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The House Will Come To Order

How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics

By: Patrick L. Cox,Michael Phillips

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The House Will Come To Order

How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics

By: Patrick L. Cox,Michael Phillips

In a state assumed to have a constitutionally weak governor, the Speaker of the Texas House wields enormous power, with the ability to almost single-handedly dictate the legislative agenda. The House Will Come to Order charts the evolution of the Speaker's role from a relatively obscure office to one of the most powerful in the state. This fascinating account, drawn from the Briscoe Center's oral history project on the former Speakers, is the story of transition, modernization, and power struggles. Weaving a compelling story of scandal, service, and opportunity, Patrick Cox and Michael Phillips describe the divisions within the traditional Democratic Party, the ascendance of Republicans, and how Texas business, agriculture, and media shaped perceptions of officeholders. While the governor and lieutenant governor wielded their power, the authors show how the modern Texas House Speaker built an office of equal power as the state became more complex and diverse. The authors also explore how race, class, and gender affected this transition as they explain the importance of the office in Texas and the impact the state's Speakers have had on national politics. At the apex of its power, the Texas House Speaker's role at last receives the critical consideration it deserves.

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University of Texas Press

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0292722052

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Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940

By: Patrick Salmon

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Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940

By: Patrick Salmon

Survey of the changing position of all four Nordic states in twentieth-century international relations.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521891027

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9780521891028

Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier, Revisited

By: Patrick Dearen

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Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier, Revisited

By: Patrick Dearen

First published in 1988, Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier was acclaimed by reviewers as “superb,” “significant,” and “utterly delightful.” In this revised edition, Patrick Dearen draws upon the latest in scholarship to update his study of the Pecos River country of West Texas. It’s a land wild with tales that blend history, geography, and folklore, and from his search emerge six fascinating accounts: -Castle Gap, a break in a mesa twelve miles east of the Pecos River, used by Comanches, emigrants, stage drivers, and cattle drovers; -Horsehead Crossing, the most infamous ford of the Old West; -Juan Cordona Lake, a salt lake where sandstorms and skull-baking sun defied early efforts to mine salt vital to survival; -The “bulto” or ghost who wanders the Fort Stockton night; -Lost Wagon Train, a forty-wagon caravan buried in the sands; -The lost mine of Will Sublett, who found gold and kept its location secret unto death. Although linked by the search for treasure, the stories are as varied as the land itself. They speak eloquently of the Pecos country, its heritage, and its people.

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Texas A&M University Press

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0875656609

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9780875656601

Deadly Consequences and Convenient Heroes

By: K. Patrick Bonovich

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Deadly Consequences and Convenient Heroes

By: K. Patrick Bonovich

A novel about extraordinary dedication. In life, the same circumstances that produce deadly consequences also engender convenient heroes. This is the fictional account of life in a large municipal fire department, based on observations of the people who are often called to lay it all on the line. The heroic measures used to protect life and property often end with tragic results. The day-to-day life and actions in the fire house are captured and reflected to the reader, including the political deportment of many of the fire company's members. The scope and magnitude of the equipment and its utilization are made vivid. The behavior and actions depicted within the fire house provide a look at the assorted personalities that make up the competent assemblage whose goal it is to preserve life and property.

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AuthorHouse

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1456796011

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Third Man in the Ring

33 of Boxing's Best Referees and Their Stories

By: Mike Fitzgerald,Patrick J. Morley

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Third Man in the Ring

33 of Boxing's Best Referees and Their Stories

By: Mike Fitzgerald,Patrick J. Morley

Collects anecdotes from thirty-three of boxing's most notable referees about their time in the ring, their experiences with boxing stars, and some of their individual achievements.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1612342248

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9781612342245

The Bill of Rights and the States

The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties

By: Patrick T. Conley

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The Bill of Rights and the States

The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties

By: Patrick T. Conley

Fourteen individual state essays elucidate the complexitites of local and regional interests that shaped the debate over individual rights and the eventual adoption of the Bill of Rights.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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094561229X

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9780945612292

The Hero's Lot (The Staff and the Sword)

By: Patrick W. Carr

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The Hero's Lot (The Staff and the Sword)

By: Patrick W. Carr

Riveting Sequel from Christian Fantasy's Most Talented New Voice When Sarin Valon, the corrupt secondus of the conclave, flees Erinon and the kingdom, Errol Stone believes his troubles have at last ended. But other forces bent on the destruction of the kingdom remain and conspire to accuse Errol and his friends of a conspiracy to usurp the throne. In a bid to keep the three of them from the axe, Archbenefice Canon sends Martin and Luis to Errol's home village, Callowford, to discover what makes him so important to the kingdom. But Errol is also accused of consorting with spirits. Convicted, his punishment is a journey to the enemy kingdom of Merakh, where he must find Sarin Valon, and kill him. To enforce their sentence, Errol is placed under a compulsion, and he is driven to accomplish his task or die resisting.

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Baker Books

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1441261397

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Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950

By: Patrick Lonergan

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Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950

By: Patrick Lonergan

Drawing on major new archival discoveries and recent research, Patrick Lonergan presents an innovative account of Irish drama and theatre, spanning the past seventy years. Rather than offering a linear narrative, the volume traces key themes to illustrate the relationship between theatre and changes in society. In considering internationalization, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Celtic Tiger period, feminism, and the changing status of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Lonergan asserts the power of theatre to act as an agent of change and uncovers the contribution of individual artists, plays and productions in challenging societal norms. Irish Drama and Theatre since 1950 provides a wide-ranging account of major developments, combined with case studies of the premiere or revival of major plays, the establishment of new companies and the influence of international work and artists, including Tennessee Williams, Chekhov and Brecht. While bringing to the fore some of the untold stories and overlooked playwrights following the declaration of the Irish Republic, Lonergan weaves into his account the many Irish theatre-makers who have achieved international prominence in the period: Samuel Beckett, Siobhán McKenna and Brendan Behan in the 1950s, continuing with Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and concluding with the playwrights who emerged in the late 1990s, including Martin McDonagh, Enda Walsh, Conor McPherson, Marie Jones and Marina Carr. The contribution of major Irish companies to world theatre is also examined, including both the Abbey and Gate theatres, as well as Druid, Field Day and Charabanc. Through its engaging analysis of seventy years of Irish theatre, this volume charts the acts of gradual but revolutionary change that are the story of Irish theatre and drama and of its social and cultural contexts.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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147426266X

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A Brotherhood of Liberty

Black Reconstruction and Its Legacies in Baltimore, 1865-1920

By: Dennis Patrick Halpin

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A Brotherhood of Liberty

Black Reconstruction and Its Legacies in Baltimore, 1865-1920

By: Dennis Patrick Halpin

In A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis Patrick Halpin shifts the focus of the black freedom struggle from the Deep South to argue that Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1870s and early 1880s, a dynamic group of black political leaders migrated to Baltimore from rural Virginia and Maryland. These activists, mostly former slaves who subsequently trained in the ministry, pushed Baltimore to fulfill Reconstruction's promise of racial equality. In doing so, they were part of a larger effort among African Americans to create new forms of black politics by founding churches, starting businesses, establishing community centers, and creating newspapers. Black Baltimoreans successfully challenged Jim Crow regulations on public transit, in the courts, in the voting booth, and on the streets of residential neighborhoods. They formed some of the nation's earliest civil rights organizations, including the United Mutual Brotherhood of Liberty, to define their own freedom in the period after the Civil War. Halpin shows how black Baltimoreans' successes prompted segregationists to reformulate their tactics. He examines how segregationists countered activists' victories by using Progressive Era concerns over urban order and corruption to criminalize and disenfranchise African Americans. Indeed, he argues the Progressive Era was crucial in establishing the racialized carceral state of the twentieth-century United States. Tracing the civil rights victories scored by black Baltimoreans that inspired activists throughout the nation and subsequent generations, A Brotherhood of Liberty highlights the strategies that can continue to be useful today, as well as the challenges that may be faced.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812251393

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9780812251395

An Analysis of Odd Arne Westad's The Global Cold War

Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

By: Patrick Glenn,Bryan Gibson

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An Analysis of Odd Arne Westad's The Global Cold War

Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

By: Patrick Glenn,Bryan Gibson

Westad’s seminal 2005 work shifts the focus of Cold War studies from Europe to the post-World War II interventions by both the Soviet Union and the United States in the affairs of developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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CRC Press

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1351351346

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High in America

By: Patrick Anderson

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High in America

By: Patrick Anderson

Bud.com and Garrett County Press present a new electronic edition of the classic High in America, the definitive history of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). This is the story of the birth of contemporary pot politics. Veteran journalist Patrick Anderson, in spectacular detail, recounts how a young lawyer from a small town, Keith Stroup, built an insanely successful political operation that advocated for the millions of Americans stuck in the marijuana closet. With the help of Hugh Hefner, Willie Nelson and others, Stroup managed to walk the tightrope between drug counter-culture and straight America, taking the conversation out of the realm of reefer madness and into the world of serious political debate. And the arguments NORML introduced in the 1970s—scientific, medical and criminal—are alive in the contemporary fight for legalization today. Anyone (smokers, lawyers, students and cops) who yearns to understand the architecture of contemporary pot politics will find High in America a valuable and entertaining resource. With a new forward by Justin Hall.

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Garrett County Press

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193943016X

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9781939430168

Wiley CPA Examination Review, Problems and Solutions

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

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Wiley CPA Examination Review, Problems and Solutions

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

The #1 CPA exam review self-study leader The CPA exam review self-study program more CPA candidates turn to take the test and pass it, Wiley CPA Exam Review 39th Edition contains more than 4,200 multiple-choice questions and includes complete information on the Task Based Simulations. Published annually, this comprehensive two-volume paperback set provides all the information candidates need to master in order to pass the new Uniform CPA Examination format. Features multiple-choice questions, new AICPA Task Based Simulations, and written communication questions, all based on the new CBT-e format Covers all requirements and divides the exam into 47 self-contained modules for flexible study Offers nearly three times as many examples as other CPA exam study guides With timely and up-to-the-minute coverage, Wiley CPA Exam Review 39th Edition covers all requirements for the CPA Exam, giving the candidate maximum flexibility in planning their course of study—and success.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118287185

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9781118287187

The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia

By: Patrick Moules

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The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia

By: Patrick Moules

Written in both English and French, The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia provides a single-volume, comprehensive catalogue of all known 9.5mm film releases, including: Films: Comprising 12,460 individual entries, this A-Z reference index provides the main listing for each film and its origin where known, along with additional information including cast and crew, and cross references to other relevant material. People: This index of all known actors and film crew, comprising over 12,000 names, provides a listing which is cross referenced to the main entry for each original film they worked on. Numbers: Pathé-Baby/Pathéscope and other distributors’ catalogue numbers, film length, release dates (where known) and the series in which the films were organised, are set out in detail. With a foreword from eminent film historian and filmmaker, Keith Brownlow, this extensively researched text explains the importance of the 9.5mm film, from its beginnings in the early 1920s to becoming synonymous with Home Cinema throughout Europe. Readers will also find a brief technical explanation on how 9.5mm films were produced, along with relevant images.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1838592695

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9781838592691

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

Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes

By: Patrick Sky

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Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes

By: Patrick Sky

This comprehensive book is a facsimile edition of the original collection published in 1883. It has survived over the years because it is one of the richest and most interesting of the 19th century instrumental collections as well as a resource for students of American vernacular music. Examining the cultural exchange between minstrelshow, ethnic music and even classical music influenced some of the genres of what we now call American music. Ryan's Mammoth Collection contains a significant number of reels, jigs, hornpipes, clogs, walk-arounds, essences, strathspeys, highland flings, and contradances that arestill played by both traditional and professional fiddlers. A special section containing historical notes and comments is included

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Mel Bay Publications

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1609740378

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9781609740375

The Pursuit of Justice

Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America

By: Kermit L. Hall,John J. Patrick

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The Pursuit of Justice

Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America

By: Kermit L. Hall,John J. Patrick

With a survey of the thirty Supreme Court cases that, in the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators and legal historians, are the most important for American citizens to understand, The Pursuit of Justice is the perfect companion for those wishing to learn more about American civics and government. The cases range across three centuries of American history, including such landmarks as Marbury v. Madison (1803), which established the principle of judicial review; Scott v. Sandford (1857), which inflamed the slavery argument in the United States and led to the Civil War; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which memorialized the concept of separate but equal; and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which overturned Plessy. Dealing with issues of particular concern to students, such as voting, school prayer, search and seizure, and affirmative action, and broad democratic concepts such as separation of powers, federalism, and separation of church and state, the book covers all the major cases specified in the national and state civics and American history standards. For each case, there is an introductory essay providing historical background and legal commentary as well as excerpts from the decision(s); related documents such as briefs or evidence, with headnotes and/or marginal commentary, some possibly in facsimile; and features or sidebars on principal players in the decisions, whether attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants, or justices. An introductory essay defines the criteria for selecting the cases and setting them in the context of American history and government, and a concluding essay suggests the role that the Court will play in the future.

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Oxford University Press

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0198042612

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9780198042617

Wiley CPA Exam Review 2010, Regulation

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2010, Regulation

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

Everything Today's CPA Candidates Need to Pass the CPA Exam Published annually, this comprehensive four-volume paperback reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. Many of the questions are taken directly from previous CPA exams. With 3,800 multiple-choice questions and more than 90 simulations, these study guides provide all the information candidates need to master in order to pass the computerized Uniform CPA Examination. Complete sample exam in regulation The most effective system available to prepare for the CPA exam-proven for over thirty years Timely-up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam. Contains all current AICPA content requirements in auditing and attestation Unique modular format-helps you zero in on areas that need work, organize your study program, and concentrate your efforts Comprehensive questions-over 3,800 multiple-choice questions and their solutions in the four volumes Covers the new simulation-style problems Includes over 90 simulations Guidelines, pointers, and tips-show you how to build knowledge in a logical and reinforcing way Wiley CPA Exam Review 2010 arms test-takers with detailed outlines, study guidelines, and skill-building problems to help candidates identify, focus on, and master the specific topics that need the most work.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470453524

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9780470453520

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