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Silent Witness

The Civil War through Photography and its Photographers

By: Ron Field

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Silent Witness

The Civil War through Photography and its Photographers

By: Ron Field

Compiled by an acclaimed Civil War historian, this beautiful volume illustrated with stunning photography examines America's deadliest conflict through the camera's lens. The Civil War changed America forever. It shaped its future and determined its place in history. For the first time in military history, the camera was there to record these seismic events from innovations in military and naval warfare, to the battles themselves; the commanders at critical moments in the battle, and the ordinary soldier tentatively posing for his first ever portrait on the eve of battle. Displaying many rare images unearthed by the author, an acclaimed Civil War historian, this beautiful volume explores how the camera bore witness to the dramatic events of the Civil War. It reveals not only how the first photographers plied their trade but also how photography helped shape the outcome of the war, and how it was reported to anxious families across the North and South.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472822773

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9781472822772

Forts of the American Frontier 1776–1891

California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska

By: Ron Field

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Forts of the American Frontier 1776–1891

California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska

By: Ron Field

With the violent separation between the United States and Britain which began in 1776, the new 'Americans' set off to fulfill their manifest destiny and rule their new land from coast to coast. As they pushed westward, they came into conflict with both natives and other European settlers, and began to build fortresses to defend their newly claimed land. This book charts the development and variation of the fortresses of the American Frontier, covering both American defenses and those of the Spanish in the west. It also examines the little-known forts of early Russian settlers on the Pacific coast.

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1849083169

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9781849083164

The British Army Against Napoleon

Facts, Lists and Trivia, 1805-1815

By: Robert Burnham,Ron McGuigan

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The British Army Against Napoleon

Facts, Lists and Trivia, 1805-1815

By: Robert Burnham,Ron McGuigan

Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone other than the most ardent scholars. McGuigan and Burnham have collected a tremendous treasure trove of information in a readily accessible form. Other books may tell you how many regiments were sent on the expedition to Hanover in 1805, but The British Army against Napoleon will tell you where every single regiment in the British army was stationed, who were their honorary colonels, and give you a list of all the barracks in Britain with the number of men they were designed to hold. Where else will you find not just the pay of different ranked officers but the amount of income tax they paid, as well as all the other deductions and stoppages that reduced their actual receipts to a fraction of their nominal (and generally quite low) pay? Or pension charts for widows? There are tables that list all the recipients of the honours and awards issued, casualties in action and disease, seniority of officers of the numerous expeditions and campaigns (a matter not just of curiosity but of major significance, for the date of rank of an officer determined who commanded the force and all of its sub-units.) The material in these tables has been collected from countless primary sources and official publications such as the Army List, London Gazette, Wellington s Dispatches, regimental histories, artillery manuals, and handbooks.

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Pen and Sword

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1783833394

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9781783833399

A Pilgrimage of Churches

By: Ron Starbuck

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A Pilgrimage of Churches

By: Ron Starbuck

EPUB Reflow-able eBook Edition A Pilgrimage of Churches arises from the landscape of the Great Plains, the people who live there, who work the land, and who worship together in community on the Sabbath Day. They hold a heritage of faith and devotion that is an American story. It is our story. The desire here is to tell it with a Quaker simplicity and sacramental sincerity as a part of an American family’s legacy and attentiveness. It is a story of remembrance too. In this effort, the work draws from a rich literary tradition that is uniquely American, one that emulates an elder artistic and liturgical language, which uncovers and animates the pastoral beauty on the earth and a people’s dedication to their belief. As a vision, the hope is to reveal its inhabitants and their history as persons of faith, celebrating an intimate connection with the land that flourishes still, helping to feed a 21st century world.

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Saint Julian Press, Inc.

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1733023380

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9781733023382

Oshkosh: Looking Back

By: Ron La Point

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Oshkosh: Looking Back

By: Ron La Point

The book examines the history of sports in Oshkosh. It includes stories of basketball, baseball, football, bowling and golf and by those who played the game. It is also about the past, a time slowly receding in our memories. The story of the Oshkosh All Stars is the featured story. It was our own professional basketball team that brought home the World Professional Basketball Championship in 1942. It’s also a story of Lonnie Darling and its featured player, Leroy “Lefty” Edwards. Edwards was considered the best player of his time and helped carry the name of Oshkosh throughout the country. There other story lines as well. Oshkosh has a long history of amateur and professional baseball and those stories are an integral part of the book as is the city’s bowling history and three of its finest performers. The current controversy over the land usage on the city’s municipal golf course sold recently to the Oshkosh Truck Corporation leads to a number of stories about the history of the Lakeshore Golf Course and the impact it has had on many who played there. Oshkosh is not Green Bay but has its own football story. The book features the Oshkosh Comets and four from our city who played for the Green Bay Packers. A book on the history of Oshkosh sports would be incomplete without including two resident Olympians. Their stories, unknown to many, are told here.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457566710

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9781457566714

Nashua Area Men and Women in World War II

By: RON DUBE

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Nashua Area Men and Women in World War II

By: RON DUBE

This project began twenty-five years ago when I worked as a stringer for the Nashua Telegraph. The paper hired a number of correspondents at the time to cover local news and events in the small towns around Nashua. I reported on the selectmen’s meetings and the planning board meetings in Mason and Greenville and the Mascenic School Board. The editors encouraged us to write special features about people, places, and events.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462847587

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The Birchcreek Secret to Total Health

The Living Foods Eating Plan for Rapid Weight Loss, Disease Prevention, and Physical Restoration

By: Ron Odato,Julie Odato

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The Birchcreek Secret to Total Health

The Living Foods Eating Plan for Rapid Weight Loss, Disease Prevention, and Physical Restoration

By: Ron Odato,Julie Odato

The Odatos, founders of Birchcreek Retreat Weight Loss and Wellness Center, have dramatically improved the lives of thousands through this well-designed and well-tested program and encourage readers to return to the nourishment of living foods.

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Charisma Media

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1616386932

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9781616386931

The Cold World They Made

The Strategic Legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetter

By: Ron Robin

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The Cold World They Made

The Strategic Legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetter

By: Ron Robin

In the heady days of the Cold War, when the Bomb loomed large in the ruminations of Washington’s wise men, policy intellectuals flocked to the home of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter to discuss deterrence and doomsday. The Cold World They Made takes a fresh look at the original power couple of strategic studies. Seeking to unravel the complex tapestry of the Wohlstetters’ world and worldview, Ron Robin reveals fascinating insights into an unlikely husband-and-wife pair who, at the height of the most dangerous military standoff in history, gained access to the deepest corridors of American power. The author of such classic Cold War treatises as “The Delicate Balance of Terror,” Albert Wohlstetter is remembered for advocating an aggressive brinksmanship that stood in stark contrast with what he saw as weak and indecisive policies of Soviet containment. Yet Albert’s ideas built crucially on insights gleaned from his wife. Robin makes a strong case for the Wohlstetters as a team of intellectual equals, showing how Roberta’s scholarship was foundational to what became known as the Wohlstetter Doctrine. Together at RAND Corporation, Albert and Roberta crafted a mesmerizing vision of the Soviet threat, theorizing ways for the United States to emerge victorious in a thermonuclear exchange. Far from dwindling into irrelevance after the Cold War, the torch of the Wohlstetters’ intellectual legacy was kept alive by well-placed disciples in George W. Bush’s administration. Through their ideological heirs, the Wohlstetters’ signature combination of brilliance and hubris continues to shape American policies.

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Harvard University Press

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0674046579

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9780674046573

Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander,Ron Eyerman,Bernard Giesen,Neil J. Smelser,Piotr Sztompka

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Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander,Ron Eyerman,Bernard Giesen,Neil J. Smelser,Piotr Sztompka

In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"—and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the "meaning making process" as an open-ended social dialogue in which strikingly different social narratives vie for influence, they outline a strongly constructivist approach to trauma and apply this theoretical model in a series of extensive case studies, including the Nazi Holocaust, slavery in the United States, and September 11, 2001.

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Univ of California Press

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0520936760

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9780520936768

Italian Holiday

By: Ron Dull

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Italian Holiday

By: Ron Dull

Aunt Angela knelt by the boys' bedside and bowed her head into the comfort of the blankets. "Oh, good and holy Saint Nicholas," she intoned, "you who bring joy to children, and plenty of presents too. It's me again, Angela Cavallo. Look, I know you're busy tonight, but put in my heart the spirit of childhood about which the Gospel speaks. Teach me how to sow happiness around me. Teach Little Dick never ever to touch women again. Teach The Turd to be nice to others, and teach Baby Michael to stop stealing stuff. Even if you must punish each of them with horrible afflictions, that's okay, we'll understand. Amen." "Amen," the boys chimed in together, hoping that tonight, Christmas Eve, would not be the night they broke out with some weird infection. When this mafioso family reunites for a Christmas celebration, things get wacky quickly as headstrong Silvio Cavallo and his unforgettable gay twin brothers become involved in a hilarious hit job gone wrong. Italian Holiday is a comical caper of Italian bluster, dysfunctional family dynamics, and an outlandish tale complete with wine, weapons, and wisecracks. For at least one family, turmoil rather than the serenity of a Norman Rockwell painting may be the real Christmas tradition.

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1627876707

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9781627876704

Oshkosh

By: Ron La Point

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Oshkosh

By: Ron La Point

This is a book of collected works compiled and written by community members who chose to share their remembrances of the past. The stories take place in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the 1940s and '50s, although a few stories go before and a few beyond. They are stories of corner taverns, grocery stores, churches and self-contained neighborhoods; of sports and sport heroes, and icons of the past; of movie theatres, a dank basement, and a chance encounter with Gene Autry; of polio epidemics, iron lungs, and stories from two who were afflicted; of hoboes, fearful mothers, and orphan train drops; of the beginning of aviation, steam-driven trains, and motorcycle clubs; of walleye and white bass runs, ice shanties, and spearing sturgeons; of breweries no longer there and barbershop songfests that are; of boating, yacht clubs, and Friday night fish frys; of "regular folks" and community leaders, and others of note; of pin setting and caddying, and other teenage staples; of war rationing, blackouts, and savings bonds; of old-fashion ice houses, traveling circuses, and freshwater quarries; of YMCA's, library expansions, and civic events; of an American war hero, a diary kept, and a fallen president; and of an Oshkosh that in its "heyday" was known throughout the country as "Sawdust City." The stories you are about to read are first-hand accounts; images of another time. Ron La Point, a retired high school history teacher, has authored two previous books: A Family History, and Oshkosh: A South Sider Remembers. He and his wife, Carol, winter in Sun City West, Arizona and summer in his hometown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1608443116

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The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations

Understanding the History, Beliefs, and Differences

By: Ron Rhodes

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The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations

Understanding the History, Beliefs, and Differences

By: Ron Rhodes

Ron Rhodes has compiled his extensive research into a handy, easy-to-use manual that will provide readers with accurate, straightforward answers to their questions about various churches. In just minutes, anyone can easily find important information about a denomination, including a brief history; their most important doctrinal beliefs; and distinctive elements of their teaching and worship. Visually appealing charts highlight doctrinal differences. Membership statistics show denomination sizes and growth. A bibliography and a listing of websites give readers resources for more information. Whether they are looking for a new church or the opportunity to fellowship with believers from different traditions, readers will be much better prepared with this thorough and user-friendly guide.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736931376

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9780736931373

Hubble, Humason and the Big Bang

The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe

By: Ron Voller

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Hubble, Humason and the Big Bang

The Race to Uncover the Expanding Universe

By: Ron Voller

The story of Hubble and Humason is one for the ages—and in particular, the Cosmic Age. In this compelling book, science writer Ron Voller digs deep into how and why the two scientists continued to investigate their theory of universal expansion in the face of persistent doubt, contrary theories, and calamitous world events. The evolution of this dynamic duo’s tenuous friendship and professional partnership is in many ways as intriguing as their groundbreaking work on the evolution of the universe. The book therefore traces their lives from their childhoods into their burgeoning careers, revealing how a World War and their own personal differences stood in the way of initial cooperation. It then shows how despite all this, the two opposites eventually came together in the pursuit of something far greater than themselves. This grand story is inextricably interwoven with that of Albert Einstein, Willem de Sitter, and other great physicists of the era, all of whom took part in the staggering quest to make sense of the Big Bang and what followed. “Edwin Hubble has often been considered as an island of sorts—a lone wolf of astronomy. But Voller’s book shows otherwise, as he examines Milt Humason’s essential contributions to our understanding of the expanding universe.” - Daniel Lewis, Dibner Senior Curator, History of Science & Technology, The Huntington Library

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Springer Nature

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3030821811

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9783030821814

Petersburg 1864–65

The longest siege

By: Ron Field

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Petersburg 1864–65

The longest siege

By: Ron Field

The Petersburg Campaign was the last great campaign fought in the eastern theater of the US Civil War and the last to see U.S Grant take on Robert E Lee. In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a number of pitched battles including the Battle of the Crater, Reams Station, Hatcher's Run, and White Oak Road. After nearly ten months, Grant launched an attack that sent the Confederate army scrambling back to Appomattox Court House where it would soon surrender. Written by an expert on the American Civil War, this book examines the last clash between the armies of U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472803051

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The Chariots Flew Then And Still Do Today!

By: Dr. Ron Pleune

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The Chariots Flew Then And Still Do Today!

By: Dr. Ron Pleune

Dr. Pleune confronts the religious community, and in specific the Christian faith (which is very broad), by looking at the challenges of faith and its reliability as well as its unreliability by asking some very basic questions to get people thinking about their faith and the authority that backs up their faith as being reliable or not. A follow-up question that kicks off the subject of reliability is the appearance of Truth. Does something exist that is relied upon by means of a person's say-so or textual authority which may or may not be initially written in correct interpretation from earlier writings as well as the injection of the writers own view, bias or prejudice? In disseminating the Truth, Dr. Pleune examines writings, archeology, the bible and the immense information stored in the Storage Banks of which the Plejaren from the planet of Era introduce to Billy Meier. The storage banks go back hundreds of thousands of years and are more accurate than Biblical and archeological records that exist. In this context, Dr. Pleune discusses what and why people accept religious beliefs...even though they are false. Dr. Pleune brings out two distinct subjects that deal with what is truth and what is not truth. The first subject discussed is the dating of the Noah's Ark Flood. This has been severely misunderstood and even errantly neglected in research. It is even skewed in its time frame and what caused the so-called "Flood." The research on this topic even changes the "Religionists" concept of dating the earth...that is to say if they dare to learn the truth! It also correctly aids in the dating of the end of the ice age and the answer to why we have twenty-four hours in a day and what the axis of the earth was prior to the Destroyer Comet. In addition to this profound information, Dr. Pleune also explains the Sumerian King List and its relationship to alien life ruling the Sumerian populace and aspects of their longevity, technology and rulership. This aspect of study had a bearing on early Biblical faith in what was considered the worship of a God. Dr. Pleune explains the true definition of God as well as JHWH (King of Wisdom) and the relationship it has with Adam and his descendents (those who believed in a God or not) down to Abraham, as well as "who was the God of Abraham." Dr. Pleune follows this up with a history of what is called the God of the Hebrews, Christians, and whoever else follows the belief of God, with the true and accurate information from the storage banks of the universe that no other scripture of any kind has stated before. Sadly, there are those who will cling to a Savior and God that have been put on a pedestal because they only accept what feels good or sounds right even though there is so much proof that states otherwise. The whole matter has a direct influence on the skewed social interaction and treatment between mankind, which in turn results in a religious denomination turning against itself and splitting neighbor against neighbor, parent against child; religious texts being misunderstood; and finally coming full circle to who is right and who is wrong. Dr. Pleune points out the hatred and carnage that religious convictions have cost in wars, splits in family circles and neighborhoods, and our nation's stand on issues as well as treaties and working relationships with other nations. Finally, Dr. Pleune discusses false teachings, delusional beliefs, and skewed interpretation of Biblical script as it relates to the authoritative revelations from the Plejaren (those from the area of the Pleiades) who have historical information that is far more accurate than any religious texts on Earth. If you fail to research these accurate revelations, you will lack the wisdom of life and continue to be blinded by self and delusional concepts.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1645448339

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9781645448334

Prohibition in Atlanta

Temperance, Tiger Kings & White Lightning

By: Ron Smith,Mary O. Boyle

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Prohibition in Atlanta

Temperance, Tiger Kings & White Lightning

By: Ron Smith,Mary O. Boyle

After the Civil War, state and national Prohibition galvanized in Atlanta the issues of classism, racism and anti-immigrant sentiment. While many consider flappers and gangsters the iconic images of the era, in reality, it was marked with temperance zealotry, blind tigers and white lightning. Georgia's protracted and intense battle changed the industrial and social landscapes of its capital city and unleashed a flood of illegal liquor that continually flowed in the wettest city in the South. Moonshine was the toast of the town from mill houses to the state capitol. The state eventually repealed prohibition, but the social, moral and legal repercussions still linger seventy years later. Join authors Ron Smith and Mary O. Boyle as they recount the colorful history of Atlanta's struggle to freely enjoy a drink.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625851359

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Texas Lithographs

A Century of History in Images

By: Ron Tyler

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Texas Lithographs

A Century of History in Images

By: Ron Tyler

A stunning and comprehensive collection of lithographs from 1818 to 1900 Texas.

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University of Texas Press

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1477326081

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American Civil War Fortifications (2)

Land and Field Fortifications

By: Ron Field

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American Civil War Fortifications (2)

Land and Field Fortifications

By: Ron Field

The American Civil War saw a massive development in the use of field fortifications, the result of the practical application of antebellum West-Point teaching, and the deadly impact of rifled infantry weapons and artillery. Both the Federal and Confederate armies began to develop far more sophisticated systems of field fortification, and the larger field works and fortifications surrounding Washington, DC and Richmond, VA were redesigned and rebuilt several times. This volume explores the role of land and field fortifications in the eastern and overland campaigns of the Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Particular attention is devoted to the nine-month siege of Petersburg, where daily life within the redoubts, lunettes, redans, bomb-proofs, trenches and rifle pits is vividly described.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1849080372

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No One Cares About Crazy People

The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

By: Ron Powers

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No One Cares About Crazy People

The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

By: Ron Powers

New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin -- spirited, endearing, and gifted -- who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood. "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change." -- New York Times Book Review

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Hachette Books

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031634110X

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Seven Wonders of the Rocky Planets and Their Moons

By: Ron Miller

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Seven Wonders of the Rocky Planets and Their Moons

By: Ron Miller

Describes the geographic phenomena of the inner planets of the solar system and their moons, including the largest mountain of the planets, the deepest canyon, and the highest recorded temperatures.

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Twenty-First Century Books

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0761354484

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Old Shorts and Poetree Book One

By: Ron Runeborg

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Old Shorts and Poetree Book One

By: Ron Runeborg

An anthology of short stories and poetry; some factual, some fiction, and some trueish.

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Lulu.com

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1312330481

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9781312330481

A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories

By: Ron Carlson

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A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories

By: Ron Carlson

These stories are full of surprises, jolts, and lightning strikes of recognition. Do yourself a favor and read Ron Carlson." —Stephen King Ron Carlson's stories, sometimes wicked or bittersweet, often zany, are rich with a hard-earned hopefulness frequently absent in contemporary fiction. In this generous gathering from collections no longer available, longtime fans and new readers alike can savor the development of a master of idiosyncrasy. Properly celebrated for his range, Carlson offers us a rural sheriff who's wary of UFOs ("Phenomena"), a lawyer on a mission in remote Alaska ("Blazo"), a baseball player turned killer-by-accident ("Zanduce at Second"), and a nineteen-year-old who experiences an unsettling sexual awakening during an Arizona summer ("Oxygen"). Here also is a man accusing Bigfoot of stealing his wife, followed by Bigfoot's incomparable response. Not least of the treasures is "The H Street Sledding Record," a story perfect for family holiday reading, in which a young father creates the magic of Santa by throwing manure on his roof on Christmas Eve. This book proves Carlson's axiom that "a short story is not a single thing done a single way," and it offers us—finally—a full view of his remarkable talents.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393077659

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9780393077650

Collectables

A Collection of Tales

By: Ron Harrysson Sunhauke

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Collectables

A Collection of Tales

By: Ron Harrysson Sunhauke

In his collection of short tales, poet and storyteller Ron Harrysson Sunhauke (Schaefer) provides a glimpse into a bizarre, humorous, and sometimes frightening world of fantasy as he leads a diverse group of characters on a madcap ride from hometowns to outer space; from youth to old age; and from fascinating possibilities to the wildly impossible. Marvin is a geek who one day discovers a humiliating protuberance on his face. As the pimple grows to an enormous size, Marvin continues to suffer at the expense of his classmates. But one day, Marvin will prove to everyone that looks are not everything. Young Purvis Peevis is rather egregious when it comes to mischief, but his curiosity gets the best of him when he steals a tiny bell from his neighbor that proves to have more power than he ever could have imagined. Middle-aged Bill usually spends his weekends mowing his lawn, but when he shows up at a Bliss Academy seminar, he is told he will soon meet a friendly neighborhood space alien. Collectables creates forty whimsical journeys that blend the qualities of outer worldly planets and small-town America, forming tales where reality and imagination mingle and generate unforgettable fantasy adventures.

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iUniverse

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1462050360

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9781462050369

Modern Industrial Statistics

With Applications in R, MINITAB, and JMP

By: Ron S. Kenett,Shelemyahu Zacks

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Modern Industrial Statistics

With Applications in R, MINITAB, and JMP

By: Ron S. Kenett,Shelemyahu Zacks

Modern Industrial Statistics The new edition of the prime reference on the tools of statistics used in industry and services, integrating theoretical, practical, and computer-based approaches Modern Industrial Statistics is a leading reference and guide to the statistics tools widely used in industry and services. Designed to help professionals and students easily access relevant theoretical and practical information in a single volume, this standard resource employs a computer-intensive approach to industrial statistics and provides numerous examples and procedures in the popular R language and for MINITAB and JMP statistical analysis software. Divided into two parts, the text covers the principles of statistical thinking and analysis, bootstrapping, predictive analytics, Bayesian inference, time series analysis, acceptance sampling, statistical process control, design and analysis of experiments, simulation and computer experiments, and reliability and survival analysis. Part A, on computer age statistical analysis, can be used in general courses on analytics and statistics. Part B is focused on industrial statistics applications. The fully revised third edition covers the latest techniques in R, MINITAB and JMP, and features brand-new coverage of time series analysis, predictive analytics and Bayesian inference. New and expanded simulation activities, examples, and case studies—drawn from the electronics, metal work, pharmaceutical, and financial industries—are complemented by additional computer and modeling methods. Helping readers develop skills for modeling data and designing experiments, this comprehensive volume: Explains the use of computer-based methods such as bootstrapping and data visualization Covers nonstandard techniques and applications of industrial statistical process control (SPC) charts Contains numerous problems, exercises, and data sets representing real-life case studies of statistical work in various business and industry settings Includes access to a companion website that contains an introduction to R, sample R code, csv files of all data sets, JMP add-ins, and downloadable appendices Provides an author-created R package, mistat, that includes all data sets and statistical analysis applications used in the book Part of the acclaimed Statistics in Practice series, Modern Industrial Statistics with Applications in R, MINITAB, and JMP, Third Edition, is the perfect textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of industrial statistics, quality and reliability engineering, and an important reference for industrial statisticians, researchers, and practitioners in related fields. The mistat R-package is available from the R CRAN repository.

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Creative Marketing that Gets Customers to Respond to You and Your Product

By: Rick Cesari,Ron Lynch

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Creative Marketing that Gets Customers to Respond to You and Your Product

By: Rick Cesari,Ron Lynch

Learn the secrets of direct response marketing with the man who created the George Foreman Grill campaign In today's highly competitive, global marketplace, businesses have to do more than just advertise their products. By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers. In Buy Now!, Rick Cesari reveals twenty-five years' worth of insights and methods, enabling you to make the most of direct response marketing in your business toolkit. Whether you're a business owner, executive, inventor, or marketer, Buy Now! gives you the secrets behind the successful campaigns that catapulted products into millions of homes. Find out how to use direct response to create a "self-funding "marketing campaign Learn the techniques to building offers that will get people to respond to your products Use "high touch" direct response marketing to build brand equity and drive sales at retail Find out why large companies like Johnson & Johnson and Valvoline are using these concepts for their consumer brands Cesari has put more companies on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies than anyone else Buy Now! to launch your products and campaigns to new heights-and connect with customers as never before-with Cesari's market-leading insights.

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Lose Live

By: Ron Irwin

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Lose Live

By: Ron Irwin

Tired of all the fad diets, the annoying yoyo effect, the bogus pills and potions. Do you want to set you life and strong and healthy path for once and forever? If this you, then here is the book you have been waiting for.

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Sketching for Engineers and Architects

By: Ron Slade

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Sketching for Engineers and Architects

By: Ron Slade

Using real working drawings from a 50 year career, Ron Slade shows how drawing remains at the heart of the design process in the everyday working life of engineers and architects. The book explains simple techniques that can be learnt and used to enhance any professional’s natural ability. Using over 180 categorised examples it demonstrates that drawing remains the fastest, clearest and most effective means of design communication. Unlike many other books on drawing in the construction industry, this book is ‘engineer led’ and science oriented but effectively shows that there is a close affinity between the working methods of architects and engineers.

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Stars and Galaxies

By: Ron Miller

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Stars and Galaxies

By: Ron Miller

Examines the evolution, surface, and composition of stars, and explores galaxies, using diagrams and NASA photographs.

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I Wonder as I Wander

The Life of John Jacob Niles

By: Ron Pen

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I Wonder as I Wander

The Life of John Jacob Niles

By: Ron Pen

Louisville native John Jacob Niles (1892--1980) is considered to be one of our nation's most influential musicians. As a composer and balladeer, Niles drew inspiration from the deep well of traditional Appalachian and African American folk songs. At the age of sixteen Niles wrote one of his most enduring tunes, "Go 'Way from My Window," basing it on a song fragment from a black farm worker. This iconic song has been performed by folk artists ever since and may even have inspired the opening line of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe." In I Wonder as I Wander: The Life of John Jacob Niles, the first full-length biography of Niles, Ron Pen offers a rich portrait of the musician's character and career. Using Niles's own accounts from his journals, notebooks, and unpublished autobiography, Pen tracks his rise from farm boy to songwriter and folk collector extraordinaire. Niles was especially interested in documenting the voices of his fellow World War I soldiers, the people of Appalachia, and the spirituals of African Americans. In the 1920s he collaborated with noted photographer Doris Ulmann during trips to Appalachia, where he transcribed, adapted, and arranged traditional songs and ballads such as "Pretty Polly" and "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair." Niles's preservation and presentation of American folk songs earned him the title of "Dean of American Balladeers," and his theatrical use of the dulcimer is credited with contributing to the popularity of that instrument today. Niles's dedication to the folk music tradition lives on in generations of folk revival artists such as Jean Ritchie, Joan Baez, and Oscar Brand. I Wonder as I Wander explores the origins and influences of the American folk music resurgence of the 1950s and 1960s, and finally tells the story of a man at the forefront of that movement.

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Spaceships

An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined

By: Ron Miller

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An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined

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An illustrated guide to real and imagined spaceships, and how popular culture influenced the development of each"--Provided by publisher.

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Song of the Eclectic Tambourine

By: Ron De Torre

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Song of the Eclectic Tambourine

By: Ron De Torre

Song of the Eclectic Tambourine begins in 1968 when Marc Amati falls in love with two young women as disparate as the political climate of the times. Lilly Garrett is a courageous flower child committed to non-violence, social justice, and ending the Vietnam War, while Mary Belinda is wealthy, talented, and determined to achieve the fame her mother was cheated by McCarthyism and Hollywood sexism.What Marc learns from, and because of, both women will affect life and help him deal with the challenges of his generation: humanity versus expediency, compassion versus profit, and self-interest versus altruism.For Marc, it is a coming of age in stages. Both women face their own ordeals as they attempt to succeed in a hostile society â€“ Mary being a strong-willed woman in the recording industry, and Lilly in a series of social and political endeavors.Marc's story is an ironic, irreverent, and critical look at the past and its effect on the present.More at http://www.dtdesertrat.wordpress.com

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Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies

By: Ron Hubbard,Vincent Marks

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Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies

By: Ron Hubbard,Vincent Marks

Immunology has come a long way in the hundred or so years since the general concepts were first enuciated by Metchnikoff, Ehrlich, Von Bebring and others, One of the landmarks in this progress was the invention and development of monoclonal antibody secreting hybridomas by Milstein and bis co-workers in Cambridge. Unlike most modern inventions of this importance that of monoclonal antibody production was made available to the scientific community tbroughout the world unimpeded by patent protection. This may explain tbe unusual rapidity witb which it has been applied to the benefit of mankind in general. This book, representing as it does the proceedings of tbe first International Symposium to be held on the clinical appli cations of monoclonal antibodies, shows just how much bas been achieved within the space of little more than a decade. The enormaus promise of monoclonal antibody technology, which became apparent soon after its discovery, has already progressed a long way towards fulfillment. The contributors to tbis volume, all of whom are actively engaged in monoclonal antibody development and application, represent the state of the art. Professor Vincent Marks V INTRODUCTION It has been some twelve years since the pioneering experiments of Köhler and Milstein led to the discovery of monoclonal antibodies. Single molecular species antiborlies with desired specificities could be produced by the fusion of antibody - producing cells with neoplastic cells.

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Popular Music Genres

An Introduction

By: Stuart Borthwick,Ron Moy

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Popular Music Genres

An Introduction

By: Stuart Borthwick,Ron Moy

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will gain insights into the relationships between popular music, cultural history, economics, politics, iconography, production techniques, technology, marketing, and musical structure.

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Grassroots Leviathan

Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic

By: Ariel Ron

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Grassroots Leviathan

Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic

By: Ariel Ron

Looking at farmers as serious independent agents in the making, unmaking, and remaking of the American republic, Grassroots Leviathan offers an original take on the causes of the Civil War, the rise of federal power, and American economic ascent during the nineteenth century.

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Burn Patterns

By: Ron Elliott

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Burn Patterns

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To her clients and colleagues, Iris is a therapist in a city psychology practice. But to the police and fire services, she is the Fire Lady &– a profiler of arsonists.After a troubled young man burns down her office, Iris just wants a quiet life. But her peace is shattered when a bomb goes off at a local school. Called in to help, Iris meets James, delusional and dangerous, and Chuck, a lone investigator tracking a serial arsonist he calls Zorro.As public attacks become more orchestrated and brazen, Iris is soon embroiled in the investigation &– as a profiler and as a suspect, and in serious doubt about her own sanity.

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Hartford's Ann Plato and the Native Borders of Identity

By: Ron Welburn

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Hartford's Ann Plato and the Native Borders of Identity

By: Ron Welburn

Who was Ann Plato? Apart from circumstantial evidence, there's little information about the author of Essays; Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry, published in 1841. Plato lived in a milieu of colored Hartford, Connecticut, in the early nineteenth century. Although long believed to have been African American herself, she may also, Ron Welburn argues, have been American Indian, like the father in her poem "The Natives of America." Combining literary criticism, ethnohistory, and social history, Welburn uses Plato as an example of how Indians in the Long Island Sound region adapted and prevailed despite the contemporary rhetoric of Indian disappearance. This study seeks to raise Plato's profile as an author as well as to highlight the dynamics of Indian resistance and isolation that have contributed to her enigmatic status as a literary figure.

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Grant

By: Ron Chernow

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Grant

By: Ron Chernow

The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Along the way, Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. Grant’s military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff members. More important, he sought freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him “the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race.” After his presidency, he was again brought low by a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, only to resuscitate his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as “nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero.” Chernow’s probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary. Named one of the best books of the year by Goodreads • Amazon • The New York Times • Newsday • BookPage • Barnes and Noble • Wall Street Journal

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