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Alright, Let's Call It a Draw

The Life of John Pryor

By: John Paul Pryor,Rich Pryor

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Alright, Let's Call It a Draw

The Life of John Pryor

By: John Paul Pryor,Rich Pryor

Dr. John Pryor never thought he was in any real danger as a combat surgeon. After all, he wasn't going out on patrols, risking his life dodging IEDs. Unlike the grunts fighting urban combat, he remained within the safe confines of the field hospital. So, no one was more surprised than John when a rocket blast claimed his life on Christmas morning, 2008. He was 42 years old.This incredible narrative details the life of a modern-day patriot and humanitarian. Throughout his life Dr. Pryor refused to ignore that inner voice compelling him to serve, both his fellow man and the country he loved.Funny, poignant, powerful, and ultimately tragic, this vivid memoir guides you through a personal and intimate account of Dr. Pryor's lifefrom speeding in an ambulance as a teenager, to medical school in Grenada; from operating on trauma victims, to searching the rubble on 9-11and battling death as combat surgeon in Iraq.Dr. Pryor's untimely death not only cheated us of his surgical skills and medical knowledge, but the greater life lessons he championed: integrity, honesty, altruism and humanity. Alright, Let's Call it a Draw is a inspirational narrative meant to salvage these lessons to be shared with those he left behind.

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0985755008

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9780985755003

The Bawdy House Girls

A Look at the Brothels of the Old West

By: Alton Pryor

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The Bawdy House Girls

A Look at the Brothels of the Old West

By: Alton Pryor

Many of the brothel madams were kind hearted. For instance, Madame Pauline, on hearing of a desperate family in dire straits, provided them a house and a job for the father. In the west, the bawdy house girls filled an obvious need or they wouldn't have survived. Many girls left the trade as soon as they could, usually by marriage. Others became hooked on drugs or committed suicide.

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Stagecoach Pub

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0974755176

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9780974755175

Reading the Man

A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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Reading the Man

A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

“Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com An “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln Prize Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's life story. Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness.

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Penguin

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1101202467

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9781101202463

Delivering Government Services

An Annotated Bibliography

By: William J. Murin,Judith Pryor

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Delivering Government Services

An Annotated Bibliography

By: William J. Murin,Judith Pryor

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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0824066189

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9780824066185

Six Encounters with Lincoln

A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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Six Encounters with Lincoln

A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York “Fascinating reading. . .this book eerily reflects some of today’s key issues.” – The New York Times Book Review From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency. Pryor probes both the political demons that Lincoln battled in his ambitious exercise of power and the demons that arose from the very nature of democracy itself: the clamorous diversity of the populace, with its outspoken demands. She explores the trouble Lincoln sometimes had in communicating and in juggling the multiple concerns that make up being a political leader; how conflicted he was over the problem of emancipation; and the misperceptions Lincoln and the South held about each other. Pryor also provides a fascinating discussion of Lincoln’s fondness for storytelling and how he used his skills as a raconteur to enhance both his personal and political power. Based on scrupulous research that draws on hundreds of eyewitness letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts, Six Encounters with Lincoln offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln as the beleaguered politician who was not especially popular with the people he needed to govern with, and who had to deal with the many critics, naysayers, and dilemmas he faced without always knowing the right answer. What it shows most clearly is that greatness was not simply laid on Lincoln’s shoulders like a mantle, but was won in fits and starts.

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Penguin

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014311123X

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9780143111238

Clara Barton, Professional Angel

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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Clara Barton, Professional Angel

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Widely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In Clara Barton, Professional Angel, Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman. Based on the papers Clara Barton carefully saved over her lifetime, this biography is the first one to draw on these recorded thoughts. Besides her own voluminous correspondence, it reflects the letters and reminiscences of lovers, a grandniece who probed her aunt's venerable facade, and doctors who treated her nervous disorders. She emerges as a vividly human figure. Continually struggling to cope with her insecure family background and a society that offered much less than she had to give, she chose achievement as the vehicle for gaining the love and recognition that frequently eluded her during her long life. Not always altruistic, her accomplishments were nonetheless extraordinary. On the battlefields of the Civil War, in securing American participation in the International Red Cross, in promoting peacetime disaster relief, and in fighting for women's rights, Clara Barton made an unparalleled contribution to American social progress. Yet the true measure of her life must be made from this perspective: she dared to offend a society whose acceptance she treasured, and she put all of her energy into patching up the lives of those around her when her own was rent and frayed.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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081220090X

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9780812200904

Fascinating Women in California History

By: Alton Pryor

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Fascinating Women in California History

By: Alton Pryor

Women from all walks of life helped make California what it is today. There were the Sisters of Mercy who waded into the smallpox infested hospitals to care for the needy of all races and financial means.Donaldina Cameron rescued more than 3,000 Asian slave girls who had been sold into prostitution, often by their parents.We've included Lucille Ball, Clara Bow and Isadora Duncan in our list of entertainment celebrities.

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Stagecoach Pub

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0966005392

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9780966005394

Seahenge: a quest for life and death in Bronze Age Britain

By: Francis Pryor

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Seahenge: a quest for life and death in Bronze Age Britain

By: Francis Pryor

A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place in Norfolk and the Fenlands over the last twenty years, and in which the author has played a central role.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007380828

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9780007380824

Playback

By: Richard "Cactus" Pryor

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Playback

By: Richard "Cactus" Pryor

From the town that brought you Molly Ivins, Liz Carpenter, John Henry Faulk, and Greater Tuna, here's Cactus Pryor. For decades, Cactus' wit and wisdom have delighted radio listeners, as well as the many social, political, business, and philanthropic groups throughout the United States whose functions have been enlivened by this accomplished master of ceremonies and after-dinner speaker. Now the University of Texas Press takes great pleasure in bringing you this quintessential Texas humorist. Playback gathers over forty of Cactus Pryor's favorite radio essays, translating "ear words into eye words," as he puts it. In these pieces, Cactus paints vivid word pictures of people and places, offering readers the same "you are there" immediacy that makes his radio broadcasts so popular. In them, you'll take a sentimental journey with Cactus and his wife to the Maui grave site of Charles Lindbergh—discover how legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal faced the agony of defeat with humor—meet unsung heroes like the 104-year-old who's teaching himself to read and write—get acquainted with the notable folks Cactus has known, including Lady Bird Johnson, John Wayne, Jane Fonda, and James Michener—and, of course, share Cactus' love of family, friends, and the Texas coast. As Bailey White's essays on National Public Radio have introduced listeners across the country to the lifeways of the Deep South, so Cactus Pryor offers a humorous, revealing look at how we Texans view ourselves, our neighbors, and the world. Read Playback now, and see what you've been missing.

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University of Texas Press

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0292755856

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9780292755857

The Future of U.S. Capitalism

By: Frederic L. Pryor

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The Future of U.S. Capitalism

By: Frederic L. Pryor

It explains what will happen to US enterprise, markets, and the government in forthcoming decades.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521813581

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9780521813587

The Proceedings on the Evening of Decoration Day, May 30th, 1877, at the Academy of Music, city of Brooklyn, N.Y.

By: Roger Atkinson Pryor

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The Proceedings on the Evening of Decoration Day, May 30th, 1877, at the Academy of Music, city of Brooklyn, N.Y.

By: Roger Atkinson Pryor

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385546478

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9783385546479

Reminiscences of Peace and War

Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)

By: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

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Reminiscences of Peace and War

Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)

By: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

Reminiscences of Peace and War is a book based on author's journals which is intended to contribute to public discourse about the Civil War. In this book Mrs. Pryor wrote about antebellum society but also defended the Confederacy, as did fellow writers Virginia Clay-Clopton and Louise Wigfall Wright; the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) recommended the works of these three for serious studies by other women.

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e-artnow

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8026899539

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9788026899532

Playing with Magic

By: Kah'Lonee' Pryor

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Playing with Magic

By: Kah'Lonee' Pryor

Playing with Magic is a book about clueless journeys, which will have your full attention, and interest the entire time! I wrote this book to interest readers in mysterious adventures! This book would be great to read out loud, in a class group setting, or silently to yourself. There's different roles for each character to enjoy! I hope all readers enjoy, share, and continue to support me on my successful journey! Furthermore, you might be interested in supporting my other two books called, "Kah'Lonee' Sunny Days Recipes," and "Dreams of Stars." I dedicate this book to my beautiful mommy, Tianamonet Tobie. I love you with my whole heart!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664156747

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9781664156746

Who's Not Working and Why

Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market

By: Frederic L. Pryor,David L. Schaffer

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Who's Not Working and Why

Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market

By: Frederic L. Pryor,David L. Schaffer

Presenting a radically different view of the operations of the labor market, in this 1999 book Professors Pryor and Schaffer explain the growing inequality in wages and how those with the least education are being squeezed out of the labor market. Why have wages in those jobs requiring extra-high cognitive skills risen while all other wages have stagnated or fallen? And why are more university graduates taking high-school jobs? The authors of this volume present data revealing that jobs which require a high educational level are increasing more slowly than those with somewhat lower requirements. However such jobs are increasing faster than those requiring still less formal education. Professors Pryor and Schaffer also show how women are replacing men in jobs which require higher levels of education and, moreover, how those with high cognitive skills are replacing those with lower cognitive skills.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521794390

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9780521794398

The Naked Wall

Inspiring Ideas for Paint, Unique Finishes, Wall Coverings, and Art

By: Anne Bold-Pryor,Donna V. Lacis

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The Naked Wall

Inspiring Ideas for Paint, Unique Finishes, Wall Coverings, and Art

By: Anne Bold-Pryor,Donna V. Lacis

• Easy, fun, inexpensive ideas make any room more livable fast • Eleven how-to projects make DIY doable • Fun with friends—great weekend and volunteer projects for buddies and groups Painting and accessorizing walls are surely the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ways to change the look and mood of a room. And it’s low-risk, too: Hate the look? Paint it over. But no one will hate the looks inThe Naked Wall, the book that shows exactly how to dramatically transform rooms instantly. The first section, Dress It, covers tips, techniques, and inspiration for choosing color, painting, accenting, and adding faux finishes, trompe l’oeil, murals, wallpaper, plaster, fabric, brick, tile, and wood. In section two, Accessorize It, the experienced and talented authors explain choosing and hanging art, framing art, displaying collections, and dressing the wall with mirrors, screens, textiles, and more. Eleven great how-to fast-and-fabulous projects—great for girlfriends and groups of friends—show exactly how to take walls from buck naked to best dressed.

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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0823031527

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9780823031528

Classic Tales in California History

By: Alton Pryor

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Classic Tales in California History

By: Alton Pryor

Women discovered gold in California a full year before James Marshall announced his discovery. There have been repeated attempts to split California into two or more states. Wheelbarrow Johnny was one of the gold seekers who came west searching for gold. Instead, he built wheelbarrows and then went on to become one of the nation's great automobile magnates.

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Stagecoach Pub

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0966005325

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9780966005325

Elizabeth I

Her Life in Letters

By: Elizabeth I (Queen of England),Felix Pryor

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Elizabeth I

Her Life in Letters

By: Elizabeth I (Queen of England),Felix Pryor

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled England for 45 turbulent years, and her reign has come to be seen as a golden age. She exercised supreme authority in a man's world, while remaining intensely feminine. She was Gloriana, the Virgin Queen, but is also held up as a role model for company executives in the twenty-first century. She is a near-legendary figure from a remote past who remains fascinatingly modern. This handsome volume has been published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth I's death in 1603. It illustrates in color and, where possible, in actual size, sixty manuscripts--either by Elizabeth or to her. Each one is accompanied by a running commentary, explaining the document and placing it in its historical context, and selected transcriptions or, where necessary, translations from the originals. Elizabeth was a girl of extraordinary precocity and a brilliant linguist. Her early letters, written in a beautiful italic, are to her forbidding father, Henry VIII, and to her brother and sister, Edward VI and "Bloody" Mary. The very first letter dates from when she was a child of eleven. The last, written nearly 60 years later, is a barely-legible scrawl addressed to her successor, the future James I. The letters from her in-tray are no less extraordinary. Tsar Ivan the Terrible rounds on her in a blind fury after she refuses to marry him. The Earl of Essex, young enough to be her son, pours out declarations of love: a few pages further on is to be found her signed warrant for his execution. There are letters from ministers and galley slaves, spies and traitors, coded letters, warrants for torture, speeches to parliament, and the original--only recently identified--of the most famous of all her utterances: "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

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Univ of California Press

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0520241061

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9780520241060

Body of Christ Incarnate for You

Conceptualizing God's Desire for the Flesh

By: Adam Pryor

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Body of Christ Incarnate for You

Conceptualizing God's Desire for the Flesh

By: Adam Pryor

Incarnation has always been an important concept within Christian theology. For centuries theologians have wrestled with how best to conceptualize the vexing problem of what it means that Jesus the Christ is fully God and fully human. In this book, Adam Pryor explores how the incarnation has intersected corresponding issues well beyond the familiar question of how any one person might have two natures. Beginning by identifying four critical themes that have historically shaped the development of this doctrine, Pryor goes on to offer a constructive account of the incarnation. His account seeks out the continued meaning of this doctrine given the increasing complexity that characterizes our understanding of human bodies—bodies that can no longer be understood as the locus of distinct subjects separated from the world of objects with the skin as an impenetrable boundary between the two. Making use of contemporary phenomenologies of the flesh and the erotic, Pryor develops an understanding of the incarnation that seeks to go beyond classical issues presented by two natures christologies. Incarnation, in guises as various as Jesus the Christ, cyborg bodies, and sacramental practices, becomes a way that God is diffused into the world, transforming how we are to be-with one another.

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Lexington Books

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1498522696

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9781498522694

Get with God

By: Lynn H. Pryor

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Get with God

By: Lynn H. Pryor

A focus on prayer needs unique to teens, teaching them the guiding principles of the Lord's Prayer, and giving them hope and confidence in the power of prayer.

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B&H Publishing Group

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0805461612

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9780805461619

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