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It's Good to Be the King

The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks

By: James Robert Parish

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It's Good to Be the King

The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks

By: James Robert Parish

This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage to the brilliant and beautiful actress Anne Bancroft, It's Good to Be the King might just be the most delightful, engaging, and entertaining biography you'll ever read.

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Turner Publishing Company

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162045887X

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9781620458877

The Marilyn Files

By: Robert F. Slatzer

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The Marilyn Files

By: Robert F. Slatzer

Bob Slatzer, Marilyn's ex-husband and long-time confidant, worked for more than 30 years to uncover the truth about the actress's untimely death. This book documents revelations about mob involvement, answers intriguing questions about the "disappearance" of her vital organs after the autopsy, and explores the roles the Kennedy brothers played in Marilyn's death. Includes 32 pages of photographs.

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SP Books

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1561711470

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9781561711475

Stealth War

How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept

By: Robert Spalding

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Stealth War

How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept

By: Robert Spalding

China expert Robert Spalding reveals the shocking success China has had infiltrating American institutions and compromising our national security. The media often suggest that Russia poses the greatest threat to America's national security, but the real danger lies farther east. While those in power have been distracted and disorderly, China has waged a six-front war on America's economy, military, diplomacy, technology, education, and infrastructure--and they're winning. It's almost too late to undo the shocking, though nearly invisible, victories of the Chinese. In Stealth War, retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding reveals China's motives and secret attacks on the West. Chronicling how our leaders have failed to protect us over recent decades, he provides shocking evidence of some of China's most brilliant ploys, including: Placing Confucius Institutes in universities across the United States that serve to monitor and control Chinese students on campus and spread communist narratives to unsuspecting American students. Offering enormous sums to American experts who create investment funds that funnel technology to China. Signing a thirty-year agreement with the US that allows China to share peaceful nuclear technology, ensuring that they have access to American nuclear know-how. Spalding's concern isn't merely that America could lose its position on the world stage. More urgently, the Chinese Communist Party has a fundamental loathing of the legal protections America grants its people and seeks to create a world without those rights. Despite all the damage done so far, Spalding shows how it's still possible for the U.S. and the rest of the free world to combat--and win--China's stealth war.

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Penguin

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0593084349

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9780593084342

Israel My Inheritance

Persecuted Messianic Jews Cry Out for Justice and Reform

By: Raymond Robert Fischer

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Israel My Inheritance

Persecuted Messianic Jews Cry Out for Justice and Reform

By: Raymond Robert Fischer

In this narrative nonfiction, Israel My Inheritance, author, theologian and born-again Jew Raymond Robert Fischer traces the non-fictional history of religious discrimination and persecution imposed upon Jewish believers in Yeshua from the first century to modern times. Follow the intriguing story of Hannah Miles Silberman and her family, from the Holocaust to contemporary Israel. This compelling story, comprised of fictional and non-fictional characters, details historically accurate events. Throughout Hannah's story, nonfiction segments are interweaved, providing the real-life backdrop for the story.

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Charisma Media

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1616384514

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9781616384517

The Lioness of Leiden

By: Robert Loewen

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The Lioness of Leiden

By: Robert Loewen

How do you fight the Nazis right under their noses? With cunning and courage. When the Germans invade the Netherlands, Leiden University student Hetty’s boyfriend goes missing. But she has little time to grieve when she volunteers as a courier for the Dutch resistance, joined by her roommate, the beautiful Mimi, and seventeen-year-old Maria, the daughter of a slain resistance fighter. At great personal risk, the three women carry documents, secret messages, and cash to protect Jews, downed pilots, and others hiding from the Nazis. During five years of war, Hetty is challenged by a gauntlet of spies and betrayal. She heroically fights back as she and her friends accept increasingly dangerous assignments. All the while, Hetty worries about her family. She tries to forbid her younger brother from volunteering for combat in the resistance and argues with her father about becoming too cozy with the Nazis. As the Gestapo closes in, can Hetty and her family and friends make it through the war, free to live and love again? Inspired by true events, Robert Loewen’s debut novel pays tribute to the heroism of his mother-in-law, who served as a courier in the Dutch resistance during World War II.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host

By: Peter D. Walzer,Robert M. Genta

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Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host

By: Peter D. Walzer,Robert M. Genta

The first in a new series created to acknowledge the explosion of knowledge in fields related to infectious disesases and clinical microbiology. Thirteen contributions focus on organisms which are of major medical importance in this country or which have contributed to an understanding of pathology.

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CRC Press

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1000103765

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9781000103762

Westchester

History of an Iconic Suburb

By: Robert Marchant

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Westchester

History of an Iconic Suburb

By: Robert Marchant

This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.

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McFarland

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1476633908

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9781476633909

Filmless Radiology

By: Robert M. Kolodner

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Filmless Radiology

By: Robert M. Kolodner

This book examines the use of state-of-the-art technology to achieve filmless radiology, describing its impact on healthcare systems and providing valuable insights into reengineering healthcare. Sharing expertise developed in implementing Picture Archival and Communications System (PACS) technology capable of supporting filmless radiology, it relates experiences at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), the first site to have a fully operational filmless radiology system. The book will provide an overview of filmless radiology with advice on acquiring PAC systems. Also included are sections on its impact on the practice of radiology and the delivery of health care (filmless radiology is central to teleradiology), clinical uses of computed radiography, technological issues, and case studies from both inside and outside the VA system.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387953906

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9780387953908

A Proper Drink

The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World [A Cocktails Book]

By: Robert Simonson

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A Proper Drink

The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World [A Cocktails Book]

By: Robert Simonson

A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject. A Proper Drink is the first-ever book to tell the full, unflinching story of the contemporary craft cocktail revival. Award-winning writer Robert Simonson interviewed more than 200 key players from around the world, and the result is a rollicking (if slightly tipsy) story of the characters—bars, bartenders, patrons, and visionaries—who in the last 25 years have changed the course of modern drink-making. The book also features a curated list of about 40 cocktails—25 modern classics, plus an additional 15 to 20 rediscovered classics and classic contenders—to emerge from the movement.

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Ten Speed Press

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1607747545

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9781607747543

The Lipids of Human Milk

By: Robert Gordon Jensen

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The Lipids of Human Milk

By: Robert Gordon Jensen

Methods for determining, isolating and identifying human milk lipids, together with problems associated with sampling and analysis, are described in some detail in the first 3 chapters of this book. Factors affecting total lipid content of human milk, lipid classification, fatty acids, the milk fat globule membrane, fat-soluble vitamins and nutritional aspects of human milk lipids are also extensively reviewed in Chapters 4-9.

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CRC Press

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135108254X

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THE RIFT

By: Robert Stetson

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THE RIFT

By: Robert Stetson

Based on a true concept, Quantum Entanglement. The galaxy has evolved into a technocracy resulting in a utopian society. Quantum Entanglement disturbs dark matter and aliens come through the rift to annihilate humankind. We create a military regime to Battle the aliens. Will the aliens be defeated? Will the military regime surrender their rule back to the people when it’s over as promised, or will we have to fight to get it back?

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BookRix

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3730973681

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9783730973684

A Guide to Universal Truths

Planet Earth - How Did We Get Here? What Is Our Purpose? Where Are We Going?

By: Robert Thomas Fertig

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A Guide to Universal Truths

Planet Earth - How Did We Get Here? What Is Our Purpose? Where Are We Going?

By: Robert Thomas Fertig

New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh: "What is the ultimate truth about life? For centuries, learned minds have struggled to seek the answer. Now, in the groundbreaking and thought-provoking book A Guide to Universal Truths, explores powerful evidence ... that we were created by an infinitely superior and perfect Being who gave us free will so that we might evolve [spiritually]. Fertig's book just might have touched on the ultimate answers to the purpose and meaning of life on earth. ...Boldly stated and beautifully written, A Guide to Universal Truths is clearly a roadmap to our higher purpose." Fertig's book answers most of "The God Delusion" issues. "Faith and reason are not only compatible, but are essential for a fuller, richer spiritual life," the author concludes. A chapter on Islam & Christianity covers theological, cultural, and historical differences, so that one may better appreciate where both sides are coming from. Muslims, after reviewing these differences, might consider what Christianity offers.

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A Guide to Universal Truths

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141965781X

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9781419657818

The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks

By: Robert Alan Crick

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The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks

By: Robert Alan Crick

Mel Brooks is often regarded as one of Hollywood's funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. His films do have a tendency to turn out much like the jokes that comprise them--hit-or-miss, one minute shoot-the-moon brilliant and the next minute well short of laughs. This work provides a thorough synopsis and thematic analysis for each of his twelve films along with complete cast and production credits: The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World--Part 1 (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).

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McFarland

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1476612285

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9781476612287

Applied Statistical Decision Theory

By: Howard Raiffa,Robert Schlaifer

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Applied Statistical Decision Theory

By: Howard Raiffa,Robert Schlaifer

Das definitive Buch zur Anwendung der Bayes-Statistik auf wirtschaftliche Probleme in der Praxis, bei denen es um Entscheidungen mit unsicheren Randbedingungen geht! Der Aktionsplan als Ziel der Analyse soll sowohl den Prioritäten Rechnung tragen, die der Entscheidungsfinder bei den Folgen setzt, als auch unbekannte Faktoren in Form von Wahrscheinlichkeiten enthalten. - Jetzt als preiswerte Paperback-Ausgabe! (08/00)

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John Wiley & Sons

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047138349X

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9780471383499

Brainstem Control of Wakefulness and Sleep

By: Mircea M. Steriade,Robert W. McCarley

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Brainstem Control of Wakefulness and Sleep

By: Mircea M. Steriade,Robert W. McCarley

This book is part of an ongoing history of efforts to understand the nature of waking and sleeping states from a biological point of view. We believe the recent technological revolutions in anatomy and physiology make the present moment especially propitious for this effort. In planning this book we had the choices of producing an edited volume with invited chapter authors or of writing the book ourselves. Edited volumes offer the opportunity for expression of expertise in each chapter but, we felt, would not allow the development of our ideas on the potential and actual unity of the field and would not allow the expression of coherence that can be obtained only with one or two voices, but which may be quite difficult with a chorus assembled and performing together for the first time. (Unlike musical works, there is very little precedent for rehearsals and repeated performances for authors of edited volumes or even for the existence of conductors able to induce a single rhythm and vision of the composition. ) We thus decided on a monograph. The primary goal was to communicate the current realities and the future possibilities of unifying basic studies on anatomy and cellular physiology with investigations of the behavioral and physi ological events of waking and sleep. In keeping with this goal we cross-reference the basic cellular physiology in the latter chapters, and, in the last chapter, we take up possible links to relevant clinical phenomenology.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475746695

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9781475746693

New Frontiers in Regional Science

Essays in Honour of Walter Isard, Volume 1

By: Manas Chatterji,Robert E. Keunne

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New Frontiers in Regional Science

Essays in Honour of Walter Isard, Volume 1

By: Manas Chatterji,Robert E. Keunne

The first in a two volume tribute to Walter Isard, the second being "Dynamics and Conflict in Regional structural Change", this book looks at new frontiers in regional science. Together they contains 50 papers by experts in this field, and look at subjects such as location theory.

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Springer

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134910633X

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9781349106332

Leon Kirchner

Composer, Performer, and Teacher

By: Robert Riggs

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Leon Kirchner

Composer, Performer, and Teacher

By: Robert Riggs

In addition to Riggs's extensive interviews with the composer, the biography is documented with Kirchner's colorful correspondence from a roster of luminaries: Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Cone, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Isaac Stern, Roger Sessions, and many others. Excerpts from Kirchner's own elegantly written essays and speeches complete the portrait and reveal his highly personal, romantic view of music as powerful art capable of endowing humanity with an "aesthetic sensibility and protective wisdom, without which we cannot survive." --Book Jacket.

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University Rochester Press

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1580463436

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9781580463430

The Menendez Murders, Updated Edition

The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

By: Robert Rand

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The Menendez Murders, Updated Edition

The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

By: Robert Rand

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the disquieting true story behind Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. A successful entertainment executive making $2 million a year. His former beauty queen wife. Their two sons on the fast track to success. But it was all a façade. The Menendez saga has captivated the American public since 1989. The killing of José and Kitty Menendez on a quiet Sunday evening in Beverly Hills didn’t make the cover of People magazine until the arrest of their sons seven months later, when the case developed an intense cult following. By the time the first Menendez trial began in July 1993, the public was convinced that Lyle and Erik were a pair of greedy rich kids who had killed loving, devoted parents. The real story remained buried beneath years of dark secrets. A culmination of more than 30 years of journalist Robert Rand’s relentless reporting, this updated edition of The Menendez Murders shares these intimate, breakthrough findings, including a deeply disturbing history of child abuse and sexual molestation in the Menendez family going back generations, as well as exclusive new revelations linking the 1980s boy band Menudo and the Menendez family, a first-hand account of the emotional reunion between Erik and Lyle Menendez, and surprising insights into how the Menendez brothers remain resilient and live with purpose despite a life sentence without parole. Rand has followed the Menendez murders from the beginning and is the only reporter who covered the original investigation as well as both trials. With a unique vantage and unparalleled access to the Menendez family and their history, including interviews with both brothers before and after their arrest, Rand has uncovered extraordinary details that would certainly have changed the fate of the brothers’ first-degree murder conviction in 1996. Today, his discoveries give the brothers new hope for reopening the case.

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BenBella Books

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1637745974

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9781637745977

Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur

A Biographical Study

By: Robert Bagg,Mary Bagg

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Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur

A Biographical Study

By: Robert Bagg,Mary Bagg

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) is part of a notable literary cohort, American poets who came to prominence in the mid-twentieth century. Wilbur's verse is esteemed for its fluency, wit, and optimism; his ingeniously rhymed translations of French drama by Molière, Racine, and Corneille remain the most often staged in the English-speaking world; his essays possess a scope and acumen equal to the era's best criticism. This biography examines the philosophical and visionary depth of his world-renowned poetry and traces achievements spanning seventy years, from political editorials about World War II to war poems written during his service to his theatrical career, including a contentious collaboration with Leonard Bernstein and Lillian Hellman. Wilbur's life has been mistakenly seen as blessed, lacking the drama of his troubled contemporaries. Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur corrects that view and explores how Wilbur's perceived "normality" both enhanced and limited his achievement. The authors augment the life story with details gleaned from access to his unpublished journals, family archives, candid interviews they conducted with Wilbur and his wife, Charlee, and his correspondence with Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, John Malcolm Brinnin, James Merrill, and others.

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UMass + ORM

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1613764588

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9781613764589

The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia

By: Robert Antonín

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The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia

By: Robert Antonín

The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia discusses the development of medieval concepts and ideas about just and unjust rulership in medieval Bohemia. This theme is examined in the context of the European political thinking between 6th and 14th centuries. Robert Antonín provides new insights into interpretations of medieval sources of various kinds and asks innovative questions regarding the legitimization of monarchic power, the importance of Saint Wenceslaus, the role of ancient and biblical motifs in the Czech sources, and the influence of chivalric ideals on concepts of power. The theme of the book revolves around medieval perceptions of ideal rulership, which is seen as one of the cultural-anthropological constants shaping the social reality of the contemporary world.

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BRILL

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9004341129

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9789004341128

The Encyclopedia of Cocktails

The People, Bars & Drinks, with More Than 100 Recipes

By: Robert Simonson

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The Encyclopedia of Cocktails

The People, Bars & Drinks, with More Than 100 Recipes

By: Robert Simonson

A lively A-to-Z compendium of the notable drinks, bartenders, and bars that shaped the cocktail world and produced the vibrant spirits culture we enjoy today, from two-time James Beard Award-nominated author and New York Times cocktail and spirits writer, Robert Simonson. “The Encyclopedia of Cocktails is akin to a perfect bar, chock-full of traditional wisdom along with intriguing new information.”—Toby Maloney, founder of The Violet Hour and author of The Bartender’s Manifesto How did the Old-Fashioned get its name, and why has the drink endured? What drinks were invented by Sam Ross? What was the Pegu Club, and who bartended there? In The Encyclopedia of Cocktails, Robert Simonson catalogues all the essential people, places, and drinks that make up our cocktail history in a refreshing take on the conventional reference book. New York Times cocktail and spirits writer Robert Simonson's witty and opinionated presentation of the bar world is a refreshing look at all things cocktail-related. There are more than 100 drink recipes, from the Adonis to the Zombie, with vivid illustrations throughout. Simonson also includes entries for spirits from absinthe to vodka and illuminates the origins of each. This guide isn't a strictly academic text, nor is it simply a collection of drink recipes—it is an animated, sometimes irreverent historical journey highlighting the preeminent bars and top bartenders of record. The Encyclopedia of Cocktails is perfect for cocktail nerds as well as anyone interested in learning about cocktail culture. It's both a recipe book and a reference guide to keep near the bar or flip through while sipping your favorite libation.

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1984860674

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Parasitic Diseases

By: Dickson D. Despommier,Robert W. Gwadz,Peter J. Hotez

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Parasitic Diseases

By: Dickson D. Despommier,Robert W. Gwadz,Peter J. Hotez

Worldwide, the numbers of people suffering and dying from parasitic diseases are overwhelming, with more than 100 million cases and 1 million deaths each year from malaria alone. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the importance of the parasites that cause opportunistic infections among persons with HIV/AIDS, medical schools in the United States, Canada, and other developed countries consistently reduce the amount of time spent on parasitic diseases in the curricu lum. As a result most medical students receive limited information about these diseases, and are inadequately prepared to diagnose or treat them as physicians. This problem is too large to be resolved within the time available for parasitology in the medical school curriculum; at most, students can be acquainted with the salient features of the medically important parasites. Likewise, the traditional isolation of parasitology from the rest of the curriculum (consistent with its exclu sion from most microbiology texts) is another unresolved problem. In my opinion, this is why most physicians are unable to think about the differential diagnosis of parasitic diseases in the same way that they routinely balance the probabilities of malignancy, cardiovascular, renal, and pulmonary disease vs other infectious diseases. To resolve these problems, relevant paradigms from parasitology must be used in the teaching of cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, and immu nology.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461224764

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9781461224761

Pharmacological Dictionary

By: Robert Karl Beer

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Pharmacological Dictionary

By: Robert Karl Beer

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3385513227

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9783385513228

Winter Passages

Reflections on Theatre and Society

By: Robert Brustein

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Winter Passages

Reflections on Theatre and Society

By: Robert Brustein

Winter Passages is Robert Brustein’s nineteenth book of criticism. It includes his considerations of culture and politics over the past four years of American life, demonstrating how the imperfections of the government and economy have plunged the country into an artistic winter in which there is a troubling lack of support for, and understanding of, America’s arts and artists. In a section on “Cultural Passages,” Brustein includes chapters on compromised theatre institutions, auteur productions, the American musical, generational idiosyncrasies, and China’s growing theatre culture, which contrasts with American culture. The second section, “Dramatic Passages,” addresses twenty-seven great playwrights from Aeschylus to August Wilson and demonstrates how they have influenced our sense of history and human character. In “Laudatory Passages,” Brustein discusses great American artists, living and dead, who continue to influence our sense of self as a nation and as individuals. Brustein concludes that we will be judged, like all cultures, by the quality of our arts and artists, and by our willingness to allow their insights to influence our behavior.

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1412855225

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Tales from the Symphony

Perspectives from African American Musicians

By: Robert Lee Watt

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Tales from the Symphony

Perspectives from African American Musicians

By: Robert Lee Watt

This book contains conversations with nineteen African American classical musicians currently performing—or who have previously performed—in America’s major symphony orchestras. Each chapter focuses on the story of one musician and sheds light on the realities of African American musicians playing in a musical environment that absolutely forbade their membership over half a century ago. These conversations explore the deeply ingrained prejudices that some hold against African American people in symphony orchestras, conservatories, and other musical institutions. By amplifying these voices, the book provides a variety of perspectives on the almost cloistered world of these beloved institutions. The stories and lessons shared in this book will be invaluable to music students, teachers, and orchestral professionals.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538194759

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9781538194751

The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings

The Must-Have CDs and DVDs

By: Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton

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The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings

The Must-Have CDs and DVDs

By: Edward Greenfield,Ivan March,Paul Czajkowski,Robert Layton

INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR This completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates. More comprehensive than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, DVD and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical album you will find it listed and assessed in these pages. Ranging from long-established albums to the newest releases, the latest edition represents the cream of the international repertoire and has all the information you need to select the finest classical music available.

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0141399767

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9780141399768

Liberalism and Crime

The British Experience

By: Robert R. Sullivan

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Liberalism and Crime

The British Experience

By: Robert R. Sullivan

In Liberalism and Crime, Robert Sullivan offers an alternate way of looking at liberalism, using the usurpation of the welfare state in Britain by a free market-oriented economy as his crucible. Not content with the academic interpretation of liberalism as an offshoot of analytic philosophy, Sullivan has woven together a convincing demonstration that liberalism is born out of an alternative approach--one based in active thought and reasonable argument. The tapestry of this study touches on the breakup of British Marxism, the influence of crime on British polity, and the arguments of Ronald Clarke against 'medical criminology.' Shifting societal responsibility onto the individual citizen, this new, alternative, model of liberalism was fully ushered in by the rise of Margaret Thatcher and continued with Tony Blair and the New Labour movement in the 1990s. Because similar shifts occurred in the United States simultaneously, this argument should be of interest to both general American and British readers, as well as academics in political theory, cultural studies, criminology, and British studies.

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0739129287

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The Lasalle Quartet

Conversations with Walter Levin

By: Robert Spruytenburg

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The Lasalle Quartet

Conversations with Walter Levin

By: Robert Spruytenburg

The definitive study of the LaSalle Quartet, for forty years the premier exponent of 'the new music' for string quartet. The LaSalle Quartet (1946-1987) was the premier exponent of 'the new music' for string quartet. Founded in 1946 at the Julliard School in New York, it became famous for its performances of works by the Second Viennese School and its commissioning of many new pieces by contemporary post-war composers. As a result, the quartets by Lutoslawski, Ligeti and Nono have since entered the standard repertory, sitting comfortably next to those by Schoenberg, Berg andWebern. The LaSalle Quartet's brilliant advocacy of the quartets by Alexander Zemlinsky resulted in best-selling recordings for Deutsche Grammophon. In an informative and critical dialogue between new and old, the LaSalleQuartet was also an incisive interpreter of the classical quartet repertory; many of its recordings are still in print. Its record as a teaching quartet is equally impressive, numbering among its students at the University of Cincinnati the Alban Berg, Brahms, Prazak, Artis, Buchberger, Ponche and Vogler Quartets. The LaSalle Quartet's founder and first violinist, Walter Levin, is himself a highly influential teacher whose students have included the conductor James Levine and the violinist Christian Tetzlaff, as well as many third-generation string quartets. This book, based on extensive interviews with Walter Levin conducted by Robert Spruytenburg over five years, is in equal measure autobiography, history of the Quartet, reminiscences of the contemporary composers who figured so prominently in its career, and penetrating commentary on the LaSalle Quartet's wide-ranging repertory. All these aspectsare artfully woven into a uniquely valuable, informative and entertaining document of musical life in the twentieth century. ROBERT SPRUYTENBURG lives in Basel. He was introduced to Walter Levin in 1988 and took part inhis chamber music courses. Since 2003, Spruytenburg has been working on the LaSalle Quartet's archives located at the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel. He is a frequent contributor to classical music programmes for Swiss radio.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843838354

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9781843838357

The International Legal Status of Austria 1938–1955

By: Robert E. Clute

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The International Legal Status of Austria 1938–1955

By: Robert E. Clute

Austria was the first victim of Hitler's policy of aggression. The Ger man domination of that country (the so-called Anschluss) heralded the beginning of a diplomatie demarche. The event also had deep implications for the legal system of the international community. The Allied occupation of Austria after W orId War II and the long delay in attaining aState Treaty to arrange for the Allied withdrawal from Austrian territory eventually gave rise to some doubts as to the international legal status of the latter. This study is confined to an examination of the international legal problems involved in Austria's changed status from the Anschluss of March 13, I938, until the signing of the State Treaty on May 15, 1955. It is not intended to be a history of the period covered and no attempt is made to treat fully such fascinating topics as the diplo matie negotiations leading up to the Anschluss or the story of the long struggle between the occupying powers to attain aState Treaty for Austria. The time span of this work was deliberately chosen in a desire to confine it to an appraisal ofthe legal continuity ofthe Austrian State and an evaluation of the impact of the Austrian question on the traditional law of state succession and recognition. The problem of Austria's new neutralized status resulting from the negotiations in connection with and subsequent to the signing of the Austrian State Treaty is worthy of separate treatment and is not dealt with in the present study.

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9401509697

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9789401509695

Whitehead Groups of Finite Groups

By: Robert Oliver

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Whitehead Groups of Finite Groups

By: Robert Oliver

This book's aim is to make accessible techniques for studying Whitehead groups of finite groups, as well as a variety of related topics such as induction theory and p-adic logarithms. The author has included a lengthy introduction to set the scene for non-specialists who want an overview of the field, its history and its applications. The rest of the book consists of three parts: general theory, group rings of p-groups and general finite groups. The book will be welcomed by specialists in K- and L-theory and by algebraists in general as a state-of-the art survey of the area.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521336465

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Trace Quantitative Analysis by Mass Spectrometry

By: Robert K. Boyd,Cecilia Basic,Robert A. Bethem

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Trace Quantitative Analysis by Mass Spectrometry

By: Robert K. Boyd,Cecilia Basic,Robert A. Bethem

This book provides a serious introduction to the subject of mass spectrometry, providing the reader with the tools and information to be well prepared to perform such demanding work in a real-life laboratory. This essential tool bridges several subjects and many disciplines including pharmaceutical, environmental and biomedical analysis that are utilizing mass spectrometry: Covers all aspects of the use of mass spectrometry for quantitation purposes Written in textbook style to facilitate understanding of this topic Presents fundamentals and real-world examples in a ‘learning-though-doing’ style

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1119964393

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Dynamics and Conflict in Regional Structural Change

Essays in Honour of Walter Isard

By: Manas Chatterji,Robert E. Keunne

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Dynamics and Conflict in Regional Structural Change

Essays in Honour of Walter Isard

By: Manas Chatterji,Robert E. Keunne

The second in a two volume tribute to Walter Isard, the first being "New Frontiers in Regional Science", this book looks at dynamics and conflict in regional structural change. Together they contain 50 papers by experts in this field, and look at subjects such as location theory.

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1349106364

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