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Oasis

The Fate of the World Rests on the Shoulders of One Ragtag Group

By: Josiah C. Sierra

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Oasis

The Fate of the World Rests on the Shoulders of One Ragtag Group

By: Josiah C. Sierra

A wheelchair-bound young man, Tobias Cain, is gifted the ability to walk again by a goddess called Oasis. Alongside being able-bodied, Tobias can also release waves of energy from anywhere on his body. The goddess Oasis will fight with all her might to stop the planet from being consumed by an evil tyrant god called Bastille. The two gods have battled for millions of years. Oasis has not yet saved one world, but Earth will be different. Fighting alongside a group comprised of other gifted individuals, Tobias could be the key to possibly saving the world.

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1532039069

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Treatise on the Neurophilosophy of Consciousness

A Multidisciplinary Biopsychosocial (Bps) Model

By: Dr. Angell O. de la Sierra

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Treatise on the Neurophilosophy of Consciousness

A Multidisciplinary Biopsychosocial (Bps) Model

By: Dr. Angell O. de la Sierra

I would like to invite all those studious of the mind/brain interface puzzle to share our insights. What follows represents an ongoing series of reflections on the ontology of consciousness based on some intuitions on life, language acquisition and survival strategies to accommodate the biological, psychic and social imperatives of human life in its ecological niche, thus the BPS model. For the latest publication click on BPS Model. http://www.delaSierra-Sheffer.net/ID-Neurophilo-net/index.htm

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Trafford Publishing

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146694899X

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9781466948990

An Introduction to Direct Access Storage Devices

By: Hugh M. Sierra

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An Introduction to Direct Access Storage Devices

By: Hugh M. Sierra

This book presents an exposition of the technology, design, organization, and structure of direct access storage devices (disk drives). It includes a discussion of the evolution of the technology (magnetic recording) and an assessment of other storage technologies, including optical recording. Examples of codes used in past implementations of disk drives as well as an application of disk drive usage dictated by reliability considerations are also included. The presentation assumes a minimum knowledge of magnetic recording, servomechanism design, and coding.

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Elsevier

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0323139655

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9780323139656

The Prettiest Feathers

By: John Philpin,Patricia Sierra

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The Prettiest Feathers

By: John Philpin,Patricia Sierra

Sarah Sinclair was the perfect victim--she wanted to die. When a darkly enigmatic man approaches her in the small antiquarian book store where she works, Sarah is drawn into a slow dance toward death. A death she couldn't stop even if she wanted to. She is stalked, yet blindly charmed. And when he kills her, seductively, silently, she smiles. Sarah's ex-husband, police officer Robert Sinclair, is the first to find her body and he calls it in to the one officer who will understand: his ex-mistress Detective Lane Frank. As Lane struggles to follow the increasingly elusive trail of clues, another macabre trail emerges--of bodies, coldly, tauntingly abandoned. As the FBI becomes involved, Lane must fight to retain her hold on the case and her grip on Robert Sinclair, whose grief sinks him further into an alcoholic haze of despair and desperation. As a calculating last resort, Lane calls on the one man who can help her stop the killing, a forensic psychiatrist who had stepped too close to the edge, crawled too deeply into the mind of evil. She calls a profiler who has dropped out of society, living simply in a cabin in the woods far away from the madness that called to him, threatened him. Lane calls her father. As they work together, Lane and her father slowly craft an image of a killer so brilliant he has murdered perhaps hundreds and never been caught, so cold that he cannot relinquish his power. With a tortuous trail of names and faces, the killer has insulated himself from those who would repress him and his need to kill, a need rooted in a disturbing, horrifying childhood. And as Lane and her father grow closer to finding the killer, the game becomes personal between two men on opposing sides of evil, men on the edge of an abyss of madness, from which there is only one escape--death.

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Bantam

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0307422747

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9780307422743

The Game-Centred Approach to Sport Literacy

By: Sixto González-Víllora,Javier Fernandez-Rio,Eva Guijarro,Manuel Jacob Sierra-Díaz

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The Game-Centred Approach to Sport Literacy

By: Sixto González-Víllora,Javier Fernandez-Rio,Eva Guijarro,Manuel Jacob Sierra-Díaz

The Game Centred Approach (GCA) is the ideal framework for coaches and teachers to develop comprehensive tactical or technical lessons for any game, both in physical education and in extracurricular sport contexts. Learning about the pedagogical models included in this approach has never been easier thanks to this short introductory guide. The book helps the reader acquire the skills needed to design effective session plans, regardless of the sport that is being taught or coached. It introduces the core concepts underpinning the GCA model, complemented by practical examples of tasks and strategies for each game category and assessment instrument. This is essential reading for all educators, coaches or sports professionals who wish to improve their teaching or coaching to enhance their students and players’ physical literacy and sport competence. It is also invaluable reading for any student or researcher working in physical education, sport coaching or sport pedagogy.

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Routledge

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1000206645

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9781000206647

Yellow Bird

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

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Yellow Bird

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it—an urgent work of literary journalism. “I don’t know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow Bird, or a more dogged reporter in American journalism than Sierra Crane Murdoch.”—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days In development as a Paramount+ original series WINNER OF THE OREGON BOOK AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Publishers Weekly When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher “KC” Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively looking for him. Yellow Bird traces Lissa’s steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke’s disappearance. She navigates two worlds—that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oilmen, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is an exquisitely written, masterfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny, eloquent, compassionate, and—when it serves her cause—manipulative. Drawing on eight years of immersive investigation, Sierra Crane Murdoch has produced a profound examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0399589171

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9780399589171

Depersonalization

A New Look at a Neglected Syndrome

By: Mauricio Sierra

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Depersonalization

A New Look at a Neglected Syndrome

By: Mauricio Sierra

Depersonalization is a dissociative disorder, causing alteration in the perception or experience of the self and a detachment from reality. This is a fascinating and clinically relevant phenomenon neglected within psychiatry. Far from being a rare condition, it can be as prevalent as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and frequently occurs in association with other neuropsychiatric conditions. This book is a review of depersonalization, dealing with the subject from a wide range of perspectives and covering historical, conceptual, clinical, trans-cultural, pharmacological and neurobiological factors. It discusses recent neuroimaging studies providing fresh insights into the condition and opening up new opportunities to manage the symptoms with pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic interventions. It will be relevant to psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, as well as primary care practitioners, neurologists and psychiatric nurses.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139489429

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9781139489423

SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055)

By: Kathy Sierra,Bert Bates

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SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055)

By: Kathy Sierra,Bert Bates

Get the book that shows you not only what to study, but how to study. The only classroom-based integrated study system for professional certification gives you complete coverage of all objectives for the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 exam, hundreds of practice exam questions, and hands-on exercises. The CD-ROM features full practice exam software plus an adaptive test engine.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071483713

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9780071483711

Millennials Talking Media

Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation

By: Sylvia Sierra

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Millennials Talking Media

Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation

By: Sylvia Sierra

Friends don't let friends skip leg day." "You shall not pass!" "I'll be back." The way we read these lines-whether or not you picture Gandalf, hear the deep monotone of the Terminator, or smilemakes it clear that media consumption affects our everyday lives, language, and how we identify as part of a group. Millennials Talking Media examines how U.S. Millennial friends embed both old media (books, songs, movies, and TV shows) and new media (YouTube videos, videogames, and internet memes) in their everyday talk for particular interactional purposes. Sylvia Sierra presents case studies featuring the recorded talk of Millennial friends to demonstrate how and why these speakers make media references and use them to handle awkward moments and other interactional dilemmas. Sierra's analysis shows how such references contribute to epistemic management and frame shifts in conversation, which ultimately work together to construct a shared sense of Millennial identity. Building on contemporary work in media studies, Sierra weaves together the most current linguistic theories regarding knowledge, framing, and identity to create a book that will be of interest to Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Z alike.

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Oxford University Press

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0190931140

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Wilderness Basics

Get the Most from Your Hiking, Backpacking, and Camping Adventures, 4th Edition

By: San Diego Chapter Of The Sierra Club

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Wilderness Basics

Get the Most from Your Hiking, Backpacking, and Camping Adventures, 4th Edition

By: San Diego Chapter Of The Sierra Club

CLICK HERE to download the chapter on "Animal Encounters" from Wilderness Basics * The standard text for the San Diego Sierra Club chapter’s Wilderness Basics Course * Extensive updating throughout, including many new photos More than 100,000 copies of Wilderness Basics have been sold over the years, and this new edition will continue as a training staple for those wanting to build their outdoor skills. It is the text used in the San Diego Sierra Club chapter’s signature Wilderness Basics Course (WBC) and is written by chapter members. Updates to this new edition include: * Outdoor Ethics — latest Leave No Trace practices * Conditioning — completely rewritten, with targeted advice for certain health conditions * Outfitting — updates on planning your pack weight, water treatment methods, expanded tent and sleeping system info * Foods and Cooking — new information on how to not dirty a pot, in-the-bag cooking, and Dutch oven cooking * Navigation — completely updated, including information on adjusted declination compasses * Backcountry First Aid — the latest wilderness first aid info, first aid kit materials, and information on the Hantavirus and West Nile Virus * Winter Adventures — added information on predicting changes in backcountry weather There’s more too in this exhaustively updated instructional for outdoor beginners and advanced backpackers, alike. You’ll also appreciate the refreshed appendix of recommended websites for gear and travel info.

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Mountaineers Books

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1594858225

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9781594858222

SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide

Exam 310-065

By: Kathy Sierra,Bert Bates

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SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide

Exam 310-065

By: Kathy Sierra,Bert Bates

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available--Written by the Lead Developers of Exam 310-065 With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam. 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 310-065 Exam Objective Highlights in every chapter point out certification objectives to ensure you're focused on passing the exam Exam Watch sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam Covers all SCJP exam topics, including: Declarations and Access Control · Object Orientation · Assignments · Operators · Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions · Strings, I/O, Formatting, and Parsing · Generics and Collections · Inner Classes · Threads · Development CD-ROM includes: Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: Two full practice exams; Detailed answers with explanations; Score Report performance assessment tool Electronic book for studying on the go Bonus coverage of the SCJD exam included! Bonus downloadable MasterExam practice test with free online registration.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071591079

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9780071591072

The Cosmos Revealed

Precontact Mississippian Rock Art at Painted Bluff, Alabama

By: Jan F. Simek,Erin E. Dunsmore,Johannes Loubser,Sierra M. Bow

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The Cosmos Revealed

Precontact Mississippian Rock Art at Painted Bluff, Alabama

By: Jan F. Simek,Erin E. Dunsmore,Johannes Loubser,Sierra M. Bow

The definitive rock art book on Painted Bluff, Alabama"--

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University of Alabama Press

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0817320857

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9780817320850

The Apocalypse at Your Fingertips

A Fascinating Verse-by-Verse Study of the Book of Revelation.

By: Virgilio Sierra Carmona

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The Apocalypse at Your Fingertips

A Fascinating Verse-by-Verse Study of the Book of Revelation.

By: Virgilio Sierra Carmona

Why should you have this publication in your collection of Christian literature? Because this is the book that Satan did not want to be written. Dive into the immediate future and enjoy this panoramic spiritual view. Do not allow others to mislead you and challenge your own mind with the logic of the graphic interpretations herein. Virgilio's love for the Word of God has driven him to investigate and scrutinize the prophecies and to study the works of different authors who have also written about the book of Revelation and the events and developments that will occur in the immediate future.

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WestBow Press

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1490806768

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9781490806761

Shredders

Girls Who Skate

By: Sierra Prescott

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Shredders

Girls Who Skate

By: Sierra Prescott

A stunningly photographed tribute to female skaters of all ages and backgrounds, from novice to pro--plus an illustrated history of the skateboard, skating tips and tricks, and more. In celebration of the rad, undying spirit of skateboarding, Shredders features gorgeous photography and stories of today's most awesome female skaters. The women and girls profiled range from rising young riders like eight-year-old Ariel Cai--who shreds at the largest indoor skate park in China--to old-school pros like Laura Thornhill Caswell--the first woman to get a signature model board--and today's star shredders like X Games gold winner and Tony Hawk protégé Lizzie Armanto. From street and slalom skaters to park queens and long-distance pushers, Shredders features athletes and hobbyists of all skate styles, ages, backgrounds, and skill levels, showing that skateboarding has something for everyone. For aspiring skaters, Shredders is the perfect entryway into the world of skateboarding, with tips for setting up and maintaining your board as well as overviews of skate styles, history, and slang. And Shredders also invites experienced riders to fall back in love with the sport that embodies freedom, individuality, and active self-expression. Skaters of every stripe are sure to find their inspiration to shred within these pages.

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Ten Speed Press

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1984857398

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9781984857392

Your Choices Matter

Finding Freedom from Condemning Voices and Crummy Choices That Poison Your Potential - One Right Choice at a Time

By: Sierra Kinsley

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Your Choices Matter

Finding Freedom from Condemning Voices and Crummy Choices That Poison Your Potential - One Right Choice at a Time

By: Sierra Kinsley

Are you tired of seeking and searching for answers and acceptance and always coming up empty? Are you losing hope? Have you stopped dreaming? Are you living a discouraged, defeated life, focused on your failures and seemingly endless sources of discontent? Regardless of the reason, your disappointment plays right into the plans and purposes of your enemy: to keep you down and depressed, pathetic and unproductive, to poison your potential and corrupt your calling. Let Sierra Kinsley share lessons learned from her own riveting, heartrending journey away from rejection and abuse, destructive choices, and the relentless pursuit of more to the powerful, life-changing truths that offered her true freedom and forgivenessthe same truths that will set you free and guide you to your own personal victory. Your Choices Matter is filled with principles, proofs, and promises as well as extraordinary stories to guide, encourage, and inspire you to pull out of your pit and into your potentialto transform you into the person you were created to be so you can begin living the life you were meant to live. You dont have to remain a victim of your trying and troubled past or a prisoner of your present circumstances. This time really can be different. You can break free from your condemning voices and crummy choices, even the unfair circumstances that have beaten you down and bruised or broken your spirit. You can overcome the pain of the past and live a richer, fuller, more productive lifeYour Choices Matter shows you howone right choice at a time.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490748393

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Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science

The Dawn of the Space Age

By: Walter Sierra

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Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science

The Dawn of the Space Age

By: Walter Sierra

Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science is a series of four closely related books that provide an amplyillustrated, overarching perspective to a broad, nontechnical audience of the entire panorama surrounding the development of rockets, missiles, and space vehicles as we know them today and what the exciting future holds. The books are sequential and form an integrated whole: The Dawn of the Space Age Avoiding Armageddon In Space To Stay The Never-Ending Frontier The Dawn of the Space Age begins with exciting tales of the earliest developers of rudimentary rockets and the deadly battles they fought in China between 228 and 1600 A.D. A historical fiction approach brings longago characters and events to life. Palace intrigues, treachery, and warmongering are interwoven with vivid depictions of courage and bravery to showcase the gradual progression of the science of rocketry from fireworks displays to effective weapons in the battlefield. Readers in the West will learn something about the Eastern mindset, where over half the worlds population lives today. The tremendous achievements of the Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville in the early 1900s serve as a useful backdrop for showcasing the difficulties in developing completely new technologies for practical use. The Wright Brothers had to go abroad to France before World War I to garner enough support and funding to mature airplane science to the point that the U.S. Army took notice. Building on the Wrights successes, Ludwig Prandtl in Germany and Theodore von Krmn in the United States made pioneering developments in aerodynamics which are crucial to rocket flight. The invention of the airplane inspired early innovators in the 1920s 1930s to lay the foundation for the giant aerospace conglomerates of today; including William Boeing. (Boeing Company), Allan Loughead and Glenn Martin (Lockheed Martin), Jack Northrop and Leroy Grumman (Northrop Grumman), James McDonnell and Donald Douglas (McDonnellDouglas). These stalwarts were very foresighted and willing to take calculated risks. The ingenious Dr. Robert Goddard, inventor of the modern rocket, developed a sound theory and conducted pioneering flight tests in the 1920s - 1930s, while overcoming many failures. However, Goddards rockets were not taken seriously enough in the United States to enable the development of practical missiles and launch vehicles. But Germany sure took notice. World War II gave the biggest impetus ever to advancing rocket science and related technologies. The Nazi war machine funded Dr. Wernher von Braun and his cohorts to develop rocketdriven weapons such as the V1 and V2 which killed thousands during World War II. Fortunately for America, von Braun and key members of his team decided to seek asylum in the United States when the war ended. Now the country took up the engineering of rockets in earnest. Von Braun went on to lead the American space program during the crucial decades of the 1950s 1960s. He did more to advance missiles, rockets, spaceflight, and enable manned landings on the moon than anybody else in America. Six astronauts flew solo on six Project Mercury flights (19611963). Three of them joined another 13 astronauts to orbit Earth on 10 twoperson Project Gemini flights (19651966). Without a single failure. The Soviet Union captured their fair share of German rocketeers, including the influential Helmut Grttrup. They learned everything possible from the German expatriates. Then they cast the Germans aside and undertook rocket and missile development using indigenous experts like Sergei Korolyov and Valentin Glushko. Like von Braun, Korolyov was ingenious in his own right, and led the development of Soviet rocket science until his untimely death in January 1966. Engineers and scientists are todays unsung heroes. They work in the shadows, without any public acclaim or recognition; yet the technologies they develop touch every facet of our daily lives.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493171240

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Contested Transformation

By: Carol Hardy-Fanta,Pei-te Lien,Dianne Pinderhughes,Christine Marie Sierra

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Contested Transformation

By: Carol Hardy-Fanta,Pei-te Lien,Dianne Pinderhughes,Christine Marie Sierra

This book provides the first in-depth look at male and female elected officials of color using survey and other empirical data.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521196434

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9780521196437

The Never Ending Curse

By: Sierra Freemyer

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The Never Ending Curse

By: Sierra Freemyer

Kats life is a rough one. She is the silent girl in the back of the class with parental issues. The first person to ever give her a chance was Zayden (nicknamed Deny), and by high school, she was in love. On the night of the last school dance, a demon possesses her and tries to kill him. Now she is traveling with the voice in her head to find out what the heck is going on. Zayden is not the most popular guy in school, but he is not a loser either. He is the good guy that all the teachers love, and has the money for a new car. He was living the dream with his buddy Kat (Ekaterinas nickname) when she turns in to a monster and tries to kill him. Now he is constantly fighting psychopaths in order to get his Ekaterina back. Now they are both on separate missions to stop this curse before it gets out of hand.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490711546

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Jackson Hole Uncovered

By: Sierra Adare

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Jackson Hole Uncovered

By: Sierra Adare

This ruggedly beautiful area is a haven for hikers, horsepackers, rock climbers, and Western history enthusiasts. Outdoor sports for every season are found here, from snow skiing to river running, fishing to ice climbing. With this book as your guide, explore the legends and lives of the Hole's most illustrious and notorious characters. Stroll the historic streets fo the old town. Stop by the famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar and the Viginian Saloon. Tour the Grizzly Discovery Center and the Nationals Wildlife Art Museum. First-time visitors and old-timers alike will be entertained and elightened as they discover and rediscover this unique part of America.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461709032

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9781461709039

The Second Chance Hotel

A Novel

By: Sierra Godfrey

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The Second Chance Hotel

A Novel

By: Sierra Godfrey

It's all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in Greece and inherit a hotel. Amelia Lang's life is kind of a mess. She's stuck living at home with her narcissistic mother. Her tech bro ex-boyfriend deliberately sabotages her at work, and she gets fired after throwing a mug at his head (it's okay! She missed.) Then she has a major falling out with her best friend. So Amelia does what Amelia does best: She runs away. After traveling around Europe for three months, she settles on a small Greek island to reset her life and figure out what's next. But after too much retsina, she gets tricked into marrying James, another guest at the hotel, who is perfectly nice—but perfectly boring. To top it off, they are gifted the very hotel they're staying in—a hotel they don't want that is in desperate need of some TLC. They agree to keep the hotel open through the busy summer season for the sake of the island's quirky but well-meaning residents, after which Amelia plans to return home to start rebuilding her disastrous life. Amelia and James must work together to determine how to get out of their situation—easier said than done for Amelia, who's started to feel a strong spark of attraction for James. But Amelia is sure her real life is waiting for her back in San Francisco. Is it time for Amelia to return home or could this be the second chance at a new life she didn't know she wanted?

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728255252

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9781728255255

The Political Evolution of the Mexican People

By: Justo Sierra

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The Political Evolution of the Mexican People

By: Justo Sierra

Are the Mexican people the children of Moctezuma or the children of Cortés? This question, long the central problem of Mexican historians, Justo Sierra answered by saying, "The Mexicans are the sons of the two peoples, of the two races ... to this we owe our soul." Because Sierra recognized the dual parentage, he was able to view his country's history as an evolutionary process. Formed in both the indigenous past and the colonial past, the Mexican people, after three hundred years of slow and painful gestation, were finally born with the arrival of Independence. They came of age when the Reform, the Republic, and the nation achieved a single identity. This classical synthesis, written on the eve of the Mexican Revolution, gave direction to the generation that furnished the Revolution's intellectual leaders. Although the author was Secretary of Public Instruction in the dictatorial regime of Porfirio Díaz, he was the first historian to show sympathy for the plight of the masses, and his book ends with the warning that political evolution has lost its way unless the result is freedom. As Edmundo O'Gorman points out in an important essay on Mexican historiography, written especially for this edition, Sierra was also the first to write a history of his nation in a sincere endeavor to get at the truth, instead of shaping his account to prove a thesis or to preach some political faith. And yet, his work "owes its originality and its lasting merit to his vigorous interpretation of Mexico's history in the light of his convictions, of his keen insight, even of his fears." Though the chapters on the pre-Columbian Indian have been rendered obsolete by later archeological discoveries, the rest of the history is still valid and needs only to be brought up to date.

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0292763948

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