Richard Edward Gent Kirk's Books

The Cool Gent

The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent

By: Herb Kent,David Smallwood,Mayor Richard M. Daley

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The Cool Gent

The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent

By: Herb Kent,David Smallwood,Mayor Richard M. Daley

When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s, his white professor told him, “You have the best voice in class, but you'll never make it in radio because you're a Negro.” This did not deter the poor kid from the Chicago housing projects who had decided on a radio career at age five. It was just one more obstacle to face head on and overcome. Known as the Cool Gent, the King of the Dusties, and the Mayor of Bronzeville, Herb Kent is one of radio's most illustrious and legendary stars. This fascinating autobiography details both the high and low points of Herb's life while providing a vivid picture of black music, culture, and personalities from the 1950s to today. Herb had a typical rock-and-roll lifestyle—drugs, alcohol, all-night partying, and women—eventually hitting rock bottom, where he finally faced his personal demons. At least nine times Herb came close to death, but through it all, he maintained his debonair, classy persona and his uncanny knack for picking timeless tunes. And he didn't save only himself; along the way, he blazed new trails for all African Americans and remains a role model for today's top deejays.

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Chicago Review Press

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1569762546

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9781569762547

The Clerical Guide, Or Ecclesiastical Directory

By: Richard Gilbert

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The Clerical Guide, Or Ecclesiastical Directory

By: Richard Gilbert

The Clerical Guide, Or Ecclesiastical Directory: Containing a Complete Register of the Dignities and Benefices of the Church of England, with the names of their present possessors,patrons &c. and an alphabetical list of the dignitaries and benefits clergy.

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Рипол Классик

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587575804X

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9785875758041

Boldly Live As You've Never Lived Before

(Unauthorized and Unexpected) Life Lessons from Star Trek

By: Richard Raben,Hiyaguha Cohen

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Boldly Live As You've Never Lived Before

(Unauthorized and Unexpected) Life Lessons from Star Trek

By: Richard Raben,Hiyaguha Cohen

In a world woefully devoid of heroes, Star Trek offers a universe full of them. Teaching readers how to release their heroic nature by identifying with Star Trek heroes, this book offers an inspiring message--that we can bring out the best in ourselves.

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260

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Avon Books

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0380726319

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9780380726318

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book

By: Richard A. McPherson,Matthew R. Pincus

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Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book

By: Richard A. McPherson,Matthew R. Pincus

Recognized as the definitive book in laboratory medicine since 1908, Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, edited by Richard A. McPherson, MD and Matthew R. Pincus, MD, PhD, is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary pathology reference that gives you state-of-the-art guidance on lab test selection and interpretation of results. Revisions throughout keep you current on the latest topics in the field, such as biochemical markers of bone metabolism, clinical enzymology, pharmacogenomics, and more! A user-friendly full-color layout puts all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips. Update your understanding of the scientific foundation and clinical application of today's complete range of laboratory tests. Get optimal test results with guidance on error detection, correction, and prevention as well as cost-effective test selection. Reference the information you need quickly and easily thanks to a full-color layout, many new color illustrations and visual aids, and an organization by organ system. Master all the latest approaches in clinical laboratory medicine with new and updated coverage of: the chemical basis for analyte assays and common interferences; lipids and dyslipoproteinemia; markers in the blood for cardiac injury evaluation and related stroke disorders; coagulation testing for antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin and clopidogrel; biochemical markers of bone metabolism; clinical enzymology; hematology and transfusion medicine; medical microbiology; body fluid analysis; and many other rapidly evolving frontiers in the field. Effectively monitor the pace of drug clearing in patients undergoing pharmacogenomic treatments with a new chapter on this groundbreaking new area. Apply the latest best practices in clinical laboratory management with special chapters on organization, work flow, quality control, interpretation of results, informatics, financial management, and establishing a molecular diagnostics laboratory. Confidently prepare for the upcoming recertification exams for clinical pathologists set to begin in 2016.

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1769

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455726842

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9781455726844

The Iliad

A Commentary

By: Geoffrey Stephen Kirk,Mark W. Edwards,Richard Janko,John Bryan Hainsworth,Nicholas James Richardson

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The Iliad

A Commentary

By: Geoffrey Stephen Kirk,Mark W. Edwards,Richard Janko,John Bryan Hainsworth,Nicholas James Richardson

This is the first volume of a projected six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad, under the General Editorship of professor G.S. Kirk. Professor Kirk himself is the editor of the present volume, which covers the first four Books of Iliad. It consists of four introductory chapters, dealing in particular with rhythm and formular techniques, followed by the detailed commentary which aims at helping serious readers by attempting to identify and deal with most of the difficulties which might stand in the way of a sensitive and informed response to the poem. The Catalogues in Book 2 recieve especially full treatment. The book does not include a Greek text - important matters pertaining to the text are discussed in the commentary. It is hoped that the volume as a whole will lead scholars to a better understanding of the epic style as well as of many well-known thematic problems on a larger scale. This Commentary will be an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature. Archaeologists and historians will also find that it contains matters of relevance to them.

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442

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Cambridge University Press

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0521281717

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9780521281713

The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

By: Richard F. Bales

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The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

By: Richard F. Bales

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 swallowed up more than three square miles in two days, leaving thousands homeless and 300 dead. Throughout history, the fire has been attributed to Mrs. O'Leary, an immigrant Irish milkmaid, and her cow. On one level, the tale of Mrs. O'Leary's cow is merely the quintessential urban legend. But the story also represents a means by which the upper classes of Chicago could blame the fire's chaos on a member of the working poor. Although that fire destroyed the official county documents, some land tract records were saved. Using this and other primary source information, Richard F. Bales created a scale drawing that reconstructed the O'Leary neighborhood. Next he turned to the transcripts--more than 1,100 handwritten pages--from an investigation conducted by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, which interviewed 50 people over the course of 12 days. The board's final report, published in the Chicago newspapers on December 12, 1871, indicates that commissioners were unable to determine the cause of the fire. And yet, by analyzing the 50 witnesses' testimonies, the author concludes that the commissioners could have determined the cause of the fire had they desired to do so. Being more concerned with saving their own reputation from post-fire reports of incompetence, drunkenness and bribery, the commissioners failed to press forward for an answer. The author has uncovered solid evidence as to what really caused the Great Chicago Fire.

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351

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McFarland

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1476604762

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9781476604763

The Senator

My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Richard E. Burke

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The Senator

My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Richard E. Burke

In 1971 Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Through ability, hard work, and dedication, Burke rose in the next four years to become one of the Senator's closest staff members. In 1977 he was made Kennedy's personal assistant; after his appointment in 1978 as administrative assistant - the youngest in the Senate - he came to know Edward M. Kennedy perhaps more intimately than anyone outside the closed circle of the Senator's family. He was often the last to see the Senator at night and the first to see him in the morning. This book is the account of what Richard Burke witnessed and experienced during his decade at the Senator's right hand. It is neither a full biography nor an examination of Kennedy's long career in government. Rather, it is the history of a young man who shared the Senator's professional and personal lives during a time marked by exhilarating public achievements and tragic secret misconduct. His story is not only the chronicle of a shattered idol, but of Richard Burke's own fall from grace, and eventual recovery. Burke does not shrink from confronting his own faults, and he agrees with the Senator: It is time for him to confront his.

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360

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Macmillan

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0312304668

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9780312304669

The Spanish Craze

America's Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779–1939

By: Richard L. Kagan

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The Spanish Craze

America's Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779–1939

By: Richard L. Kagan

The Spanish Craze is the compelling story of the centuries-long U.S. fascination with the history, literature, art, culture, and architecture of Spain. Richard L. Kagan offers a stunningly revisionist understanding of the origins of hispanidad in America, tracing its origins from the early republic to the New Deal. As Spanish power and influence waned in the Atlantic World by the eighteenth century, her rivals created the “Black Legend,” which promoted an image of Spain as a dead and lost civilization rife with innate cruelty and cultural and religious backwardness. The Black Legend and its ambivalences influenced Americans throughout the nineteenth century, reaching a high pitch in the Spanish-American War of 1898. However, the Black Legend retreated soon thereafter, and Spanish culture and heritage became attractive to Americans for its perceived authenticity and antimodernism. Although the Spanish craze infected regions where the Spanish New World presence was most felt—California, the American Southwest, Texas, and Florida—there were also early, quite serious flare-ups of the craze in Chicago, New York, and New England. Kagan revisits early interest in Hispanism among elites such as the Boston book dealer Obadiah Rich, a specialist in the early history of the Americas, and the writers Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He also considers later enthusiasts such as Angeleno Charles Lummis and the many writers, artists, and architects of the modern Spanish Colonial Revival in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spain’s political and cultural elites understood that the promotion of Spanish culture in the United States and the Western Hemisphere in general would help overcome imperial defeats while uniting Spaniards and those of Spanish descent into a singular raza whose shared characteristics and interests transcended national boundaries. With elegant prose and verve, The Spanish Craze spans centuries and provides a captivating glimpse into distinct facets of Hispanism in monuments, buildings, and private homes; the visual, performing, and cinematic arts; and the literature, travel journals, and letters of its enthusiasts in the United States.

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640

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496207726

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9781496207722

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

By: Richard Bannatyne

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Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

By: Richard Bannatyne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368762656

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9783368762650

In Search of Liberty

The Story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

By: James B. Bell,Richard Irwin Abrams

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In Search of Liberty

The Story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

By: James B. Bell,Richard Irwin Abrams

Volume created as a special commemoration of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

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138

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Doubleday Books

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0385192762

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9780385192767

Site Reliability Engineering

How Google Runs Production Systems

By: Betsy Beyer,Chris Jones,Jennifer Petoff,Niall Richard Murphy

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Site Reliability Engineering

How Google Runs Production Systems

By: Betsy Beyer,Chris Jones,Jennifer Petoff,Niall Richard Murphy

In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google's Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world.

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550

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1491951184

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9781491951187

Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire Vol. 02

By: Richard Pearson

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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire Vol. 02

By: Richard Pearson

ROBERT THOROTON (1623?1678), historian, was son of Robert and Anne Thoroton, n?e Chambers. His ancestors had long held considerable property in Nottinghamshire. This volume published in 1797 was extended by John Throsby Thoroton commenced his ?Antiquities of Nottinghamshire? in 1667. He first worked on some transcript notes from ?Domesday Book? which were made by his father-in-law Gilbert Boun of Newark, and were made over to Thoroton by Gilbert Boun's son-in-law, Gervase Pigot of Thrumpton. Thoroton did not conduct all his researches personally, but employed paid assistants at great expense to himself. The magnificent result of his labours appeared in the folio volume of ?Antiquities? printed in London in 1677, and illustrated with engravings by Hollar after Richard Hall.

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382

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Lulu.com

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0244168741

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9780244168742

Book's by Richard Edward Gent Kirk

The Cool Gent

The Cool Gent

The Clerical Guide, Or Ecclesiastical Directory

The Clerical Guide, Or Ecclesiastical Directory

Boldly Live As You've Never Lived Before

Boldly Live As You've Never Lived Before

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book

The Iliad

The Iliad

The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

The Senator

The Senator

The Spanish Craze

The Spanish Craze

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

Memorials of Transactions in Scotland, A. D. 1569-1573

In Search of Liberty

In Search of Liberty

Site Reliability Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering

Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire Vol. 02

Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire Vol. 02

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