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Little Me

The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television/Belle Poitrine

By: Patrick Dennis

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Little Me

The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television/Belle Poitrine

By: Patrick Dennis

Back in print at last! From the author of Auntie Mame: the bawdy, bestselling, bountifully illustrated autobiography of an imaginary diva whose life is one hilarious mishap after another. For Belle Poitrine, née Mayble Schlumpfert, all the world's a stage and she's the most important player on it. At once coy and coercive, with a name that means "beautiful bosom" in French, she claws her way from Striver's Row to the silver screen. Recalling Belle's career, which ranged from portraying Anne Boleyn in Oh, Henry to roles in both Sodom and its sequel Gomorrah (not to mention the classic Papaya Paradise), Little Me serves up copious quanitites of husbands, couture, and Pink Lady cocktails, with international adventures and a murder trial to boot. A runaway bestseller that made its way to Broadway, starring Sid Caesar in 1962 and Martin Short in 1998, Little Me is now reprinted--with all of the 150 historic, hysterical photographs depicting the funniest scenes from Belle's sordid life, including cameo appearances by the author and Rosalind Russell. Considered a collector's item, the first edition of Little Me was like a performance in book form. Now this glittering spoof of celebrity is gloriously reincarnated for connoisseurs of all things chick and cheeky.

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Crown

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030741910X

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The Loop

The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago

By: Patrick T. Reardon

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The Loop

The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago

By: Patrick T. Reardon

The structure that anchors Chicago Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about the single most important structure in the history of the Windy City? In engagingly brisk prose, Patrick T. Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago’s elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city’s economy, and was itself saved from destruction in the 1970s. This unique volume combines urban history, biography, engineering, architecture, transportation, culture, and politics to explore the elevated Loop’s impact on the city’s development and economy and on the way Chicagoans see themselves. The Loop rooted Chicago’s downtown in a way unknown in other cities, and it protected that area—and the city itself—from the full effects of suburbanization during the second half of the twentieth century. Masses of data underlie new insights into what has made Chicago’s downtown, and the city as a whole, tick. The Loop features a cast of colorful Chicagoans, such as legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Edgar Lee Masters, mayor Richard J. Daley, and the notorious Gray Wolves of the Chicago City Council. Charles T. Yerkes, an often-demonized figure, is shown as a visionary urban planner, and engineer John Alexander Low Waddell, a world-renowned bridge creator, is introduced to Chicagoans as the designer of their urban railway. This fascinating exploration of how one human-built structure reshaped the social and economic landscape of Chicago is the definitive book on Chicago’s elevated Loop.

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Southern Illinois University Press

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0809338106

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The Obversant Voyage

A Parody

By: Owen Brian Patrick

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The Obversant Voyage

A Parody

By: Owen Brian Patrick

This is a parody of a series of historical fiction novels, set in the era of the War of 1812.

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Lulu.com

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0977491501

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100 Great Black Britons

By: Patrick Vernon,Angelina Osborne

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100 Great Black Britons

By: Patrick Vernon,Angelina Osborne

An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history' DAVID LAMMY, author of Tribes, in 'The best books of 2020', the Guardian 'Timely and so important . . . recognition is long overdue . . . I would encourage everyone to buy it!' DAWN BUTLER MP A long-overdue book honouring the remarkable achievements of key Black British individuals over many centuries, in collaboration with the 100 Great Black Britons campaign founded and run by Patrick Vernon OBE. 'Building on decades of scholarship, this book by Patrick Vernon and Dr Angelina Osborne brings the biographies of Black Britons together and vividly expands the historical backdrop against which these hundred men and women lived their lives.' From the Foreword, by DAVID OLUSOGA 'I am delighted to see the relaunch of 100 Great Black Britons. For too long the contribution of Britons of African and Caribbean heritage have been underestimated, undervalued and overlooked' SADIQ KHAN, Mayor of London Patrick Vernon's landmark 100 Great Black Britons campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the Black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite Black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the Black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of Black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Mary Seacole was adopted by the Royal College of Nursing and was given the same status as Florence Nightingale. Children and young people were finally being encouraged to feel pride in their history and a sense of belonging in Britain. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits -- including new role models and previously little-known historical figures. Each entry explores in depth the individual's contribution to British history - a contribution that too often has been either overlooked or dismissed. In the wake of the 2018 Windrush scandal, and against the backdrop of Brexit, the rise of right-wing populism and the continuing inequality faced by Black communities across the UK, the need for this campaign is greater than ever.

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Robinson

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1472144295

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9781472144294

Art as a Pathway to God

A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China, 1552–1773

By: Susangeline Yalili Patrick

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Art as a Pathway to God

A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China, 1552–1773

By: Susangeline Yalili Patrick

This book integrates history, theology, and art and analyzes the Jesuits’ cross-cultural mission in late imperial China. Readers will find a rich collection of resources from historical sites, museums, manuscripts, and archival materials, including previous unpublished works of art. The production and circulation of art from different historical periods and categories show the artistic, theological, and missional values of Christian art. It highlights European Jesuits, Asian Christians, transnationalism, and gives voice to Chinese Christian women and their patronage of art in the seventeenth century. It offers a rare systematic study of the relation between art and mission history.

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BRILL

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9004677739

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Some Go Hungry

By: J. Patrick Redmond

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Some Go Hungry

By: J. Patrick Redmond

A gay man returns to his conservative hometown in a tale of memory and murder inspired by true events: “An emotionally resonant, page-turning story.”—Booklist Some Go Hungry is a fictional account drawn from the author’s own experiences working in his family’s provincial Indiana restaurant, and wrestling with his sexual orientation, in a town that was rocked by the scandalous murder of his gay high school classmate in the 1980s. Now a young man who has embraced his sexuality, Grey Daniels returns from Miami Beach, Florida, to Fort Sackville, Indiana, to run Daniels’ Family Buffet for his ailing father. Understanding that knowledge of his sexuality may reap disastrous results on his family's half-century-old restaurant legacy—a popular Sunday dinner spot for the after-church crowd—Grey struggles to live his authentic, openly gay life. But he is truly put to the test when his former high school lover—and fellow classmate of the murdered student—returns to town as the youth pastor and choir director of the local fundamentalist Christian church. Some Go Hungry is the story of a man forced to choose between the happiness of others and his own joy, all the while realizing that compromising oneself—sacrificing your soul for the sake of others—is not living, but death. “This literary mystery follows Grey Daniels on a return trip to his hometown of Fort Sackville, Indiana where, decades earlier, one of his gay classmates was brutally murdered. While visiting, Grey must confront a painful past riddled in homophobia, secrets, religious hypocrisy and fear.”—Queerty “Some Go Hungry is at its best when confronting religious prejudice, and is even pulse-quickening when the narrator sits through one of his friend's sermons aimed directly at him....Only someone who has grown up in rural America could write so convincingly of the pressures there. It's also refreshing to find a book that relates the experience of being gay somewhere other than in a large city.”—Gay & Lesbian Review “Tells an important tale that in some ways is timeless, and in other ways could have been ripped from today's headlines.”—Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama

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Akashic Books

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1617754927

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9781617754920

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare

The Original Approach

By: Patrick Tucker

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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare

The Original Approach

By: Patrick Tucker

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It's a passionate, yes-you-can designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. By explaining how Elizabethan actors had only their own lines and not entire playscripts, Patrick Tucker shows how much these plays work by ear. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a book for actors trained and amateur, as well as for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked.

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Routledge

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1135862265

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2008

Financial Accounting and Reporting

By: O. Ray Whittington,Patrick R. Delaney

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2008

Financial Accounting and Reporting

By: O. Ray Whittington,Patrick R. Delaney

Completely revised for the new computerized CPA Exam Published annually, this comprehensive, four-volume study guide for the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Exam arms readers with detailed outlines and study guidelines, plus skill-building problems and solutions that help them to identify, focus, and master the specific topics that need the most work. Many of the practice questions are taken from previous exams, and care is taken to ensure that they cover all the information candidates need to pass the CPA Exam. Broken down into four volumes-Regulation, Auditing and Attestation, Financial Accounting and Reporting, and Business Environment and Concepts-these top CPA Exam review study guides worldwide provide: More than 2,700 practice questions Complete information on the new simulation questions A unique modular structure that divides content into self-contained study modules AICPA content requirements and three times as many examples as other study guides

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470135239

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9780470135235

The Mike Oldfield Chronology (2nd Edition)

By: Patrick Lemieux

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The Mike Oldfield Chronology (2nd Edition)

By: Patrick Lemieux

The Mike Oldfield Chronology, Second Edition, is a comprehensive look at the recording and release history of the man who, for over 40 years, has created some of the world's most innovative and groundbreaking music. This Chronology covers every aspect of Mike Olfield's recording career, from his early days with his sister in the folk duo The Sallyangie, to his joining Kevin Ayers And The Whole World, through the recording of his albums and his numerous guest appearances. The information is presented date by date in chronological order, accompanied by detailed descriptions of each song version and non-album track, edit, remix, extended version and demo (some released and some unreleased). It also covers Mike's tours and live appearances.

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Lulu.com

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1926462130

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Molecular Aspects of Placental and Fetal Membrane Autacoids

By: Gregory E. Rice,Shaun Patrick Brennecke

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Molecular Aspects of Placental and Fetal Membrane Autacoids

By: Gregory E. Rice,Shaun Patrick Brennecke

Molecular Aspects of Placental and Fetal Membrane Autacoids critically reviews current paradigms and working models concerning the regulation and function of placental and fetal membrane autacoids. These topics include cytokines; growth factors, such as EGF, TGF, IGF, PDGF, and the products of the prolactin-growth hormone gene family; eicosanoids and eicosanoid-forming enzymes; relaxin, imhibin, PTHRP, LHRH, endothelin, steroid-synthesizing enzymes and steroid receptors; and acetylcholine. The book is an excellent contemporary reference for researchers and students in reproductive biology, endocrinology, perinatology, and obstetrics.

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CRC Press

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0849362393

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Wiley CPA Examination Review 2007-2008, Problems and Solutions

By: Patrick R. Delaney,Ray Whittington,O. Ray Whittington

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Wiley CPA Examination Review 2007-2008, Problems and Solutions

By: Patrick R. Delaney,Ray Whittington,O. Ray Whittington

Wiley CPA Exam Review 34th Edition ? 2007-2008 Volume 1 Outlines and Study Guides * Covers all four sections of the CPA examination point by point * Stresses important topical areas to study for each part * Helps establish a self-study preparation program * Divides exam into 45 manageable study units * Provides an outline format supplemented by brief examples and illustrations * Makes material easy to read, understand, and remember * Includes timely, up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam * Explains step-by-step examples of the "solutions approach" * Contains all current AICPA content requirements for all four sections of the exam Volume 2 Problems and Solutions * Offers selected problems from all four examination sections * Contains rationale for correct or incorrect multiple-choice answers * Covers the new simulation-style problems-offering more than 75 practice questions * Details a "solutions approach" to each problem * Updates unofficial answers to reflect current laws and standards * Groups multiple-choice questions into topical categories within modules for easy cross-referencing * Provides a sample examination for each of the four exam parts The computer-based CPA exam is here! Are you ready? The 34th Edition of the Wiley CPA Exam Review is revised and updated for the new computerized exam, containing AICPA sample test questions released as recently as April 2007. To help candidates prepare for the new exam format, this edition includes a substantial number of the new simulation-type questions. Passing the CPA exam on your first attempt is possible! We'd like to help. Get Even More Information Online: You'll find a wide range of aids for doing your best on the CPA exam at wiley.com/cpa, including content updates, CPA exam study and test-taking tips, and more. All Wiley CPA Exam Review products are listed on the site.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471797553

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9780471797555

The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

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The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393063828

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9780393063820

The Engine Room of Government

The Queensland Premier's Department 1859-2001

By: Joanne Scott,Ross Laurie,Bronwyn Stevens,Patrick Moray Weller

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The Engine Room of Government

The Queensland Premier's Department 1859-2001

By: Joanne Scott,Ross Laurie,Bronwyn Stevens,Patrick Moray Weller

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702232920

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All That Glitters

Lessons from My Life Searching for Gold

By: Patrick Cavanaugh

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All That Glitters

Lessons from My Life Searching for Gold

By: Patrick Cavanaugh

Patrick Cavanaugh knows about searching for gold - and finding it. His successful career as a gold exploration geologist spans three decades. Patrick also knows there is more to life than glittering rocks. Freedom, family, friends, career, and the power of love are assets more valuable to him than gold. All that Glitters is a collection of personal lessons from the author's seven decades of living. It's a treasure map of a life well lived. Through life experiences such as wilderness living and exploration treks, Patrick learns golden lessons from some improbable challenges and characters. As life settles, Patrick and his wife, Susan, resist the urge to sit back and watch the world go by. Instead they travel to twenty-two countries, host foreign exchange students, and even adopt two Russian orphans, proving the heart's love knows no bounds."--Amazon.com.

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1635050677

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Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects

A Treasury of the World's Greatest Golf Courses by History's Master Designers

By: The American Society of Golf Course Architects,Michael Patrick Shiels

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Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects

A Treasury of the World's Greatest Golf Courses by History's Master Designers

By: The American Society of Golf Course Architects,Michael Patrick Shiels

The tests a golfer faces on the course are the direct result of the challenges originally faced by the golf course architect, whether they be complicated terrain, forces of nature, budget limitations, demanding developers, or the difficult task of balancing the practical scientific needs of a golf course with the architect’s creative instincts. Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects offers readers behind-the-scenes tales from America’s master architects themselves in their own words. Elite designers such as Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Arthur Hills, Arnold Palmer, and others share their personal anecdotes related to the creation of some of the world’s most famous courses: from run-ins with snakes to bulldozers sinking in quicksand, to holes created by accident, such as the famed island green 17th at the TPC at Sawgrass. Published in collaboration with the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects, Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects includes more than 150 beautiful full-color photographs and dozens of drawings and course blueprints, making this a first of its kind insider’s look at golf course architecture sure to become a key addition to the libraries of all golfers with an appreciation for the courses they play.

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Simon and Schuster

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1628732792

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Descriptive Adaptation Studies

Epistemological and Methodological Issues

By: Patrick Cattrysse

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Descriptive Adaptation Studies

Epistemological and Methodological Issues

By: Patrick Cattrysse

It is common practice nowadays for adaptation critics to denounce the lack of meta-theoretical thinking in adaptation studies and to plead for a study of ‘adaptation-as-adaptation’; one that eschews value judgments, steps beyond normative fidelity-based discourse, examines adaptation from an intertextual perspective, and abandons the single-source model for a multiple-source model. This study looks into a research program that does all that and more. It was developed in the late 1980s and presented in the early 1990s as a ‘polysystem’ (PS) study of adaptations. Since then, the PS label has been replaced with ‘descriptive’. This book studies the question of whether and how a PS approach could evolve into a descriptive adaptation studies (DAS) approach. Although not perfect (no method is), DAS offers a number of assets. Apart from dealing with the above-mentioned issues, DAS transcends an Auteurist approach and looks at explanation beyond the level of individual agency (even if contextualized). As an alternative to the endless accumulation of ad hoc case studies, it suggests corpus-based research into wider trends of adaptational behavior and the roles and functions of sets of adaptations. DAS also allows reflection upon its own epistemic values. It sheds new light on some old issues: How can one define adaptation? What does it mean to study adaptation-as-adaptation? Is equivalence still possible and is the concept still relevant? DAS also tackles some deeper epistemological issues: How can phenomena be compared? Why would difference be more real than sameness or change more real than stasis? How does description relate to evaluation, explanation and prediction, etc.? This book addresses both theory-minded scholars who are interested in epistemological reflection and practice-oriented adaptation students who want to get started. From a theoretical point of view, it discusses arguments that could support the legitimacy of adaptation studies as an academic discipline. From a practical point of view, it explains in general terms ways of conducting an adaptation study. Patrick Cattrysse’s work is of utmost importance to Adaptation Studies. As the first extended attempt to develop a rigorous methodology which borrows in very meaningful ways from Adaptation Studies’ cousin Translation Studies, this book should be on every Adaptation scholar’s shelf. While Hutcheons, Sanders and Leitch, to name but a few, layed the groundwork which allowed Adaptation Studies to establish itself as a field of inquiry in its own right, Cattrysse moves the field into the next necessary stage: that of developing conceptual tools which stand the test of critical investigation and allow Adaptation Studies to move beyond the single case-study approach. (Katja Krebs - University of Bristol) This book is a bold initiative: it proposes, and illustrates, a comprehensive new empirical research programme for film adaptation studies, inspired by the way systems theory and norm theory have expanded Translation Studies. One of the book’s unusual strengths is the way the proposal is grounded in a thoughtful theoretical discussion of conceptual and methodological issues, dealing with such notions as theory, descriptivism, definition, diachrony and explanation. This gives the work a significance that ranges well beyond Adaptation Studies alone; it deserves the attention of scholars in the humanities in general. (Andrew Chesterman - University of Helsinki) This dense and theoretically-informed study argues forcefully for a descriptive systems analysis approach to literature/ film adaptation, building on the author’s earlier corpus-based study of film noir and adaptation. Providing a wide-ranging discussion of important critical questions (including the place of logical positivism in humanistic studies), this book will give adaptation scholars much to think about. Well-written, carefully organized, and consistently persuasive, DESCRIPTIVE ADAPTATION STUDIES promises to be an important intervention in a field of increasing importance in humanistic studies. Must reading for scholars in the field (R. Barton Palmer; Clemson University).

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Maklu

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904413129X

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Assessment in Counselling

Theory, Process and Decision Making

By: Judith Milner,Patrick O'Byrne

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Assessment in Counselling

Theory, Process and Decision Making

By: Judith Milner,Patrick O'Byrne

Whilst assessment has long been central to the counselling process, with the recent moves towards evidence-based practice and increased regulation it is taking an increasingly pivotal role in service provision. This important new text helps clarify the nature and purpose of assessment in counselling. It explores the theoretical underpinnings of assessment across the core therapeutic schools and addresses critical differences in the meanings and importance deferred to it. It will be invaluable reading for all trainees as well as for practitioners wishing to gain a broad insight into therapeutic practice across the boundaries of the many therapeutic models.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230802656

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The Reverse of the Medal (Vol. Book 11) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

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The Reverse of the Medal (Vol. Book 11) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

An overwhelming, outstanding novel...!"—Irish Times Captain Jack Aubrey, accomplished at sea but dreadfully vulnerable on land, finds himself ashore after a successful cruise. With his prize money burning a hole in his pocket, he is persuaded by a kind stranger he meets at a tavern to make certain investments. This innocent decision ensnares him in the London criminal underground and in government espionage?the province of his friend Stephen Maturin, now tasked with rescuing his imperiled friend as he also attempts to locate his wayward wife, Diana Villiers. Is Aubrey’s humiliation and the threatened ruin of his career a deliberate plot? This dark tale is a fitting backdrop to the brilliant characterization and sparkling dialogue which Patrick O’Brian’s readers have come to expect.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393088545

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Education Under Colonial Rule

A History of Katsina College, 1921-1942

By: James Patrick Hubbard

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Education Under Colonial Rule

A History of Katsina College, 1921-1942

By: James Patrick Hubbard

In this comprehensive work, James P. Hubbard provides an in depth examination of education in Nigeria under British colonial rule, placing it in its broader social and political context. He focuses on one of the most advanced schools in the Northern Provinces, Katsina College. Using information from government archives, he explores the major factors and government policies that shaped the College and colonial education in general. He reveals how colonial educators implemented these policies as well as African reactions to the educational system. Details concerning the kinds of subjects that were taught and characteristics of the student body are also included. Relevant for scholars of African history, this book provides new insights on the sociopolitical dynamics surrounding colonialism and the educational system that ultimately supported it.

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University Press of America

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0761815899

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The Sky at Night

Answers to Questions from Across the Universe

By: Chris North,Sir Patrick Moore

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The Sky at Night

Answers to Questions from Across the Universe

By: Chris North,Sir Patrick Moore

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of The Sky at Night, this book collects and answers questions sent in by viewers. With sections on the solar system, the bizarre and unexplained, space missions, and more, this is an exciting journey into space for the novice astronomer and the lifelong stargazer alike. Discover how scientists work out the gravity of planets, what the 'Great Attractor' is and the basic principles of space navigation. Learn how to start observing the sky, what event inspired Patrick Moore to take up astronomy, and just how many of his cats are named after celestial bodies. From comets to black holes and Orion to eclipses, The Sky at Night is the ultimate introduction to the wonders and mysteries of the universe.

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Random House

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1446416763

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9781446416761

Summer Place

A Golf Professional's Memoir

By: Patrick Little

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Summer Place

A Golf Professional's Memoir

By: Patrick Little

Summer Place is an overt, passionate view of the golf industry, traced through the writings of a Canadian golf professional during the late twentieth century. It’s a story a young golfer’s devout dream of one day becoming a club pro, aspirations eventually annulled through the injustice of industry. Written in journalistic expression, Summer Place shares insight into golf swing theory, industry background, golf course architecture and the extraordinary woman in his life. Interpretations glimpsed through past portals and those met along his journey. In an innocent quest, it also aspires to understand the inner core of golf’s mystique. En route however, it affectionately attempts to bridge the gap between golf AND life while examining the contamination of politics. Summer Place is fondly dedicated. And while it slices out lessons learned along the fairways of life, it also asks readers to stand back and assess, audit, (and perhaps appreciate) pasts. Pasts of music before rap and heavy metal. Of political pasts before Trump and echoes of golf...as it too was!

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FriesenPress

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1039173314

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9781039173316

The Primacy of the Apostolic See

By: Francis Patrick Kenrick

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The Primacy of the Apostolic See

By: Francis Patrick Kenrick

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3385228751

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When Slavery Was Called Freedom

Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War

By: John Patrick Daly

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When Slavery Was Called Freedom

Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War

By: John Patrick Daly

When Slavery Was Called Freedom uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. John Patrick Daly dissects the evangelical defense of slavery at the heart of the nineteenth century's sectional crisis. He brings a new understanding to the role of religion in the Old South and the ways in which religion was used in the Confederacy. Southern evangelicals argued that their unique region was destined for greatness, and their rhetoric gave expression and a degree of coherence to the grassroots assumptions of the South. The North and South shared assumptions about freedom, prosperity, and morality. For a hundred years after the Civil War, politicians and historians emphasized the South's alleged departures from national ideals. Recent studies have concluded, however, that the South was firmly rooted in mainstream moral, intellectual, and socio-economic developments and sought to compete with the North in a contemporary spirit. Daly argues that antislavery and proslavery emerged from the same evangelical roots; both Northerners and Southerners interpreted the Bible and Christian moral dictates in light of individualism and free market economics. When the abolitionist's moral critique of slavery arose after 1830, Southern evangelicals answered the charges with the strident self-assurance of recent converts. They went on to articulate how slavery fit into the "genius of the American system" and how slavery was only right as part of that system.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813158516

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Primalbranding

Create Belief Systems that Attract Communities

By: Patrick Hanlon

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Primalbranding

Create Belief Systems that Attract Communities

By: Patrick Hanlon

In one of the most original books of its kind ever written, Patrick Hanlon explains how the most powerful brands create a community of believers around the brand, revealing the seven components that will help every company and marketer capture the public imagination -- and seize a bigger slice of the pie. What is the magic glue that adheres consumers to Google, Mini Cooper, and Oprah, but not to others? Why do many brands with great product innovation, perfect locations, terrific customer experiences, even breakthrough advertising fail to get the same visceral traction in the marketplace that brands like Apple, Starbucks, or Nike have? After years of working with famous brands like Absolut, Ford Motor Company, LEGO, Disney, Montblanc, Sara Lee, and others, Patrick Hanlon, senior advertising executive and founder of Thinktopia, decided to find the answers. His search revealed seven definable assets that together construct the belief system that lies behind every successful brand, whether it's a product, service, city, personality, social cause, or movement. In Primal branding, Hanlon explores those seven components, known as the primal code, and shows how to use and combine them to create a community of believers in which the consumer develops a powerful emotional attachment to the brand. These techniques work for everyone involved in creating and selling an image -- from marketing managers to social advocates to business leaders seeking to increase customer preference for new or existing products. Primal branding presents a world of new possibility for everyone trying to spark public appeal -- and the opportunity to move from being just another product on the shelf to becoming a desired and necessary part of the culture.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743288823

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Jolly Roger

By: Patrick Pringle

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Jolly Roger

By: Patrick Pringle

Fascinating study of 17th- and 18th-century piracy finds the lore about Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, and other marauders largely overblown. "Highly entertaining and well-documented." — The New York Times. 35 black-and-white illustrations.

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Courier Corporation

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0486147592

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Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics E-Book

By: Patrick Coughlin

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Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics E-Book

By: Patrick Coughlin

Part of the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series, this comprehensive resource offers brief, yet thorough coverage of alternative and complementary hands-on therapies, including Chiropractic, Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and massage. Focusing on manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common disorders, it addresses both Eastern and Western approaches to the discipline. Ideal for comparing and contrasting the various forms of manual therapeutics, it describes the basic philosophy and theories of the different methods, as well as the techniques themselves. It also provides an overview of the principal manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationale behind them, and practice algorithms. - Provides comprehensive coverage of the full array of manual techniques, with applications to common & uncommon - disorders - Organized by therapy for easy access to information - Includes popular therapies such as Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and Massage - Coverage spans both Eastern and Western schools of thought - Contributors represent the highest levels of each discipline and are recognized experts in the field - Format is uniform for each chapter, which includes a history of the system, technique or method; basic principles and language; the specific techniques performed by practitioners; the educational background of practitioners; and applicable basic and clinical research - Appendix provides contacts, resources, and references for each therapeutic modality, allowing the reader to engage in further investigation - Serves as a vocabulary/lexicon of manual therapies.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702035890

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Sports-Related Injuries, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

By: James H. Calandruccio,Benjamin J. Grear,Benjamin M. Mauck,Jeffrey R. Sawyer,Patrick C. Toy,John C. Weinlein

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Sports-Related Injuries, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

By: James H. Calandruccio,Benjamin J. Grear,Benjamin M. Mauck,Jeffrey R. Sawyer,Patrick C. Toy,John C. Weinlein

This issue of Orthopedic Clinics will focus on sports-related injuries. Articles to be included will cover pediatrics, trauma, upper extremity, adult reconstruction, and foot and ankle.

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0323463223

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Streams and Ground Waters

By: Jeremy B. Jones,Patrick J. Mulholland

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Streams and Ground Waters

By: Jeremy B. Jones,Patrick J. Mulholland

Streams around the world flow toward the sea in floodplains. All along this transit, there is exchange of water between the stream itself and the surrounding sediments which form the floodplain. Many chemical, biological, and geological processes occur when water moves back and forth between streams and these flood plain sediments. Streams and Groundwaters focuses on the consequences of water flow between streams, their underlying sediments, and surrounding landscapes. Certain to appeal to anyone interested in stream ecology, the management of stream ecosystems, or landscape ecology, this volume should become a oft-opened reference.

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0080517994

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The Voyageur Classic Canadian Fiction 7-Book Bundle

All Else Is Folly / Pauline Johnson / The Town Below / Self Condemned / Storm Below / The Yellow Briar / Maria Chapdelaine

By: Peregrine Acland,Pauline Johnson,Roger Lemelin,Hugh Garner,Patrick Slater,Louis Hemon,Wyndham Lewis

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The Voyageur Classic Canadian Fiction 7-Book Bundle

All Else Is Folly / Pauline Johnson / The Town Below / Self Condemned / Storm Below / The Yellow Briar / Maria Chapdelaine

By: Peregrine Acland,Pauline Johnson,Roger Lemelin,Hugh Garner,Patrick Slater,Louis Hemon,Wyndham Lewis

Voyageur Classics is a series of special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions by noted experts. This bundle contains some of the greatest Canadian fiction, including influential literature from Quebec (Maria Chapdelaine, The Town Below), a collection of the best of the legendary Pauline Johnson, Peregrine Acland’s gripping Great War novel All Else is Folly, a classic tale of Irish immigration (The Yellow Briar), and great novels from the renowned Hugh Garner (The Storm Below) and Wyndham Lewis (Self Condemned). Any reader with an interest not only in Canadian literature, but in great fiction in general, will find this collection of great works an essential addition to their collection. Includes All Else Is Folly Pauline Johnson The Town Below Self Condemned Storm Below The Yellow Briar Maria Chapdelaine

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Dundurn

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1459729064

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9781459729063

Legal Decisions That Shaped Modern Baseball

By: Patrick K. Thornton

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Legal Decisions That Shaped Modern Baseball

By: Patrick K. Thornton

This work takes a look at the cases that have had a significant influence on the game of baseball, such as Flood v. Kuhn and Garvey v. MLB, which either made it to the U.S. Supreme Court or brought up major legal issues in baseball. Also included are cases that explore legal issues in baseball but are not as well known and cases that appear in most sports law books. For each case, the historical and legal significance of the decision is discussed.

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McFarland

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0786486333

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Never Say Frisco

By: Patrick McInroy

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Never Say Frisco

By: Patrick McInroy

A QUICHE BEFORE DYING Could there be murder on the menu at Andre’s in San Francisco? If so, it had better be served up quickly, because Palmer Blake’s trendy, upscale restaurant is rapidly going belly up. On top of that, a lady friend of his has vanished, and he is compelled to hire the services of Wilmot Biggs, an abundant, gruff, gourmand investigator who frequents Andre’s. The pot au feu thickens when Palmer gets involved in the case himself, from North Beach to Acapulco. His amateur sleuthing results in the anonymous offer of a great sum of money—enough to save his restaurant—to call off the search. As one might guess, this offer also includes the promise of something extremely unpleasant if the money is refused. But with Palmer, there’s an emotional reason to continue. The missing woman, Sara Longwith, is a breath of Venus, desired by most men who meet her. Palmer has never known her intimately, but her disappearance has triggered a sort of melancholy longing that grows on him as the quest continues. A few corpses later, however, Palmer is even more tempted to take the money and walk. As for Biggs, the answer is simple: more garlic and a pinch of oregano.

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iUniverse

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0595141773

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A Harmony of the Spirits

Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania

By: Patrick M. Erben

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A Harmony of the Spirits

Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania

By: Patrick M. Erben

In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth--first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin--that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the "holy experiment." Their belief in hidden yet persistent links between human language and the word of God impelled their vision of a common spiritual idiom. Translation became the search for underlying correspondences between diverse human expressions of the divine and served as a model for reconciliation and inclusiveness. Drawing on German and English archival sources, Erben examines iconic translations that engendered community in colonial Pennsylvania, including William Penn's translingual promotional literature, Francis Daniel Pastorius's multilingual poetics, Ephrata's "angelic" singing and transcendent calligraphy, the Moravians' polyglot missions, and the common language of suffering for peace among Quakers, Pietists, and Mennonites. By revealing a mystical quest for unity, Erben presents a compelling counternarrative to monolingualism and Enlightenment empiricism in eighteenth-century America.

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UNC Press Books

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0807838195

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9780807838198

When Violence Works

Postconflict Violence and Peace in Indonesia

By: Patrick Barron

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When Violence Works

Postconflict Violence and Peace in Indonesia

By: Patrick Barron

Why are some places successful in moving from war to consolidated peace while others continue to be troubled by violence? And why does postconflict violence take different forms and have different intensities? By developing a new theory of postconflict violence Patrick Barron's When Violence Works makes a significant contribution to our understanding. Barron picks out three postconflict regions in Indonesia in which to analyze what happens once the "official" fighting ends: North Maluku has seen peace consolidated; Maluku still witnesses large episodes of violence; and Aceh experiences continuing occurrences of violence but on a smaller scale than in Maluku. He argues that violence after war has ended (revenge killings, sexual violence, gang battles, and violent crime, in addition to overtly political conflict) is not the result of failed elite bargains or weak states, but occurs because the actors involved see it as beneficial and lowcost. His findings pertain directly to Indonesia, but the theory will have relevance far beyond as those studying countries such as Colombia, the Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria seek a framework in which to assess what happens after war ends. Barron's theory also provides practical guidance for policymakers and development practitioners. Ultimately, When Violence Works pushes forward our understanding of why postconflict violence occurs and takes the forms it does.

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Cornell University Press

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1501735462

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