Richard Dennis's Books

The Bug

A Play

By: Richard Strand

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(Applause Books). Combine Kafka's eerie vision with a soulless world run by computers and the result is this comic nightmare of a play. Strand's play revolving around a bug in the system premiered at the Actor's Theatre in Louisville Humana Festival, and has been produced by other theatres across the country.

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155783461X

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Beyond Obsession

The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly

By: Richard Hammer

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Beyond Obsession

The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly

By: Richard Hammer

The chilling true story of a beautiful violin prodigy, her devoted boyfriend, and the devastating family secrets that led to a brutal murder. Joyce Aparo seemed to be the perfect single mother. She doted on her sixteen-year-old daughter, Karin, encouraging her musical ability and lavishing affection on her. But behind closed doors, Joyce was a terror. For thirteen years, she beat Karin savagely, kept her away from other children, and demeaned her relentlessly. When Karin met the troubled yet brilliant Dennis Coleman, the two fell head-over-heels into lustful infatuation. But Joyce disapproved—so she had to die. On August 5, 1987, Joyce’s body was found under a bridge near the Connecticut–Massachusetts border. She had been strangled, and was covered in bruises, with paper stuffed in her mouth and pantyhose knotted around her throat. The police investigation soon dragged her horrific treatment of Karin into the open, and the teenage lovers became the prime suspects. Dennis eventually confessed to the murder, testifying that Karin begged him to kill her mother. But Karin had a very different story to tell, claiming to have no knowledge of Dennis’s plans. Was she manipulating the police the same way she manipulated her former boyfriend, or was she an innocent victim? Based on meticulous research, court transcripts, and interviews with the survivors, Beyond Obsession is the definitive account of an American tragedy and the basis for a popular TV movie starring Victoria Principal and Emily Warfield.

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Open Road Media

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1504039092

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9781504039093

In the Evil Day

Violence Comes to One Small Town

By: Richard Adams Carey

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In the Evil Day

Violence Comes to One Small Town

By: Richard Adams Carey

A quiet New England town is shattered by violence--and rises above it

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Brandeis University Press

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1611687152

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9781611687156

Becoming Abraham Lincoln

The Coming of Age of Our Greatest President

By: Richard Kigel

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Becoming Abraham Lincoln

The Coming of Age of Our Greatest President

By: Richard Kigel

Becoming Abraham Lincoln: The Coming of Age of Our Greatest President tells the true story of how this great American hero grew up and became a man. The story begins with Lincoln’s cousin describing the murder of Abe’s grandfather in 1782 by the Wabash Indians in the Kentucky wilderness. It ends as Lincoln turns twenty-five, downcast and debt-ridden after the failure of his first business venture, as he earns his first election victory to take his seat in the Illinois State Legislature. This vivid, authentic account of Abraham Lincoln in his formative years is told by those who were there—his friends and family. Supported by rigorous research, Becoming Abraham Lincoln is an authentic account of Lincoln’s childhood and adolescence in the actual words of those who knew him best. We see Lincoln as he was, according to law partner Billy Herndon, “just as he lived, breathed, ate and laughed in this world.” The historic eyewitness testimony in these pages forms a rich, detailed narrative unmatched in all Lincoln literature.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510717315

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9781510717312

Deadly Secrets

A True Crime Anthology

By: Richard Hammer

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Deadly Secrets

A True Crime Anthology

By: Richard Hammer

From a multiple Edgar Award winner: Three gripping accounts of murder, betrayal, and greed that made headlines and shocked the nation. A Pulitzer Prize nominee for his landmark work, The Court-Martial of Lt. Calley, Richard Hammer is a fearless chronicler of the dark side of human nature. Here in one volume are three of his most electrifying true crime accounts. The CBS Murders: On a warm spring evening in New York City, four people were shot in a parking lot near the CBS television studios in Midtown. But detectives soon discovered that only one victim was the intended target; the others were eyewitnesses who tragically stumbled onto the scene of the crime. In this Edgar Award–winning account, the NYPD sets out on the trail of a merciless assassin, uncovering one of the most diabolical criminal conspiracies in the city’s history. “A gripping police procedural.” —Kirkus Reviews Beyond Obsession: Joyce Aparo seemed to be the perfect single mother, doting on her daughter, Karin. But behind closed doors, Joyce had been viciously abusing the sixteen-year-old violin prodigy for years. Then, Karin met the equally troubled Dennis Coleman, and the two fell head-over-heels into lustful infatuation. Soon after, Joyce’s strangled body was found under a bridge. Dennis would eventually confess to the murder, claiming Karin begged him to kill her mother. But Karin had a very different story to tell. Was this really a twisted case of love and obsession, or was Karin now manipulating the police the same way she manipulated her former boyfriend? “This true-crime tale has all the elements of a novel . . . A satisfying read.” —Library Journal The Vatican Connection: Matteo de Lorenzo was one of the New York mob’s top earners when he and his ruthless business partner, Vincent Rizzo, traveled to Europe to discuss a plan to launder millions of dollars worth of phony securities. Their partner in crime? Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the scandal-plagued president of the Vatican Bank. What they didn’t know was that Det. Joseph Coffey was already on their trail. The legendary New York policeman worked tirelessly to trace the fraudulent stocks and bonds around the world and deep into the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and Rome. This “explosive” Edgar Award winner has “all the ingredients of a thriller” (San Francisco Chronicle).

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Open Road Media

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1504052285

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9781504052283

Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice

Theory To Action

By: Richard Hofrichter,Rajiv Bhatia

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Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice

Theory To Action

By: Richard Hofrichter,Rajiv Bhatia

Social justice has always been a core value driving public health. Today, much of the etiology of avoidable disease is rooted in inequitable social conditions brought on by disparities in wealth and power and reproduced through ongoing forms of oppression, exploitation, and marginalization. Tackling Health Inequities raises questions and provides a starting point for health practitioners ready to reorient public health practice to address the fundamental causes of health inequities. This reorientation involves restructuring the organization, culture and daily work of public health. Tackling Health Inequities is meant to inspire readers to imagine or envision public health practice and their role in ways that question contemporary thinking and assumptions, as emerging trends, social conditions, and policies generate increasing inequities in health.

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Oxford University Press

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0199711275

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Madison Parish

By: Richard P. Sevier

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Madison Parish

By: Richard P. Sevier

Founded in 1838 and located in extreme northeastern Louisiana, Madison Parish has a rich and colorful history. It is the setting of Kate Stone's best-selling Civil War diary, Brokenburn, and played an important role during that era-Generals Grant, Sherman, and McClernan assembled their troops in Madison Parish months before their assault on Vicksburg. Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, was born in Madison Parish and ultimately rose from a lowly washerwoman to the first black female millionaire in the United States. Images of America: Madison Parish, containing over 200 black-and-white images, highlights the history of this fascinating community through photographs, drawings, and maps. Included are Civil War scenes, the 1907 bear hunt by President Theodore Roosevelt, and numerous professional photographs of the disastrous 1927 flood that paralyzed the parish and surrounding areas for several months.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738515108

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Wrestling with Life

From Hungary to Auschwitz to Montreal

By: George Reinitz,Richard King

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Wrestling with Life

From Hungary to Auschwitz to Montreal

By: George Reinitz,Richard King

George Reinitz was twelve years old when he and his family were taken from Szikszó, Hungary, and deported to Auschwitz, where many of his family members were killed. As a boy on the brink of adolescence, he experienced the horrors of a Nazi death camp. Following his liberation he returned to his hometown where he remained for a few years before immigrating to Montreal in 1948 as part of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s War Orphans Project. In Wrestling with Life, George Reinitz recounts his vivid memories of childhood and his experiences in one of the worst places humans ever created. He recalls being tattooed with an unclean needle, eating raw potato skins to stave off hunger, watching his father get whipped in the face, and looking after the horses of SS officers. In Auschwitz he learned and used survival skills that he later applied in the commercial realm. George settled in Montreal and became a world-class wrestler, competing internationally and carrying the flag for the Canadian team at the 1957 Maccabiah Games in Israel. After working in a number of jobs he found his calling in the furniture business, eventually founding Jaymar Furniture, a leading manufacturer and a company that still operates successfully in Quebec. Wrestling with Life is a moving account of a child’s survival under the most difficult of circumstances. It tells the story of one man’s hard-won success as a businessman and athlete.

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0773551840

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White Perfume

A Twenty-First Century Love Story

By: Kenneth Richard Markel

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White Perfume

A Twenty-First Century Love Story

By: Kenneth Richard Markel

Peter DeRoyo meets Lindsay Dennis while a medical student at NYU. They have a hot romance, but break up over a misunderstanding. Peter becomes a respected doctor. Years go by...The fiery love they feel for each other is not extinguished. When Lindsay becomes ill, they reunite, both wondering if their love can survive. WHITE PERFUME is a powerful story weaving romance with reality, truth with desire.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450080790

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Capital Instincts

Life As an Entrepreneur, Financier, and Athlete

By: Richard L. Brandt

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Capital Instincts

Life As an Entrepreneur, Financier, and Athlete

By: Richard L. Brandt

An insider's view of the investment banking world from someone who is actually shaping it Powerful, controversial and determined, Thomas Weisel is known for his unwavering focus on winning the race, whether he is competing in a national cycling championship, sponsoring Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong or negotiating with business competitors. For twenty-seven years he ran one of the major investment banks on the West Coast, bringing public companies such as Applied Materials, Siebel Systems and Yahoo! and was instrumental in establishing San Francisco as an alternative financial center to Wall Street. In 1997 he sold his company to NationsBank, which later merged with Bank of America. Unhappy with his treatment after the merger, Weisel trumped Bank of America by negotiating a separation package that included $500 million in stock options and the ability to hire away crucial Bank of America management. Within two years, the investment bank he started, Thomas Weisel Partners, reached half a billion dollars in revenues and negotiated high-profile deals such as Yahoo!'s merger with Geocities. Power Investor weaves Weisel's approach to success, his competitive nature and love of cycling into a fascinating inside account of the cutthroat world of investment banking. Thomas Weisel (San Francisco, CA) is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Thomas Weisel Partners, a research-driven merchant bank exclusively focused on the growth sectors of the U.S. economy. He is founder and president of Tailwind Sports, which manages the U.S. Postal Service cycling team, and was an Olympic-class speed skater and the former chairman of the U.S. Ski Foundation. Richard Brandt (San Francisco, CA) has twenty years' experience as a leading business journalist. He was a senior reporter for BusinessWeek for fourteen years and editor in chief of the technology business magazine Upside for four years.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471440779

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9780471440772

The Thursday Murder Club

A Novel

By: Richard Osman

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The Thursday Murder Club

A Novel

By: Richard Osman

A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

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Penguin

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1984880977

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9781984880970

The Republic of Canada Almost

By: Patrick Richard Carstens and Timothy L

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The Republic of Canada Almost

By: Patrick Richard Carstens and Timothy L

The history of Canada since post War of 1812 to Confederation in 1867, is an interesting chapter and not a well known part of our history. The provinces of Quebec and Ontario were ruled by non elected powers who controlled the governments. In Lower Canada (Quebec) it was the Chateau Clique, and in Upper Canada it was the Family Compact, who provided the fuel for the Rebellions of 1837-38. To fi nd the stories behind the story, we started searching for roadside markers, historical plaques, monuments, cemeteries and the tombstones to the fallen, the battlefi elds, and those who fought and those who were key players in the rebellion. We are telling readers why Canada was Almost! The Republic of Canada and why the Americans who fought and those who lost their lives fi ghting to add the Canadas to the United States of America.

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147974915X

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I Never Knew How Much My Father Loved Me...

By: Richard W.D. Ganton

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I Never Knew How Much My Father Loved Me...

By: Richard W.D. Ganton

From football to theology, from gang warfare to romance, I Never Knew How Much My Father Loved Me has something for everyone. Richard Ganton has created a cast of characters and a series of events that will engage, entertain, and challenge readers to consider their own biases and prejudices. John Jeremiah is a seven-foot-tall gentle giant studying for the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. The son of a pro-football player, he has a big reputation to live up to. At the same time, he’s a deep thinker and genuinely caring man, and he quickly becomes the de facto chaplain of his residence, dealing with issues in creative yet effective ways. He carries his own burdens, however, birthed from an accident on the football field that saw his best friend injured and subsequently confined to a wheelchair. John carries this “demon” with him into the ministry, where he also confronts new challenges. Mr. Ganton provides his audience with a look into prejudice in the church when John, a Black man, takes a position with a White congregation in Atlanta as the college and careers pastor. Although he meets with resistance, he thrives, and in time he takes on the gangs of the city with the love of God. Finding love for himself in the process, John allows God to mold him and refine him for His purposes. An inspiring and moving novel that will touch the hearts of readers and affirm to them the overwhelming mercy and love of their creator.

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FriesenPress

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1039137458

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The American Language of Rights

By: Richard A. Primus

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The American Language of Rights

By: Richard A. Primus

Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) in order to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew out of reactions to contemporary social and political crises. His innovative approach sees rights language as grounded more in opposition to concrete social and political practices, than in the universalistic paradigms presented by many political philosophers. This study demonstrates the potency of the language of rights throughout American history, and looks for the first time at the impact of modern totalitarianism (in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) on American conceptions of rights. The American Language of Rights is a major contribution to contemporary political theory, of interest to scholars and students in politics and government, constitutional law, and American history.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139426427

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The Bar C of Montana

By: Richard L. Fletcher

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The Bar C of Montana

By: Richard L. Fletcher

After Grover Stone loses both his parents, the 20-year-old decides to leave New York City and follow his lifelong dream of living out West. He can hardly wait to explore the folklore of outlaws and famous lawmen he has read about since childhood. Grover goes to Montana, where he crosses the state on horseback. On his trek, he runs into a gang ready to kill him for his supplies. Escaping with his life, Grover settles down in northwest Montana, where he becomes a cowboy, and later a buys a ranch, the Bar C. After an affair with a dancehall girl, Grover's illegitimate son is born. Grover wins custody of the child and hires a nanny to take care of the baby. Grover ends up marrying the nanny, but then the real birth mother returns and wants her son back. Grover has many fights in his life, including gaining the respect of his child, enduring blizzards, and living through cattle stampedes and wild animal attacks. As an old man looking back, he realizes that that he truly has lived the life of his dreams. Author Richard L. Fletcher is a retired controller. At 82, he has been married for 60 years. Fletcher began parachuting at age 60 and got his private pilot license when he was 69. He lives in Oceanside, California, and is currently writing his next book about political assassination, titled Eagle Down. His other books include Two Rode West and Dive, Dive Deep. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheBarCOfMontana.htm

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1609113004

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Neither Here nor There

By: Richard J Sullivan

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Neither Here nor There

By: Richard J Sullivan

Richs family is ecstatic to have the chance to attend a wedding in South America. They board flight 1957 in New York, headed for Rio de Janeiro. Sadly, they never reach their destination. The pilot eventually has to make an emergency landing, but hijacking would have been a more favorable situation as Rich and his family find themselves stuck. Not only are they in a mysterious place, but they are also in a mysterious when. Time and space have seemingly disappeared, and communication with the outside world is nonexistent. Rich, his family, and over two hundred other passengers must work together to find a way to survive in a place that is neither here nor there. When pistols end up in the wrong handsand resources run lowdeath seems the likely conclusion, but is death even possible in this strange land? To stay alive, passengers must explore unknown horizons, make friends with wild natives, and get along with each other in this tall tale that is part Survivor, Star Trek, Lost in Space, and Twilight Zone.

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LifeRich Publishing

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1489714316

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House Inside the Waves

Domesticity, Art, and the Surfing Life

By: Richard Taylor

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House Inside the Waves

Domesticity, Art, and the Surfing Life

By: Richard Taylor

Writer, surfer, and househusband Richard Taylor is mad about beaches and islands, and was inspired by a house exchange that whisked him and his family from a freezing Ottawa winter to a year of some of the world’s best surf on the east coast of Australia. In an era of packaged paradises and cyber surfers, the forty-something writer’s first case of the mid-life blues seduced him into recapturing his youthful romance with surfing.

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Dundurn

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1554885515

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The Great Economic Mysteries Book

A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 4-8

By: Mark C. Schug,Richard D. Western

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The Great Economic Mysteries Book

A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning, Grades 4-8

By: Mark C. Schug,Richard D. Western

This publication introduces students in grades 48 to an economic way of thinking through exploring the mysteries of everyday life. Students solve each mystery by responding to hints provided by simple true/false questions and by reference to a logical system of reasoning that applies basic economic principles.

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Search

By: Richard H. Coller

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By: Richard H. Coller

ABOUT THE BOOK: Christian Science Fiction - Christian: obvious; Science: not the focus; and Fiction: only a story - you discern the truth. What if the next generation is denied the benefits of a government founded on God-centered political integrity? Ryker Cuff finds himself thrust into the middle of an American tragedy where USA original fundamentals are perverted or gone, leaving influence on society much different from its founding. Technology has advanced, but society reflects an unprincipled philosophy without the authority of God's word. It is up to an underground organization to research, resurrect roots, and teach people what is lost. The Network struggles with organizing and operating under the NMA (Neutral Morals Agency), which polices the government's new amoral rights. Intrigue, intelligence, and ingenuity frame actions as each alliance vies for societal dominance. **** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author Richard Coller has been an adult Sunday school teacher and Bible study leader for over 22 years. Richard came to know the Lord at 25 and understands growing up under the influence of "North Country" values founded on Christian beliefs, but without the personal foundation until 1980. He has worked in a variety of industries as a maintenance specialist for over 36 years. Richard writes a political blog; (http: //uspoliticsthrucorrectivelenses.blogspot.com). He is from the Potsdam, New York, area but currently lives near Albany with his wife Marilyn. You may contact Richard about Search at searchcoller@gmail.com.

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1936076543

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Rust On The Razor

A Tom And Scott Mystery

By: Mark Richard Zubro

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Rust On The Razor

A Tom And Scott Mystery

By: Mark Richard Zubro

Scott Carpenter, Chicago baseball player, and his lover, Tom Mason rush to rural Georgia to be by the side of Scott's father, who has just been stricken by a heart attack. Once there, they discover that the locals are none too pleased to have them around. To make matters worse, the local sheriff turns up dead, in the back of their rental car, and the local officials can't imagine anyone they'd rather convict of the crime than the two of them...

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1466804483

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Generosity

An Enhancement

By: Richard Powers

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Generosity

An Enhancement

By: Richard Powers

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “provocative . . . dazzling” novel delves into the possibilities and consequences of finding the genetic basis for happiness (Ron Charles, The Washington Post). A refugee from the Algerian civil war, Thassadit Amzwar has not only survived terrible trauma, but also emerged from it with an unflagging sense of joy and optimism. Could it be that her infectious joy—which has inspired her fellow creative nonfiction students at the Mesquakie College of Art—is rooted in a genetic condition known as hyperthymia? When her condition captures the public imagination—and the attention of a pioneering geneticist—events are set in motion that bring profound questions into focus. What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments? Funny, fast, and magical, Generosity celebrates both science and the freed imagination. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429945923

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Trading on Sentiment

The Power of Minds Over Markets

By: Richard L. Peterson

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Trading on Sentiment

The Power of Minds Over Markets

By: Richard L. Peterson

In his debut book on trading psychology, Inside the Investor’s Brain, Richard Peterson demonstrated how managing emotions helps top investors outperform. Now, in Trading on Sentiment, he takes you inside the science of crowd psychology and demonstrates that not only do price patterns exist, but the most predictable ones are rooted in our shared human nature. Peterson’s team developed text analysis engines to mine data - topics, beliefs, and emotions - from social media. Based on that data, they put together a market-neutral social media-based hedge fund that beat the S&P 500 by more than twenty-four percent—through the 2008 financial crisis. In this groundbreaking guide, he shows you how they did it and why it worked. Applying algorithms to social media data opened up an unprecedented world of insight into the elusive patterns of investor sentiment driving repeating market moves. Inside, you gain a privileged look at the media content that moves investors, along with time-tested techniques to make the smart moves—even when it doesn’t feel right. This book digs underneath technicals and fundamentals to explain the primary mover of market prices - the global information flow and how investors react to it. It provides the expert guidance you need to develop a competitive edge, manage risk, and overcome our sometimes-flawed human nature. Learn how traders are using sentiment analysis and statistical tools to extract value from media data in order to: Foresee important price moves using an understanding of how investors process news. Make more profitable investment decisions by identifying when prices are trending, when trends are turning, and when sharp market moves are likely to reverse. Use media sentiment to improve value and momentum investing returns. Avoid the pitfalls of unique price patterns found in commodities, currencies, and during speculative bubbles Trading on Sentiment deepens your understanding of markets and supplies you with the tools and techniques to beat global markets— whether they’re going up, down, or sideways.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119163749

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Lincoln and His World

The Early Years: Birth to Illinois Legislature

By: Richard Lawrence Miller

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Lincoln and His World

The Early Years: Birth to Illinois Legislature

By: Richard Lawrence Miller

Just as an archeologist can reassemble pot shards and draw inferences about the civilization that produced it, I've examined a mass of verbal chunks left by Lincoln and people around him. I've sorted jumbled piles of fragments, restored them, and pieced them together in a way that reveals the speakers' world. --Richard Lawrence Miller, from the preface Quoting from eyewitness accounts, Richard Lawrence Miller allows Lincoln and his contemporaries to tell the story of this monumental American and bring a fascinating era of American history to life. The book covers Lincoln's birth through his first election to the Illinois legislature in 1834. Subsequent volumes will deal with Lincoln's life up to the White House years.

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Stackpole Books

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0811741028

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Myths, Misconceptions, and Invalid Assumptions of Counseling and Psychotherapy

By: Jeffrey Kottler,Richard S. Balkin

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Myths, Misconceptions, and Invalid Assumptions of Counseling and Psychotherapy

By: Jeffrey Kottler,Richard S. Balkin

Which of the following statements about counseling and psychotherapy have been proven to be true? a) Intake interviews, routinely done during the first meeting with a new client, provide a reliable foundation on which to base a diagnosis and treatment plan. b) The most effective "dosage" of therapy has been found to be around 45-50 minutes, which is why the "50-minute hour" is the usual length of time for a single session. c) Evidence-Based Practices are the standard techniques used by clinicians. d) Therapists become more effective over time, and the best therapists are the ones with the most experience and most training. e) None of the above. Which of the following statements about counseling and psychotherapy are false? a) Thanks to careful and methodical research, we know precisely the qualities that make a good therapist. b) Knowledge gained from Randomized Controlled Trials and other rigorous studies informs training program design, teaching methods, and clinical practice. c) When a client achieves a successful outcome from therapy, the results can be traced through the therapeutic process, and the results are long-lasting. d) Our training programs are routinely reconfigured to ensure they are in line with the most up-to-date information. e) All of the above. You might be surprised that the answer to both questions is "e." Although there are countless studies on the effectiveness of counseling, there is also compelling evidence that researchers have difficulty replicating results of studies. There are many common elements of counseling practice that lack an evidentiary basis, and yet some of these components remain unquestioned, unchallenged, and accepted as the way things are. Book jacket.

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The Suicide Squad

By: Richard Curtis

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The Suicide Squad

By: Richard Curtis

When a star quarterback goes MIA after a big game, sports agent Dave Bolt must discover if the player is in on the fix—or the next man down . . . Dave Bolt doesn’t know what the Racers' star quarterback has to do with the game no gambler would touch, but it smells like a mighty fishy fix. When Jimmy Quinn doesn't show for a meeting and has disappeared, Bolt suspects more than a thrown game. Quinn's books show a few shady deals, but nothing too suspicious. Now Bolt has a dead gambler on his hands, and what he wants to know is . . . is Quinn next on the list or a cold-blooded killer? No one ever said the sports business was a cup of tea and Dave Bolt takes his coffee strong, bitter and black.

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1497634989

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My Grandfather's Altar

Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men

By: Richard Moves Camp

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Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men

By: Richard Moves Camp

Richard Moves Camp’s My Grandfather’s Altar is an oral-literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great-great-grandson of Wóptuȟ’a (“Chips”), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember the descendants of Wóptuȟ’a for their roles in preserving Lakota ceremonial traditions during the official prohibition period (1883–1934), when the U.S. Indian Religious Crimes Code outlawed Indian religious ceremonies with the threat of imprisonment. Wóptuȟ’a, his two sons, James Moves Camp and Charles Horn Chips, his grandson Sam Moves Camp, and his great-great-grandson Richard Moves Camp all became well-respected Lakota spiritual leaders. My Grandfather’s Altar offers the rare opportunity to learn firsthand how one family’s descendants played a pivotal role in revitalizing Lakota religion in the twentieth century.

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America has lost it's soul. Will "We the People"?

By: Richard Coller

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America has lost it's soul. Will "We the People"?

By: Richard Coller

What if the next generation is denied the benefits of a government founded on God centered political integrity?Ryker Cuff finds himself thrust into the middle of an American tragedy where USA original fundamentals are perverted or gone, leaving influence on society much different from its founding. Technology has advanced but society reflects an unprincipled philosophy without the authority of God "s word. It is up to an underground organization to research, resurrect roots and teach people what is lost. The Network struggles with organizing and operating under the NMA (Neutral Morals Agency), which polices the governments " new amoral rights. Intrigue, intelligence and ingenuity frame actions as each alliance vies for societal dominance. SThe term tolerance has been overused and abused. It was successfully used to elevate lenience of ideas contrary to unsophisticated Christian conviction. But it was turned upon progressive philosophies in like manner. The term we need is something that matches our goals of tolerance but only supports neutral reactions. The term neutral should be integrated into the idea of freedom. Morgan Tanner, New American Bill of Rights taskforce leader â€œ 8/18/2022

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1458007006

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Bigger Dreams

A Two Act Play about Deaf Politician Gary Malkowski

By: Richard Medugno

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Bigger Dreams

A Two Act Play about Deaf Politician Gary Malkowski

By: Richard Medugno

A full-length play based on the life and career of Deaf Canadian Gary Malkowski - an equal rights activist and Ontario politican

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1410725375

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Forty Crazy Years of Friendship

By: Richard Hulse

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Forty Crazy Years of Friendship

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Author Richard Hulses best friend, Baines Spivington, lived a life that leaned away from convention. That is not to say he did not live an ordinary life; he just had his own way of doing things. He was passionate and unselfish when it came to helping and caring for family and friends. At times he questioned who he was, especially when he reflected on his intelligence and the successes and failures of various endeavors of his life. Baines was a funny, talented, and creative individual. He was serious when it came to his relationships with women. He was shy and uncomfortable around strangers, but in the presence of his friends he was gregarious and outgoing. He lived a rich life, though it was stressful at times. Travel with Baines, Richard, and Rowdy as they drink themselves across Europe. Join them for spring break at Anza Borrego Desert and Oceanside, California. Enjoy the story of Bainess first colonoscopy. Laugh at Richard and Bainess attempt to pick up women one warm summer day at Sorrento Beach in Santa Monica, California. Help them cheer on the Los Angeles Raiders and the USC Trojans football teams. Learn about Bainess talent as an actor and writer. Experience Bainess pursuit of a satisfying career. Appreciate the story of a crazy friendship that lasted for over forty years. Hulses adventures with Baines were both comical and tragic. This biography serves as a memorial to a man who lived a life that mattered.

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1491770384

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FM

The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio

By: Richard Neer

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The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio

By: Richard Neer

It was all so honest, before the end of our collective innocence. Top Forty jocks screamed and yelled and sounded mightier than God on millions of transistor radios. But on FM radio it was all spun out for only you. On a golden web by a master weaver driven by fifty thousand magical watts of crystal clear power . . . before the days of trashy, hedonistic dumbspeak and disposable three-minute ditties . . . in the days where rock lived at many addresses in many cities." –from FM As a young man, Richard Neer dreamed of landing a job at WNEW in New York–one of the revolutionary FM stations across the country that were changing the face of radio by rejecting strict formatting and letting disc jockeys play whatever they wanted. He felt that when he got there, he’d have made the big time. Little did he know he’d have shaped rock history as well. FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio chronicles the birth, growth, and death of free-form rock-and-roll radio through the stories of the movement’s flagship stations. In the late sixties and early seventies–at stations like KSAN in San Francisco, WBCN in Boston, WMMR in Philadelphia, KMET in Los Angeles, WNEW, and others–disc jockeys became the gatekeepers, critics, and gurus of new music. Jocks like Scott Muni, Vin Scelsa, Jonathan Schwartz, and Neer developed loyal followings and had incredible influence on their listeners and on the early careers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Genesis, the Cars, and many others. Full of fascinating firsthand stories, FM documents the commodification of an iconoclastic phenomenon, revealing how counterculture was coopted and consumed by the mainstream. Richard Neer was an eyewitness to, and participant in, this history. FM is the tale of his exhilarating ride.

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1588360733

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Childhood Country

And Other Short Stories From An Itinerant Early Life

By: Richard Vaughn

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Childhood Country

And Other Short Stories From An Itinerant Early Life

By: Richard Vaughn

A lonely boy's landscape encompasses the U. S. Middle West and California during the Great Depression 1930s through the World War II home front and late 1940s. Broken shards of youthful memory: rooming with strangers, moving from place to place with sudden frequency and continual uncertainty because of poverty and a mother's marital failures. Seen through a boy's eyes from six to sixteen, here are children and adults in the throes of financial hardship and tumultuous wartime: an empty house with deathly echoes, relatives swept into the cataclysm of war, a cousin gripped by suicidal grief, a family betrayed, and unexpected humor, friendship, hope and first love. He escapes into movies, comic books, adventurous imagination with fantasy excursions, and fascination with guns. Through it all is his mother, raised on dreams of a luxurious life but thwarted by doomed relationships as she searches for love and security when both are rationed or transient. He lives an adolescence not knowing who he is or where he belongs as events propel him toward the looming horizon of manhood.

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0595428541

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