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Somewhat More Independent

The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810

By: Shane White

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Somewhat More Independent

The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810

By: Shane White

Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom testimony--to reconstruct the content and context of the slave's world in New York and its environs during the revolutionary and early republic periods. White explores, among many things, the demography of slavery, the decline of the institution during and after the Revolution, racial attitudes, acculturation, and free blacks' "creative adaptation to an often hostile world.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820343625

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Spiritualism, Mesmerism and the Occult, 1800–1920 Vol 4

By: Shane McCorristine

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Spiritualism, Mesmerism and the Occult, 1800–1920 Vol 4

By: Shane McCorristine

This edition provides an insight into the dark areas between Victorian science, medicine and religion. The rare reset source material in this collection is organized thematically and spans the period from initial mesmeric experiments at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the decline of the Society for Psychical Research in the 1920s.

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Routledge

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100056147X

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9781000561470

A Selection of Early Mormon Hymnbooks

By: Shane Chism

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A Selection of Early Mormon Hymnbooks

By: Shane Chism

An annotated bibliography of Mormon hymnbooks, songsters, broadsides and printed LDS music to 1872.

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Lulu.com

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1257787586

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9781257787586

Disconnected America: The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

By: Ed Shane,Michael C. Keith

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Disconnected America: The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

The Future of Mass Media in a Narcissistic Society

By: Ed Shane,Michael C. Keith

Ed Shane here traces a change in the American pervasive mass media that once disseminated information quickly and stimulated mass cultural response, to a de-massified individual media that incubate a new electronic narcissicism, producing an inwardly-focused society.

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Routledge

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1317473027

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9781317473022

Irony and Earnestness in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Dimensions of Satire and Solemnity

By: Shane Herron

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Irony and Earnestness in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Dimensions of Satire and Solemnity

By: Shane Herron

Shane Herron demonstrates how eighteenth-century irony was used not only in derision but also to clarify and sharpen emotional investments.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108834434

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9781108834438

Winning at Trial

By: D. Shane Read

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Winning at Trial

By: D. Shane Read

Chosen the best book from over 300 entries, Winning at Trial has been singled out by the Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) for its clarity and innovative teaching methods. Winning at Trial by Shane Read is the only book that teaches trial skills by analyzing video and transcripts of actual trials. It is also the only book that reveals the secrets of jury decision-making through the use of video in collaboration with one of the nation's foremost jury consultants, DecisionQuest. This innovative book is being used by law schools throughout the country for both their introductory and advanced trial advocacy classes, as well as by law firms for their training programs. The author, a seasoned trial lawyer and professor, has carefully selected video and transcripts from actual trials (4 hours of video on two DVDs) that show lawyers demonstrating both great and terrible skills in the courtroom - which teach trial techniques and strategy in an interesting and memorable way.

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Ntl Inst for Trial Advocacy

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160156001X

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9781601560018

Democracy’s Chief Executive

Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presidency

By: Peter M Shane

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Democracy’s Chief Executive

Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presidency

By: Peter M Shane

Legal scholar Peter M. Shane confronts U.S. presidential entitlement and offers a more reasonable way of conceptualizing our constitutional presidency in the twenty-first century. In the eyes of modern-day presidentialists, the United States Constitution’s vesting of “executive power” means today what it meant in 1787. For them, what it meant in 1787 was the creation of a largely unilateral presidency, and in their view, a unilateral presidency still best serves our national interest. Democracy’s Chief Executive challenges each of these premises, while showing how their influence on constitutional interpretation for more than forty years has set the stage for a presidency ripe for authoritarianism. Democracy’s Chief Executive explains how dogmatic ideas about expansive executive authority can create within the government a psychology of presidential entitlement that threatens American democracy and the rule of law. Tracing today’s aggressive presidentialism to a steady consolidation of White House power aided primarily by right-wing lawyers and judges since 1981, Peter M. Shane argues that this is a dangerously authoritarian form of constitutional interpretation that is not even well supported by an originalist perspective. Offering instead a fresh approach to balancing presidential powers, Shane develops an interpretative model of adaptive constitutionalism, rooted in the values of deliberative democracy. Democracy’s Chief Executive demonstrates that justifying outcomes explicitly based on core democratic values is more, not less, constraining for judicial decision making—and presents a model that Americans across the political spectrum should embrace.

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Univ of California Press

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0520380916

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9780520380912

The Spectral Arctic

A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration

By: Shane McCorristine

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The Spectral Arctic

A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration

By: Shane McCorristine

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.

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UCL Press

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1787352463

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9781787352469

Marine Decapod Crustacea

A Guide to Families and Genera of the World

By: Gary C.B. Poore,Shane T. Ahyong

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Marine Decapod Crustacea

A Guide to Families and Genera of the World

By: Gary C.B. Poore,Shane T. Ahyong

Decapod crustaceans, shrimps, crabs, prawns and their allies are highly visible and important members of marine environments. They are among the most charismatic of marine animals, inhabiting beaches, rocky shores and the deep sea, hiding under stones, burrowing in the sediment and nestling in among algae and many other microhabitats. However, most are difficult to identify by the specialist and amateur naturalist alike. Marine Decapod Crustacea explains the anatomical features necessary for differentiating taxa and includes diagnoses and identification keys to all 189 families and 2121 genera of marine Decapoda. Many decapods have vivid colours, which are showcased in a selection of spectacular photographs of many representative species. This volume provides an entry to the literature for taxonomists, naturalists, consultants, ecologists, teachers and students wanting to identify local faunas and understand this diverse group

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486311792

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9781486311798

The Arts of Logistics

Artistic Production in Supply Chain Capitalism

By: Michael Shane Boyle

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The Arts of Logistics

Artistic Production in Supply Chain Capitalism

By: Michael Shane Boyle

We live in a world where nothing is untouched by supply chains—art included. In this major contribution to the study of contemporary culture and supply chains, Michael Shane Boyle has assembled a global inventory of aesthetics since the 1950s that reveals logistics to be a pervasive means of artistic production. The Arts of Logistics provides a new map of supply chain capitalism, scrutinizing how artists retool technologies designed for circulating commodities. What emerges is a magisterial account of the logistics revolution that foregrounds the role played by art in the long downturn of global capitalism. With chapters on art produced from technologies including ships, barrels, containers, and drones, Boyle narrates the long history of art's connection to logistics, beginning in the transatlantic slave trade and continuing today in Silicon Valley's dreams of automation. The global reach of the artists considered reflects the geographies of supply chain capitalism itself. In taking stock of how performance, sculpture, and popular culture are entangled in trade and racialized labor regimes, Boyle profiles influential work by artists such as Christo and Allan Kaprow alongside that of contemporary figures including Cai Guo-Qiang and Selina Thompson. This incisive study demonstrates that art and logistics are linked by the infrastructures and violence that keep supply chains moving.

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Stanford University Press

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1503640442

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9781503640443

The Ultimate Collection of Pro Football Records

By: Shane Gerald Frederick

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The Ultimate Collection of Pro Football Records

By: Shane Gerald Frederick

Many players have stepped onto a pro football field, but few can be called kings of the gridiron. Legends such as Walter Payton, Dan Marino, and Jerry Rice are in the record books for their amazing play. Find the answers to the following questions and more inside The Ultimate Collection of Pro Football Records. Who has thrown the most touchdowns in a single season? Which wide receiver has the most career catches? Who is the only player to rush for 99 yards on a single play? Which two teams combined for the most points ever in a Super Bowl?

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Capstone

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1491404442

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9781491404447

Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals

By: Philip C. Withers,Christine E. Cooper,Shane K. Maloney,Francisco Bozinovic,Ariovaldo P. Cruz Neto

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Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals

By: Philip C. Withers,Christine E. Cooper,Shane K. Maloney,Francisco Bozinovic,Ariovaldo P. Cruz Neto

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals explores the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary necessities that have made the spectacular adaptation of mammals possible. It summarises our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological approaches that mammals have for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic. The authors have a strong comparative and quantitative focus in their broad approach to exploring mammal ecophysiology. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of mammals, their adaptations to extreme environments, and current experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered. This accessible text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of mammalian comparative physiology and physiological ecology, including specialist courses in mammal ecology. It will also be of value and use to the many professional mammologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

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Oxford University Press

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0191092673

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9780191092671

The Invincibles

The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

By: Dr. Shane Kenna

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The Invincibles

The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

By: Dr. Shane Kenna

Britain in Ireland is a beast exceeding terrible; his feet and claws are of iron,' The Invincibles In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine, with tenant farmers being evicted and left to starve for their inability to pay exorbitant rents, revolutionary fervour was growing. An inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret assassination squad within a secret society – the Irish National Invincibles. Their mission was to strike at the heart of British Imperial power, to kill the figureheads of Ireland's oppressors. On their way home from a triumphal parade through the city, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, two of the heads of the establishment, were set upon and stabbed to death in the Phoenix Park. These killings would shake the Empire to its core, and shape the following decades of Irish history.

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The O'Brien Press Ltd

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1788491084

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9781788491082

Reconstituting Social Criticism

Political Morality in an Age of Scepticism

By: Shane O'Neill,Iain MacKenzie

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Reconstituting Social Criticism

Political Morality in an Age of Scepticism

By: Shane O'Neill,Iain MacKenzie

In the context of a new global order where the logic of the market reigns virtually unopposed, there is a clear need for original thinking that might reinvigorate a progressive political project. This collection of essays brings together the work of a number of leading scholars who are concerned to construct a convincing basis for incisive criticism today. These contributors represent the most vibrant and influential of contemporary critical perspectives: egalitarian liberalism, socialism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and critical theory.

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Springer

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1349274453

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9781349274451

Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics

Strategies, tools, and techniques for effective cyber defense

By: Shane Hartman

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Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics

Strategies, tools, and techniques for effective cyber defense

By: Shane Hartman

Detect and mitigate diverse cyber threats with actionable insights into attacker types, techniques, and efficient cyber threat hunting Key Features Explore essential tools and techniques to ethically penetrate and safeguard digital environments Set up a malware lab and learn how to detect malicious code running on the network Understand different attacker types, their profiles, and mindset, to enhance your cyber defense plan Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionIf you’re an ethical hacker looking to boost your digital defenses and stay up to date with the evolving cybersecurity landscape, then this book is for you. Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics is a comprehensive guide that will take you from fundamental to advanced levels of ethical hacking, offering insights into both offensive and defensive techniques. Written by a seasoned professional with 20+ years of experience, this book covers attack tools, methodologies, and procedures, helping you enhance your skills in securing and defending networks. The book starts with foundational concepts such as footprinting, reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling. Next, you’ll progress to using specific tools and procedures for hacking Windows, Unix, web servers, applications, and databases. The book also gets you up to speed with malware analysis. Throughout the book, you’ll experience a smooth transition from theoretical concepts to hands-on techniques using various platforms. Finally, you’ll explore incident response, threat hunting, social engineering, IoT hacking, and cloud exploitation, which will help you address the complex aspects of ethical hacking. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the skills you need to navigate the ever-changing world of cybersecurity.What you will learn Understand the core concepts and principles of ethical hacking Gain hands-on experience through dedicated labs Explore how attackers leverage computer systems in the digital landscape Discover essential defensive technologies to detect and mitigate cyber threats Master the use of scanning and enumeration tools Understand how to hunt and use search information to identify attacks Who this book is for Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics is for penetration testers, ethical hackers, and cybersecurity enthusiasts looking to explore attack tools, methodologies, and procedures relevant to today's cybersecurity landscape. This ethical hacking book is suitable for a broad audience with varying levels of expertise in cybersecurity, whether you're a student or a professional looking for job opportunities, or just someone curious about the field.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1801818657

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9781801818650

Forensic Mental Health Assessment in Criminal Contexts

Key Concepts and Cases

By: Noah K Kaufman,Shane S Bush,Nicole R. Schneider,Scotia J. Hicks

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Forensic Mental Health Assessment in Criminal Contexts

Key Concepts and Cases

By: Noah K Kaufman,Shane S Bush,Nicole R. Schneider,Scotia J. Hicks

This valuable compendium advances the understanding of mental health case law, making it highly accessible to practicing forensic professionals. Divided into two parts, the first section focuses on explaining important topics related to forensic psychological and forensic neuropsychological assessment, while the second section stands on its own as a collection of fascinating legal cases with high relevance to mental health and legal professionals interested in how mental health disorders impact criminal behavior among juveniles and adults. The book begins with an accessible primer on abnormal behavior, exploring the links between criminal behavior and mental health disorders. It goes on to thoroughly describe what goes into forensic psychological and forensic neuropsychological evaluations, including discussion about the Federal Rules of Evidence, as they pertain to evidence-generation during the mental health evaluation process. The book also focuses on psychometric concepts, including reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity, as well as an exploration of ‘science’ and ‘the law’ which includes a discussion about the difference between science and pseudoscience, the different sources of law (constitutions, statutes, and case law), and how the intellectually competitive practice of law is similar to the enterprise of science. Ethical issues faced by the forensic mental health worker are also addressed. The second section of the book, Legal Cases for the Forensic Mental Health Professional, is an alphabetical summary of important and interesting legal cases with relevance for mental health professionals. These cases offer real-world significance while summarizing complex legal decisions through a neuropsychological sieve, to allow both legal and psychological communities to better understand each other’s professions. This book will be an invaluable resource for forensic psychologists, forensic neuropsychologists, forensic psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals whose work brings them into contact with the juvenile justice and adult criminal justice system. It will also be of interest to legal professionals, criminal justice departments, and law schools.

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Routledge

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1000539377

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9781000539370

Histories of Nationalism in Ireland and Germany

A Comparative Study from 1800 to 1932

By: Shane Nagle

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Histories of Nationalism in Ireland and Germany

A Comparative Study from 1800 to 1932

By: Shane Nagle

Focusing on the era in which the modern idea of nationalism emerged as a way of establishing the preferred political, cultural, and social order for society, this book demonstrates that across different European societies the most important constituent of nationalism has been a specific understanding of the nation's historical past. Analysing Ireland and Germany, two largely unconnected societies in which the past was peculiarly contemporary in politics and where the meaning of the nation was highly contested, this volume examines how narratives of origins, religion, territory and race produced by historians who were central figures in the cultural and intellectual histories of both countries interacted; it also explores the similarities and differences between the interactions in these societies. Histories of Nationalism in Ireland and Germany investigates whether we can speak of a particular common form of nationalism in Europe. The book draws attention to cultural and intellectual links between the Irish and the Germans during this period, and what this meant for how people in either society understood their national identity in a pivotal time for the development of the historical discipline in Europe. Contributing to a growing body of research on the 'transnationality' of nationalism, this new study of a hitherto-unexplored area will be of interest to historians of modern Germany and Ireland, comparative and transnational historians, and students and scholars of nationalism, as well as those interested in the relationship between biography and writing history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474263763

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9781474263764

B.N. Napoleon, P.I.

By: Shane Gordon

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B.N. Napoleon, P.I.

By: Shane Gordon

B.N. Napoleon is a female Private Eye who sometimes, when the situation warrants it, becomes a male by dressing in a man's suit, shoes and wearing a false moustache. Her hair is cut short and fortunately she is under endowed. She does this when it becomes apparent that a prospective client conveys he or she is looking for a male private investigator at which time Barbara Napoleon informs them that her brother will be back in town in the morning and if they will leave a phone number, she will inform her brother B.N., and he will call in the morning upon his return. Thus the transformation the next morning to B.N. Napoleon, P.I.

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iUniverse

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0595445586

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9780595445585

Discourse in Old Norse Literature

By: Eric Shane Bryan

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Discourse in Old Norse Literature

By: Eric Shane Bryan

An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1843845970

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9781843845973

Collective Responsibility and Accountability under International Law

By: Shane Darcy

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Collective Responsibility and Accountability under International Law

By: Shane Darcy

Collective Responsibility and Accountability under International Law examines the extent to which the basic principle of individual responsibility accommodates liability for the acts of others. It examines the debates and legal developments surrounding collective responsibility under international law. The philosophical debates on collective responsibility provide an introduction to the examination of whether collective responsibility is ever appropriate or even lawful under international law. As the international criminal justice project begins to flourish, it is of paramount importance that the extent of the potential liability of individuals for the acts of others is clarified and held up to rigorous scrutiny. It is of equal importance that there is a clear understanding of whether the means of responding to ongoing violations of international humanitarian law can include measures based on collective responsibility. Global events have created an impetus for the parameters of responsibility to be clearly defined. The rise of non-State actors within the international legal regime raises complex questions surrounding their status, power and the means for holding them accountable. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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BRILL

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9047431286

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9789047431282

Ahead of the Curve

David Baltimore's Life in Science

By: Shane Crotty

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Ahead of the Curve

David Baltimore's Life in Science

By: Shane Crotty

A biography of one of America's most famous and important molecular biologists.

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Univ of California Press

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0520239040

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9780520239043

Sleep Better

The Science And The Myths

By: Graham Law,Shane Pascoe

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Sleep Better

The Science And The Myths

By: Graham Law,Shane Pascoe

Scientific research into sleep has dramatically increased during the past decade, with greater understanding of the hormonal and brain activity during sleep which has a key influence on your health and wellbeing. This expert, accessible book presents a combination of sleep hygiene, evidence-based techniques, psychological skills, and mindfulness practices to help improve your sleep. It examines common myths and stereotypes which may damage your chances of sleeping well, and gives tips for dealing with your sleep problems effectively. Topics include: How much sleep you really need Sleep quality and quantity Underlying issues, such as stressful life events, depression and anxiety Physical clinical problems, such as snoring, sleep apnea and asthma Perpetuating factors of sleep issues such as habits, perceptions, attributions, beliefs and thoughts Insomnia - wired and tired Psychoeducation to help with sleep problems, with a focus on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT; CBT-I, along with stimulus control, sleep/bed restriction therapy, worry time, and paradoxical intention Sleep hygiene, such as de-cluttering, eating, regular behaviours, exercise. Behavioural sleep interventions for parents with babies and young children Practical application of mindfulness

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Sheldon Press

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1847094589

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9781847094582

Inspired Baby Names from Around the World

6,000 International Names and the Meaning behind Them

By: Neala Shane

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Inspired Baby Names from Around the World

6,000 International Names and the Meaning behind Them

By: Neala Shane

Thousands of Names and the Blessings They Can Impart This unique guide includes 6,000-plus names from all corners of the globe, and each entry illuminates the name’s distinctive spiritual, historical, and cultural background — its poetry. Names, from the traditional to the newly coined, are fully explained. Pronunciation guide, origin, alternate spellings, and meaning are enhanced by the affirmation carefully chosen for each name. Lists of names by meaning, names by ethnicity, and most popular names by decade provide easy reference. Whether your aim is to honor ancestors, capture a child’s essence, or convey parental hopes, Inspired Baby Names from Around the World will help you greet and bless your new baby with heartfelt meaning.

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New World Library

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1608683206

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9781608683208

Identifying, Assessing, and Treating PTSD at School

By: Amanda B. Nickerson,Melissa A. Reeves,Stephen E. Brock,Shane R. Jimerson

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Identifying, Assessing, and Treating PTSD at School

By: Amanda B. Nickerson,Melissa A. Reeves,Stephen E. Brock,Shane R. Jimerson

By age 16, significant – one might even say “alarming” – numbers of students are demonstrating signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Students with PTSD are more likely to develop a range of problems, from delinquent behavior to eating disorders to substance abuse to dropping out. For the school-based professional, the ability to recognize these symptoms and warning signs is essential. Emphasizing prevention as well as intervention, Identifying, Assessing, and Treating PTSD at School clearly defines PTSD, explains its adverse affects on children’s academic and social-emotional skills, and offers expert guidance on how to recognize student needs and provide appropriate services. This volume, designed as a practical, easy-to-use reference for school psychologists and other educational professionals: (1) Makes the case for why school psychologists and their colleagues need to be more prepared, willing, and able to identify and serve students with PTSD. (2) Identifies the causes, prevalence, and associated conditions of PTSD. (3) Provides a review of screening, referral, and diagnostic assessment processes. (4) Reviews appropriate treatments for students with PTSD. Today’s youth live in an increasingly uncertain world, and school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and general and special education personnel will find Identifying, Assessing, and Treating PTSD at School an invaluable resource in their practices.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387799168

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9780387799162

The Watchers

The Rise of America's Surveillance State

By: Shane Harris

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The Watchers

The Rise of America's Surveillance State

By: Shane Harris

Using exclusive access to key insiders, Shane Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past twenty-five years and highlights a dangerous paradox: Our government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on the rest of us. Our surveillance state was born in the brain of Admiral John Poindexter in 1983. Poindexter, Reagan's National Security Advisor, realized that the United States might have prevented the terrorist massacre of 241 Marines in Beirut if only intelligence agencies had been able to analyze in real time data they had on the attackers. Poindexter poured government know-how and funds into his dream-a system that would sift reams of data for signs of terrorist activity. Decades later, that elusive dream still captivates Washington. After the 2001 attacks, Poindexter returned to government with a controversial program, called Total Information Awareness, to detect the next attack. Today it is a secretly funded operation that can gather personal information on every American and millions of others worldwide. But Poindexter's dream has also become America's nightmare. Despite billions of dollars spent on this digital quest since the Reagan era, we still can't discern future threats in the vast data cloud that surrounds us all. But the government can now spy on its citizens with an ease that was impossible-and illegal-just a few years ago. Drawing on unprecedented access to the people who pioneered this high-tech spycraft, Harris shows how it has shifted from the province of right- wing technocrats to a cornerstone of the Obama administration's war on terror. Harris puts us behind the scenes and in front of the screens where twenty-first-century spycraft was born. We witness Poindexter quietly working from the private sector to get government to buy in to his programs in the early nineties. We see an army major agonize as he carries out an order to delete the vast database he's gathered on possible terror cells-and on thousands of innocent Americans-months before 9/11. We follow General Mike Hayden as he persuades the Bush administration to secretly monitor Americans based on a flawed interpretation of the law. After Congress publicly bans the Total Information Awareness program in 2003, we watch as it is covertly shifted to a "black op," which protects it from public scrutiny. When the next crisis comes, our government will inevitably crack down on civil liberties, but it will be no better able to identify new dangers. This is the outcome of a dream first hatched almost three decades ago, and The Watchers is an engrossing, unnerving wake-up call.

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Street Data

A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

By: Shane Safir,Jamila Dugan

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Street Data

A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

By: Shane Safir,Jamila Dugan

Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doing Education can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ brilliance, cultural wealth, and intellectual potential. Street data reminds us that what is measurable is not the same as what is valuable and that data can be humanizing, liberatory and healing. By breaking down street data fundamentals: what it is, how to gather it, and how it can complement other forms of data to guide a school or district’s equity journey, Safir and Dugan offer an actionable framework for school transformation. Written for educators and policymakers, this book · Offers fresh ideas and innovative tools to apply immediately · Provides an asset-based model to help educators look for what’s right in our students and communities instead of seeking what’s wrong · Explores a different application of data, from its capacity to help us diagnose root causes of inequity, to its potential to transform learning, and its power to reshape adult culture Now is the time to take an antiracist stance, interrogate our assumptions about knowledge, measurement, and what really matters when it comes to educating young people.

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1071812661

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Positive Psychology

The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

By: Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti,Shane J. Lopez,Ryon C. McDermott,C. R. Snyder

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Positive Psychology

The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

By: Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti,Shane J. Lopez,Ryon C. McDermott,C. R. Snyder

Positive Psychology offers comprehensive coverage of the science and application of positive emotions and human strengths. The Fifth Edition explores fresh examples and reflections on current events, recent and emerging scholarship, and a new focus on the diverse aspects of our society and the many strengths rooted in our multi-faceted cultures.

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1071819232

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The Great Mental Models, Volume 3

Systems and Mathematics

By: Shane Parrish,Rhiannon Beaubien,Rosie Leizrowice

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The Great Mental Models, Volume 3

Systems and Mathematics

By: Shane Parrish,Rhiannon Beaubien,Rosie Leizrowice

From the New York Times bestselling author of Clear Thinking and Farnam Street founder, Shane Parrish. The third book in the timeless Great Mental Models series. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. Volume 3 of The Great Mental Models series focuses on systems and mathematics, simplifying more than twenty-four key concepts from these technical fields into easy-to-understand terms. It provides insights into the unseen mechanisms that influence our environment and teaches you how to apply these principles to benefit your life. Some of the mental models covered in this book include: Margin of Safety: Engineers design for extremes, not averages. To create a robust system, ensure a meaningful gap between what the system is capable of handling and what it is required to handle. Compounding: The most powerful force in the universe can work in domains other than money. The law of diminishing returns: Inputs to a system lead to more output, up until a point where each further unit of input will lead to a decreasing amount of output. Regression to the mean: Above- or below- average performance tends to correct towards the average over the long term. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

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0593719999

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Prince of Darkness

The Untold Story of Jeremiah Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire

By: Shane White

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Prince of Darkness

The Untold Story of Jeremiah Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire

By: Shane White

“A well-told, stereotype-busting tale about a nineteenth century black financier who dared to be larger than life, and got away with it!” —Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, New York Times–bestselling author In the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. Cornelius Vanderbilt, America’s first tycoon, came to respect, grudgingly, his one-time opponent. Their rivalry even made it into Vanderbilt’s obituary. What Vanderbilt’s obituary failed to mention, perhaps as contemporaries already knew it well, was that Hamilton was African American. Hamilton, although his origins were lowly, possibly slave, was reportedly the richest black man in the United States, possessing a fortune of $2 million, or in excess of two hundred and $50 million in today’s currency. In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger than life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a white woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally set his white contemporaries teeth on edge when he wasn’t just plain outsmarting them. An important contribution to American history, Hamilton’s life offers a way into considering, from the unusual perspective of a black man, subjects that are usually seen as being quintessentially white, totally segregated from the African American past. “If this Hamilton were around today, he might have his own reality TV show or be a candidate for president . . . An interesting look at old New York, race relations, and high finance.” —New York Post

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1466880716

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Side-By-Side Football Stars: Comparing Pro Football's Greatest Players

By: Shane Frederick

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Side-By-Side Football Stars: Comparing Pro Football's Greatest Players

By: Shane Frederick

Compares the greatest pro football players in history"--

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Big Skies & Bygone Days

By: Shane Dunning

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Big Skies & Bygone Days

By: Shane Dunning

Welcome to Powder River Country, where the rivers run north, and the history never runs dry! Here, collected in one volume, are thirty-five vignettes of Montana and Wyoming history. Award-winning author Shane Dunning relates the stories your grandparents whispered among themselves. Learn the powerful influence of the cattle barons, experience the fighting spirit of Native Americans, and feel the rugged example of homesteader families. From the Big Horns to the Black Hills, this collection tells the unvarnished truth.

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159152363X

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The Scene of Harlem Cabaret

Race, Sexuality, Performance

By: Shane Vogel

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The Scene of Harlem Cabaret

Race, Sexuality, Performance

By: Shane Vogel

Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226862526

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9780226862521

A Mile in My off Brand Shoes

By: Shane McMunn

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A Mile in My off Brand Shoes

By: Shane McMunn

Nestled comfortably in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains is the small town of Oil City, Pennsylvania. It is a town rich in tradition and is a quiet little community in which to grow up. Im just a normal everyday guy like the next person; however I have had a rather interesting upbringing. Within these pages I would like to open up about that upbringing and allow you a peek into who I am and where Im from. Every one of us has a story to tell so here is mine. I hope you enjoy it.

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1465349464

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Basic Environmental Toxicology

By: Lorris G. Cockerham,Barbara S. Shane

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Basic Environmental Toxicology

By: Lorris G. Cockerham,Barbara S. Shane

Basic Environmental Toxicology provides a thorough, systematic introduction to environmental toxicology and addresses many of the effects of pollutants on humans, animals, and the environment. Readers are introduced to the fundamentals of toxicology and ecotoxicology, the effects of different types of toxicants, and how toxicants affect different compartments of the environment. Fundamental aspects of environmental health, occupational health, detection of pollutants, and risk assessment are discussed. The book is excellent for anyone involved in risk assessment or risk management, toxicologists, state and local public health officials, environmental engineers, industrial managers, consultants, and students taking environmental toxicology courses.

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Routledge

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1351464639

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Pro Football Records

A Guide for Every Fan

By: Shane Frederick

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Pro Football Records

A Guide for Every Fan

By: Shane Frederick

Contains all the greatest sports records, stats, and more.

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154355461X

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Shane Warne's Century

My Top 100 Test Cricketers

By: Shane Warne

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Shane Warne's Century

My Top 100 Test Cricketers

By: Shane Warne

With a flamboyant approach to the game on and off the pitch, Australia's greatest bowler Shane Warne is an irresistible cricketing force. In Shane Warne's Century, he candidly profiles 100 players from every Test nation who have had the most significant impact on his cricketing life. Warne is famous for having never scoring a Test century, although he came tantalisingly close on several occasions. He now wants to set the record straight by writing about a century of cricketing stars he has encountered during his illustrious career, The famous names featured here include fellow Australian legends Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath, as well as adversaries such as Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Jonty Rhodes and Freddie Flintoff. Warne also puts together a dream Test match of those he would have loved to have played alongside versus a team of international legends. Pulling no punches and giving a fascinating insight into the game, Warne serves up highly readable anecdotes and opinions. Throughout the book, Warne covers the serious issues affecting cricket today, such as cheating and match-fixing, and assesses a large number of professional relationships he has enjoyed and endured, including those with Sri Lankan star Arjuna Ranatunga and South African captain Graeme Smith. Shane Warne's Century is a genuine page-turner by one of cricket's most popular stars and is a must-read for all cricket fans.

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