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That's Rufus

A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life

By: Rufus L. Edmisten

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That's Rufus

A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life

By: Rufus L. Edmisten

A farm boy from the mountains of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten could not have been prepared for the halls of power in Washington, D.C., during the Vietnam War era, as young men burned their draft cards and pro-cannabis factions held "smoke-ins" in the capital. A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill graduate, he earned a law degree at George Washington University and landed a job as counsel to U.S. senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. This led to Edmisten's appointment as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee--he personally served Richard Nixon the first ever subpoena of a sitting president by Congress. Returning to North Carolina, he served as Attorney General and Secretary of State before retiring from public life to practice law and participate in charitable activities. Written with humor and candor, his memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the 1970s and 1980s, and affirms that the business of government is to enable us to live together peacefully.

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

1476677972

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9781476677972

African American Organized Crime

A Social History

By: Rufus Schatzberg,Robert J. Kelly

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African American Organized Crime

A Social History

By: Rufus Schatzberg,Robert J. Kelly

Comprehensive and objective, this study argues that organized crime in the United States results from the struggle to attain the elusive American Dream to achieve success at any cost by any means. The authors examine the social, economic, political, and cultural conditions that fostered growth of criminal groups and organizations in African American communities from the post-Civil War era to the ghettoes of today.

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294

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Rutgers University Press

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ISBN 10

0813524458

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9780813524450

The Second Detective MEGAPACK®

By: Rufus King,Fletcher Flora,Bryce Walton,Johnston McCulley,Thomas B. Dewey

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The Second Detective MEGAPACK®

By: Rufus King,Fletcher Flora,Bryce Walton,Johnston McCulley,Thomas B. Dewey

Welcome to our second volume of Detective stories! This is a grab-bag volume with contributions by many top mystery authors from the mid 20th Century pulp and digest magazines. There’s something to appeal to every taste, from noir to crime to even holiday capers and a Christmas tale by Johnson McCulley (creator of Zorro). Included are: DEAD MEN DON'T MOVE, by Thomas Thursday ALIBI--WITH SOUND, by Robert Wallace HOW? WHEN? WHO?, by Fletcher Flora HELL'S SIPHON, by George Harmon Coxe CONFLICT OF INTEREST, by James Holding THE CAMPAIGN GRIFTER, by Arthur B. Reeve THE PILLS OF LETHE, by Rufus King CREPE FOR SUZETTE, by C. S. Montanye THE BIG JOB, by Thomas B. Dewey A BURNING CLUE, by E. Hoffmann Price A LESSON IN RECIPROCITY, by Fletcher Flora GUN-BLAST MEMORY, by Charles Marquis Warren A LITTLE CLOUD...LIKE A MAN’S HAND, by Rufus King THE SHANGHAI JESTER, by Robert Leslie Bellem THE CONTAGIOUS KILLER, by Bryce Walton CRIME'S CLIENT, by Guy Fleming HIDE AWAY, by H.A. DeRosso HELL IN A BASKET, by James Holding DEATH FLIGHT, by Robert Wallace THE PHANTOM AVENGER, by David M. Norman THE KISS AND KILL MURDERS, by Stewart Sterling THE NAMELESS MAN, by by Rodrigues Ottolengui SANTA THUMBS A RIDE, by Johnston McCulley GOOD NIGHT, DREAM BANDIT, by Emil Petaja THE EBONY CAT, by Rex Whitechurch If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 270+ other entries in this series, including science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

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488

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479408158

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9781479408153

The Case of the Constant God: A Lt. Valcour Mystery

By: Rufus King

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The Case of the Constant God: A Lt. Valcour Mystery

By: Rufus King

A blackmailer with religious mania and a decayed actor are murdered -- one by land and one by sea. Despite the challenges, Lt. Valcour is not daunted by his latest case! "The thrills and polished deducing are there in quantity." -- The Saturday Review.

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168

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479404942

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9781479404940

New York In Bygone Days - Its Story, Streets And Landmarks

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

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New York In Bygone Days - Its Story, Streets And Landmarks

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

Verily this Island of Manhattan is exposed to the danger of being snowed under by the showers of works scattered broadcast by her chroniclers, her eulogists, and her critics. Plentiful has been the crop of local commentaries. "New York in bygone days" is a fair type of one species of these city histories. In the main it is composed of gleanings from more ponderous and elaborate works. Mr. Wilson devotes the first volume to the civic development of the city from the first settlements around the fort to the end of the Civil War. The story is fairly well told, without a single touch of originality. Nor is there evidence that the values of the secondary sources were weighed. Extracts are given from Mrs. Lamb, who certainly permitted her pen to wander into pleasant details where verification is impossible. The excuse for being of this "New York" is that the whole story is thrown together and the reader can follow the growth of modern Gotham from its Dutch origins. In the second volume the localities are described. Still some of the personal touches tacked on to places are fresh, a, for instance, a letter from Margaret Fuller when she was the guest of Horace Greeley. Of her host she says, "His abilities in his own way are great. He believes in mine to a surprising extent. We are true friends," — a sequence delightfully suggestive of a select mutual - admiration society. This edition contains both original volumes.

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398

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849663043

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9783849663049

Out of the West

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

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Out of the West

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

The epic of American expansion has had many chroniclers. Romance is wedded to heroism and rich achievement crowned high endeavor. In this present volume is woven the golden thread of that romantic and heroic era. Here, on these pages, live again the mighty men of those epoch-making days when the forces of manhood were matched against the forces of nature, valor against villainy, and life itself was ventured on a single hazard of fortune. Nurtured, many of them, in the calm and quiet of the more settled East, they dreamed as youths of those plains and mountains "out where the West begins." They matched their wits against the crafty red man and their strength against the perils and privations of a trackless wilderness. With the might to conquer they triumphed over heat and cold, over foe and famine, over storm and starvation, and made Death Valley a highway to the shores of the Pacific - where the West ends. The record which these pages unfold could be written only by a man who knows the West, and who, though himself an Easterner, feels akin with the spirit of the pioneer. Countless pages have been scanned for an accurate record of those men and times and for verification of the stirring incidents recited here. Numerous interviews and prolonged research have enabled the author to present a stirring, vivid picture of glamorous years and of valorous men who undeterred by danger and unafraid of death wrought mighty deeds and opened vast areas to commerce and civilization.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849663604

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9783849663605

The Capital City (And its Part in the History of our Nation)

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

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The Capital City (And its Part in the History of our Nation)

By: Rufus Rockwell Wilson

The writer who undertakes to tell the story of Washington confronts a task the like of which is presented by none of its sister cities. The federal capital during its first hundred years of existence has been - and is today - the political center of the republic, the birthplace of parties and legislation, the training-ground and forum of one generation after another of public men. Indeed, from its founding until the present time it has been the brain and heart of the nation. This fact has been kept constantly in mind in the writing of the present work, and, while sketching the rise of Washington from a wilderness hamlet to one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, the author has also attempted adequately to portray the political growth and development of the republic. Washington, Jackson, and Lincoln, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun, Seward, Chase, and Sumner are an inseparable and vital part of the history of the capital which they endeared to their countrymen and have in the following pages the place that by right belongs to them. Liberal use, at the same time, has been made of anecdote, in the hopeful belief that our great men can be thus brought closer to a later generation than is possible in any other way. No pains have been spared to assure accuracy of detail; though in a work intended primarily for popular reading it has not been thought necessary to quote authorities which are within the reach of every student. Years of preparation and many months of exacting labor have helped to the making of a book which it is hoped will awaken in its readers a new interest and a new pride in the history of their capital and common country.

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404

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849663221

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9783849663223

Yes, You Can!

Advice for Teachers Who Want a Great Start and a Great Finish With Their Students of Color

By: Gail L. Thompson,Rufus Thompson

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Yes, You Can!

Advice for Teachers Who Want a Great Start and a Great Finish With Their Students of Color

By: Gail L. Thompson,Rufus Thompson

An all-in-one toolkit that empowers new teachers to meet the needs of diverse learners In this book, renowned experts give novice teachers the self-confidence and empathy they need to address what may be their greatest challenge: guiding disadvantaged students to success in the classroom. Yes, You Can! includes: Powerful vignettes about real teachers and students help promote teacher empathy and understanding Original research conducted by the authors on the confidence levels of new and experienced educators Targeted strategies for many student profiles: African American, Latino, Asian American, White, high-achiever, low-achiever, and more

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215

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Corwin Press

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1452291705

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9781452291703

Higher Index Theory

By: Rufus Willett,Guoliang Yu

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Higher Index Theory

By: Rufus Willett,Guoliang Yu

A friendly introduction to higher index theory, a rapidly-developing subject at the intersection of geometry, topology and operator algebras. A well-balanced combination of introductory material (with exercises), cutting-edge developments and references to the wider literature make this book a valuable guide for graduate students and experts alike.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108491065

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9781108491068

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That's Rufus

That's Rufus

African American Organized Crime

African American Organized Crime

The Second Detective MEGAPACK®

The Second Detective MEGAPACK®

The Case of the Constant God: A Lt. Valcour Mystery

The Case of the Constant God: A Lt. Valcour Mystery

New York In Bygone Days - Its Story, Streets And Landmarks

New York In Bygone Days - Its Story, Streets And Landmarks

Out of the West

Out of the West

The Capital City (And its Part in the History of our Nation)

The Capital City (And its Part in the History of our Nation)

Yes, You Can!

Yes, You Can!

Higher Index Theory

Higher Index Theory

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