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Making Whirligigs, Whimsies, & Folk Toys

By: Rodney Frost

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Making Whirligigs, Whimsies, & Folk Toys

By: Rodney Frost

Create unique whirligigs and other moving-part creations, traditional folk toys, and unusual new designs out of wood.

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Stackpole Books

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081174499X

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9780811744997

Historic San Marcos

An Illustrated History

By: Rodney Van Oudekerke

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Historic San Marcos

An Illustrated History

By: Rodney Van Oudekerke

An illustrated history of San Marcos, Texas, paired with histories of the local companies.

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HPN Books

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193537740X

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9781935377405

Mediating Order and Chaos

The Water-Cycle in the Complex Adaptive Systems of Romantic Culture

By: Rodney Farnsworth

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Mediating Order and Chaos

The Water-Cycle in the Complex Adaptive Systems of Romantic Culture

By: Rodney Farnsworth

This literature-centered study offers an interdisciplinary approach to Romantic culture. If is pioneering in that it employs the complexity method of anthropology. Recent literary studies employ the complexity/chaos theory adapted from the natural sciences; however, here is presented for the first time a complexity method taken from the social/human sciences. This complexity method is useful in mediating not only contradictions within Romanticism, but the chaos of contemporary theories concerning it. One of the intensifying literary debates is that between the so-called “Greens” and “Reds,” naturalists and humanists. Mediating Order and Chaos not only traces the split between nature and man to Romantic Culture but finds there, too, a Spinozian vision of man and nature in unity – thereby denying any naturalist/humanist split. This volume is of interest for those who wish to see essays in the holistic approach to culture. Centering on hydraulics, hydrology, and meteorology, this study examines literature, painting, music, economics, and the rhetoric of science, philosophy, and politics, it therewith demonstrates how the water cycle was transformed into a cosmic metaphor that mediated, in the form of several complex adaptive systems, between the chaos of too much change and that of not enough.

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BRILL

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9004490132

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9789004490130

Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco

The Life and Times of Colonel Frank M. Brandstetter

By: Rodney P. Carlisle,Dominic J. Monetta

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Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco

The Life and Times of Colonel Frank M. Brandstetter

By: Rodney P. Carlisle,Dominic J. Monetta

A glowing biography of a Hungarian who came to the US at the age of 16 and worked his way from immigrant factory jobs to wealth and fame as an international hotelier, corporate executive, and US Army intelligence officer with friends in all the right places. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of North Texas Press

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1574410695

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9781574410693

Pyrometamorphism

By: Rodney Grapes

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Pyrometamorphism

By: Rodney Grapes

Pyrometamorphism occurs at very high temperatures (800 - > 1000 °C) and low pressures ( 2 kb) and typically results in the formation of "burnt" and fused rocks termed buchites, paralavas, clinkers and fulgarites. It is typically associated with shallow basaltic intrusions (contact aureoles, xenoliths,) combustion of carbonaceous matter, lightning strikes, and is also found in meteorites. During pyrometamorphism, the sequence of heating and cooling is greatly condensed favouring the preservation of a variety of stranded reaction microstructures that reflect disequilibrium reaction kinetics with metastable and mineral crystallisation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540294546

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9783540294542

A Reader's Guide to the Narrative and Lyric Poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes

By: Rodney Edgecombe

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A Reader's Guide to the Narrative and Lyric Poetry of Thomas Lovell Beddoes

By: Rodney Edgecombe

Beddoes poses a peculiar problem for critics and scholars who wish to redress the marginal position that he occupies in the Romantic canon – a problem seemingly unique to him, and created in part by his misconception of his own strengths as a writer. An extremely good poet who, had things turned out differently, might have functioned as a missing link between Keats and Tennyson, he fatally divided his attention between verse and medicine, a discipline that by his own admission (made in the poem composed for Zoë King) served to wither his creative gift. This fission of energy was bad enough, but more damaging still was his misconception of metier, for whatever mental resources remained to Beddoes after gruelling days in the classroom he invested in writing an unstageable drama instead of in his primary gift for lyric verse. Whereas the Beddoes revival that has been gathering momentum in recent years has centred on Death's Jest-Book, the play onto which the poet directed – some might say ‘misdirected’ – so much of his creative energy, this study focuses wholly on his lyric and narrative verse, much of which has received short critical shrift. It follows the sequence of poems set out in the Donner edition, and focuses on their verbal richness and inventiveness as they unspool upon the page.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443884057

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9781443884051

Health and Risk Communication

An Applied Linguistic Perspective

By: Rodney Jones

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Health and Risk Communication

An Applied Linguistic Perspective

By: Rodney Jones

Health and Risk Communication provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied linguistics. It outlines the ways applied linguistics differs from other methods of understanding health and risk communication, assesses the benefits and limitations of the approaches used by different scholars in the field, and offers an innovative framework for consolidating past research and charting new directions. Utilizing data from clinical interactions and everyday life, this book addresses a number of crucial questions including: How are the everyday actions we take around health constructed and constrained through discourse? What is the role of texts in influencing health behaviour, and how are these texts put together and interpreted by readers? How are actions and identities around health and risk negotiated in situated social interactions, and what are the factors that influence these negotiations? How will new technologies like genetic screening influence the way we communicate about health? How does communication about health and risk help create communities and institutions and reflect and reproduce broader ideologies and patterns of power and inequality within societies? Health and Risk Communication: An Applied Linguistic Perspective is essential reading for advanced students and researchers studying and working in this area.

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Routledge

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1134078269

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9781134078264

A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands

By: Rodney Moffett

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A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands

By: Rodney Moffett

This bibliography includes scientific articles on the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands published between 1808 and 2019. Although focussing on material appearing in accredited journals, there is such a wealth of information in the form of unpublished, yet traceable, reports, documents, presentations and dissertations, these are also included. The bibliography has two parts – a complete list arranged alphabetically, and the same references arranged in 33 different disciplines. These range from Palaeobotany with 17 entries, to Rock Art with 502 entries.

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UJ Press

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1928424457

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9781928424451

Environmental Finance

A Guide to Environmental Risk Assessment and Financial Products

By: Rodney R. White,Sonia Labatt

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Environmental Finance

A Guide to Environmental Risk Assessment and Financial Products

By: Rodney R. White,Sonia Labatt

An engaging and comprehensive look at the intersection of financial innovation and the environment This unique book provides readers with a comprehensive look at the new markets being created to help companies manage environmental risks, including weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, and emission trading permits. Filled with real-world case studies and timely advice, Environmental Finance contains corporate strategies that financial service professionals as well as their clients must understand in order to proactively improve a company's environmental performance.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471447382

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9780471447382

Small-Bore Rifles

A Guide for Rimfire Users

By: C. Rodney James

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Small-Bore Rifles

A Guide for Rimfire Users

By: C. Rodney James

C. Rodney James provides a starting point for the beginner as well as a current summary of the state of small-bore rifles, ammunition, and shooting for intermediate shooters. Small-Bore Rimfire Rifles also points the way for those who want to venture into the more rarefied regions of upper-level competitive, benchrest, and long-range varmint shooting, plus that eternal search for the perfect rifle. James packs his book with tested tips, tactics, and techniques for small-bore rimfires, such as: Small-bore rimfire ammunition Choosing a rifle Semiauto and bolt-action rifles Accurate shooting Cleaning, maintenance, and care Range, lethality, and performance Hunting and varmint shooting Modern competitive shooting And much more! Small-bore rifle shooting has and will continue to provide millions with endless hours of enjoyment on the range and in the field. Pick up Small-Bore Rimfire Rifles today.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510718419

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9781510718418

Harvested Forages

By: Rodney Dwain Horrocks,John F. Valentine

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Harvested Forages

By: Rodney Dwain Horrocks,John F. Valentine

Harvested Forages deals with the subject of food for domestic animal feeding. Such food is called "forage" and includes things like alfalfa and other plants usually referred to as "hay." Topics include the ways that this forage is produced, how it is harvested, and ways that it should be stored. Other issues that are dealt with include various criteria and measurement procedures for assessing forage nutritive quality, potential health hazards associated with particular plants and plant toxins, and various issues of plant growth, pest control, and soil fertility--among other topics. This book is essential for any institution with a strong program in range sciences, animal sciences, animal feeding and nutrition, and related programs. - Synthesizes and summarizes a vast and widely dispersed literature in animal science - Serves as a reference for managers of harvested forages as well as all those involved with the forage production industry

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Academic Press

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0080533310

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9780080533315

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

By: Kurt Bucher,Rodney Grapes

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Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

By: Kurt Bucher,Rodney Grapes

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks presents a large number of diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given set of metamorphic rocks may have formed. Other parameters that control metamorphic mineral assemblages are also discussed and pitfalls resulting from simplifications and generalizations are highlighted. The book discusses the most common metamorphic rock types, their nomenclature, structure and graphical representation of their mineral assemblages. Part I defines basic principles of metamorphism, introduces metamorphic processes, geologic thermometry and barometry and defines metamorphic grade. Part II presents in a systematic way mineralogical changes and assemblages found in the most common types of metamorphic rocks. The computation of diagrams is based on recent advances in quantitative petrology and geochemistry. An extensive bibliography, including the key contributions and classic papers in the field, make it an invaluable source book for graduate students and professional geologists.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540741690

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9783540741695

Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit

By: Rodney Wallace Kennedy

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Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit

By: Rodney Wallace Kennedy

Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit is a prequel to the writing and delivery of the sermon. The work of invention which includes the gathering of material is the primary focus of the book. The hard work of preaching takes place in the thinking, reading, and writing. The cross-disciplinary study provided here covers lessons learned by preachers and by novelists, poets, philosophers, and rhetoricians.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666712302

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9781666712308

Diplomatic Deceits

Government, Media, and East Timor

By: Rodney Tiffen

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Diplomatic Deceits

Government, Media, and East Timor

By: Rodney Tiffen

The Australian media has played a key role in debates over Australia's East Timor policy since the mid-1970s. - Introduced by the ABC's multi-awarding-winning reporter Chris Masters, this is the first book to analyse the interaction of newspapers, broadcasters, politicians, diplomats and the public during this turbulent period. - It provides a vivid insight into the key role of the media in this controversial issue. - Australia's foreign affairs policymakers decided to adopt a 'pragmatic' rather than 'principled' approach to East Timor - That policy unravelled over the subsequent quarter century, under constant pressure from public opinion, the media, and international disapproval. - In the long run, argues Rodney Tiffen, Australia's stance was neither pragmatic nor principled.

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UNSW Press

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086840571X

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9780868405711

Falcon

Take Flight

By: Rodney Barnes

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Falcon

Take Flight

By: Rodney Barnes

Collects Falcon (2017) #1-8. Sam Wilson winged warrior, avian Avenger and one-time Sentinel of Liberty takes to the skies once more! Reborn and recommitted, Falcon takes on a personal mission to reconnect with the American people and train his new partner, Patriot. But when a gang war overtakes the streets of Chicago, Falcon finds himself up against an enemy way out of his weight class: the demonic Blackheart! Falcon and Patriot must fight to restore order as a full-scale riot threatens to destroy the city. But with the son of Mephisto fanning the flames, the heroes will be put through hell! And if that isnt horrific enough, Sams romantic (or rocky) reunion with Misty Knight is wrecked by vampires? As Chicagos future hangs in the balance, can Sams indomitable spirit triumph in the face of unspeakable evil?

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Marvel Entertainment

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130250519X

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9781302505196

Holman New Testament Commentary - Mark

By: Rodney L. Cooper

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Holman New Testament Commentary - Mark

By: Rodney L. Cooper

One in a series of twelve New Testament verse-by-verse commentary books edited by Max Anders. Includes discussion starters, teaching plan, and more. Great for lay teachers and pastors alike.

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B&H Publishing Group

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1433674181

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9781433674181

Reinventing Structuralism

What Sign Relations Reveal About Consciousness

By: Rodney B. Sangster

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Reinventing Structuralism

What Sign Relations Reveal About Consciousness

By: Rodney B. Sangster

This monograph argues that the structuralist movement in linguistics was curtailed prematurely, before its contribution to cognitive science could be fully realized. Building upon Roman Jakobson's pioneering work on the nature of the linguistic sign, a new and detailed appreciation of the role of sign relations in the ultimate structuring of consciousness is presented, proving that the structural approach has as much to contribute today as any current cognitive theory. This study takes the view that the structure which linguistic signs themselves evince should be treated as an organic property of mind in its own right, as the device by which the ultimate differences in meaning in the human cognitive sphere are realized. Adherence to this principle assumes not only that the linguistic sign must be fundamentally monosemic, but also that the level of abstraction at which the relations between signs function must lie beyond the logical or rational level where polysemy is the rule. The study demonstrates that while the conceptual relations or categories uncovered at such a higher-order level of consciousness are of necessity highly abstract and hidden from normal awareness, they are nevertheless neither ineffable nor devoid of content. Rather, the categories identified and defined in this study are shown to have verifiable correlates at the supra-rational level where transpersonal rather than ego-oriented psychology operates, the level that Jung termed the collective unconscious. It is here that we find corresponding properties in reports from altered states of consciousness, in the structure of myths worldwide, as well as in studies of the image-making capacity of the human mind. Ultimately, when the structure of actual linguistic signs is treated as an ordered set of conceptual relations, one necessarily arrives at the conclusion that the sign relations of different languages are anything but Whorfian, but are all pointing to the same universal set of conceptual properties. This set of properties is then shown to be able to account for the relations between signs in all areas of linguistic structure, from the grammatical to the lexical and the syntactic. The monograph goes on to provide a detailed account of the process of making reference, of how speakers are able to contextualize the truly abstract conceptual relations inherent in the structure of signs in their language, to produce a potentially infinite variety of polysemous meanings in actual speech situations at whatever level of concreteness they choose; and how the feedback from such acts of communication determines the evolutionary trajectory of a system of signs conceived as a living organism, specifically as a neuronal structure inherent in the human brain operating as a fundamentally probabilistic or stochastic system.

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Walter de Gruyter

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311030497X

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9783110304978

Key West in History

By: Rodney Carlisle,Loretta Carlisle

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Key West in History

By: Rodney Carlisle,Loretta Carlisle

Key West is a unique travel destination whose history is so rich, it can be confusing for first-time visitors. Tourists walk through a mix of nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first‒century historic homes and attractions in a blur of fascinating impressions. They get no clear picture of the evolution of the city from its beginnings to the present and no sense of how all of the sites fit into history nor of the significance of Key West in American social, military, and intellectual history. Key West in History changes all of that. More than a typical, site-by-site guidebook, this book presents over 50 Key West sites in historical context—an invaluable resource for the visitor or student who wants a deeper understanding of how the city represents different eras of American and Floridian history, and how specific sites reflect important periods and trends in the past. Each chapter describes the events of a period of Key West history, and is accompanied by photographs of selected sites that represent that period. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1561648620

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9781561648627

The Living Fields

Our Agricultural Heritage

By: Jack Rodney Harlan

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The Living Fields

Our Agricultural Heritage

By: Jack Rodney Harlan

A readable account of how, where and when humans learned to domesticate plants and animals.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521649927

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9780521649926

Atlantis Destroyed

By: Rodney Castleden

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Atlantis Destroyed

By: Rodney Castleden

Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the absurdest lie in literature. Atlantis Destroyed explores the possibility that the account given by Plato is historically true. Rodney Castleden first considers the location of Atlantis re-examining two suggestions put forward in the early twentieth century; Minoan Crete and Minoan Thera. He outlines the latest research findings on Knossos and Bronze Age Thera, discussing the material culture, trade empire and agricultural system, writing and wall paintings, art, religion and society of the Minoan civilization. Castleden demonstrates the many parallels between Plato's narrative and the Minoan Civilization in the Aegean. Fired by the imagination a new vision of Atlantis has arisen over the last one hundred and fifty years as a lost utopia. Rodney Castleden discusses why this picture arose and xplains how it has become confused with Plato's genuine account.

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Routledge

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1134708785

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9781134708789

Rodney Scott's World of BBQ

Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook

By: Rodney Scott,Lolis Eric Elie

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Rodney Scott's World of BBQ

Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook

By: Rodney Scott,Lolis Eric Elie

IACP COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER • In the first cookbook by a Black pitmaster, James Beard Award–winning chef Rodney Scott celebrates an incredible culinary legacy through his life story, family traditions, and unmatched dedication to his craft. “BBQ is such an important part of African American history, and no one is better at BBQ than Rodney.”—Marcus Samuelsson, chef and restaurateur ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time Out, Food52, Taste of Home, Garden & Gun, Epicurious, Vice, Salon, Southern Living, Wired, Library Journal Rodney Scott was born with barbecue in his blood. He cooked his first whole hog, a specialty of South Carolina barbecue, when he was just eleven years old. At the time, he was cooking at Scott's Bar-B-Q, his family's barbecue spot in Hemingway, South Carolina. Now, four decades later, he owns one of the country's most awarded and talked-about barbecue joints, Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ in Charleston. In this cookbook, co-written by award-winning writer Lolis Eric Elie, Rodney spills what makes his pit-smoked turkey, barbecued spare ribs, smoked chicken wings, hush puppies, Ella's Banana Puddin', and award-winning whole hog so special. Moreover, his recipes make it possible to achieve these special flavors yourself, whether you're a barbecue pro or a novice. From the ins and outs of building your own pit to poignant essays on South Carolinian foodways and traditions, this stunningly photographed cookbook is the ultimate barbecue reference. It is also a powerful work of storytelling. In this modern American success story, Rodney details how he made his way from the small town where he worked for his father in the tobacco fields and in the smokehouse, to the sacrifices he made to grow his family's business, and the tough decisions he made to venture out on his own in Charleston. Rodney Scott's World of BBQ is an uplifting story that speaks to how hope, hard work, and a whole lot of optimism built a rich celebration of his heritage—and of unforgettable barbecue.

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Clarkson Potter

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1984826948

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9781984826947

The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia

By: James M. Welsh,Gene D. Phillips,Rodney F. Hill

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The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia

By: James M. Welsh,Gene D. Phillips,Rodney F. Hill

Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years. Because of the tremendous popular success of The Godfather and the tremendous critical success of its sequel, Coppola is considered to be one of the best directors of all time. The entries in this encyclopedia focus on all aspects of Coppola's work—from his early days with producer Roger Corman to his films as the director of the 1970s. This extensive reference contains material on all of the films Coppola has played a role in, from screenwriter to producer to director, including such classics as Patton, The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now. Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published sources, both in print and online, making The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia the most comprehensive reference on this director's body of work.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810876515

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9780810876514

Mountain Commandos at War in the Falklands

The Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre in Action During the 1982 Conflict

By: Rodney Boswell

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Mountain Commandos at War in the Falklands

The Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre in Action During the 1982 Conflict

By: Rodney Boswell

A former Royal Marine provides a vividly detailed, firsthand account of Mountain Commando operations in the Falklands War. On June 8th, 1982, eight Royal Marines infiltrated Goat Ridge in East Falkland, a rocky hilltop surrounded by Argentine infantry. From their hiding place just meters away from the enemy, they gathered essential intelligence for a British assault that overwhelmed the Argentine defenses days later. This is just one example of the missions undertaken by the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre during the Falklands War, all of which are described in graphic detail in Rod Boswell’s eyewitness account. Using his own recollections and those of his comrades, he describes their operations in the Falklands: the observation posts set up in the no man’s land between San Carlos and Port Stanley; the raid at Top Malo House; and the reconnaissance patrols they carried out close to the Argentine lines during the conflict. His first-hand account gives a fascinating insight into the operational skills of a small, specially trained unit and shows the important contribution it made to the success of the British advance. This chronicle also records the entire experience of the Falklands War from their point of view, from the long voyage south through the Atlantic to the landings, the advance, and the liberation of Stanley.

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Pen and Sword Military

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1526791633

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9781526791634

The Changing Mile Revisited

An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region

By: Raymond M. Turner,Robert H. Webb,Janice Emily Bowers,James Rodney Hastings

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The Changing Mile Revisited

An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region

By: Raymond M. Turner,Robert H. Webb,Janice Emily Bowers,James Rodney Hastings

The Changing Mile, originally published in 1965, was a benchmark in ecological studies, demonstrating the prevalence of change in a seemingly changeless place. Photographs made throughout the Sonoran Desert region in the late 1800s and early 1900s were juxtaposed with photographs of the same locations taken many decades later. The nearly one hundred pairs of images revealed that climate has played a strong role in initiating many changes in the region. This new book updates the classic by adding recent photographs to the original pairs, providing another three decades of data and showing even more clearly the extent of change across the landscape. During these same three decades, abundant information about climatic variability, land use, and plant ecology has accumulated, making it possible to determine causes of change with more confidence. Using nearly two hundred additional triplicate sets of unpublished photographs, The Changing Mile Revisited utilizes repeat photographs selected from almost three hundred stations located in southern Arizona, in the Pinacate region of Mexico, and along the coast of the Gulf of California. Coarse photogrammetric analysis of this enlarged photographic set shows the varied response of the region's major plant species to the forces of change. The images show vegetation across the entire region at sites ranging in elevation from sea level to a mile above sea level. Some sites are truly arid, while others are located above the desert in grassland and woodland. Common names are used for most plants and animals (with Latin equivalents in endnotes) to make the book more accessible to non-technical readers. The original Changing Mile was based upon a unique set of data that allowed the authors to evaluate the extent and magnitude of vegetation change in a large geographic region. By extending the original landmark study, The Changing Mile Revisited will remain an indispensable reference for all concerned with the fragile desert environment.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816546851

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Reimagining the Promised Land

Israel and America in Post-war Hollywood Cinema

By: Rodney Wallis

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Reimagining the Promised Land

Israel and America in Post-war Hollywood Cinema

By: Rodney Wallis

While Israel has seemingly been a minor presence in Hollywood cinema, Reimagining the Promised Land argues that there is a long history of Hollywood deploying images of Israel as a means of articulating an idealized notion of American national identity. This argument is developed through readings of The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (William Wyler, 1959), Exodus (Otto Preminger, 1960), Cast a Giant Shadow (Melville Shavelson, 1966), Black Sunday (John Frankenheimer, 1977), The Delta Force (Menahem Golan, 1986), and Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005). The mobilization of Israel that pervades this eclectic group of films effectively demonstrates one of the more surreptitious ways in which Hollywood has historically constructed and circulated dominant notions of American national identity. Moreover, in examining the most notable Hollywood representations of the Jewish state, the book offers an informed historical overview of the cultural forces that have contributed to popular understandings within the United States of the state of Israel, Israel's Arab neighbours, and also the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501350838

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9781501350832

Granite Genesis: In-Situ Melting and Crustal Evolution

By: Guo-Neng Chen,Rodney Grapes

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Granite Genesis: In-Situ Melting and Crustal Evolution

By: Guo-Neng Chen,Rodney Grapes

This book reviews current ideas explaining the formation of granite in terms of melting, segregation, ascent and emplacement. It introduces an alternative hypothesis that granites are endogenic in that they essentially form and remain at melting sites in the middle–upper crust under conditions of abnormally high heat flow. The book highlights results of Chinese research over the last 30 years in English for the first time.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402058918

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