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The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line

A Mystery

By: Richard Yancey

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The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line

A Mystery

By: Richard Yancey

In this fourth installment of Rick Yancey's touching and funny Highly Effective Detective Series, lovable but bumbling PI Teddy Ruzak is out of his league again, and this time, things are getting serious. Farrell, one of Teddy's old friends, is in desperate need of Teddy's help. His daughter Isabella's ex-boyfriend, locked up for assault, is days away from being released from jail, and Farrell knows his first stop out of the slammer will be at his daughter's door. Farrell enlists Teddy to keep any eye on Isabella. But when the bad seed ex-boyfriend turns out to have associates even more alarming than he is,Teddy finds himself dealing with truly dangerous criminals. To make matters worse, Felicia, his secretary, is being threatened by mysterious men whom she can't seem to shake. Can Teddy keep Felicia getting hurt while still protecting Isabella? And do his strong feelings towards Felicia run deeper than just a friend looking out for a friend? This funny and engaging mystery starring Teddy Ruzak will delight and entertain his many devoted fans.

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Macmillan

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1429994126

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The Everything Essential Latin Book

All You Need to Learn Latin in No Time

By: Richard E. Prior

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The Everything Essential Latin Book

All You Need to Learn Latin in No Time

By: Richard E. Prior

Learning the basics of Latin can vastly improve your vocabulary and even provide keys to understanding legal, medical, and scientific terminology. This guide covers the most important basics of Latin, and will have you speaking like an ancient Roman in no time!

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Simon and Schuster

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1440574219

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9781440574214

Great Michigan Deer Tales: Book 6

Stories Behind Michigan's Biggest Bucks

By: Richard P. Smith

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Great Michigan Deer Tales: Book 6

Stories Behind Michigan's Biggest Bucks

By: Richard P. Smith

Another new collection of true short stories about how, where, when and by whom Michigan's biggest bucks have been bagged, with one notable exception. That exception is a chapter about the highest scoring nontypical ever recorded for the state, which was found dead more than a month after hunting seasons ended. Other chapters are about state record muzzleloader and crossbow bucks, the highest scoring 8-point taken by a bowhunter, Leelanau County's best bucks and a unique nontypical taken by a hunter in the Upper Peninsula (UP). Still more chapters are about a father and son deer hunt for the books, the best year for Booners in the UP and much, much more. You won't want to miss the chapter about the Michigan hunter who has 31 bucks in state records, including a number of Boone and Crockett proportions. Great reading for deer hunters everywhere!

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Smith Publications

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0971035555

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The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher

Vol. 7

By: Charles Richard Elrington

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The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher

Vol. 7

By: Charles Richard Elrington

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Lord Archbishop of Armagh, and primate of all Ireland. In seventeen volumes.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752585811

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Digital Communications with Emphasis on Data Modems

Theory, Analysis, Design, Simulation, Testing, and Applications

By: Richard W. Middlestead

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Digital Communications with Emphasis on Data Modems

Theory, Analysis, Design, Simulation, Testing, and Applications

By: Richard W. Middlestead

This book uses a practical approach in the application of theoretical concepts to digital communications in the design of software defined radio modems. This book discusses the design, implementation and performance verification of waveforms and algorithms appropriate for digital data modulation and demodulation in modern communication systems. Using a building-block approach, the author provides an introductory to the advanced understanding of acquisition and data detection using source and executable simulation code to validate the communication system performance with respect to theory and design specifications. The author focuses on theoretical analysis, algorithm design, firmware and software designs and subsystem and system testing. This book treats system designs with a variety of channel characteristics from very low to optical frequencies. This book offers system analysis and subsystem implementation options for acquisition and data detection appropriate to the channel conditions and system specifications, and provides test methods for demonstrating system performance. This book also: Outlines fundamental system requirements and related analysis that must be established prior to a detailed subsystem design Includes many examples that highlight various analytical solutions and case studies that characterize various system performance measures Discusses various aspects of atmospheric propagation using the spherical 4/3 effective earth radius model Examines Ionospheric propagation and uses the Rayleigh fading channel to evaluate link performance using several robust waveform modulations Contains end-of-chapter problems, allowing the reader to further engage with the text Digital Communications with Emphasis on Data Modems is a great resource for communication-system and digital signal processing engineers and students looking for in-depth theory as well as practical implementations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470408529

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9780470408520

Baseball Team Names

A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011

By: Richard Worth

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Baseball Team Names

A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011

By: Richard Worth

Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers.") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center); from the minors, the Tucson Waddies (slang for cowboy) and, later, the Montgomery Biscuits (for the would-be concessions staple); from overseas, the Adelaide, Australia, Bite (a shark reference but also a pun for bight) and the Bussum, Netherlands, Mr. Cocker HCAW (the sponsoring restaurant chain, followed by the acronym for the official team name, Honkbalclub Allan Weerbaar). This comprehensive reference book explains the nicknames of thousands of major and minor league franchises, Negro League and early independent black clubs, and international teams--from 1869 through 2011.

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McFarland

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0786491248

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9780786491247

The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989

Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns

By: Richard Dale

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The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989

Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns

By: Richard Dale

The decolonization of Namibia was delayed from 1966 to 1989--the period of the war of independence--pitting the Namibian nationalists against the South African minority-ruled regime. This book describes the diplomatic, economic and military campaigns of the Namibian and South African belligerents and draws a comparison with several other decolonization wars. Using data from parliamentary debates, the aftermath is examined of the Namibian war and the newly independent nation. The book provides a basis for further investigation of the decolonization process.

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McFarland

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1476618070

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Psychological Criminology

An Integrative Approach

By: Richard Wortley

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Psychological Criminology

An Integrative Approach

By: Richard Wortley

Psychological Criminology explores what is it about individuals and their experiences that causes them to commit crime and/or to become criminal. Fully updated to include the latest theories and research, this new edition provides comprehensive coverage of psychological theories of crime and criminality. It arranges theories in temporal sequence, from distal to proximal causes of crime, and is organised under three key headings: theories that focus on factors present at birth (human nature, heredity); theories that focus on factors that influence the offender over the lifespan (learning and development); theories that focus on factors present at the crime scene. The book emphasises the connections among the different approaches, and demonstrates how, taken together rather than as rival explanations, they provide a more complete picture of crime and criminality. Psychological Criminology highlights the contributions that psychological theory can make to the broader field of criminology. It is essential reading for students, academics, researchers, and practitioners in both criminology and forensic psychology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000995380

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9781000995381

Research Methods in Neurochemistry

Volume 5

By: Neville Marks,Richard Rodnight

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Research Methods in Neurochemistry

Volume 5

By: Neville Marks,Richard Rodnight

This fifth volume of Research Methods in Neurochemistry represents a milestone in that it marks almost a decade since the inception of the series. Over these ten years there has been an almost exponential growth in neuro chemistry accompanied by numerous technical developments. This is the justification for our series; inevitably we have only been able to cover a frac tion of the methodological innovations of the last decade, but we have tried as much as possible to create a balance between the different approaches and philosophies in the study of the chemical basis of brain function. Thus our original format of grouping chapters under various headings-for instance, studies in intact tissues as distinct from studies describing constituents and isolated enzymes-appears to be justified. Studies on whole animals or tissues retaining cellular organization are vital in providing insights into the neurochemical mechanism underlying functional processes; at the same time, the eventual understanding of function can only be attained on the basis of knowledge of the molecular architecture of the tissue. In the present volume, Oldendorfs chapter on the transport of radiolabeled metabolites across the blood-brain barrier illustrates one side of this equation, whereas Poduslo's chapter on the separation of oligo dendroglia! cells provides new information on the role of these cells in myelogenesis and the distinctive chemical composition of glia as compared to neurons.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461577578

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Killing Hercules

Deianira and the Politics of Domestic Violence, from Sophocles to the War on Terror

By: Richard Rowland

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Killing Hercules

Deianira and the Politics of Domestic Violence, from Sophocles to the War on Terror

By: Richard Rowland

This book offers an entirely new reception history of the myth of Hercules and his wife/killer Deianira. The book poses, and attempts to answer, two important and related questions. First, why have artists across two millennia felt compelled to revisit this particular myth to express anxieties about violence at both a global and domestic level? Secondly, from the moment that Sophocles disrupted a myth about the definitive exemplar of masculinity and martial prowess and turned it into a story about domestic abuse, through to a 2014 production of Handel’s Hercules that was set in the context of the ‘war on terror’, the reception history of this myth has been one of discontinuity and conflict; how and why does each culture reinvent this narrative to address its own concerns and discontents, and how does each generation speak to, qualify or annihilate the certainties of its predecessors in order to understand, contain or exonerate the aggression with which their governors – of state and of the household – so often enforce their authority, and the violence to which their nations, and their homes, are perennially vulnerable?

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1317109090

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Lasting Marriages

Men and Women Growing Together

By: Richard Mackey,Bernard O'Brien

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Lasting Marriages

Men and Women Growing Together

By: Richard Mackey,Bernard O'Brien

Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years. Purposively selected for inclusion were spouses representing religious, ethnic, racial, and educational diversity. Given increased life expectancies, couples who stay together will remain together for longer periods of time. As longevity extends into the seventies, eighties, and beyond, it is critical to identify the significant dynamics which contribute to satisfaction among couples in stable marriages. This book responds to this need. Each chapter focuses on an important theme in these long-term marital relationships. Mackey and O'Brien first explore the beginnings of the relationships and the recollections of how respondents were attracted initially. The next chapters focus on dimensions of marriage as they evolve over time. Collective themes emerging from the interviews are explored in relationship to gender, ethnicity, religion, and education. In view of increased life expectancies, couples who stay together will remain together for longer periods of time. As longevity extends into the seventies, eighties, and beyond, it is critical to identify the significant dynamics which contribute to satisfaction among couples in stable marriages. This book responds to this need among sociologists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family counselors, and general adult readers interested in gender, cultural differences, and interpersonal relationships.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313018618

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9780313018619

The History of Scepticism

From Savonarola to Bayle

By: Richard Henry Popkin

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The History of Scepticism

From Savonarola to Bayle

By: Richard Henry Popkin

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0195107683

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Richard Mocket: Doctrina et Politia Ecclesiae Anglicanae

An Anglican Summa. Facsimile, with Variants, of the Text of 1617

By: Richard Mocket

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Richard Mocket: Doctrina et Politia Ecclesiae Anglicanae

An Anglican Summa. Facsimile, with Variants, of the Text of 1617

By: Richard Mocket

Warden Richard Mocket's Doctrina et Politia Ecclesiae Anglicanae is a Summa of Anglican doctrine and organisation compiled by a chaplain of Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury. It includes (anonymously) Jewel's Apologia for the Church of England, Nowell's Catechism, the thirty-nine Articles (in a controversial Latin version), Mocket's own — unique — Latin translation of the Jacobean Book of Common Prayer, a brief summary of the official Anglican Homilies and Mocket's treatise Disciplina et Politia Ecclesia Anglicanae with the variants of his little-known manuscript and the issues of 1616 and 1617 of the printed edition. The whole volume is given in facsimile, the text being that of 1617 (edited). James I condemned the edition to be burnt (1617). It is therefore little known. The introduction (by M.A.Screech) discusses why so important a book was burnt, with the result that it — as well as this edition of Jewel's Apologia and Nowell's Catechism are all but unknown.

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446

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BRILL

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9004474161

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9789004474161

Special Functions

By: George E. Andrews,Richard Askey,Ranjan Roy

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Special Functions

By: George E. Andrews,Richard Askey,Ranjan Roy

An overview of special functions, focusing on the hypergeometric functions and the associated hypergeometric series.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521789885

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9780521789882

The Wisdom and Power of the Cross

The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts -- Late- and Post-Modernity

By: Richard Viladesau

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The Wisdom and Power of the Cross

The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts -- Late- and Post-Modernity

By: Richard Viladesau

The Wisdom and Power of the Cross is the fifth and final entry in Richard Viladesau's well-regarded series on the theology of the cross, from the historical crucifixion of Jesus to the present day. Continuing his analysis of theological history through cultural contexts, this volume correlates theoretical approaches with artistic representations, showing the relation of theoretical to imaginative approaches. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross examines modern and contemporary thought and images, which look at the cross in the light of modern historical and scriptural studies, science, and the novelties of modern and post-modern art and music. Viladesau here considers how the passion of Christ has been thought about by theologians and portrayed by artists in the modern world. Contemporary art and music reveal the lasting power of traditional images of the passion, as well as new possibilities for expression. The Wisdom and Power of the Cross surveys both traditional approaches to soteriology and revisionist theologies that take up the challenge of the meaning of the cross today, in light of critical historical studies and modern science, providing new understandings of traditional concepts like "original sin" and "redemption". Through his in-depth exploration of the interweaving of aesthetic and conceptual theology, Viladesau once more deepens our understanding of the foremost symbol of Christianity and its role in salvation history.

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Oxford University Press

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019751653X

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9780197516539

Plautus and the English Renaissance of Comedy

By: Richard F. Hardin

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Plautus and the English Renaissance of Comedy

By: Richard F. Hardin

The fifteenth-century discovery of Plautus’s lost comedies brought him, for the first time since antiquity, the status of a major author both on stage and page. It also led to a reinvention of comedy and to new thinking about its art and potential. This book aims to define the unique contribution of Plautus, detached from his fellow Roman dramatist Terence, and seen in the context of that European revival, first as it took shape on the Continent. The heart of the book, with special focus on English comedy ca. 1560 to 1640, analyzes elements of Plautine technique during the period, as differentiated from native and Terentian, considering such points of comparison as dialogue, asides, metadrama, observation scenes, characterization, and atmosphere. This is the first book to cover this ground, raising such questions as: How did comedy rather suddenly progress from the interludes and brief plays of the early sixteenth century to longer, more complex plays? What did “Plautus” mean to playwrights and readers of the time? Plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, and Middleton are foregrounded, but many other comedies provide illustration and support.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1683931297

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9781683931294

The Social Impact of Custody on Young People in the Criminal Justice System

By: Claire Paterson-Young,Richard Hazenberg,Meanu Bajwa-Patel

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The Social Impact of Custody on Young People in the Criminal Justice System

By: Claire Paterson-Young,Richard Hazenberg,Meanu Bajwa-Patel

This book explores the journey of young people through a Secure Training Centre and, more generally, the criminal justice system in the UK. It examines the extent to which young people have been failed by the system at every stage of their lives, with incarceration used as a means of removing ‘the problem’ from society. To explore this process, the authors utilise an integrated theoretical framework to develop a new rehabilitative approach focused on developing positive outcomes for young people. The book deploys a social impact measurement methodology to evaluate the experience and outcomes of youth justice interventions at a Secure Training Centre. Such an approach provides a fresh perspective on the youth justice debate which has traditionally utilised outcome data to measure immediate impact relating to recidivism and is therefore not focused on the young person holistically. Using a social impact framework to evaluate youth justice, underpinned by an integrated theoretical framework, allows for assessment to be made which place the young person at the centre of evaluation.

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Springer

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3030184226

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9783030184223

Opportunities and Dangers of Soviet-Cuban Expansion

Towards a Pragmatic U.S. Policy

By: Richard J. Payne

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Opportunities and Dangers of Soviet-Cuban Expansion

Towards a Pragmatic U.S. Policy

By: Richard J. Payne

Combined with aggressive rhetoric and ideological hostility, the conventional approach to crisis resolution generates only military options and diminishes our prospects for less dangerous solutions. This book explains how a workable, pragmatic, and efficient foreign policy in relation to Soviet-Cuban activities in the Third World can evolve through negotiation, that de-emphasizes ideology. The focus is on problems within less developed countries--problems that provide opportunities for Soviet-Cuban involvement. The book examines several Third World conflicts in which the Soviet Union and Cuba are involved (The Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Southern Africa, and the Commonwealth Caribbean) and suggests a pragmatic policy tailored to each regional conflict. An objective assessment of Soviet-Cuban activities discovers opportunities for cooperation and mutual restraint.

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SUNY Press

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0887067964

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9780887067969

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