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The Thing from the Grave

and Other Stories

By: Joe Orlando,Al Feldstein,Ray Bradbury

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The Thing from the Grave

and Other Stories

By: Joe Orlando,Al Feldstein,Ray Bradbury

This special collection features more than 30 EC classics from the pages of Tales From the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, Impact, and Crime SuspenStories. Of special note is Orlando’s “The Monkey,” the classic realistic EC story about drug addiction, considered to be one of the most cautionary of “the preachies,” and Orlando’s adaptation of Bradbury’s eerily haunting “The Lake,” about a childhood tragedy. This volume also includes the title story “The Thing From the Grave,” a special Orlando frightfest originally printed in 3-D that hasn’t been seen since its original publication more than 60 years ago (and is presented here for the first time in easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). Plus all of Orlando’s Panic stories, including parodies of Mother Goose, TV commercials, and soap operas. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists’ Library, The Thing From the Grave And Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic American comics.

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1683960319

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Home, School, and Community Collaboration

Culturally Responsive Family Engagement

By: Kathy B. Grant,Julie A. Ray

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Home, School, and Community Collaboration

Culturally Responsive Family Engagement

By: Kathy B. Grant,Julie A. Ray

The fifth edition of Home, School, and Community Collaboration prepares teachers to work with children from a diverse array of families. Through case studies, vignettes, and reflection, readers learn about changing trends in family engagement. This book connects teachers to families through online communication, community engagement, and parent suggestions.

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SAGE Publications

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1071812238

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9781071812235

In Search of the Donnellys

Second Revised Edition

By: Ray Fazakas

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In Search of the Donnellys

Second Revised Edition

By: Ray Fazakas

The massacre of the Donnellys by their fellow church members has fascinated the public in the English-speaking world for well over a hundred years. Contained in this book are intriguing new photographs never before published and significant new information, which will pique the interest even of those who have been familiar for years with this bit of North American folk history with Irish roots.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466912995

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9781466912991

Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

By: Jim Ray Daniels

Trigger Man is a superb collection of stories capturing the gritty spirit of Detroit and the sometimes grim circumstances of the characters shaped by its industry and economics. Grounded on the bleak streets of the Motor City, these stories also explore the mythical “Up North,” the idealized country of many Detroit workers’ fantasy—an escape from the concrete and metal reality of their daily lives. Daniels’ characters are resilient and defiant, inhabiting a world that has often placed them on the margins of society, scouring a declining region for spiritual providence. Building on Daniels’ earlier collections of stories, Trigger Man brings vivid life to individuals struggling both to remain in and to flee the city that once sustained them.

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MSU Press

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1609172248

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9781609172244

The Rebound Effect in Home Heating

A guide for policymakers and practitioners

By: Ray Galvin

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The Rebound Effect in Home Heating

A guide for policymakers and practitioners

By: Ray Galvin

This is a definitive guide to the rebound effect in home heating – the increase in energy service use after a technological intervention aimed at reducing consumption. It sets out what the effect is, how it plays out in the home heating sector, what this implies for energy saving initiatives in this sector, and how it relates to rebound effects in other sectors. The book outlines how the concept of the rebound effect has been developed and the scope of research on it, both generally and particularly in the home heating sector. Within the context of energy and CO2 emissions policy, it summarises the empirical evidence, exploring its causes and the attempts that are being made to mitigate it. Various definitions of the rebound effect are considered, in particular the idea of the effect as an energy-efficiency ‘elasticity’. The book shows how this definition can be rigorously applied to thermal retrofits, and to national consumption data, to give logically consistent rebound effect results that can be coherently compared with those of other sectors, and allow policy makers to have more confidence in the predictions about potential energy savings.

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Routledge

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1317448316

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9781317448310

The Story of Baby P

Setting the Record Straight

By: Jones, Ray

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The Story of Baby P

Setting the Record Straight

By: Jones, Ray

In England in 2007 Peter Connelly, a 17 month old little boy - known initially in the media reporting as 'Baby P' - died following terrible neglect and abuse. Fifteen months later, his mother, her boyfriend and the boyfriend's brother were sent to prison. But media attention turned on those who worked to protect children, especially the social workers and their managers, who became the focus of the reporting and of the blame. This book tells what happened to 'Baby P', how the story was told and became focused on the social workers, its threatening consequences for those who work to protect children, and its considerable impact on the child protection system in England. This is the first book to draw together all evidence available on this high profile case and will make a unique and crucial contribution to the topic. It will make essential reading for everyone who is concerned about child protection and the care of children and about the media's impact. This revised edition contains a new Afterword bringing the story up to date.

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Policy Press

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1447316304

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9781447316305

The Defender's Guide For Life's Toughest Questions

By: Ray Comfort

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The Defender's Guide For Life's Toughest Questions

By: Ray Comfort

It's tough to be a believer in today's world- especially if you are a student in an academic system intent on destroying your faith. Bestselling author and television co-host, Ray Comfort, has collected some of the toughest questions people will face in defending their faith and offers sound biblical responses. Each issue is one that has been raised by genuine atheists. Don't be without these powerful facts when you face a world trying to twist and confuse biblical truth. The Defender's Guide for Life's Toughest Questions discusses topics such as: Humanity: Rights and Suffering The Bible: Biblical and Theological Issues Science: Scientific Thought and Evolution Philosophy: Beliefs and Worldviews Religion: God and Atheism When an atheist wants an answer, will you have one? Any Christians out there want to take on why the Bible has such a low opinion of women? What is wrong with using 'filthy language'? Biblically or otherwise? Do you really believe the Holocaust was God's punishment of the Jews? Ray Comfort tackles these questions and many more in The Defender's Guide for Life's Toughest Questions. Learn how to approach these types of questions with confidence, biblical truth, and loving kindness!

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New Leaf Publishing Group

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1614580006

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9781614580003

Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History

By: Ray Bendici

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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History

By: Ray Bendici

The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary--if misunderstood--thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History features fifteen short biographies of nefarious characters, from Benedict Arnold to P.T. Barnum.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762789549

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9780762789542

Birmingham's Industrial Heritage

1900-2000

By: Ray Shill

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Birmingham's Industrial Heritage

1900-2000

By: Ray Shill

Birmingham was a renowned manufacturing centre by the 18th century and the city rapidly grew into the primary industrial centre of the Midlands. An account of Birmingham's heyday of heavy industry is recorded and the story is brought up to date with the story of the decline of heavy industry and its subsequent replacement by design, technology and computing. The proposed redevelopment of Rover's Longbridge site as a science park is symptomatic of this change.

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The History Press

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0750954116

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9780750954112

British Chartists in America, 1839-1900

By: Ray Boston

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British Chartists in America, 1839-1900

By: Ray Boston

Study of historical facts concerning the chartist social movement viewed from the experience of British immigrants in the USA in the 19th century - covers the implantation and decline of a working class movement, its socialist aspirations, social conflicts and involvement in social reform issues and trade unionism, etc., and includes biographical notes on prominent British chartists in america. Bibliography. Biographys British chartists in the usa.

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Manchester University Press

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0719004659

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The Evolution of British Gerontology

Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments

By: Miriam Bernard,Mo Ray,Jackie Reynolds

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The Evolution of British Gerontology

Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments

By: Miriam Bernard,Mo Ray,Jackie Reynolds

Half a century of UK gerontology research, theory, policy and practice are under the spotlight in this landmark critical review of the subject that places the country’s achievements in an international context. Drawing on the archives of the British Society of Gerontology and interviews with dozens of the most influential figures in the field, it provides a comprehensive picture of key developments and issues and looks to the future to plot new directions in thinking. This is the story of the remarkable progress of gerontology, told through the eyes of those who have led it.

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Policy Press

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1447343107

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Sizewell B

An Anatomy of Inquiry

By: Timothy O'Riordan,Ray Kemp,Michael Purdue

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Sizewell B

An Anatomy of Inquiry

By: Timothy O'Riordan,Ray Kemp,Michael Purdue

The author looks at the context, conduct and content of the Sizewell B Inquiry and suggests how politically charged projects like Sizewell B should be handled in the light of the Sizewell B experience.

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Springer

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1349079049

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John McMillan

The Apostle of Presbyterianism in the West, 1752-1833

By: Dwight Ray Guthrie

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John McMillan

The Apostle of Presbyterianism in the West, 1752-1833

By: Dwight Ray Guthrie

The first comprehensive biography of John McMillan, who "blew the Gospel trumpet", and spread Presbyterianism west of the Alleghenies. McMillan was a missionary, minister, politician, patriarch, and a founder of Washington and Jefferson College. The book also offers a colorful history of the Scotch-Irish pioneers who tamed a rugged and hostile region of early America.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822975335

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Interview with History

The Jfk Assassination

By: Pamela J. Ray,James E. Files

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Interview with History

The Jfk Assassination

By: Pamela J. Ray,James E. Files

looks behind the scenes at some of the most shocking and horrific things going on here inAmericastarting with the daytime assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the implications it serves up to the citizens of a free country.The author, Pamela Ray, along with James Files, former CIA/Mob hit man, the infamous grassy knoll shooter explore the truths behind some basic questions still lingering decades after the JFK assassination: Why was President Kennedy killed? Who benefited? Who had the power to cover it up? And more specifically Did Lee Harvey Oswald spend time with James Files the week beforeNovember 22, 1963?Why? Did Files and Oswald have the same CIA controller, David A. Phillips? Was there a military and CIA presence inDealeyPlazawhen the fatal shots were fired? What is the Military-Industrial-Complex and why were American citizens warned about it by President Eisenhower in his farewell address to the nation? Are some of the same players from 1963 involved in todays headlines? What does all this indicate? These questions and more will be looked at as Ray and Files discuss the events surrounding the fateful day inDallaswhen a whole new form of government took over.During the course ofInterview with History, the authors delve into other related shadowy underworld subjects where it is hard to tell where Organized Crime stops and the CIA (and otherU.S.government agencies) begin.

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AuthorHouse

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1438901313

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9781438901312

Copyright in Historical Perspective

By: Lyman Ray Patterson

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Copyright in Historical Perspective

By: Lyman Ray Patterson

A look at copyright laws and practices through the ages.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826513735

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9780826513731

Ray's Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

With Genealogical Notes and Annotations

By: Worth Stickley Ray

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Ray's Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

With Genealogical Notes and Annotations

By: Worth Stickley Ray

Reprint of: The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, Part I. Originally published: Austin, Texas: 1945.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806304790

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9780806304793

Envisioning Sociology

Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction

By: John Scott,Ray Bromley

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Envisioning Sociology

Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction

By: John Scott,Ray Bromley

Examines the continuing relevance of early British sociologists Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and their associates.

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SUNY Press

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1438447310

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9781438447315

Satan and Salem

The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692

By: Benjamin C. Ray

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Satan and Salem

The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692

By: Benjamin C. Ray

The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. Over 150 people were imprisoned, and nineteen men and women, including a minister, were executed by hanging. The colonial government, which was responsible for initiating the trials, eventually repudiated the entire affair as a great "delusion of the Devil." In Satan and Salem, Benjamin Ray looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control. Rather than assigning blame to a single perpetrator, Ray assembles portraits of several major characters, each of whom had complex motives for accusing his or her neighbors. In this way, he reveals how religious, social, political, and legal factors all played a role in the drama. Ray’s historical database of court records, documents, and maps yields a unique analysis of the geographic spread of accusations and trials, ultimately showing how the witch-hunt resulted in the execution of so many people—far more than any comparable episode on this side of the Atlantic. In addition to the print volume, Satan and Salem will also be available as a linked e-book offering the reader the opportunity to investigate firsthand the primary sources and maps on which Ray’s groundbreaking argument rests. Learn more at satanandsalem.org.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813937086

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9780813937083

Hepatitis B Virus Antigens in Tissues

By: M.B. Ray

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Hepatitis B Virus Antigens in Tissues

By: M.B. Ray

Ever since the emergence of the concept of catharral jaundice by Virchow, viral hepatitis has eluded scientists as a pathogenetic enigma. A tremendous new impetus was given to hepatitis research by Baruch Blumberg's discovery of his 'Australia Antigen', now known as hepatitis B surface antigen. This led to an unheard-of outburst of research activity to elucidate the nature of the virus, its chemical and antigenic composition, its epidemiology, and pathogenetic mechanisms in the causation of liver disease. Coinciding with this period, modern medical science witnessed impressive progress in the analysis of the extraordinarily complex mechanism of immunological reactions. Immunohistochemical techniques for the detection of hepatitis B viral components are a product of this scientific progress in both areas. The application of such tech niques forms the core of this work. It represents a vast amount of work, performed during the course of several years, with meticulous application of advanced immunohisto chemical techniques, combined with histopathology and clinical-patho logical methods. This has resulted in the compilation of original results and new insights into the cellular and tissular localization of the anti genic components of the hepatitis B virus in different forms of chronic liver disease. The most outstanding results are the demonstration of the superior sensitivity of the applied immunohistochemical technique in the search for viral components in chronic hepatitis patients. and the differ ential distribution patterns of hepatitis B surface antigen in the various forms of chronic liver disease.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401162352

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9789401162357

Nixon's Gamble

How a President’s Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration

By: Ray Locker

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Nixon's Gamble

How a President’s Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration

By: Ray Locker

After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that “government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in.” But that same day, he obliterated those pledges of greater citizen control of government by signing National Security Decision Memorandum 2, a document that made sweeping changes to the national security power structure. Nixon’s signature erased the influence that the departments of State and Defense, as well as the CIA, had over Vietnam and the course of the Cold War. The new structure put Nixon at the center, surrounded by loyal aides and a new national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, who coordinated policy through the National Security Council under Nixon’s command. Using years of research and revelations from newly released documents, USA Today reporter Ray Locker upends much of the conventional wisdom about the Nixon administration and its impact and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values. In doing so, Nixon sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493019457

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9781493019458

The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia

By: Himanshu Prabha Ray

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The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia

By: Himanshu Prabha Ray

Prior to European expansion, communities of the Indian subcontinent had a strong maritime orientation. In this new archaeological study, Himanshu Prabha Ray explores seafaring activity, religious travel and political economy in this ancient period. By using archaeological data from the Red Sea to the Indonesian archipelago, she reveals how the early history of peninsular South Asia is interconnected with that of its Asian and Mediterranean partners in the Indian Ocean Region. The book departs from traditional studies, focusing on the communities maritime history rather than agrarian expansion and the emergence of the state. Rather than being a prime mover in social, economic and religious change, the state is viewed as just one participant in a complex interplay of social actors, including merchants, guilds, boat-builders, sailors, pilgrims, religious clergy and craft-producers. A study that will be welcomed by students of Archaeology and Ancient History, particularly those interested in South Asian Studies.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521011094

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9780521011099

De Africa Romaque

Merging cultures across North Africa

By: Niccolo Mugnai,Julia Nikolaus,Nicholas Ray

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De Africa Romaque

Merging cultures across North Africa

By: Niccolo Mugnai,Julia Nikolaus,Nicholas Ray

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1900971348

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9781900971348

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

By: Ray Horak

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Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

By: Ray Horak

Contains definitions for more than 4,600 telecommunications terms and acronyms arranged from A to Z, and includes separate sections for symbols and numbers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047177457X

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9780471774570

Connecticut Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbe

By: Susan Campbell,Ray Bendici,Bill Heald

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Connecticut Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbe

By: Susan Campbell,Ray Bendici,Bill Heald

Connecticut Curiosities, 3rd Edition is part of a GPP homegrown series of state-specific books that describe, with humor and affection—and a healthy dose of attitude—the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state’s borders and in the chronicles of its history. A fun, accessible read for travelers and non travelers alike—a great armchair book with quirky b/w photographs throughout and maps for each region. They can be thought of as combination almanacs, off-the-wall travel guides, and wacky news gazettes, all with a decidedly humorous twist. The narrative is good-naturedly humorous. Connecticut Curiosities, 3rd Edition is filled with humorous state facts and amusing stories and sports a visually varied, browsable design (with sidebars, archival photos, etc.). Part zany Connecticut guidebook and part Who's Who of odd and unsung heroes, this compendium of the state's quirks and characters will amuse Connecticut residents and visitors alike.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762774924

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9780762774920

Hants Hills To Arctic Tundra

By: Ray Simm

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Hants Hills To Arctic Tundra

By: Ray Simm

Culture involves all knowledge, beliefs and customs of a people; undergoing enlightenment and refinement often through formal and/or informal education. Cultures die, advance, regress, clash, change, assimilate or are assimilated, are sometimes obliterated through genocide and often survive despite over-whelming adversities. Ray Simm provides some aspects of a spectrum of cultures ranging from his childhood in depression time Hants County through the years of World War 2 to his experience as a teacher and educator in Halifax (Africville), to North End Winnipeg and to First Nations of Turtle Island including the Inuit

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Lulu.com

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1304865886

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Against Academia

The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement, 1967-1988

By: Ray Broadus Browne

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Against Academia

The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement, 1967-1988

By: Ray Broadus Browne

The history of the study of popular culture in American academia since its (re)introduction in 1967 is filled with misunderstanding and opposition. From the first, proponents of the study of this major portion of American culture made clear that they were interested in making popular culture a supplement to the usual courses in such fields as literature, sociology, history, philosophy, and the other humanities and social sciences; nobody proposed that study of popular culture replace the other disciplines, but many suggested that it was time to reexamine the accepted courses and see if they were still viable. Opposition to the status quo always causes anxiety and opposition, but when the issues are clarified, often opposition and anxiety melt away, as they now are doing. Anxiety and opposition were generated on another level when people in academic and curricular power felt that voices were being raised that questioned their credentials and control. They flailed out with every argument at their command, generally thinking only of their self interest and not that of the students and the future of academic education. Generally this wall of opposition has also been breached. The Popular Culture Association and its many friends and backers in academia, in the United States and abroad, has demonstrated that the study of our everyday and dominant culure should be taken seriously, understandingly and analytically, just as all other aspects of culture should be. Taken that way the study can be useful in developing better educated and responsible citizens from the cradle to the grave. The humanities and social sciences are too important for any portion--especially the majority portion--to be ignored or downplayed. The study of popular culture constitutes a significant and important element, one that can be ignored only at peril.

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0879724528

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Comfort Food

Delectable Devotions to Satisfy the Soul

By: Ray Comfort

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Comfort Food

Delectable Devotions to Satisfy the Soul

By: Ray Comfort

Christians who want to be on the frontlines of the battle for souls will find Comfort Food an inspiring account of how one man called of God can make a difference by just followingas the title of Ray Comfort's award-winning TV show saysthe Way of the Master.

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Bridge Logos Foundation

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0882705288

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