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Not Your Average Joe

By: Rodney Blackmon

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Joe Valentine is a down-on-his-luck environmental service worker who robs a bank and is quickly captured. During his arrest, he reflects on the bad mistakes he made in his life and how he got to the point of robbing a bank. From getting a divorce to losing a child to getting stuck in a tree by a dog and knocking over a casket with a body in it, Not Your Average Joe is both heart touching and hilarious.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984574973

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9781984574978

Applied Logistic Regression

By: David W. Hosmer, Jr.,Stanley Lemeshow,Rodney X. Sturdivant

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Applied Logistic Regression

By: David W. Hosmer, Jr.,Stanley Lemeshow,Rodney X. Sturdivant

A new edition of the definitive guide to logistic regression modeling for health science and other applications This thoroughly expanded Third Edition provides an easily accessible introduction to the logistic regression (LR) model and highlights the power of this model by examining the relationship between a dichotomous outcome and a set of covariables. Applied Logistic Regression, Third Edition emphasizes applications in the health sciences and handpicks topics that best suit the use of modern statistical software. The book provides readers with state-of-the-art techniques for building, interpreting, and assessing the performance of LR models. New and updated features include: A chapter on the analysis of correlated outcome data A wealth of additional material for topics ranging from Bayesian methods to assessing model fit Rich data sets from real-world studies that demonstrate each method under discussion Detailed examples and interpretation of the presented results as well as exercises throughout Applied Logistic Regression, Third Edition is a must-have guide for professionals and researchers who need to model nominal or ordinal scaled outcome variables in public health, medicine, and the social sciences as well as a wide range of other fields and disciplines.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470582472

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9780470582473

Spirituality According to John

Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings

By: Rodney Reeves

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Spirituality According to John

Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings

By: Rodney Reeves

Through all of John's works, a consistent message is woven: being a Christian is about abiding in Christ and in his words. Combining exegesis with spiritual reflection, this accessible introduction on the Johannine literature from Rodney Reeves helps readers envision how to follow Jesus—as disciples, in community, and even at the end of the world.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830853499

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9780830853496

Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy

Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective

By: Rodney S. Haddow,Thomas Richard Klassen

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Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy

Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective

By: Rodney S. Haddow,Thomas Richard Klassen

Using various theoretical approaches, this book examines industrial relations, workers' compensation, occupational health, employment standards, training, and social assistance, measuring the impact of partisanship and globalization on policy-making in several areas. It is useful for those interested in the field of labour market policy.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802090907

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9780802090904

The Matrix of Race

Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality

By: Rodney D. Coates,Abby L. Ferber,David L. Brunsma

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The Matrix of Race

Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality

By: Rodney D. Coates,Abby L. Ferber,David L. Brunsma

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. The Matrix of Race: Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality is a textbook that makes race and racial inequality "visible" in new ways to all students in race/ethnic relations courses, regardless of their backgrounds–from minorities who have experienced the impact of race in their own lives to members of dominant groups who might believe that we now live in a "color blind" society. The "matrix" refers to a way of thinking about race that reflects the intersecting, multilayered identities of contemporary society, and the powerful social institutions that shape our understanding of race. Its goals are to help readers get beyond familiar "us vs. them" arguments that can lead to resistance and hostility; promote self-appraisal; and stimulate more productive discussions about race and racism. Free Poster: Making Race and Racial Inequality Visible in New Ways A Complete Teaching & Learning Package SAGE coursepacks FREE! Easily import our quality instructor and student resource content into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Learn more. SAGE edge FREE online resources for students that make learning easier. See how your students benefit.

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SAGE Publications

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1506398081

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9781506398082

Essential Oil Safety

A Guide for Health Care Professionals

By: Robert Tisserand,Rodney Young

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Essential Oil Safety

A Guide for Health Care Professionals

By: Robert Tisserand,Rodney Young

The second edition of this book is virtually a new book. It is the only comprehensive text on the safety of essential oils and the first review of essential oil/drug interactions and provides detailed essential oil constituent data not found in any other text. Much of the existing text has been re-written, and 80% of the text is completely new. There are 400 comprehensive essential oil profiles and almost 4000 references. There are new chapters on the respiratory system, the cardivascular system, the urinary system, the digestive system and the nervous system. For each essential oil there is a full breakdown of constituents, and a clear categorization of hazards and risks, with recommended maximum doses and concentrations. There are also 206 Constituent Profiles. There is considerable discussion of carcinogens, the human relevance of some of the animal data, the validity of treating an essential oil as if it was a single chemical, and the arbitary nature of uncertainty factors. There is a critque of current regulations. The only comprehensive text on the safety of essential oils The first review of essential oil/drug interactions Detailed essential oil constituent data not found in any other text Essential oil safety guidelines 400 essential oil profiles Five new chapters 305 new essential oil profiles, including Cedarwood, Clary sage, Lavender, Rose, Sandalwood, Tea tree 79 new constituent profiles Five new chapters: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the urinary system, the digestive system, the nervous system. Significantly expanded text

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702054348

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9780702054341

Economists' Papers, 1750-1950

A Guide to Archive and Other Manuscript Sources for the History of British and Irish Economic Thought : Compiled for the Committee of the Guide to Archive Sources in the History of Economic Thought

By: Rodney Paul Sturges,Committee of the Guide to Archive Sources in the History of Economic Thought

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Economists' Papers, 1750-1950

A Guide to Archive and Other Manuscript Sources for the History of British and Irish Economic Thought : Compiled for the Committee of the Guide to Archive Sources in the History of Economic Thought

By: Rodney Paul Sturges,Committee of the Guide to Archive Sources in the History of Economic Thought

The object of this volume is to provide scholars undertaking research in the history of British economic thought with a systematic listing of the available sources of manuscript material. It is the first work of its kind, and is based on extensive search inquiry into the scattered public and private sources of personal papers and correspondence of British economists. Over one hundred and fifty listings are printed here. They include numerous lesser figures as well as the most distinguished contributors to the varied literature of economics in the period since 1700. The Guide should, therefore, be of interest not only to specialist historians of economics but also to those concerned with the wider role of economic ideas in political debate and the formation of public opinion.

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Duke University Press

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082230337X

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9780822303374

Fundamentals of Parameterized Complexity

By: Rodney G. Downey,Michael R. Fellows

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Fundamentals of Parameterized Complexity

By: Rodney G. Downey,Michael R. Fellows

This comprehensive and self-contained textbook presents an accessible overview of the state of the art of multivariate algorithmics and complexity. Increasingly, multivariate algorithmics is having significant practical impact in many application domains, with even more developments on the horizon. The text describes how the multivariate framework allows an extended dialog with a problem, enabling the reader who masters the complexity issues under discussion to use the positive and negative toolkits in their own research. Features: describes many of the standard algorithmic techniques available for establishing parametric tractability; reviews the classical hardness classes; explores the various limitations and relaxations of the methods; showcases the powerful new lower bound techniques; examines various different algorithmic solutions to the same problems, highlighting the insights to be gained from each approach; demonstrates how complexity methods and ideas have evolved over the past 25 years.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447155599

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9781447155591

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

The Book of Scams

How to spot fraudsters and avoid becoming their next victim

By: Rodney Hobson

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The Book of Scams

How to spot fraudsters and avoid becoming their next victim

By: Rodney Hobson

These days fraudsters operate on a massive scale that was previously unimaginable. Thousands of people from all walks of life are relieved of billions of pounds each year. No-one knows the full scale of fraud because embarrassed victims often fail to report it. Despite all the press coverage, people keep falling for old tricks that often re-emerge in new guises. Scammers are ingenious, utterly ruthless and without conscience. Rodney Hobson, author of the best-selling beginners guide to stock market investing Shares Made Simple, has produced the first definitive guide to scams, categorising the different types, listing tell-tale signs and advising how to spot a fraudster and avoid becoming the next victim. This makes the basic principles behind each type of scam more recognisable and it shows how scams have evolved and re-emerged over time. Danger lurks for those unwary souls who part only too readily with their hard-earned cash and this book will help you be alert to the risks. It is also meant to entertain, as we learn to grudgingly admire as well as despise the ingenious crooks who lurk in the shadows.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857195158

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9780857195159

Pocahontas and Randolph County

By: Rodney Harris, PhD

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Pocahontas and Randolph County

By: Rodney Harris, PhD

Pocahontas, Arkansas, began as an early settlement known as Bettis Bluff. The name Pocahontas appears to have first been used in 1836 when the town was chosen as the county seat of the new Randolph County. The area's rivers played a significant role in the county's development, with the first steamboat arriving in Bettis Bluff in 1829. Pocahontas flourished following the Civil War due to the growing lumber industry, which cleared vast forested areas, allowing for an agricultural economy. The arrival of the railroad in the early 20th century ushered in new opportunities, and while World War II led many to leave in search of better-paying jobs, others benefited from the opening of Brown Shoe, Magee Picture Frames, Waterloo, and other industries. A significant lumber industry developed as the forests of the Current and Black River bottoms were cleared. The Port of Pocahontas became a shipping point for lumber, and the Sallee Handle Mill along the riverfront in Pocahontas became a booming business. Randolph County emerged as a significant producer of rice, soybeans, and, more recently, peanuts.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467108995

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9781467108997

Big Guns, Brave Men

Mobile Artillery Observers and the Battle for Okinawa

By: Rodney E Walton

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Big Guns, Brave Men

Mobile Artillery Observers and the Battle for Okinawa

By: Rodney E Walton

Although it was the largest and final battle of the Pacific War, the Battle for Okinawa has long been overshadowed by other dramatic events in 1945. The books that have been written about it emphasize the role of infantrymen, armor, and U.S. Marines. This work takes a fresh perspective and focuses on the vital role played by the U.S. Army’s forward artillery observers—the eyes and ears of American artillery who were among the least recognized heroes of the war. According to Rodney Earl Walton, U.S. artillerymen matched Japanese gunners in intensity and surpassed them in effectiveness because their forward observers were able to provide a much shorter response time to requests for artillery support. Divided into teams consisting of four or five men led by an artillery lieutenant, these observers would spend three days on the front lines directing artillery against enemy positions, return to their artillery battery for three days, and then rotate up to the line of battle again. While trying to maximize the damage inflicted on the enemy, the men had to deal with the ever-present possibility of firing on their own forces. The ability to shift artillery fire throughout the battlefield was a new development in World War II, and its evolution is fully examined in the book. Walton, the son of one of the forward observers on Okinawa, spent more than twenty years investigating what happened to his father and other artillerymen during the conflict. Interviews with the artillerymen and the infantrymen they supported are central to his story, which is filled with gripping and sometimes humorous accounts of what happened. The work stands as a stirring tribute from the “baby boom generation” to the “greatest generation.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612511317

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Infamous Murderers

Maniacs filled with hatred and rage

By: Rodney Castleden

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Infamous Murderers

Maniacs filled with hatred and rage

By: Rodney Castleden

Infamous murderers, their deeds horrifying yet intriguing, have always inspired a strange fascination. Their crimes repulse us, yet the more heinous the act, the more we crave information, and ultimately we elevate the perpetrator to celebrity status. The names of the often random and completely innocent victims are not always so easily recalled. Murderers are remembered for many different reasons. Some have struck out and killed for revenge, some in an uncontrollable jealous rage. Others have planned the murder out of greed, or with money in mind. Some acted out of pure hatred and rage. One thing they all have in common - they just have the urge to kill. Contents: Ancient Murder Mysteries including King John, Edward II, Mary Queen of Scots Fatal Families including The Duc de Praslin, Lizzie Borden, Dr Crippen, Ruth Ellis Political Assassinations including Brutus and Cassius, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald Murder for Profit including Dick Turpin, Francois Courvoisier, James Hanratty, Jermey Bamber also including Poisonous Women, Madmen, Child Victims, Lady Killers, Bodies in Boxes

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Canary Press eBooks

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1907795863

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9781907795862

Pay Dirt

The Business of Professional Team Sports

By: James P. Quirk,Rodney D. Fort

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Pay Dirt

The Business of Professional Team Sports

By: James P. Quirk,Rodney D. Fort

Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a baseball game? Cash is the answer: major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bring millions of dollars in profits to owners. Not very long ago, however, buying a sports franchise was a hazardous investment risked only by die-hard fans wealthy enough to lose parts of fortunes made in other businesses. What forces have changed team ownership from sports-fan folly to big-business savvy? Why has The Wall Street Journal become popular reading in pro sports locker rooms? And why are sports pages now dominated by economic clashes between owners and players, cities with franchises and cities without them, leagues and players' unions, and team lawyers and players' lawyers? In answering these questions, James Quirk and Rodney Fort have written the most complete book on the business and economics of professional sports, past and present. Pay Dirt offers a wealth of information and analysis on the reserve clause, salary determination, competitive balance in sports leagues, the market for franchises, tax sheltering, arenas and stadiums, and rival leagues. The authors present an abundance of historical material, much of it new, including team ownership histories and data on attendance, TV revenue, stadium and arena contracts, and revenues and costs. League histories, team statistics, stories about players and owners, and sports lore of all kinds embellish the work. Quirk and Fort are writing for anyone interested in sports in the 1990s: players, players' agents, general managers, sportswriters, and, most of all, sports fans.

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Princeton University Press

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0691187940

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9780691187945

Enchanted Looms

Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers

By: Rodney Cotterill

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Enchanted Looms

Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers

By: Rodney Cotterill

This beautifully written 1998 book examining consciousness, and which received high praise in the reviews, is now available in paperback.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521794625

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9780521794626

Biilaachia-White Swan

Crow Warrior, Custer Scout, American Artist

By: Rodney G. Thomas

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Biilaachia-White Swan

Crow Warrior, Custer Scout, American Artist

By: Rodney G. Thomas

The story of the Apsaalooke (Crow) men who scouted for the Seventh United States Cavalry in 1876 has been told by historians, with details sometimes distorted or fabricated. Biilaachia--better known as White Swan--survived the Battle of Little Bighorn despite severe wounds. One soldier recalled him standing beside his horse, firing at the Sioux: "He would not mount up and try to get away but stood and fought." White Swan continued to scout off-and-on for the U.S. Army until 1881 and recorded his 22 combat actions in 37 paintings and drawings. Done in traditional Plains warrior biographic style, his complete body of work is presented here for the first time, along with the history behind each depiction. His life is detailed in photographs, some never before published, and four little-known interviews, as well as extensive research about the Apsaalooke people.

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McFarland

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1476685940

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9781476685946

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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9781402058912

Can a Cushite Change His Skin?

An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible

By: Rodney Steven Sadler,Rodney S. Sadler, Jr.

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Can a Cushite Change His Skin?

An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible

By: Rodney Steven Sadler,Rodney S. Sadler, Jr.

Explores the ethnicity of the Cushites in the Hebrew Bible.

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A&C Black

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0567027651

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9780567027658

Encyclopedia of Politics

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

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Encyclopedia of Politics

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

With the Left and Right amusingly placed into left-hand (v.1) and right-hand (v.2) volumes respectively, this encyclopedia contains articles on the people, ideas, events, laws, and issues associated with left and right politics in language that will be accessible to the high school and undergraduate student as well as the general reader. Each entry includes cross-references and a bibliography. Among the topics for politics of the left are Susan B. Anthony, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, abolitionism, desegregation, ACLU, the New Deal, Solidarity, and the Workingmen's Party. Entries are included in each volume for 40 countries and regions, giving the history and current affairs for politics in each. Among the topics for the right are capitalism, Darwinism, censorship, martial law, and the Christian Coalition. The contributors teach at universities worldwide; some are independent scholars. Carlisle is at Rutgers U. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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SAGE

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1412904099

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9781412904094

History Play

The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe

By: Rodney Bolt

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History Play

The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe

By: Rodney Bolt

Rodney Bolt's delightful life of Marlowe plays out a surprising solution to an enduring literary mystery, bringing the spirit of Shakespeare alive as we've never seen it before. Rodney Bolt's book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than dying at 29 in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe, and went on to write the work attributed to Shakespeare. Instead, it takes that as the starting point for a playful and brilliantly written "fake biography" of Marlowe, which turns out to be a life of the Bard as well. Using real historical sources (as well as the occasional red herring) plus a generous dose of speculation, Bolt paints a rich and rollicking picture of Elizabethan life. As we accompany Marlowe into the halls of academia, the society of the popular English players traveling Europe, and the dangerous underworld of Elizabethan espionage, a fascinating and almost plausible life story emerges, along with a startlingly fresh look at the plays and poetry we know as Shakespeare's. Tapping into centuries of speculation about the man behind the work, about whom so few facts are known for sure, Rodney Bolt slyly winds the lives of two beloved playwrights into one.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1596917202

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9781596917200

Drugging America

A Trojan Horse

By: Rodney Stich

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Drugging America

A Trojan Horse

By: Rodney Stich

Former federal agent Stich, in collaboration with dozens of other insiders, reveals corruption that is undermining, like a Trojan horse, the government and the people of the United States. Also contributing to the books contents are police officers, Mafia family members, and former drug traffickers and smugglers.

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Silverpeak Enterprises

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0932438113

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9780932438119

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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3540741682

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9783540741688

Heritage

Critical Approaches

By: Rodney Harrison

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Heritage

Critical Approaches

By: Rodney Harrison

Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museumsewe live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsession? Over the decades, since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, various e~crisese(tm) of definition have significantly influenced the ways in which heritage is classified, perceived and managed in contemporary global societies. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the many tangible and intangible e~thingse(tm) now defined as heritage, this book attempts simultaneously to account for this global phenomenon and the industry which has grown up around it, as well as to develop a e~toolkit of conceptse(tm) with which it might be studied. In doing so, it provides a critical account of the emergence of heritage studies as an interdisciplinary field of academic study. This is presented as part of a broader examination of the function of heritage in late modern societies, with a particular focus on the changes which have resulted from the globalisation of heritage during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Developing new theoretical approaches and innovative models for more dialogically democratic heritage decision making processes, Heritage: Critical Approaches unravels the relationship between heritage and the experience of late modernity, whilst reorienting heritage so that it might be more productively connected with other pressing social, economic, political and environmental issues of our time.

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Routledge

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0415591953

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9780415591959

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies and Espionage

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies and Espionage

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies & Espionage is a a fascinating look at spies and espionage of the 20th century. Covers the Zimmerman note in World War I, Pearl Harbor's impact on U.S. intelligence planning, the role of the OSS in World War II, atomic spies and American moles in Washington, McCarthy and the professional anti-Communists, intelligence in the Gulf War, Robert Hanssen and Wen Ho Lee, and intelligence in the War on Terror. Offers a comprehensive look as well as fascinating details, from surveillance techniques and espionage equipment to the myths and realities.

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Penguin

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0028644182

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9780028644189

Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer

Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate

By: Rodney A. Smolla

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Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer

Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate

By: Rodney A. Smolla

In the personal and frank Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer, Rodney A. Smolla offers an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the "summer of hate." Blending memoir, courtroom drama, and a consideration of the unhealed wound of racism in our society, he shines a light on the conflict between the value of free speech and the protection of civil rights. Smolla has spent his career in the thick of these tempestuous and fraught issues, from acting as lead counsel in a famous Supreme Court decision challenging Virginia's law against burning crosses, to serving as co-counsel in a libel suit brought by a fraternity against Rolling Stone magazine for publishing an article alleging that one of the fraternity's initiation rituals included gang rape. Smolla has also been active as a university leader, serving as dean of three law schools and president of one and railing against hate speech and sexual assault on US campuses. Well before the tiki torches cast their ominous shadows across the nation, the city of Charlottesville sought to relocate the Unite the Right rally; Smolla was approached to represent the alt-right groups. Though he declined, he came to wonder what his history of advocacy had wrought. Feeling unsettlingly complicit, he joined the Charlottesville Task Force, and he realized that the events that transpired there had meaning and resonance far beyond a singular time and place. Why, he wonders, has one of our foundational rights created a land in which such tragic clashes happen all too frequently?

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Change(d) Agents

New Teachers of Color in Urban Schools

By: Betty Achinstein,Rodney T. Ogawa

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Change(d) Agents

New Teachers of Color in Urban Schools

By: Betty Achinstein,Rodney T. Ogawa

This book examines both the promises and complexities of racially and culturally diversifying todays teaching profession. Drawing from a 5-year study of the lives of 21 new teachers of color working in urban, hard-to-staff schools, this book documents the tensions these teachers experience between serving as role models and fulfilling district and state mandates.

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Teachers College Press

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0807771481

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9780807771488

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

America's Medical Industry

The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly

By: Rodney Stich

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America's Medical Industry

The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly

By: Rodney Stich

The information provided within these pages describes information on pockets of misconduct in America's medical industry that, if known, can make the difference between a satisfactory medical treatment or a medical tragedy. The information provides an insight into why over a 100,000 people die in hospitals every year, besides an unknown number in other medical offices. The unpunished medical misconduct is an indictment of a nation, followed by another American culture: cover-up.

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Silverpeak Enterprises

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0932438792

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9780932438799

Congress and Other Cesspools

By: Rodney Stich

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Congress and Other Cesspools

By: Rodney Stich

Congress and other cesspools is a detailed history of fraud and corruption involving members of Congress and other government and non-government entities, primarily as it involves financial frauds upon the American people.

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Silverpeak Enterprises

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0932438512

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Acts of Faith

Explaining the Human Side of Religion

By: Rodney Stark,Roger Finke

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Acts of Faith

Explaining the Human Side of Religion

By: Rodney Stark,Roger Finke

The authors offer a new, comprehensive paradigm for the social scientific study of religion. The book sets out to explain *why* people are religious and have the need to be religious, without discrediting organized religions as something foolish or irrational"--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Univ of California Press

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0520222024

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The Million Dollar Deception

A Novel

By: RM Johnson,Rodney Marcus Johnson

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The Million Dollar Deception

A Novel

By: RM Johnson,Rodney Marcus Johnson

Monica Kenny has a decision to make--stay with and marry Lewis Waters, the younger man she knows may not be right for her, or leave him, venutre out on her own, and face the possibility of falling for another man who may leave her as her ex-husband did, because she could not have children. Lewis Waters recognizes that he's in a much better position than he ever was now that he's with Monica Kenny. She takes care of him and his daughter, and gives him money. But he fears she is starting to notice their differences. He intensifies their sex life, and will do anything in addition to keep her from leaving him, vowing to himself that he'll never go back to the life he lived before Monica. When Nate Kenny realizes he made the biggest mistake of his life, losing his wife to the young, down-on-his-luck thug he had hired to seduce Monica a year ago, he decides to win her back. He uses all his cunning, expertise and money to destroy Lewis Waters, and take his wife back. Unbeknownst to him, there will be life and death repercussions.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416540407

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9781416540403

The Material World

By: Rodney Cotterill

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The Material World

By: Rodney Cotterill

Using the cosmos as a backdrop, Rodney Cotterill delivers a fascinating journey of Nature's materials, from the atom to the living organism. This is a beautifully illustrated, expanded account of the highly praised Cambridge Guide to the Material World. The author seamlessly blends the physics, chemistry and biology of Nature, portraying matter with all its elegance and flaws. Although the book is divided into material types, the author connects concepts and pinpoints commonalities between the inorganic and organic domains. It challenges the reader to question our structured view of the world and whether this limits our scientific endeavour, aptly demonstrated by the new chapter devoted exclusively to the mind. Through the breadth of topics and engaging prose, this book will act as a superb introduction to material science for students and those intrigued by the material world we live in.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316582515

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Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

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Civil War and Reconstruction

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

Portrays the American Civil War and its aftermath through such primary sources as memoirs, diaries, letters, contemporary journalism, and official documents.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438108753

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9781438108759

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