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Living Positive with Imperfection

A Memoir

By: Robert D. Patton

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Living Positive with Imperfection

A Memoir

By: Robert D. Patton

Robert Bob Pattons book A Memoir, the personal story of his fifty-nine-year career as an educator, a state representative, and a public servant, contains details of three generations of a family that worked the soil, built community, and took responsibility for their own welfare like many similar families, and made this country one of the greatest in the world. Bobs personal progression from a high school teacher to professor in a state university, state representative, and a public servant is evidence of a highly competent, and well-motivated individual who achieved significant accomplishments. He is to be particularly admired for his lack of bitterness, despite divorces, life as a single parent, political defeat, and job loss. His only complaint is against politicians who will do anything to remain in power no matter whether it is morally right or wrong or good for society or not. Although well past retirement age, he continues to work for the Tennessee legislature despite being displaced in one position when the opposing party gained control of the legislature. Mervin Perry, PhD Professor Emeritus, East Tennessee State University

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1514423782

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Slaughter on North Lasalle

By: Robert L. Snow

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Slaughter on North Lasalle

By: Robert L. Snow

On December 1, 1971, the bodies of Robert Gierse, James Barker, and Robert Hinson were found in their blood-spattered Indianapolis home. All three had reputations as prodigious womanizers, hard-drinking bar fighters, and unscrupulous businessmen--the kind of men with more enemies than friends. When detectives searched the home and discovered an address book used as a sex contest scorecard, their new suspect list included jilted one-night stands, jealous boyfriends, and husbands--dozens upon dozens of names. Sensational reports and rumors soon overwhelmed the investigation , and real answers eluded the police and the media alike for three decades, until Roy West, a detective with a reputation for cracking "unsolvable" cases, re-opened the files... INCLUDES PHOTOS

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Penguin

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110158517X

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Benjamin Lightbourne/Lightburn of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants

By: Robert C Lightburn

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Benjamin Lightbourne/Lightburn of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants

By: Robert C Lightburn

I first became interested in genealogy when I was about twelve. It was then that my paternal grandmother first introduced me to a book entitled Genealogy of the Fell Family in America Descended from Joseph Fell. This book, which was published in 1891, included my grandfather, Charles McConnell Lightburn. I was struck by the time span covered by the book—nearly three hundred years—and was fascinated by the fact that all of the people in that book were related to one another and to me either by blood or marriage! My grandmother later gave me that book, and it became the first book in my genealogical library. My grandfather and my great-aunt Mary told me that their father had fought for the North during the Civil War by the side of his older brother, who was a brigadier general. This fascinated me. They also told me that there was a town in West Virginia called Lightburn. I couldn’t wait to find it on a map! My own genealogical research did not begin until the late 1970s when I requested the Civil War records of my great grandfather, Calvin Luther Lightburn, and his brothers from the National Archives. During the 1980s, I continued my research, albeit at a very low level of activity. It was not until the early 1990s when I moved to the Washington, DC, area that I became intensively involved in—some might even say addicted to—genealogy. The resources in the Washington, DC, area are extensive, and I ended up spending many happy (and sometimes frustrating) hours conducting research in the National Archives, Library of Congress, and the library of the Daughters of the American Revolution. By 1999, I had amassed a great deal of genealogical information, most of which was stuffed in cardboard boxes. I was encouraged to put what I had on paper by Faye M. (Brown) Lightburn, who had published her book, Revolutionary Soldier Samuel Brown and Some of his Family in 1993. So after attending several related sessions at the National Genealogical Society Conference in the States, which was held that year in Providence, Rhode Island, I finally screwed up my courage and plunged in. I published the original book in 2003. This book is the second and probably last edition.

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iUniverse

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1532062494

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Introduction to Corrections

By: Robert D. Hanser

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Introduction to Corrections

By: Robert D. Hanser

Introduction to Corrections provides students with a comprehensive foundation of corrections that is practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research and theoretical origins. Experienced correctional practitioner, scholar, and author Robert D. Hanser shows students how the corrections system works, from classification, security, and treatment, to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented. The Fourth Edition includes a special emphasis on the role of technology in each chapter; new topics on medical care in jail, female drug offenders, and controversies around the death penalty; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on correctional practices. Data and examples drawn from federal government documents, along with exercises that reinforce concepts in the text, further aid student learning. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo. Learning Platform / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It’s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Learn more. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.

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1071849034

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Ionospheres

Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry

By: Robert Schunk,Andrew Nagy

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Ionospheres

Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry

By: Robert Schunk,Andrew Nagy

Describes the physical, plasma and chemical processes controlling ionospheres, upper atmospheres and exospheres, for researchers and graduates.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521877067

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Shooter's Bible Guide to Tactical Firearms

A Comprehensive Guide to Precision Rifles and Long-Range Shooting Gear

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Shooter's Bible Guide to Tactical Firearms

A Comprehensive Guide to Precision Rifles and Long-Range Shooting Gear

By: Robert A. Sadowski

Long range shooting in the United States is as old as this country is young. Shooters have always had a fascination with shooting at distance, whether they are plinkers, competitive shooters, or hunters. The ability to place rifle bullets in the same hole of a target or kill an animal quickly is a goal to which we all aspire. In recent years the interest in tactical precision rifles has increased, with many factory and custom rifle makers plying their art producing rifles that can easily outperform the ability of many shooters. Expert Robert A. Sadowski proves to be a masterful instructor on all aspects related to precision shooting in the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Tactical Firearms. This Shooter’s Bible guide will help new and experienced shooters in making smart equipment purchases that range from rifles and optics to ammunition and gear. The shooting school section provides instructions for those of us who have had no formal training. For experienced shooters, having current information on hand in one place can be an invaluable resource. And no Shooter’s Bible guidebook is complete without a detailed products section showcasing rifles from all across the market. Other topics covered include: Top 10 long-range rifles Precision rifle maintenance Anatomy of a riflescope Shooting technique, positions, and drills And much more! Pick up a copy of the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Tactical Firearms to learn everything you need to know about precision, long-range shooting. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1632209357

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Biological Reactive Intermediates—II

Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Effects

By: Robert Snyder

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Biological Reactive Intermediates—II

Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Effects

By: Robert Snyder

Gillette (USA), C.D. Klaassen (USA), J.J. Kocsis, (USA), D.B. Menzel (USA), M. Mercier (Belgium), R.A. Neal (USA), F. Oesch (BRD), S. Orrenius (Sweden), H. Remmer (BRD), M. Roberfroid (Belgium), H. Vainio (Finland) and C.M. Witmer (USA), acting 'as a committee under G.G. Gibson (UK), D.J. Jollow (USA), D.V. Parke (UK) and R. Snyder (USA), co-chairmen, THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES was convened at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom on July 14-17, 1980. This volume derives directly from the presentations at the symposium. The University of Surrey, which is located in Guildford, Surrey, provided a congenial atmosphere for this conference and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the local organizing committee and especially Dr. G. Gordon Gibson, for all their efforts in both scientific and social arrangements. Special thanks are extended also to the graduate students of the Biochemistry Department (especially Ms. Tricia Breacker and Mr. Paul Tamburini) and to the conference secretaries who unstintingly gave of their time in a variety of roles to ensure the smooth functioning of the symposium. We wish to acknowledge the tireless efforts of the distinguished scientists who agreed to chair the sessions of the symposium: A. Hildebrandt (BRD), H. Remmer (BRD), L. Goldberg (USA), S. Orrenius (Sweden), H. Uehleke (BRD), J.R. Gillette (USA), C. Netter (BRD), M. Mercier (Belgium), F. Oesch (BRD), E. Boyland (UK), J.E. Gibson (USA), C.D. Klaassen (USA) and J.W. Gorrod (UK). The mounting of a large scale international symposium is fraught with many impediments, not the least of which are the financial and logistical problems of assembling a group of internationally distinguished scientists in one place at the same time. Success in such endeavors requires concerned and active sponsors. The three sponsoring

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Springer

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0306408023

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Exploring Piano Masterworks: Scenes from Childhood (5 Selections)

By: Robert Schumann,Willard A. Palmer

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Exploring Piano Masterworks: Scenes from Childhood (5 Selections)

By: Robert Schumann,Willard A. Palmer

This series is designed to introduce piano students with experience playing standard piano literature to masterworks by a variety of composers. Seven volumes in the series are available and include the most accessible and popular works in the genre, plus informative text, performance notes and detailed composer biographies. This edition for late intermediate pianists includes: * About Strange Lands and People, Op. 15, No. 1 * Curious Story, Op. 15, No. 3 * Important Event, Op. 15, No. 6 * Reverie, Op. 15, No. 7

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1457410990

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Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800

By: Robert Kirk Headley

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Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800

By: Robert Kirk Headley

Richmond County wills are extant only from 1699, but the compiler of this useful work has bridged the gap by substituting information from Order Books, 1692-1699, thereby extending the possibilities for genealogical enquiry. The entries, which consist mainly of abstracts of wills and inventories and refer to about 8,000 persons, are arranged throughout the work in chronological order.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806310219

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Augustine's Confessions

Conversion and Consciousness

By: Robert Hunter Craig

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Augustine's Confessions

Conversion and Consciousness

By: Robert Hunter Craig

Augustine's Confessions: Conversion and Consciousness argues two original positions concerning the structure and meaning of the Confessions by Augustine. The structure is found to be a tool used by Augustine in his earlier pre-Confessions writings in which he uses the Allegory of the Cave in book VII of the Republic by Plato to both describe human consciousness and as a structural framework for his own life story. As with Plato's allegory, Augustine then uses Books X-XIII to do, what the author calls, "Scriptural Philosophical" analysis of the allegorical prayer previously given. The author shows that the Confessions is really an allegorical quasi-prayer that shows Augustine's state of mind or disposition through space/time—and at the same time uses different personas, schools of thought and metaphysical constructs to show the inadequacy of Plato's consciousness model of the cave to truly describe human ratiocination within consciousness in its totality—Synchronic-Synthetic-Triplex (SST) or body, mind, God-Will substance. Instead, Augustine demonstrates the superiority of the Christian conversion to that of the Platonic as described both by Platonic books and the books of the Platonists. The Christian conversion is based on the incarnate Wisdom of Christ Jesus within the Cave/World.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793631360

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Doctor Always On Call

The Life of Robert H. Morris, M.D. as Told to His Son, Robert H. Morris II

By: Robert H. Morris

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Doctor Always On Call

The Life of Robert H. Morris, M.D. as Told to His Son, Robert H. Morris II

By: Robert H. Morris

Robert Morris II recorded eight hours of interviews with his father, Robert Morris, MD (1904-1990), from which he drafted an autobiography and presented it to his dad on his 85th birthday. Until Dr. Morris’ death 15 months later, they collaborated to correct and add to the original memories. Dr. Morris’ career was unique in several ways: He dropped out of medical school twice, returning to farming, then vowed that he’d become a doctor or die. The third time in medical school, he led his class most quarters. Marrying and nurse and settling in the village of Medina (pop. 400) in 1935, his practice and reputation—especially as a diagnostician—grew until his death. He made home visits extending to five counties, the last doctor to do so in this area, delivering some 2000 babies in the home, while also serving in four hospitals. He was a devout Christian and lay leader in his church. Two of his daughters married doctors, two others became career teachers who also married teachers, and his son had a varied career, ending as a writer. Dr. Morris tells both painful and humorous stories about his life.

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Elm Hill

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0310103843

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Designing Babies

How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children

By: Robert Klitzman

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Designing Babies

How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children

By: Robert Klitzman

Designing Babies examines the ethical, social, and policy concerns surrounding the use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). Basing his analysis on in-depth interviews with providers and patients, Robert Klitzman provides vital insights, guidance, and specific policy recommendations for understanding and regulating these procedures.

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0190054476

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Advanced Introduction to Financial Inclusion

By: Lensink, Robert,Hamilton, Calumn,Adjasi, Charles

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Advanced Introduction to Financial Inclusion

By: Lensink, Robert,Hamilton, Calumn,Adjasi, Charles

Taking a detailed tour through the emerging economic field of financial inclusion, this timely book charts the subtle conceptual shifts that gave rise to the focus on inclusivity in development finance, and provides an overview of key concepts, issues, and empirical findings. Diving into the crucial interaction of financial inclusion with gender, further chapters present new conceptual frameworks for thinking about these interactions, as well as discussing the impacts of gendered financial exclusion on both economic and empowerment outcomes.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1839107219

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Historic Sites & Landmarks of New Smyrna Beach

By: Robert Redd

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Historic Sites & Landmarks of New Smyrna Beach

By: Robert Redd

New Smyrna Beach is the third-oldest city in Florida behind only St. Augustine and Pensacola. Originally settled by Dr. Andrew Turnbull in 1768, the city accumulated significant, intriguing and stunning monuments to its past. An unusual-looking memorial to world war heroes-a cross, battle helmet and eagle-sits at Riverside Park. One of the oddest sites is a single-stone cemetery with a vault dedicated to the memory of Charles Dummett. Because of the insects that inhabit Ponce Inlet, a well-known landmark was originally named Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse. Local author and historian Robert Redd guides readers through the iconic historical landmarks of "Florida's Secret Pearl." Book jacket.

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1626197660

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The Boys of the Dark

A Story of Betrayal and Redemption in the Deep South

By: Robin Gaby Fisher,Michael O'McCarthy,Robert W. Straley

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The Boys of the Dark

A Story of Betrayal and Redemption in the Deep South

By: Robin Gaby Fisher,Michael O'McCarthy,Robert W. Straley

A story that garnered national attention, this is the harrowing tale of two men who suffered abuses at a reform school in Florida in the 1950s and 60s, and who banded together fifty years later to confront their attackers. Michael O'McCarthy and Robert W. Straley were teens when they were termed "incorrigible youth" by authorities and ordered to attend the Florida School for Boys. They discovered in Marianna, the "City of Southern Charm," an immaculately groomed campus that looked more like an idyllic university than a reform school. But hidden behind the gates of the Florida School for Boys was a hell unlike any they could have imagined. The school's guards and administrators acted as their jailers and tormentors. The boys allegedly bore witness to assault, rape, and possibly even murder. For fifty years, both men---and countless others like them---carried their torment in silence. But a series of unlikely events brought O'McCarthy, now a successful rights activist, and Straley together, and they became determined to expose the Florida School for Boys for what they believed it to be: a youth prison with a century-long history of abuse. They embarked upon a campaign that would change their lives and inspire others. Robin Gaby Fisher, a Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling After the Fire, collaborates with Straley and O'McCarthy to offer a riveting account of their harrowing ordeal. The book goes beyond the story of the two men to expose the truth about a century-old institution and a town that adopted a Nuremberg-like code of secrecy and a government that failed to address its own wrongdoing. What emerges is a tale of strength, resolve, and vindication in the face of the kinds of terror few can imagine.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429964685

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Civil Rights Unionism

Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-twentieth-century South

By: Robert Rodgers Korstad

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Civil Rights Unionism

Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-twentieth-century South

By: Robert Rodgers Korstad

Recovering an important moment in early civil rights activism, Korstad chronicles the rise and fall of the union that represented thousands of African American tobacco factory workers in Winston-Salem, N.C., in the first half of the 20th century.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807827819

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A Visitor's Guide to Colonial & Revolutionary New England: Interesting Sites to Visit, Lodging, Dining, Things to Do (Second Edition)

By: Robert Foulke,Patricia Foulke

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A Visitor's Guide to Colonial & Revolutionary New England: Interesting Sites to Visit, Lodging, Dining, Things to Do (Second Edition)

By: Robert Foulke,Patricia Foulke

A guide to Colonial and Revolutionary New England that includes historical details, timelines, photographs, background stories, and lodging and restaurant information for travelers exploring the area.

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The Countryman Press

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0881509698

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Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease

By: Robert M Kaplan,John D Piette,Joseph R Ferrari

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Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease

By: Robert M Kaplan,John D Piette,Joseph R Ferrari

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death and illness in the United States, and though much progress has been made in reducing cardiac risk factors, obesity and diabetes mellitus are on the rise. Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease explores recent advances in drug treatments for CAD risk factors and how these interventions can play an important role in improving the length and quality of patients’lives by addressing health behaviors and the need for behavioral change. This advanced text shows readers how mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and alcoholism interplay with patients’physical health and how certain interventions can improve patients’outlook and health status. Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to address subjects critical to secondary and tertiary preventive care for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). This outstanding volume concentrates on studies from three major areas to help primary care practitioners and family practice physicians intervene successfully with risky behaviors among their patients prone to or afflicted with coronary artery disease. These include the effects of heart disease on patients’mental health and quality of life and the role of formal behavioral interventions in promoting health among patients with heart disease. Readers of Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease acquire a solid understanding of the factors influencing CAD patients’behavioral patterns and mental states and how the prevalence of CAD can be reduced. Among the vital topics readers learn about are: the effects of alcohol upon CHD and blood pressure CHD risk factors in the elderly exercise interventions coping strategies and cardiac illness strategies for assessment and prevention smoking and cardiovascular disease Preventing Illness Among People With Coronary Heart Disease seeks to provoke greater discussion and scientific activity among professionals in the field to improve understanding of the interplay of mental health, physical health, and behavioral medicine for patients with heart disease. Primary care practitioners, family practice physicians, medical students, and others interested in preventive cardiology, preventive care, or chronic disease management will learn about recent advances in research and treatment approaches that can be applied immediately to daily practice.

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Routledge

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1136370323

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Small But Important Riots

The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville

By: Robert F. O'Neill

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Small But Important Riots

The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville

By: Robert F. O'Neill

This tactical study of fighting in June of 1863 is placed within the strategic context of a campaign—the result of thirty years of research at repositories across the country and research in unpublished records at the National Archives.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640125477

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Following Polaris

By: Robert J. Berens

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Following Polaris

By: Robert J. Berens

Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature's delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships. Beryl forges her own path as a horse trainer, and her uncommon style attracts the eye of the Happy Valley set, a decadent, bohemian community of European expats who also live and love by their own set of rules. But it's the ruggedly charismatic Denys Finch Hatton who ultimately helps Beryl navigate the uncharted territory of her own heart. The intensity of their love reveals Beryl's truest self and her fate: to fly. Set against the majestic landscape of early-twentieth-century Africa, McLain's powerful tale reveals the extraordinary adventures of a woman before her time, the exhilaration of freedom and its cost, and the tenacity of the human spirit.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563117053

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Transforming Children's Mental Health Policy into Practice

Lessons from Virginia and Other States' Experiences Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Systems of Care

By: Robert Cohen,Allison B. Ventura

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Transforming Children's Mental Health Policy into Practice

Lessons from Virginia and Other States' Experiences Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Systems of Care

By: Robert Cohen,Allison B. Ventura

This book examines the long term impact of service reform in children’s mental health, focusing on comprehensive state and local initiatives to improve care for children with serious behavioral health and their families to illustrate how programmatic and contextual forces influence policy and practice in this area, and inform readers about strategies employed by policy makers, administrators and advocates to develop and sustain effective systems of care. This book looks at Virginia’s effort to reform care for at-risk youth, as well as the transformational initiatives of six states and several localities. Using a comprehensive ecological framework, the authors focus on a statewide transformation of services for children/youth with serious emotional and behavioral challenges to enhance understanding of the course and consequences of system change efforts over an extended period of time. Attention is given to the impact of this reform on individual children and families, and local communities as well as the Commonwealth. Using data from states’ and localities’ efforts to develop comprehensive systems of care for children and families, this book enhances understanding of the dynamics of large-scale human service reform efforts. It describes how political, economic, social, cultural, and technological forces have shaped policy and practice, offer lessons learned from these ambitious reform initiatives, and provide guidance for those interested in improving care for vulnerable children and their families. This book examines the long-term impact of reform legislation, employing a multi-modal approach to enrich understanding of this ambitious reform effort. Examples are provided to illustrate how CSA and other systems of care have impacted individual children and families as well as the interplay of local community dynamics and macro level policy and political processes. This book also offers the first-hand perspectives of individual consumers and families, child advocates, community based program providers, and local and state wide administrators and policymakers. By combining these multiple perspectives the authors provide a comprehensive perspective on the issues of child mental health services and related reform efforts.

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Lexington Books

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1498541135

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The Baseball Fan's Bucket List

162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die

By: Robert Santelli,Jenna Santelli

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The Baseball Fan's Bucket List

162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die

By: Robert Santelli,Jenna Santelli

No sports fans are more in touch with the history and ephemera of their game than baseball fans. Hitting the sweet spot of our national pastime, The Baseball Fans Bucket List presents a list of 162 absolute must things to do, see, get, and experience before you kick the bucket. Entries range from visiting Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ (site of the first pro baseball game), to starting a baseball card collection; experiencing Opening Day; attending your favorite teams Fantasy Camp; reading classic books like Ball Four, and much more! Each entry includes interesting facts, entertaining trivia, and practical information about the activity, item, or travel destination. Also included is a complete checklist so the reader can keep a running tally of their Bucket-List achievements. With todays tabloid stories of steroid abuse and off-the-field shenanigans encroaching on baseballs idyllic charm, this unique guidebook encourages readers to celebrate all thats good about being a fan.

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0762440317

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9780762440313

Straight Talk About Public Relations

What You Think You Know Is Wrong

By: Robert Wynne

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Straight Talk About Public Relations

What You Think You Know Is Wrong

By: Robert Wynne

Straight Talk About Public Relations is for those who want to learn the essentials of PR, including how to write a compelling press release, successfully pitch the media, write an editorial that wows, create a persuasive social media campaign, engage audiences with powerful content marketing, and measure PR success. Robert Wynne uses wit, humor, and, yes, straight talk to help readers learn the art of public relations. Public relations is the persuasion business. It’s about convincing the media, potential customers, the public – someone – to do something the reader wants – write about their firm or client, purchase their service or product, support their ideas. The book is perfect for entrepreneurs, small business owners, students, and those new to the PR business. It differs dramatically from the competition in that it separates fact from fiction, reality from fantasy. Readers will learn that there are no easy solutions and quick results (in spite of what many authors say). Persuading people to buy products or services or support causes is difficult. But there are tactics that work, and readers will find them in this book. They’ll learn: What PR really is . . . and isn’t, why it works, and why advertising doesn't Proven techniques for performing the essential PR functions needed to effectively promote products, services, and causes Where the media get their stories as well as secrets about how to reach and influence them Why most social media is a waste of time, but how some social media strategies for PR really work How to use self-published posts, articles, videos, and other forms of content marketing to support their PR efforts Why the five best PR campaigns of all time succeeded Techniques to gauge the impact of their PR efforts Bottom line: readers will learn that how well they write and deliver their messages are the keys to PR success. And this book will offer them those keys – the essential tools they need to know and will soon be able to master.

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Maven House

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1938548795

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The Laughing Gorilla

The True Story of the Hunt for One of America's First Serial Killers

By: Robert Graysmith

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The Laughing Gorilla

The True Story of the Hunt for One of America's First Serial Killers

By: Robert Graysmith

During the 1920s, in more than a dozen cities, over four years, and across two continents, women were being butchered. Eyewitneses claim the perpetrator was a hulking Bible-carrying brute who lumbered on all fours, and laughed maniacally with each new slaughter. The crimes haunted San Francisco Police Captain Charles Dullea, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the country. But nothing could have prepared Dullea for where the case- and the truth-would take him.

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Penguin

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1101145188

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9781101145180

Cybersecurity Lessons from CoVID-19

By: Robert Slade

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Cybersecurity Lessons from CoVID-19

By: Robert Slade

Using the SARS-CoV-2/CoVID-19 pandemic as a giant case study, and following the structure of the domains of information security, this book looks at what the crisis teaches us about security. It points out specific security fundamentals where social, medical, or business responses to the crisis failed or needed to make specific use of those concepts. For the most part, these lessons are simply reminders of factors that get neglected during times of non-crisis. The lessons particularly point out the importance of planning and resilience in systems and business. Those studying cybersecurity and its preventive measures and applications, as well as those involved in risk management studies and assessments, will all benefit greatly from the book. Robert Slade has had an extensive and prolific career in management, security, and telecommunications research, analysis, and consultancy. He has served as an educator visiting universities and delivering lecturers and seminars.

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CRC Press

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100034844X

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