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Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World

By: Philip Mudd

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Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World

By: Philip Mudd

A bold account of one of the most controversial and haunting initiatives in American history, Black Site tells the full story of the post-9/11 counterterrorism world at the CIA. When the towers fell on September 11, 2001, nowhere were the reverberations more powerfully felt than at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Almost overnight, the intelligence organization evolved into a warfighting intelligence service, constructing what was known internally as “the Program”: a web of top-secret detention facilities intended to help prevent future attacks on American soil and around the world. With Black Site, former deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center Philip Mudd presents a full, never-before-told story of this now-controversial program, directly addressing how far America went to pursue al-Qa’ida and prevent another catastrophe. Heated debates about torture were later ignited in 2014 after the US Senate published a report of the Program, detailing the CIA’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” to draw information from detainees. The report, Mudd posits, did not fully address key questions: How did the officials actually come to their decisions? What happened at the detention facilities—known as “Black Sites”—on a day-to-day basis? What did they look like? How were prisoners transported there? And how did the officers feel about what they were doing? Black Site seeks answers to these questions and more, first by examining pre-9/11 Langley, when the CIA was tasked with collecting, disseminating, and analyzing information related to overseas events. Mudd argues that September 12, 2001, marked an operational revolution, as officials suddenly felt the weight of protecting a nation from a second wave of attacks inside the United States. Re-creating the incredibly tense atmosphere of the time, Mudd reveals that many officials felt an unshakable personal responsibility to thwart another attack. Based on interviews from dozens of officials—many of whom have never spoken out before— Black Site illuminates how the Agency quickly stepped into the process of organizing a full-blown interrogation program. Mudd offers a deeper understanding of how the enhanced interrogation techniques were developed and how intelligence professionals prepared to talk to the world’s most hardened terrorists. With careful detail, he takes us through the process of each legally approved technique, including waterboarding. As compelling as it is revelatory, Black Site shows us the tragedy and triumph of the CIA during its most difficult days.

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Liveright Publishing

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1631491989

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9781631491986

Good Vibrations

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys in Critical Perspective

By: Philip Lambert

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Good Vibrations

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys in Critical Perspective

By: Philip Lambert

Good Vibrations brings together scholars with a variety of expertise, from music to cultural studies to literature, to assess the full extent of the contributions to popular culture and popular music of one the most successful and influential pop bands of the twentieth century. The book covers the full fifty-year history of the Beach Boys’ music, from essays on some of the group’s best-known music—such as their hit single “Good Vibrations” —to their mythical unfinished masterpiece, Smile. Throughout, the book places special focus on the individual whose creative vision brought the whole enterprise to life, Brian Wilson, advancing our understanding of his gifts as a songwriter, arranger, and producer. The book joins a growing body of literature on the popular music of the 1960s, in general, and on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys in particular. But Good Vibrations extends the investigation further and deeper than it has gone before, not only offering new understanding and insights into individual songs and albums, but also providing close examination of compositional techniques and reflections on the group’s place in American popular culture.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472902385

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9780472902385

In the Shadows of the Morning

Essays on Wild Lands, Wild Waters, and a Few Untamed People (Signed by the author)

By: Philip Caputo

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In the Shadows of the Morning

Essays on Wild Lands, Wild Waters, and a Few Untamed People (Signed by the author)

By: Philip Caputo

Philip Caputo's passion for travel and adventure was inspired by the works of Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Herman Melville, and through the years this passion led to a rugged writer's life, filled with hair-raising experiences in the jungles of Vietnam, the rubble of Beirut, and the savannas of Africa. In the Shadows of the Morning collects Caputo's essays for the first time, each imbued with the powerful and memorable writing for which he has become so well known. In "The Ahab Complex," Caputo recalls a life-and-death struggle with a majestic giant blue marlin off the coast of Florida whose quarter-ton body "lit up as if a gigantic light had flashed in the water." He recounts his travels in Kenya's largest national park among the only lions to have a natural tendency to stalk and eat human beings, and where the accounts of their gruesome escapades invaded his dreams. In the title piece, he reflects on a harrowing trip down the Alaskan river that nearly claimed his son's life, nature's indifference to human loss, and an evocative account of letting go. In the Shadows of the Morning is a fascinating journey through a lifetime of profound experiences. Adventurers and lovers of great writing will welcome this collection of finely crafted essays by one of America's most gifted writers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493012282

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9781493012282

Fundamentals of Modeling and Analyzing Engineering Systems

By: Philip D. Cha,James J. Rosenberg,Clive L. Dym

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Fundamentals of Modeling and Analyzing Engineering Systems

By: Philip D. Cha,James J. Rosenberg,Clive L. Dym

Broad-based introduction to engineering systems, presenting a unified treatment of disparate physical systems.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521594634

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9780521594639

Clare Boothe Luce

American Renaissance Woman

By: Philip Nash

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Clare Boothe Luce

American Renaissance Woman

By: Philip Nash

Clare Boothe Luce: American Renaissance Woman is a concise and highly readable political biography that examines the life of one of the most accomplished American women of the 20th century. Wife and mother, author, editor, playwright, political activist, war journalist, Congresswoman, ambassador, pundit, and feminist—Luce did it all. Carefully placing Luce in a series of shifting historical contexts, this book offers the reader an insight into mid-century American political, cultural, gender, and foreign relations history. Eleven primary sources follow the text, including excerpts from Luce’s diary, letters, speeches, and published works, as well as a TV talk-show appearance and a critic’s diary entry describing an evening with her, helping readers to understand her fascinating life. Together, the narrative and documents afford readers a brief yet in-depth look at Luce with all her complications: glamorous intellectual, acid-tongued diplomat, and feminist conservative, she was a deeply flawed high-achiever who repeatedly challenged the entrenched sexism of her age to become a significant actor in the rise of the “American Century.” Addressing the neglect suffered by women in foreign relations history, this will be of interest to students and scholars of US foreign relations, 20th-century US history, and US women’s history.

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Routledge

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1000554465

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9781000554465

A Catalogue of irregular Greek Verbs

With all the tenses Extant, their Formation, Meaning, and Usage

By: Philip Buttmann

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A Catalogue of irregular Greek Verbs

With all the tenses Extant, their Formation, Meaning, and Usage

By: Philip Buttmann

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752576170

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9783752576177

Hermeneutics, History and Memory

By: Philip Gardner

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Hermeneutics, History and Memory

By: Philip Gardner

This book presents a novel contribution to topical academic debate, seeing the sceptical challenge as an opportunity for reflection on history’s key processes and practices.

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Routledge

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1134261632

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9781134261635

Midterm

The Elections Of 1994 In Context

By: Philip A. Klinkner

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Midterm

The Elections Of 1994 In Context

By: Philip A. Klinkner

By all accounts, 1994 represents sweeping electoral and policy change rarely seen in any American election, let alone a midterm. This book puts 1994 in context with other significant midterm elections, from 1810 to the present. It also captures the very contemporary concerns unique to 1994: the role of the religious right, the "angry white male," t

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0429720971

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Dead Man Talking... and talking... and talking

By: Philip Sorgen

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Dead Man Talking... and talking... and talking

By: Philip Sorgen

Philip Sorgen is not really dead-- it's just that since he received his poetic license he has been dying to use it. Philip has been an actuarial trainee at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a Sp4 in the U.S. Army reserve and then for thirty-four rewarding years a mathematics teacher at Great Neck North High School. He plays the piano by ear, composes music (with a pencil) and has tennis elbow, which is a lot less severe than tennis balls. He is the husband of one, a father of two and a grandfather of three. This is the story of his life."--Back cover

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499048688

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9781499048681

Diagnosing Giants

Solving the Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Who Changed the World

By: Philip A. Mackowiak

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Diagnosing Giants

Solving the Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Who Changed the World

By: Philip A. Mackowiak

Could Lincoln have lived? After John Wilkes Booth fired a low-velocity .44 caliber bullet into the back of the president's skull, Lincoln did not perish immediately. Attending doctors cleaned and probed the wound, and actually improved his breathing for a time. Today medical trauma teams help similar victims survive-including Gabby Giffords, whose injury was strikingly like Lincoln's. In Diagnosing Giants, Dr. Philip A. Mackowiak examines the historical record in detail, reconstructing Lincoln's last hours moment by moment to calculate the odds. That leads him to more questions: What if he had lived? What sort of neurological function would he have had? What kind of a Constitutional crisis would have ensued? Dr. Mackowiak, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, offers a gripping and authoritative account of thirteen patients who took center stage in world history. The result is a new understanding of how the past unfolded, as well as a sweeping survey of the history of medicine. What was the ailment that drove Caligula mad? Why did Stonewall Jackson die after having an arm amputated, when so many other Civil War soldiers survived such operations? As with Lincoln, the author explores the full contest of his subjects' lives and the impact of each case on the course of history, from Tutankhamen, Buddha, and John Paul Jones to Darwin, Lenin, and Eleanor Roosevelt. When an author illuminates the past with state-of-the-art scientific knowledge, readers pay attention. Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic, about the medical malpractice that killed President James A. Garfield, was a New York Times bestseller. And Dr. Mackowiak's previous book, Post-Mortem: Solving History's Greatest Medical Mysteries, won the attention of periodicals as diverse as the Wall Street Journal and New England Journal of Medicine, which pleaded for a sequel. With Diagnosing Giants, he has written one with impeccable expertise and panache.

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Oxford University Press

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0199359229

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9780199359226

No Fortunate Son

By: Philip Michaels

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No Fortunate Son

By: Philip Michaels

Patrick Golden is a student at Berkeley during the turbulent and vibrant late 1960s. The product of working-class Jewish and Irish-Catholic parents, he takes a huge step out of his social comfort zone when he makes the move to the storied walls of the Ivy League. Soon he's surrounded by old-moneyed aristocrats as he joins his affluent and socially well-connected college roommate, Charles Comstock, at Harvard in the summer of 1968. At Harvard, Patrick meets Morgan Thackeray, a stunningly beautiful and free-spirited coed from one of Boston's oldest, wealthiest, and stodgiest families. Despite her bigoted father's virulent objections and threats, their romance blooms--until it is torn apart by the dark secret Morgan must keep from Patrick. To protect him, she disappears, leaving his heart in tatters without an explanation or even a good-bye. Forty-one years later, Patrick finds himself back in Boston on sad business--the funeral of his old college roommate, Charles. In a twist he could never have predicted, he reconnects with his long-lost love. After decades of doubt and confusion, he's about to learn her secret--and his life will be dramatically altered by her confession. Vividly describing Harvard, Berkeley, and San Francisco as they were in the late 1960s, No Fortunate Son recreates the sights, sounds, mood, and culture that defined this colorfully tumultuous and politically pivotal era. Barbara Keer, Editor of Chicago Splash Magazine, Splash Magazines Worldwide It isn't often that I find a book I can't put down and feel a loss when I finish because the characters have become my friends. No Fortunate Son is that kind of book.I found the book interesting in several ways: as a first novel, as an example both of a self published book and re-careering. Patrick Golden, the protaganist, has a very different story. "Glancing by chance at the obituary section which until then had been concealed from view, he gasped when a photograph of his friend, Charles Comstock, leaped at him from the page." Patrick lives near San Francisco and Charles died in Boston. And so begins a tale that is filled with intrigue as it weaves it's way through the period of the Viet Nam War, one shocking event following the next and the young people trying to find their lives in the midst of it all. The stories of that time come vividly to life. Thank you.

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iUniverse

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1475910509

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9781475910506

The Other Missiles of October

Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963

By: Philip Nash

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The Other Missiles of October

Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963

By: Philip Nash

Shedding important new light on the history of the Cold War, Philip Nash tells the story of what the United States gave up to help end the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. By drawing on documents only recently declassified, he shows that one of President Kennedy's compromises with the Soviets involved the removal of Jupiter missiles from Italy and Turkey, an arrangement concealed from both the American public and the rest of the NATO allies. Nash traces the entire history of the Jupiters and explores why the United States offered these nuclear missiles, which were capable of reaching targets in the Soviet Union, to its European allies after the launch of Sputnik. He argues that, despite their growing doubts, both Eisenhower and Kennedy proceeded with the deployment of the missiles because they felt that cancellation would seriously damage America's credibility with its allies and the Soviet Union. The Jupiters subsequently played a far more significant role in Khrushchev's 1962 decision to deploy his missiles in Cuba, in U.S. deliberations during the ensuing missile crisis, and in the resolution of events in Cuba than most existing histories have supposed.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863564

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9780807863565

Looking for Lincoln

The Making of an American Icon

By: Philip B. Kunhardt,Peter W. Kunhardt,Peter W. Kunhardt (Jr.)

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Looking for Lincoln

The Making of an American Icon

By: Philip B. Kunhardt,Peter W. Kunhardt,Peter W. Kunhardt (Jr.)

In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth comes this sequel to the enormously successful "Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography." This work picks up where the previous book left off, and examines how the 16th president's legend came into being.

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Knopf

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030726713X

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9780307267139

Twice Condemned

Slaves and the Criminal Laws of Virginia, 1705-1865

By: Philip J. Schwarz

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Twice Condemned

Slaves and the Criminal Laws of Virginia, 1705-1865

By: Philip J. Schwarz

Analyzes the history of enslaved African Americans' relationship with the criminal courts of the Old Dominion during a 160 year period.

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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1886363544

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9781886363540

Stephen Chbosky

By: Philip Wolny

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Stephen Chbosky

By: Philip Wolny

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the best-selling book written by author Stephen Chbosky (published in 1999), which was followed by his screenplay (the popular movie for which was released in 2012), is to today’s young adults what J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye was to teens of decades past. In poignant, knowing language and characterization, Chbosky captures the joys, anguish, confusion, and once-in-a-lifetime experience that is adolescence. Find out about the book, the movie, and the engaging author in this singular account about how one man wrote a story that has become an emotional touchstone for a generation.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1477779116

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9781477779118

The Feeling Intellect

Selected Writings

By: Philip Rieff

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The Feeling Intellect

Selected Writings

By: Philip Rieff

Collected here for the first time, these writings demonstrate the range and precision of Philip Rieff's sociology of culture. Rieff addresses the rise of psychoanalytic and other spiritual disciplines that have reshaped contemporary culture.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226716414

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9780226716411

In the Nation’s Service

The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

By: Philip Taubman

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In the Nation’s Service

The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

By: Philip Taubman

The definitive biography of a distinguished public servant, who as US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War. Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. No one at the highest levels of the United States government did it better or with greater consequence in the last half of the 20th century, often against withering resistance. His quiet, effective leadership altered the arc of history. While political, social, and cultural dynamics have changed profoundly since Shultz served at the commanding heights of American power in the 1970s and 1980s, his legacy and the lessons of his career have even greater meaning now that the Shultz brand of conservatism has been almost erased in the modern Republican Party. This book, from longtime New York Times Washington reporter Philip Taubman, restores the modest Shultz to his central place in American history. Taubman reveals Shultz's gift for forging relationships with people and then harnessing the rapport to address national and international challenges, under his motto "trust is the coin of the realm"—as well as his difficulty standing up for his principles, motivated by a powerful sense of loyalty that often trapped him in inaction. Based on exclusive access to Shultz's personal papers, housed in a sealed archive at the Hoover Institution, In the Nation's Service offers a remarkable insider account of the behind-the-scenes struggles of the statesman who played a pivotal role in unwinding the Cold War.

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Stanford University Press

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1503633667

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9781503633667

A Dictionary of the Mixed Dialects and Foreign Words Used in Telugu

With an Explanation of the Telugu Alphabet

By: Charles Philip Brown

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A Dictionary of the Mixed Dialects and Foreign Words Used in Telugu

With an Explanation of the Telugu Alphabet

By: Charles Philip Brown

Dictionary used in telugu with an explanation of the Telugu Alphabet (reprint Madras 1854 edn.)

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Asian Educational Services

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812061562X

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9788120615625

Breaking Protocol

America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964

By: Philip Nash

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Breaking Protocol

America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964

By: Philip Nash

It used to be," soon-to-be secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright said in 1996, "that the only way a woman could truly make her foreign policy views felt was by marrying a diplomat and then pouring tea on an offending ambassador's lap." This world of US diplomacy excluded women for a variety of misguided reasons: they would let their emotions interfere with the task of diplomacy, they were not up to the deadly risks that could arise overseas, and they would be unable to cultivate the social contacts vital to success in the field. The men of the State Department objected but had to admit women, including the first female ambassadors: Ruth Bryan Owen, Florence "Daisy" Harriman, Perle Mesta, Eugenie Anderson, Clare Boothe Luce, and Frances Willis. These were among the most influential women in US foreign relations in their era. Using newly available archival sources, Philip Nash examines the history of the "Big Six" and how they carved out their rightful place in history. After a chapter capturing the male world of American diplomacy in the early twentieth century, the book devotes one chapter to each of the female ambassadors and delves into a number of topics, including their backgrounds and appointments, the issues they faced while on the job, how they were received by host countries, the complications of protocol, and the press coverage they received, which was paradoxically favorable yet deeply sexist. In an epilogue that also provides an overview of the role of women in modern US diplomacy, Nash reveals how these trailblazers helped pave the way for more gender parity in US foreign relations.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813178401

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9780813178400

Women Writers Dramatized

A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900

By: H. Philip Bolton

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Women Writers Dramatized

A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900

By: H. Philip Bolton

This volume, arranged alphabetically by original author, provides basic information about stage and screen productions based upon the novels of 40 women writers before 1900. Each entry includes the novel and its publication date, the published texts or dramatizations based upon the book, and the performances of the piece in live theater and film versions, including the location, dates, and playwright or screenwriter (if there was one). For some of the performances the author includes a brief annotation listing the actors and describing the production.

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A&C Black

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0720121175

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9780720121179

Jonathan Edwards's Turn from the Classic-Reformed Tradition of Freedom of the Will

By: Philip John Fisk

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Jonathan Edwards's Turn from the Classic-Reformed Tradition of Freedom of the Will

By: Philip John Fisk

Philip J. Fisk offers a critical reappraisal of Jonathan Edwards's Freedom of Will, interpreting Edwards from within his own tradition, Reformed Orthodoxy (±1550-1750), avoiding the outdated paradigms of the conventional interpretation of Edwards and his tradition, a so-called deterministic, reconciliationist Calvinism, and demonstrating from primary sources, such as Harvard and Yale commencement theses and quaestiones, that Edwards departed ways with Reformed Orthodoxy's robust and highly nuanced view of freedom of will, contingency, and necessity.

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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3647560243

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Toward Human-Level Artificial Intelligence

Representation and Computation of Meaning in Natural Language

By: Philip C. Jackson

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Toward Human-Level Artificial Intelligence

Representation and Computation of Meaning in Natural Language

By: Philip C. Jackson

Dr. Jackson discusses how an AI system using a language of thought based on the unconstrained syntax of a natural language could achieve "higher-level mentalities" of human intelligence, with advanced forms of learning and reasoning, imagination, and more. 2019 edition.

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Courier Dover Publications

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0486845206

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9780486845203

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Agriculture

By: Philip E. Pfeffer,Walter V. Gerasimowicz

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Agriculture

By: Philip E. Pfeffer,Walter V. Gerasimowicz

This informative publication presents the broad application of nuclear magnetic resonance to many of today's problem areas in agriculture. Solid-state NMR methodology is covered, with its applications to the study of intact agricultural matrices such as plant cell walls, photosynthetic chloroplast membranes, forages, wood cellulose, and soils. In vivo solution NMR methodology and its applications to the study of different functioning plant tissues and their biochemical responses to various pathological, physiological, and toxicological stresses are illustrated with examples using 31P, 13C, 23Na, and 15N resonance methods. An introductory chapter presents a review of the in vivo literature and some basic principles and requirements for carrying out such experiments. A special section focuses on state-of-the-art 13C and 1H high-resolution multidimensional methods and their application to the study of agricultural toxins; biologically active components, including their structures and biosyntheses, and dynamic measurements of relaxation phenomena associated with cross relaxation in water bound to food proteins.

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CRC Press

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0849368642

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9780849368646

Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)

By: Sir Philip Sidney

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Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)

By: Sir Philip Sidney

Soldier, spy and poet, Sir Philip Sidney remains an enigmatic figure of the Elizabethan world, whose diverse and inspiring works helped to shape the course of English literature throughout the Renaissance, in spite of his tragic early death. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Sidney’s complete works for the first time in digital publishing history, with beautiful illustrations, Davis’ seminal biography and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sidney’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Features BOTH the Old Arcadia and the New Arcadia – available in no other collection * The rare masque composed by Sidney for Queen Elizabeth * Includes Sidney’s complete prose – including the poet’s correspondence * Features two biographies, including S. M. Henry Davis’ full length book on the great Elizabethan author – explore Sidney’s literary life in depth * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved ASTROPHEL AND STELLA and SONNETS text and 2 more biographies CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections Astrophel and Stella Poems from ‘The Lady of May’ Poems from ‘The Countesse of Pembroke’s Arcadia’ Sonnets and Poetical Translations Two Pastorels Psalms of David The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Masque The Lady of May The Prose The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia – Old Arcadia The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia – New Arcadia An Apologie for Poetry A Discourse on Irish Affairs The Queenes Majesty Touching Hir Mariage with Monsieur Defence of the Earl of Leicester Of the Trewnes of the Christian Religion Correspondence The Biographies The Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney (1652) by Fulke Greville The Life and Times of Sir Philip Sidney (1859) by S. M. Henry Davis Introduction to Philip Sidney (1891) by Henry Morley Philip Sidney (1900) by Sidney Lee

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Delphi Classics

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1909496901

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9781909496903

Humpty Dumpty in Oakland

By: Philip K. Dick

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Humpty Dumpty in Oakland

By: Philip K. Dick

Set in San Francisco in the late 1950s, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K.Dick always reserved his greatest sympathy. Jim Fergesson is an elderly garage owner with a heart condition, who is about to retire; Al Miller is a somewhat feckless mechanic who sublets part of Jim's lot and finds his livelihood threatened by the decision to sell; Chris Harman is a record-company owner who for years has relied on Fergesson to maintain his cars. When Harman hears of Fergesson's impending retirement he tips him off to what he says is a cast-iron business proposition: a development in nearby Marin County with an opening for a garage. Al Miller is convinced that Harman is a crook, out to fleece Fergesson of his life's savings. As much as he resents Fergesson he can't bear to see it happen and--denying to himself all the time what he is doing--he sets out to thwart Harman. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Uranium Geology of the Middle East and North Africa

Resources, Exploration and Development Program

By: Fares Howari,Abdelaty Salman,Philip Goodell

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Uranium Geology of the Middle East and North Africa

Resources, Exploration and Development Program

By: Fares Howari,Abdelaty Salman,Philip Goodell

Uranium Geology of the Middle East and North Africa demonstrates mining potential in the MENA region, with a special interest given to Uranium. The formation and origin of uranium deposits is of interest for uranium exploration and is necessary for the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy production. The book proposes a new classification system built on earlier classification with detailed new maps, explanatory diagrams, cross sections, helpful satellite images, etc. In addition, it explains why the occurrences, depositional and geological environments of uranium in the Middle East and North Africa vary from one country to another. Using various related recognition criteria, the book reports the potential uranium provinces in the Middle East and North Africa countries. The definition of these provinces is based on the existing geologic and tectonic settings, along with geochronological sequences and geochemical characteristics. - Presents a comprehensive overview of uranium resources and resource potential across the Middle East and North Africa - Proposes a new system of metallogenic and tectonic classification for uranium ore deposits - Includes case studies from each country in the region

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Elsevier

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0323909930

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Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities

By: Philip Walker

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Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities

By: Philip Walker

For so long we were floundering and taking ad hoc measures, but the minute I understood what a downtown plan really was I said 'We need one of those!' As it turned out, it was the most fantastic vehicle I've ever seen," said Susan Moffat-Thomas of New Bern, North Carolina. Her hometown got a much-needed shot in the arm from a good downtown plan. Does yours need a similar boost? The Author, an experienced downtown-planning consultant, offers practical tips for preserving a sense of place, improving fiscal efficiency, and enhancing quality of life in Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities. Planners and revitalization officials will learn how to address physical components of the downtown, as well as economic development. The Author, an experienced downtown-planning consultant, also explains how to develop an organization to implement a downtown plan; how federal, state, and local policies may influence the planning process; and how to fund a downtown revitalization effort.

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Routledge

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Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer

The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

By: Philip Watson

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Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer

The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

By: Philip Watson

The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill 'A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.' JOHN ZORN 'The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.' MOJO 'Outlines the subject's life in a series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.' IRISH TIMES Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range of artists and admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Gus Van Sant and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, all of whom feature in this book. A vital addition to any music lover's book collection, Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer tells the legendary guitarist's story for the first time. 'Stuffed with musical encounters, so many that every couple of pages there's an unheard Frisell recording for the reader to chase down.' NEW YORKER ' Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer is the definitive biography.' BILL MILKOWSKI, DOWNBEAT 'Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail. Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous prose.' PERSPECTIVE '[Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell's playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.' WALL STREET JOURNAL

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