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When Bad Men Combine

The Star Route Scandal and the Twilight of Gilded Age Politics

By: Shawn Francis Peters

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When Bad Men Combine

The Star Route Scandal and the Twilight of Gilded Age Politics

By: Shawn Francis Peters

The Star Route scandal captured the nation’s attention for more than a decade, with newspapers throughout the United States characterizing it as an unprecedented case of Gilded Age graft. Shawn Francis Peters’s When Bad Men Combine provides a glimpse into this uniquely tumultuous period marked by brazen greed and duplicity. In the first book to offer a full recounting of the Star Route maelstrom, which roiled American politics during the 1870s and 1880s, Peters reveals how postal service corruption resulted in a remarkable legal case that featured jury bribery and document theft. When Bad Men Combine follows the saga to its culmination as two sensational criminal trials presented evidence implicating some of the most prominent men in America and, perhaps, led to the assassination of President James Garfield.

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LSU Press

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0807179620

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Why We Love Middle-earth

An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom

By: Shawn E Marchese,Alan Sisto

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Why We Love Middle-earth

An Enthusiast's Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth, and the LotR Fandom

By: Shawn E Marchese,Alan Sisto

For Fans of the Tales of Tolkien, Middle-earth, and More "...a great resource for readers and film-viewers who are new to Tolkien and curious about all things Middle-earth.” —Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor and president of Signum University #1 New Release in British & Irish Literary Criticism and Encyclopedias Learn about the man who wrote The Lord of the Rings in this Middle-earth treasury. Full of answers to common questions asked by readers to learn about Middle-earth and the fandom, this book about Tolkien celebrates Why We Love Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings omnibus for all. Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? What details are in the movies, books, and other stories—and how do they tie together? Intrigued by Amazon’s new show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? What’s the story as Tolkien told it? Dive into Middle-earth’s expansive lore with Why We Love Middle-earth, a fandom book about Tolkien’s work. The perfect companion for any Middle-earth traveler. Written by beloved Tolkien commenters of The Prancing Pony Podcast, Shawn E. Marchese and Alan Sisto, Why We Love Middle-earth is the ultimate guide to the fandom. Newcomers and existing fans of Tolkien will revel in the dragon’s hoard of information inside. Inside, find: A brief history of Tolkien’s creation of Middle-earth, including facts you likely never knew A recommended reading order for Tolkien’s major works, and the reasoning behind it An introduction to some of the real-world influences that inspired Tolkien An overview of some of the most popular branches of the fandom, including adaptations, collecting, languages, and more Original illustrations of Middle-earth by illustrator Emily Austin If you enjoy fandom books or a good book about Tolkien’s works such as Atlas Of Middle-Earth, Recipes from the World of Tolkien, or Why We Love Star Wars, you’ll love Why We Love Middle-earth.

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Mango Media Inc.

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1684812100

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9781684812103

Division and Imagined Unity in the American Renaissance

The Seamless Whole

By: Shawn Thomson

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Division and Imagined Unity in the American Renaissance

The Seamless Whole

By: Shawn Thomson

In examining the era’s multivalent tropes of seams and seamlessness, Thomson provides an innovative understanding of the interplay between division and unity in the thought, culture, and literature of the American Renaissance. New insights are offered on works by major authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, and Elizabeth Stoddard, along with marginal figures. Thomson expands the canon by recovering the unknown authors Charles Edward Anthon and John S. Sauzade and recognizing their works as vital to the American Renaissance. Taking the 1844 display of the Holy Tunic at the Cathedral of Treves as its point of departure, Thomson sheds light on the controversy of the seamless garment in the New England press and explores its transmutation in Anthon’s Pilgrimage to Treves, Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Dickinson’s poetry, and Melville’s major novels. In excavating seamlessness as a cultural artifact of the American Renaissance, Thomson pursues a cultural studies approach to the fabric of antebellum life. Thomson reads the seams of material culture to reveal the meaning of the dressing gown and the keepsake in Dickinson’s and Stoddard’s lives and letters. Thomson positions Sauzade’s Dickensian novel The Spuytenduyvel Chronicle as one of the first great works of the American metropolis and explores the spiritual-material dichotomy of the slave narratives of Douglass, Jacobs, and Northup. This book further reassesses the bitter literary rivalry between Melville and George Washington Peck, re-conceptualizes Melville the author through his relationship to the divided nation, and illuminates his failed idealism as a literary artist in Pierre. Thomson’s approach to the interrelationship of material culture, technology, and the modes of literary production creates a new sense of the American Renaissance as a paradoxical seamless whole wherein its seams are exposed for all to see.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1683931106

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Immortality Rate

By: Shawn Redmond

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Immortality Rate

By: Shawn Redmond

The story takes place within the Divine Cosmos of the mortal world of Terra, a universe that links Godly ruled pocket realms to the Astral Plane (Terrans' realms of dream and thought). A political coup is about to happen against the God of Chaos, a powerful God who opposes the Deities' controlling government, called the Senate. The God of Order, speaker for the Senate, and other associates have been gaining support in their attempts to remove him-but Chaos will not go easily. Worse still, the removal of such a powerful God may have devastating effects on the balance of the Cosmos, and spells certain disaster. After all, can Order exist without Chaos'...

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FriesenPress

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1460291220

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9781460291221

Catching Air

The Excitement and Daring of Individual Action Sports- Snowboarding, Skateboarding, BMX Biking, In-line Skating

By: Bill Gutman,Shawn Frederick

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Catching Air

The Excitement and Daring of Individual Action Sports- Snowboarding, Skateboarding, BMX Biking, In-line Skating

By: Bill Gutman,Shawn Frederick

Seventy million people watch extreme sports on ESPNUs X-Games. This volume includes interviews with top athletes in the world of extreme sports including Jeff Grell, Jimmy Scott, and Circe Wallace (snowboarding); Dave Duncan and Runbe Glifburg (skateboarding); Rick Thorne and T.J. Lavin (BMX).

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Citadel Press

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0806525401

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9780806525402

Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought

By: Shawn J. Parry-Giles,David S. Kaufer

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Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought

By: Shawn J. Parry-Giles,David S. Kaufer

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Republicans and Democrats who advocated conflicting visions of American citizenship could agree on one thing: the rhetorical power of Abraham Lincoln’s life. This volume examines the debates over his legacy and their impact on America’s future. In the thirty-five years following Lincoln’s assassination, acquaintances of Lincoln published their memories of him in newspapers, biographies, and edited collections in order to gain fame, promote partisan aims, champion his hardscrabble past and exalted rise, and define his legacy. Shawn Parry-Giles and David Kaufer explore how style, class, and character affected these reminiscences. They also analyze the ways people used these writings to reinforce their beliefs about citizenship and presidential leadership in the United States, with specific attention to the fissure between republicanism and democracy that still exists today. Their study employs rhetorical and corpus research methods to assess more than five hundred reminiscences. A novel look at how memories of Lincoln became an important form of political rhetoric, this book sheds light on how divergent schools of U.S. political thought came to recruit Lincoln as their standard-bearer.

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Penn State Press

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0271079983

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9780271079981

Rescue at the Top of the World

By: Shawn T. Shallow

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Rescue at the Top of the World

By: Shawn T. Shallow

Winter came early to the Arctic in 1897. Frigid temperatures brought pack ice that filled the waters north of the Bering Strait. As a result, virtually the entire North American whaling fleet was trapped, stranding 300 men to die of starvation and exposure. Three escaping ships raised the alarm. Answering the call, three officers from the early U.S. Coast Guard and two missionaries volunteered to travel over 1,500 miles through the Arctic winter to reach the shipwrecked whalers. The rescuers' perilous four-month journey, through mountainous territory and barren sub-zero landscapes never before traversed, was fraught with blizzards, wolves, steep terrain, unstable ice, hunters, and bone-piercing cold. Unaware that a rescue team was on the way, the shipwrecked men endured freezing temperatures, malnutrition, and scurvy before falling into general lawlessness. Their struggles and those of the rescuers are meticulously recreated here from century-old journals. This extraordinary chronicle of hardship and heroism will take you to the heart of one of America's greatest maritime disasters-and the greatest Arctic rescue story in history. "]€]a fascinating, almost unbelievable story that should find an audience among those interested in maritime history, rescue tales and life in the Alaskan territory." Publishers Weekly

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Paradise Cay Publications

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093983765X

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The Light: The Life of Jesus Revisited

By: Ernest Shawn Johnson lll

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The Light: The Life of Jesus Revisited

By: Ernest Shawn Johnson lll

The enigmatic figure known as Jesus Christ has changed billions of lives throughout history. Exactly who was Jesus? Was he God? The son of God? The Messiah? Was the Messiah supposed to be crucified? Jesus also spoke about someone coming after him that would lead all mankind to truth. So who is this entity who Jesus called The 'Spirit of Truth'? After years of pondering and studying all of the above issues, I embarked on a journey to rediscover Jesus. In this book, I have combined the current four Gospels (as well as other historical sources from the time that Jesus was here on this earth) into a new Super Gospel with new insights and a slightly different Jesus than we currently know. May this book guide those who wish to be guided to THE LIGHT.

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Lulu.com

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1483434117

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Intensive Neurosurgery Board Review

Neurological Surgery Q & A

By: Thomas G. Psarros,Shawn P. Moore

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Intensive Neurosurgery Board Review

Neurological Surgery Q & A

By: Thomas G. Psarros,Shawn P. Moore

An essential review for residents across neurological disciplines, the chapters are organized into groups of questions covering neurobiology, neuroanatomy, clinical neurology, neuropathology, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, and critical care. Written and edited by neurosurgery residents who have passed the boards, the book works as an effective stand-alone review book or used in conjunction with The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review. Featuring hundreds of high-quality figures as well as high-yield tables, this essential review book concludes with a 300-question multidisciplinary self-assessment examination."--BOOK JACKET.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1405104791

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9781405104791

Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services

By: Brian McDonald,Shawn McGehee,Rodney Landrum

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Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services

By: Brian McDonald,Shawn McGehee,Rodney Landrum

Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services opens the door to delivering customizable, web-enabled reports across your business at reasonable cost. Reporting Services is Microsoft’s enterprise-level reporting platform. It is included with many editions of SQL Server, and is something you’ll want to take advantage of if you’re running SQL Server as your database engine. Reporting Services provides a full set of tools with which to create and deploy reports. Create interactive reports for business users. Define reporting models from which business users can generate their own ad hoc reports. Pull data from relational databases, from XML, and from other sources. Present that data to users in tabular and graphical forms, and more. Reporting Services experts Brian McDonald, Rodney Landrum, and Shawn McGehee show how to do all this and much more in this third edition of their longstanding book on the topic. Provides best practices for using Reporting Services Covers the very latest in new features for SQL Server 2012 Your key to delivering business intelligence across the enterprise

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Apress

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1430238119

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9781430238119

Hooded Knights on the Niagara

The Ku Klux Klan in Buffalo, New York

By: Shawn Lay

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Hooded Knights on the Niagara

The Ku Klux Klan in Buffalo, New York

By: Shawn Lay

They came in the dead of night, marking the homes and businesses of their enemies with crude symbols and dire warnings. They plotted against those of other religious faiths and circulated secret lists of alleged traitors to the community and nation. They mailed anonymous threats to those who refused to be intimidated into silence, all the while claiming that they were the true champions of American justice and freedom. The above may seem an accurate description of the sinister activities that distinguished the Ku Klux Klan in the early twentieth century, but in Buffalo, New York, and, in fact, throughout much of the northeastern United States, such activities were as characteristic of the Klan's opponents as of the hooded order itself. While the revived Klan of the 1920s-- the largest and most influential manifestation of organized intolerance in American history--proceeded with relative impunity in many locales, it encountered a very different situation in Buffalo where powerful enemies opposed the organization at every turn. Shawn Lay here provides a riveting portrayal of how the Klan established itself in Buffalo. Most chillingly, he explains how otherwise ordinary, well-established citizens, caught up in a complex set of circumstances, were persuaded to join a notorious secret society that pandered to the darkest impulses in American society.

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0814765378

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9780814765371

The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review

By: Shawn P. Moore

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The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review

By: Shawn P. Moore

The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review provides a single source for content typically encountered on the neurosurgery boards, eliminating lengthy searching by combining all the information necessary to pass the ABNS written examination into one succinct resource. An essential review for residents across neurological disciplines, this book offers concise yet comprehensive coverage of neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, neuropathology, neuroradiology, clinical neurology, neurobiology, and critical care. The key to successful board preparation, this book is the perfect timesaving solution for busy neurosurgery residents, and an essential companion throughout residency. Be thoroughly prepared with The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1405104597

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9781405104593

The Immune System

Mental Health and Neurological Conditions

By: Hymie Anisman,Shawn Hayley,Alexander W. Kusnecov

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The Immune System

Mental Health and Neurological Conditions

By: Hymie Anisman,Shawn Hayley,Alexander W. Kusnecov

The Immune System: Mental Health and Neurological Conditions fully investigates how immune-related cellular, molecular, and anatomical changes impact mental functioning. The book combines human and animal studies to reveal immunological changes related to mental-health problems. In addition, users will find comprehensive information on new research related to the microbial composition of the gut microbiome and how it influences brain function and mental health. Common comorbidities with mental illness and their inherent immunological or inflammatory components are also covered. New chapters and sections on peripheral and central mechanisms in relation to viral pathogens, RNA editing to treat diseases, and COVID-19 will be included. Written by leaders in the field, the book synthesizes basic and clinical research to provide a thorough understanding on the role of immunity in neuropsychiatry. This book covers both mental-health conditions and degenerative disorders of the brain, including depression, schizophrenia, autism-like spectrum disorders, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's-like dementia. - Considers both basic human and animal studies that address immunological changes relating to mental health problems across the lifespan - Incorporates techniques, concepts, and ideas from a variety of social, behavioral, and life sciences - Includes new chapter on viral factors (COVID-19) relating to mental and neurological disorders - Reviews how to utilize psychedelics in the treatment of depressive illness

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044323566X

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9780443235665

Betting It All

The Entrepreneurs of Technology

By: Michael Shawn Malone

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Betting It All

The Entrepreneurs of Technology

By: Michael Shawn Malone

This offers an insight into the minds of sixteen famous contemporary high-tech entrepreneurs through a series of intimate, frank interviews. A look at their childhood, their dreams, their inspirations, and their unwavering ambition to achieve their goals-no matter the risks involved.

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0471201901

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9780471201908

Average Joe

Be the Silicon Valley Tech Genius

By: Shawn Livermore

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Be the Silicon Valley Tech Genius

By: Shawn Livermore

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs. This idealization of tech success can create a paradox, preventing average tech professionals from their own successful journeys. This book provides hard evidence that anyone in tech can create, and anyone on the peripheral of tech can break through to the center where innovation, creativity, and opportunity meet. The anecdotes, stories, evidence, facts, arguments, logic, principles, and techniques provided in this book have helped individuals and businesses engage in slow creation cycles, improve the morale of their development teams, and increased their delivery potential of their technology solutions overall. Average Joe covers: Genius - The systematic deconstruction and debunking of the commonly held assumptions in the tech industry around supreme intelligence, and how that intelligence has been worshipped and sought after, despite the facts. Slow Creation - How to force-manufacture creative ideation. How conscious and subconscious cycles of patterns, details, and secrets can lead to breakthrough innovations, and how those P.D.S. cycles, and systematic mental grappling, can be conjured and repeated on a regular basis. Little-C Creativity - The conscious and miniature moments of epiphany that leak into our active P.D.S. cycles of Slow Creation. Flow - Why it's great, but also - why it's completely unreliable and unnecessary. How to perpetually innovate without relying on a flow state. Team Installation - How teams and companies can engage their employees in Slow Creation to unlock dormant ideas, stir up creative endeavors, and jumpstart fragile ideas into working products. User Manipulation - How tech products are super-charged with tricks, secret techniques, and neural transmitters like Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Cortisol; how those products leverage cognitive mechanisms and psychological techniques to force user adoption and user behaviors. Contrarianism - How oppositional and backward-thinking leaders create brand-new categories and the products which dominate those categories. Showmanship - How tech players have presented their ideas to the world, conjured up magic, manufactured mystique, and presented compelling stories that have captured their audiences. Sustainable Mystique Triad – A simple model for capturing audiences consistently without relying on hype and hustle.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119618878

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9781119618874

The Freedom Chain

By: Shawn D. Smith

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The Freedom Chain

By: Shawn D. Smith

Cassia, a young slave, has never known freedom. She has spent her life serving Mistress Helena, whose brutality has been increasing. With her son, Master Marius, away so much overseeing their shipping business, Helena has no one to tame her fury. But the streets throughout the Ancient Rome empire aren’t safe for Cassia either. Christians are being found and taken to be executed by orders of Emperor Trajan and Pliny the Younger. When Cassia’s own mother, Livia, is taken to jail, Cassia is sure that all is lost. When Master Marius returns home, he finds his household in chaos and people he cares about taken away from him. As a leader in his community, how can Marius share the Good News that he has found for himself and make a difference in the lives of the people he loves? And can he ever bring his mother the peace that she longs for? In a time when Christianity is against the law, freedom is something that few can claim. But perhaps freedom is more easily obtained than any of them realize.

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Ambassador International

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1649605625

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9781649605627

The Catonsville Nine

A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era

By: Shawn Francis Peters

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The Catonsville Nine

A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era

By: Shawn Francis Peters

In the spring of 1968, a group of Catholic anti-war activists barged into a draft board in suburban Baltimore, stole hundreds of Selective Service records, and burned the documents. The bold actions of the 'Catonsville Nine' became international news. This book tells the story of this singular witness for peace and social justice.

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Oxford University Press

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0199827850

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9780199827855

St. Brendan's Well and The Black Garden

By: Shawn A Lohan

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St. Brendan's Well and The Black Garden

By: Shawn A Lohan

There are events in your life that one feels are so important, that if you were here only for those moments, it would be enough; that your participation in, or even your creation of those events, in your heart, has made a difference for those you love, and support and even better, for total strangers, that you made their world a better place ... then, yes, it is all worth it.' What brought him to this point? This story both factual, and fictional, attempts to convey a journey steered by random chance, love, and loss. It is a remembrance to the many important people who played crucial parts in the lives of the author and his father. It is an epiphany in spirituality, in the hardships of experience and the decisions made to move forward, and in the spirit that burns within the hearts of those who wish to make life a better experience for those who follow. Finally, to remember, and acknowledge, those forgotten and lost in time and hidden forever.

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FriesenPress

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1039153097

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9781039153097

Kaiju Unleashed

An Illustrated Guide to the World of Strange Beasts

By: Shawn Pryor

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Kaiju Unleashed

An Illustrated Guide to the World of Strange Beasts

By: Shawn Pryor

Kaiju Unleashed offers a general introduction to the exciting film genre, serves as a guidebook to its film highlights, and celebrates its practitioners, trends, and stories.

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Epic Ink Books

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0760392897

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The Virtues and Vices in the Arts

A Sourcebook

By: Shawn R. Tucker

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The Virtues and Vices in the Arts

A Sourcebook

By: Shawn R. Tucker

The seven deadly sins are pride, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony, greed, and lust. The seven virtues are prudence, fortitude, temperance, justice, faith, hope, and love. This book brings all of them together and for the first time lays out their history in a collection of the most important philosophical, religious, literary, and art-historical works. Starting with the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian antecedents, this anthology of source documents traces the virtues-and-vices tradition through its cultural apex during the medieval era and then into their continued development and transformation from the Renaissance to the present. This anthology includes excerpts of Plato's Republic, the Bible, Dante's Purgatorio, and the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and C. S. Lewis. Also included are artworks from medieval manuscripts; paintings by Giotto, Veronese, and Paul Cadmus; prints by Brueghel; and a photograph by Oscar Rejlander. What these works show is the vitality and richness of the virtues and vices in the arts from their origins to the present. You can continue this book's conversation by visiting http://www.virtuesvicesinthearts.blogspot.com/. There you can join conversations, find out more, and meet other scholars and artists interested in this vibrant tradition.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1625647182

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9781625647184

The Bioarchaeology of Disaster

How Catastrophes Change our Skeletons

By: Danielle Shawn Kurin

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The Bioarchaeology of Disaster

How Catastrophes Change our Skeletons

By: Danielle Shawn Kurin

The Bioarchaeology of Disaster examines two dozen disasters occurring around the world over the past 2000 years, ranging from natural and environmental disasters to human conflict and warfare, from epidemics to those of social marginalization—all from a bioarchaeological and forensic anthropological perspective. Each case study provides the social, cultural, historical and ecological context of the disaster and then analyzes evidence of human and related remains in order to better understand the identities of victims, the means, processes, and extent of deaths and injuries. The methods used by specialists to interpret evidence and disagreements among experts are also addressed. It will be helpful in understanding the circumstances of a range of disasters and the multidisciplinary ways in which bioarchaeologists employ empirical methods and analytic frameworks to interpret their impacts and consequences. The book is intended for those in the social and biological sciences, particularly archaeology, forensics, history and ethnography. It will also be of interest to those in medical history and epidemiology, ecological studies, and those involved in disaster response, law enforcement and human rights work.

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Routledge

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100047898X

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9781000478983

Fruitless Trees

Portuguese Conservation and Brazil’s Colonial Timber

By: Shawn William Miller

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Fruitless Trees

Portuguese Conservation and Brazil’s Colonial Timber

By: Shawn William Miller

By and large, Brazil's forests were not simply harvested by the Portugese colonists, but rather annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians, a tragedy perhaps worse than deforestation alone. Fruitless Trees aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber as a result of Portuguese colonial policies.

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Stanford University Press

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0804733961

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9780804733960

Excellence Killed the Church!

How Mediocrity Is Destroying America.

By: Dr. Shawn M. Greener

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Excellence Killed the Church!

How Mediocrity Is Destroying America.

By: Dr. Shawn M. Greener

Fair warning and disclaimer; you might become quite angry while reading this book. So many speakers and authors nuance and adjust for political correctness what they think and feel you may have become anesthetized by their gumdrops and lollipops lovey-dovey genteel manner. This is not an "everyone gets a trophy" "feel good about me" book. This is the real deal, our authentic condition, and my assessment as to why we are here and what to do. There will be other books in my series. By the end of my series I hope I make you mad enough to do something, throw the book, scream at the book, maybe even kick the book - but not at a dog or cat! I am hoping you become angry and fed up enough to do something, anything to help stop the bleeding in this country! No pressure, but it really is all up to you.

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1477228640

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9781477228647

Foundations of Economics

A Christian View

By: Shawn Ritenour

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Foundations of Economics

A Christian View

By: Shawn Ritenour

Foundations of Economics: A Christian View is an introduction to economics from an explicitly Christian perspective. It maintains that there is no conflict between Christian doctrine and economic science, properly understood. Therefore, Foundations of Economics has three goals: to demonstrate that the foundations of economic laws are derived from a Christian understanding of nature and humanity; to explain basic economic principles of the market economy and apply them to various economic problems, such as poverty and economic development; and to show the relationship between Christian ethics and economic policy. Foundations of Economics: A Christian View accomplishes these goals by rooting the fundamental principles of human action in the Christian doctrines of creation and humanity, and integrating them with the Christian ethic of private property. This volume explains the relevance of economics for fulfilling the cultural mandate set forth in the first two chapters of Genesis, by demonstrating how economics can help us in our task to be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over the earth, without spoiling creation, starving to death, or descending into a barbaric struggle for survival.

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1498271324

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The Yoder Case

Religious Freedom, Education, and Parental Rights

By: Shawn Francis Peters

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The Yoder Case

Religious Freedom, Education, and Parental Rights

By: Shawn Francis Peters

In the late 1960s an Amish community considered state education detrimental to its own values. When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed. This volume is a complete and compelling accountof the Yoder case.

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0700612734

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20 20 Smart Lists

By: Shawn Holley

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20 20 Smart Lists

By: Shawn Holley

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Page Publishing Inc

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1635684765

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The Stories That Make Us

By: Shawn Gale

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The Stories That Make Us

By: Shawn Gale

The Stories That Make Us There is something for everyone in this debut collection of nine compelling short stories. With a myriad of universal themes, Shawn Gale demonstrates that he knows a thing or two—or maybe three or four—about the art of storytelling. Offering a lineup of varied, colourful characters, The Stories That Make Us spans from World War II to the present, from love to hate, and from joy to anguish—and everything in between. In this rare gem of a collection, you feel as if you're living in the skin of its characters. And when the epiphanies come—for better or for worse—they ring like hammer blows upon the forge of life. Gutsy, nuanced, and thought-provoking writing by an author who's been to those dark places from which few seldom return. The Stories That Make Us is literary writing at its finest. It's a contemporary collection sure to become a classic. There is so very much... "Shawn's writing brings the reader into his world substantially and sensually, through his use of lingo, emotions, tangible textures and imagery." -Whistler Independent Book Awards 92/100

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Xlibris Corporation

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151440527X

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Louisville's Alma Kellner Mystery

By: Shawn M. Herron

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Louisville's Alma Kellner Mystery

By: Shawn M. Herron

A chilling account of a turn-of-the-century child murder in Kentucky, the ensuing manhunt, trial, and verdict that remains questionable to this day. On a bitterly cold day in December 1909, eight-year-old Alma Kellner simply disappeared from the altar of St. John’s Church in Louisville. Her body was found months later near the site of the church, and news of the murder rocked the city. The manhunt for the suspect took Louisville police Cpt. John Carney eleven thousand miles across the country, and even to South America, to return the killer to justice. Author Shawn M. Herron details the fascinating story of a tragedy that still remains under a cloud of suspicion. Includes photos

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439663998

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Lumpy Skin Disease

By: Eeva S. M. Tuppurainen,Shawn Babiuk,Eyal Klement

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Lumpy Skin Disease

By: Eeva S. M. Tuppurainen,Shawn Babiuk,Eyal Klement

This book provides a comprehensive but concise overview on the economically important emerging cattle pox virus derived Lumpy Skin Disease, including the characteristics of causative agent, description of clinical signs in cattle, pathology and histopathology, immunity, geographical distribution, epidemiology and transmission pathways, control and eradication of the disease. In addition the recent developments in vaccination, mathematical modeling and risk assessment are discussed. Lumpy Skin Disease currently spreads aggressively across the Middle and Near East. The first incursion to the European Union territory occurred in Greece in autumn 2015. The book targets clinicians and field veterinarians in Lumpy Skin Disease affected regions, veterinary authorities as well as advanced students in veterinary medicine and virology.

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3319924117

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Barksdale Air Force Base

By: Shawn M. Bohannon,John Andrew Prime,H. D. Rigg

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Barksdale Air Force Base

By: Shawn M. Bohannon,John Andrew Prime,H. D. Rigg

Historien om Barksdale Air Force Base som blev etableret i 1933, opkaldt efter en af de Amerikanske flypionerer Lt. E Hoy Barksdale. Historien dækker perioden fra 1924 til i dag ledsaget af over 200 fotografier. Barksdale er fortsat en operativ base og fly baseret her har deltaget i den 2. verdenskrig, koreakrigen, Vietnamkrigen, krigene i mellemøsten og Kosvo.

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0738514284

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9780738514284

The Price of Redemption

By: Shawn Carpenter

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The Price of Redemption

By: Shawn Carpenter

A debut female-led swashbuckling fantasy following powerful sorceress and sea captain Marquese Enid d'Tancreville as she is forced on the run where she meets a vast cast of characters perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian's beloved Master and Commander series. Despite her powerful magic, Marquese Enid d'Tancreville must flee her homeland to escape death at the hands of the Theocratic Revolution. When a Theocratic warship overtakes the ship bringing her to safety, Enid is spared capture by the timely intervention of the Albion frigate Alarum, under the command of Lt. Rue Nath. The strange circumstances make for an odd alliance, and Enid finds herself replacing Alarum's recently slain sea mage. Now an officer under Nath's command, Enid is thrust into a strange maritime world full of confusing customs, duties, and language. Worse she soon discovers the threat of the revolution is not confined to shore"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1668033739

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Who Is Shaun White?

By: Shawn Pryor,Who HQ

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Who Is Shaun White?

By: Shawn Pryor,Who HQ

Read about American snowboarder Shaun White and his epic career in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series. Shaun White, known as “The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. This was just the first of a lifetime of athletic achievements. He has won a medal every year since 2002 at the Winter X games and won gold at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Olympics. White has been dazzling audiences for years. Learn all about this snowboarding legend’s life from his childhood skateboarding days to his illustrious Olympic career, and the creation of his own brand of snowboarding gear.

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Penguin

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0593750829

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9780593750827

Taiko Boom

Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion

By: Shawn Bender

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Taiko Boom

Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion

By: Shawn Bender

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among taiko groups in Japan, 'Taiko Boom' explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades of rapid economic growth in Japan's cities and countryside.

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Univ of California Press

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0520272412

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9780520272415

Texas Tornado

The Times and Music of Doug Sahm

By: Jan Reid,Shawn Sahm

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Texas Tornado

The Times and Music of Doug Sahm

By: Jan Reid,Shawn Sahm

Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included "She's About a Mover," "The Rains Came," and "Mendocino." He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and Bob Dylan. Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm's incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes turbulent personal life and loves. Reid follows Sahm from his youth in San Antonio as a prodigy steel guitar player through his breakout success with the Sir Douglas Quintet and his move to California, where, with an inventive take on blues, rock, country, and jazz, he became a star in San Francisco and invented the "cosmic cowboy" vogue. Reid also chronicles Sahm's later return to Texas and to chart success with the Grammy Award–winning Texas Tornados, a rowdy "conjunto rock and roll band" that he modeled on the Beatles and which included Sir Douglas alum Augie Meyers and Tejano icons Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. With his exceptional talent and a career that bridged five decades, Doug Sahm was a rock and roll innovator whose influence can only be matched among his fellow Texas musicians by Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas Tornado vividly captures the energy and intensity of this musician whose life burned out too soon, but whose music continues to rock.

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University of Texas Press

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029272196X

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9780292721968

Old Man River and Me

One Man's Journey Down the Mighty Mississippi

By: Mark Knudsen,Shawn Plank

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Old Man River and Me

One Man's Journey Down the Mighty Mississippi

By: Mark Knudsen,Shawn Plank

Mark Knudsen is an adventurer who built an eighteen-foot flat-bottom johnboat and motored down the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and lived the dream of many people.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418558923

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9781418558925

The Way of Baseball

Finding Stillness at 95 Mph

By: Shawn Green

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The Way of Baseball

Finding Stillness at 95 Mph

By: Shawn Green

Major League All-Star Green shares how his baseball career has taught him to live life being fully present in every moment.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439191204

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9781439191200

Chaucerian Ecopoetics

Deconstructing Anthropocentrism in the Canterbury Tales

By: Shawn Normandin

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Chaucerian Ecopoetics

Deconstructing Anthropocentrism in the Canterbury Tales

By: Shawn Normandin

Chaucerian Ecopoetics performs ecocritical close readings of Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry. Shawn Normandin explains how Chaucer's language demystifies the aesthetic charm of his narratives and calls into question the anthropocentrism they often depict. This text combines ecocriticism with reading techniques associated with deconstruction, to provide innovative interpretations of the General Prologue, the Knight's Tale, the Miller's Tale, the Reeve's Tale, the Franklin's Tale, the Physician's Tale, and the Monk's Tale. In stressing the importance of rhetorical nuance and literary form, Chaucerian Ecopoetics enables readers to better understand the ideological prehistory of today's environmental crisis.

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3319904574

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