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Aboveground-Belowground Linkages

Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change

By: Richard D. Bardgett,David A. Wardle

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Aboveground-Belowground Linkages

Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change

By: Richard D. Bardgett,David A. Wardle

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between aboveground and belowground communities play in regulating the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and their responses to global change. It charts the historical development of this field of ecology and evaluates what can be learned from the recent proliferation of studies on the ecological and biogeochemical significance of aboveground-belowground linkages. The book is structured around four key topics: biotic interactions in the soil; plant community effects; the role of aboveground consumers; and the influence of species gains and losses. A concluding chapter draws together this information and identifies a number of cross-cutting themes, including consideration of aboveground-belowground feedbacks that occur at different spatial and temporal scales, the consequences of these feedbacks for ecosystem processes, and how aboveground-belowground interactions link to human-induced global change.

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Oxford University Press

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0199546878

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Richard Matheson Suspense Novels

The Shrinking Man, Camp Pleasant, Hunger & Thirst, 7 Steps to Midnight

By: Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson Suspense Novels

The Shrinking Man, Camp Pleasant, Hunger & Thirst, 7 Steps to Midnight

By: Richard Matheson

Ordinary people face hair-raising dangers in these four early suspense novels by the celebrated author of I Am Legend. The Shrinking Man In this sci-fi suspense classic adapted into multiple films, a man exposed to radiation begins to shrink at an alarming rate. As his life crumbles, he must survive menacing attacks from house cats and spiders. Camp Pleasant An idyllic summer camp turns horrifying when a young counselor is the witness to the murder of the new camp director. The mystery unfolds in a “simple style that recalls Hemingway” (Publishers Weekly). Hunger and Thirst In this previously unpublished early novel, a man is shot during a robbery gone wrong and wakes up to find himself paralyzed. Lying in his hospital bed, he flashes back to his difficult life and hopes for redemption. 7 Steps to Midnight At the end of an ordinary workday, mathematician Chris Barton finds a stranger living in his house, claiming to be him. Thrust into a surreal world of violence and mystery, Chris must go on the run and follow a series of cryptic clues to regain his life.

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Rosetta Books

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0795351097

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A Gracious Rain

A Devotional Comentary on the Prayers of the Church Year

By: Richard H. Schmidt

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A Gracious Rain

A Devotional Comentary on the Prayers of the Church Year

By: Richard H. Schmidt

Using the Collects (opening prayers) for each Sunday and major feast day of the church year (including Christmas, Epiphany, and the days of Holy Week and Easter Week), the author offers a brief (one-page), anecdotal meditation on the relationship of the prayer's and season's theme to the realities of life. Beginning with the First Sunday of Advent, Richard Schmidt takes the reader on a journey through the church year as he reflects on the mystery and challenge of our human pilgrimage.

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Church Publishing, Inc.

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0819223263

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A Little History of Religion

By: Richard Holloway

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A Little History of Religion

By: Richard Holloway

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion--from the dawn of religious belief to the twenty-first century--with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young readers, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery, and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith. Ranging far beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, Holloway also examines where religious belief comes from, the search for meaning throughout history, today's fascinations with Scientology and creationism, religiously motivated violence, hostilities between religious people and secularists, and more. Holloway proves an empathic yet discerning guide to the enduring significance of faith and its power from ancient times to our own.

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Yale University Press

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0300208839

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The Cheerleader

Change here for murder...

By: Richard Gough

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The Cheerleader

Change here for murder...

By: Richard Gough

The Cheerleader brings London to its knees, striking without mercy, killing a succession of people who appear to be unconnected to each other... or are they?

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Book Guild Publishing

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1915352088

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Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration

By: Richard Lofting

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Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration

By: Richard Lofting

Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration is a complete guide to the subject, looking at how to initially purchase a tractor, through private means or at auction, and then how to restore it back to its former glory, as it would have looked when it left the factory. It is even possible to preserve a classic tractor in its working condition, which has a unique appeal to some tractor collectors and in some ways is harder than a full restoration to undertake. Practical techniques have been amply illustrated throughout the book, ranging from the simple use of a lathe or milling machine to the making from scratch of various tools useful in restoration work. Rather than just replacing items such as carburettor, starter motor or dynamo, practical advice is given on how to test and rebuild these compondents back to full operation. Fifty-two practical picture spreads show techniques suitable for restorers of all levels of skill. Contents: Setting up the workshop and making specialist tools; Finding a tractor to restore; Engine and fuel; Electrical systems; Transmission and brakes; Wheels, tyres and steering; Hydraulics and the three-point linkage; Metalwork; Painting and finishing. Aimed at serious tractor enthusiasts and agricultural machinery engineers and fully illustrated wth 1100 colour photographs.

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The Crowood Press

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1785002678

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The City is my Monastery

A contemporary rule of life

By: Richard Carter

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The City is my Monastery

A contemporary rule of life

By: Richard Carter

Seeing a need for monastic values in busy London life, Richard Carter founded the Nazareth Community. Part story, part spiritual meditation, The City is My Monastery shares the community's values of Silence, Service, Scripture, Sacrament, Sharing, Sabbath Time and Staying.

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Canterbury Press

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1786222159

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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

A Tom & Scott Mystery Trapped in a small Georgia town, Tom and Scott are framed for the murder of the local sheriff. The latest in the Tom & Scott mystery series by a Lambda Award-winning author.

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Macmillan

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0312156448

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The Business of Dying

The Complete Western Stories

By: Richard S. Wheeler

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The Business of Dying

The Complete Western Stories

By: Richard S. Wheeler

Collected here are ten Western short stories by Richard S. Wheeler, the award-winning author who makes storytelling look easy. In “Mugs Birdsong’s Crime Academy,” celebrated criminal Mugs Birdsong decides to found an academy that will instruct lawmen on the ways and means of lawlessness. “The Last Days of Dominic Prince” is the tragic tale of a cattle baron and his final conflict with the forces of political correctness. “Dead Weight” introduces us to a coffin maker who constructs a work of art. And in the title story, two young men in the gold fields of California spend one last night together as one of them confronts his own imminent death. This collection also includes “The Square Reporter,” “A Commercial Proposition,” “The Great Filibuster of 1975,” “The Tinhorn’s Lady,” “Hearts,” and “Looking for Love at a Romance Writers Convention.”

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Blackstone Publishing

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1504788788

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Acrion

By: Richard Geshel

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Acrion

By: Richard Geshel

Acrion is a portal novel based upon a game that's been passed down through the ages. Upon his nephew's unconscious request, Jason Martinson is thrust into a level of responsibility and commitment few in life would thrive. The infamous words "I wish..." become the nidus for adventure, trials, tribulations, heartache and relation building as armies, chosen from antiquities generals, battle to determine who will be the champion, the Benahym.

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Page Publishing Inc

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Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle

By: Eric Walters,John Wilson,Ted Staunton,Richard Scrimger,Norah McClintock,Sigmund Brouwer,Shane Peacock

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Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle

By: Eric Walters,John Wilson,Ted Staunton,Richard Scrimger,Norah McClintock,Sigmund Brouwer,Shane Peacock

The bestselling Seven (the Series) comprises seven linked novels that can be read in any order. When David McLean, well-loved grandfather and avid adventurer, dies, he leaves behind an unusual will that outlines seven tasks he has set for his seven grandsons. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the top of Kilimanjaro to the bottom of the Mediterranean. The Seven series bundle includes Between Heaven and Earth, Lost Cause, Jump Cut, Ink Me, Close to the Heel, Devil's Pass and Last Message. "Richly detailed and satisfying." —Kirkus Reviews "Delivers handsomely with a resolution that satisfies but doesn’t simplify. Happily, there are six other titles in the series." —Booklist for Devil's Pass

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1459802721

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The Ear of the Heart

An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows

By: Dolores Hart,Richard DeNeut

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The Ear of the Heart

An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows

By: Dolores Hart,Richard DeNeut

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart." - Saint Benedict. Dolores Hart stunned Hollywood in 1963, when after ten highly successful feature films, she chose to enter a contemplative monastery. Now, fifty years later, Mother Dolores gives this fascinating account of her life, with co-author and life-long friend, Richard DeNeut. Dolores was a bright and beautiful college student when she made her film debut with Elvis Presley in Paramount's 1957 Loving You. She acted in nine more movies with other big stars such as Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn and Myrna Loy. She also gave a Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway play The Pleasure of His Company and appeared in television shows, including The Virginian and Playhouse 90. An important chapter in her life occurred while playing Saint Clare in the movie Francis of Assisi, which was filmed on location in Italy. Born Dolores Hicks to a complicated and colorful Chicago family, Mother Dolores has travelled a charmed yet challenging road in her journey toward God, serenity and, yes, love. She entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, at the peak of her career, not in order to leave the glamorous world of acting she had dreamed of since childhood, but in order to answer a mysterious call she heard with the "ear of the heart". While contracted for another film and engaged to be married, she abandoned everything to become a bride of Christ.

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Ignatius Press

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1681491478

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Various Artists' DJs do Guetto

By: Richard Elliott

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Various Artists' DJs do Guetto

By: Richard Elliott

Call it batida, kuduro, Afro house, Lisbon bass: anyone with a keen ear for contemporary developments in global electronic dance music can't fail to have noticed the rise in popularity and influence of Lisbon-based DJs such as DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso and Nídia. These DJs and producers have brought the sound of the Lisbon projects to the wider world via international club nights, festival appearances, recordings and remix projects for a range of international artists. This book uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a prism for exploring this music's aesthetics and its roots in Lusophone Africa, its evolution in the immigrant communities of Lisbon and its journey from there to the world. The story is one of encounters: between people, sounds, neighborhoods, technologies and cultural contexts. Drawing on reflections by DJ Marfox and others, the book establishes DJs do Guetto as a foundation stone not only for a burgeoning music scene, but also for a newfound sense of pride in a place and a community.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501357859

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Riverview Hospital Staff Manuals

By: Richard J. Wiseman

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Riverview Hospital Staff Manuals

By: Richard J. Wiseman

Three staff manuals and handbooks from the formative years of the Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, a groundbreaking psychiatric hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. Includes the ABCD Program, BLEU Handbook, and Sunburst Handbook. These archival materials provide detail that illuminates the treatment philosophy and methods employed by the hospital staff during the hospital's formative years. This ebook is being published as a companion to Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth: A Culture of Promise, by Richard J. Wiseman. A Driftless Connecticut Series Book, funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819575984

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Dead Egotistical Morons

A Paul Turner Mystery

By: Mark Richard Zubro

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Dead Egotistical Morons

A Paul Turner Mystery

By: Mark Richard Zubro

Boys4U is the world's most popular singing group - at least among teenaged girls - and they have closed out their sold-out world tour with a series of shows in Chicago's brand new arena. The premier group of the inexplicably popular "boy band" trend, they've just finished their very last concert of the tour. While hundreds of tour members, well-wishers, label executives, and various hangers on wait to celebrate another wildly successful tour, the lead singer is found murdered - shot in the back of the head at close range - in the shower of the backstage dressing area. To make matters more distressing, the crime itself was almost impossible - there was tight security on the shower area at all times, the only other people back there were the other members of the band, and none of the dozens of people in the next room report having heard a shot. While the international press is engaged in an unprecedented feeding frenzy over the sensationalistic murder, Chicago Police Detectives Paul Turner and his partner Buck Fenwick have pulled the unenviable task of investigating the murder. But even the initial appearances are deceiving and as they dig deeper into the case, they uncover more disturbing truths beneath the wholesome façade of Boys4U. Now they have untangle an increasingly complex web if they are to stop a determined killer before more victims are claimed. Dead Egotistical Morons is Mark Richard Zubro's wildest mystery yet, and it will have you guessing until the very end ...

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St. Martin's Press

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1466802871

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The Churches of Christ

By: Richard T. Hughes

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The Churches of Christ

By: Richard T. Hughes

This volume tells the story of the Churches of Christ, one of three major denominations that emerged in the United States from a religious movement led by Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone in the early 19th century. Beginning as an effort to provide a basis on which all Christians in America could unite, the leaders of the movement relied on the faith and practice of the primitive church. Ironically, this unity movement eventually divided precisely along the lines of its original agenda, as the Churches of Christ rallied around the restorationist banner while the Disciples of Christ gathered around the ecumenical cause. Yet, having begun as a countercultural sect, the Churches of Christ emerged in the 20th century as a culture-affirming denomination. This brief history, together with biographical sketches of major leaders, provides a complete overview of the denomination in America. The book begins with a concise yet detailed history of the denomination's beginnings in the early 19th century. Tracing the influence of such leaders as Stone and Campbell, the authors chronicle the triumphs and conflicts of the denomination through the 19th century and its reemergence and renewal in the 20th century. The biographical dictionary of leaders in the Churches of Christ rounds out the second half of the book, and a chronology of important events in the history of the denomination offers a quick reference guide. A detailed bibliographic essay concludes the book and points readers to further readings about the Churches of Christ.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313074615

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Liberation Through Hearing

By: Richard Russell

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Liberation Through Hearing

By: Richard Russell

For almost 30 years as label boss, producer, and talent conductor at XL Recordings, Richard Russell has discovered, shaped and nurtured the artists who have rewritten the musical dictionary of the 21st century, artists like The Prodigy, The White Stripes, Adele, M.I.A, Dizzee Rascal and Giggs. LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING tells the remarkable story of XL Recordings' three decades on the frontline of innovation in music, and Russell's own story; his highs and lows steering the fortunes of an independent label in a rapidly changing industry. This is the portrait of a man who believes in the spiritual power of music to change reality, and of a label that refused to be categorised by genre. 'Taking us from the rap 80s to the rave 90s into the grimy 21st century, Richard Russell is a Firestarter in his own right and his story is a riveting adventure' Simon Reynolds 'Russell reveals his forensic love of music and its strategies. A fascinating read' Damon Albarn 'Required reading for anyone who cares about the recent history of British music' Gilles Peterson

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White Rabbit

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1474616364

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Grasslands in Europe

Of High Nature Value

By: Peter Veen,Richard Jefferson,Jacques de Smidt,Jan van der Straaten

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Grasslands in Europe

Of High Nature Value

By: Peter Veen,Richard Jefferson,Jacques de Smidt,Jan van der Straaten

Grasslands are an important element of European nature. About half of Europe's endemic species depend on grasslands, whether in mountains, lowlands, river plains or coastal areas. Many grasslands originate in traditional agricultural landscapes. Modern intensification, however, brings many of these ecosystems under threat. 'Grasslands in Europe' is a tribute to these important ecosystems. It was written by an international team of grassland experts, who describe twenty-four case studies from countries in all of Europe - ranging from the grasslands of Gotland and #land (Sweden) to the Spanish Dehesa, and from the hay meadows of the British Pennine Dales to the steppes of Turkish Anatolia. Together, these case studies provide a fascinating glimpse into the various European grasslands, their value for nature, culture and agriculture, and the threats they are facing today. The accessible text as well as the rich illustrations will appeal to a wide audience. Grasslands in Europe contains a large number of stunning full-colour photographs of grassland landscapes, species and cultural history. It also contains many maps and infographics. Thematic chapters provide essential background information on topics such as grassland fauna, the history of agriculture, grassland communities, and the connection between grasslands and climate. The book also analyses the opportunities and risks of EU policy to conserve these grasslands. It offers a farmer-centred outlook to manage and to maintain the European grasslands of high nature value.

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BRILL

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9004278109

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"CURSED" WORDS FROM THE BIBLE

A Former Prisoner of Generational Curses Becomes Its Prosecutor

By: Elder Richard T. Avery

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"CURSED" WORDS FROM THE BIBLE

A Former Prisoner of Generational Curses Becomes Its Prosecutor

By: Elder Richard T. Avery

There is an erroneous doctrine that is the result of misinterpretation and contextual errors that is gaining momentum in religious organizations. The use of a peculiar verbiage that changes the narrative of the word of God is being taught from palatial mega churches to small storefront edifices. The teaching of generational curses conveys the false message that born-again, Spirit-led believers in Jesus Christ can be the recipient of generational curses. In these volatile, uncertain times, believers are being sold "biblical" snake oil as an answer to why they are unable to overcome a multiplicity of failures in their lives. Because of the lack of dedicated personal study of the scriptures, believers are gravitating to a teaching that has changed the narrative of what Jesus Christ taught in the gospels. This book is the journey of an angry, rebellious teen who was indoctrinated by his mother into believing he was generationally cursed. His life was in the fast lane of a highway heading in the wrong direction toward eternal destruction. However, Jesus Christ intervened, guided him to an exit, and led him to the heaven-bound highway. He transitioned from an incarcerated prisoner of sin to a liberated prosecutor of generational curses. In a unique, creative exposition, Elder Richard Avery examines how from the beginning Satan uses the tactic of changing the narrative of God's word to confuses believers and corrupt their belief in the word of God. With the use of contextual accuracy, he prosecutes the "cursed" words from the Bible that are being used to imprison those "whom the Son has set free.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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Snapshots of Research

Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice

By: Richard D. Hartley

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Snapshots of Research

Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice

By: Richard D. Hartley

Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a comprehensive, cutting-edge text that provides an introductory overview of the main research methods used in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. This text/reader offers a wide range of modern research examples, as well as several classic articles, including a broad range of readings from the four major branches of the criminal justice system—policing, courts/law, juvenile justice, and corrections—that are relevant to career paths students may be interested in pursuing.

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SAGE Publications

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1412989191

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The Paths Life Takes

By: Richard Marcus

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The Paths Life Takes

By: Richard Marcus

How do you make a few thousand people disappear out from under the eyes of their enemies? With a little help from friends, some magic and a little bit of luck. Facing an invasion of forces determined to wipe his people from the face of the earth Benjamin must use all his wits, his new friend Letaine's secret knowledge and his father's magic in order to find a way to save his family, friends and people.

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Lulu.com

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132949170X

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Induced Responses to Herbivory

By: Richard Karban,Ian T. Baldwin

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Induced Responses to Herbivory

By: Richard Karban,Ian T. Baldwin

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226424979

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9780226424972

The Bardo of Waking Life

By: Richard Grossinger

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The Bardo of Waking Life

By: Richard Grossinger

An avant garde set of improvisational essays, Richard Grossinger’s The Bardo of Waking Life is a meditation on the Tibetan Buddhist bardo realm which, in popular culture, is viewed as the bridge between lives, the state people enter after death and before rebirth. This book examines waking life and its history and language as if it were a bardo state rather than ultimate reality, and thus seeks a context for life (and dreams), even as it addresses more "mundane issues" including genetic theory, the war in Iraq and George W. Bush's presidency, North Korea, advertising, global warming, Prison Industrial Culture, childhood trauma, even country western music. Written with playfulness and precision, Bardo takes a new, probing approach to all the important questions of creation, destruction, and existence. In these intellectual field notes, Grossinger proves thematically fearless as he crosses quantum mechanics with totemic hexes and draws transcendental insight from the ephemeral space-time we call daily life. If, as Tibetan cosmology holds true, all conditional realms are bardos, then the state we all share is nothing less than the bardo of waking life.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583944060

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The Biology of Soil

A Community and Ecosystem Approach

By: Richard D. Bardgett

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The Biology of Soil

A Community and Ecosystem Approach

By: Richard D. Bardgett

Soil science has undergone a renaissance with increasing awareness of the importance of soil organisms and below-ground biotic interactions as drivers of community and ecosystem properties.

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Oxford University Press

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0198525028

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9780198525028

The Jewelry Repair Manual

By: Richard Allen Hardy

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The Jewelry Repair Manual

By: Richard Allen Hardy

Clear, step-by-step directions for cleaning and repairing jewelry, and setting stones. Tools and equipment, ultrasonics, steaming, electroplating, more. 268 illustrations.

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Courier Corporation

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0486291618

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9780486291611

Therapeutic Change

An Object Relations Perspective

By: Sidney J. Blatt,Richard Q. Ford

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Therapeutic Change

An Object Relations Perspective

By: Sidney J. Blatt,Richard Q. Ford

Dynamic psychotherapy research has become revitalized, especially in the last three decades. This major study by Sidney Blatt, Richard Ford, and their associates evaluates long-term intensive treatment (hospital ization and 4-times-a-week psychotherapy) of very disturbed patients at the Austen Riggs Center. The center provides a felicitous setting for recovery-beautiful buildings on lovely wooded grounds just off the quiet main street of the New England town of Stockbridge, Massa chusetts. The center, which has been headed in succession by such capable leaders as Robert Knight, Otto Will, Daniel Schwartz, and now Edward Shapiro, has been well known for decades for its type of inten sive hospitalization and psychotherapy. Included in its staff have been such illustrious contributors as Erik Erikson, David Rapaport, George Klein, and Margaret Brenman. The Rapaport-Klein study group has been meeting there yearly since Rapaport's death in 1960. Although the center is a long-term care treatment facility, it remains successful and solvent even in these days of increasingly short-term treatment. Sidney Blatt, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale Univer sity, and Richard Ford of the Austen Riggs Center, and their associates assembled a sample of 90 patients who had been in long-term treatment and who had been given (initially and at 15 months) a set of psychologi cal tests, including the Rorschach, the Thematic Apperception Test, a form of the Wechsler Intelligence Test, and the Human Figure Drawings.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1489910107

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The Age of Eternal Brilliance

Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) Vol. II

By: Richard Mather

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The Age of Eternal Brilliance

Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) Vol. II

By: Richard Mather

The full original texts, Professor Richard Mather’s full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who had such a profound impact upon the immediately succeeding centuries. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004120594).

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9004531777

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Richard Mallinson's Fast Fiction

Volume Two

By: Richard Mallinson

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Richard Mallinson's Fast Fiction

Volume Two

By: Richard Mallinson

At only a page each in length, Richard Mallinsons elegantly structured short stories are a pithy fast fiction for a modern multimedia age. A rapid succession of carefully worked observations, the stories read like a dynamic anthology of lifes collisions and interactions, its projected plans and unexpected rotations. There is a great joy in the subverted (the interviewer becomes the interviewee; the private detective becomes the conspirator) as well as an interest in the open-ended. Possibility abounds, for these are always tales of the present; the past is unclear and the future unwritten. Adhering to the strict one-page format, the writing is marvelously precise: it is highly disciplined, but infinitely rich, conjuring the most unique and sharply observed characters with remarkably few words. If indeed we read fiction . . . in order to meet individuals as the character Tolson declares in Mallinsons Tolsons Creed, then in this anthology we are introduced to a plethora of distinct personalities, rendered all the more compelling by their relentless unpredictability.

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1481781308

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General Motors: Life Inside the Factory

One Blue-Collar Worker’S Journey

By: Richard Thomas Gall

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General Motors: Life Inside the Factory

One Blue-Collar Worker’S Journey

By: Richard Thomas Gall

This book portrays life inside a General Motors factory in the 1970s. Have you ever wondered why or how the lazy hourly workers came to be that way? This myth is debunked throughout the book. Anyone who has ever worked hourly for General Motors, the big three, or any large manufacturing company will enjoy the experiences provided in this book. They will find themselves reminiscing in the past about their own work experiences. Anyone who has had a close relative that worked in a factory will want to read this book to get a feel of what their loved ones went through while earning a living. The book comes to the stunning conclusion that General Motors top executives wasted a tremendous amount of human resources over the years. They looked down upon the factory workers and treated them as if they were disposable employees. They never attempted to tap into the vast and almost incalculable amount of brainpower available because they simply dismissed their classification hourly worker as useless. They treated them as if they were the source of all of their problems. They never even considered that with four hundred thousand hourly employees they might have had the resources right in front of them to help in solving the vast and complex problems that exist in the every day world of work. In todays competitive manufacturing environment Lean Manufacturing has stepped into the forefront for improvement. One of the two pillars of Lean manufacturing is respect for the worker. If youre an executive leader, manager or a student of lean youll want to read this book to see how not to do it. One theory of management says that if you dont like what you see around you go look in a mirror first because your workforce is a reflection of your thinking and actions.

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1456716735

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Killer Watts

By: Warren Murphy

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Killer Watts

By: Warren Murphy

What do you get when you cross a maniac with a microwave? An army experiment gone wrong and a walking power plant with a compulsion to kill. Complete with optical sensors, capacitors and rechargeable batteries, Elizu Roote has been transformed to a bionic monster whose death zaps are nothing short of... electrifying. Not even a body trained to the perfection that is Sinanju can withstand a jolt from this human lightning bug. Remo’s in a coma and now it’s up to Chiun and Dr. Smith to find a way to sort out this live wire’s lethal charge. ASAP. With death pouring like hell-fire from his metal-plated fingertips, Roote just keeps on killing and killing... Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

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1035999617

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Raid!

The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission

By: Richard Baron

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Raid!

The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission

By: Richard Baron

The orders came from Patton himself: Take a strike force behind enemy lines--with no air or ground support--and liberate a POW camp at Hammelburg, where Patton's son-in-law was held. Captain Abe Baum and an armored task force answered the call, crashing through an enemy-held town, plunging into German territory, and fighting their way to Hammelburg. With the German army closing in around them, the raiders kept going, until they had liberated 1,500 prisoners of war. Baum's Raiders had just achieved an impossible objective. Now they had to get back out....RAID! Written by the men who were there, Raid! is the gripping real-life story of a controversial mission in the heart of World War II. From the belly of a Sherman Tank pelted with enemy fire to the POWs waiting behind barbed wire, this is a thrilling, you-are-there chronicle of human courage--in the face of impossible odds.

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Dell

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0307489981

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The Uses of Literacy

By: Richard Hoggart

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The Uses of Literacy

By: Richard Hoggart

This pioneering work examines changes in the life and values of the English working class in response to mass media. First published in 1957, it mapped out a new methodology in cultural studies based around interdisciplinarity and a concern with how texts-in this case, mass publications-are stitched into the patterns of lived experience. Mixing personal memoir with social history and cultural critique, The Uses of Literacy anticipates recent interest in modes of cultural analysis that refuse to hide the author behind the mask of objective social scientific technique. In its method and in its rich accumulation of the detail of working-class life, this volume remains useful and absorbing. Hoggart's analysis achieves much of its power through a careful delineation of the complexities of working-class attitudes and its sensitivity to the physical and environmental facts of working-class life. The people he portrays are neither the sentimentalized victims of a culture of deference nor neo-fascist hooligans. Hoggart sees beyond habits to what habits stand for and sees through statements to what the statements really mean. He thus detects the differing pressures of emotion behind idiomatic phrases and ritualistic observances. Through close observation and an emotional empathy deriving, in part, from his own working-class background, Hoggart defines a fairly homogeneous and representative group of working-class people. Against this background may be seen how the various appeals of mass publications and other artifacts of popular culture connect with traditional and commonly accepted attitudes, how they are altering those attitudes, and how they are meeting resistance. Hoggart argues that the appeals made by mass publicists-more insistent, effective, and pervasive than in the past-are moving toward the creation of an undifferentiated mass culture and that the remnants of an authentic urban culture are being destroyed. In his introduction to this new edition, Andrew Goodwin, professor of broadcast communications arts at San Francisco State University, defines Hoggart's place among contending schools of English cultural criticism and points out the prescience of his analysis for developments in England over the past thirty years. He notes as well the fruitful links to be made between Hoggart's method and findings and aspects of popular culture in the United States.

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1351302027

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The Sound of Nonsense

By: Richard Elliott

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The Sound of Nonsense

By: Richard Elliott

In The Sound of Nonsense, Richard Elliott highlights the importance of sound in understanding the 'nonsense' of writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, James Joyce and Mervyn Peake, before connecting this noisy writing to works which engage more directly with sound, including sound poetry, experimental music and pop. By emphasising sonic factors, Elliott makes new and fascinating connections between a wide range of artistic examples to ultimately build a case for the importance of sound in creating, maintaining and disrupting meaning.

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1501324543

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The Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Richard Helweg

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The Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

By: Richard Helweg

According to the New York Times, a grass-roots phenomenon has fuelled the revival of craft beers in America over the past 30 years. Whether you are into lagers or ales, the craft of home-brewing beer is within your reach -- so grab your beer stein and prepare to make this art form your next hobby. You might have tried a great beer recently and want to know how to create something similar. With the various innovative methods outlined in this book, brewing like the pros is now easier than ever. The Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home will explain the important differences between equipment pieces and make your experienced streamlined so you can avoid common beginner mistakes. You will be able to start small and gradually learn to make more complex ales, lagers, and stouts over time, all while having a fun experience.

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160138601X

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Life, Language, and Poetry

My Letters to Donald Hall, 2007-2018

By: Richard W. Leland

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Life, Language, and Poetry

My Letters to Donald Hall, 2007-2018

By: Richard W. Leland

About the Book Donald Hall remains one of the most published writers of his time. Named Poet Laureate by President George W. Bush, Hall continued to publish both poetry and prose up to the time of his death in 2018. While his last writing focused mainly on prose, Hall will likely be remembered for his undeniable contribution to many different styles and genres of writing. He was well known to many, if not most, of the published poets of his age. It remains somewhat of a mystery, however, that so renowned and published a writer would perpetuate a correspondence of nearly eleven years with someone he never met and could know nothing about. It never occurred to me that Donald Hall would respond to my initial letter to him. My initial letter to him was chiefly to tell him how much I had admired his poetry, how often I had used his poetry in my teaching, what some of the issues his most recent poetry raised for me—all while wishing him well in his future endeavors. I did not expect any response to what I understood to be a stand-alone letter and could not have imagined then that a correspondence so innocently and routinely begun would continue for eleven years. All of the letters I wrote to Hall in those eleven years are included in this collection. Most of my professional life has been in academia. I received a PhD. Degree from the University of Minnesota in 1975, the same year I began my tenured teaching at East Stroudsburg University in eastern Pennsylvania. Throughout my adult life, I have always been a writer, though not one who ever prioritized publishing. I’ve written poetry, short stories, essays, and full-length plays. However, my search was always for ever greater authenticity in my own writing and ever greater satisfaction in the authenticity other writers were able to achieve. Very few who know me know anything of my life as a writer. I am not sure, looking back, why I persisted and continue to persist in writing, but I do know that writing has been a meaningful act in guiding the integrity of my own life. When I am alone and at my desk, I confront myself; I seek an honesty of thought and emotion difficult to find elsewhere. But what I have discovered is that in attempting to come ever closer to my own individuality of thought and emotion, I paradoxically come closer to thoughts and emotions shared by many. That being the case, there may be a wider interest in how those thoughts and emotions evolved over the eleven years of a correspondence focused primarily on writing and its inter-connection with the challenges of ordinary living. You will need to be the judge of that.

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