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Maryland

A New Guide to the Old Line State

By: Earl Arnett,Robert J. Brugger,Edward C. Papenfuse

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Maryland

A New Guide to the Old Line State

By: Earl Arnett,Robert J. Brugger,Edward C. Papenfuse

An updated version of a guide to (Maryland) . . . prepared by the Works Progress Administration . . . (last updated in 1976). Detailed historical information accompanies driving and walking tours throughout the state".--"Baltimore Magazine". 192 illustrations, including archival and new photos.

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JHU Press

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0801859808

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9780801859809

Presidential Power

Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-first Century

By: Robert Y. Shapiro,Martha Joynt Kumar,Lawrence R. Jacobs

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Presidential Power

Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-first Century

By: Robert Y. Shapiro,Martha Joynt Kumar,Lawrence R. Jacobs

A collection of essays that reevaluates Richard Neustadt's place in presidential studies and shows that, while Neustadt's classic work remains a beacon for the study of the presidency, it no longer offers a reliable roadmap embodying the consensus among contemporary scholars.

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Columbia University Press

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0231109326

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9780231109321

The New New Journalism

Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

By: Robert Boynton

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The New New Journalism

Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft

By: Robert Boynton

Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects. Jon Krakauer accompanies a mountaineering expedition to Everest. Ted Conover works for nearly a year as a prison guard. Susan Orlean follows orchid fanciers to reveal an obsessive subculture few knew existed. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc spends nearly a decade reporting on a family in the South Bronx. And like their muckraking early twentieth-century precursors, they are drawn to the most pressing issues of the day: Alex Kotlowitz, Leon Dash, and William Finnegan to race and class; Ron Rosenbaum to the problem of evil; Michael Lewis to boom-and-bust economies; Richard Ben Cramer to the nitty gritty of politics. How do they do it? In these interviews, they reveal the techniques and inspirations behind their acclaimed works, from their felt-tip pens, tape recorders, long car rides, and assumed identities; to their intimate understanding of the way a truly great story unfolds. Interviews with: Gay Talese Jane Kramer Calvin Trillin Richard Ben Cramer Ted Conover Alex Kotlowitz Richard Preston William Langewiesche Eric Schlosser Leon Dash William Finnegan Jonathan Harr Jon Krakauer Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Michael Lewis Susan Orlean Ron Rosenbaum Lawrence Weschler Lawrence Wright

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494

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Vintage

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0307429040

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9780307429049

Warriors and Warships

Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick

By: Robert D. Banks

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Warriors and Warships

Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick

By: Robert D. Banks

The untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion and brought peace. Warriors and Warships brings to life a much neglected part of Canada’s military history, covering the warships and the people who built them at Point Frederick from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick was the 1789 dockyard home of the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario and the headquarters of Britain’s Royal Navy from 1813 to 1853. Today, it is the home of the Royal Military College of Canada. In this detailed narrative, with over one hundred colour archival maps, aerial views, photographs, and 3D reconstructions, Banks recounts Point Frederick’s building of great sail and steam warships and the roles these vessels played in conflict on Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and Niagara. Among the conflicts is the War of 1812, when French Canadian and British shipwrights made warships that forced the U.S. Navy into port and led to the American withdrawal from Canada. Banks also covers the role of the ships in the settlement of Upper Canada, the rebellion of 1837, the early planning of the Rideau Canal, and the beginning of the undefended border. Along the way, Banks introduces an array of people from Upper Canada, such as Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe and his wife, Elizabeth Posthuma; Governor General Lord Dorchester; General Isaac Brock; Sir James Yeo, and even Charles Dickens. He also describes the day-to-day activities at Point Frederick, beyond shipbuilding and military campaigns, such as skating parties, sleigh rides, theatricals, disease and death, and crime and punishment. Banks shares the moments of hardship, triumph, and tragedy of both the warriors and the warships in this important contribution to Canadian history.

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314

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Dundurn

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1459750675

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9781459750678

White Bane Part II

By: Robert James Allen

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White Bane Part II

By: Robert James Allen

Everything in which the hunter held dear is now forfeit, but his tale continues nonetheless, continuing with the role of a hunter whose sole purpose in life is to find a semblance of hope amidst the cruel world of 1797. Over the course of a year, the towns of the Fray have now grown rampant with civil unrest, inequality, crime, and mental afflictions, which have become more prominent and prevalent in the mind of the weary hunter, and of course, the white plague, which he continues to suffer from every day. On his journey, he comes across a vast array of characters, some that strengthens his resolve and others that threaten his life. Albeit, the hunter has always been a survivor, who is now fueled by a purpose that has reverted back to vengeance.

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799

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662461720

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9781662461729

Ecology

By: Robert E. Ricklefs,Gary Leon Miller

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Ecology

By: Robert E. Ricklefs,Gary Leon Miller

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880

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Macmillan

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071672829X

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9780716728290

A Blues Bibliography

By: Robert Ford

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A Blues Bibliography

By: Robert Ford

This revised and updated definitive blues bibliography now includes 6,000-7,000 entries to cover the last decade’s writings and new figures to have emerged on the Country and modern blues to the R&B scene.

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1401

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Routledge

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1135865086

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9781135865085

The Last Day, The Last Hour

The Currie Libel Trial

By: Robert J. Sharpe

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The Last Day, The Last Hour

The Currie Libel Trial

By: Robert J. Sharpe

On 11 November 1918, the last day of the Great War, the Canadian Corps, led by Sir Arthur Currie, liberated Mons after four years of German occupation. The push to Mons in the last days and weeks of the war had cost many lives. Long after the war, Currie was blamed by many for needlessly wasting those lives. When the Port Hope Evening Guide published an editorial in 1927 repeating this charge, Currie was incensed. Against the advice of his friends, he decided to sue for libel and retained W.N. Tilley, Q.C., the leading lawyer of the day, to plead his case. First published in 1988, The Last Day, the Last Hour reconstructs the events - military and legal - that led to the trial and the trial itself, one of the most sensational courtroom battles in Canadian history, involving many prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, judge and legal scholar Robert J. Sharpe, The Last Day, the Last Hour remains the definitive account of a landmark legal case.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442697253

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9781442697256

Listen as the Wind Blows

By: Robert G Mendenhall

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Listen as the Wind Blows

By: Robert G Mendenhall

Jack Watson grew up in upper state New York interested in three things, self defense, cooking and the stock market. They were poor so he worked odd jobs where ever he could and began investing when he was ten years old. He made a decent amount of money before he left home to work on wall street at twenty-one. A few years later his partner tried taking all his money so he retired at twenty-six. He'd had enough of the hustle and bustle anyway so he left to see America and realized he had never left the state of New York. He looked for an occupation he might like to work at for the rest of his life and he found a couple of jobs he liked that fit his skill set but weren't quite for him. He got into a few fights along the way before he ended up on a ranch in Montana. Here he found what he wasn’t looking for. The farmers daughter.

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200

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AuthorHouse

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1665541555

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9781665541558

That Old Dead Magic

By: Robert J. Randisi

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That Old Dead Magic

By: Robert J. Randisi

It’s 1965 and the Rat Pack isn’t drawing at the Sands like they used to. Now Dino’s playing golf, and Frank is playing the Sahara. And the marquee at the Sands advertises SAMMY DAVIS JR. & JERRY LEWIS. Eddie G. never got Jerry Lewis. Didn’t think he was funny, didn’t think Dean needed him. So he had no intention of seeing the show, or of meeting Dean’s ex-partner. But Sammy comes to Eddie and asks him to help Jerry with a problem—one that might lead to murder. Because he likes Sammy, he agrees. At the same time Eddie’s P.I. friend, Danny Bardini, comes to Eddie looking for a pretty girl to use as bait in a case he’s working on. He ends up getting Eddie’s blessing to recruit Gina, a waitress at the Sands who is waiting for a spot to open up on the line at the Riviera. Only when the spot finally becomes available, Gina’s gone missing. Eddie, Danny and Jerry Epstein, Eddie’s Brooklyn mob connection, end up working together to hopefully find Gina alive, and keep Jerry Lewis from committing murder.

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Speaking Volumes

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164540224X

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9781645402244

Grave Warnings

By: Bob Furnell (Editor),Jez Strickley (Editor),Robert Mammone (Editor)

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Grave Warnings

By: Bob Furnell (Editor),Jez Strickley (Editor),Robert Mammone (Editor)

Five windows into Hell, five doorways into Damnation. From Pencil Tip Publishing comes Grave Warnings, an anthology featuring five upcoming authors of the strange and weird. Journey into the eerie emptiness of the Australian outback, where a researcher gets too close to the insects he's cataloguing. Travel back to the blood drenched streets of Paris during the Great Terror, where ghosts haunt the survivors. A haunted house lays claim to fresh victims, while a strange new housemate worms his way into his landlord's life. While a deceased estate in Victorian England brings nightmares to those linked to it. Grave Warnings features stories from: Sarah Parry, Hamish Crawford, Jodie van de Wetering, Craig Charlesworth and Hannah Parry. Edited by Bob Furnell, Robert Mammone & Jez Strickley

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138

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Lulu.com

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0995319502

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9780995319509

Predator Or Prey

By: Robert Hinchliffe

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Predator Or Prey

By: Robert Hinchliffe

Detective Andy McCormick has had some bad days in the past, but never anything like the ones a recent killer present. After stumbling upon the most gruesome murder scene he has ever witnessed, a small town in Washington State is left in shock and he is left with only one clue. Simple pleasures such as fishing and hunting are about to become very dangerous and it's up to Andy to track down the murderer. Will he be the predator or the prey?

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342

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Lulu.com

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0557589991

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9780557589999

The Second Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

By: Robert Silverberg,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Nina Kiriki Hoffman,Tom Purdom,Philip K. Dick,Marion Zimmer Bradley,Ben Bova

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The Second Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

By: Robert Silverberg,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Nina Kiriki Hoffman,Tom Purdom,Philip K. Dick,Marion Zimmer Bradley,Ben Bova

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories: WHAT’S HE DOING IN THERE? by Fritz Leiber THE MARCHING MORONS, by C.M. Kornbluth GHOST, by Darrell Schweitzer DEATH WISH, by Robert Sheckley THE WAVERIES, by Fredric Brown ADAM AND NO EVE, by Alfred Bester FOXY LADY, by Lawrence Watt-Evans THIN EDGE, by Randall Garrett COMPANDROID, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman POSTMARK GANYMEDE, by Robert Silverberg KEEP OUT, by Fredric Brown THE HATE DISEASE, by Murray Leinster UNIVERSAL DONOR, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE GREEN BERET, by Tom Purdom MR. SPACESHIP, by Philip K. Dick BRKNK'S BOUNTY, by Jerry Sohl THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG SCIENCE, by Pamela Rentz THE EGO MACHINE, by Henry Kuttner THE MAN FROM TIME, by Frank Belknap Long THE SENSITIVE MAN, by Poul Anderson REVOLUTION, by Mack Reynolds THE THING IN THE ATTIC, by James Blish KNOTWORK, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE DUELING MACHINE, by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis THE PLANET SAVERS, by Marion Zimmer Bradley And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the "Wildside Megapack" series! Search on "Wildside Megapack" in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, and more!

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668

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434437817

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9781434437815

Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology

By: Robert Weis

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Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology

By: Robert Weis

Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is designed to accompany the textbook Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology by Robert Weis. Clinical case examples based on real children and parents pair with chapters in the core text to illustrate principles of developmental psychopathology, psychological assessment, evidence-based treatment, and examples of specifics disorders prevalent in children and adolescents. These brief cases, modeled after the same format as DSM-5 clinical cases, are paired with a series of discussion questions that can be used as in-class activities, discussion starters, writing assignments, or exam questions.

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137

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SAGE Publications

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1071808184

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9781071808184

Kentucky Place Names

By: Robert M. Rennick

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Kentucky Place Names

By: Robert M. Rennick

From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing number of scholars of American place names.

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398

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813144019

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9780813144016

The Spirit of Wallace Paine

By: John Robert Allen

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The Spirit of Wallace Paine

By: John Robert Allen

During the roaring twenties, a widow becomes the recipient of her sociopathic husband's estate. Sequel to The house of many windows.

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359

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Author House

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1491811226

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9781491811221

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Maryland

Maryland

Presidential Power

Presidential Power

The New New Journalism

The New New Journalism

Warriors and Warships

Warriors and Warships

White Bane Part II

White Bane Part II

Ecology

Ecology

A Blues Bibliography

A Blues Bibliography

The Last Day, The Last Hour

The Last Day, The Last Hour

Listen as the Wind Blows

Listen as the Wind Blows

That Old Dead Magic

That Old Dead Magic

Grave Warnings

Grave Warnings

Predator Or Prey

Predator Or Prey

The Second Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

The Second Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology

Case Studies in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology

Kentucky Place Names

Kentucky Place Names

The Spirit of Wallace Paine

The Spirit of Wallace Paine

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