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The Blade The Seven Swords

By: Paul E. McManus

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The Blade The Seven Swords

By: Paul E. McManus

There are 7 swords on the plant. If you combine them all together, you get a massive destruction tool, that can raise Hell. Can the heroes survive?

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1300126299

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Finding the Truth of Life

By: Paul V Suffriti

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Finding the Truth of Life

By: Paul V Suffriti

A man receives a revelation from God about the true meaning of the Bible and seeks to share his understanding of it with the world.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1612045057

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9781612045054

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Volume 19, 1991

By: The J. Paul Getty Museum

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Volume 19, 1991

By: The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal has been published annually since 1974. It contains scholarly articles and shorter notes pertaining to objects in the Museum’s seven curatorial departments: Antiquities, Manuscripts, Paintings, Drawings, Decorative Arts, Sculpture and Works of Art, and Photographs. The Journal also contains an illustrated checklist of the Museum’s acquisitions for the previous year, a staff listing, and a statement by the Museum’s Director outlining the year’s most important activities. Volume 19 of the J. Paul Getty Museum Journal includes articles by Nicholas Penny, Ariane van Suchtelen, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann and Virginia Roehrig Kaufmann, Frits Scholten, David Harris Cohen, and Dawson W. Carr.

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Getty Publications

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0892362081

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9780892362080

This Strange Eventful History

A Philosophy of Meaning : Pairs of Thinkers in Philosophy, Religion, Science and Art

By: Paul Bradley

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This Strange Eventful History

A Philosophy of Meaning : Pairs of Thinkers in Philosophy, Religion, Science and Art

By: Paul Bradley

Meaning may appear elusive in our present divided world but a sense of meaning is essential for peace of mind. This book sets out to survey our options concisely, in the realms of philosophy, religion, science and art. Each chapter draws on the words of two (or more) prominent inter-related thinkers to help us form an opinion, often provocatively, with no holds barred! It steers a path towards an attitude of Cosmic Compassionate Plurality. All of us must seek at a personal and a general level for a philosophy of meaning in life, this strange eventful history, to borrow a descriptive phrase for our existence from Shakespeare. Otherwise how can we logically plan and direct our personal philosophy if we do not know to what end, particularly in a world seemingly hell bent on destruction?. The Existentialist philosophers cautioned that life is essentially meaningless but allowed that we may choose ourselves! Certainly our choices are many and various in this current era. Often however we bemoan the lack of time to read and research those possibilities. This book sets out concisely to survey our options drawing on philosophy, religion, science and art. Each chapter takes two (or more) prominent inter-related thinkers to help us form an opinion, often provocatively. Philosophers who experienced the Holocaust comment that those best adapted to survive life in concentration camps found their impetus in a purpose or a person to give them a meaning to hold onto. We must keep this carefully in mind. The person may be a loved one or a religious archetypal figure.

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Algora Publishing

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0875868789

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9780875868783

Butler's Lives of the Saints

By: Alban Butler,Paul Burns

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Butler's Lives of the Saints

By: Alban Butler,Paul Burns

For more than two centuries, "Butler's" has been one of the best known, most widely consulted hagiographies. In its brief and authoritative entries, readers can find a wealth of knowledge on the lives and deeds of the saints, as well as their ecclesiastical and historical importance since canonization.

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A&C Black

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0860122611

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9780860122616

The Pulitzer Prize Plays

The First Fifty Years, 1917-1967 : a Dramatic Reflection of American Life

By: Paul A. Firestone

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The Pulitzer Prize Plays

The First Fifty Years, 1917-1967 : a Dramatic Reflection of American Life

By: Paul A. Firestone

With this book, Paul Firestone, lifelong educator and theater aficionado, delivers one of the most comprehensive compendiums of essays on these vital works. Firestone's understanding of each play's substance is rich and impressive. His vast and ambitious examination takes into account many different elements-characters, plots, and symbolism, as well as the lives and psychology of the playwrights, the historical context in which the plays emerged, and their relevance on sociological, political, familial, psychological, and spiritual levels.".

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879103558

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9780879103552

Informing Instruction with Vignette Analysis

Powerful Professional Growth for Middle and High School Teachers

By: Charles Howard Gonzalez,Paul J. Vermette,Mary Ellen Bardsley,Kimberly Alexander

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Informing Instruction with Vignette Analysis

Powerful Professional Growth for Middle and High School Teachers

By: Charles Howard Gonzalez,Paul J. Vermette,Mary Ellen Bardsley,Kimberly Alexander

Discover how to improve classroom instruction with vignette analysis, an engaging and relevant form of professional development. The book features a wide variety of vignettes—from across 6–12 content areas such as English language arts, math, science, and social studies—designed to help teachers spot practices they like (or don’t like) and help them to connect the teaching practices described to well-established and research-supported frameworks. Each vignette is followed by an analysis of the lesson, which includes questions, prompts, and ideas of how to continue the conversation for pre- and in-service teachers as well as teacher educators on an individual basis, small groups, or as a class.

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Routledge

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100038327X

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Our Friends in Heaven - Volume 2

Saints for Every Day July - December

By: Allison Gliot,Daughters of St Paul

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Our Friends in Heaven - Volume 2

Saints for Every Day July - December

By: Allison Gliot,Daughters of St Paul

The saints are friends of God, and they want to become your friends, too! Some saints played soccer or rode horses. Others stood up for those who were being bullied and bravely worked for justice. Every saint has a unique story to share. Introduce intermediate readers to the amazing life stories of the saints. In print for decades, this fourth edition of a classic, bestselling, two-volume set of books contains engaging stories on a variety of saints for each day of the year.

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Pauline Books and Media

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0819855758

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9780819855756

Clinical Psychology

A Modern Health Profession

By: Wolfgang Linden,Paul L. Hewitt

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Clinical Psychology

A Modern Health Profession

By: Wolfgang Linden,Paul L. Hewitt

Clinical Psychology invites students to think like clinical psychologists and develop an integrated sense of how science, experience, ethical behavior, and intuition get woven into our professional identity. Built around typical psychologists and the problems they need to solve, it demonstrates that assessment is much more than testing, and explores how treatment rationales are tailored to the individual problems, histories, and environments of clients. Committed to training future professionals, this text navigates students through the career path of a clinical psychologist and provides guidance on evolving education and training models. The text uniquely portrays clinical psychology as a modern health care profession that bridges physical and mental health and takes a holistic stance. It treats therapy as a dynamic process that benefits from the cross-fertilization of a range of different approaches. It also provides an international perspective, describing similarities and differences between how clinical psychology is practiced in different countries and contexts. It recognizes that clinical psychology changes as health care systems change, and stresses that training models and practice patterns need to match these changes. This second edition has been fully revised and reflects DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM guidelines. New and enhanced features include: Additional description of the continuing integration of therapy approaches Additional evidence on how to make psychotherapy cost-effective Upgrades on self-help and web-based treatment An expanded chapter on psychopharmacology, offering more information on mechanisms Expanded in-text pedagogy, offering more vignettes, ongoing considerations, key terms, and thinking questions Powerpoint slides and links to recommended resources.

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Routledge

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1351210394

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9781351210393

The Mammoth Book of Body Horror

By: Marie O'Regan,Paul Kane

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The Mammoth Book of Body Horror

By: Marie O'Regan,Paul Kane

A gripping collection which offers for the first time a chronological overview of the popular contemporary sub-genre of body horror, from Edgar Allan Poe to Christopher Fowler, with contributions from leading horror writers, including Stephen King, George Langelaan and Neil Gaiman. The collection includes the stories behind seminal body horror movies, John Carpenter's The Thing, David Cronenberg's The Fly and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator.

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Robinson

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1780330448

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Diaspora Conversions

Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa

By: Paul Christopher Johnson

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Diaspora Conversions

Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa

By: Paul Christopher Johnson

By joining a diaspora, a society may begin to change its religious, ethnic, and even racial identifications by rethinking its "pasts." This pioneering multisite ethnography explores how this phenomenon is affecting the remarkable religion of the Garifuna, historically known as the Black Caribs, from the Central American coast of the Caribbean. It is estimated that one-third of the Garifuna have migrated to New York City over the past fifty years. Paul Christopher Johnson compares Garifuna spirit possession rituals performed in Honduran villages with those conducted in New York, and what emerges is a compelling picture of how the Garifuna engage ancestral spirits across multiple diasporic horizons. His study sheds new light on the ways diasporic religions around the world creatively plot itineraries of spatial memory that at once recover and remold their histories.

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Univ of California Press

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0520940210

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9780520940215

A Killer Harvest

A Thriller

By: Paul Cleave

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A Killer Harvest

A Thriller

By: Paul Cleave

A new thriller from the Edgar-nominated author of Trust No One and Joe Victim about a blind teenager who receives a corneal donation and begins to see and feel memories from their previous owner—a homicide detective who was also his father. Joshua is convinced there is a family curse. It’s taken loved ones from him, it’s robbed him of his eyesight, and it’s the reason why his father is killed while investigating the homicide of a young woman. Joshua is handed an opportunity he can’t refuse: an operation that will allow him to see the world through his father’s eyes. As Joshua navigates a world of sight, he gets glimpses of what these eyes might have witnessed in their previous life. What exactly was his dad up to in his role as a police officer? There are consequences to the secret life his father was living, including the wrath of a man hell bent on killing, a man who is drawing closer and closer to Joshua. Joshua soon discovers a world darker than the one he has emerged from… Thriller connoisseur Paul Cleave is back with another riveting story of hidden secrets and unspeakable horrors that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

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Simon and Schuster

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150115303X

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9781501153037

But He Was Already Dead When I Got There

By: Barbara Paul

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But He Was Already Dead When I Got There

By: Barbara Paul

When their unforgiving lender is murdered, a group of young jewelry associates jumps to a variety of deadly conclusions When the partners of Ellandy Jewels accepted a loan to keep their store afloat, they had no idea that Vincent Farwell would make their lives a living hell. The rich old miser is as unforgiving as a loan shark, and he never misses a chance to remind them that they’re in his debt. Finally, Vincent demands full repayment of the loan—$1.5 million—in two weeks. He’ll get his money in blood. When Vincent is found dead in his study, everyone with interest in Ellandy is a suspect. To find the real killer, the six associates will have to figure out just who can be trusted.

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Open Road Media

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1504032454

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The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren

The Biography

By: Paul Gorman

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The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren

The Biography

By: Paul Gorman

I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us free' Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream Included in the Guardian 10 best music biographies 'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away from the ossified image of McLaren as a great rock'n'roll swindler, a morally bankrupt punk Mephistopheles, and closer towards his art-school roots, his love of ideas. Tiresome, unpleasant, even cruel - he was, this book underlines, never boring' Sunday Times 'Exhaustive . . . compelling' Observer 'Definitive . . . epic' The Times 'Gobsmacker of a biography' Telegraph 'This masterful and painstaking biography opens its doorway to an era of fluorescent disenchantment and outlandish possibility' Alan Moore Malcolm McLaren was one of the most culturally significant but misunderstood figures of the modern era. Ten years after his life was cruelly cut short by cancer, The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren sheds fascinating new light on the public achievements and private life of this cultural iconoclast and architect of punk, whose championing of street culture movements including hip-hop and Voguing reverberates to this day. With exclusive contributions from friends and intimates and access to private papers and family documents, this biography uncovers the true story behind this complicated figure. McLaren first achieved public prominence as a rebellious art student by making the news in 1966 after being arrested for burning the US flag in front of the American Embassy in London. He maintained this incendiary reputation by fast-tracking vanguard and left-field ideas to the centre of the media glare, via his creation and stewardship of the Sex Pistols and work with Adam Ant, Boy George and Bow Wow Wow. Meanwhile McLaren's ground-breaking design partnership with Vivienne Westwood and his creation of their visionary series of boutiques in the 1970s and early '80s sent shockwaves through the fashion industry. The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren also essays McLaren's exasperating Hollywood years when he broke bread with the likes of Steven Spielberg though his slate of projects, which included the controversial Heavy Metal Surf Nazis and Wilde West, in which Oscar Wilde introduced rock'n'roll to the American mid-west in the 1880s, proved too rich for the play-it-safe film business. With a preface by Alan Moore, who collaborated with McLaren on the unrealised film project Fashion Beast, and an essay by Lou Stoppard casting a twenty-first-century perspective over his achievements, The Life & Times Of Malcolm McLaren is the explosive and definitive account of the man dubbed by Melvyn Bragg 'the Diaghilev of punk'.

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Constable

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1472121104

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Mission

A gripping revenge thriller

By: Paul Forrester-O'Neill

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Mission

A gripping revenge thriller

By: Paul Forrester-O'Neill

A novel of a father, a son, and the mayhem a lie can wreak: “Mission is a book that will stay with me. A remarkable debut.” —Sarah Haywood, New York Times–bestselling author of The Cactus A five-year-old boy and his father are separated by an unforgivable lie. Twenty years later, they meet, and the father, dying, tells of the con men who cheated him of all he had—and the small Northwestern town called Mission that spurned him. Now it is time for revenge. What follows is a twisting story of guile and brutality, mud and gold, as the father’s enemies are played by a young man with the crooked snout and the pocketful of hatpins . . . “A powerful narrative which charts one man’s attempt to overcome adversity and reclaim his family’s land.” —Tamar Hodes, author of The Water and the Wine “Paul Forrester-O’Neill reveals himself to be an ambitious prose stylist.” —Nicholas Royle, author of The Director’s Cut

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Open Road Media

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1504089979

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9781504089975

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

A Novel

By: Paul Krueger

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Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

A Novel

By: Paul Krueger

This “snarky, diverse” urban fantasy featuring a kick-ass heroine and 14 cocktail recipes will be “an absolute blast” for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Nerdist). Booze is magic, demons are real—and millennial Bailey Chen joins a band of monster-fighting Chicago bartenders instead of finding a “real” post-college job. Bailey Chen is fresh out of college with all the usual new-adult demons: no cash, no job offers, and an awkward relationship with Zane, the old friend she kinda-sorta hooked up with during high school. But when Zane introduces Bailey to his monster-fighting bartender friends, her demons become a lot more literal. It turns out that evil creatures stalk the city streets after hours, and they can be hunted only with the help of magically mixed cocktails: vodka grants super-strength, whiskey offers the power of telekinesis, and rum lets its drinker fire blasts of elemental energy. But will all these powers be enough for Bailey to halt a mysterious rash of gruesome deaths? And what will she do when the safety of a “real world” job beckons? This sharp and funny urban fantasy is perfect for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, and grown-up readers of Harry Potter. Includes 14 recipes from a book of ancient cocktail lore.

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Quirk Books

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1594747792

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9781594747793

Our Friends in Heaven - Volume 1

Saints for Every Day January to June

By: Allison Gliot,Daughters of St Paul

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Our Friends in Heaven - Volume 1

Saints for Every Day January to June

By: Allison Gliot,Daughters of St Paul

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Pauline Books and Media

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0819855499

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9780819855497

The Fourth Key of Kalijor

By: Paul Lell

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The Fourth Key of Kalijor

By: Paul Lell

The tensions between Solidarity Online and the Conglomerate's corporations are mounting. The artifacts unlocked by the Keys of Kalijor are at the heart of the problem as the virtual world of Kalijor leaks into real world of 3045 A.D. and Riana's strange connection to both has granted her powers that defy not only logic, but the laws of physics. However, there's a new wrench in the works. While Riana thought she was unique, a new player arrives with her looks and abilities, but with an agenda all her own. Now, Riana must gather her friends and family close as she sets out to discover how the death of a player's avatar can cause the death of the player themselves and find a way to keep that knowledge from falling into the wrong hands. The stakes are rising as everyone scrambles to find the Fourth Key of Kalijor...

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Lulu.com

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0983621543

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9780983621546

Tales from the Cancer Ward

By: Paul Cox

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Tales from the Cancer Ward

By: Paul Cox

At a certain point in illness care is the only thing we have. Care for those we love, care for ourselves.' Roger Ebert, US film critic and screen writer. 'To be vulnerable is to live.' In Tales from the Cancer Ward renowned filmmaker Paul Cox celebrates the beauty and fragility of life. The unexpected message of illness that he is delivered leaves him feeling utterly alone and with no alternative but to confront his own mortality, to question the separation of the spirit and the body, and to navigate what is truly essential in this world. As John Larkin writes in his introduction, Paul Cox's story 'demonstrates the resilience of the human body and spirit, the power of positive thought over fear, what is possible, even when the odds seem almost impossible, and the life-saving blessings of modern medicine.' At times dark, at times intense, this is ultimately a book filled with light, and hope, and life. The return message that Cox has written to himself and his readers is a precious answer, a true homecoming. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Cox is an auteur of international acclaim. Born in Holland, Paul Cox migrated to Australia in the mid-60s and went on to become one of the country's most prolific, original and internationally acclaimed filmmakers. Over a 35 year filmmaking career, the signature traits of Cox's work are a deep humanism, a poignant and realistic focus on relationships, eclecticism, and a profound affinity with the arts.

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DoctorZed Publishing

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1921924063

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The Severed Streets

By: Paul Cornell

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The Severed Streets

By: Paul Cornell

Desperate to find a case to justify the team's existence, with budget cuts and a police strike on the horizon, Quill thinks he's struck gold when a cabinet minister is murdered by an assailant who wasn't seen getting in or out of his limo. A second murder, that of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, presents a crime scene with a message...identical to that left by the original Jack the Ripper. The new Ripper seems to have changed the MO of the old completely: he's only killing rich white men. The inquiry into just what this supernatural menace is takes Quill and his team into the corridors of power at Whitehall, to meetings with MI5, or 'the funny people' as the Met call them, and into the London occult underworld. They go undercover to a pub with a regular evening that caters to that clientele, and to an auction of objects of power at the Tate Modern. Meanwhile, in Paul Cornell's The Severed Streets, the Ripper keeps on killing and finally the pattern of those killings gives Quill's team clues towards who's really doing this.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Tor Books

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1429943858

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9781429943857

Provenance

By: Paul M. Levitt

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Provenance

By: Paul M. Levitt

Set in Hungamon (aka Bogalusa), Louisiana 1988-89, Provenance takes the reader through progressive historical discoveries to the sources of a Hungarian painting that escaped the grasping fingers of Nazis and Communists, and to the secrets of two families, one Jewish, the owners of the Hungarian painting, and the other gentile, the owners of an American painting, which hides a dark tale.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1630761508

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Gambling and Survival in Native North America

By: Paul Pasquaretta

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Gambling and Survival in Native North America

By: Paul Pasquaretta

The cards are turned, the chips are raked. In casinos all over the country, Native Americans are making money and reclaiming power. But the games are by no means confined to the tables, as the Mashantucket Pequots can attest. Although Anglo-Americans have attempted to undermine Pequot sovereignty for centuries, these Native Americans have developed a strategy of survival in order to maintain their sense of peoplehood—a resiliency that has vexed outsiders, from English settlers to Donald Trump. The Pequots have found success at their southeastern Connecticut casino in spite of the odds. But in considering their story, Paul Pasquaretta shifts the focus from casinos to the political struggles that have marked the long history of indigenous-colonial relations. Viewing the survival of Native communities in the face of genocide and forced assimilation as a high-stakes game of chance, he examines gambling metaphors in historical and literary contexts to reveal strategies employed by several tribes as they participate in various "games" with white society--whether land re-acquisition, political positioning, or resistance to outside dominance. Through a comparative analysis of texts spanning four centuries—colonial war narratives, nineteenth-century romance fiction, tribal memorials, Native American novels—Pasquaretta provides a framework for understanding Indian-white relations and the role of "chance" in the realm of colonialism. He explores two intertwining themes: the survival of indigenous peoples in the face of the European invasion of North America and the ongoing contest of Natives and newcomers that has transpired in the marketplace, on the battlefield, and in the courts. In so doing, he considers the impact of reservation gambling on the development of contemporary tribal communities and the role of traditional Indian gambling practices and stories in the survival of indigenous cultural traditions. Gambling and Survival in Native North America is a wide-ranging book that shows how Native Americans have become active participants in their own survival despite the popular belief that Indian tribes, as "conquered peoples," have been rendered helpless for over a century. Working within a system devised to confine and even destroy them, they have found ways to remain in the game—and, against all odds, have learned to play it well.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816551278

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9780816551279

Ted Shawn

His Life, Writings, and Dances

By: Paul A. Scolieri

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Ted Shawn

His Life, Writings, and Dances

By: Paul A. Scolieri

Ted Shawn (1891-1972) is the self-proclaimed "Father of American Dance" who helped to transform dance from a national pastime into theatrical art. In the process, he made dancing an acceptable profession for men and taught several generations of dancers, some of whom went on to become legendary choreographers and performers in their own right, most notably his protégés Martha Graham, Louise Brooks, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman. Shawn tried for many years and with great frustration to tell the story of his life's work in terms of its social and artistic value, but struggled, owing to the fact that he was homosexual, a fact known only within his inner circle of friends. Unwilling to disturb the meticulously narrated account of his paternal exceptionalism, he remained closeted, but scrupulously archived his journals, correspondence, programs, photographs, and motion pictures of his dances, anticipating that the full significance of his life, writing, and dances would reveal itself in time. Ted Shawn: His Life, Writings, and Dances is the first critical biography of the dance legend, offering an in-depth look into Shawn's pioneering role in the formation of the first American modern dance company and school, the first all-male dance company, and Jacob's Pillow, the internationally renowned dance festival and school located in the Berkshires. The book explores Shawn's writings and dances in relation to emerging discourses of modernism, eugenics and social evolution, revealing an untold story about the ways that Shawn's homosexuality informed his choreographic vision. The book also elucidates the influences of contemporary writers who were leading a radical movement to depathologize homosexuality, such as the British eugenicist Havelock Ellis and sexologist Alfred Kinsey, and conversely, how their revolutionary ideas about sexuality were shaped by Shawn's modernism.

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Oxford University Press

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019933109X

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The Espionage Filmography

United States Releases, 1898 through 1999

By: Paul Mavis

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The Espionage Filmography

United States Releases, 1898 through 1999

By: Paul Mavis

From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles. More than just "spy movies," espionage films have evolved over the history of cinema and American culture, from stereotypical foreign spy themes, to patriotic star features, to the Cold War plotlines of the sixties, and most recently to the sexy, slick films of the nineties. This filmography comprehensively catalogs movies involving elements of espionage. Each entry includes release date, running time, alternate titles, cast and crew, a brief synopsis, and commentary. An introduction analyzes the development of these films and their reflection of the changing culture that spawned them.

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McFarland

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1476604274

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9781476604275

Precalculus with Trigonometry

Concepts and Applications

By: Paul A. Foerster

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Precalculus with Trigonometry

Concepts and Applications

By: Paul A. Foerster

Precalculus with Trigonometry: Concepts and Applications

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1559533919

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9781559533911

AIDS and Accusation

Haiti and the Geography of Blame

By: Paul Farmer

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AIDS and Accusation

Haiti and the Geography of Blame

By: Paul Farmer

Does the scientific 'theory' that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Paul Farmer answers with this ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society.

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0520248392

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Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac

Rules, Conferences, and Writings

By: Saint Vincent de Paul

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Rules, Conferences, and Writings

By: Saint Vincent de Paul

Here are the rules, conferences and writings of these two Vincentian founders who, through service to the poor, left an indelible mark on the church in France in the seventeenth century and beyond to the present. Louise (1591-1660) first came to Vincent (1581-1660) for spiritual direction and they became coworkers and friends for the rest of their lives.

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Paulist Press

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0809135647

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Gauguin's Intimate Journals

By: Paul Gauguin

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By: Paul Gauguin

These journals are an illuminating self-portrait of a unique personality....They bring sharply into focus for me his goodness, his humor, his insurgent spirit, his clarity of vision, his inordinate hatred of hypocrisy and sham."--Emil Gauguin, the artist's son, in the Preface. One of the great innovative figures in modern art, Gauguin was a complex, driven individual who, in 1883, gave up his job as a stockbroker in order to be free to paint every day. As time passed, he determined to sacrifice everything for his artistic vocation. Finally, in pursuit of a place to paint "natural men and women living lives unstained by the sham and hypocrisy of civilization, he took up residence in the South Seas, first in Tahiti and, later, in the Marquesas Islands. Completed during the artist's final sojourn in the Marquesas, these revealing journals -- reprinted from rare limited edition -- throw much light on the painter's inner life and his thoughts about a great many topics. We learn of Gauguin's first stay in Paris in 1876, and his initial encounter with Impressionism, his tumultuous relationship with van Gogh when they lived and painted together in Arles, his pithy evaluations of Degas, Cezanne, Manet, and other artists; his opinion of art dealers and critics (poor), and much more. Also here are illuminating glimpses of Gauguin's life in the islands: his delight in the simple, carefree lives of the natives and the physical charms of Polynesian women, counterbalanced by his struggles with poverty, hatred of the missionaries, and despair over the failures of French colonial justice. Witty, wide-ranging, and aphoristic, these writings are not only entertaining in themselves, they are crucial for anyone seeking to understand Gauguin and his work. The text is enhanced with 27 full-page illustrations by Gauguin. Dover (1997) unabridged republication of "Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journals, " Boni and Liveright, New York, 1921.

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Courier Corporation

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0486294412

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9780486294414

Fever Pitch

The Rise of the Premier League 1992-2004

By: Paul McCarthy

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Fever Pitch

The Rise of the Premier League 1992-2004

By: Paul McCarthy

THE INCREDIBLE FIRST 12 YEARS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE AS TOLD BY THE LEGENDS WHO WERE THERE 'I met Jack Nicholson and when a Hollywood superstar asks about Manchester United, you realise how big the Premier League is around the world' David Beckham Based on the acclaimed BBC Series, with a foreword by Alan Shearer The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast into 188 countries and watched by 3.2 billion people worldwide. It revolutionised football, transforming the beautiful game into a multi-billion-pound business and making its biggest stars millionaires. Fever Pitch tells the inside story of the formation of the league, from the early discussions with Rupert Murdoch about how Sky could be at the heart of this new league, to the bitter rivalries and radical new managers who changed the face of football forever. With insight from football's biggest names, this is the inside track on the Premier League as you've never heard it before. From David Beckham to Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel to Gary Neville, this book is full of exclusive interviews that give fascinating insight into the biggest sports league in the world from the people who made it happen. 'The recognition our game gets is astonishing and the love of the Premier League is undeniable' Alan Shearer 'England is special. It is more than football, it is like the players are rock stars' Eric Cantona 'It's what it should be about - enthralling, exciting, magic, taking risks, playing attacking football' Gary Neville

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Sphere

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1408727161

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9781408727164

Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV

The Art & Craft of Raising Your Voice on Screen

By: Loren-Paul Caplin

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Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV

The Art & Craft of Raising Your Voice on Screen

By: Loren-Paul Caplin

Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV is a practical guide that provides you, the screenwriter, with a clear set of exercises, tools, and methods to raise your ability to hear and discern conversation at a more complex level, in turn allowing you to create better, more nuanced, complex and compelling dialogue. The process of understanding dialogue writing begins with increasing writers’ awareness of what they hear. This book provides writers with an assortment of dialogue and language tools, techniques, and exercises and teaches them how to perceive and understand the function, intent and thematic/psychological elements that dialogue can convey about character, tone, and story. Text, subtext, voice, conflict, exposition, rhythm and style are among the many aspects covered. This book reminds us of the sheer joy of great dialogue and will change and enhance the way writers hear, listen to, and write dialogue, and along the way aid the writers’ confidence in their own voice allowing them to become more proficient writers of dialogue. Written by veteran screenwriter, playwright, and screenwriting professor Loren-Paul Caplin, Writing Compelling Dialogue is an invaluable writing tool for any aspiring screenwriter who wants to improve their ability to write dialogue for film and television, as well as students, professionals, and educators.

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Routledge

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1000203190

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Warring Parents, Wounded Children, and the Wretched World of Child Custody

Cautionary Tales

By: Joseph Helmreich,Paul Marcus

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Warring Parents, Wounded Children, and the Wretched World of Child Custody

Cautionary Tales

By: Joseph Helmreich,Paul Marcus

Screenwriter Helmreich and Psychologist Marcus, the latter a longtime court insider who has witnessed untold trauma as an evaluator in custody disputes, present us with a book that is shocking, tragic and ultimately enlightening. The authors present in-depth understanding of the havoc child custody disputes can wreak not only on the couple but, more importantly, on the children. Harshly detailed, we come to know through this text the personal motivations and behaviors that end up devastating lives. Here, parents can learn what to do, and what not to do, to avoid bitter tragedy in such cases. Judges, lawyers, guardians and mediators will also find this book enormously educational and useful. The ten cases in this book have been culled from years of experience as a court-appointed child custody evaluator. Commentaries at the end of each chapter offer analyses and concrete, practical information for parents in similar situations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313349746

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Visions of England

Class and Culture in Contemporary Cinema

By: Paul Dave

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Class and Culture in Contemporary Cinema

By: Paul Dave

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1845202937

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The Narrow Door

A Memoir of Friendship

By: Paul Lisicky

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The Narrow Door

A Memoir of Friendship

By: Paul Lisicky

The author Paul Lisicky examines "two long-term relationships, one with a woman novelist and the other with his ex-husband, a poet ... Denise and Paul, stretched by the demands of their writing lives, drift apart, and Paul's romance begins to falter. And the world around them is frail: environmental catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, and local disturbances make an unsettling backdrop to the pressing concerns of Denise's cancer diagnosis and Paul's impending breakup"--Amazon.com.

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1555977286

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Popular Fictions

By: Peter Humm,Paul Stigant,Peter Widdowson

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Popular Fictions

By: Peter Humm,Paul Stigant,Peter Widdowson

First Published in 2002. Amongst a time of rapid and radical social change, New Accents is a positive response to change, with each volume seeking to encourage rather than resist the process of change, to stretch rather than reinforce boundaries that currently define literature and its academic study. All the essays collected here deal in their different ways with 'popular fictions', but they were all, also, first published in the journal Literature and History. In that sense, then, they are quite literally 'essays in literature and history'.

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1136492631

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