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Sea of Bones

By: Ron Faust

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Dan Shaw hopes to be a lawyer someday—if he can only stay out of prison long enough to pass the bar. Neither is likely when he agrees to help hotshot Florida attorney Thomas Petrie track down a slick con man who’s swindled a consortium of well-to-do Paradise Key clients out of $22 million. But the charismatic Victor Trebuchet and his sexy partner in crime are a lot more dangerous than anyone imagined. And the silken counter-sting set up in an Italian villa to snare the couple may end up trapping Shaw instead. With that much money on the line, anyone is liable to betray anyone. But in the meantime, Shaw’s living the high life and he’s in way over his head. Soon he may find himself doing hard time—or worse—in a watery grave at the bottom of Bell Harbor.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1620454491

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Kate Bush and Hounds of Love

By: Ron Moy

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Kate Bush and Hounds of Love

By: Ron Moy

This book presents a linear track-by-track musical analysis of Kate Bush's albums released between 1978 and 2005. It focuses on the 1985 album Hounds of Love and explores several important critical issues raised by the artist's work and position as a solo, female artist in an industry.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040278663

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9781040278666

Edmonton's Urban Villages

The Community League Movement

By: Ron Kuban

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Edmonton's Urban Villages

The Community League Movement

By: Ron Kuban

How did a collection of neighbourhood volunteer organizations come to influence the development of a major Canadian city? Few other North American cities have embraced the community league movement with the vigour of Edmonton. For 87 years, tens of thousands of volunteers from the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) have often acted as a counterweight to large private and institutional interests, shaping municipal development by providing a voice and a training ground for grassroots civic participation. In its wake, the EFCL has left a host of sports, cultural, and civic initiatives for the improvement of Edmonton, and an important lesson on how to create community.

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University of Alberta

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0888644388

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9780888644381

Casebook: UFOs and Alien Encounters

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Casebook: UFOs and Alien Encounters

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

Readers are in for a riveting ride as they follow the irresistible narrative and details about unidentified flying objects and alien encounters. Is there life in outer space and have they made contact already, or are we the victims of our own incredible imagination and hoaxes? Each graphic panel invites wondrous consideration and curiosities, allowing readers of all abilities to enjoy and learn.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1607548712

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9781607548713

Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew

By: Ron Kuzar

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Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew

By: Ron Kuzar

Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew offers an innovative perspective on sentential syntax, in which sentence patterns are introduced as constructions within the general framework of Construction Grammar. Drawing on naturally occurring data collected from the Internet, the study challenges the prevailing view of predication as the sole mechanism of sentence formation, and introduces the idea of patterning as a complementary, sometimes even alternative mechanism. Major sentence patterns of English and Hebrew are systematically presented, targeting both their form and their function. A contrastive analysis of the sentence patterns in these two languages results in postulating a typological group, in which cognitive motivations are shown to account for both similarities and differences within the typology. Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew will appeal to scholars of constructional approaches, cognitive linguistics, typology, syntax, as well as anyone interested in English and Hebrew.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027204349

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Not in the Child's Best Interest

How Divorce Courts Get It All Wrong and How the Constitution Can Fix It

By: Ron Palmer

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Not in the Child's Best Interest

How Divorce Courts Get It All Wrong and How the Constitution Can Fix It

By: Ron Palmer

You Can Protect Your Children in Divorce You can stop the divorce court from invading your privacy You can stop the illegal family studies You can limit the judges authority to rip your life apart You can stop the personal attacks on your parenting style You can stop the system from hurting your child You can stop the system from making you broke You can learn to protect those you love most The Divorce Industry takes BILLIONS of dollars from our children every single year! STOP THEM NOW! This book will give you the arguments, the legal framework for stopping the divorce custody machine dead in its tracks. This book will show you how to stop giving up your rights to your children. Your children need you in their lives. The most important thing you can do to give your child a future is to remain a full parent in their lives. To retain equal time to show them love and to teach them through your daily example. Children do best in life when they have two fit parents active in their lives. Your right to the care, custody and control over your child is a Fundamental Liberty, just as your right to free speech is, or your right to freedom of religion is a Fundamental Liberty. Your child has the right to associate with you and to have you as a parent, not a visitor, in their life. You and your child have privacy rights in your family life that are between you and your child as individuals. They do NOT come from the marriage, and, if you are a natural parent, they do NOT come from the Government. If you let them, the State will take your rights adn do with them what they please. Knowledge is Power! Know your Rights! Protect Your Children

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Ron B Palmer

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1489520562

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The Smart Stepfamily Marriage

Keys to Success in the Blended Family

By: Ron L. Deal,David H. Olson

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The Smart Stepfamily Marriage

Keys to Success in the Blended Family

By: Ron L. Deal,David H. Olson

Make This Marriage Last a Lifetime Leading blended family authority Ron Deal and marriage and family expert David Olson show you how to build on your relationship strengths and improve your weaknesses. Whether you're dating, engaged, a young stepfamily, or an empty-nest couple, The Smart Stepfamily Marriage gives you the tools you need at any stage to create a remarriage that will last. Each chapter of this book explores one of the key qualities of happy remarriages as identified by research. Like a GPS for your relationship, this book has built-in discussion questions that can help you and your partner discover where you are, where you'd like to be, and how to get there. The online survey gives you a report with personalized results for your relationship. "The Smart Stepfamily Marriage is the road map to a healthy marriage."--Gary D. Chapman, PhD, author, The Five Love Languages and When Sorry Isn't Enough "Remarried or marrying again? This book is loaded with specific, useful ideas for helping your marriage reach its full potential."--Scott Stanley, PhD, author, A Lasting Promise; research professor, University of Denver "This book is a must-read for any remarried couple. It includes the tools needed to create and maintain a wonderful remarriage."--from the foreword by Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband, now remarried to Bill Thompson "The Smart Stepfamily Marriage is the most up-to-date, relevant, complete guide for remarried couples--I know of no other resource like it."--Francesca Adler-Baeder, PhD, professor and director, Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Auburn University; director, National Stepfamily Resource Center "This book will help you thrive in your marriage and beat the odds of divorce. The preventative information is the best I have ever seen, and the practical application covers it all. I have put The Smart Stepfamily Marriage at the top of my resource library for couples who find themselves in this beautiful and yet challenging world of remarriage."--Jim Burns, PhD, president, HomeWord, author of Creating an Intimate Marriage, Confident Parenting, and The Purity Code "Remarriages have unique challenges and different relational needs than first marriages. Based on a national study of 50,000 couples, this book is a wonderful resource for remarriage couples. Take the online Couple Checkup and get a report about your relationship, read the book, and build a relationship that lasts!"--Dr. Gary Smalley, author of The DNA of Relationships "You want a marriage that lasts forever, right? Blended family couples can beat the odds--this book will tell you how."--Dr. Dennis Rainey, president of FamilyLife, author of Stepping Up

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Baker Books

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144126633X

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Peach Red and the Empty Road

By: Ron McLachlan

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Peach Red and the Empty Road

By: Ron McLachlan

DescriptionThis is the story of Peter McFarlane's journey back from the brink of madness, following years of sexual abuse. His childhood was blighted with this secret and cynical disease, and his life became filled with hidden remnants of fear, affecting all relationships and colouring all experiences. Unconscious memories of abuse were awakened, due to the trauma of a car crash, and he met Dr Christian Langford who became his psychiatrist. Hearing from Peter about some of the recalled incidents, psychogenic amnesia was diagnosed, where the pain of remembering is so great that, for survival, a person finds it necessary to forget. Young Peter had grown up with only a few friends on the remote and sparsely populated Scottish island he loves, discovering his homosexuality when he was still very young. In the course of his therapy, Langford discovered that Peter was also suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, induced by post traumatic stress. The full extent of his mental health problem was revealed, and Peter's doctor was challenged to find a working cure that would give him back sufficient elements of his fractured life with which he could begin to piece together the stolen years of his life. About the AuthorRon McLachlan was born in 1951, and now lives and writes in Wemyss Bay, a small coastal town in the west of Scotland. Ron has published a trilogy of novels, and has won, or been shortlisted, in a number of international, national, and local short story competitions. He has written another novel entitled The Saviour, and, in 2005, began a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing, in New Jersey. As a child, he suffered years of abuse that led ultimately to years of therapy. "All my life," he says, "I have just been trying to survive.

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1847478662

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Casebook

Vampires

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Casebook

Vampires

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

Einstein, Frank, Clarita, and Tracy, four smart kids and great friends, meet at the Windmill Bakery to use their Virtual Visors to explore stories of vampires and try to discover the truth behind them.

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The Rosen Publishing Group

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1607546078

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Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2

By: Ron Collier,Roni Wilkinson

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Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2

By: Ron Collier,Roni Wilkinson

The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist.

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Pen and Sword

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147381345X

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9781473813458

Authorship Roles in Popular Music

Issues and Debates

By: Ron Moy

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Authorship Roles in Popular Music

Issues and Debates

By: Ron Moy

Authorship Roles in Popular Music applies the critical concept of auteur theory to popular music via different aspects of production and creativity. Through critical analysis of the music itself, this book contextualizes key concepts of authorship relating to gender, race, technology, originality, uniqueness, and genius and raises important questions about the cultural constructions of authenticity, value, class, nationality, and genre. Using a range of case studies as examples, it visits areas as diverse as studio production, composition, DJing, collaboration, performance and audience. This book is an essential introduction to the critical issues and debates surrounding authorship in popular music. It is an ideal resource for students, researchers, and scholars in popular musicology and cultural studies.

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Routledge

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1317672747

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9781317672746

THE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS-COGNITIVE

LINGUISTICS INTERFACE

By: Pilar Ron Vaz, Montserrat Martínez Vázquez,Juan Gabriel Vázquez González

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THE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS-COGNITIVE

LINGUISTICS INTERFACE

By: Pilar Ron Vaz, Montserrat Martínez Vázquez,Juan Gabriel Vázquez González

The works included under this volume highlight the diachronic potential of such an approach. And they do it diversely. Some of the contributions are panchronic in nature, that is, they try the analysis of some English linguistic construtions by providing us with a complete picture of their historical evolution.

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Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva

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8418628782

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9788418628788

Rocket Men

By: Ron Haslam,Leon Haslam

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Rocket Men

By: Ron Haslam,Leon Haslam

Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of three World titles and four British championships, as well as a record six Macau GPs, he rode in more than 100 Grands Prix. Despite tragically losing two of his brothers in motorbike accidents, Haslam kept on riding, setting speed records wherever he went. His son, Leon, the 'Pocket Rocket', is following in his father's extremely speedy footsteps. A national Motorcross champion and national Scooter champion at the age of just 14, he became the youngest ever rider to compete in the 500cc World Championship and is now one of Britain's top racers, competing for Stiggy Honda in the World Superbike Championship. This is the extraordinary story of a father and a son who are addicted to motorbikes, with all the thrills and spills, miraculous escapes and multiple broken bones that involves. Both colourful characters, their story takes us all the way from the 1970s to today and is full of hilarious high-octane derring-do, a cast of characters including legends like Fast Freddie Spencer and Barry Sheene, and nothing less than terrifying but exhilarating adventure.

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Random House

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1407034081

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9781407034089

The Disease-Free Revolution

By: Ron Garner

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The Disease-Free Revolution

By: Ron Garner

This is the only health book you will ever need. It is a natural health library in one book. It clearly explains why we lose our health, how we can work to reverse disease conditions, and how we can live a vibrant life free of disease. The author writes from his own experience of regaining his health after finally giving up on many years of pharmaceutical remedies, when he turned to researching natural health solutions. The Disease-Free Revolution gives an easy-to-understand explanation of how the human body is designed to operate, what causes it to malfunction, and what it needs to be able to create health. From almost 20 years of research and citing many doctors and scientific studies, the author shows how the present conventional medical, pharmaceutical, and agribusiness industries are at the base of our present-day escalating disease problems. You will come to understand that money, not your health, is what these industries are mostly about. This is a one of a kind book that speaks boldly to educate people about the facts and empower them to take personal responsibility for their own health care.

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Crux Publishing Ltd

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1909979074

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9781909979079

06 The Green Island

By: James Desborough,Ron Marshall

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06 The Green Island

By: James Desborough,Ron Marshall

In this supplement for Tales of Gor you join a rebellious inventor on a quest for a mythical lost island and city. Will his technological innovations anger the Priest Kings? Will you fall afoul of the pirates that ply their trade across the Thassa? What will you discover beneath the waves, far from the politics and skulduggery of Civilised Gor? This book also contains information on a (non-canonical) Farther Isle for you to use as a setting or base of operations for your player group.

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0244440212

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Conversations with Legendary Television Stars

Interviews from the First Fifty Years

By: James Bawden,Ron Miller

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Conversations with Legendary Television Stars

Interviews from the First Fifty Years

By: James Bawden,Ron Miller

During television's first fifty years—long before cable networks, Hulu, Netflix, and the like—families would gather around their television sets nightly to watch entertaining shows such as I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, M*A*S*H, The Beverly Hillbillies, Fantasy Island, and The Rockford Files. Many of the stars of these beloved shows have passed away, but their presence remains intact—not only through their television show performances, which are still viewed and appreciated today, but also through stories they told in interviews over the years. Seasoned journalists and authors James Bawden and Ron Miller have captured provocative and entertaining interviews with important figures from TV's first fifty years. These thirty-nine interviews, selected from conversations conducted from 1971–1998, present a fascinating glimpse of some of television's most influential performers. Featured are exclusive interviews with major stars (including Donna Reed, James Garner, and Ricardo Montalban), icons of comedy (including Lucille Ball, George Burns, and Milton Berle), TV hosts (including Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan), and notable musical entertainers (such as Glen Campbell, Mary Martin, and Lawrence Welk). Each chapter of this volume explores the subject's television work—with detailed behind-the-scenes disclosures—and includes additional information about the subject's performances in film and on stage.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813177669

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9780813177663

Sexual Strands

Understanding and Treating Sexual Anomalies in Men

By: Ron Langevin

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Sexual Strands

Understanding and Treating Sexual Anomalies in Men

By: Ron Langevin

Homosexuality, transsexualism, bisexuality, pedophilia, sexual aggression and rape, fetishism, physical abnormalities, and sexual dysfunction are among the sexual anomalies discussed in this timely and comprehensive review. The origins and treatment of unusual sexual behaviors are analyzed from the perspective of orgasmic preference and are illustrated with clinical case examples drawn from the author's many years of work in research and treatment of sexual anomalies.

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Routledge

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1317838580

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How Computers Work

The Evolution of Technology

By: Ron White

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How Computers Work

The Evolution of Technology

By: Ron White

Take a trip through the neural pathways and vital organs of your personal computer with the newest edition of this long-standing bestseller. Glorious full color illustrations make even the most complex subjects easy to understand. Follow PC/Computing senior editor and computer expert Ron White as he shows you the cutting edge technologies, including the Internet, multimedia sound and video, Pentium processors, local bus architecture, Plug and Play, CD-ROM, digital cameras, color printing, and more in new chapters on the hottest, and coolest, PC components.

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Pearson Education

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078974984X

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9780789749840

The Journey Continues

Ministry Facing Challenge and Change

By: Dr. Ron Hansen

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The Journey Continues

Ministry Facing Challenge and Change

By: Dr. Ron Hansen

The Journey Continues: Ministry Facing Challenge and Change will travel though the mountain and plains states. The quest for meaning that began in Journey to God will be expanded through the challenges and changes of raising a family, facing the ever changing expectations of ministers, church, and faith in God. Our young family is now a family with teenagers, driver licenses, cars, and dating. The one-salaried family becomes a two-salaried family with positive and negative reactions. Maintaining a Christian presence in the face of negative comments and ridicule is part of the experience of serving God in our world. During the doctoral program, some role reversal takes place as teenagers ask dad to see his report card along with, Have you done your homework yet? The teens and dad take over cooking duties as Moms work schedule changes. A new experience of burnt offerings at the dinner table becomes frequent. The ministry will face questions that challenge the role of ministers, campus ministers, and chaplains in the face of a fast growing improvement in health care, technological advances in communication, information, and office equipment. The computer age opens the doors to the inexperienced to enter the job market ahead of or replacing of older, experienced workers. As change continues, values are modified or set aside. The bottom line and compliance issues take the place of hard work and customer service. The idea of being kind to others changes to a get yours before they get theirs attitude. Attempting to serve when the church was moved from the mainstream to the sidelines is part of the challenge change brings. Having to prove something that once was taken for granted is part of regaining an awareness of the value of the Christian Faith.

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WestBow Press

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1490861718

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9781490861715

Casebook: Bigfoot

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Casebook: Bigfoot

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

The biped known as Bigfoot is sometimes spotted lurking in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Scientists tend to discount these sightings and attribute many of them to the misidentification of other animals. Despite a lack of physical evidence, the facts remain that sightings happen with some frequency and commonalities. Reluctant readers will get snared by the easy-to-follow and fun graphic novel format. Is this creature a bear on its hind legs, a less evolved hominid, or something else entirely? Your readers can decide for themselves.

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1607545942

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Bullying, School Violence, and Climate in Evolving Contexts

Culture, Organization, and Time

By: Ron Asṭor,Rami Benbenishty

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Bullying, School Violence, and Climate in Evolving Contexts

Culture, Organization, and Time

By: Ron Asṭor,Rami Benbenishty

This book outlines a novel unifying model that brings together these previously distinct literatures. We present an ecological model of school violence, bullying and safety in evolving contexts, to integrate all we have learned in the last decade, and suggest ways to move forward"--

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0190663049

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Ron Fawcett - Rock Athlete

The Story of a Climbing Legend

By: Ron Fawcett

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Ron Fawcett - Rock Athlete

The Story of a Climbing Legend

By: Ron Fawcett

Ron Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix. Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and among the best in the world, part of a new wave whose dedication to training transformed the sport, pushing standards further and faster than ever before - or since. His legacy of new climbs ranks him alongside the very best in the history of the sport. He was also the first to style himself a professional rock climber, starring in the landmark television documentary "Rock Athlete", and appearing on the covers of magazines around the world. But far from enjoying the fame, Fawcett found the pressures of the limelight too much to bear, and at the end of the 1980s he faded from view. Now, for the first time, he tells his extraordinary story, of how his love of nature and the outdoors developed into a passion for climbing that took him to the top - and almost consumed him. Winner of the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.

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Vertebrate Publishing

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1906148392

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Indexing Techniques for Advanced Database Systems

By: Elisa Bertino,Beng Chin Ooi,Ron Sacks-Davis,Kian-Lee Tan,Justin Zobel,Boris Shidlovsky,Daniele Andronico

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Indexing Techniques for Advanced Database Systems

By: Elisa Bertino,Beng Chin Ooi,Ron Sacks-Davis,Kian-Lee Tan,Justin Zobel,Boris Shidlovsky,Daniele Andronico

Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the use of new database applications such as CAD/CAM systems, spatial information systems, and multimedia information systems. The needs of these applications are far more complex than traditional business applications. They call for support of objects with complex data types, such as images and spatial objects, and for support of objects with wildly varying numbers of index terms, such as documents. Traditional indexing techniques such as the B-tree and its variants do not efficiently support these applications, and so new indexing mechanisms have been developed. As a result of the demand for database support for new applications, there has been a proliferation of new indexing techniques. The need for a book addressing indexing problems in advanced applications is evident. For practitioners and database and application developers, this book explains best practice, guiding the selection of appropriate indexes for each application. For researchers, this book provides a foundation for the development of new and more robust indexes. For newcomers, this book is an overview of the wide range of advanced indexing techniques. Indexing Techniques for Advanced Database Systems is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on indexing techniques, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461562279

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One Long Tune

The Life and Music of Lenny Breau

By: Ron Forbes-Roberts

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One Long Tune

The Life and Music of Lenny Breau

By: Ron Forbes-Roberts

Lenny Breau (1941-1984) was called "the greatest guitarist who ever walked the face of the earth." Breau began playing the instrument at age seven, and went on to master many styles. His virtuosity influenced countless performers, but at the expense of his personal relationships. This book presents Breau's life story and his musical importance.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574412108

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9781574412109

The Remarriage Checkup

Tools to Help Your Marriage Last a Lifetime

By: Ron L. Deal,David H. Olson

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The Remarriage Checkup

Tools to Help Your Marriage Last a Lifetime

By: Ron L. Deal,David H. Olson

RELIGION & BELIEFS. It's Time for a Relationship Checkup! Getting routine physicals and dental checkups is essential to your health. And your car needs a regular oil change. But what about your relationship? Dating and married couples rarely, if ever, do a checkup on their relationship. But the sooner you identify problems and find ways to resolve them, the easier it will be to create a strong future. And the sooner you discover your relationship strengths and build on them, the deeper and more intimate your relationship will be. Each chapter of The Remarriage Checkup explores one of the key qualities of happy remarriage relationships. Like a GPS device for your relationship, this book has a CPS (Couple Positioning System) and built-in discussion questions that can help you and your partner discover where you are, where you'd like to be, and how to get there.

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Bethany House

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0764208535

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9780764208539

McX

Scottish X Files

By: Ron Halliday

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McX

Scottish X Files

By: Ron Halliday

What is going on in the Falkirk Triangle? Why are UFOs being reported in the skies all over Scotland? Are aliens abducting motorists on quiet country roads, while unknown creatures stalk the countryside and hide in the murky waters of Highland lochs? There is no question that Scotland is currently witnessing an extraordinary variety of paranormal activity - but was it any different in the past? No-one has ever solved the mysteries of Flannan Isle, the Standing Stones at Callanish, or the shadowy secrets of Rosslyn Chapel. McX sheds new light on these and many other enigmas from Scotland's past and present - from UFOs and the paranormal, to unexplained mysteries and dark secrets. The cases included are all genuine. They are all amazing. Some are disturbing. And some include elements that government agencies have tried to suppress. Until now shrouded in mystery and secrecy, these extraordinary case histories will convince you that in Scotland, the truth really is stranger than fiction.

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1845028821

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Cultures of Thinking in Action

10 Mindsets to Transform our Teaching and Students' Learning

By: Ron Ritchhart

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Cultures of Thinking in Action

10 Mindsets to Transform our Teaching and Students' Learning

By: Ron Ritchhart

From leading educational researcher Ron Ritchhart, a deep dive that illuminates what the foundational mindsets needed to create cultures of thinking really looks like in action. Building on the framework presented in the best-selling Creating Cultures of Thinking, Ron Ritchhart’s new book, Cultures of Thinking in Action, takes the next step in helping readers not only understand how a culture of thinking looks and feels, but also how to create it for themselves and their learners. Arguing that no set of practices or techniques alone is sufficient to create a culture of thinking in and of itself, Ritchhart explores the underlying beliefs that motivate the creation of cultures of thinking, presenting key mindsets every educator and leader needs to embrace if they are serious about creating powerful thinkers and learners. Much more than just an instructional guide, Cultures of Thinking in Action offers readers a reflective journey into their own teaching, leading, and parentingwhile providing the foundation and concrete strategies needed to create and develop a culture of thinking for all learners. This book: Presents ten foundational mindsets of a culture of thinking Includes the latest research of the Cultures of Thinking Project Includes questions, exercises, and discussion prompts to inspire reflection by individuals and teams Provides case studies and best practice scenarios to exemplify each mindset Provides useful data collection tools to inform one’s teaching practice

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1119901073

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George MacKay Brown

The Wound and the Gift

By: Ron Ferguson

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George MacKay Brown

The Wound and the Gift

By: Ron Ferguson

George Mackay Brown is one of the 20th century's finest writers. This biography sweeps us along on an enriching literary and spiritual journey..Draws on unpublished letters, conversations with the enigmatic Bard's friends and well-known writers. Shortlisted for the Saltire Award Best Research Book of the Year.

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0861537270

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The Price of Loyalty

George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

By: Ron Suskind

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The Price of Loyalty

George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

By: Ron Suskind

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's explosive account of the inner workings of the George W. Bush administration, the most secretive White House of modern times. This vivid, unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency -- or any that is likely to be written soon. At its core are the candid assessments of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, for two years the administration's top economic official, a principal of the National Security Council, and a tutor to the new President. He is the only member of Bush's innermost circle to leave and then to agree to speak frankly about what has really been happening inside the White House. O'Neill's account is supported by Suskind's interviews with many participants in the administration, by transcripts of meetings, and by voluminous documents that cover most areas of domestic and foreign policy. The result is a disclosure of breadth and depth unparalleled for an ongoing presidency. As readers are taken to the very epicenter of government, this news-making volume offers a definitive view of the characters and conduct of Bush and his closest advisers as they manage crucial domestic policies and global strategies at a time of life-and-death crises. Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Christine Todd Whitman, and many of their aides are seen in an intimate, "unmanaged" way -- as is Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, O'Neill's close friend and ally. Along the way, the central conflicts of this administration's governance -- between politics and policy, ideology and analysis -- are starkly visible through the lens of recent events and the revelation of the often unseen intentions that underlie actions. In this book Suskind draws on unique access to present an astonishing account of a President so carefully managed in his public posture that he is unknown to most Americans. Now, he will be known.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743265793

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Crosswinds

Life on the wing

By: Ron Watts

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Crosswinds

Life on the wing

By: Ron Watts

For author Ron Watts, the winds of change have been a constant companion. From the story of his life as a mission pilot in Australia's outback, pastor of the church on a Pacific Island and serving as chaplain in major prisons and hospitals, two other constants emerge - Ron's love of flying, and his fidelity to the Cross of Jesus Christ. From childhood fascination to a true 'life on the wing', Crosswinds is the story of how a young boy's dream became a reality beyond expectations.

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MAF Australia

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Casebook: Werewolves

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Casebook: Werewolves

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

The moon has long held our imagination as a mystical, powerful presence in the night sky. Does the presence of a full moon bespeak the reality of a transformation from human to beast? Is there a reason why a wolfs howl makes us feel like something more sinister lurks in the forest? Readers of all abilities will be hypnotized by the gorgeous illustrations and straightforward narrative that explains the top-secret details about werewolves.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1607546094

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Now Showing

By: Ron Elliott

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Now Showing

By: Ron Elliott

Brimming with cinematic references, this collection of short fiction ably combines humor with pulsating action. Readers will be able to celebrate the celluloid as they read their way through novellas that evoke a noir film, a romantic farce, a comedy heist, a thriller, and a classic road movie. The book also includes an introduction on how to adapt film scripts to stories. Cinephiles and lovers of crime fiction alike will be utterly drawn in by these unforgettable characters and stories.

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Fremantle Press

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1922089257

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Casebook: The Loch Ness Monster

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Casebook: The Loch Ness Monster

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

The Loch Ness Monster is a creature believed to inhabit a lake in the Scottish Highlands. Most photos of Nessie have been debunked over the years, but Nessie enthusiasts point to anecdotal evidence and sonar readings as proof of the creatures existence. Your readers will dive into this entertaining and informative graphic book about Loch Ness and speculations on what really lurks in the deep, murky waters.

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1607548682

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Alba

Who Shot Willie McRae

By: Ron Culley

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Alba

Who Shot Willie McRae

By: Ron Culley

In 1985, as he prepared to release information that could have brought down the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, solicitor and senior Scottish Nationalist politician Willie McRae was found in a remote highland glen. He had been under surveillance by officers of the Special Branch who had followed him from Glasgow. He had been shot in the head. Suicide or state-sponsored murder? This fast-paced work of historical fiction explores a controversy which continues to dog the legacies of the Heath and Thatcher governments in the decades leading to the end of the last century.

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1786238896

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Free at Last

By: Ron Rockey

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Free at Last

By: Ron Rockey

People everywhere have questions about why life has dealt them a devastating blow, or why their thoughts and feelings lead them to behaviors which sabotage their joy and distance them from the very relationships they long for. In this book, Ron and Nancy Rockey, who teach from personal experience and their advanced education, use the stories of themselves and others to teach the answers that most have been searching for: Sam, a convicted killer, Ron, an ex-con who lived as a loner from his infancy, Rick, an alcoholic, Mike who thought that his beginnings were perfect, and several others, illustrate through their stories, how we develop thinking patterns and behaviors that hurt us and others. So just what is it about our beginnings and about even generations before us, that sets us on a path to illness, poor relationships, criminal behavior and perhaps even early death? You'll find the answers in this book. AND . . . you'll discover HOPE!

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eBookIt.com

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1456617494

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Experiencing Psychiatry

Users’ Views of Services

By: Ron Lacey,Anne Rogers,David Pilgrim

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Experiencing Psychiatry

Users’ Views of Services

By: Ron Lacey,Anne Rogers,David Pilgrim

Accessible, entertaining and ultimately optimistic, this book deserves to become a core text for planners, managers and all those working in the field' - Cathy Pelikan. How do psychiatric patients understand their difficulties? What do they say about professionals paid to care for them? Do they really get treated well and enjoy informed consent? These are some of the questions answered by Experiencing Psychiatry. For the first time in Britain this book offers evidence from a large survey of the views of users of psychiatric services. The picture which emerges may surprise readers who have no experience of psychiatry. It will stimulate debate amongst those who make and deliver mental health policy. In particular it challenges the existing model of care and raises wider questions about citizenship for those with mental health problems.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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134922636X

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The Dark Side of Shakespeare: an Elizabethan Courtier, Diplomat, Spymaster, & Epic Hero

Volume Ii of Iii

By: W. Ron Hess

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The Dark Side of Shakespeare: an Elizabethan Courtier, Diplomat, Spymaster, & Epic Hero

Volume Ii of Iii

By: W. Ron Hess

The "Dark Side of Shakespeare" trilogy by W. Ron Hess has been his 20-year undertaking to try to fill-in many of the gaps in knowledge of Shakespeare's personality and times. The first two volumes investigated wide-ranging topics, including the key intellectual attributes that Shakespeare exhibited in his works, including the social and political events of the 1570s to early-1600s. This was when Hess believes the Bard's works were being "originated" (the earliest phases of artistry, from conception or inspiration to the first of multiple iterations of "writing"). Hess highlights a peculiar fascination that the Bard had with the half-brother of Spain's Philip II, the heroic Don Juan of Austria, or in 1571 "the Victor of Lepanto." From that fascination, as determined by characters based on Don Juan in the plays (e.g., the villain "Don John" in "Much Ado")and other matters, Hess even made so bold as to propose a series of phases from the mid-1570s to mid-80s in which he feels each Shakespeare play had been originated, or some early form of each play then existed -- if not in writing, at least in the Bard's imagination. Thus, the creative process Hess describes is a vastly more protracted on than most Shakespeare scholars would admit to -- the absurd notion that the Bard would jot off the lines of a work in a few days or weeks and then immediately have it performed on the public stage or published shortly thereafter still dominates orthodox dating systems for the canon. Hess draws on the works of many other scholars for using "topical allusions" within each work in order to set practical limits for when the "origination" and subsequent "alterations" of each play occurred. In the trilogy's Volume III, Hess continues to amplify a heroic "knight-errant" personality type that Shakespeare's very "pen-name" may have been drawn from, a type which envied and transcended the brutal chivalry of Don Juan. This was channeled into a patriotic anti-Spanish and pro-British imperial spirit -- particularly with regard to reforming and improving the English language so that it could rival the Greco-Roman, Italian, and Frenchpoetic traditions -- one-upping the best that the greats of antiquity and the Renaissance had achieved in literature. In fact, as vast as the story is that Hess tells in his three volumes, there is a huge volume of material he is making available out of print (on his webpage at http://home.earthlink.net/~beornshall/index.html and via a "Volume IV" that he plans to offer on CD for a nominal cost via his e-mail BeornsHall@earthlink.net). Among this added material is a searchable 1,000-page Chronological listing of "Everything" that Hess deems relevant to Shakespeare and his age, or to the providing of the canon to modern times. Hess feels that discernable patterns can be detected through that chronology that help to illuminate the roles of others in the Bard's circle, such as Anthony Munday and Thomas Heywood. The network of 16th and 17th century "Stationers" (printers, publishers, and book sellers) and their often curious doings provide many of those patterns. Hess invites his readers to help to continuously update the Chronology and other materials, so that those can remain worthwhile research resources for all to use. For, the mysteries of Shakespeare and his age can only be unraveled through fully understanding the patterns within.

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149171753X

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American Locomotives in Historic Photographs

1858 to 1949

By: Ron Ziel

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American Locomotives in Historic Photographs

1858 to 1949

By: Ron Ziel

A rare collection of 126 meticulously detailed official photographs, called "builder portraits," majestically chronicle the rise of steam locomotive power in America. Introduction. Detailed captions.

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0486273938

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Document Computing

Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections

By: Ross Wilkinson,Timothy Arnold-Moore,Michael Fuller,Ron Sacks-Davis,James Thom,Justin Zobel

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Document Computing

Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections

By: Ross Wilkinson,Timothy Arnold-Moore,Michael Fuller,Ron Sacks-Davis,James Thom,Justin Zobel

Document Computing: Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections discusses the important aspects of document computing and recommends technologies and techniques for document management, with an emphasis on the processes that are appropriate when computers are used to create, access, and publish documents. This book includes descriptions of the nature of documents, their components and structure, and how they can be represented; examines how documents are used and controlled; explores the issues and factors affecting design and implementation of a document management strategy; and gives a detailed case study. The analysis and recommendations are grounded in the findings of the latest research. Document Computing: Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections brings together concepts, research, and practice from diverse areas including document computing, information retrieval, librarianship, records management, and business process re-engineering. It will be of value to anyone working in these areas, whether as a researcher, a developer, or a user. Document Computing: Technologies for Managing Electronic Document Collections can be used for graduate classes in document computing and related fields, by developers and integrators of document management systems and document management applications, and by anyone wishing to understand the processes of document management.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461549574

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