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Madhubun ICSE Geography 7

By: Gita Duggal & Baruna Ray Chowdhury

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Madhubun ICSE Geography 6–8 is exactly mapped to the themes of the New Curriculum published by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for the Upper Primary Level. It aims to create curiosity and generate interest in the minds of the learner to study the subject of geography. The chapters are carefully graded and the concepts are complemented by beautiful illustrations, vivid pictures, accurate maps and diagrams. The exercises are carefully structured to assess various skills.

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Vikas Publishing House

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9325994658

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9789325994652

Madhubun ICSE Geography 8

By: Gita Duggal & Baruna Ray Chowdhury

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Madhubun ICSE Geography 8

By: Gita Duggal & Baruna Ray Chowdhury

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Vikas Publishing House

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9325994666

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9789325994669

The Real J. Edgar Hoover

For the Record

By: Ray Wannall

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The Real J. Edgar Hoover

For the Record

By: Ray Wannall

Former special agent and assistant director of the FBI, Ray Wannall, writes a comprehensive, insider's commentary regarding one of the most powerful, but enigmatic personalities of our time. Highly revealing and provocative, FOR THE RECORD sheds light on efforts to undermine Hoover's legacy and startling details as to events involving Martin Luther King, the Kennedy family, the Nixon administration, and much much more!

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Turner Publishing Company

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161858510X

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9781618585103

Lady Muriel

The Victorian Romance by Lewis Carroll

By: Ray Dyer, PhD

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Lady Muriel

The Victorian Romance by Lewis Carroll

By: Ray Dyer, PhD

Lewis Carroll, through his new heroine, stands ground against the 'Philistines and Barbarians' of his Age. The much neglected late-life Romance finally emerges, fully Annotated, from the lengthy fairytale of 'Sylvie and Bruno', to complete a 3-volume Scholar's Series.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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178589031X

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9781785890314

A John Donne Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

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A John Donne Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

First published in 1990, this title provides a compendium of useful information for any reader of Donne to have at hand: crucial biographical material, historical contextualisation, and details about his life’s work. The intention throughout is to enhance understanding and appreciation, without being exhaustive. The major portion of the volume, in both importance and size, is ‘A Donne Dictionary’. Its entries are arranged alphabetically: they identify, describe and explain the most influential persons in Donne’s life and works, as well as places, characters, allusions, ideas, concepts, individual words, phrases and literary terms that are relevant to a rounded appreciation of his poetry and prose. A Jonne Donne Companion will prove invaluable for all students of English poetry and Anglican theology.

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Routledge

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1317681460

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A Comprehensive Guide to Sports Skills Tests and Measurement

By: D. Ray Collins,Patrick B. Hodges

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A Comprehensive Guide to Sports Skills Tests and Measurement

By: D. Ray Collins,Patrick B. Hodges

Contains 86 skills tests for 28 sports from the junior high through college level. Entries on tests offer descriptions, directions, and educational applications, and give notes on time and personnel needed, equipment and supplies, scoring method and norms, and validity and reliability. Chapter bibliographies include all sports skills tests constructed for a sport, whether authenticated or not. Lacks a subject index. Collins teaches physical education and sport science at St. Cloud State University. Hodges teaches physical education at Sinclair Community College. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

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Scarecrow Press

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0810838842

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9780810838840

Oswald Talked

The New Evidence in the JFK Assassination

By: Ray La Fontaine,Mary La Fontaine

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Oswald Talked

The New Evidence in the JFK Assassination

By: Ray La Fontaine,Mary La Fontaine

Investigative journalists present explosive new evidence connecting the accused JFK assassin to the CIA—and to his own killer. Journalists Ray and Mary La Fontaine have uncovered significant new evidence in the Kennedy assassination—evidence that substantiates the existence of a conspiracy, and that suggests Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the president’s murder. In Oswald Talked, they establish a crucial link between Oswald and Jack Ruby, the CIA, and other government agencies. Among the evidence uncovered here is a Department of Defense card showing that Oswald was employed by the US government after his discharge from the Marines; testimony by a man who altered photos of Oswald for the official investigation; and arrest records and names of the three enigmatic vagrants who have been at the heart of several conspiracy theories. Most significant of all, the La Fontaines speak with John Elrod, who was arrested the day of Kennedy’s assassination—and kept in a cell next to Oswald’s. His incarceration had been hidden by the FBI for decades. In Oswald Talked, they reveal what Elrod learned from Oswald himself that day.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455609994

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2012

Regulation

By: O. Ray Whittington,Patrick R. Delaney

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2012

Regulation

By: O. Ray Whittington,Patrick R. Delaney

Everything today's CPA candidates need to pass the CPA Exam Published annually, this comprehensive four-volume paperback reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. Many of the questions are taken directly from previous CPA exams. With 3,800 multiple-choice questions, these study guides provide all the information candidates need to master in order to pass the computerized Uniform CPA Examination. Its unique modular format helps you zero in on those areas that need more attention and organize your study program. Complete sample exam The most effective system available to prepare for the CPA exam—proven for over thirty years Timely—up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam Contains all current AICPA content requirements in auditing and attestation; business environment and concepts; financial accounting and reporting; and regulation Unique modular format—helps candidates zero in on areas that need work, organize their study program, and concentrate their efforts Comprehensive questions—over 3,800 multiple-choice questions and their solutions in the four volumes Guidelines, pointers, and tips—show how to build knowledge in a logical and reinforcing way Other titles by Whittington: Audit Sampling: An Introduction, Fifth Edition Wiley CPA Exam Review 2012 arms test-takers with detailed outlines, study guidelines, and skill-building problems to help candidates identify, focus on, and master the specific topics that need the most work.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118182960

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9781118182963

Wiley CPA Exam Review 2011, Regulation

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

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Wiley CPA Exam Review 2011, Regulation

By: Patrick R. Delaney,O. Ray Whittington

This comprehensive four-volume set reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. With more than 3,800 multiple-choice questions over all four volumes, these guides provide everything a person needs to master the material.

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0470554371

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9780470554371

Gone to the Country

The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival

By: Ray Allen

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Gone to the Country

The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival

By: Ray Allen

Gone to the Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley, the Ramblers introduced the regional styles of southern ballads, blues, string bands, and bluegrass to northerners yearning for a sound and an experience not found in mainstream music. Ray Allen interweaves biography, history, and music criticism to follow the band from its New York roots to their involvement with the commercial folk music boom. Allen details their struggle to establish themselves amid critical debates about traditionalism brought on by their brand of folk revivalism. He explores how the Ramblers ascribed notions of cultural authenticity to certain musical practices and performers and how the trio served as a link between southern folk music and northern urban audiences who had little previous exposure to rural roots styles. Highlighting the role of tradition in the social upheaval of mid-century America, Gone to the Country draws on extensive interviews and personal correspondence with band members and digs deep into the Ramblers' rich trove of recordings.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252099621

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9780252099625

Let Go To Listen: Cape Cod Ruminations

By: L. Ray Sears, III

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Let Go To Listen: Cape Cod Ruminations

By: L. Ray Sears, III

A series of ruminations about the author's experiences on Cape Cod as a summer kid and now family historian. This compilation seeks to encourage others to get involved in writing their recollections.

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Lulu.com

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0359764355

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9780359764358

Central Bank Independence, Regulations, and Monetary Policy

From Germany and Greece to China and the United States

By: Ranajoy Ray Chaudhuri

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Central Bank Independence, Regulations, and Monetary Policy

From Germany and Greece to China and the United States

By: Ranajoy Ray Chaudhuri

This book examines the linkage between central bank structure, central bank autonomy—with respect to setting its monetary policy goals, choosing its policy mechanisms, legal independence, and financial independence—and monetary policy, both in select benchmark countries and at a broader theoretical level. Country-specific chapters on the US, UK, Germany, Greece, Russia, India, China, Japan, Brazil, and South Africa focus on the history, administrative structure, and independence of the central monetary authority in these countries. The chapters go on to explore the countries’ conduct of monetary policy, their interplay with political forces and the wider economy, their currency, and their macroeconomic outcomes. The book will appeal to researchers, students of economics, finance and business, as well as general readers with an interest in the subject.

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Springer

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1137589124

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An Andrew Marvell Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

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An Andrew Marvell Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

First published in 1998, this title provides for the reader of the renowned metaphysical poet and politician a valuable reference and resource volume. It is a compendium of useful information for any reader of Andrew Marvell, including crucial biographical material, historical contextualisation, and details about his life’s work. The intention throughout is to enhance understanding and appreciation, without being exhaustive. The major portion of the volume, in both importance and size, is ‘A Marvell Dictionary’. Its entries are arranged alphabetically: they identify, describe and explain the most influential persons in Marvell’s life and works, as well as places, characters, allusions, ideas, concepts, individual words, phrases and literary terms that are relevant to a rounded appreciation of his poetry and prose. An Andrew Marvell Companion will prove invaluable for all students of English poetry and seventeenth-century political history.

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1317681770

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Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

By: Ray Dalio

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Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

By: Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to anticipate 2008’s events and navigate them well while others struggled badly. As he explained in his #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, Ray Dalio believes that most everything happens over and over again through time so that by studying patterns one can understand the cause-effect relationships behind events and develop principles for dealing with them well. In this three-part research series, he does just that for big debt crises and shares his template in the hopes of reducing the chances of big debt crises happening and helping them be better managed in the future. The template comes in three parts: 1. The Archetypal Big Debt Cycle (which explains the template) 2. Three Detailed Cases (which examines in depth the 2008 financial crisis, the 1930s Great Depression, and the 1920s inflationary depression of Germany’s Weimar Republic) 3. Compendium of 48 Cases (which is a compendium of charts and brief descriptions of the worst debt crises of the last 100 years) Whether you’re an investor, a policy maker, or are simply interested in debt, this unconventional perspective from one of the few people who navigated the crisis successfully, Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises will help you understand the economy and markets in revealing new ways.

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Simon and Schuster

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1668009307

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9781668009307

Principles

Life and Work

By: Ray Dalio

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Principles

Life and Work

By: Ray Dalio

Dalio "shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business--and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals"--Amazon.com.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501124021

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Unprecedented

Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?

By: David Ray Griffin

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Unprecedented

Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?

By: David Ray Griffin

This book combines (1) the most extensive treatment of the causes and phenomena of climate change in combination with (2) an extensive treatment of social obstacles and challenges (fossil-fuel funded denialism, media failure,political failure, and moral, religious, and economic challenges), (3) the most extensive treatment of the needed transition from fossil-fuel energy to clean energy, and (4) the most extensive treatment of mobilization. It provides the most complete, most up-to-date treatment of the various kinds of clean energy, and how they could combine to provide 70% clean energy by 2035 and 100% before 2050 (both U.S. and worldwide).

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SCB Distributors

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0986076910

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9780986076916

Madhubun ICSE Geography 6

By: Gita Duggal & Baruna Ray Chowdhury

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Madhubun ICSE Geography 6

By: Gita Duggal & Baruna Ray Chowdhury

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Vikas Publishing House

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932599464X

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9789325994645

Wall Street Capitalism: The Theory Of The Bondholding Class

By: E Ray Canterbery

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Wall Street Capitalism: The Theory Of The Bondholding Class

By: E Ray Canterbery

Breaking the chains of the bond market…This book goes behind the headlines of the Wall Street Journal to unmask the ';bondholding class';. Insulated from criticism by a self-serving ideology, the bondholders have redefined the indicators of economic well-being decidedly in Wall Street's favor. Created out of the fiscal folly of Reaganomics, fortified by Federal Reserve officials, and patronized by the Clinton Administration, the bondholding class invented the ';Goldilocks economy'; (never too hot, never too cold). As this powerful class has amassed the greatest wealth in history, ordinary Americans have been losing ground to the ensuing global financial turbulence. In a tour de force, Ray Canterbery shows how the evaporation of personal savings — ';the Angels share'; — is as necessary to Wall Street capitalism as it is damaging to growth and wages on Main Street.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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9813102861

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A George Herbert Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

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A George Herbert Companion (Routledge Revivals)

By: Robert H. Ray

First published in 1995, this title provides the reader with a compendium of useful information for any reader of George Herbert to have at hand. It includes key biographical information, situates the poetry in its historical and cultural context, and, where appropriate, explains theological concepts and traditions which have a direct bearing on the verse. The aim throughout is to enhance understanding and appreciation, without being exhaustive. A George Herbert Companion will be of most use to general readers and undergraduate students coming to this poetry for the first time, and will interest students of Anglican Caroline theology and hymnology.

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1317681886

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Thomas Hardy

A Textual Study of the Short Stories

By: Martin Ray

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Thomas Hardy

A Textual Study of the Short Stories

By: Martin Ray

This is the definitive textual analysis of all of Hardy's collected short stories, tracing the development of each from manuscript, through newspaper serial versions, galley proofs and revises to collected editions in volume form. It is no surprise to discover that Hardy's capacity for inveterate revision is manifested in his tales as it was in his novels. Even those stories for which he professed little regard were meticulously and continuously revised, in some cases more than thirty years after their first publication. The alterations extend to the most minute details of plot, landscape, characterisation and style, as well as the restoration of bowdlerised passages which had been demanded by serial magazines. This study will play a major role in elevating the importance of this genre in Hardy's prolific output and will illuminate his textual practices - an area of considerable and growing interest to a large number of scholars and students.

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Routledge

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1351879375

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9781351879378

Development Economics

By: Debraj Ray

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Development Economics

By: Debraj Ray

The study of development in low-income countries is attracting more attention around the world than ever before. Yet until now there has been no comprehensive text that incorporates the huge strides made in the subject over the past decade. Development Economics does precisely that in a clear, rigorous, and elegant fashion. Debraj Ray, one of the most accomplished theorists in development economics today, presents in this book a synthesis of recent and older literature in the field and raises important questions that will help to set the agenda for future research. He covers such vital subjects as theories of economic growth, economic inequality, poverty and undernutrition, population growth, trade policy, and the markets for land, labor, and credit. A common point of view underlies the treatment of these subjects: that much of the development process can be understood by studying factors that impede the efficient and equitable functioning of markets. Diverse topics such as the new growth theory, moral hazard in land contracts, information-based theories of credit markets, and the macroeconomic implications of economic inequality come under this common methodological umbrella. The book takes the position that there is no single cause for economic progress, but that a combination of factors--among them the improvement of physical and human capital, the reduction of inequality, and institutions that enable the background flow of information essential to market performance--consistently favor development. Ray supports his arguments throughout with examples from around the world. The book assumes a knowledge of only introductory economics and explains sophisticated concepts in simple, direct language, keeping the use of mathematics to a minimum. Development Economics will be the definitive textbook in this subject for years to come. It will prove useful to researchers by showing intriguing connections among a wide variety of subjects that are rarely discussed together in the same book. And it will be an important resource for policy-makers, who increasingly find themselves dealing with complex issues of growth, inequality, poverty, and social welfare.

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Princeton University Press

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1400835895

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9781400835898

Our Perfect Wild

Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North

By: Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan,Ray Bane

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Our Perfect Wild

Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of Far North

By: Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan,Ray Bane

Ray and Barbara Bane worked as teachers in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska, in the early 1960s—but they didn’t simply teach the children of their Iñupiat Eskimo and Koyukon friends and neighbors: they fully embraced their lifestyle. Doing so, they realized how closely intertwined life in the region was with the land, and, specifically, how critical wilderness was to the ancient traditions and wisdom that undergirded the Native way of life. That slow realization came to a head during a 1,200-mile dogsled trip from Hughes to Barrow in 1974—a trip that led them to give up teaching in favor of working, through the National Park Service, to preserve Alaska’s wilderness. This book tells their story, a tale of dedication and tireless labor in the face of suspicion, resistance, and even violence. At a time when Alaska’s natural bounty remains under threat, Our Perfect Wild shows us an example of the commitment—and love—that will be required to preserve it.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602232784

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Changing and Unchanging Face of U.S. Civil Society

By: Marcella Ridlen Ray

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Changing and Unchanging Face of U.S. Civil Society

By: Marcella Ridlen Ray

Ray has written a book that should be read by anyone interested in the current debates about the general health of civil society in the United States.--American Journal of Sociology The formation, maintenance, and well being of American civil society is a topic of intense debate in the social sciences. Until now, this debate has lacked rigor, with the term ""civil society"" commonly used interchangeably and imprecisely with other terms such as civic engagement. Today's discourse also lacks methodological discipline and relies too heavily on narrowly selected evidence in support of a particular argument. In this invaluable contribution to the debate, Marcella Ridlen Ray supplies an empirical study based on a theoretical model of democratic civil society, one that posits high levels of communication, diversity, autonomy, mediation, and voluntary association. In Ray's account, the emergent story of U.S. civil society is that of a dynamic institution, not necessarily one that is linear in its progression. It is a tale of flux, resilience, and stability over the long term that is consistent with subtexts on political equilibrium she notes in the work of early political analysts such as Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Burke, and, later, Tocqueville. Ray dispels the widely accepted myth that Americans are increasingly apathetic and withdrawn from common interests. The evidence reveals a persistence of long-standing public spiritedness, despite the fact that individuals use wider discretion in deciding if and how to attach to community and despite a historical lack of enthusiasm for performing civic duties in lieu of more pleasurable leisure activity. This public-spiritedness continues to reflect embedded religious-cultural values that disproportionately influence how and when people dedicate time and money to associational life. U. S. civil society has grown more inclusive and democratic as Americans venture, at growing rates, across differences in perspective,

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1351529501

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Brother Ray

Ray Charles' Own Story

By: David Ritz,Ray Charles

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Brother Ray

Ray Charles' Own Story

By: David Ritz,Ray Charles

Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and country music, he invented, almost single-handedly, what became known as soul. And throughout a career spanning more than a half century, Ray Charles remained in complete control of his life and his music, allowing nobody to tell him what he could and couldn't do.As the Chicago Sun-Times put it, Brother Ray is "candid, explicit, sometimes embarrassing, often hilarious, always warm, touching and deeply human-just like his music.

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Da Capo Press

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0786728035

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The Inner Lives of Markets

How People Shape Them-And They Shape Us

By: Ray Fisman,Tim Sullivan

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The Inner Lives of Markets

How People Shape Them-And They Shape Us

By: Ray Fisman,Tim Sullivan

America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets. The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in how we get the stuff we want. If you've ever owned a business, rented an apartment, or shopped online, you've had a front-row seat for this revolution-in-progress. Breakthrough companies like Amazon and Uber have disrupted the old ways and made the economy work better -- all thanks to technology. At least that's how the story of the modern economy is usually told. But in this lucid, wry book, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan show that the revolution is bigger than tech: it is really a story about the transformation of markets. From the auction theories that power Google's ad sales algorithms to the models that online retailers use to prevent internet fraud, even the most high-tech modern businesses are empowered by theory first envisioned by economists. And we're all participants in this revolution. Every time you book a room on Airbnb, hire a car on Lyft, or click on an ad, you too are reshaping our social institutions and our lives. The Inner Lives of Markets is necessary reading for the modern world: it reveals the blueprint for how we work, live, and shop, and offers wisdom for how to do it better.

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1610394933

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