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Winner-Take-All Politics

How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

By: Jacob S. Hacker,Paul Pierson

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Winner-Take-All Politics

How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

By: Jacob S. Hacker,Paul Pierson

A groundbreaking work that identifies the real culprit behind one of the great economic crimes of our time— the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of Americans and the richest of the rich. We all know that the very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades while most Americans haven’t. In fact, the exorbitantly paid have continued to thrive during the current economic crisis, even as the rest of Americans have continued to fall behind. Why do the “haveit- alls” have so much more? And how have they managed to restructure the economy to reap the lion’s share of the gains and shift the costs of their new economic playground downward, tearing new holes in the safety net and saddling all of us with increased debt and risk? Lots of so-called experts claim to have solved this great mystery, but no one has really gotten to the bottom of it—until now. In their lively and provocative Winner-Take-All Politics, renowned political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate convincingly that the usual suspects—foreign trade and financial globalization, technological changes in the workplace, increased education at the top—are largely innocent of the charges against them. Instead, they indict an unlikely suspect and take us on an entertaining tour of the mountain of evidence against the culprit. The guilty party is American politics. Runaway inequality and the present economic crisis reflect what government has done to aid the rich and what it has not done to safeguard the interests of the middle class. The winner-take-all economy is primarily a result of winner-take-all politics. In an innovative historical departure, Hacker and Pierson trace the rise of the winner-take-all economy back to the late 1970s when, under a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress, a major transformation of American politics occurred. With big business and conservative ideologues organizing themselves to undo the regulations and progressive tax policies that had helped ensure a fair distribution of economic rewards, deregulation got under way, taxes were cut for the wealthiest, and business decisively defeated labor in Washington. And this transformation continued under Reagan and the Bushes as well as under Clinton, with both parties catering to the interests of those at the very top. Hacker and Pierson’s gripping narration of the epic battles waged during President Obama’s first two years in office reveals an unpleasant but catalyzing truth: winner-take-all politics, while under challenge, is still very much with us. Winner-Take-All Politics—part revelatory history, part political analysis, part intellectual journey— shows how a political system that traditionally has been responsive to the interests of the middle class has been hijacked by the superrich. In doing so, it not only changes how we think about American politics, but also points the way to rebuilding a democracy that serves the interests of the many rather than just those of the wealthy few.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416593845

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The Power of Money

How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help Us All Prosper

By: Paul Sheard

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The Power of Money

How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help Us All Prosper

By: Paul Sheard

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Money permeates our everyday lives—it literally makes the economic world go round—and yet confusion and controversy about money abound. In The Power of Money, economist Paul Sheard distills what money is, how it comes into existence, and how it interacts with the real economy. Money issues dominate the news, but economic jargon and the complexity of it all can be bamboozling. Leading economist Paul Sheard is known for his ability to see the forest and the trees and demystify complex economic phenomena. With The Power of Money, Sheard empowers readers to become better-informed economic citizens by providing context for some of the biggest questions surrounding money, such as: How does money come into existence? How is the process of money printing governed? Does government debt ever have to be repaid? Are financial crises bound to happen sometimes? Can the euro, a currency without a government, survive in its current form? Are proposed cures for economic inequality worse than the disease? What is the future of money—are cryptocurrencies going to change everything? Financial enthusiasts and non-specialists alike will be surprised by the answers to these questions. The Power of Money provides a comprehensive foundation of knowledge to help you feel better informed and more confident as you follow and engage in economic and financial affairs and policy debates.

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BenBella Books

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1637743165

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Mathematics Old and New

By: Saul Stahl,Paul E. Johnson

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Mathematics Old and New

By: Saul Stahl,Paul E. Johnson

Introductory treatment for undergraduates provides insightful expositions of specific applications of mathematics and elements of mathematical history and culture. Topics include probability, statistics, voting systems game theory, geometry, Egyptian arithmetic, and more. 2016 edition.

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Courier Dover Publications

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048680738X

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American Water Spaniel

By: Paul R. Morrison

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American Water Spaniel

By: Paul R. Morrison

A Yankee Doodle original, the American Water Spaniel hails from the state of Wisconsin, where in the town of New London Dr. F. J. Pfeifer developed this all-around sporting dog that could retrieve and flush for the upland hunter. Medium in size and colored in chocolate or liver, the American Water Spaniel excels as both a retriever and a spaniel. Author Paul R. Morrison, an active AWS breeder and sportsman, traces the breed's origins back to Civil War days, chronicling the many legends that have evolved about this curly-coated field spaniel. A friendlier, smarter hunting companion cannot be found;the AWS remains one of America's best kept secrets. This Special Limited Edition also discusses the breed's characteristics as a family dog and hunting dog, his personality and abilities and the breed standard. Each chapter is illustrated with color photographs, making this volume as handsome as it is comprehensive and useful. Chapters on selecting a breeder and puppy, rearing and training the puppy, grooming, feeding and much more provide the owner with a complete guide to this fun-loving spaniel. The book also provides an excellent introduction to dog showing and trialing, sports that welcome enthusiastic newcomers on a weekendly basis. A special chapter on preventive healthcare, written by renowned veterinarian Dr. Lowell Ackerman, provides up-to-date, accurate information on inoculations, parasites, spaying/neutering and much more.

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Fox Chapel Publishing

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1621870405

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Learnability in Optimality Theory

By: Bruce Tesar,Paul Smolensky

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Learnability in Optimality Theory

By: Bruce Tesar,Paul Smolensky

Highlighting the close relationship between linguistic explanation and learnability, Bruce Tesar and Paul Smolensky examine the implications of Optimality Theory (OT) for language learnability. Highlighting the close relationship between linguistic explanation and learnability, Bruce Tesar and Paul Smolensky examine the implications of Optimality Theory (OT) for language learnability. They show how the core principles of OT lead to the learning principle of constraint demotion, the basis for a family of algorithms that infer constraint rankings from linguistic forms. Of primary concern to the authors are the ambiguity of the data received by the learner and the resulting interdependence of the core grammar and the structural analysis of overt linguistic forms. The authors argue that iterative approaches to interdependencies, inspired by work in statistical learning theory, can be successfully adapted to address the interdependencies of language learning. Both OT and Constraint Demotion play critical roles in their adaptation. The authors support their findings both formally and through simulations. They also illustrate how their approach could be extended to other language learning issues, including subset relations and the learning of phonological underlying forms.

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MIT Press

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0262264889

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9780262264884

Beyond Tolerance

Real World Literacy Teaching and Learning for PreK-6

By: Dierdre G. Paul

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Beyond Tolerance

Real World Literacy Teaching and Learning for PreK-6

By: Dierdre G. Paul

Beyond Tolerance is a hopeful, optimistic book focused on creating positive and sustained social change through engagement with beautiful, sometimes complex, and consistently interesting multiethnic children’s literature. It presents a fresh perspective on race and ethnicity. Additionally, it features an innovative approach to literacy teaching and learning through the use of multiethnic children’s literature in our preschools and throughout the elementary school grades.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475833261

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Bronson's Loose!

The Making of the Death Wish Films

By: Paul Talbot

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Bronson's Loose!

The Making of the Death Wish Films

By: Paul Talbot

In the summer of 1974 the movie Death Wish stunned audiences with its powerful story of an enraged businessman who hits the streets with a handgun to avenge the brutal violation of his wife and daughter. The film packed theaters with cheering moviegoers, became one of the highest-grossing and most controversial movies of the year, and turned star Charles Bronson into the hottest screen icon in the world. Over the next twenty years, four increasingly-violent sequels delivered thrills to a growing legion of fans and solidified the legend of Charles Bronson. Now, for the first time, Death Wish fanatics, Bronson cultists, and action movie lovers will discover fascinating information about the series. In exclusive comments, director Michael Winner, actor Kevyn Major Howard, novelist Brian Garfield, and many others reveal what it was like to work on the Death Wish movies with one of the most charismatic and elusive stars of all time. Covering every aspect of all five movies (including unused casting suggestions, deleted scenes and alternate cuts) and loaded with rare advertising artwork, Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the "Death Wish" Films tells the compelling, untold story behind the most explosive action series in film history.

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iUniverse

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0595379826

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9780595379828

Social Responsibility in Science, Technology, and Medicine

By: Paul T. Durbin

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Social Responsibility in Science, Technology, and Medicine

By: Paul T. Durbin

Not everyone agrees that professionals - including academic philosophers - need to be actively engaged in this fashion. So another theme throughout is an argument against non-engaged philosophers, non-engaged scientists, and other non-engaged professionals." "The social problems of a technological society are manifest. The book attempts to show, in a scholarly way, how they might be addressed effectively."--Jacket.

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Lehigh University Press

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0934223270

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To Seek and to Save

By: Paul Chappell

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To Seek and to Save

By: Paul Chappell

This manual has been refined from the heart of one of America's dynamic soul-winning churches. In 1986, Paul Chappell accepted the call to be the pastor of the Lancaster Baptist Church of Lancaster, California. His prayer was that God would allow them to establish by His grace a balanced, aggressive, soul-winning ministry in Southern California. These pages represent the Bible-based training principles that are taught annually to the new soul winners at Lancaster Baptist Church. Inside you'll find a step-by-step process to help you communicate your faith to others. - Jacket flap.

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Sword of the Lord Publishers

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0873988493

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The Redwood Stumper 2011

The Newsletter of the Redwood Gun Club, Arcata, CA

By: Paul Feist

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The Redwood Stumper 2011

The Newsletter of the Redwood Gun Club, Arcata, CA

By: Paul Feist

The Newsletter of the Redwood Gun Club in Humboldt County California. A newsletter dedicated to sharing the activities, interests, and knowledge of the membership of the club with our community. This is every issue of the "Redwood Stumper" from 2011

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1300043040

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Social Choice

Theory and Research

By: Paul E Johnson

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Social Choice

Theory and Research

By: Paul E Johnson

Author Paul E. Johnson introduces researchers to the key questions, concepts, terminology, methods, and results of social choice theory, a method of aggregating individualÆs preferences into societal preferences (such as voting). By presenting technical details from the ôground up,ö Johnson first introduces readers to the effects that decision-making procedures have on social choice. He next explains the idea of a social preference function, a rule that is used to take into account individuals, preferences when creating social ordering. He explores the basics and implications of ArrowÆs possibility theorem and the implications and applications of the uni-dimensional spatial model. Social Choice: Theory and Research concludes with an investigation of the multidimensional spatial model and an exploration of the instability of majority rule, including a discussion of chaos theory. Students in political theory, public choice, and public finance will find Social Choice: Theory and Research a comprehensible introduction to social choice theory. Researchers interested in decision-making difficulties in government, international organizations, and corporations will find this a handy reference for their studies.

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SAGE Publications

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1452214433

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Functional Programming in Scala

By: Paul Chiusano,Runar Bjarnason

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Functional Programming in Scala

By: Paul Chiusano,Runar Bjarnason

Summary Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to the everyday business of coding. The book guides readers from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, you'll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Functional programming (FP) is a style of software development emphasizing functions that don't depend on program state. Functional code is easier to test and reuse, simpler to parallelize, and less prone to bugs than other code. Scala is an emerging JVM language that offers strong support for FP. Its familiar syntax and transparent interoperability with Java make Scala a great place to start learning FP. About the Book Functional Programming in Scala is a serious tutorial for programmers looking to learn FP and apply it to their everyday work. The book guides readers from basic techniques to advanced topics in a logical, concise, and clear progression. In it, you'll find concrete examples and exercises that open up the world of functional programming. This book assumes no prior experience with functional programming. Some prior exposure to Scala or Java is helpful. What's Inside Functional programming concepts The whys and hows of FP How to write multicore programs Exercises and checks for understanding About the Authors Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason are recognized experts in functional programming with Scala and are core contributors to the Scalaz library. Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING What is functional programming? Getting started with functional programming in Scala Functional data structures Handling errors without exceptions Strictness and laziness Purely functional state PART 2 FUNCTIONAL DESIGN AND COMBINATOR LIBRARIES Purely functional parallelism Property-based testing Parser combinators PART 3 COMMON STRUCTURES IN FUNCTIONAL DESIGN Monoids Monads Applicative and traversable functors PART 4 EFFECTS AND I/O External effects and I/O Local effects and mutable state Stream processing and incremental I/O

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Simon and Schuster

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1638353956

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The Boston Marathon

By: Paul C. Clerici

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The Boston Marathon

By: Paul C. Clerici

Many things compose the Boston Marathon--Olympians, record holders, Greek gold-dipped wreaths, running hamburgers and fries, statues, snow, trailblazers, and Heartbreak Hill. Paul C. Clerici's Images of Modern America: The Boston Marathon tells the expansive story of the oldest continuously run marathon and showcases over 165 images that span the decades. From Clarence DeMar, both Johnny Kelleys, Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb, and John Hancock to Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Ibrahim Hussein, Bob Hall, and Ernst van Dyk; from Kathrine Switzer's literal run-in with Jock Semple to the 1970s running boom, the centennial celebration, and Meb Keflezighi's restoration victory, this global footrace and gathering of community is presented in a display of vibrant, historical, and exciting images, some of which from private collections rarely seen and some never-before published.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439669244

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The Century of the Emerging World

Development with a Vengeance

By: Paul Dobrescu

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The Century of the Emerging World

Development with a Vengeance

By: Paul Dobrescu

This book explores how the first decade of the 21st century was nothing short of “les années folles”. The impressive growth rate of emerging economies changed the crisis-ridden world in a very short time, and in the early 2000s the emerging world’s weight in the global economy was 38%, now 50%. This statistic confirms the political reality of the century of the emerging world. The monograph shows that the long-term tendencies inaugurated during this decade represent a silent revolution, as significant as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and this will lead to a geopolitical reconfiguration hard to envision right now.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443893617

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The Ajax Dilemma

Justice, Fairness, and Rewards

By: Paul Woodruff

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The Ajax Dilemma

Justice, Fairness, and Rewards

By: Paul Woodruff

We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out. In The Ajax Dilemma, Paul Woodruff examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just? Woodruff builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued. How should we deal with the "Ajax dilemma"? Woodruff argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend. This short, thoughtful book, written with Woodruff's characteristic elegance, investigates some of the most bitterly divisive issues in American today.

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Oxford University Press

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0199912416

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Probability for Applications

By: Paul E. Pfeiffer

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Probability for Applications

By: Paul E. Pfeiffer

Objecti'ves. As the title suggests, this book provides an introduction to probability designed to prepare the reader for intelligent and resourceful applications in a variety of fields. Its goal is to provide a careful exposition of those concepts, interpretations, and analytical techniques needed for the study of such topics as statistics, introductory random processes, statis tical communications and control, operations research, or various topics in the behavioral and social sciences. Also, the treatment should provide a background for more advanced study of mathematical probability or math ematical statistics. The level of preparation assumed is indicated by the fact that the book grew out of a first course in probability, taken at the junior or senior level by students in a variety of fields-mathematical sciences, engineer ing, physics, statistics, operations research, computer science, economics, and various other areas of the social and behavioral sciences. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of single-variable calculus, including some acquaintance with power series. Generally, they are expected to have the experience and mathematical maturity to enable them to learn new concepts and to follow and to carry out sound mathematical arguments. While some experience with multiple integrals is helpful, the essential ideas can be introduced or reviewed rather quickly at points where needed.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461576768

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The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles

By: Norman D. Willis,Paul Sloane,Des Machale,Michael A. DiSpezio,Kurt Smith

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The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles

By: Norman D. Willis,Paul Sloane,Des Machale,Michael A. DiSpezio,Kurt Smith

What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, this huge, value-priced collection should keep any solver happy...and busy for a very long time. It contains brain-busting challenges of almost every type: math logic problems for the numerically inclined; absolutely amazing lateral thinking conundrums; really great critical thinking bafflers; and mind-boggling word puzzles. Here's just a small sample of what's inside: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be so? Stumped? That's because it's one man--Grover Cleveland--who was reelected after skipping a term. And that's just an easy warm-up!

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1402733720

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9781402733727

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)

By: Paul Dickson

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The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)

By: Paul Dickson

The definitive work on the language of baseball—one of the “Five Best Baseball Books” (Wall Street Journal). Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball” (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson’s brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This “impressively comprehensive” (The Nation) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado.

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1001

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393073491

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9780393073492

Understanding Modern Mathematics

By: Saul Stahl,Paul E. Johnson

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Understanding Modern Mathematics

By: Saul Stahl,Paul E. Johnson

Understanding Modern Mathematics is an exceptional collection of topics meant to better acquaint students with mathematics through an exposure to its applications and an analysis of its culture. The text provides an in-depth focus on such key topics as probability, statistics, voting systems, game theory, and linear programming. Two additional chapters on geometry and symmetry can be found on the text's web site, providing students the opportunity to see the 3-dimensional geometric figures in full color. The text provides students with an understanding of how these important mathematical topics are relevant in their everyday lives while emphasizing the history of mathematics . Understanding Modern Mathematics is the perfect complement to any Liberal Arts Mathematics course. Click Here to View Chapter 6 Click Here to View Chapter 7

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763734012

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Word Problems with Fractions

By: Paul R. Robbins,Sharon K. Hauge

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Word Problems with Fractions

By: Paul R. Robbins,Sharon K. Hauge

Prepares all students for standardized testing Builds essential critical-thinking and problem-solving skills Provides real-life situations for meaningful connections to science, computer science, math history, and other topics See other Word Problems titles

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Walch Publishing

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0825137500

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Moralizing Technology

Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things

By: Peter-Paul Verbeek

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Moralizing Technology

Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things

By: Peter-Paul Verbeek

Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. But these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments: they give shape to what we do and how we experience the world. And because technology plays such an active role in shaping our daily actions and decisions, it is crucial, Peter-Paul Verbeek argues, that we consider the moral dimension of technology. Moralizing Technology offers exactly that: an in-depth study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, Peter-Paul Verbeek locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Verbeek cites concrete examples, including some from his own life, and compellingly argues for the morality of things. Rich and multifaceted, and sure to be controversial, Moralizing Technology will force us all to consider the virtue of new inventions and to rethink the rightness of the products we use every day.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226852903

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Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

By: Robert S Anderson,Paul R Brass,Edwin Levy,Barrie Morrison

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Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

By: Robert S Anderson,Paul R Brass,Edwin Levy,Barrie Morrison

Agriculture in southern Asia has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, one that continues to alter the political economy of the area. Beyond the familiar elements of the green revolution, there has been an increase in resource exploitation for food production, and a rise in the economic and political strength of food producers, as wel

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Routledge

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1000310876

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Auctions

Theory and Practice

By: Paul Klemperer

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Auctions

Theory and Practice

By: Paul Klemperer

Governments use them to sell everything from oilfields to pollution permits, and to privatize companies; consumers rely on them to buy baseball tickets and hotel rooms, and economic theorists employ them to explain booms and busts. Auctions make up many of the world's most important markets; and this book describes how auction theory has also become an invaluable tool for understanding economics. Auctions: Theory and Practice provides a non-technical introduction to auction theory, and emphasises its practical application. Although there are many extremely successful auction markets, there have also been some notable fiascos, and Klemperer provides many examples. He discusses the successes and failures of the one-hundred-billion dollar "third-generation" mobile-phone license auctions; he, jointly with Ken Binmore, designed the first of these. Klemperer also demonstrates the surprising power of auction theory to explain seemingly unconnected issues such as the intensity of different forms of industrial competition, the costs of litigation, and even stock trading 'frenzies' and financial crashes. Engagingly written, the book makes the subject exciting not only to economics students but to anyone interested in auctions and their role in economics.

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Princeton University Press

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0691186294

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Crow Search

By: James B. Fields,Dan Paul Rose

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Crow Search

By: James B. Fields,Dan Paul Rose

Crow Search is as serious as it is insane. It hosts a gamut of tones presented through lyrical phrasing. It is poetry best read aloud -- evoking and emphasizing these vacillating tones. On the one hand, it is personal and clearly heartfelt; on the other, overtly political and hell bent. And the midsection of this three-part collection is principally absurd in nature. The author believes Crow Search is as good as it is bad i.e. the quality, or lack thereof, of its craft. "Quality of content is not easily objectified." In effect, it attempts to make a statement of how life treats us -- at least those who would be reading an assortment of American poetry. That said, some may find it maniacal, or even self-indulgent, but at no time does it approach pedantic. If it appears in spots to be didactic and stuffy, the tone has become toneless, and the author's facetious invention has become satisfied. It is tongue-in-cheek; it is a work of fiction. There is no motive, thesis, or centerpiece. It avoids such singularity in the hope it captures a larger, more versatile tenor. It is not about a fixed perspective, but an endless journey, a search for experience, and a desire to create a lasting visual impression and verbal memory. Do not take Crow Search too seriously. The author is not about lessons, but he is about laughter and thought. It is a book long in the making, and one that took several years to compile. Keep in mind, its very unsystematic quality suggests its very intention.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412057221

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Rugby World Cups - 2003 and 2015

What´s happened in between and can England repeat the success?

By: Paul Tait

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Rugby World Cups - 2003 and 2015

What´s happened in between and can England repeat the success?

By: Paul Tait

History was made on November 22 2003 - England was crowned the World Champion. Everything was ready for rugby to explode in England, for the national team to kick-on, for the level of the domestic game to continue growing and for the sport to truly become prominent nationwide. It did not eventuate. England lost far too many matches and the Aviva Premiership does not match the French Top 14. The result for Rugby World Cup 2015 is a match schedule allocating more games to Wales than to the north of England. Understanding how this came about and also how and why Wales secured matches is an important part of the puzzle and carries substantial implications for future Rugby World Cups. Local and global issues including decision making, rival sports and nationalized players are all tackled in an analysis that seeks to offer realistic and viable solutions for the benefit of English and global rugby.

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1783333529

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After The Celebration

Australian Fiction 1989-2007

By: Ken Gelder,Paul Salzman

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After The Celebration

Australian Fiction 1989-2007

By: Ken Gelder,Paul Salzman

After the Celebration explores Australian fiction from 1989 to 2007, after Australia's bicentenary to the end of the Howard government. In this literary history, Ken Gelder and Paul Salzman combine close attention to Australian novels with a vivid depiction of their contexts: cultural, social, political, historical, national and transnational. From crime fiction to the postmodern colonial novel, from Australian grunge to 'rural apocalypse fiction', from the Asian diasporic novel to the action blockbuster, Gelder and Salzman show how Australian novelists such as Frank Moorhouse, Elizabeth Jolley, Peter Carey, Kim Scott, Steven Carroll, Kate Grenville, Tim Winton, Alexis Wright and many others have used their work to chart our position in the world. The literary controversies over history, identity, feminism and gatekeeping are read against the politics of the day. Provocative and compelling, After the Celebration captures the key themes and issues in Australian fiction: where we have been and what we have become.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522859216

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Global Climate Change Policy

Analysis, Economic Efficiency Issues and International Cooperation

By: Paul J.J. Welfens

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Global Climate Change Policy

Analysis, Economic Efficiency Issues and International Cooperation

By: Paul J.J. Welfens

This book considers climate change from an economic and international policy perspective. It argues that an emissions trading systems (ETS) should first be adopted in all G20 countries with those national ETS then integrated into a global ETS. The topic of global warming is at the forefront of international discussions, especially given recent environmental policy changes in the US under Presidents Trump and Biden and the emergence of the Fridays For Future movement. Combatting climate change does not necessitate a trade-off between economic growth and climate policy provided that the latter is consistently linked to new economic policy. Policymakers should support innovation, effective redistribution policies and modern mobility concepts. Moreover, there are crucial links between financial market dynamics and price dynamics in ETS. If measures discussed here are coordinated effectively in the EU/G20, and at the global level, then climate neutrality could be achieved.

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Springer Nature

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3030945944

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The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport

Causes, Consequences, Solutions

By: Paul Dimeo,Verner Møller

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The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport

Causes, Consequences, Solutions

By: Paul Dimeo,Verner Møller

The sense of crisis that pervades global sport suggests that the war on doping is still very far from being won. In this critical and provocative study of anti-doping regimes in global sport, Paul Dimeo and Verner Møller argue that the current system is at a critical historical juncture. Reviewing the recent history of anti-doping, this book highlights serious problems in the approach developed and implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), including continued failure to accept responsibility for the ineffectiveness of the testing system, the growing number of dubious convictions, and damaging human-rights issues. Without a total rethink of how we deal with this critical issue in world sport, this book warns that we could be facing the collapse of anti-doping, both as a policy and as an ideology. The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport: Causes, Consequences, Solutions is important reading for all students and scholars of sport studies, as well as researchers, coaches, doctors and policymakers interested in the politics and ethics of drug use in sport. It examines the reasons for the crisis, the consequences of policy strategies, and it explores potential solutions.

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Routledge

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1134810067

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Conflict Among Nations

Bargaining, Decision Making, and System Structure in International Crises

By: Glenn Herald Snyder,Paul Diesing

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Conflict Among Nations

Bargaining, Decision Making, and System Structure in International Crises

By: Glenn Herald Snyder,Paul Diesing

How do nations act in a crisis? This book seeks to answer that question both theoretically and historically. It tests and synthesizes theories of political behavior by comparing them with the historical record. The authors apply theories of bargaining, game theory, information processing, decision-making, and international systems to case histories of sixteen crises that occurred during a seventy-five year period. The result is a revision and integration of diverse concepts and the development of a new empirical theory of international conflict. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400871182

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Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Golf

Presenting the most amazing golf facts from the last 500 years

By: Paul Donnelley

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Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Golf

Presenting the most amazing golf facts from the last 500 years

By: Paul Donnelley

From Rabbit Wars waged on St. Andrew's famous Old Course to the rebellion that interrupted a Royal round, this tome is packed with facts that will tantalised and enthral. Delve into this extraordinary showcase of Firsts, Lasts and Onlys from the world of golf, and discover a myriad of incredible stories, including: The first golfer to win both the US Open and US Amateur Championship in the same year. The last ill-fated player to have been struck by lightening on Tour. The only instance of a tournament being halted by locusts.With 200 witty anecdotes portraying the undisputed and unexpected legends of the sport, you are sure to lose yourself in the most enthralling golf miscellany since records began!

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Hamlyn

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060062255X

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Spider-Man

Webspinners - The Complete Collection

By: J.M. DeMatteis,Eric Stephenson,Joe Kelly,Paul Jenkins

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Spider-Man

Webspinners - The Complete Collection

By: J.M. DeMatteis,Eric Stephenson,Joe Kelly,Paul Jenkins

Collects Webspinners: Tales Of Spider-Man #1-18, Material From Shadows & Light (1998) #2-3. A host of comic book talents spin yarns across the web of Spidey history! Dive deep inside the goldfi sh bowl for a look at the early motivations of Mysterio! Solve the decades-old mystery of why the Silver Surfer abandoned his plan to attack mankind! Head back to Midtown Highs senior prom with ladies man Peter Parker but who invited the Sandman? Chameleon spirals out of control, Vulture plots the perfect crime, and a black-suited Spider-Man joins Silver Sable on a mission of international intrigue! And there are no positives to a trip to the Negative Zone particularly when Cletus Kasady is along for the ride, and Blastaar the Living Bomb-Burst is the welcoming party!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302498320

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Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Learning, Integrating, and Consolidating the Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners

By: Paul R. Peluso

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Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Learning, Integrating, and Consolidating the Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners

By: Paul R. Peluso

The second edition of Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy covers advanced helping- skills topics, including inductive reasoning, Socratic questioning, and creatively creating second- order change. Chapters explore strategies for using paradoxical interventions, including the use of humor, and working with double- binds. Professors and students alike will find that Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2nd ed., is not just a guide to training; it provides an in- depth understanding of material covered in introductory courses and supplements the material students will cover in practicum and internship.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000688356

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Life With Archie #4

By: Paul Kupperberg,Norm Breyfogle,Joe Rubinstein, Andrew Pepoy, Jack Morelli, Glenn Whitmore

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Life With Archie #4

By: Paul Kupperberg,Norm Breyfogle,Joe Rubinstein, Andrew Pepoy, Jack Morelli, Glenn Whitmore

The "Archie Marriage" phenomenon continues in this mega-hit magazine following Archie's married lives with both Betty and Veronica! "Archie Loves Betty: You Win Some, You Lose Some" First, in "Archie Loves Betty: You Win Some, You Lose Some," Mr. Lodge's plot to destroy Archie has just begun. Who will the couple turn to when Betty is fired and Ambrose's Chowder House is in serious danger? Back in Riverdale, a stranger pushes to buy out Pop's as Reggie and Veronica turn to each other, despite their parents' fury! "Archie Loves Veronica: Taking Care of Business!" Meanwhile, in "Archie Loves Veronica: Taking Care of Business!" Archie and Veronica fight to fix their marriage miles apart. Veronica must choose between trusting her husband or her father who sends Archie on a business trip as a distraction from secret plans threatening small town Riverdale, but Mr. Lodge might unintentionally guide Archie towards a way to save it!

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1619880962

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What Things Do

Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design

By: Peter-Paul Verbeek

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What Things Do

Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design

By: Peter-Paul Verbeek

How are all these things affecting us? How can their role in our lives be understood? What Things Do answers these questions by focusing on how technologies mediate our actions and our perceptions of the world.

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Penn State Press

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0271046562

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European Politics

By: Paul Kubicek

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European Politics

By: Paul Kubicek

European Politics expertly and accessibly surveys the history, institutions, and issues that are essential for understanding contemporary European politics. Exploring a central question—"what is Europe?"—this text's thematic approach helps students compare politics in individual countries and see the political big picture in the region. European Politics examines not only countries which are (or were) in the European Union but also those eligible to join, to give students the most comprehensive picture of Europe's evolution in a globalized world. Key changes for the new edition include: coverage of hot topics such as Brexit, Covid-19, rise of nationalist-populists, authoritarian developments in Hungary, Poland, and Turkey, separatism in Catalonia, refugees/migrants, environmentalism, Ukraine, Russia, US-European relations, recent elections, and security threats emanating within Europe and beyond; a consolidated presentation on the European Union; fully updated data and examples; and a new concluding chapter recapping the main ideas and suggesting scenarios for the European project moving forward. This timely, in-depth text will be essential reading for anyone interested in European politics.

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Routledge

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1000281914

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The Musical Theater of Stephen Schwartz

From Godspell to Wicked and Beyond

By: Paul R. Laird

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The Musical Theater of Stephen Schwartz

From Godspell to Wicked and Beyond

By: Paul R. Laird

As the composer/lyricist for Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, and other musicals, Stephen Schwartz has enjoyed one of the mostsignificant careers in American musical theater for more than four decades. Schwartz has also achieved success on the big screen, contributing to such films as Enchanted, The Prince of Egypt, and Pocahontas. For his work, he has received six Tony nominations, three Grammys, and three Academy Awards. The Musical Theater of Stephen Schwartz: From Godspell to Wicked and Beyond is a detailed examination of Schwartz’s various projects throughout his career. Musicologist Paul R. Laird discusses at length Schwartz’s major shows and also considers his other ventures, such as the music and lyrics for animated features from Disney and Dreamworks. The book focuses on two major aspects of Schwartz’s creations: the process of collaboration resulting in a project’s completion and a descriptive analysis of his music and lyrics. Laird also describes each show’s critical reception and its place in the larger history of musical theater. Based on extensive interviews with Schwartz and a number of his major collaborators, this book provides a rare look into the creation of the composer and lyricist’s shows and films. The Musical Theater of Stephen Schwartz is intended for fans as well as students and professional researchers in music, theater, and the musical theater.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810891921

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9780810891920

The Cup of Death

By: Jan Paul Oller

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The Cup of Death

By: Jan Paul Oller

Over the past 30 years soccer has degenerated from a sport of grace and beauty into one of Dollar politics. The showcase of this degeneracy was the '94 World Cup held in the United States. This book not only analyses the shameless showcase of soccer degeneracy but is a stand against the existing corruption wthin F.I.F.A. as well as a cry for help for all true fans to not tolerate it any longer.

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Trafford Publishing

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1552125912

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Double Threat

A Thriller

By: F. Paul Wilson

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Double Threat

A Thriller

By: F. Paul Wilson

Double Threat is a new stand-alone thriller from New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson. Daley has a problem. Her 26-year life so far has been unconventional, to say the least, but now she’s got this voice in her head. It claims to be a separate entity that’s going to be sharing her body from now on. At first she thinks she’s schizophrenic, then considers the possibility that maybe she really has been invaded – but by what? Medical tests turn up nothing, yet the voice persists... and won’t stop talking! When she finally she accepts the reality that she has a symbiont, she discovers that together they can cure people of the incurable. Maybe hosting a symbiont isn’t such a bad thing. She retreats to a remote town in the southwest desert to hone her healing skills. But there she runs afoul of the Pendry clan, leaders of an obscure cult that worships the Visitors who inhabited the area millions of years ago. They plan to bring them back but believe Daley is the prophesied “Duad” who will undo all the cult’s efforts. She must be eliminated. You know things are bad when the voice in your head is the only one you can trust. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1250776651

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Grinning At The Edge

A Biography of Alan Ayckbourn

By: Paul Allen

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Grinning At The Edge

A Biography of Alan Ayckbourn

By: Paul Allen

Now in paperback, the hugely acclaimed, authorised biography of Britain's most popular playwright Alan Ayckbourn is Britain's most popular playwright and its most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays and has worked with some of theatre's most celebrated names, yet he spends most of his time away from the limelight in a Yorkshire seaside town not writing at all but running a small repertory theatre. This is a portrait of a man who - from Relatively Speaking in 1965 to his double play House and Garden at the National Theatre in 2000 - has chronicled human behaviour, our aspirations and insecurities, while shaping the theatrical experience of millions. "Mr Allen's book makes me want to start reading the entire Ayckbourn canon over again...splendid stuff" Hugh Leonard, Sunday Independent "Paul Allen has come up with a wise, well-informed book that not only persuades us of Ayckbourn's genius but also helps to explain this complex, driven man" Michael Billington, Country Life "Lucid, meticulously researched ... this impressively detailed account benefits from Paul Allen's rich inside knowledge of theatre" Terry Eagleton, Times Literary Supplement "Thorough and enjoyable" Christopher Hirst, Independent

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A&C Black

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1408174677

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