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The Weans

By: Robert Nathan

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Nothing has so completely stirred the imagination of the entire civilized world as the recent discovery of a civilization, lost for more than 5,000 years, of the Weans of the Great West, or Salt, Continent. Now for the first time this fascinating story of the expeditions of Kenya’s greatest scientists is told—in terms comprehensible to the general reader. Who were these Weans, whose eastern coast was guarded by a ferocious giantess, who worshipped (among others) a root deity and danced when the spirit came down, and whose final destruction and disappearance is shrouded in mystery? You will thrill—as who has not?—to the descriptions of the rich finds in the diggings at n. Yok, Bosstin, and Oleens, and the spectacular discoveries in the Valley of the Sun by the team of Sri. B’Han Bollek, Bes Nef and his wife, Sra. Bess Nebby, and Nat Obelgerst-Levy, here related by Robert Nathan, who was himself a member of one of the three triumphant expeditions generously underwritten by the Konegi Foundation and the archaeological departments of the universities of Kenya, Uganda, and Ruwenzori. “This will be the big archaeological book of the century”—Nat Obelgerst-Levy, Archaeol. D., Ruwenzori University

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1787200728

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The Fourth Ghost

White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930–1950

By: Robert H. Brinkmeyer

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The Fourth Ghost

White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930–1950

By: Robert H. Brinkmeyer

In the 1949 classic Killers of the Dream, Lillian Smith described three racial "ghosts" haunting the mind of the white South: the black woman with whom the white man often had sexual relations, the rejected child from a mixed-race coupling, and the black mammy whom the white southern child first loves but then must reject. In this groundbreaking work, Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr., extends Smith's work by adding a fourth "ghost" lurking in the psyche of the white South -- the specter of European Fascism. He explores how southern writers of the 1930s and 1940s responded to Fascism, and most tellingly to the suggestion that the racial politics of Nazi Germany had a special, problematic relevance to the South and its segregated social system. As Brinkmeyer shows, nearly all white southern writers in these decades felt impelled to deal with this specter and with the implications for southern identity of the issues raised by Nazism and Fascism. Their responses varied widely, ranging from repression and denial to the repulsion of self-recognition. With penetrating insight, Brinkmeyer examines the work of writers who contemplated the connection between the authoritarianism and racial politics of Nazi Germany and southern culture. He shows how white southern writers -- both those writing cultural criticism and those writing imaginative literature -- turned to Fascist Europe for images, analogies, and metaphors for representing and understanding the conflict between traditional and modern cultures that they were witnessing in Dixie. Brinkmeyer considers the works of a wide range of authors of varying political stripes: the Nashville Agrarians, W. J. Cash, Lillian Smith, William Alexander Percy, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter, Carson McCullers, Robert Penn Warren, and Lillian Hellman. He argues persuasively that by engaging in their works the vital contemporary debates about totalitarianism and democracy, these writers reconfigured their understanding not only of the South but also of themselves as southerners, and of the nature and significance of their art. The magnum opus of a distinguished scholar, The Fourth Ghost offers a stunning reassessment of the cultural and political orientation of southern literature by examining a major and heretofore unexplored influence on its development.

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LSU Press

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0807134805

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Apology to Grouse Creek

By: Robert H Wright

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Apology to Grouse Creek

By: Robert H Wright

Robert Henry Wright Jr., a resident of the Idaho Panhandle since 1988, has published Apology to Grouse Creek, Book I of the Sandpoint trilogy, as a novel set in the Sandpoint, Idaho, area. Wright categorizes Apology to Grouse Creek as a love story, an action story, and as personal relations in an outdoor setting. Nathaniel lives on a high, mountain plateau where he has everything he wants, except for a woman. Esmeralda lives in a big city; she needs a place to hide. Esmeralda sees a personal ad for a woman in a newspaper, and she responds. Esmeralda and her child, Chico, join Nathaniel in the mountains, and the three meld into a family trinity. As the story unfolds, the reader learns that Nathaniel is a member of The Family, the most wealthy and influential family in the northern five counties of the Idaho Panhandle; and that there has been a lifelong rift between Nathaniel and his parents due to him not responding to their ambitions for him. The reader also learns that Esmeralda is a fugitive from a motorcycle gang at Los Angeles, and that the gang's leader has revenge on his mind. The antagonists, Rolf and Delpha, enter the story: They fear that a full-blown, planet-wide battle is inevitable between poverty and wealth. Consequently, Rolf installs himself and Delpha into a remote mountain location where he intends to build a fortress for defending his money and surviving the social cataclysm. However, Rolf soon learns that someone lives above and behind him, and his paranoia compels him to banish Nathaniel and Esmeralda from the plateau by any means necessary, including murder. To accomplish this objective, Rolf employs the forces of money; he uses Esmeralda's dubious past; ultimately, Rolf kills Nathaniel's dog an act that Nathaniel is not capable of forgiving. In addition to the primary plot, there is another storyline: Victoria and Stanislaus. She yearns to establish and operate a cooperative art gallery to promote artwork from the local artists. He is a sculptor with great promise, but with a perplexing reputation for rowdiness. Stanislaus and Victoria polarize the Idaho Panhandle when his statuette, The Harlot, is accepted by her gallery and offered for sale at Sandpoint for the astonishing price of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Apology to Grouse Creek

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Robert Wright

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1413456472

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9781413456479

Ulysses Annotated

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Don Gifford,Robert J. Seidman

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Ulysses Annotated

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Don Gifford,Robert J. Seidman

Rev. ed. of: Notes for Joyce: an annotation of James Joyce's Ulysses, 1974.

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Univ of California Press

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0520253973

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God, Humanity, and History

The Hebrew First Crusade Narratives

By: Robert Chazan

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God, Humanity, and History

The Hebrew First Crusade Narratives

By: Robert Chazan

Although closely focused on the remarkable Hebrew First-Crusade narratives, Robert Chazan's new interpretation of these texts is anything but narrow, as his title, God, Humanity, and History, strongly suggests. The three surviving Hebrew accounts of the crusaders' devastating assaults on Rhineland Jewish communities during the spring of 1096 have been examined at length, but only now can we appreciate the extent to which they represent their turbulent times. After a close analysis of the texts themselves, Chazan addresses the objectives of the three narratives. He compares these accounts with earlier Jewish history writing and with contemporary crusade historiography. It is in their disjuncture with past forms of Jewish historical narration and their amazing parallels with Latin crusade narratives that the Hebrew narratives are most revealing. We see how they reflect the embeddedness of early Ashkenazic Jewry in the vibrant atmosphere of late-eleventh- and early-twelfth-century northern Europe.

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0520923952

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Wealth and Notoriety: the extraordinary families of William Levy and Charles Lewis of London

By: Robert Ward

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Wealth and Notoriety: the extraordinary families of William Levy and Charles Lewis of London

By: Robert Ward

This book is much more than just a catalogue of genealogical facts, dates and events. It reveals an extraordinary family with noteworthy individuals in almost every branch. Some were wealthy; some were notorious. Their activities frequently surfaced in the courts and in newspapers. Their wealth originated from a London Jewish couple, William and Elizabeth Levy, whose 'disorderly house' attracted the attention of an 1817 House of Commons enquiry. Later generations were able to enter more respectable professions; they became lawyers, businessmen, theatre owners, military heroes, pioneering adventurers, actors, writers and artists. Amongst those mentioned are: William Levy, Charles Lewis, Lawrence Isaac Nathan, Laurence Hanray, Lawrence Levy, Edward Lawrence Levy, Robert Neck, Frank Van Neck, Morrice Levy, Henry Harris, Samuel Harris, Alan King-Hamilton, Edward Dillon Lewis, Charles Wray Lewis, Ernest Lewis, Donald Swain Lewis, Edward Tyrrell Lewis, Somers Reginald Lewis, Arthur Percy Lewis.

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1291334777

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9781291334777

Beyond the Textbook

Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 712

By: Carianne Bernadowski,Patricia L. Kolencik,Robert Del Greco

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Beyond the Textbook

Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 712

By: Carianne Bernadowski,Patricia L. Kolencik,Robert Del Greco

This collection of standards-based lessons will guide middle and high school teachers while teaching the nation's history in a user-friendly, ready-made fashion. During a time of standards-based instruction, Beyond the Textbook: Using Trade Books and Databases to Teach Our Nation's History, Grades 712 will fill the gap in today's middle and high school classrooms to simultaneously engage students in effective literacy skill exercises and teach our nation's history. Authored by three experienced former public school teachers, these ready-made lesson plans for classroom teachers and school librarians make planning easy for implementation in a social studies, history, or English classroom. The book covers topics from Native Americans to the Louisiana Purchase, offering evidence-based reading strategies throughout that can hold adolescents' attention and develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Each chapter will include bibliographic information; suggested grade level; Information Literacy and National Social Studies Standards; before, during, and after reading strategies; database integration for classroom use; and suggested readalikes. Users will find the standards and evidenced-based research perfectly applicable in today's classrooms.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1610690389

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9781610690386

Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel

By: Robert R. Wilson

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Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel

By: Robert R. Wilson

Using comparative anthropology to get at the social dimensions of prophetic activity, Robert Wilson's study brings the study of Isrealite prophecy to a new level. Looking at both modern societies and Ancient Near Eastern ones, Wilson sketches the nature of prophetic activity, its social location, and its social functions. He then shows how these features appear in Israelite prophecy and sketches a history of prophecy in Israel.

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Fortress Press

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1451417454

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Transcendence

By: Robert Ray

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Transcendence

By: Robert Ray

Interracial love brews amongst two members of a team of researchers commissioned to find an ancient relic. Passion erupts and betrayals emerge as this artifact links lives of the past and present and lead up to a climactic twist that will leave you breathless.

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1430323442

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The Third Q

By: Robert Luxenberg,Arnold Francis

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The Third Q

By: Robert Luxenberg,Arnold Francis

A mysterious billionaire leads a broken man on a life and death hunt for an ancient secret offering great power.Zoro Montana is a part time chauffeur who travels from the depths of despair to the heights of enlightenment under the tutelage of a sophisticated philosopher with intimate knowledge of Zoro's past, present, and future. Reluctant at first to divert from his path of self-destruction, Zoro sets out on a search for a missing art treasure and the truth behind his father's suicide. Navigating through church conspiracy, neurological science, and life-threatening violence, Zoro emerges into the light of new-found understanding based on the mystifying Third Q.Zoro's struggle and eventual triumph will give you the opportunity to discover the unrealized potential in your own life. The wisdom of the Third Q is transformative and unveils an eternal thought provoking truth, concealed for centuries.Adding to the depth of the narrative is Unlocking the Secret: A Third Q Book, an e-book which will be released at the same time as The Third Q, providing fresh insights into the astounding powers of the mind and spirit, explored in this remarkable novel.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1608322017

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9781608322015

Concussions and Our Kids

America's Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe

By: Robert C. Cantu,Mark Hyman

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Concussions and Our Kids

America's Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe

By: Robert C. Cantu,Mark Hyman

From America's preeminent expert on the head trauma crisis in sports, a timely, provocative, essential guide to concussions in youth sports--what they are, how to treat them, and how to protect our young athletes.

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0547773943

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Deer Clearing Falls

By: Robert A. Conaway

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Deer Clearing Falls

By: Robert A. Conaway

In Deer Clearing Falls, readers take a spellbinding journey to apprehend three murderous brothers, before they can escape justice across the Mississippi River and disappear into the vast regions of the western territories. In a quiet town in Virginia, three men move silently, under the cover of darkness, into the backdoor of the county jailhouse and brutally beat the town constable. Enraged by this act of violent behavior in his town, Judge Callaway commissions wealthy plantation owner, John Thomas, to go after and arrest these villains. The victim is his lifelong friend. The culprit is his lifetime nemesis, Carl Johnson, who is the product of an abusive, drunken, moonshiner father whose answer to discipline was wielding a razor strap across his children’s backs. Enlisting the assistance of his brother, Jeremiah, and close friends, Nathan Smith, Eagle Dancer, and Bear Claws, John sets out to apprehend Carl Johnson and his brothers and bring them back for trial before they can strike again. As they charge towards their inevitable showdown, they must first ride through Deer Clearing Falls, an ancient mountain, whose breathtaking scenery captures their souls and forces them to face the realities of their innermost secrets.

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1532066805

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Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball

By: Robert Douglas

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Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball

By: Robert Douglas

Glasgow, 1971. The old way of life is under threat for the tight-knit community in Dalbeattie Street, Maryhill. The shadow of the wrecker's ball looms large over their homes, and they must face the choice of moving to a new estate or dispersing throughout the city. But powerful friendships refuse to be broken. These characters have gone through too much together to be destroyed by some measly planning scheme. They'll face this with the same inimitable Scottish humour and strength of spirit that have carried them through other tough times. Douglas' vivid portrait of Seventies Glasgow recreates, in glorious detail, a particular time and place, but at its heart are the universal themes of love, friendship and community.

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1862

A Novel

By: Robert Conroy

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1862

A Novel

By: Robert Conroy

The Civil War comes alive in all its passion and fury–only now the Brits are fighting . . . alongside the Confederacy Outraged when the U.S. Navy seizes three Confederates aboard an English sailing ship, Britain retaliates by entering the fray in support of the Rebels–and suddenly it’s a whole new war. Once again, cotton is king as the North’s blockade crumbles before the might of the Royal Navy. While Lincoln confronts the monumental challenge of vanquishing mighty Britannia, the Redcoats revive their 1812 penchant for burning down American cities, and Union troops see Canada as ripe for the picking. From the Mississippi bayou to the Pennsylvania farmlands to the woods of Maine, the great armies of Generals Grant and Lee face off in the nation’s deadliest conflict. And to the victor goes history.

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Presidio Press

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0307414345

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Persuade Us to Rejoice

The Liberating Power of Fiction

By: Robert McAfee Brown

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Persuade Us to Rejoice

The Liberating Power of Fiction

By: Robert McAfee Brown

Studying such literary figures as Frederick Buechner, Albert Camus, George Dennison, Ursula Le Guin, C. S. Lewis, Alan Paton, Ignazio Silone, Alice Walker, Elie Wiesel, and Charles Williams, Robert McAfee Brown illustrates "the liberating power of fiction" by enabling the reader to enter their worlds. Brown asserts that although there is no faith that offers ironclad guarantees against future struggles, the wisdom of these authors can help us toward praising and rejoicing.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664253814

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Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary

By: Robert Alter

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Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary

By: Robert Alter

Chronicles the ancient history of Israel and its prophets, from Samson to Elijah.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393082695

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Season of the Gods

A Novel

By: Robert Matzen

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Season of the Gods

A Novel

By: Robert Matzen

A woman in wartime Hollywood and her dream of the perfect motion picture. Renie Lee has climbed the ladder in a man's world to be head of the Story Department at Warner Bros. Studios. Renie is an idealist who believes that "the perfect film" can be created. When she pulls an unproduced stage play set in Morocco out of the slush pile, she has a feeling this one is special, maybe not perfect but special enough to secure her place as an equal to the studio's most powerful men. No one agrees with her until two brash young studio writers, Julius and Philip Epstein, decide to back Renie's gamble and bring the Morocco story to the screen. Their screenplay's name: Casablanca. Renie uses her charms on executive producer Hal Wallis until he finally agrees to her plan, but the problems seem insurmountable from the start, and Renie's gamble threatens to become a career killer for not only Renie but also her confederates, the Epsteins. Set against the backdrop of Pearl harbor and the first months of World War II, Season of the Gods careens across the Warner Bros. lot, from the Writers Building to the dressing rooms and soundstages to tell the spellbinding and unlikely story of Hollywood's greatest masterpiece through the eyes of all who made it happen.

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Paladin Communications

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1735273880

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9781735273884

Who's in Charge Here?

Overcoming Power Struggles with Your Kids

By: Robert G. Barnes,Bob Barnes

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Who's in Charge Here?

Overcoming Power Struggles with Your Kids

By: Robert G. Barnes,Bob Barnes

From Dr. Bob Barnes comes this book showing how to discipline children with consistency and love without feeling guilty or causing anger and resentment.

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Harper Collins

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0310217431

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White Shoes, White Lines and Blackie: A Les Norton Novel 6

By: Robert G. Barrett

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White Shoes, White Lines and Blackie: A Les Norton Novel 6

By: Robert G. Barrett

NOW AN ABC TELEVISION DRAMA STARRING DAVID WENHAM AND REBEL WILSON All Norton wanted was a quiet coffee and Sacher cake at the Hakoah Club in Bondi, and to be left alone to sort out his troubled love life. How he let notorious conman Kelvin Kramer talk him up to Surfers Paradise for five days, Les will never know. Supposedly to mind KK and his massively boobed girlfriend, American model Crystal Linx, in Australia to promote her latest record. Though it did seem like a good idea at the time-apart from the President of the United States arriving and Norton's domestic problems, there wasn't much keeping him in Sydney.Norton went to the Gold Coast expecting some easy graft in the sun, an earn and possibly a little fresh romance. Les definitely got the earn. He certainly got the girl. But what Norton mainly got in Surfers Paradise was trouble-in a size 40 Double-D cup.

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1743549059

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9781743549056

The Sears Baby Book

Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two

By: William Sears,Robert W. Sears,Martha Sears,James Sears

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The Sears Baby Book

Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two

By: William Sears,Robert W. Sears,Martha Sears,James Sears

Revised and expanded: America's bestselling "baby bible" –– an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby's life. The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date — with the latest information on prenatal vitamins, breastfeeding practices, daycare, midwifery, hospital births, preventing and overcoming postpartum depression, and infant development. The Searses draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and parents to provide comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. The Sears Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies — eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort — as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to today's parents. The topics covered include: Preparing for a safe and healthy birth Bonding with your baby Feeding your baby Soothing your fussy baby Getting your baby to sleep Understanding your baby’s development Treating common illnesses Babyproofing your home Understanding toddler behavior Dealing with temper tantrums Toilet training Working parenting First-aid procedures and much more Unrivaled in its scope and authority, The Sears Baby Book presents a practical, contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. This is a rich and invaluable resource offering the basic guidance and inspiration you need to get the most out of parenting — for your child, yourself, and for your entire family.

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Little, Brown

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0316487414

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Rio Grande Destiny

By: Robert J. Beddoe

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Rio Grande Destiny

By: Robert J. Beddoe

In the year 1879, Laura Parr finds herself not only orphaned but also rich. She has to leave Scotland, the only home she has ever known and join her brother in far, far away Texas. Soon after she arrives in this strange and beautiful land, she meets Caleb Schultz. They are attracted to each other from the moment they meet. The bond between them grows into a love they hope will last forever, but when he leaves her because of a senseless misunderstanding, she discovers the ultimate truths of life and hope, courage and dignity, as she clings to the hope that Caleb will come back to her. Meanwhile, she’s left alone at the Los Indios Ranch to deal with uninvited passion and treachery that plunges her into terrible anguish.

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0595180736

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Paradox and Perspicacity

Horizons of Knowledge in the Literary Text

By: Robert G. Eisenhauer

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Paradox and Perspicacity

Horizons of Knowledge in the Literary Text

By: Robert G. Eisenhauer

Paradox and Perspicacity: Horizons of Knowledge in the Literary Text enters into a dialogue with recent scholarship on a number of fronts. Taking into full account the role played by esotericism in shaping the thought of Leibniz, Cardano, and the Helmonts, Robert Eisenhauer elaborates Lessing's «cybernetic» view of historical evolution. The essay on Jean Paul's ars recombinatoria discusses how the discourses of travel, cosmology, and millennial speculation are applied to a Diderot-inspired project of encyclopedic emancipation, concluding with remarks on the author's pedagogical relevance to German-speaking Jews. At mid-century, Margaret Fuller's feminist texts place a Fourierist edge on the consensual reading of Richter, while The Blithedale Romance represents pastoral utopia as a site of mesmeric or, indeed, entropic dislocation. Henry James's The Europeans revisits «Blithedale» as a «ship of fools», where the vehicular provides a metaphor for fiction and narrative itself becomes identified with iconic distress. The remaining essays treat Pound in the context of gemology and courtliness, quasi-direct discourse in Dostoevsky, and the role of Zeno's paradox in Claude Simon's fiction.

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Peter Lang

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0820474967

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The Band of Brothers

A Super-Twins Book

By: Robert Werry

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The Band of Brothers

A Super-Twins Book

By: Robert Werry

The Band of Brothers, the third book in the Super-Twins series, continues the story of Robbie White and Nathan Deane, their mate John McAllister, and foster brother Peter. Together with their newly-acquired friends, Shane, Darren, Ryan and Sam, they comprise an odd-ball assortment of teenage mavericks and misfits who unite to become "The Band of Brothers." Along with the highs and lows of everyday life at home and at school, the Band of Brothers find themselves involved in highly dramatic situations. A flood in which Peter saves Shane from drowning, a dangerous confrontation with shooters in a national park, and a car accident in which Sam almost loses his life are just some of the riveting events in this unforgettable coming-of-age story of enduring friendships.

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1612046827

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David Story

A Translation With Commentary Of 1 And 2 Samuel

By: Robert Alter

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David Story

A Translation With Commentary Of 1 And 2 Samuel

By: Robert Alter

The story of David is the greatest single narrative representation in antiquity of a human life evolving by slow stages through time, shaped by the pressures of political life, family, the impulses of body and spirit, and the eventual sad decay of the flesh. In its main character, it provides the first full-length portrait of a Machiavellian prince in Western literature."--BOOK JACKET. "The beautiful, musical David, loved by all, resourceful slayer of Goliath, is revealed through his life to be a calculating political animal. To advance his own cause, he becomes a collaborator with the archenemies of Israel, the Philistines. Later he commits adultery with Bathsheba, and compounds the betrayal with murder. But through the author's empathy and skill, David also emerges as a fully realized character, a man of passion and intelligence who navigates the ambiguities of belief, loyalty, ambition, temptation, and circumstance with uneven success."--BOOK JACKET.

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0393320774

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Unexpected News

Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes

By: Robert McAfee Brown

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Unexpected News

Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes

By: Robert McAfee Brown

Describes the ways that Asian, African, and South American Christians interpret the Bible, especially the story of Jesus' life

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0664245528

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Chronicle of the Living Christ

The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ : Foundations of Cosmic Christianity

By: Robert A. Powell

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Chronicle of the Living Christ

The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ : Foundations of Cosmic Christianity

By: Robert A. Powell

This pioneering, monumental work utilizes the visionary legacy of Anne Catherine Emmerich and the spiritual scientific discoveries of Rudolf Steiner concerning various hidden facts of Christ's incarnation. Powell has established the dates and daily events of Jesus Christ on Earth. Further, he indicates their significance for our future. In part one, Powell gives a historical overview. Then, using esoteric sources and his own knowledge of sidereal astrology, he offers startling insights into the circumstances of the Christmas event and the incarnation. In part two, Powell offers a daily chronicle of the three-and-a-half-year ministry of Jesus Christ on Earth, dating the events with an unprecedented accuracy. Also, Powell correlates significant events in Christ's life with upcoming dates in the history of humankind and indicates that the living presence of the Christ is increasingly accessible to us.

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0880104074

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1-2 Samuel

By: J. Robert Vannoy

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1-2 Samuel

By: J. Robert Vannoy

The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series provides students, pastors, and laypeople with up-to-date, accessible evangelical scholarship on the Old and New Testaments. Presenting the message for each passage, as well as an overview of other issues relevant to the text, each volume equips pastors and Christian leaders with exegetical and theological knowledge so they can better understand and apply God’s Word. This volume includes the entire NLT text of 1 and 2 Samuel. J. Robert Vannoy, Th.D., Free University of Amsterdam, is Professor Emeritus and Allan A. MacRae Chair of Biblical Studies at Biblical Theological Seminary. He has over 40 years of experience in teaching and has served as a translation consultant for the NIV, TNIV, and NLT. He has also contributed articles to various publications including reference works (such as the Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology), scholarly journals, and magazines. He and his wife are blessed with four children and over 10 grandchildren. Outside of Old Testament studies, Robert enjoys family, gardening, photography, hiking, and exploring islands on the Maine coast.

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1414399278

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A Literary Cavalcade-V

By: Robert A. Parker

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A Literary Cavalcade-V

By: Robert A. Parker

For six decades, writer and editor Robert A. Parker has followed up each book he reads, mainly novels, with an evaluation of that book. His comments are informed by an independent critical view that balances a moral and literary sensibility. In this fifth of six volumes, the authors covered range from Brian Moore to Neil Sheehan, and include O'Connor, Pamuk, Patchett, Percy, Plante, Price, Read, Richler, Roth, Rowling, and Saramago. There are at least 120 authors included in this volume. These writers represent a range of writing styles, cultural influences, and moral philosophies. All are rated on their literary achievement, the effectiveness of plot, character, and setting, plus their recognition of the moral, ethical, and spiritual values of mankind.

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Lulu.com

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1304037428

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9781304037428

Boccaccio's Dante and the Shaping Force of Satire

By: Robert Hollander

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Boccaccio's Dante and the Shaping Force of Satire

By: Robert Hollander

Fresh views about Boccaccio's reliance on Dante

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University of Michigan Press

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0472107674

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The Baby Sleep Book

The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family (Sears Parenting Library)

By: Martha Sears,James Sears,William Sears,Robert W. Sears

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The Baby Sleep Book

The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family (Sears Parenting Library)

By: Martha Sears,James Sears,William Sears,Robert W. Sears

Everything you need to know about getting your baby or toddler to sleep -- from America's foremost baby and childcare experts. Babies don't automatically know how to sleep through the night; they need to be taught. The Sears family has learned from decades of pediatric practice, bolstered by their own parenting experiences, that different babies have different nighttime temperaments -- and, of course, different families have different lifestyles. Instead of espousing the kind of "one method fits all" approach advocated in other baby sleep guides, the Sears family explains how you can create a sleep plan that suits the needs of your entire family. With a sharp focus on the practical tools and techniques, The Baby Sleep Book covers such topics as: The facts of infant sleep vs. adult sleep Figuring out where, when, and how your child sleeps best Fail-safe methods for soothing a crying infant How to make night nursing easier, and how to stop Nighttime fathering tips Whether co-sleeping makes sense for you Nap-time strategies that work Medical and physical causes of night waking Sleep habits in special situations such as traveling, teething, and illness

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031605450X

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The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

By: James Robert Bent Hathaway

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The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

By: James Robert Bent Hathaway

Chief among its contents we find abstracts of land grants, court records, conveyances, births, deaths, marriages, wills, petitions, military records (including a list of North Carolina Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line, 1775-1782), licenses, and oaths. The abstracts derive from records now located in the state archives and from the public records of the following present-day counties of the Old Albemarle region: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington, and the Virginia counties of Surry and Isle of Wight.

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0806304413

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Laboratory for World Destruction

Germans and Jews in Central Europe

By: Robert S. Wistrich

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Laboratory for World Destruction

Germans and Jews in Central Europe

By: Robert S. Wistrich

Published and distributed for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism During the sixty years between the founding of Bismarck’s German Empire and Hitler’s rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on twentieth-century culture as a whole. How would the modern world look today without Einstein, Freud, or Marx? Without Mahler, Schoenberg, Wittgenstein, or Kafka? Without a whole galaxy of other outstanding Jewish scientists, poets, playwrights, composers, critics, historians, sociologists, psychoanalysts, jurists, and philosophers? How was it possible that this vibrant period in Central European cultural history collapsed into the horror and mass murder of the Nazi Holocaust? Was there some connection between the dazzling achievements of these Jews and the ferocity of the German backlash? Robert S. Wistrich’s Laboratory for World Destruction is a bold and penetrating study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Wistrich shows that the seeds of the catastrophe were already sown in the Hapsburg Empire, which would become, in Karl Kraus’s words, “an experimental station in the destruction of the world.” Featured are incisive chapters on Freud, Herzl, Lueger, Kraus, Nordau, Nietzsche, and Hitler, along with a sweeping panorama of the golden age of Central European Jewry before the lights went out in Europe.

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0803208693

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