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Pontiff (A Thriller)

By: Richard Bowker

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The Catholic Church has a new leader—an obscure African cardinal reputed to be a miracle-worker. When an incendiary talk-show host incites public opposition to the pope's planned visit to Boston's Fenway Park, Father Joe Hurley and Lieutenant Kathleen Morelli of the Boston Police Department investigate despite their superiors' opposition. Quickly and irresistibly attracted to each other, Hurly and Morelli are pulled ever deeper into a web of intrigue as the pope moves into the assassin's sights. OTHER TITLES by Richard Bowker Senator The Psychic Thriller Series SCIENCE FICTION TITLES by Richard Bowker Replica Forbidden Sanctuary Dover Beach (The Last P.I. Series, Book 1) The Distance Beacons (The Last P.I. Series, Book 2)

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1614173052

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Senator

By: Richard Bowker

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Senator

By: Richard Bowker

Jim O'Connor, the Republican senator from Massachusetts, is a handsome, charismatic family man—and a future contender for the presidency. But when O'Connor discovers his mistress brutally murdered in her apartment, he becomes a number-one homicide suspect of the Boston Police Department. With November on the horizon and his campaign spinning out of control, the Senator must hunt down a killer in the capital of lies—in order to salvage his battered political career...and his own life. REVIEWS: "An exciting mystery... Those with a taste for mixing politics and murder will savor the tale to the end." ~Booklist "Bowker is a smooth and sensitive writer." ~The New York Times Book Review "Senator actually is three stories in one: a political thesis, a murder mystery and a morality tale, each complementing the other in a skillful blend that is as contemporary as today’s headlines. Senator is timely, profound, and suspenseful." ~Cape Cod Times "A page turner... Well worth reading." ~Library Journal OTHER TITLES by Richard Bowker Pontiff Summit Replica Dover Beach

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1614173095

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'Sconset

By: Rob Benchley and Richard Trust

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'Sconset

By: Rob Benchley and Richard Trust

Sconset, the popularized version of its official name Siasconset, prides itself on preserving the charm and rich, historical character of the quaint, little village in the southeastern corner of Nantucket Island. Acclaimed as one of America's first summer vacation retreats, 'Sconset is cherished for its rose-covered cottages, lush hydrangeas, quiet paths and lanes, three miles of soft-sand beach, its iconic Sankaty Head Lighthouse, and a host of seasonal amenities. Siasconset is a Wampanoag Algonquian word meaning "place of great bones." Seven miles from bustling Nantucket town, 'Sconset was a remote fishing station of the Wampanoag when they first met with Europeans in 1659. Today, 'Sconseters embrace a strong sense of community with more than 2,000 summer residents but only about 200 hardy souls living there year-round.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467128732

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Rome's World

The Peutinger Map Reconsidered

By: Richard J. A. Talbert,Tom Elliott

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Rome's World

The Peutinger Map Reconsidered

By: Richard J. A. Talbert,Tom Elliott

A long-overdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the Peutinger Map as a masterpiece both of mapmaking and imperial Roman ideology.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521764807

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Venetian Vernacular Architecture

Traditional Housing in the Venetian Lagoon

By: Richard J. Goy

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Venetian Vernacular Architecture

Traditional Housing in the Venetian Lagoon

By: Richard J. Goy

This book is an introduction to the vernacular (or "minor") architecture of the villages of the Venetian lagoon, excluding the historic centre of the city itself. It is intended as a companion volume to Dr Goy's "Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon".

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Cambridge University Press

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0521154901

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Mama's Boy

The True Story of a Serial Killer and His Mother

By: Richard T. Pienciak

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Mama's Boy

The True Story of a Serial Killer and His Mother

By: Richard T. Pienciak

The women in Eric Napoletano's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead, from his girlfriend in 1984 to his mother-in-law in 1985 to his second wife in 1990. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre twist in the case--his own mother, an employee of the New York City Police Department with access to confidential documents--and a woman who didn't hesitate to interfere with justice.

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Onyx Books

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0451407482

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A History of American Literature

By: Richard Gray

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A History of American Literature

By: Richard Gray

Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444345680

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Building Renaissance Venice

Patrons, Architects and Builders, C. 1430-1500

By: Richard John Goy

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Building Renaissance Venice

Patrons, Architects and Builders, C. 1430-1500

By: Richard John Goy

This book brings to life the story of the construction of some of the most outstanding early Renaissance buildings in Venice. Through a series of individual case studies, Richard J. Goy explores how and why great buildings came to be built. He addresses the practical issues of constructing such buildings as the Torre dell’Orologio in Piazza San Marco, the Arsenale Gate, and the churches of Santa Maria della Carita and San Zaccaria, focusing particular attention on the process of patronage. The book is the first to trace the complete process of creating important buildings, from the earliest conception in the minds of the patrons--the Venetian state or other institutional patrons--through the choice of architect, the employment of craftsmen, and the selection of materials. In an interesting analysis of the participants’ roles, Goy highlights the emerging importance of the superintending master, the protomaestro.

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Yale University Press

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0300112920

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Ethnic Music on Records

A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque

By: Richard K. Spottswood

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Ethnic Music on Records

A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque

By: Richard K. Spottswood

This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place of recording, master and release numbers, and reissues in all formats. Because of its clear arrangements and indexes, it will be a unique and valuable tool for music and ethnic historians, folklorists, and others.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252017226

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Autobiographical Writings on Mexico

An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources

By: Richard D. Woods

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Autobiographical Writings on Mexico

An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources

By: Richard D. Woods

This is the definitive bibliography of autobiographical writings on Mexico. The book incorporates works by Mexicans and foreigners, with authors ranging from disinherited peasants, women, servants and revolutionaries to more famous painters, writers, singers, journalists and politicians. Primary sources of historic and artistic value, the writings listed provide multiple perspectives on Mexico's past and give clues to a national Mexican identity. This work presents 1,850 entries, including autobiographies, memoirs, collections of letters, diaries, oral autobiographies, interviews, and autobiographical novels and essays. Over 1,500 entries list works from native-born Mexicans written between 1691 and 2003. Entries include basic bibliographical data, genre, author's life dates, narrative dates, available translations into English, and annotation. The bibliography is indexed by author, title and subject, and appendices provide a chronological listing of works and a list of selected outstanding autobiographies.

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McFarland

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1476611823

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Playhouse

A novel

By: Richard Bausch

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Playhouse

A novel

By: Richard Bausch

From the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (“A master of the novel as well as the story . . . Effortlessly engaging” —Sven Birkerts, The New York Times), a sharp, affecting, masterly new novel about a close-knit theater community in Memphis and one turbulent, transformative production of King Lear. As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, life for the core members of the company seems to be falling into disarray. Their trusted director has just retired, and theater manager Thaddeus Deerforth—staring down forty and sensing a rift growing slowly between himself and his wife, Gina—dreads the arrival of an imperious, inscrutable visiting director. Claudette, struggling to make ends meet as an actor and destabilized by family troubles, is getting frequent calls from her ex-boyfriend—and also the narcissistic, lecherous television actor who has been recruited to play King Lear in their fall production. Also invited to the cast is Malcolm Ruark, a disgraced TV anchor muddling through the fallout of a scandal involving his underaged niece—and suddenly in an even more precarious situation when the same niece, now eighteen, is cast to play Cordelia. As tensions onstage and off build toward a breaking point, the bonds among the intimately drawn characters are put to extraordinary tests—and the fate of the theater itself may even be on the line. Deftly weaving together the points of view of Thaddeus, Claudette, and Malcolm, and utterly original in its incorporation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama, Playhouse is an unforgettable story of men and women, human frailty, art, and redemption—a work of inimitable imaginative prowess by one of our most renowned storytellers.

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0451494857

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Born Again

By: Richard Oestermann

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Born Again

By: Richard Oestermann

Oestermann, a Dane by birth who has lived in Israel since 1961, presents 35 brief human interest stories about Israel's ordinary and extraordinary citizens, including a man who leads treks in the desert, an Israeli woman whose life was saved by an Arab physician, and Israeli transsexual singer Dana International. The volume includes bandw photos; it lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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9652292141

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Fallen Sparrows

That One of These Little Ones Be Lost

By: Richard Shaw

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Fallen Sparrows

That One of These Little Ones Be Lost

By: Richard Shaw

This book is a sweeping anecdotal view of two thousand years of Christian history. It asks whether we are called to be a righteous community apart from those who are sinners, criminals, and nonbelievers, or if we should embrace all people as Christ did.

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1666747947

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Tech to Table

25 Innovators Reimagining Food

By: Richard Munson

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Tech to Table

25 Innovators Reimagining Food

By: Richard Munson

Imagine eating a burger grown in a laboratory, a strawberry picked by a robot, or a pastry created with a 3-D printer. You would never taste the difference, but these technologies might just save your health and the planet’s. Today, landmark advances in computing, engineering, and medicine are driving solutions to the biggest problems created by industrialized food. Tech to Table introduces readers to twenty-five of the most creative entrepreneurs advancing these solutions. They come from various places and professions, identities and backgrounds. But they share an outsider’s perspective and an idealistic, sometimes aggressive, ambition to rethink the food system. Reinvention is desperately needed. Under Big Ag, pollution, climate change, animal cruelty, hunger, and obesity have festered, and despite decades of effort, organic farming accounts for less than one percent of US croplands. Entrepreneurs represent a new path, one where disruptive technology helps people and the environment. These innovations include supplements to lower the methane in cattle belches, drones that monitor irrigation levels in crops, urban warehouses that grow produce year-round, and more. The pace and breadth of change is astonishing, as investors pump billions of dollars into ag-innovation. Startups are attracting capital and building markets, with the potential to upend conventional agribusiness’s stranglehold on the food system. Not every invention will prosper long-term, but each marks a fundamental change in our approach to feeding a growing population—sustainably. A revolution in how we grow and eat food is brewing. Munson’s deftly crafted profiles offer a fascinating preview of the coming future of food.

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Island Press

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1642831913

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The Global Evolution of Clinical Legal Education

More than a Method

By: Richard J. Wilson

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The Global Evolution of Clinical Legal Education

More than a Method

By: Richard J. Wilson

Clinical legal education has revolutionized legal education, from its deepest origins in the nineteenth century to its now-global reach.

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1107025613

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The Rights of War and Peace

Political Thought and the International Order from Grotius to Kant

By: Richard Tuck

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The Rights of War and Peace

Political Thought and the International Order from Grotius to Kant

By: Richard Tuck

The Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. This is not only an account of international law: as Professor Tuck shows, ideas about inter-state relations were central to the formation of modern liberal political theory, for the best example the kind of agent which liberalism presupposes was provided by the modern state. As a result the book illuminates the presuppositions behind much current political theory, and puts into a new perspective the connection between liberalism and imperialism.

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0191037427

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California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History

By: Richard White

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California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History

By: Richard White

Winner of the 2021 California Book Award (Californiana category) A brilliant California history, in word and image, from an award-winning historian and a documentary photographer. “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This indelible quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance applies especially well to California, where legend has so thoroughly become fact that it is visible in everyday landscapes. Our foremost historian of the West, Richard White, never content to “print the legend,” collaborates here with his son, a talented photographer, in excavating the layers of legend built into California’s landscapes. Together they expose the bedrock of the past, and the history they uncover is astonishing. Jesse White’s evocative photographs illustrate the sites of Richard’s historical investigations. A vista of Drakes Estero conjures the darkly amusing story of the Drake Navigators Guild and its dubious efforts to establish an Anglo-Saxon heritage for California. The restored Spanish missions of Los Angeles frame another origin story in which California’s native inhabitants, civilized through contact with friars, gift their territories to white settlers. But the history is not so placid. A quiet riverside park in the Tulare Lake Basin belies scenes of horror from when settlers in the 1850s transformed native homelands into American property. Near the lake bed stands a small marker commemorating the Mussel Slough massacre, the culmination of a violent struggle over land titles between local farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1870s. Tulare is today a fertile agricultural county, but its population is poor and unhealthy. The California Dream lives elsewhere. The lake itself disappeared when tributary rivers were rerouted to deliver government-subsidized water to big agriculture and cities. But climate change ensures that it will be back—the only question is when.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393243079

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9780393243079

Creating the New Right Ethnic in 1970s America

The Intersection of Anger and Nostalgia

By: Richard Moss

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Creating the New Right Ethnic in 1970s America

The Intersection of Anger and Nostalgia

By: Richard Moss

This work analyzes the "New Ethnicity" of the 1970s as a way of understanding America's political turn to the right in that decade. An upsurge of vocal ethnic consciousness among second-, third-, and fourth-generation Southern and Eastern Europeans, the New Ethnicity simultaneously challenged and emulated earlier identity movements such as Black Power. The movement was more complex than the historical memory of racist, reactionary white ethnic leaders suggests. The movement began with a significant grassroots effort to gain more social welfare assistance for "near poor" white ethnic neighborhoods and ease tensions between the working-class African Americans and whites who lived in close proximity to one another in urban neighborhoods. At the same time, a more militant strain of white ethnicity was created by urban leaders who sought conflict with minorities and liberals. The reassertion of ethnicity necessarily involved the invention of myths, symbols, and traditions, and this process actually served to retard the progressive strain of New Ethnicity and strengthen the position of reactionary leaders and New Right politicians who hoped to encourage racial discord and dismantle social welfare programs. Public intellectuals created a mythical white ethnic who shunned welfare, valued the family, and provided an antidote to liberal elitism and neighborhood breakdown. Corporations and publishers embraced this invented ethnic identity and codified it through consumption. Finally, politicians appropriated the rhetoric of the New Ethnicity while ignoring its demands. The image of hard-working, self-sufficient ethnics who took care of their own neighborhood problems became powerful currency in their effort to create racial division and dismantle New Deal and Great Society protections.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611479363

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9781611479362

Public Life in Renaissance Florence

By: Richard C. Trexler

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Public Life in Renaissance Florence

By: Richard C. Trexler

Covering the history of Renaissance Florence from the fourteenth century to the beginnings of the Medici duchy, Richard C. Trexler traces collective ritual behavior in all its forms, from a simple greeting to the most elaborate community festival. He examines three kinds of social relationships: those between individual Florentines, those between Florentines and foreigners, and those between Florentines and God and His saints. He maintains that ritual brought life to the public world and, when necessary, reformed public life.

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Cornell University Press

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1501720279

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A Casebook on Roman Property Law

By: Richard Gamauf

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A Casebook on Roman Property Law

By: Richard Gamauf

This volume introduces Roman property law by means of "cases" consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in Latin with English translations. The cases are followed by series of analytical questions and translated excerpts from modern civil codes to illustrate the dynamic character and continuing life of the Roman legal tradition.

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0199791112

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A Brief History of American Literature

By: Richard Gray

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A Brief History of American Literature

By: Richard Gray

A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444392468

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Universal Man: Da' Vinci's Soul Reborn

By: Richard A. Aliberti

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Universal Man: Da' Vinci's Soul Reborn

By: Richard A. Aliberti

Have you ever wondered, dreamed, or dared to embark on unchartered horizons? The artistic masters of 15th and 16th century Italy certainly did! Their lives have led me on my own life of wonder and creation and I hope this book inspires you to take your own journey.Of all the old masters, Leonardo of Vinci is likely one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of all time here he is presented from a perspective unlike any others: from an active and practicing present-day brethren lost in America.Universal Man is an inspired and concise exposition of the life and times of renowned genius Leonardo da' Vinci and the Renaissance. Written by acclaimed contemporary artist, Richard Aliberti, a living descendent of Leon Batista Alberti, da' Vinci's early mentor. This book is sure to delight people of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. Universal Man takes you through an interesting and illustrated journey through what some scholars have called the most creative and productive period in all of history. From a glimpse at the formative years of Leonardo's upbringing, to his early tutelage in his Master Veroccio's studio, to his extensive travels to Florence, Milan, and elsewhere bringing him in contact with the statesmen, authors, and other geniuses of his time like the Medici, Luca Pacioli, and Boccaccio. This book will make a mark on your life, like da' Vinci has, on your soul which makes this book worth keeping to pass on to your descendants to be moved by as well. May you be touched by the hand and mind of da' Vinci like I have.

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Salem House Press

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0983666547

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Philadelphia's Germans

From Colonial Settlers to Enemy Aliens

By: Richard N. Juliani

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Philadelphia's Germans

From Colonial Settlers to Enemy Aliens

By: Richard N. Juliani

In Philadelphia’s Germans: From Colonial Settlers to Enemy Aliens, Richard N. Juliani examines the social, cultural, and political life, along with the ethnic consciousness, of Philadelphia’s Germans, from their participation in the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania to the entry of the United States into World War I. This book focuses on their paradoxical transformation from loyal citizens, who made great contributions as they became increasingly Americanized, to a people viewed as a foreign threat to the safety and security of the city and nation. It also considers the policies and treatment of government and views of the local press in reporting and interpreting the dilemma of German Americans during the transition.

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1793651809

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Private Wealth in Renaissance Florence

By: Richard A. Goldthwaite

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Private Wealth in Renaissance Florence

By: Richard A. Goldthwaite

The histories of six generations of the Strozzi, Gondi, Guicciardini, and Capponi families are traced from the fifteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries by focusing on the family household as defined by the economic bonds reflected in account books. These four families were among the best known of the city's patriciate and were influential in affairs of the city. Their histories serve as case studies in seeking to determine the nature of the patrician family as a specific kind of social institution and to assess its importance in Florentine history. A concluding chapter attempts to relate the changing composition of the family to the general development of Renaissance civilization. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400878624

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The Pope : A Novel

Vol. 1

By: John Richard Digby Beste

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The Pope : A Novel

Vol. 1

By: John Richard Digby Beste

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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3368736027

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Chicano Students and the Courts

The Mexican American Legal Struggle for Educational Equality

By: Richard R. Valencia

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Chicano Students and the Courts

The Mexican American Legal Struggle for Educational Equality

By: Richard R. Valencia

In 1925 Adolfo ‘Babe’ Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young children, who were forced to attend a markedly low-quality segregated school, and won. But Romo v. Laird was just the beginning. Some sources rank Mexican Americans as one of the most poorly educated ethnic groups in the United States. Chicano Students and the Courts is a comprehensive look at this community’s long-standing legal struggle for better schools and educational equality. Through the lens of critical race theory, Valencia details why and how Mexican American parents and their children have been forced to resort to legal action. Chicano Students and the Courts engages the many areas that have spurred Mexican Americans to legal battle, including school segregation, financing, special education, bilingual education, school closures, undocumented students, higher education financing, and high-stakes testing, ultimately situating these legal efforts in the broader scope of the Mexican American community’s overall struggle for the right to an equal education. Extensively researched, and written by an author with firsthand experience in the courtroom as an expert witness in Mexican American education cases, this volume is the first to provide an in-depth understanding of the intersection of litigation and education vis-à-vis Mexican Americans.

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0814788300

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The Third Hour

By: Richard Devin

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The Third Hour

By: Richard Devin

The Third Hour is an amazing read." Heather Graham, New York Times Bestselling Author "What a debut." USA Book News Award Winner - Thriller/Adventure Once a devout catholic, Dominic Renzi finds himself at a crossroad in his life and his faith. A priest's last words, whispered to Dominic, pull him back to the church in a way he never expected... And a conspiracy begins to unravel. Dominic unwittingly becomes the center of a complicated maze of the world's unsolved mysteries: Roswell, the Bermuda Triangle, time travel and the crucifixion. With help from inside the U.S. Senate and the Vatican, Dominic struggles to find the truth, save the church... and his life. Can he uncover the truths from the past that shape the present before he is stopped? Perhaps all the answers he seeks have already been found... at The Third Hour. "Don't miss this!" F. Paul Wilson, New York Times Bestselling Author and Creator of Repairman Jack. "The Third Hour is an original spin on the religious-thriller genre, incorporating elements of science fiction along with the religious angle. Dan Brown, Lee Child and James Rollins fans may have just found another author to add to their bookshelf. The strength of The Third Hour lies in its originality, combined with an interesting take on real historical figures, who are made a part of the experiment at the heart of the novel, and the fast pace that builds throughout the story to an - I didn't see that coming - ending." RT Reviews

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Invoke Books

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0692218661

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Volume I

By: Richard Krautheimer

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Volume I

By: Richard Krautheimer

Volume 1 of 2. Lorenzo Ghiberti, sculptor and towering figure of the Renaissance, was the creator of the celebrated Bronze Doors of the Baptistery at Florence, a work that occupied him for twenty years and became known (at Michelangelo's suggestion, according to tradition) as the Doors of Paradise. Here Richard Krautheimer takes what Charles S. Seymour, Jr., describes as "a fascinating journey into the mind, career, and inventiveness of one of the indisputably outstanding sculptors of all the Western tradition." This one-volume edition includes an extensive new preface and bibliography by the author. Richard Krautheimer, Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, currently lives in Rome. He is the author of numerous works, including the Pelican Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture and Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308 (Princeton). Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, 31. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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0691200572

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9780691200576

Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity for Students of Color

Disrupting Structural RacismÑAn American Imperative

By: Richard R. Valencia

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Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity for Students of Color

Disrupting Structural RacismÑAn American Imperative

By: Richard R. Valencia

Valencia presents the mostÊcomprehensive, theory-based analysis to date on how societyÊandÊschools are structurally organized and maintained toÊimpedeÊthe optimal academicÊachievement of low-SES, marginalized K–12 Black and Latino/Latina students—comparedÊto theirÊprivileged WhiteÊcounterparts. TheÊbook interrogates how society contributes to educational inequality as seen in racializedÊpatterns in income, wealth, housing, and health, andÊhow public schools create significantÊobstacles for students ofÊcolor as observed in reduced access toÊopportunities (e.g., little access toÊhigh-status curricula knowledge). ÊValenciaÊoffers suggestions for achievingÊequal education (e.g., implementing fairness of school funding,ÊimprovingÊteacher quality, and providingÊstudents of color access to multicultural education) by disrupting structural racism.ÊConsidering the rapid aging of the WhiteÊpopulation and the sharp decline of WhiteÊyouth—coupledÊwith theÊexplosive growth in people ofÊcolor—this book argues that theÊ“AmericanÊImperative” must be toÊassiduouslyÊmount an effort to provide an excellent education forÊstudents ofÊcolor, who the nation will depend on for a sizable proportion of its work force. Book Features:Examines how society and schools are failing Black and Latino/Latina students, principally Mexican Americans who are by far the largest Latino/Latina group.Uses theoretical frameworks that draw from analysis of structural inequality, critical race theory, anti-deficit thinking narratives, class-by-race covariation, and an asset-based perspective of students of color. Discusses the “American Imperative” and the personal and economic consequences of not investing in students of color.

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Teachers College Press

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0807782726

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