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Trapped!

The Story of Floyd Collins

By: Robert K. Murray,Roger W. Brucker

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Trapped!

The Story of Floyd Collins

By: Robert K. Murray,Roger W. Brucker

When Floyd Collins became trapped in a cave in southern Kentucky in early 1925, the sensationalism and hysteria of the rescue attempt generated America's first true media spectacle, making Collins's story one of the seminal events of the century. The crowds that gathered outside Sand Cave turned the rescue site into a carnival. Collins's situation was front-page news throughout the country, hourly bulletins interrupted radio programs, and Congress recessed to hear the latest word. Trapped! is both a tense adventure and a brilliant historical recreation of the past. This new edition includes a new epilogue revealing information about the Floyed Collins story that has come to light since the book was first published.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813143950

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Turnback Creek

By: Robert J. Randisi

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Turnback Creek

By: Robert J. Randisi

The second in the acclaimed Widowmaker series follows legendary gunfighter John Locke as he is hired to guard a payroll wagon stuffed with cash…only to find himself on the wrong side of the law. When John Locke is offered a job to ride shotgun on a payroll wagon bound for Montana, he jumps at the chance. Now he has the opportunity to reunite with his old riding partner, former marshal Dale Cooper. The old friends are eager to hit the trail together, but the going is not easy. There are outlaws in the shadows, ready to pilfer the loot for themselves. Once they get to the ramshackle town, the trouble really starts, as the pair must make a perilous trek to the remote mining camp itself, with death lurking behind every boulder and crevice. Armed with hot lead, cold steel, and an iron will, Locke and Cooper know that in this fight, there will be no winners—only survivors. But Locke soon learns that the true danger lies closer than he thought.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416580905

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9781416580904

Hostage

A Novel

By: Robert Crais

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Hostage

A Novel

By: Robert Crais

The bestselling author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet. As the Los Angeles Times said, Robert Crais is “a crime writer operating at the top of his game.” His complex heroes and heroines, his mastery of noir atmosphere, and his brilliant, taut plots have catapulted him into the front rank of a new breed of thriller writers. Hostage proves his earlier success was no fluke. It’s an unstoppable read. An ex-con with delusions of grandeur and his tagalong brother unwittingly team up with a psychopath one wrong word away from meltdown. When their late afternoon joyride turns into a random act of violence, they take a family hostage in the affluent bedroom community of Bristo Camino. Enter Chief of Police Jeff Talley, a stressed-out former LAPD SWAT negotiator who is hiding from his past. Plunged back into the high-pressure world that he desperately wants to forget, Talley soon learns that his nightmare has only begun. The hostages are not who they seem, and the home contains secrets that even L.A.’s most lethal and volatile crime lord, Sonny Benza, fears. As Talley tries to hold himself together and save the people inside, the full weight of Benza’s wrath descends on him, putting the police chief and his own family at risk. Soon, all involved are held hostage by the exigencies of fate and the only one capable of diffusing the standoff is the least stable of them all. Hostage is a blistering stand-alone thriller with superb characters in crisis, multistranded plotting, and pitch-perfect Southern California sensibility.

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Ballantine Books

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1984818732

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9781984818737

Political Leadership

Stories of Power and Politics from Literature and Life

By: Robert Coles,George Eliot,George Orwell,Leo Tolstoy,Anthony Trollope

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Political Leadership

Stories of Power and Politics from Literature and Life

By: Robert Coles,George Eliot,George Orwell,Leo Tolstoy,Anthony Trollope

From ancient times to the present day, here are indispensable insights on political power and leadership as expressed in the novels, plays, and poetry of the world’s greatest artists and intellectuals. Adapted from a course taught at Harvard by Pulitzer Prize—winning author Robert Coles, Political Leadership features scenes, stories, and speeches that pierce to the core of how and why some lead and others follow. In Felix Holt, the Radical, George Eliot observes that progressive reformers can be even more self-serving than their conservative counterparts; in The Prime Minister, Anthony Trollope suggests that honest men must cope with the corruption of politics–or leave leadership entirely to the crooked; and the works of Nadine Gordimer and George Orwell reveal that those who overturn tyrants often envy their power and repeat their mistakes. Anyone trying to understand today’s confused and violent world will be both challenged and inspired by this unique and important collection.

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Modern Library

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0307431622

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9780307431622

Dimension of Miracles

By: Robert Sheckley

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Dimension of Miracles

By: Robert Sheckley

A hapless Earthling must find his way home through a universe of absurdities in this science fiction romp from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated master. New York civil servant Thomas Carmody has never been particularly lucky. Imagine his surprise when he discovers he’s won the grand prize in an Intergalactic Lottery he had no idea he’d entered. Whisked far away to Galactic Central to claim his award, he has two immediate, equally troubling revelations. Not only does his Prize—a talkative device that changes shape—serve no practical purpose whatsoever, but now he’s expected to find his own way back to Earth. Of course, Carmody has no idea where, when, or even which universe he’s been stranded in. Ignoring the worthless advice and opinions of his increasingly annoying Prize, he embarks on a bizarre odyssey that takes him from alternate Earth to alternate Earth, bringing him into close contact with all manner of strangeness—and even with a bored God Almighty Himself. But Carmody’s sweepstakes “windfall” comes with yet another unexpected drawback. Suddenly, an unrelenting predator is on his tail, determined to eliminate the “glitch” wandering lost through numerous dimensions where he does not belong. A full decade before Douglas Adams devised TheHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Robert Sheckley created his Dimension of Miracles, launching one luckless protagonist on a hilarious journey across an alien universe of intelligent dinosaurs and mothering sentient towns. Fans of Kurt Vonnegut, Roger Zelazny, Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and Harry Harrison’s Bill the Galactic Hero will delight in Sheckley’s biting and brilliant Alice in Wonderland–like outer space adventure.

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Open Road Media

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1480496901

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War is a Racket II

How the United States Government manipulates the country into unnecessary wars and military interventions.

By: Robert F. Boland

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War is a Racket II

How the United States Government manipulates the country into unnecessary wars and military interventions.

By: Robert F. Boland

This is not an anti-war book. Rather, the book is about the bad behavior of the US government in Washington, DC, in taking the country into military adventures when it is not necessary. To state that the country should never go to war would be irresponsible. Wars cannot always be avoided. A characteristic of the United States foreign policy establishment is their refusal to admit they made a mistake. There are never any consequences for invading the wrong country. The establishment carries on as if everything is okay, and they quickly forget about the dead and crippled. Currently, the US has approximately 800 bases in seventy countries. As of November 2016, the US was dropping bombs on seven different countries. This book does not favor either political party. However, some may disagree. In 1935, retired General Smedley Butler published a small book entitled War Is a Racket, which explained how and why the US Government manipulates the country into various wars and military interventions for power and their own selfish interest. This is an update on General Butler's 1935 book. Most of us have heard or read the following words many times. We are forced to go to war or do a military intervention to save our liberty and freedom, to make the world safe for democracy, a war to end all wars, to save the world from communist or whatever, to protect American lives, to save the world from a country that might possess weapons of mass destruction, etc. This is a book explaining how the United States government manipulated and lied its way into a number of wars and military interventions. This information will not normally be taught in your school history class or viewed on your history channel. This is not conspiracy theory stuff. You can look it all up. This information is available to all citizens if they care to research it. Some of this information may shock you.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1644627272

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Best Intentions

The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry

By: Robert Sam Anson

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Best Intentions

The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry

By: Robert Sam Anson

A complex, poignant exploration of racial attitudes in America, as illumined by the case of Edmund Perry. Perry, a seventeen-year-old black honors student from Harlem, was fatally shot by a young white plainclothes policeman in 1985 in an alleged mugging attempt. Perry had recently graduated from Philips Exeter Academy and was to attend Stanford University that fall. The shooting and the subsequent case, in which Edmund's elder brother Jonah, an undergraduate at Cornell University, was accused, tried, and found not guilty, drew national headlines and was the subject of heated debate among black and white communities alike. Using interviews with Perry's parents, friends, and former teachers in Harlem and at Exeter, journalist Robert Sam Anson has written a compelling account of a boy caught between two worlds and a profound portrait of the state of race in America.

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Vintage

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0307756998

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9780307756992

Destroyer Battles

Epics of Naval Close Combat

By: Robert Stem

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Destroyer Battles

Epics of Naval Close Combat

By: Robert Stem

Fast, manoeuvrable and heavily armed, destroyers were the most aggressive surface warships of the twentieth century. Although originally conceived as a defensive screen to protect the main battlefleet from torpedo attack, the gamekeeper soon turned poacher, and became primarily a weapon of offence. As such they were involved in many hard-fought battles, using both torpedoes and guns, especially with enemy vessels of the same kind. This book recounts some of the most significant, spectacular or unusual actions in the history of destroyer warfare, from the first employment of torpedo craft during the Russo-Japanese War to the recent terrorist attack on USS Cole. With individual chapters devoted to each incident, the book may be read as a series of dramatic narratives, but each reflects a development in the tactics or technology, so taken as a whole the book amounts to a complete history of the destroyer from an unusual and previously neglected angle.

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Seaforth Publishing

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1848320078

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Functional Ophthalmic Disorders

Ocular Malingering and Visual Hysteria

By: Robert Enzenauer,William Morris,Thomas O'Donnell,Jill Montrey

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Functional Ophthalmic Disorders

Ocular Malingering and Visual Hysteria

By: Robert Enzenauer,William Morris,Thomas O'Donnell,Jill Montrey

This is a practical manual for diagnostic testing, focusing on the historical and contemporary research on functional disorders in general, and functional visual disorders in particular. Functional Ophthalmic Disorders: Ocular Malingering and Visual Hysteria is a how-to manual that is written for the practicing ophthalmologist and optometrist, complete with color photos that allow the reader to see pictures of select diseases. In addition to the photos, videos are provided online to illustrate the various tests and possible results conducted on a mock patient to assist in the differential diagnosis. Written and edited by leaders in the field, some of the topics covered include history of functional disorders, ophthalmologic examination in malingering and techniques and tests for functional and simulated defects.

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Springer

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3319087509

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9783319087504

Arctic Chill: A Harrison/Wolffe Mystery

By: Robert Ziegler

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Arctic Chill: A Harrison/Wolffe Mystery

By: Robert Ziegler

Murder in the workplace. A malcontented, hateful ex-employee wearing a black ski-mask crashes the offices of a high-tech electronics firm and murders his ex-manager in front of a group of shocked employees. He disappears into the early morning September arctic chill of Fairbanks, Alaska. The CEO brings in San Francisco private investigators Brandon Harrison and Tina Wolffe to investigate the senseless murder and apprehend the killer. The PIs’ initial investigation finds that witnesses of the shooting believe the killer is a Russian named Ivanov, laid-off a month earlier by the victim. A further investigation reveals that the Russian is innocent, but implicates several employees as the victim’s enemies…suspects in murder. Tina Wolffe and Brandon Harrison unveil a complex web of rage, jealousy, and tortured secrets as they close in on the murderer…who is desperately trying to escape their detection. He must stop the PIs at any cost, including murder…and Tina is his next victim.

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PublishAmerica

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146262796X

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9781462627967

Origins of the Sphinx

Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

By: Robert M. Schoch,Robert Bauval

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Origins of the Sphinx

Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

By: Robert M. Schoch,Robert Bauval

New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than previously thought • Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and updates to Schoch’s water weathering research and Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory • Examines how the Sphinx is contemporaneous with Göbekli Tepe, aligned with the constellation Leo, and was recarved during the Old Kingdom era of Egypt • Reveals that the Sphinx was built during the actual historical Golden Age of ancient Egypt, the period known in legend as Zep Tepi No other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of Giza. It has survived the harsh climate of Egypt for thousands of years and will remain long after our own civilization is gone. According to orthodox Egyptology, the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE as a memorial to the pharaoh Khafre. Yet this “fact” has scant to no supportive evidence. When was the Sphinx really built and, most importantly, why? In this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by a long forgotten pre-Pharaonic civilization. They examine the known history of the Sphinx, contrasting what Egyptologists claim with prominent historical accounts and new research, including updates to Schoch’s geological water weathering research and reanalysis of seismic studies. Building on Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory, they investigate the archaeoastronomical alignments of the monuments of the Giza Plateau and reveal how the pyramids and Sphinx were built to align with the constellations of Orion and Leo. Analyzing the evidence for a significantly older construction phase at Giza and the restoration and recarving of the Sphinx during the Old Kingdom era, they assert that the Sphinx was first built by an advanced pre-Pharaonic civilization that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe complex. The authors examine how the monuments at Giza memorialize Zep Tepi, the Golden Age of legend shown here to be an actual historical time period from roughly 10,500 BCE through 9700 BCE. Moving us closer to an understanding of the true age and purpose of the Great Sphinx, Schoch and Bauval provide evidence of an early high civilization witnessed by the Great Sphinx before the end of the last ice age.

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Simon and Schuster

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1620555263

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9781620555262

Bless Me, Father ?

By: Robert A. Zammit

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Bless Me, Father ?

By: Robert A. Zammit

A young Italian boy's broken heart leads him into the heart of the Catholic Church in 1950s Australia, but there he begins a journey of betrayal, murder, and damaged faith.

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1452512027

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Welcome to the Genome

A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future

By: Robert DeSalle,Michael Yudell

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Welcome to the Genome

A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future

By: Robert DeSalle,Michael Yudell

The popular introduction to the genomic revolution for non-scientists—the revised and updated new edition Welcome to the Genome is an accessible, up-to-date introduction to genomics—the interdisciplinary field of biology focused on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of an organism's complete set of DNA. Written for non-experts, this user-friendly book explains how genomes are sequenced and explores the discoveries and challenges of this revolutionary technology. Genomics is a mixture of many fields, including not only biology, engineering, computer science, and mathematics, but also social sciences and humanities. This unique guide addresses both the science of genomics and the ethical, moral, and social questions that rise from the technology. There have been many exciting developments in genomics since this book's first publication. Accordingly, the second edition of Welcome to the Genome offers substantial new and updated content to reflect recent major advances in genome-level sequencing and analysis, and demonstrates the vast increase in biological knowledge over the past decade. New sections cover next-generation technologies such as Illumina and PacBio sequencing, while expanded chapters discuss controversial ethical and philosophical issues raised by genomic technology, such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing. An essential resource for understanding the still-evolving genomic revolution, this book: Introduces non-scientists to basic molecular principles and illustrates how they are shaping the genomic revolution in medicine, biology, and conservation biology Explores a wide range of topics within the field such as genetic diversity, genome structure, genetic cloning, forensic genetics, and more Includes full-color illustrations and topical examples Presents material in an accessible, user-friendly style, requiring no expertise in genomics Discusses past discoveries, current research, and future possibilities in the field Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future is a must-read book for anyone interested in the scientific foundation for understanding the development and evolutionary heritage of all life.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118750314

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9781118750315

The Mad Dogs Girls

By: Robert P. Benn

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The Mad Dogs Girls

By: Robert P. Benn

James Maddox lives the perfect life; a beautiful wife, two wonderful daughters, a good job and a lovely home at the beach. An accident while on a family outing wrecks his life and splits his family. When finally matters begin to mend, tragedy strikes again and the healing has to begin once more.

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1468529579

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Wills Eye Strabismus Atlas

By: Leonard B Nelson,Robert A Catalano

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Wills Eye Strabismus Atlas

By: Leonard B Nelson,Robert A Catalano

Strabismus is a visual problem in which the eyes are not aligned properly and point in different directions. One eye may look straight ahead, while the other eye turns inward, outward, upward, or downward (eyeSmart). The second edition of this atlas presents ophthalmologists and trainees with the latest developments and research in the ophthalmic subspecialty of strabismus. Beginning with detail on ocular anatomy, sensory physiology and tests for sensory status and ocular alignment, the following chapters provide guidance on the diagnosis and management of different strabismus disorders, from basic to more advanced. Written by experienced specialists from the world renowned Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and Columbia University, New York, this atlas is highly illustrated with nearly 500 clinical photographs, colour diagrams and tables. Key points New edition presenting latest developments and research in strabismus Covers diagnosis and management of numerous strabismus disorders Written by experts from Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia and Columbia University, New York Includes nearly 500 clinical photographs , diagrams and tables

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JP Medical Ltd

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9351521850

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9789351521853

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

The Biography of Randy Newman

By: Robert Hilburn

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A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

The Biography of Randy Newman

By: Robert Hilburn

“Randy Newman is our great master of American song and storytelling."--Bruce Springsteen “At last, the biography that Randy Newman has long deserved. The emotional precision, the humor and sweep, the truths and secrets behind his remarkable body of work . . . it’s all here in Robert Hilburn’s heartfelt and indispensable account of America’s finest songwriter. Leave it to Hilburn to pull back the curtain on the incredible life of Newman, a shy genius who clearly trusted him enough to point him in all the right directions. It’s more than a great read, it’s an invitation to re-visit Randy Newman’s work with renewed appreciation for the man who uniquely defined the American Experience just when we needed it most.”--Cameron Crowe The definitive biography of songwriter Randy Newman, told with his full cooperation, by acclaimed biographer and longtime Los Angeles Times music critic, Robert Hilburn Randy Newman is widely hailed as one of America’s all-time greatest songwriters, equally skilled in the sophisticated melodies and lyrics of the Gershwin-Porter era and the cultural commentary of his own generation, with Bob Dylan and Paul Simon among his most ardent admirers. While tens of millions around the world can hum “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” his disarming centerpiece for Toy Story, most of them would be astonished to learn that the heart of Newman’s legacy is in the dozens of brilliant songs that detail the injustices, from racism to class inequality, that have contributed to the division of our nation. Rolling Stone declared that a single Newman song, “Sail Away,” tells us more about America than “The Star-Spangled Banner.” And yet, his legacy remains largely undocumented in book form—until now. In A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY, veteran music journalist Robert Hilburn presents the definitive portrait of an American legend. Hilburn has known Newman since his club debut at the Troubadour in 1970, and the two have maintained a connection in the decades since, conversing over the course of times good and bad. Though Newman has long refused to talk with potential biographers, he now gives Hilburn unprecedented access not only to himself but also to his archives, as well as his family, friends, and collaborators. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, John Williams, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck D, James Taylor, and New York Times’ Pulitzer-winning columnists, Thomas Friedman and Wesley Morris, among others, contributed to the book. In addition to exploring Newman’s prolific career and the evolution of his songwriting, A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY also dives into his childhood and early influences, his musical family that ruled Hollywood movie scores for decades, the relationships that have provided inspiration for his songs, and so much more. As thought-provoking and thorough as it is tender, this book is an overdue tribute to the legendary songwriter whose music has long reflected and challenged the America we know today.

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Hachette Books

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0306834715

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Politics and the Nation

Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

By: Robert Harris

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Politics and the Nation

Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

By: Robert Harris

The author presents a new picture of political life in mid-eighteenth century Britain, a period of history which is poorly understood. Written in a clear, accessible style, and drawing on much original material, this book argues that British politics and political culture in the mid eighteenth century have often been poorly understood through over-emphasis on 'stability'. Using a thematic approach, it reconstructs a political world in which vital issues continued to exercise the minds and emotions of those who made up the contemporary 'political nation', a group which included far more than the handful of politicans who competed for national political office. This is a book which interprets its subject broadly, and which seeks to tell the stories of politics in this period through the words and projects, hopes and fears, of contemporaries . It also represents an important contribution to the difficult, but important, project of writing the history of the British Isles. Development in Scotland and Ireland are given careful attention along with those of England.

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OUP Oxford

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0191554383

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Jim Courtright of Fort Worth

His Life and Legend

By: Robert K. DeArment

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Jim Courtright of Fort Worth

His Life and Legend

By: Robert K. DeArment

Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. One of the most colorful characters from the wild and woolly days of Fort Worth's Hell's Half Acre, Courtright was at various times city marshal, deputy sheriff, deputy U.S. marshal, private detective, hired killer, and racketeer. Today, he is almost forgotten, either as a gunfighter or a lawman, except in Fort Worth. Little is known about Courtright's early life, though he apparently served in the Union army during the Civil War. But when he arrived in the West, Courtright seemed to attract trouble. He was involved in a shootout during the 1886 railroad strikes and was accused of murder in New Mexico. Deputies were sent to Fort Worth to escort him to New Mexico to stand trial. His escape from them, complete with guns hidden under a restaurant table, is one of Fort Worth's most colorful stories. Finally, he was killed in a shootout that he apparently provoked with gambler and gunman Luke Short. To this day nobody is sure what provoked that feud, but Courtright was honored with the longest funeral procession Fort Worth had ever seen. The myth of Courtright as legendary gunfighter was built in two previous biographies--one by a novelist and the other by a Franciscan priest. After exhaustive research into contemporary newspapers and other accounts and close study of the previous two books, historian Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. This book is a must for all those interested in the legends of the West, its lawmen, and its outlaws.

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0875652921

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Iraq, Vietnam, and the Limits of American Power

By: Robert K. Brigham

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Iraq, Vietnam, and the Limits of American Power

By: Robert K. Brigham

Since the first days of the Iraqi invasion, supporters of the war have cautioned the public not to view this conflict as another Vietnam. They rightfully point to many important distinctions. There is no unified resistance in Iraq. No political or religious leader has been able to galvanize opposition to U.S. intervention the way that Ho Chi Minh did in Vietnam. And it is not likely that 580,000 American troops will find their way to Iraq. However, there are two similarities that may dwarf the thousands of differences. First, in Iraq, like Vietnam, the original rationale for going to war has been discredited and public support has dwindled. Second, in both cases the new justification became building stable societies. There are enormous pitfalls in America's nation building efforts in Iraq as there were in Vietnam. But it is the business we now find ourselves in, and there is no easy retreat from it morally. As American frustration increases, some policy makers are making the deadly mistake of approaching problems in Iraq as if we are facing them for the first time. It is crucial that we apply the lessons of Vietnam wisely and selectively.

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0786731737

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In Retrospect

The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

By: Robert Mcnamara

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In Retrospect

The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

By: Robert Mcnamara

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam. "Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's controversial memoir answers the lingering questions that surround this disastrous episode in American history. With unprecedented candor and drawing on a wealth of newly declassified documents, McNamara reveals the fatal misassumptions behind our involvement in Vietnam. Keenly observed and dramatically written, In Retrospect possesses the urgency and poignancy that mark the very best histories—and the unsparing candor that is the trademark of the greatest personal memoirs. Includes a preface written by McNamara for the paperback edition.

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0525562605

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The Second Victorian Mystery MEGAPACK ®

By: Robert Barr,Rudyard Kipling,Mary Fortune,L.T. Meade,E.W. Hornung

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The Second Victorian Mystery MEGAPACK ®

By: Robert Barr,Rudyard Kipling,Mary Fortune,L.T. Meade,E.W. Hornung

The second volume of our Victorian Mystery series presents 38 more classic mysteries, including series by Andrew Lang, August Groner, and Robert Barr. Included are: IN THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOO, by Rudyard Kipling THE CRIME CLUB, by William Holt-White TRACES OF CRIME, by Mary Fortune THE STAR OF THE "GRASMERE," by E. W. Hornung MR. BOVEY'S UNEXPECTED WILL, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLAW KOMBS, by Robert Barr THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE AND TYRE, CO., LTD," by Arthur Morrison THE RED CROSS GIRL, by Richard Harding Davis THE MYSTERY OF THE CLASPED HANDS, by Guy Boothby CHEATING THE GALLOWS, by Israel Zangwill THE DREAM WOMAN, Wilkie Collins The "Joe Muller" Series, by Augusta Groner: THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BULLET THE CASE OF THE REGISTERED LETTER THE POCKET DIARY FOUND IN THE SNOW The "Eugene Valmont" Series, by Robert Barr: THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED DIAMONDS THE SIAMESE TWIN OF A BOMB-THROWER THE CLUE OF THE SILVER SPOONS LORD CHIZELRIGG'S MISSING FORTUNE THE ABSENT-MINDED COTERIE THE GHOST WITH THE CLUB-FOOT THE LIBERATION OF WYOMING ED LADY ALICIA'S EMERALDS Robert Louis Stevenson's Mystery Tales from "New Arabian Nights": THE STORY OF THE BANDBOX THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN IN HOLY ORDERS THE STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCE FLORIZEL AND A DETECTIVE The "Disentanglers" Series, by Andrew Lang: THE GREAT IDEA FROM THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES ADVENTURE OF THE FIRST CLIENTS ADVENTURE OF THE RICH UNCLE THE ADVENTURE OF THE OFFICE SCREEN A LOVER IN COCKY THE ADVENTURE OF THE EXEMPLARY EARL THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY PATRONESS ADVENTURE OF THE LADY NOVELIST AND THE VACCINATIONIST ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR AMERICAN ADVENTURE OF THE MISERLY MARQUIS ADVENTURE OF THE CANADIAN HEIRESS If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 180 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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Blue & Gold and Black

Racial Integration of the U.S. Naval Academy

By: Robert John Schneller

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Blue & Gold and Black

Racial Integration of the U.S. Naval Academy

By: Robert John Schneller

During the twentieth century, the U.S. Naval Academy evolved from a racist institution to one that ranked equal opportunity among its fundamental tenets. This transformation was not without its social cost, however, and black midshipmen bore the brunt of it. Blue & Gold and Black is the history of integration of African Americans into the Naval Academy. The book examines how civil rights advocates? demands for equal opportunity shaped the Naval Academy?s evolution. Author Robert J. Schneller Jr. analyzes how changes in the Academy?s policies and culture affected the lives of black midshipmen, as well as how black midshipmen effected change in the Academy?s policies and culture. Most institutional history is written from the top down, while most social history is written from the bottom up. Based on the documentary record as well as on the memories of hundreds of midshipmen and naval officers, Blue & Gold and Black includes both perspectives. By examining both the institution and the individual, a much more accurate picture emerges of how racial integration occurred at the Naval Academy. Schneller takes a biographical approach to social history. Through written correspondence, responses to questionnaires, memoirs, and oral histories, African American midshipmen recount their experiences in their own words. Rather than setting adrift their humanity and individuality in oceans of statistics, Schneller uses their first-hand recollections to provide insights into the Academy?s culture that cannot be gained from official records. Covering the Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, and the empowerment of African Americans from the late 1960s through the end of the twentieth century, Blue & Gold and Black traces the transformation of an institution that produces men and women who lead not only the Navy, but also the nation.

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The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Phillies History

By: Robert W. Cohen

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The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Phillies History

By: Robert W. Cohen

In The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Phillies History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of Major League Baseball's most iconic and historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of memorable performances, as well as a statistical summary of each player's career with the Phillies. The team's best are profiled here in what is sure to be a much discussed book among the Phillies' broad fan base. An added bonus is the "honorable mentions," the next 25 players who have contributed to the Phillies' astounding run as one of America's great sports teams.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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149306696X

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The Bakersfield Sound

How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music

By: Robert E. Price

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The Bakersfield Sound

How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music

By: Robert E. Price

An immersive look at the country music sub-genre, from its 1950s origins to its heyday to the twenty-first century. In California’s Central Valley, two thousand miles away from Nashville’s country hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music during the later half of the twentieth century. Fueled by the steel twang of electric guitars, explosive drumming, and powerfully aching lyrics, the Sound transformed hard times and desperation into chart-toppers. It vaulted displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard to stardom, and even today the Sound’s influence on country music is still widely felt. In this fascinating book, veteran journalist Robert E. Prince traces the Bakersfield Sound’s roots from Dust Bowl and World War II migrations through the heyday of Owens, Haggard, and Hee Haw, and into the twenty-first century. Outlaw country demands good storytelling, and Price obliges; to fully understand the Sound and its musicians we dip into honky-tonks, dives, and radio stations playing the songs of sun-parched days spent on oil rigs and in cotton fields, the melodies of hardship and kinship, a soundtrack for dancing and brawling. In other words, The Bakersfield Sound immerses us in the unique cultural convergence that gave rise to a visceral and distinctly California country music. Praise for The Bakersfield Sound “A savvy blend of personal anecdotes and broader historical narrative.” —Kirkus Reviews “This book all but reads itself. Price’s sense of history, his command of facts, his sense of humor, his sensitivity to class and race, and a love of the music—it’s all here.” —Greil Marcus

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Heyday.ORIM

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1597144371

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Reformation without end

Religion, politics and the past in post-revolutionary England

By: Robert G. Ingram

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Reformation without end

Religion, politics and the past in post-revolutionary England

By: Robert G. Ingram

This study provides a radical reassessment of the English Reformation. No one in eighteenth-century England thought that they were living during ‘the Enlightenment’; instead, they saw themselves as facing the religious, intellectual and political problems unleashed by the Reformation, which began in the sixteenth century. Moreover, they faced those problems in the aftermath of two bloody seventeenth-century political and religious revolutions. This book examines how the eighteenth-century English debated the causes and consequences of those revolutions and the thing they thought had caused them, the Reformation. It draws on a wide array of manuscript sources to show how authors crafted and pitched their works.

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Manchester University Press

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1526126966

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The Deacon and the Schoolmaster

Phillippe and Leever, Pittsburgh's Great Turn-of-the-Century Pitchers

By: Robert Peyton Wiggins

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The Deacon and the Schoolmaster

Phillippe and Leever, Pittsburgh's Great Turn-of-the-Century Pitchers

By: Robert Peyton Wiggins

Among the great pitchers in baseball history, Charles "Deacon" Phillippe and Samuel "The Schoolmaster" Leever are hardly household names. But during the first decade of the twentieth century, these two Pittsburgh Pirates were among the most celebrated pitchers in the majors. From 1900 through 1906, they posted a combined record of 261 victories against 131 losses for a win-loss percentage of .666. During the years Deacon and the Schoolmaster pitched together, the Pirates never finished out of the first division, won four National League pennants, and came in second four times. Without flamboyance or controversy to color their legacy, their fame faded quickly after their playing days. But they remain among the most important players in the history of the club.

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McFarland

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0786486023

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A Time for War

The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975

By: Robert D. Schulzinger

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A Time for War

The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975

By: Robert D. Schulzinger

Eminent historian Robert D. Schulzinger combines the newly available documentary evidence, both in public and private archives, to produce an ambitious, masterful account of three decades of war in Vietnam.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195125010

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Seizing the Light

A Social & Aesthetic History of Photography

By: Robert Hirsch

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Seizing the Light

A Social & Aesthetic History of Photography

By: Robert Hirsch

The definitive history of photography book, Seizing the Light: A Social & Aesthetic History of Photography delivers the fascinating story of how photography as an art form came into being, and its continued development, maturity, and transformation. Covering major events, practitioners, works, and social effects of photographic practice, author Robert Hirsch provides a concise and discerning chronological account of photography, drawing on examples from across the world. This fundamental starting place shows the diversity of makers, inventors, issues, and applications, exploring the artistic, critical, and social aspects of the creative thinking process. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include the latest advances in technology and digital photography, as well as information on contemporary photographers such as Granville Carroll, Meryl McMaster, Cindy Sherman, Penelope Umbrico, and Yang Yongliang. New topics include the rise of mobile photography and surveillance cameras, drone photography, image manipulation, protest and social justice photography, plus the roles of artificial intelligence and social media in photography. Highly illustrated with over 250 full-color images and contributions from hundreds of artists around the world, Seizing the Light serves as a gateway to the history of photography. Written in an accessible style, it is perfect for those newly engaging with the practice of photography and for experienced photographers wanting to contextualize their own work.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000904350

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Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

By: David Robert Grimes

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Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

By: David Robert Grimes

Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today Publisher’s Note: Good Thinking was previously published in the UK as The Irrational Ape. In our ever-more-polarized society, there’s at least one thing we still agree on: The world is overrun with misinformation, faulty logic, and the gullible followers who buy into it all. Of course, we’re not among them—are we? Scientist David Robert Grimes is on a mission to expose the logical fallacies and cognitive biases that drive our discourse on a dizzying array of topics–from vaccination to abortion, 9/11 conspiracy theories to dictatorial doublespeak, astrology to alternative medicine, and wrongful convictions to racism. But his purpose in Good Thinking isn’t to shame or place blame. Rather, it’s to interrogate our own assumptions–to develop our eye for the glimmer of truth in a vast sea of dubious sources–in short, to think critically. Grimes’s expert takedown of irrationality is required reading for anyone wondering why bad thinking persists and how we can defeat it. Ultimately, no one changes anyone else’s mind; we can only change our own–and give others the tools to do the same.

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161519794X

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