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The Falcon

By: Roxanne Packard

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Take a journey into a fantasy world where assassins, heroes and heroines blur the line between right and wrong. The Falcon is set in a fictional world-between medieval enchantment and Victorian elegance. Writer Roxanne Packard has written a book filled with vivid characters, snappy dialogue and a plotline that moves seamlessly between the female protagonist's mischievous nature and her evil nemesis' sadistic control. Dantaelian, born a princess, is a beautiful female assassin whose parents were murdered shortly after her birth. The infamous Falcon, the man responsible for their murders raised her as his own daughter. She knows the truth and struggles with her identity while living the life of one who kills for a living. She must maintain control of her kingdom or face the consequences of its demise. She marries a kind man, Barrett, whose father she murdered. Enter Adam, the sadistic killer who will do anything to gain control over Dantaelian, the kingdom, and woe to anyone who stands in his way. Can Barrett love Dantaelian after learning the truth? Can Dantaelian save the kingdom or will Adam rule her parents' legacy? The Falcon has it all-fantasy, murder, and intrigue. You won't be able to put this one down and the characters will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1606935380

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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

By: Roxanne Kuter Williamson

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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

By: Roxanne Kuter Williamson

Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person does not? While there are many possible reasons, one obvious answer is that something more than talent is requisite to produce fame. The "something more" in the field of architecture, asserts Roxanne Williamson, is the association with a "famous" architect at the moment he or she first receives major publicity or designs the building for which he or she will eventually be celebrated. In this study of more than six hundred American architects who have achieved a place in architectural histories, Williamson finds that only a small minority do not fit the "right person–right time" pattern. She traces the apprenticeship connection in case studies of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, the firm of McKim, Mead & White, Latrobe and his descendants, the Bulfinch and Renwick Lines, the European immigrant masters, and Louis Kahn. Although she acknowledges and discusses the importance of family connections, the right schools, self-promotion, scholarships, design competition awards, and promotion by important journals, Williamson maintains that the apprenticeship connection is the single most important predictor of architectural fame. She offers the intriguing hypothesis that what is transferred in the relationship is not a particular style or approach but rather the courage and self-confidence to be true to one's own vision. Perhaps, she says, this is the case in all the arts. American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame is sure to provoke thought and comment in architecture and other creative fields.

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University of Texas Press

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0292762909

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9780292762909

Red Dirt

Growing Up Okie

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Red Dirt

Growing Up Okie

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

A classic in contemporary Oklahoma literature, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Red Dirt unearths the joys and ordeals of growing up poor during the 1940s and 1950s. In this exquisite rendering of her childhood in rural Oklahoma, from the Dust Bowl days to the end of the Eisenhower era, the author bears witness to a family and community that still cling to the dream of America as a republic of landowners.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806191694

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9780806191690

Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades

Demystifying the Technology Puzzle

By: Charles Breakfield,Roxanne Burkey

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Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades

Demystifying the Technology Puzzle

By: Charles Breakfield,Roxanne Burkey

Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades is the perfect book for technology managers who want a rational guide to evaluating the business aspects of various possible technical solutions. Enterprises today are in the middle of the R&D race for technology leadership, with providers who increasingly need to create markets for new technologies while shortening development, implementation, and life cycles. The cost for the current tempo of technology life cycles is endless change-management controls, organizational chaos, production use of high-risk beta products, and greater potential for failure of existing systems during migration.Burkey and Breakfield help you answer questions such as, "Is the only solution open to me spending more that the industry average in order to succeed?" and "What are the warning signs that tell me to pass on a particular product offering?" as well as "How can my organization avoid the 'technical death marches' typical of the industry?" This book will take the confusion out of when to make shifts in your systems and help you evaluate the value proposition of these technology changes.·Provides a methodology for decision making and implementation of upgrades and migrations·Avoids marketing hype and the "technical herding" instinct·Offers a tool to optimize technology changes for both staff and customers

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475

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Elsevier

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0080496342

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9780080496344

Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Roxanne Rustand,Jolene Navarro

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Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Roxanne Rustand,Jolene Navarro

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. HIS SUITABLE AMISH WIFE Women of Lancaster County by Rebecca Kertz Helping widower Reuben Miller care for his baby was just supposed to be a favor for a friend. But when Ellie Stoltzfus falls for father and son, can she win Reuben’s heart, despite his vow that he’ll marry again only to give his child a mother—not for love? HIGH COUNTRY HOMECOMING Rocky Mountain Ranch by Roxanne Rustand When he starts his life over after a medical discharge from the marines, the last thing Devlin Langford wants is for his childhood nemesis to rent a cabin on his ranch. But pretty Chloe Kenner and her sunny smile might be just what he needs to begin healing. THE TEXAN’S SECRET DAUGHTER Cowboys of Diamondback Ranch by Jolene Navarro When Elijah De La Rosa runs into his ex-wife—the one person he hasn’t apologized to for his youthful mistakes—he’s shocked to discover they have a five-year-old daughter. But can he convince her he’s a changed man worthy of the title daddy…and, possibly, husband?

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Harlequin

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1488043388

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9781488043383

Computer-Mediated Communication Systems

Status and Evaluation

By: Elaine B. Kerr,Starr Roxanne Hiltz

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Computer-Mediated Communication Systems

Status and Evaluation

By: Elaine B. Kerr,Starr Roxanne Hiltz

Computer-Mediated Communication Systems: Status and Evaluation synthesizes current knowledge about computerized conferencing systems, electronic mail, and office information-communication systems. It should be of interest both to students and researchers studying this new form of electronic communication and to organizations that are planning the installation of electronic mail or other computer-mediated communication systems and that need to be aware of the information gleaned from the studies presented here. The book is organized into four main sections, focusing on the following issues: (1) What are the important considerations in designing software or choosing a system from the many available options and capabilities? (2) What factors determine whether such systems are likely to be accepted or rejected? (3) What are the likely impacts of such systems upon the individuals, groups, and organizations which use them? It is not the economic costs and benefits, but the social problems and ""payoffs"" in the form of enhanced performance and organizational efficiency that should be the main considerations in deciding whether or not to use a computer-mediated communication system. (4) Given the conditional nature of many of the possible impacts, no system should be implemented without formal evaluation and feedback from users to guide the implementation. The major kinds of evaluational strategies that have been successfully employed are described in this book.

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Academic Press

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1483277305

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9781483277301

Loaded

A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

A provocative, timely, and deeply-researched history of gun culture and how it reflects race and power in the United States

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City Lights Books

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0872867242

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9780872867246

The Stanford Album

A Photographic History, 1885-1945

By: Margo Baumgartner Davis,Roxanne Nilan

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The Stanford Album

A Photographic History, 1885-1945

By: Margo Baumgartner Davis,Roxanne Nilan

The Stanford Album brings together some 600 photographs, largely unpublished, and an interpretive text to tell the story of the community life of Stanford University from the University's creation in 1885 through the Second World War. It is a fitting coincident that at the same time Stanford is celebrating its Centennial Years (1985-91), the art of photography has reached its own anniversary of 150 years since the birth of the daguerreotype. The founders of the university, Jane and Leland Stanford, sat for their wedding portraits in 1850, and these daguerreotypes were just the beginning of the Stanfords' fascination with patronage of the new art form. Leland Stanford's perception of the value of the camera as a medium of documentation resulted in a superb pictorial record of the planning, construction, and dedication of the university, some of which is reproduced in The Stanford Album. By the turn of the century, technical advances in photography made possible the small, handheld camera, and at Stanford the "snapshot" image of campus life began to proliferate. Commercial photographers mainly concentrated on athletic events, drama productions, student parades, and other campus rituals; students who owned cameras intruded everywhere with the mysterious little boxes--into dormitories, fraternities and sororities, classrooms, dances, picnics, and beer busts. The book revisits a bygone Stanford. Through the magic of the cmeara lens, a vanished world of college life comes alive again, and we can see the community that existed yesterday under the same arcades where those at Stanford today study, work, and stroll.

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Stanford University Press

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0804716390

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The Falcon

By: Roxanne Packard

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The Falcon

By: Roxanne Packard

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The Falcon

The Falcon

American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

Red Dirt

Red Dirt

Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades

Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades

Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

Computer-Mediated Communication Systems

Computer-Mediated Communication Systems

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Loaded

The Stanford Album

The Stanford Album

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The Falcon

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