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Echoes of a Queer Messianic

From Frankenstein to Brokeback Mountain

By: Richard O. Block

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Echoes of a Queer Messianic

From Frankenstein to Brokeback Mountain

By: Richard O. Block

Reconsiders mostly German narratives from around 1800 to recover echoes of a queer messianic that still resonate today. Queer theory has focused heavily on North American and contemporary contexts, but in this book Richard O. Block helps to expand that reach. Deftly combining the two main currents of recent queer theory, the asocial and the reparative, he reconsiders mostly German narratives from around 1800, while relating his findings to recent texts such as A Lovers Discourse and Brokeback Mountain. He offers novel readings of well-known texts by Shelley, Kleist, and Goethe, arguing that this early writing serves as a creative font for much of the subsequent work in sexology. These texts also provide echoes of a kind of love overlooked or suppressed in favor of a politics of appeasement or one intended to make queers model citizens. This book charts the unexplored possibilities for queer love in an attempt to map a future for gay politics in the age of homonormativity. Compelling and highly original, this book offers a major intervention into queer theory, while at the same time performing stunning feats of literary and film criticism. This is a work of first-rate intelligence, style, and critical and theoretical precision. John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge

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SUNY Press

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1438469551

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Freedom's Prophet

Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers

By: Richard S. Newman

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Freedom's Prophet

Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers

By: Richard S. Newman

Looks at the life of the first black pamphleteer, abolitionist, and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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NYU Press

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0814758576

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9780814758571

In for a Pound

A Novel

By: Richard Marinick

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In for a Pound

A Novel

By: Richard Marinick

A gritty, street-level tale of corruption, betrayal, revenge and redemption in the world of the South Boston Irish mob. Fresh out of prison, a former state trooper wrongly convicted, gets an offer he can't refuse: track down a safe stolen from and an upper-crust, old-money lawyer's office, and deliver the contents to Police Captain Conway Lilly. Trouble is, others are looking for it too, among them the head of the Boston mob with his psycho right-hand man, plus the lovely Wellesley girl turned private detective who is in way, way over her head and then there is the remorseless killer who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.

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Justin, Charles & Co.

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1932112510

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9781932112511

The Darkening Sea

By: Richard Woodman

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The Darkening Sea

By: Richard Woodman

From the clash of mighty battleships at Jutland in 1916 to the cold splendor of the present-day Arctic, The Darkening Sea is a modern seafaring epic that traces the fortunes of the Martin family throughout nearly seventy years of British maritime history. James and John Martin see varied action from service on battle-cruisers in the North Sea during the Great War to cargo-passenger ships on the exploited coast of 1930s China; from the war of corvette vs. U-boats in the North Atlantic to the long slog of Pacific Fleet protection in a WWII destroyer. Along the way, they find love, disillusion, and fulfillment. The women in their lives—sisters, wives, and lovers—also have their own ambitions in an ever-changing world.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493057731

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9781493057733

Family Law in a Changing America

By: Douglas NeJaime,R. Richard Banks,Joanna L. Grossman,Suzanne A. Kim

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Family Law in a Changing America

By: Douglas NeJaime,R. Richard Banks,Joanna L. Grossman,Suzanne A. Kim

Family Law in a Changing America highlights law and family patterns as they are now, not as they were decades ago. By focusing on key changes in family life, the casebook attends to rising equality and inequality within and among families. The law, formally at least, accords more equality and autonomy than ever before; yet, as our society has grown more economically unequal, so too have family patterns diverged, with marriage and marital child-rearing becoming a mark of privilege. A number of developments--mass incarceration, the privatization of care, and reproductive technologies--have also contributed to disparities based on race, class, and gender. The casebook reflects the law's continuing emphasis on marriage, but also treats nonmarital families as central. Rather than privilege the marital heterosexual family, the casebook organizes the presentation of the law around (1) adult relationships and (2) parent-child relationships. New to the Second Edition: Updated coverage on reproductive justice and abortion access Expanded and updated and coverage of the Indian Child Welfare Act Updated coverage on the child welfare system and a focus on debates over abolition Professors and students will benefit from: Text that includes dramatic changes in family patterns, including declining marriage rates, with differential rates based on race and class; increasing rates of nonmarital cohabitation and nonmarital parenting; tensions between women's increasing education and employment and the perseverance of the gendered division of labor in families An approach that decenters the marital heterosexual family and instead is structured around the general topics of adult relationships and parent-child relationships Focus on the scope of family law, including extensive coverage of crucial sites of family regulation that are traditionally given short shrift Emphasis on multiple modes of legal interpretation (common law, constitutional, statutory) and multiple actors in the legal system (judges, legislators, lawyers, experts, social workers) Practical problems and exercises that illuminate the gaps, tensions, and implications of existing doctrine; some of the problems include postscripts explaining how the issue was resolved by a court or legislature An approach that draws on more recent cases and cutting-edge issues and that includes extensive coverage of the rights of unmarried partners, reproductive justice, assisted reproduction; parentage (including intentional parenthood, functional parenthood, and multi-parent arrangements), adoption (including open adoption, transracial adoption, and the Indian Child Welfare Act), the child welfare system, and family support

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Aspen Publishing

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9798889066057

The Great War Comes to Wisconsin

Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis

By: Richard L. Pifer

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The Great War Comes to Wisconsin

Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis

By: Richard L. Pifer

The Great War Comes to Wisconsin examines Wisconsin’s response to World War I, the first "total war" of the twentieth century, a war so large that it engaged virtually everyone. Instead of a comprehensive history of the battlefield, this book captures the homefront experience: the political debates over war policy, the worry over loved ones fighting overseas, the countless everyday sacrifices, and the impact of a wartime hysteria that drove dissent underground. It also includes the voices of soldiers from Wisconsin’s famed 32nd Division, through extensively quoted letters and newspaper accounts. Immerse yourself in the Wisconsin experience during World War I—a conflict that demonstrated America’s great capacity for sacrifice and generosity, but also for prejudice, intolerance, and injustice.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870207830

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Two Against the Underworld - the Collected Unauthorised Guide to the Avengers Series 1

By: Alan Hayes,Richard McGinlay,Alys Hayes

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Two Against the Underworld - the Collected Unauthorised Guide to the Avengers Series 1

By: Alan Hayes,Richard McGinlay,Alys Hayes

Two Against the Underworld brings together eight years of research to tell the story of The Avengers from both sides of the camera. It has now been further revised following the recovery of the episode Tunnel of Fear. The authors lift the lid on all 26 Series 1 episodes. Comprehensive chapters detail the narratives in extended synopsis form, as well as the production, transmission and reception of each episode, and the talented personnel who made them. The creation of The Avengers, Ian Hendry's departure, the series' destiny and the mystery of the missing episodes are explored in a series of essays, each of which has been revised. Avengers writer Roger Marshall and Neil Hendry both contribute forewords to this volume. The book also boasts black-and-white illustrations by Shaqui Le Vesconte and 70 pages of appendices that deal in depth with the unproduced episodes of Series 1, Keel and Steed's further adventures in the comic strip The Drug Pedlar and the novel Too Many Targets, and much more.

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Lulu.com

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1326466267

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9781326466268

Dictyostelium

Evolution, Cell Biology, and the Development of Multicellularity

By: Richard H. Kessin

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Dictyostelium

Evolution, Cell Biology, and the Development of Multicellularity

By: Richard H. Kessin

Dictyostelia are soil amoebae capable of extraordinary feats of survival, motility, chemotaxis, and development. Characterised by their ability to transform from a single-celled organism into an elaborate assemblage of thousands of synchronously-moving cells, Dictyostelids are often referred to as 'social amoebae', and have been the subjects of serious study since the 1930s. Research in this area has been instrumental in understanding many problems in cellular biology. Beginning with the history of Dictyostelids and discussing each stage of their development, this book considers the evolution of this unique organism, analyses the special properties of the Dictyostelid genome, and presents in detail the methods available, at the time of the book's original publication in 2001, to manipulate their genes. Representing the synthesis of such material and with an emphasis on combining classical experiments with modern molecular findings, this book will be essential for researchers and graduates in developmental and cellular biology.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521583640

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9780521583640

Keeper of the Concentration Camps

Dillon S. Myer and American Racism

By: Richard Drinnon

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Keeper of the Concentration Camps

Dillon S. Myer and American Racism

By: Richard Drinnon

Analyzing the career of Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority during WWII and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1950-53, Richard Drinnon shows that the pattern for the Japanese internment was set a century earlier by the removal, confinement, and scattering of Native Americans.

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Univ of California Press

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0520909151

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9780520909151

Gain

A Novel

By: Richard Powers

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Gain

A Novel

By: Richard Powers

From Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Overstory, Richard Powers's Gain braids together two stories on very different scales. In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of Lacewood, Illinois, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has ovarian cancer. In the other, Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston, grows over the course of a century and a half into an international consumer products conglomerate based in Laura's hometown. Clare's stunning growth reflects the kaleidoscopic history of America; Laura Body's life is changed forever by Clare. Gain's stunning conclusion reveals the countless invisible connections between the largest enterprises and the smallest lives.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429941693

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Women and the Noose

A History of Female Execution

By: Richard Clark

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Women and the Noose

A History of Female Execution

By: Richard Clark

From Sarah Malcolm, sentenced to be executed for multiple murders in the early eighteenth century, to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955, Women and the Noose traces the history of female crime through the cases of seventy women who met their end on the hangman’s gallows. In this detailed account, each woman’s story is revealed: her background, criminal acts and execution. Through their tales, historian Richard Clark highlights the wide range of crimes once punishable by death, from cold-blooded murder and crimes of passion to burglary and petty theft. He also shows how, as time went on, execution methods evolved, from burning at the stake to death by hanging, and how the public came to prefer a more humane, private death over the cruel, public scenes of earlier periods. Clark’s frank treatment of events, combined with sympathetic revelations about the women’s private lives, makes this revised and updated edition of Women and the Noose a chilling and surprisingly moving read.

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The History Press

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0752474162

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9780752474168

Sean O'Faolain's Irish Vision

By: Richard Bonaccorso

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Sean O'Faolain's Irish Vision

By: Richard Bonaccorso

This book examines the personality, cultural inheritance, social commentary, literary art, and representative qualities of Sean O'Faolain, dean of modern Irish literature. It updates O'Faolain's significance as a world-class writer and reinterprets his career of over fifty years from a universalist perspective. It also explores O'Faolain's vital relationship with his native culture, conceiving him as representative Irish writer, self-conscious Irishman and Irish citizen-of-the-world.

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SUNY Press

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0887065368

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9780887065361

Politics, Policy, And Culture

By: Dennis J Coyle,Richard J Ellis

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Politics, Policy, And Culture

By: Dennis J Coyle,Richard J Ellis

This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and challenge the analysis developed there. Here, the theoretical concepts laid out in that book

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Routledge

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1000307565

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9781000307566

Field of Screams

The Dark Underside of America's National Pastime

By: Richard Scheinin

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Field of Screams

The Dark Underside of America's National Pastime

By: Richard Scheinin

Gives anecdotes about the less glorified personalities and events in the game of baseball.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393311384

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9780393311389

Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation

By: Richard L. Doty

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Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation

By: Richard L. Doty

The largest collection of basic, clinical, and applied knowledge onthe chemical senses ever compiled in one volume, the third editionof Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation encompassrecent developments in all fields of chemosensory science,particularly the most recent advances in neurobiology,neuroscience, molecular biology, and modern functional imagingtechniques. Divided into five main sections, the text covers thesenses of smell and taste as well as sensory integration,industrial applications, and other chemosensory systems. This isessential reading for clinicians and academic researchersinterested in basic and applied chemosensory perception.

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1118971744

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9781118971741

"These Kids Are Out of Control"

Why We Must Reimagine "Classroom Management" for Equity

By: H. Richard Milner IV,Heather B. Cunningham,Lori Delale-O′Connor,Erika Gold Kestenberg

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"These Kids Are Out of Control"

Why We Must Reimagine "Classroom Management" for Equity

By: H. Richard Milner IV,Heather B. Cunningham,Lori Delale-O′Connor,Erika Gold Kestenberg

Today’s classrooms reimagined If you’re looking for a book on how to "control" your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . . A critically important resource for teachers and administrators alike, "These Kids Are Out of Control" details the specific practices, tools, beliefs, dispositions, and mindsets that are essential to better serving the complex needs of our diverse learners, especially our marginalized students. Gain expert insight on: What it means to be culturally responsive in today’s classroom environments, even in schools at large How to decide what to teach, understand the curriculum, build relationships in and outside of school, and assess student development and learning The four best practices for building a classroom culture that is both nurturing and rigorous, and where all students are seen, heard, and respected Alternatives to punitive disciplinary action that too often sustains the cradle-to-prison pipeline Classroom "management" takes care of itself when you engage students, help them see links and alignment of the curriculum to their lives, build on and from student identity and culture, and recognize the many ways instructional practices can shift. "These Kids Are Out of Control" is your opportunity to get started right away!

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Corwin Press

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1506301819

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9781506301815

The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland

Being a Reprint of R.M. Peter's Irish Football Annual of 1880

By: Richard M. Peter

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The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland

Being a Reprint of R.M. Peter's Irish Football Annual of 1880

By: Richard M. Peter

Football, be it Gaelic, rugby, or soccer is unquestionably the most popular team sport in Ireland. Surprisingly, the modern codes of Gaelic, Rugby, and Assocation football in Ireland are little more than a century old. R.M. Peter's pioneering Annual was published in 1880. Reproduced here, it provides voluminous detail on more than 600 players and 50 clubs of the time: it is a mine of information for the sports enthusiast, the historian, the genealogist alike.

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Ulster Historical Foundation

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0901905933

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9780901905932

Language, the Singer and the Song

The Sociolinguistics of Folk Performance

By: Richard J. Watts,Franz Andres Morrissey

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Language, the Singer and the Song

The Sociolinguistics of Folk Performance

By: Richard J. Watts,Franz Andres Morrissey

The relationship between language and music has much in common - rhythm, structure, sound, metaphor. Exploring the phenomena of song and performance, this book presents a sociolinguistic model for analysing them. Based on ethnomusicologist John Blacking's contention that any song performed communally is a 'folk song' regardless of its generic origins, it argues that folk song to a far greater extent than other song genres displays 'communal' or 'inclusive' types of performance. The defining feature of folk song as a multi-modal instantiation of music and language is its participatory nature, making it ideal for sociolinguistic analysis. In this sense, a folk song is the product of specific types of developing social interaction whose major purpose is the construction of a temporally and locally based community. Through repeated instantiations, this can lead to disparate communities of practice, which, over time, develop sociocultural registers and a communal stance towards aspects of meaningful events in everyday lives that become typical of a discourse community.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316999335

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9781316999332

Dublin's Great Wars

The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution

By: Richard S. Grayson

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Dublin's Great Wars

The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution

By: Richard S. Grayson

The story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107029252

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9781107029255

Cal’s Mission

Victim’s Justice

By: Richard M Beloin MD

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Cal’s Mission

Victim’s Justice

By: Richard M Beloin MD

This story covers Cal’s early years as a bounty hunter in 1880, followed by a period as a special Deputy US Marshal. During these times, he starts his victims fund to support the victims of violent crimes. While on assignment to protect a victimized widow, he falls in love and marries. Over the next year, they develop three business ventures—a sheep farm, a commercial crop enterprise, and a private security agency. Throughout these times, the story provides action, cowboy shooting, romance, and business specifics. The book will appeal to all genders, ages, and especially to enthusiasts who like the late years in the Old West, before the 1900s.

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1728307821

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9781728307824

With the Irish Set

In Set Dance Land

By: Richard Edward Devlin

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With the Irish Set

In Set Dance Land

By: Richard Edward Devlin

Four years ago, the author started out on a journey to learn Irish set dancing, at an age, he says When most men and women are pulling the stool closer to the turf fire and dreaming of life when life was young. The journey took him from Nova Scotia to Milwaukee, Killarney, Ballinasloe and many lesser-known places in between, including a wacky little burg in the Catskills where Irish dreamers had painted green shamrocks on the pavement all up and down the principal street. Along the way, Devlin says, he met the wildest assortment of Irish and Irish-American characters imaginable and chapter by chapter, Devlin brings these fascinating people and their sometimes amusing, but always endearing, ways, close to your chair and into your heart. Like all of us who cling to our sense of an Irish heritage, Devlin says, Like a moth to a bright light, I am drawn to Irish ways. As a reader, if you share this life view, you will love this book. ________________________________________________________________ A hilarious account from deep inside the mind of a new set dancer progressing from his wifes reluctant partner to a fully obsessed set dancer who meets a host of entertaining and endearing characters along the way. Bill Lynch; Publisher, Set Dancing News. Swaggering, comical, and shrewd, Devlins memoir is an insiders entertaining tale of the oddities and magical allure of the Irish set dancing world.. Cynthia Neale; Author of the Irish Dresser and Norah.

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1496907116

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9781496907110

Glimpses of Glory

John Bunyan and English Dissent

By: Richard L. Greaves

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Glimpses of Glory

John Bunyan and English Dissent

By: Richard L. Greaves

This is a major reinterpretation of John Bunyan, each of whose works, including the posthumous, is analyzed in its immediate historical context. The author draws on recent literature on depression to demonstrate that Bunyan suffered from this mood disorder as a young man and then used this experience to help mold his literary works.

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Stanford University Press

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0804745307

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9780804745307

Wayne's Calling

A Paladin

By: Richard M Beloin MD

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Wayne's Calling

A Paladin

By: Richard M Beloin MD

This current book is a work of Western fiction circa 1880s. It follows the development of a young man from his early years to a full-fledged rancher. After a career change, he became a deputy sheriff and an occasional bounty hunter. Because of his special gifts, he became a paladin bounty hunter, capturing the worst evil murderers and bringing them to justice—dead or alive. After marrying a modern schoolteacher, he settled down on the family ranch and converted it to a commercial crop harvesting enterprise, using the implements of the times. The story provides the modern day-to-day experiences of those living in the American West during the 1880s, before the industrial revolution. It has plenty of gunplay, romance, and action to keep all readers of Western fiction interested to the end.

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1546260498

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