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The Man Who Painted the Universe

The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods

By: Ron Legro,Avi Lank

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The Man Who Painted the Universe

The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods

By: Ron Legro,Avi Lank

As a young boy Frank Kovac Jr. fell deeply in love with stargazing, painting glow-in-the-dark constellations on his bedroom wall and inviting friends to an observatory he built in his Chicago backyard. As he reached adulthood, Kovac did not let go of his childhood dreams of reaching the stars. He began scheming to bring the universe home. While working at a paper mill as a young man, Kovac tirelessly built a 22-foot rotating globe planetarium in the woods. Despite failures and collapses, the amateur astronomer singlehandedly built a North Woods treasure, painting more than 5,000 glowing stars—dot by dot in glowing paints. Today, Kovac and his unique planetarium take visitors to the stars every day. The Man Who Painted the Universe: The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods introduces readers to the mild-mannered astronomy enthusiast whose creativity, ingenuity, fervor, and endurance realized a dream of galactic proportions. The story of this stargazer from Wisconsin’s North Woods so inspired two newspapermen, authors Ron Legro and Avi Lank, that they sought to document the story of the Kovac Planetarium for a new generation of stargazers and dreamers.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870207121

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9780870207129

Flags of Our Fathers

By: James Bradley,Ron Powers

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Flags of Our Fathers

By: James Bradley,Ron Powers

Chronicles the taking of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima by U.S. marine and naval forces, one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater in World War II, focusing on the men captured in the iconic Joe Rosenthal photograph of the American flag being raised on Mt. Suribachi.

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602

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Bantam

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0553589342

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9780553589344

War on Sacred Grounds

By: Ron E. Hassner

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War on Sacred Grounds

By: Ron E. Hassner

Sacred sites offer believers the possibility of communing with the divine and achieving deeper insight into their faith. Yet their spiritual and cultural importance can lead to competition as religious groups seek to exclude rivals from practicing potentially sacrilegious rituals in the hallowed space and wish to assert their own claims. Holy places thus create the potential for military, theological, or political clashes, not only between competing religious groups but also between religious groups and secular actors. In War on Sacred Grounds, Ron E. Hassner investigates the causes and properties of conflicts over sites that are both venerated and contested; he also proposes potential means for managing these disputes. Hassner illustrates a complex and poorly understood political dilemma with accounts of the failures to reach settlement at Temple Mount/Haram el-Sharif, leading to the clashes of 2000, and the competing claims of Hindus and Muslims at Ayodhya, which resulted in the destruction of the mosque there in 1992. He also addresses more successful compromises in Jerusalem in 1967 and Mecca in 1979. Sacred sites, he contends, are particularly prone to conflict because they provide valuable resources for both religious and political actors yet cannot be divided. The management of conflicts over sacred sites requires cooperation, Hassner suggests, between political leaders interested in promoting conflict resolution and religious leaders who can shape the meaning and value that sacred places hold for believers. Because a reconfiguration of sacred space requires a confluence of political will, religious authority, and a window of opportunity, it is relatively rare. Drawing on the study of religion and the study of politics in equal measure, Hassner's account offers insight into the often-violent dynamics that come into play at the places where religion and politics collide.

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243

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Cornell University Press

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ISBN 10

0801460409

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9780801460401

Prosthetics and Orthotics

Lower Limb and Spinal

By: Ron Seymour

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Prosthetics and Orthotics

Lower Limb and Spinal

By: Ron Seymour

Focusing on the lower extremities and spine, this extensively illustrated text presents a problem-solving approach to the evaluation and prescription of prosthetics and orthotics in physical therapy interventions. Prosthetics and Orthotics presents the latest developments in materials and fabrications, an in-depth analysis of gait deviations and interventions, conditions, psychosocial issues, biomechanics, and more. This invaluable resource also includes pediatric and geriatric perspectives, scientific literature supporting evidence-based practice, exercise and functional activities for the patient, case studies following the APTA's "Guide to Physical Therapist Practice", critical thinking questions, lab activities and practical applications.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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0781728541

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9780781728546

The Man Who Painted the Universe

The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods

By: Ron Legro,Avi Lank

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The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods

By: Ron Legro,Avi Lank

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The Man Who Painted the Universe

The Man Who Painted the Universe

Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

War on Sacred Grounds

War on Sacred Grounds

Prosthetics and Orthotics

Prosthetics and Orthotics

The Man Who Painted the Universe

The Man Who Painted the Universe

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