to the whole process. It's integrative because the design,marketing, and branding must give a clear and consistent story about the product. It's holistic becuase "total design" engages consumers on all levels.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470856432

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9780470856437

Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

From Ancient Times to the Present

By: Cynthia Clark Northrup,Jerry H. Bentley,Alfred E. Eckes, Jr,Patrick Manning,Kenneth Pomeranz,Steven Topik

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Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

From Ancient Times to the Present

By: Cynthia Clark Northrup,Jerry H. Bentley,Alfred E. Eckes, Jr,Patrick Manning,Kenneth Pomeranz,Steven Topik

Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic

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Routledge

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1317471520

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9781317471523

The Daily Telegraph Easy Guide to Acol Bridge

By: Patrick Jourdain

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The Daily Telegraph Easy Guide to Acol Bridge

By: Patrick Jourdain

Acol bidding is the most popular system in the UK and is used by the majority of players throughout the country. Because it uses a weak no-trump opening and a minimum of conventions, it's a great way for beginners to learn how to bid with confidence.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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0713489715

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9780713489712

The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life

By: Kathy Patrick

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The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life

By: Kathy Patrick

When licensed cosmetologist turned publisher's rep Kathy Patrick lost her job due to industry cutbacks, she wasn't deterred. One year later, she opened Beauty and the Book, the world's only combination beauty salon/bookstore. Soon after, she founded The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas -- a reading group that dared to ask the question, "Does a book club have to be snobby to be serious?" The idea spread like wildfire. Now there are about 70 chapters nationwide. The overriding rule -- aside from wearing the club's official tiara, hot pink, and leopard print outfits -- is that the groups must have fun. The club's mission: To get America reading. THE PULPWOOD QUEENS' TIARA-WEARING, BOOK- SHARING GUIDE TO LIFE celebrates female friendship, sisterhood, and the transformative power of reading. It includes life principles and motivational anecdotes, hilarious and heart-warming stories of friendships among the Queens, and stories from Kathy about the books that have inspired her throughout her life, complete with personalized suggested book lists.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446511188

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9780446511186

Logic in the Wild

By: Patrick Girard

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Logic in the Wild

By: Patrick Girard

Is logic a good tool for making decisions? Can it make us better listeners and help us find coherence in views that we disagree with? Is Sherlock Holmes actually good at logic? Patrick Girard addresses these and other questions by presenting logic as the guardian of coherence. Logic, Girard argues, finds coherence in the patterns of reasoning across science, religion, and everyday decision making. It helps communities engage safely by replacing contentious debates with shared, constructive reasoning – logic provides neutral ground for the healthy pursuit of common goals and interests. Logic in the Wild employs common sense language, eschewing technical jargon, symbols, and equations. Girard’s attention focuses on logic’s power to find what unites the complex and the simple, the abstract and the concrete, the theoretical and the practical. In treating logic not as a passive subject to learn but as an active discipline to engage with, Logic in the Wild teaches us to identify patterns in our own reasoning, which inevitably helps us better confront questions central to everyday life.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0228021774

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9780228021773

Applied Digital Optics

From Micro-optics to Nanophotonics

By: Bernard C. Kress,Patrick Meyrueis

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Applied Digital Optics

From Micro-optics to Nanophotonics

By: Bernard C. Kress,Patrick Meyrueis

Miniaturization and mass replications have begun to lead the optical industry in the transition from traditional analog to novel digital optics. As digital optics enter the realm of mainstream technology through the worldwide sale of consumer electronic devices, this timely book aims to present the topic of digital optics in a unified way. Ranging from micro-optics to nanophotonics, and design to fabrication through to integration in final products, it reviews the various physical implementations of digital optics in either micro-refractives, waveguide (planar lightwave chips), diffractive and hybrid optics or sub-wavelength structures (resonant gratings, surface plasmons, photonic crystals and metamaterials). Finally, it presents a comprehensive list of industrial and commercial applications that are taking advantage of the unique properties of digital optics. Applied Digital Optics is aimed primarily at optical engineers and product development and technical marketing managers; it is also of interest to graduate-level photonics students and micro-optic foundries. Helps optical engineers review and choose the appropriate software tools to design, model and generate fabrication files. Gives product managers access to an exhaustive list of applications available in today’s market for integrating such digital optics, as well as where the next potential application of digital optics might be. Provides a broad view for technical marketing managers in all aspects of digital optics, and how such optics can be classified. Explains the numerical implementation of optical design and modelling techniques. Enables micro-optics foundries to integrate the latest fabrication and replication techniques, and accordingly fine tune their own fabrication processes.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470022647

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9780470022641

Literature and Personal Values

By: Patrick Grant

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Literature and Personal Values

By: Patrick Grant

Throughout, the theoretical positions are developed by means of exegesis of appropriate literary texts.

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Springer

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1349221163

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9781349221165

Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: The World War II PT Boats in contemporary advertisements: Black & White Collection

By: Patrick Matthews

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Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: The World War II PT Boats in contemporary advertisements: Black & White Collection

By: Patrick Matthews

PT boats captured the imagination of the American public during WW2. From the darkest days of 1941 and 1942, the PTs were bravely slugging it out with the overwhelming Japanese invasion forces. PTs extracted MacArthur from Manila, and when he returned, it was on a PT. The PTs were nimble and quick, and packed a wallop. They were Davids to the Axis Goliaths. And the crews-what young man wouldn't want to be a dashing PT sailor? This collection of WW2 ads follows the PTs and their crews from those dark early days to the final victory and the promise of carefree yachting in the ensuing peace. Over 200 wartime PT ads are crammed into this affordable "Black & White Collection". Also look for the companion volume, "Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: Supplemental Color Edition", which contains a selection of the most colorful ads from this larger B&W edition.

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Lulu.com

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1105448754

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9781105448751

The Magic Misfits

By: Neil Patrick Harris

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The Magic Misfits

By: Neil Patrick Harris

A New York Times bestseller and USA Today bestselling book! From award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris comes the magical first book in a new series with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. When street magician Carter runs away, he never expects to find friends and magic in a sleepy New England town. But like any good trick, things change instantly as greedy B.B. Bosso and his crew of crooked carnies arrive to steal anything and everything they can get their sticky fingers on. After a fateful encounter with the local purveyor of illusion, Dante Vernon, Carter teams up with five other like-minded illusionists. Together, using both teamwork and magic, they'll set out to save the town of Mineral Wells from Bosso's villainous clutches. These six Magic Misfits will soon discover adventure, friendship, and their own self-worth in this delightful new series. (Psst. Hey, you! Yes, you! Congratulations on reading this far. As a reward, I'll let you in on a little secret... This book isn't just a book. It's a treasure trove of secrets and ciphers and codes and even tricks. Keep your eyes peeled and you'll discover more than just a story--you'll learn how to make your own magic!)

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Hachette+ORM

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0316355585

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9780316355582

ALL THINGS GO

How I Became A Shaman

By: Eric Durchholz,Patrick Coleman

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ALL THINGS GO

How I Became A Shaman

By: Eric Durchholz,Patrick Coleman

In April of 2013, Author Eric Durchholz had a near-death experience followed by a soul transfer. As a result, he died and was replaced by a new consciousness named Patrick John Coleman. A new soul in a full-grown body... much to the confusion of his friends and family. As the new age concept of a walk-in soul is relatively unknown to the mainstream, a growing army of walkins are coming to this planet in a "Divine Invasion" to set this polluted and hateful world back on a course towards peace. As Coleman struggled to find out where he came from and what happened to Eric, he turned to the great psychic researchers Edgar Cayce, Jane Roberts and Esther Hicks for answers. In doing so he found he had uncanny connections to them while also uncovering a plot by his family to keep him silent. The book also includes several hours of specially produced video footage including reenactments of key events linked via QR Codes so keep your smartphone handy and get ready for a mindbending, soul-expanding thrill ride.

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Lulu.com

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1312471972

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9781312471979

Thirteen Days to Midnight

By: Patrick Carman

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Thirteen Days to Midnight

By: Patrick Carman

You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear. Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies? In this nail-biting novel of mystery and dark intrigue, Jacob must walk the razor thin line between right and wrong, good and evil, and life and death. And time is running out. Because the Grim Reaper doesn't disappear. . . . He catches up.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316088803

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9780316088800

Utopian Literature and Science

From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond

By: Patrick Parrinder

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Utopian Literature and Science

From the Scientific Revolution to Brave New World and Beyond

By: Patrick Parrinder

Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.

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Springer

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1137456787

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9781137456786

Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald

By: John Patrick Pazdziora

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Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald

By: John Patrick Pazdziora

Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald reconsiders the nature of death and divine love in the stories of one of Scotland’s most slyly subversive writers for children.

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BRILL

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9004420614

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9789004420618

Hidden History of Ravenswood and Lake View

By: Patrick Butler

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Hidden History of Ravenswood and Lake View

By: Patrick Butler

It's easy to get caught up in the hidden history of Ravenswood and Lake View, like the Harm's Park picnic that lasted fifty-four years or the political gimmickry of the "Cowboy Mayor" of Chicago. Who can resist a double take over folk like the "Father of Ravenswood," who kept Chicago from falling to the Confederacy, or the "North Side's Benedict Arnold," who was sent to the electric chair during World War II? If you want to visit the days when the Cubs were the Spuds or debate whether Ravenswood is an actual neighborhood or just a state of mind, do it with longtime North Side journalist Patrick Butler in this curio shop of forgotten people and places.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614238707

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9781614238706

The Insurrectionist

By: Kameron Voltaer,Patrick McLaw

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The Insurrectionist

By: Kameron Voltaer,Patrick McLaw

On 18 March 2902, a massacre transpired on the campus of Ocean Park High School, claiming the lives of nine hundred forty-seven individuals--the largest school massacre in the nation's history. And the entire country now begins to ask two daunting questions: How? and Why? After the federal government becomes involved, and after examining the bouquet of black roses that lies in front of the school's sign, it becomes evident that the hysteria is far from over.Eight hundred twenty-five kilometres north of Ocean Park High School, situated in the suburbs of Phantom Park, Pacifica, is Krossephire Technical Academy. Having a student population that exceeds nineteen thousand, it is the nation's largest school. Krossephire is known as a very structured, academically superior institution with very minor problems. At least, that was before the threats began.After Krossephire Tech begins receiving sinister threats foreshadowing the occurrence of a massacre substantially larger than that of Ocean Park, Agent Jessica Leigh Hearn and her federal investigative unit become involved and the severity of the situation only intensifies as they pursue a dangerous and intelligent killer who is as invisible as the government agency they work for.Amid the hysteria that inescapably follows, Keith, Nick, and Mitchel--three twelfth-year students at Krossephire Tech--intervene after Mitchel overhears a confidential conversation. As the administrative effort to conceal the terrorising occurrences rapidly begins to fail, the three begin to conduct their own amateur investigation that ultimately puts them into serious conflict with the federal government, the Krossephire administration, as well as themselves. Simultaneously, Jessica and her team discover that the events of Ocean Park and Krossephire Tech are interrelated. And as they follow the trail of black roses, they learn an interesting yet appalling story--a parallel of the shooter's identity. And as Nick, Keith, and Mitchel struggle to survive their slowly deteriorating school, this teenage executioner makes known that he is not like typical school assassins. He is not a copycat killer. He is not a psychologically unstable maniac. He is intelligent and knows how to kill silently and without detection. His victims are not selected at random. He is after someone--and he will stop at nothing until he is face-to-face with the one person to whom he owes much retribution. However, he will not distinguish between those he hunts and those who get in his way.

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Patrick McLaw

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0985148403

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Very Bad People

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

By: Patrick Alley

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Very Bad People

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

By: Patrick Alley

PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW. ***** 'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue 'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body Shop 'Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth.' - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond 'Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men, some on the fringes of our society, some embedded high up within it. It's a great story and an important one.' - David Farr, Screenwriter, The Night Manager 'The story told in this book of three youthful idealists who go from eating cold baked beans in a drafty London flat to the Thai-Cambodian border where they posed as traders in illegally felled timber is simply riveting. Don't miss it.' - Misha Glenny, author of McMafia 'Alley has produced a clear-eyed account of a world poisoned by dark money, and a welcome reminder that resistance is possible. As it turns out, his book is even more timely than he could have hoped.' - Irish Times 'This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world.' - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency International Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them. VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle. As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. This network of lawyers, bankers and real estate agents help park dirty money in London, New York, or in offshore accounts, safe from prying eyes. Patrick Alley's book is a brilliant, authoritative and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world - and an inspiration to all of us who want to fight back.

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Monoray

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1913183513

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Read 'em & Weep: A Handful of Stories about Unusual Players

By: Andrew Allen,Matthew J. Kolell,II Catalino Tolejano,Patrick Waldoch

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Read 'em & Weep: A Handful of Stories about Unusual Players

By: Andrew Allen,Matthew J. Kolell,II Catalino Tolejano,Patrick Waldoch

Take a seat at the table, ante up, and get ready to "read" your fellow players... In four stories about poker and the sometimes unusual players that make it so interesting, Authors Rising takes us on a tour of the game, from Mars to Milwaukee. Will Earth's first contact with an alien intelligence still leave time to finish a crucial Hold 'Em hand? Will a mid-level enforcer be able to stay in the game, or be forced out of the syndicate by a jealous Madam? Will a Captain's winnings be enough to save her ship once the shooting starts? Will Lady Luck unravel the bonds of a merc unit's brotherhood? Read these exciting new stories by our up-and-coming authors to find out!

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Lulu.com

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0983074607

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9780983074601

The New Router Handbook

By: Patrick Spielman

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The New Router Handbook

By: Patrick Spielman

More than 1,000 photos and drawings showcase a brilliant array of how-to-use instructions and unusual jigs and aids. Everything’s covered: sharpening and maintenance procedures, making and fitting exact joints, cutting, safety—and lots more. With great money-saving tips for making ingenious jigs and fixtures, too! “Will serve as the primer on a very useful tool.”—Booklist.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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0806905182

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Game, Set, Match-Life

By: James Patrick Wilbanks

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Game, Set, Match-Life

By: James Patrick Wilbanks

James Patrick Wilbanks' background, experience, and success in the arena of tennis, including playing and teaching, coupled with his creative mindset resulted in Game, Set, Match-Life, a novel that is set in the tennis world. It tells the story of a young tennis player named Nicky who began playing tennis at the early age of four. Many years later, he finds himself in a relationship with his girlfriend, Juli, and plans to play college tennis in Hawaii. However, geographical destruction and relationship demise weigh heavy on this young man's heart as he attempts to figure out his future. Sweeping changes in the tennis world may be a blessing in disguise. Will Nicky's dreams of college and pro tennis be realized?

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iUniverse

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0595447066

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9780595447060

Manager Manage Thyself

By: Patrick Olliffe

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Manager Manage Thyself

By: Patrick Olliffe

The purpose of this book is to take the seemingly complex subject of management and make it practicable i.e. able to be put into practice successfully. It approaches management from a different point of view – one that defines management as a career each individual practices whose success is measured by the organizational capability they create in their wake. It is designed to give the practicing manager an understanding of the management tenets of the past, a glimpse into their organization through the lens of its organization’s life cycle, and the predictable stages of one’s management career. It is a view that emanates from: • the work one manages where the technical, financial, social, and customer furtherance domains constantly compete for their attention • the simple, complicated, complex or chaotic nature of their issue • the performance they seek, the results they measure, and the decisions they make - by themselves, with or without input from others, by using time-bound consensus practices or by delegating authority to others. Someone once said, ‘There are no perfect solutions, only intelligent choices.” Informed practice makes for intelligent choices that lead to organizational capability, sustainability, and a rewarding career – the purpose of this book.

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Vanity of Their Minds

By: Patrick M Schlievert PhD

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Vanity of Their Minds

By: Patrick M Schlievert PhD

This is a timely book where our current Earth appears at a tipping point, with several tyrannical countries disrupting the normal procession of the free world. Wouldn't it help the world immensely if the tyrannical leaders no longer existed and no longer rose to power? Patch, the main character, and his spouse, Olivia, try multiple ways to make these malignant leaders disappear, including uniting the world in the fight against infections, uniting the world in defining once and for all true religion, and finally successfully showing the world how to make these tyrannical leaders disappear, never to arise again.

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Truth.Fiction.Lies

Confessions of an Italian-Irish-Catholic-American Immigrant to Canada

By: Patrick X Walsh

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Truth.Fiction.Lies

Confessions of an Italian-Irish-Catholic-American Immigrant to Canada

By: Patrick X Walsh

How could he be a good boy and a bad boy at the same time? The TRUTH is what is. FICTION is not reality—but it can help us to see the TRUTH through stories, e.g., The Boy Who Cried Wolf. LIES deceive, for evil purposes, and for good purposes. But what happens when what we think is the TRUTH turns out to be a LIE? In his ninth decade, the author, who has spent his life creating FICTION to examine TRUTH, decided to write the story of his life, truthfully. But, in the process of examining his life—his prayers, works, joys and sufferings—he discovers it becomes more and more difficult to distinguish the TRUTH from the LIES. And the chief insights into the reality of a life he thought noble, his FICTION—often in the form of dreams—reveals his true nature as a failure in his professed faith—until a good woman shows him the way out of his dark forest.

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The Art of Nothing

25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell

By: Patrick McDonnell

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The Art of Nothing

25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell

By: Patrick McDonnell

Timed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The Art of Nothing celebrates the work of author and illustrator Patrick McDonnell Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. In The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell, the award-winning author and illustrator’s beloved comic strip is celebrated as well as his bestselling children’s classics, including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!, all shot from the original art. Also included are rare and never-before-seen artwork, proposals, outtakes, and developmental work, along with autobiographical commentary, a brand-new, career-spanning interview conducted by artist Lynda Barry, and an introduction by Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose).

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Chemistry: The Central Science

By: Theodore L. Brown,H. Eugene LeMay Jr.,Bruce E. Bursten,Catherine Murphy,Patrick Woodward,Steven Langford,Dalius Sagatys,Adrian George

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Chemistry: The Central Science

By: Theodore L. Brown,H. Eugene LeMay Jr.,Bruce E. Bursten,Catherine Murphy,Patrick Woodward,Steven Langford,Dalius Sagatys,Adrian George

If you think you know the Brown, LeMay Bursten Chemistry text, think again. In response to market request, we have created the third Australian edition of the US bestseller, Chemistry: The Central Science. An extensive revision has taken this text to new heights! Triple checked for scientific accuracy and consistency, this edition is a more seamless and cohesive product, yet retains the clarity, innovative pedagogy, functional problem-solving and visuals of the previous version. All artwork and images are now consistent in quality across the entire text. And with a more traditional and logical organisation of the Organic Chemistry content, this comprehensive text is the source of all the information and practice problems students are likely to need for conceptual understanding, development of problem solving skills, reference and test preparation.

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International Harvester Trucks

The Complete History

By: Patrick Foster

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International Harvester Trucks

The Complete History

By: Patrick Foster

Get the entire history of the best trucks on the road. The International Truck and Engine Corporation has built the trucks that have been a staple of both agricultural and industrial trucking for nearly 100 years. International Harvester Trucks: The Complete History tells the complete story of the light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks, vans, and station wagons built by International Harvester during over a century of history, starting from the company's early days, through its first truck model in 1907, and right up to the present. The focus is firmly on the trucks themselves including collectible machines such as the Travelall and Scout. Author Patrick R. Foster is one of the world's premier transportation historians. His accessible writing style, illustrated with hundreds of never-before-seen archival photographs, makes this book the best examination of one of the world's most prolific truck manufacturers.

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1627888179

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Migration in World History

By: Patrick Manning,Tiffany Trimmer

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Migration in World History

By: Patrick Manning,Tiffany Trimmer

In this third edition of Migration in World History, Patrick Manning presents an expanded and newly coherent view of migratory processes, conveying new research and interpretation. The engaging narrative shows the continuity of migratory processes from the time of foragers who settled the earth to farmers opening new fields and merchants linking purchasers everywhere. In the last thousand years, accumulation of wealth brought capitalism, industry, and the travels of free and slave migrants. In a contest of civilizational hierarchy and movements of emancipation, nations arose to replace empires, although conflicts within nations expelled refugees. The future of migration is now a serious concern. The new edition includes: An introduction to the migration theories that explain the shifting patterns of migration in early and recent times Quantification of changes in migration, including international migration, domestic urbanization, and growing refugee movements A new chapter tracing twenty-first-century migration and population from 2000 to 2050, showing how migrants escaping climate change will steadily outnumber refugees from other social conflicts While migration is often stressful, it contributes to diversity, exchanges, new perspectives, and innovations. This comprehensive and up-to-date view of migration will stimulate readers with interests in many fields.

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1351256661

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The Shamrogues

First Challenge

By: Niall Spratt,Patrick Meehan

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The Shamrogues

First Challenge

By: Niall Spratt,Patrick Meehan

The Shamrogues series of children's books (four titles) was first published in the early nineties and was a sensation. Orpen Press are pleased to announce the publication of new, updated editions of the first two books in this much-loved series, The Shamrogues – First Challenge and The Shamrogues – Second Challenge. The Shamrogues are five magical creatures who were entrusted with the power of the high druids of Ireland when magic became forbidden in Ireland. Disguised as stones, they are awakened from their sleep by a little girl called Niamh. Together with Niamh and her brother Conor and sister Sinead, and with many other creatures they meet along the way, the Shamrogues set about on a quest to save the local environment from its enemies. Having sold over 40,000 copies in its first edition, this series will delight a new generation of children.

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1871305713

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Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

By: Patrick Sharkey

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Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

By: Patrick Sharkey

“Admirably connects two stories about the criminal legal system that are usually told separately. One is that the country that Americans live in is safer than it has been for a long time. The other story is that for some citizens, especially African-American men, the country that they live in is not free.” —Paul Butler, New York Times Book Review From the late ’90s to the mid-2010s, American cities experienced an astonishing drop in violent crime, dramatically changing urban life. In many cases, places once characterized by decay and abandonment are now thriving, the fear of death by gunshot wound replaced by concern about skyrocketing rents. In Uneasy Peace, Patrick Sharkey, “the leading young scholar of urban crime and concentrated poverty” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis) reveals the striking effects: improved school test scores, because children are better able to learn when not traumatized by nearby violence; better chances that poor children will rise into the middle class; and a marked increase in the life expectancy of African American men. Some of the forces that brought about safer streets—such as the intensive efforts made by local organizations to confront violence in their own communities—have been positive, Sharkey explains. But the drop in violent crime has also come at the high cost of aggressive policing and mass incarceration. From Harlem to South Los Angeles, Sharkey draws on original data and textured accounts of neighborhoods across the country to document the most successful proven strategies for combating violent crime and to lay out innovative and necessary approaches to the problem of violence. At a time when crime is rising again, the issue of police brutality has taken center stage, and powerful political forces seek to disinvest in cities, the insights in this book are indispensable.

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0393609618

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Fourth Horseman

By: Patrick Ullmer

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Fourth Horseman

By: Patrick Ullmer

Hello, I am the Angel of Death, and I want you to work for me. There was a time in which your kind foolishly believed the world would end, and I will transplant you from your current dimension to that era. You will bring such an event to a dark and evil threat to mankind; this of course being a powerful cult comprised of the cruelest psychopaths orchestrating their venomous plans to destroy your future with their practices. For this you will be gifted with my powers of strength, wisdom, and the ability to fly, which will protect you from the cult's heavy weaponry. The, as your American slang terminology would dictate, "perks" of this job will be to discover the woman of your dreams ten years prior to your initial meeting, and the opportunity to prevent earlier horrors in her life from ever happening. Ah, I see your anticipation now- but be warned; the effects of your conquest will bury you in a twisted war, bringing with it pestilence and then me. Though I employ, I'm not allowed to play favorites. But the decision is yours; will you work for me?

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1456657453

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