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Crazy Like a Fox

The Classic Comedy Collection

By: S. J. Perelman

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Crazy Like a Fox

The Classic Comedy Collection

By: S. J. Perelman

A beloved classic returns: S. J. Perelman's own selection of the very best of his hilarious stories and sketches Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joshua Cohen (The Netanyahus) reintroduces America's zaniest humorist to a new generation of readers When asked about himself the writer Sidney Joseph Perelman once quipped, "before they made him, they broke the mold." Nowhere is S. J. Perelman's one-of-a-kind, madcap sensibility—his gift for wordplay, witticism, spoofery, and sheer nonsense—on better display than in his classic collection Crazy Like a Fox, here restored to print for the first time in decades. In a playful, loving tribute to the funny man, novelist Joshua Cohen—also an erudite wordsmith and punster—introduces Perelman’s sui generis comic pieces to a new generation of readers, certain to fall in love with the writer whom The New York Times once noted for his ability “to transform the common cliché or figure of speech into an exploding cigar.” Included here are such beloved classics as: the Joycean virtuoso performance “Scenario” “A Farewell to Omsk,” Perelman's hilarious homage to Dostoevsky and “Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer," his side-splitting send-up of the hardboiled detective fiction of Raymond Chandler Here is Perelman's own selection of the very best of his inimitable humor, restored to print for the first time in decades.

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The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1589-1597

Building the Faith of Saint Peter upon the King of Spain's Monarchy

By: Thomas M. McCoog,S.J.

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The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1589-1597

Building the Faith of Saint Peter upon the King of Spain's Monarchy

By: Thomas M. McCoog,S.J.

English Catholic voices, once disregarded as merely confessional, are now acknowledged to provide important perspectives on Elizabethan society. Based on extensive archival research, this book builds on previous studies for the first thorough investigation of the Jesuit mission to England during a critical period between the unsuccessful armadas of 1588 and 1597, a period during which the mission was threatened as much by internal Catholic conflict as it was by the crown. To address properly events in England, the study fully engages with the situation in Ireland, Scotland and the continent so as to contextualize the ambitions, methods and effects of the Jesuit mission. For England felt threatened not only by the military might of Spain but also by any assistance King Philip II might provide to Catholics earls and a vindictive James VI in Scotland, powerful nobles in Ireland, and English Catholics at home and abroad. However, it is the particular role of the Jesuits that occupies central place in the narrative, highlighting the way in which the Society of Jesus typified all that Elizabethan England feared about the Church of Rome. Through an exhaustive study of the many facets of the Jesuit mission to England between 1589 and 1597, this book provides a fascinating insight not only into Catholic efforts to bring England back into the Roman Church, but also the simmering tensions, and disagreements on how this should be achieved, as well as debates concerning the very nature and structure of English Catholicism. A second volume, The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1598-1606 will continue the story through to the early years of James VI & I's reign.

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Routledge

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1317015436

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Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets

Executive Response to Market Challenges

By: Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas, SJ

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Corporate Ethics for Turbulent Markets

Executive Response to Market Challenges

By: Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas, SJ

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The book extends the discussion on human dignity to its practical applications & maps out strategic approaches for responding to turbulent markets.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1787561917

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Reverence for the Relations of Life

Re-imagining Pragmatism via Josiah Royce's Interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey

By: Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J.

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Reverence for the Relations of Life

Re-imagining Pragmatism via Josiah Royce's Interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey

By: Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J.

Josiah Royce and William James lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Irving Street, just two doors apart, and Charles Peirce grew up only blocks away. John Dewey was born and educated in nearby Vermont. These four great thinkers shared more than geographic space; they engaged in a series of formative philosophical discussions. By tracing the interactions of Royce (1855–1916) with James, Peirce, and Dewey, Oppenheim "re-imagines pragmatism" in a way that highlights the late Royce's role as mediator and favors the "seed-plant" image of O. W. Holmes, Jr., over the corridor image of Papini. Josiah Royce emphasized that communities of all sizes—ranging from families to towns—needed "reverence for the relations of life" not only to thrive but to survive. This theme permeates the dialectic of Royce’s interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey. Oppenheim analyzes the agreement and disagreement of these thinkers on the method and content of philosophy, skepticism and intelligibility, and nominalism and intentionality, as he uncovers their varied stances toward transcendent Reality. Oppenheim repudiates Ralph Barton Perry’s tactic of using Royce as a foil to display James positively, by offering a richer portrait of Royce. Oppenheim calls attention to Royce’s "doctrine of two levels" and its effects on the distinction of human and super-human, by showing the contrast of Royce’s "third attitude of will" against two primarily self-centered attitudes of will, and by examining the roles of Spirit, Community, and semiotic process in Royce’s late thought.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268159874

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The Cotton Industry and Trade

By: S.J. Chapman

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The Cotton Industry and Trade

By: S.J. Chapman

First published in 1905, this volume on the Cotton Industry emerged in the context of Joseph Chamberlain’s proposed Tariff Reform and provided an academic perspective on the industry. The author, S.J. Chapman, was an established historian of Lancashire cotton and produced this volume as an elementary introduction to the economics of the industry and some of its issues. He discusses the raw material, industrial and commercial history, British trade and foreign tariffs, exploring the historical influence of tariffs on the cotton trade and including two articles reprinted from the Manchester Guardian. The newspaper was strongly affiliated with the Liberal Party who would win a landslide victory the following year based in part on their opposition to Tariff Reform.

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0429870914

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The Reform of Christian Doctrine in the Catechisms of Peter Canisius

By: Thomas Flowers,Thomas Flowers S J

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The Reform of Christian Doctrine in the Catechisms of Peter Canisius

By: Thomas Flowers,Thomas Flowers S J

The catechisms of Peter Canisius highlight the struggle within the Catholic Church to reframe Christian identity after the Protestant Reformation. In contrast to the defensive catechesis of Rome, Canisius's catechisms proposed to achieve orthodoxy by encouraging Christian piety.

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Marked City

The Complete Marked Series

By: Sylvia Day,S. J. Day

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Marked City

The Complete Marked Series

By: Sylvia Day,S. J. Day

From the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sylvia Day comes the Marked series, starting with Eve of Darkness. This urban fantasy series follows Evangeline Hollis, a heavenly bounty hunter, who's cursed by God, hunted by demons, and desired by none other than Cain and Abel. Uncontrollable bloodlust, dark and sexy desires, disasters of biblical proportions… Sylvia Day's epic series has it all and is not to be missed. Eve of Darkness — Years ago, Evangeline Hollis spent a blistering night with a darkly seductive man she can't forget. Now Eve is thrust into a world where sinners are marked and drafted to kill demons. Her former one-night stand, Cain, is now her mentor—and his equally sexy brother Abel is her new boss. Eve of Destruction — When Eve's training class takes a field trip to an abandoned military base, things take a dark turn. Meanwhile, her body is still adapting to her new abilities and the challenges that came with them—such as uncontrollable bloodlust…which seems to be inciting another kind of lust altogether. Eve of Chaos — Eve runs over Satan's hellhound during training, so he puts a bounty on her head, and every demon in the country wants to deliver. Meanwhile, as Cain's role in Eve's life becomes more and more uncertain, Abel doesn't hesitate to step in. Eve of Warfare — Eve knows when she's being used as a pawn in the celestial political game. Now, she just has to figure out who's the greater threat: the vampire she's hunting, the cherub yanking her chain, or the two brothers vying to play the role of her spouse—'til death do them part. Which in her line of work, could happen any minute… Eve of Sin City — Sin City—Las Vegas—is home to humans and Infernals of all sorts: the good, the bad, and the ugly. If you ask Evangeline Hollis, "good" is in short supply, "ugly" might be amusing, but "bad" is most definitely her business. Praise for Sylvia Day “Great characters and terrific storytelling in a hot-blooded adrenaline ride.” — Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Timesbestselling author "Will rock readers with a stunning new world, a hot-blooded hero, and a strong, kick-ass heroine." — Larissa Ione, New York Times bestselling author "Hooked me from the first page...I can't wait to read more about this league of sexy, dangerous guardian angels and the fascinating world they inhabit." — Lara Adrian, New York Times bestselling author "Explodes with passion and heat." — Cheyenne McCray, New York Times bestselling author

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Rōnin House

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1626509980

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Restless Graves

An Irish Family History Exhumed

By: S J Money

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Restless Graves

An Irish Family History Exhumed

By: S J Money

Nora, a confident woman born during Prohibition thought she knew who she was. Now as she battles early-stage dementia the elderly woman discovers the childhood she knew was a lie. This is her quest to uncover her true identity and unravel the tragically violent mystery of her New York family’s past, which consumes her. All before she is ultimately swallowed by the unforgiving disease that plagues her.

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The Enlightenment and religion

The myths of modernity

By: S. J. Barnett

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The Enlightenment and religion

The myths of modernity

By: S. J. Barnett

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in eighteenth-century Europe, and constitutes a challenge to the accepted views in traditional Enlightenment studies. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, it illustrates how the canonical view of eighteenth-century religious change has in reality been constructed upon scant evidence and assumption, in particular the idea that the thought of the enlightened led to modernity. For, despite a lack of evidence, one of the fundamental assumptions of Enlightenment studies has been the assertion that there was a vibrant Deist movement which formed the “intellectual solvent” of the eighteenth century. The central claim of this book is that the immense ideological appeal of the traditional birth-of-modernity myth has meant that the actual lack of Deists has been glossed over, and a quite misleading historical view has become entrenched.

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Manchester University Press

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1847795935

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All Oppression Shall Cease

A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church

By: Kellerman SJ, Christopher J.

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All Oppression Shall Cease

A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church

By: Kellerman SJ, Christopher J.

A history of Catholic responses to slavery and abolitionism"--

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Orbis Books

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1608339513

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The Kennedy Family

An American Dynasty : a Bibliography with Indexes

By: S. J. Fuller

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The Kennedy Family

An American Dynasty : a Bibliography with Indexes

By: S. J. Fuller

America has no official royalty by design. Yet there have been the Roosevelts, the Adams, the Bushes, the wanabee Clintons and most intriguing of all -- the Kennedys. The Kennedys have so far only reached the presidency once but the assassination of JFK and his brother Robert, and the trials and tribulations of the family members and society in general continue to fascinate the world. This new book presents more than 1200 citations of books and related materials arranged by family member. The accompanying CD-ROM offers ready access and easy searching.

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Nova Publishers

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1594543631

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A Special Kind of Advent

By: S J Crabb

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A Special Kind of Advent

By: S J Crabb

Victoria Matthews has come a long way since she was known as Vicky Matthews, from flat 23 Roundshaw Towers. The girl who against all the odds managed to claw her way through school and rise above the expectations of her peers. She is ruthless, unrelenting and driven. She works hard and has no room in her life for anything else. She has no friends and even her own mother flinches when she visits. Her staff fear her and she rips them apart as though they are candidates for the Apprentice. The one focus in her life is making it to the top and today that dream is about to come true. There is only one man standing in her way. Charlie Monroe. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth he had his future mapped out for him from an early age. He was born to wealthy parents and lived the life others could only dream of. He went to Eton and then Oxford and has never had to try for anything because where his brain fails, his looks win. Loved by everyone and desired by many. Popular with his staff and everyone’s friend. Victoria hates him. They are both in the running to take over the company where they work when Mr Rowanson retires. However, to win the company they must complete a set of challenges. One for every day of December and on Christmas Day the winner will be chosen. There is one condition. They must work together and have no other help. Every morning on the stroke of eight they must open the Advent Calendar to discover their challenge. These challenges will determine the winner and failure is not an option. This is no ordinary Advent calendar and they are not children. This time it's war and the winner takes it all. Prepare for a special kind of Advent where anything can happen……even the unexpected!

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S J Crabb

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1729188443

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Paedeatrics for Lawyers

By: S J Staff

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Paedeatrics for Lawyers

By: S J Staff

In the first 18 years of life we change more than at any other stage in life. Infants and children can be assaulted by a bewildering variety of illnesses. This book attempts to explain the basics of paediatric practice and the rationale for medical decisi

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Cavendish Publishing

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1843144433

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Eve of Darkness

A Marked Novel

By: S. J. Day,Sylvia Day

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Eve of Darkness

A Marked Novel

By: S. J. Day,Sylvia Day

Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel... All in a day's work. For Evangeline Hollis, a long ago fling with a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks just became a disaster of biblical proportions. One night with a leather-clad man of mystery has led to a divine punishment: the Mark of Cain. Thrust into a world where sinners are drafted into service to kill demons, Eve's learning curve is short. A longtime agnostic, she begrudgingly maneuvers through a celestial bureaucracy where she is a valuable but ill-treated pawn. She's also become the latest point of contention in the oldest case of sibling rivalry in history... But she'll worry about all that later. Right now she's more concerned with learning to kill while staying alive. And saving the soul she'd never believed she had ... in S.J. Day's Eve of Darkness. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan

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1466834862

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Revisiting EU Policy Options for Tackling Climate Change

A Social Cost-benefit Analysis of GHG Emissions Reduction Strategies

By: Christian Egenhofer,J. C. Jansen,S. J. Bakker,Johanna Jussila Hammes

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Revisiting EU Policy Options for Tackling Climate Change

A Social Cost-benefit Analysis of GHG Emissions Reduction Strategies

By: Christian Egenhofer,J. C. Jansen,S. J. Bakker,Johanna Jussila Hammes

This book is the result of a one-year project undertaken jointly by the Energy research Centre Netherlands (ECN) and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). The analysis is presented in two parts. Part I, which is mainly the responsibility of CEPS, presents Policy Conclusions. Part II, contributed principally by ECN, consists of the Technical Report that contains the literature reviews and the calculations. Both parts are written in such a way that they can be used as stand-alone reports. An overview of the book is presented in an Executive Summary" -- P. [4] of cover.

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9290796316

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Expendable Soldiers 3 – Counterpunch

By: SJ Aspen

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Expendable Soldiers 3 – Counterpunch

By: SJ Aspen

Lt John Knight returns to the New Guinea frontline. He now leads small teams of special forces soldiers, who operate behind the lines, in the fight against the Japanese. The war has turned for the Japanese with Allied forces slowly pushing them back. But they are hanging on and are not a spent force. Nothing has changed. It is still a fight to the death. But now the allies, including John’s team, know how to fight the Japanese in the jungles of the Pacific. The Allies are no longer the pushover that they were at the beginning of the war. John and his team are always on their own, and a long way from help, when they take on the Japanese. John continues to rely on cunning battle tactics and ferocious gunfights to ensure his team is punching above their weight. But will this be enough to overcome superior Japanese forces? This is the third and final book in the highly popular Expendable Soldiers series.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1528913280

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Law of Love, The

Modern Language for Ancient Wisdom

By: Leonard, Richard, SJ

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Law of Love, The

Modern Language for Ancient Wisdom

By: Leonard, Richard, SJ

Meditations on the sources of formation in Christian approach to law, its application to contemporary living, and how our approach to the law should set us free, not bind us up. A positive contribution to the present and lively debate about the tension between Christian liberty and obedience.

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1587689332

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Ethical Practice in Clinical Medicine

By: William J. Ellos S.J.

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Ethical Practice in Clinical Medicine

By: William J. Ellos S.J.

Increasingly, medical students are required to face up to ethical issues in their training and practice. At the same time, there is growing interest in philosophy courses in the ethical issues raised by medical practice. This textbook, designed primarily for students of medicine, develops the issues to a philosophical level complex enough to be satisfying to students of philosophy as well as MA students on applied ethics courses. The author advocates an approach to medical ethics which breaks out of the straitjacket of the narrow choice between utilitarian or deontological theory, and contains a valuable discussion of practical wisdom. It maintains a balance between case studies and philosophical arguments - which are developed in a historical context, and will be of interest at all levels of the medical profession.

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Routledge

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1134942303

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It Is What It Is

By: S.J. Morgan

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It Is What It Is

By: S.J. Morgan

The voice of the book is reflective of the author and the life handed her, the values she learned to cherish and take with her through her journey. She learned to make the most of life's situations relying on her sense of humor to cope. Through the disappointments and failures, she recognized her weaknesses and turned to her faith to get her through. She attributes her courage of character, strength, and wisdom to a deep faith and trust in God. She bares her soul and becomes an open book such that you will find yourself laughing and crying, and oft times identifying with life as she lived it. Her ability to accept life "as is" and to find a comforting blend of laughter and sadness is one of the main threads throughout the book. The sharing of her life is unique and entertaining.

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LifeRich Publishing

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148974052X

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Scams and Murders

By: S.J. (Sanford J.) Ritchey

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Scams and Murders

By: S.J. (Sanford J.) Ritchey

Partners Jennifer Watson, a lawyer, and Dave Randle, a former Marine turned private investigator, are employed to solve muggings and murders of residents in Wayside Retirement Village. Evidence related to the murders point to an Health Maintenance Organization when they cancel contracts of clients as they reach the age of greatest need and cost. Following key clues, Dave sets a trap and with the assistance of a resident, catches the hired thugs and entraps the security guards employed by Wayside. Continuing investigation leads to the insurance company(HMO) and a prominent physician. Dave's aggressive tactics often leads to violent confrontations and destroys his budding relationship with the attractive administrator of Wayside. Jennifer brings a less aggressive but effective style to bear on the cases. While the partners maintain a professional demeanor toward each other, friends and acquaintances suspect there are romantic feelings on the part of both.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412043727

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High Beam

A D.I. Mahoney Mystery

By: SJ Brown

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High Beam

A D.I. Mahoney Mystery

By: SJ Brown

Something is very rotten in the state of Tasmania. Brad Finch, the marquee player of the Tassie Devils Football Club, is the victim at the heart of a new murder mystery. Intense media scrutiny, interfering superior officers, and corrupt business interests all threaten to derail the homicide investigation conducted by the Serious Crimes Squad. Forensic analysis, dogged detective work, and inspiration may prove insufficient in the search for the true perpetrators. The team must face unpalatable truths about the nature of professional sport and the exercise of power in modern Australian society. Detective Inspector John Mahoney, the hero of this international crime series of police procedurals, is an outsider in his hometown of Hobart. Disillusioned by his private life and shocked by the corruption he unearths, he queries his capacity to continue in the job. He must decide if he has the courage to speak truth to power.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499016026

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The Campaign Manual

A Definitive Study of the Modern Political Campaign Process

By: S. J. Guzzetta

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The Campaign Manual

A Definitive Study of the Modern Political Campaign Process

By: S. J. Guzzetta

For 25 years this has been the How To manual in the industry. Learn the process of how to run a political campaign from developing strategy, the game plan, and how to finance it.Written in an easy to understand style. Updated every 4 years, with current techniques.

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0942805100

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Conversion and Jesuit Schooling in Zambia

By: Brendan P. Carmody S.J.

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Conversion and Jesuit Schooling in Zambia

By: Brendan P. Carmody S.J.

This is a socio-historical study of schooling at Chikuni, a Jesuit mission station in Southern Zambia. It includes an examination of the dynamic processes operative at the mission over a 75 year period. During these years, the Jesuits interacted with successive generations of students and converts and with the representatives of successive political regimes, all of which were secular but each willing to use the mission as a means to its own ends. For many years Chikuni was the major representative of the Catholic church in southern Zambia. The emergence of a Catholic community is of its making. As its educational role expanded it also helped to form many who became leaders in post-independence Zambia. Though the Jesuits had not planned a political revolution, unwittingly they helped to bring one about. While the study identifies some of the difficulties connected with running a denominational school in present day Zambia, it argues for a more pivotal positioning of conversion as a socio-personal religious phenomenon in the curriculum if the mission school is to continue to be an effective agent of transformation.

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9004319859

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Power of Scandal

Semiotic and Pragmatic in Mass Media

By: P. Johannes Ehrat, SJ

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Power of Scandal

Semiotic and Pragmatic in Mass Media

By: P. Johannes Ehrat, SJ

Are there events that are inherently scandalous? Power of Scandal finds that the very idea of 'scandal' is derived not from an event, but from public opinion - which, in turn, is construed by media narratives. Scandal is powerful because of its ability to challenge institutions by destabilizing their legitimacy. The media plays an integral role in the creation of scandal because it interprets real events as purposeful actions for the public. Examining the ubiquity of scandals in today's mass media, Johannes Ehrat's conclusions are fresh and surprising. Ehrat applies classic semiotic and pragmatic thought to contemporary media issues, mainly moralist discourse from sex abuse cases to the phenomenon of televangelism. Arguing that sociological and communications studies of scandal have ignored the media's constructed nature, Ehrat focuses on how meaningful public narrative is produced. By examining the parallel worlds of media and public opinion, Power of Scandal uses an alternative heuristic for understanding mass communication that is both rigorous and sophisticated.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442661682

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Deceiving the Deceivers

Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess

By: S. J. Hamrick

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Deceiving the Deceivers

Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess

By: S. J. Hamrick

Among the more sensational espionage cases of the Cold War were those of Moscow’s three British spies—Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess. In this riveting book, S. J. Hamrick draws on documentary evidence concealed for almost half a century in reconstructing the complex series of 1947–1951 events that led British intelligence to identify all three as Soviet agents. Basing his argument primarily on the Venona archive of broken Soviet codes released in 1995–1996 as well as on complementary Moscow and London sources, Hamrick refutes the myth of MI5’s identification of Maclean as a Soviet agent in the spring of 1951. British intelligence knew far earlier that Maclean was Moscow’s agent and concealed that knowledge in a 1949–1951 counterespionage operation that deceived Philby and Burgess. Hamrick also introduces compelling evidence of a 1949–1950 British disinformation initiative using Philby to mislead Moscow on Anglo-American retaliatory military capability in the event of Soviet aggression in Western Europe. Engagingly written and impressively documented, Deceiving the Deceivers breaks new ground in reinterpreting the final espionage years of three infamous spies and in clarifying fifty years of conjecture, confusion, and error in Anglo-American intelligence history.

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0300130619

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Christmas at The New Yorker

Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

By: E. B. White,Sally Benson,S.J. Perelman

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Christmas at The New Yorker

Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art

By: E. B. White,Sally Benson,S.J. Perelman

From the pages of America’s most inﬂuential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the occasional comical coal in the stocking—in one incomparable collection. Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists. Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including such classics as John Cheever’s 1949 story “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor,” about an elevator operator in a Park Avenue apartment building who experiences the ﬁckle power of charity; John Updike’s “The Carol Sing,” in which a group of small-town carolers remember an exceptionally enthusiastic fellow singer (“How he would jubilate, how he would God-rest those merry gentlemen, how he would boom out when the male voices became King Wenceslas”); and Richard Ford’s acerbic and elegiac 1998 story “Crèche,” in which an unmarried Hollywood lawyer spends an unsettling holiday with her sister’ s estranged husband and kids. Here, too, are S. J. Perelman’s 1936 “Waiting for Santy,” a playlet in the style of Clifford Odets labor drama (the setting: “The sweatshop of Santa Claus, North Pole”), and Vladimir Nabokov’s heartbreaking 1975 story “Christ-mas,” in which a father grieving for his lost son in a world “ghastly with sadness” sees a tiny miracle on Christmas Eve. And it wouldn’t be Christmas—or The New Yorker—without dozens of covers and cartoons by Addams, Arno, Chast, and others, or the mischievous verse of Roger Angell, Calvin Trillin, and Ogden Nash (“Do you know Mrs. Millard Fillmore Revere?/On her calendar, Christmas comes three hundred and sixty-ﬁve times a year”). From Jazz Age to New Age, E. B. White to Garrison Keillor, these works represent eighty years of wonderful keepsakes for Christmas, from The New Yorker to you.

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Varieties of Transcendental Experience

A Study in Constructive Postmodernism

By: Donald L. Gelpi SJ

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Varieties of Transcendental Experience

A Study in Constructive Postmodernism

By: Donald L. Gelpi SJ

This study traces the critique of Enlightenment modernism that began with Ralph Waldo Emerson and culminated in the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce and the mature Josiah Royce. Varieties of Transcendental Experience argues that these thinkers provide a constructive alternative to deconstructionist postmodernism that is compatible with the Christian faith.

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1725220296

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The Dark Ground of Spirit

Schelling and the Unconscious

By: S. J. McGrath

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The Dark Ground of Spirit

Schelling and the Unconscious

By: S. J. McGrath

The romantic origins of psychoanalysis are a hot topic at the moment. No one has yet examined Schelling's role in this history This book includes all relevant secondary material, including some quite recent publications (so it is very up-to-date); the writing is clear and justifiably authoritative Reviewers have suggested that Routledge has published one of the best discussions of Schelling in English to date (Andrew Bowie's Schelling and Modern European Philosophy), so this is a good fit with our list.

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1136481591

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The Bomber In British Strategy

Doctrine, Strategy, and Britain's World Role, 1945-1960

By: S. J. Ball

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The Bomber In British Strategy

Doctrine, Strategy, and Britain's World Role, 1945-1960

By: S. J. Ball

Between 1945 and 1960, Great Britain constructed a substantial nuclear-armed bomber force. The creation of this force had ramifications that extended well beyond the confines of military policy. The process played a large part in defining relations with the United States, and the belief that these bombers could replace conventional forces convinced successive British governments that Great Britain could maintain a significant global military role. Originally published in 1995 and drawing on both archives and oral testimony, this book analyses British strategic discourse and its influence on British foreign policy in the early decades of the Cold War.

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1000314936

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10-Minute Mindfulness

By: S. J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

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10-Minute Mindfulness

By: S. J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

10-Minute Mindfulness provides a list of 71 habits to help you overcome the challenge of “unconscious living”. Not only will YOU discover the best time to practice these habits, you will receive a detailed blueprint of how TO implement them IN your life. In 10-Minute Mindfulness, Wall Street Journal bestselling authors S. J. Scott and Barrie Davenport show how to anchor yourself in the present moment, even if it’s just for a few minutes at a time. This book is for anyone who recognizes their untamed thoughts are interfering with their focus, productivity, happiness and peace of mind. If you want to feel less stressed or simply eliminate your negative thinking, then be sure to purchase your copy of 10-Minute Mindfulness.

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8119153200

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Reference and Information Sources and Services for Children and Young Adults

By: Lesley S.J. Farmer

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Reference and Information Sources and Services for Children and Young Adults

By: Lesley S.J. Farmer

Reference and information services are more important than ever for today’s young people. By analyzing key features of reference and information services to young people in school and public library environments, including the research behind the trends and issues, librarians can make sure that those services are appropriately responsive to children and teens. Based on standards and evidence-based practice, this book helps you to optimize those resources and services by: providing guidance in assessing youth communities, determining youth’s information needs and information behaviors, developing and maintaining age-appropriate reference collections (starting with the book’s core list of print and online resources), optimizing physical and virtual access to reference and information sources, interacting with youth and facilitating their reference and information literacy skills, curating and producing reference and information products, dealing with relevant legal and ethical issues, and planning effective library reference and information services for youth. Chapter sidebar examples provide food for thought.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538163209

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The Soul's Upward Yearning

Clues to our Transcendent Nature from Experience to Reason

By: Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.

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The Soul's Upward Yearning

Clues to our Transcendent Nature from Experience to Reason

By: Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.

Western culture has been moving away from its Christian roots for several centuries but the turn from Christianity accelerated in the 20th century. At the core of this decline is a loss of a sense of our own transcendence. Scientific materialism has so seriously impacted our belief in human transcendence that many people find it difficult to believe in God and the human soul. This anti-transcendent perspective has not only cast its spell on the natural sciences, psychology, philosophy, and literature, it has also negatively impacted popular culture through the writings of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and many others. The warning signs of this loss of transcendence have been expressed by thinkers as diverse as Carl Jung (psychiatrist), Mircea Eliade (historian of religion), Gabriel Marcel (philosopher), C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. These warnings were validated by a 2004 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry which showed that the absence of religion alone was responsible for a marked increase in suicide rates, sense of meaningless, substance abuse, separation from family, and other psychiatric problems. Thus, the loss of transcendence is negatively affecting not only individuals’ sense of happiness, dignity, ideals, virtues, and destiny, but also the culture. Ironically, the evidence for transcendence is greater today than in any other period in history. The problem is – this evidence has not been compiled and propagated. Fr. Spitzer’s book provides a bright light in the midst of this cultural darkness by presenting both traditional and contemporary evidence for God and a transphysical soul from several major sources. He also shows how human consciousness and intelligence is completely special – and cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence or animal consciousness. We are transcendent beings with souls capable of surviving bodily death – self-reflective beings aware of perfect truth, love, goodness, and beauty. We are beings with an unrestricted capacity to know and create science, law, culture, art, music, literature, and so much more. The evidence reveals that we have the dignity of being created in the very image of God, and if we underestimate it, we will undervalue one another, underlive our lives, and underachieve our destiny. This work is the most comprehensive treatment of human transcendence available today.

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1586179551

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Cooperation with Evil

Thomistic Tools of Analysis

By: Kevin L. Flannery, SJ

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Cooperation with Evil

Thomistic Tools of Analysis

By: Kevin L. Flannery, SJ

Contemporary society very often asks of individuals and/or corporate entities that they perform actions connected in some way with the immoral actions of other individuals or entities. Typically, in the attempt to determine what would be unacceptable cooperation with such immoral actions, Christian scholars and authorities refer to the distinction, which appears in the writings of Alphonsus Liguori, between material and formal cooperation, the latter being connected in some way with the cooperator's intention in so acting. While expressing agreement with most of Alphonsus's determinations in these regards, Cooperation with Evil also argues that the philosophical background to these determinations often lacks coherence, especially when compared to related passages in the writings of Thomas Aquinas. Having compared the philosophical approaches of these two great moralists, Cooperation with Evil then describes a number of ideas in Thomas's writings that might serve as more effective tools for the analysis of cases of possible immoral cooperation. The book also includes, as appendixes, translations of relevant passages in both Alphonsus and Thomas.

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0813232449

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