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Hell in the Pacific

A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu

By: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan

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Hell in the Pacific

A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu

By: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan

In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettable chronicle of heroism and horror McErery’s Rifle Company—the legendary K/3/5 of the First Marine Division, made famous by the HBO miniseries The Pacific—fought in some of the most ferocious battles of the war. In searing detail, the author takes us back to Guadalcanal, where American forces first turned the tide against the Japanese; Cape Gloucester, where 1,300 Marines were killed or wounded; and bloody Peleliu, where McEnery assumed command of the company and helped hasten the final defeat of the Japanese garrison after weeks of torturous cave-to-cave fighting. McEnery’s story is a no-holds-barred, grunt’s-eye view of the sacrifices, suffering, and raw courage of the men in the foxholes, locked in mortal combat with an implacable enemy sworn to fight to the death. From bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat to midnight banzai attacks and the loss of close buddies, the rifle squad leader spares no details, chronicling his odyssey from boot camp through twenty-eight months of hellish combat until his eventual return home. He has given us an unforgettable portrait of men at war.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451659148

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Dynamic Dames

50 Leading Ladies Who Made History

By: Sloan De Forest,Turner Classic Movies

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Dynamic Dames

50 Leading Ladies Who Made History

By: Sloan De Forest,Turner Classic Movies

Celebrate 50 of the most empowering and unforgettable female characters ever to grace the screen, as well as the artists who brought them to vibrant life! From Scarlett O'Hara to Thelma and Louise to Wonder Woman, strong women have not only lit up the screen, they've inspired and fired our imaginations. Some dynamic women are naughty and some are nice, but all of them buck the narrow confines of their expected gender role -- whether by taking small steps or revolutionary strides. Through engaging profiles and more than 100 photographs, Dynamic Dames looks at fifty of the most inspiring female roles in film from the 1920s to today. The characters are discussed along with the exciting off-screen personalities and achievements of the actresses and, on occasion, female writers and directors, who brought them to life. Among the stars profiled in their most revolutionary roles are Bette Davis, Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck, Josephine Baker, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Barbra Streisand, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Dorothy Dandridge, Katharine Hepburn, Pam Grier, Jane Fonda, Gal Gadot, Emma Watson, Zhang Ziyi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lawrence, and many more.

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Running Press Adult

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0762465506

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9780762465507

Who Reads Ulysses?

The Common Reader and the Rhetoric of the Joyce Wars

By: Julie Sloan Brannon

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Who Reads Ulysses?

The Common Reader and the Rhetoric of the Joyce Wars

By: Julie Sloan Brannon

Julie Sloan Brannon examines the Joyce Wars as a fascinating nexus of the conflicts between scholars and ordinary readers, and one that illuminates the existence of ulysses-and by extension, Joyce-as an example of Lyotard's differend, an icon that exists simultaneously in two separate yet contradictory discourses, each of which silences the other. The Academic Joyce is radically different from the Public Joyce, and yet neither could exist independently. Tangled up in this conflicted space are the interests of the common reader, a nebulously defined entity, and the continuing controversies illustrate the strange relationship between academics, readers, and editors. Who Reads Ulysses? calls for us to look not only at questions of authorship raised by editorial theory, but to look carefully at who reads ulysses-and why they read it. This volume provides fruitful ways to explore the subversive nature of text for readers, both in and out of the academy.

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Routledge

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113671135X

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9781136711350

The Court at War

FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made

By: Cliff Sloan

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The Court at War

FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made

By: Cliff Sloan

The inside story of how one president forever altered the most powerful legal institution in the country—with consequences that endure today By the summer of 1941, in the ninth year of his presidency, Franklin Roosevelt had molded his Court. He had appointed seven of the nine justices—the most by any president except George Washington—and handpicked the chief justice. But the wartime Roosevelt Court had two faces. One was bold and progressive, the other supine and abject, cowed by the charisma of the revered president. The Court at War explores this pivotal period. It provides a cast of unforgettable characters in the justices—from the mercurial, Vienna-born intellectual Felix Frankfurter to the Alabama populist Hugo Black; from the western prodigy William O. Douglas, FDR’s initial pick to be his running mate in 1944, to Roosevelt’s former attorney general and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert Jackson. The justices’ shameless capitulation and unwillingness to cross their beloved president highlight the dangers of an unseemly closeness between Supreme Court justices and their political patrons. But the FDR Court’s finest moments also provided a robust defense of individual rights, rights the current Court has put in jeopardy. Sloan’s intimate portrait is a vivid, instructive tale for modern times.

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PublicAffairs

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1541736451

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9781541736450

I'm Still Sexy So What's Up With Him?

Learn How Testosterone Can Change Your Relationship

By: Dr. Sloan Teeple,Susan Teeple

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I'm Still Sexy So What's Up With Him?

Learn How Testosterone Can Change Your Relationship

By: Dr. Sloan Teeple,Susan Teeple

Writing from both the perspective of personal experience and medical expertise, Dr. and Mrs. Teeple share information on Testosterone Deficiency in men. The goal of this book is to be a tool for women to help identify specific symptoms in men, and by giving a strategy to approach the man in their life to get evaluated. With Testosterone Replacement Therapy, men and the women who love them, can live their lives to the fullest.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1614482195

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9781614482192

Guilt by Association

By: Susan R. Sloan

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Guilt by Association

By: Susan R. Sloan

A provocative tale that mirrors today's headlines, this page-turning first novel is a gripping, intelligent and totally satisfying account of one woman's brave struggle to triumph over the pain of a vicious rape, her battle to rebuild her life and the ultimate, shocking confrontation with the man who nearly destroyed her.

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Hachette+ORM

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044657113X

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9780446571135

Alfred Hitchcock

A Filmography and Bibliography

By: Jane Sloan

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Alfred Hitchcock

A Filmography and Bibliography

By: Jane Sloan

A concise and intelligent synthesis of what we know and think about Hitchcock and a road map to future work on the subject. . . . There is no complete index to Hitchcock's career like this one and critics and historians will mine Sloan's work with enormous profit. . . . The 'Critical Survey' section constitutes an invaluable contribution to the project of metacriticism."—Matthew Bernstein, author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent

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Univ of California Press

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0520089049

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9780520089044

The Ultimate Battle

Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II

By: Bill Sloan

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The Ultimate Battle

Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II

By: Bill Sloan

The Ultimate Battle tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, utilizing the same up-close narrative style and "grunt's-eye" view of the action that distinguishes Sloan's Brotherhood of Heroesfrom other war books. It is a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death in the largest land-sea-air operation in US history. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost (including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire). The Ultimate Battle is a searing re-creation of the Okinawa campaign as seen through the eyes of men who were in the midst of it, and it is filled with fresh insights that only these men can provide.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743292472

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9780743292474

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes

A Novel

By: Elissa R. Sloan

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The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes

A Novel

By: Elissa R. Sloan

“The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes is a page-turning peek inside the glamour and brutality of life as a pop star. Sloan takes us on a wild ride through the world of music video shoots, expensive hotels, and arena tours—showing us the darkness that threatens just below the surface.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and The Six “I didn't know I was waiting for a smart, literary writer to craft a novel about the rise and fall of a teen star akin to Britney Spears until I discovered The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes. A witty, bright, hilarious—and at times devastating—read. I loved it." —Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters Cassidy Holmes isn't just a celebrity. She is “Sassy Gloss,” the fourth member of the hottest pop group America has ever seen. Hotter than Britney dancing with a snake, hotter than Christina getting dirrty, Gloss was the pop act that everyone idolized. Fans couldn't get enough of them, their music, and the drama that followed them like moths to a flame—until the group’s sudden implosion in 2002. And at the center of it all was Sassy Cassy, the Texan with a signature smirk that had everyone falling for her. But now she's dead. Suicide. The world is reeling from this unexpected news, but no one is more shocked than the three remaining Glossies. Fifteen years ago, Rose, Merry, and Yumi had been the closest to Cassidy, and this loss is hitting them hard. Before the group split, they each had a special bond with Cassidy—truths they told, secrets they shared. But after years apart, each of them is wondering: what could they have done? Told in multiple perspectives—including Cassidy herself—and different timelines, this is a behind-the-scenes look into the rise and fall of a pop icon, and a penetrating examination of the dark side of celebrity and the industry that profits from it.

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HarperCollins

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0063009455

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9780063009455

Traumatic Brain Injury

Rehabilitation for Everyday Adaptive Living, 2nd Edition

By: Jennie Ponsford,Sue Sloan,Pamela Snow

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Rehabilitation for Everyday Adaptive Living, 2nd Edition

By: Jennie Ponsford,Sue Sloan,Pamela Snow

Research into the rehabilitation of individuals following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the past 15 years has resulted in greater understanding of the condition. The second edition of this book provides an updated guide for health professionals working with individuals recovering from TBI. Its uniquely clinical focus provides both comprehensive background information, and practical strategies for dealing with common problems with thinking, memory, communication, behaviour and emotional adjustment in both adults and children. The book addresses a wide range of challenges, from those which begin with impairment of consciousness, to those occurring for many years after injury, and presents strategies for maximising participation in all aspects of community life. The book will be of use to practising clinicians, students in health disciplines relevant to neurorehabilitation, and also to the families of individuals with traumatic brain injury.

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Psychology Press

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1136181385

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9781136181382

A Manager's Guide to the New World of Work

The Most Effective Strategies for Managing People, Teams, and Organizations

By: MIT Sloan Management Review

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A Manager's Guide to the New World of Work

The Most Effective Strategies for Managing People, Teams, and Organizations

By: MIT Sloan Management Review

The best tools and insights to succesfully navigate the novel challenges of the digital workplace. How can technology and analytics help companies manage people? Why do teams working remotely still need leaders? When should organizations use digital assessment tools for gauging talent and potential? This book from MIT Sloan Management Review answers questions managers are only beginning to ask, presenting insights and stories from organizations navigating the novel challenges of the digital workplace. Experts from business and academia describe what's worked, what's failed, and what they've learned in the new world of work, looking at strategies that organizations use to help managers and employees adapt to the fast-changing digital environment.

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MIT Press

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0262360586

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9780262360586

Brotherhood of Heroes

The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War

By: Bill Sloan

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Brotherhood of Heroes

The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 : the Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War

By: Bill Sloan

This riveting read is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious--yet largely forgotten--Pacific battle of World War II. of photos. 3 maps.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743260090

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9780743260091

The Equalizer

A Novel

By: Michael Sloan

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The Equalizer

A Novel

By: Michael Sloan

Spændingsroman. The story of the mysterious, former covert intelligence officer who helps desperate people who are in need of his unique and deadly skills

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Macmillan

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1250041961

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9781250041968

The Research Experience

Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research

By: Ann Sloan Devlin

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The Research Experience

Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research

By: Ann Sloan Devlin

The Research Experience: Planning, Conducting and Reporting Research, Second Edition is the complete guide to the behavioral science research process. The book covers theoretical research foundations, guiding students through each step of a research project with practical instruction and help. The latest technological tools, such as SurveyMonkey®, Qualtrics®, and Amazon Mechanical Turk®, are included to show the increasing influence of the Internet to conduct studies and how research is conducted in the world today. Taking students through the process from generating ideas for research to writing and presenting findings helps them absorb and apply the material. With its practical emphasis and supporting pedagogy, students will be able to successfully design and execute a research project. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

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SAGE Publications

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1544377940

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9781544377940

Dynamic Information Retrieval Modeling

By: Grace Hui Yang,Marc Sloan,Jun Wang

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Dynamic Information Retrieval Modeling

By: Grace Hui Yang,Marc Sloan,Jun Wang

Big data and human-computer information retrieval (HCIR) are changing IR. They capture the dynamic changes in the data and dynamic interactions of users with IR systems. A dynamic system is one which changes or adapts over time or a sequence of events. Many modern IR systems and data exhibit these characteristics which are largely ignored by conventional techniques. What is missing is an ability for the model to change over time and be responsive to stimulus. Documents, relevance, users and tasks all exhibit dynamic behavior that is captured in data sets typically collected over long time spans and models need to respond to these changes. Additionally, the size of modern datasets enforces limits on the amount of learning a system can achieve. Further to this, advances in IR interface, personalization and ad display demand models that can react to users in real time and in an intelligent, contextual way. In this book we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to Dynamic Information Retrieval Modeling, the statistical modeling of IR systems that can adapt to change. We define dynamics, what it means within the context of IR and highlight examples of problems where dynamics play an important role. We cover techniques ranging from classic relevance feedback to the latest applications of partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) and a handful of useful algorithms and tools for solving IR problems incorporating dynamics. The theoretical component is based around the Markov Decision Process (MDP), a mathematical framework taken from the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that enables us to construct models that change according to sequential inputs. We define the framework and the algorithms commonly used to optimize over it and generalize it to the case where the inputs aren't reliable. We explore the topic of reinforcement learning more broadly and introduce another tool known as a Multi-Armed Bandit which is useful for cases where exploring model parameters is beneficial. Following this we introduce theories and algorithms which can be used to incorporate dynamics into an IR model before presenting an array of state-of-the-art research that already does, such as in the areas of session search and online advertising. Change is at the heart of modern Information Retrieval systems and this book will help equip the reader with the tools and knowledge needed to understand Dynamic Information Retrieval Modeling.

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Springer Nature

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3031023013

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9783031023019

The Splendid Sampler

100 Spectacular Blocks from a Community of Quilters

By: Pat Sloan,Jane Davidson

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The Splendid Sampler

100 Spectacular Blocks from a Community of Quilters

By: Pat Sloan,Jane Davidson

Join the Splendid Sampler community with a comprehensive collection of very special 6-inch blocks created and shared by more than 80 of today's most innovative designers. You'll enjoy trying your hand at 100 eye-catching designs that use a wide range of techniques, including traditional patchwork, applique, foundation paper piecing, and embroidery A number of the 6-inch blocks are shown in two colorways for twice the creativity Be inspired by gallery quilts featuring carefully selected placement options for your Splendid Sampler blocks

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Martingale

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1604688106

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9781604688108

Applications of Grammar

Developing Communication Skills, Book 5

By: Annie Sloan,Ed Shewan

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Applications of Grammar

Developing Communication Skills, Book 5

By: Annie Sloan,Ed Shewan

Teacher Manual for Applications of Grammar student workbook 5, grade 11.

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Christian Liberty Press

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1930367325

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9781930367326

Unto Others

The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior

By: Elliott Sober,David Sloan Wilson

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Unto Others

The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior

By: Elliott Sober,David Sloan Wilson

No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks--or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all that unselfish behavior is in fact an important feature of both biological and human nature. Their book provides a panoramic view of altruism throughout the animal kingdom--from self-sacrificing parasites to insects that subsume themselves in the superorganism of a colony to the human capacity for selflessness--even as it explains the evolutionary sense of such behavior. Explaining how altruistic behavior can evolve by natural selection, this book finally gives credence to the idea of group selection that was originally proposed by Darwin but denounced as heretical in the 1960s. With their account of this controversy, Sober and Wilson offer a detailed case study of scientific change as well as an indisputable argument for group selection as a legitimate theory in evolutionary biology. Unto Others also takes a novel evolutionary approach in explaining the ultimate psychological motives behind unselfish human behavior. Developing a theory of the proximate mechanisms that most likely evolved to motivate adaptive helping behavior, Sober and Wilson show how people and perhaps other species evolved the capacity to care for others as a goal in itself. A truly interdisciplinary work that blends biology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, this book will permanently change not just our view of selfless behavior but also our understanding of many issues in evolutionary biology and the social sciences.

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Harvard University Press

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0674256808

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9780674256804

The Harmonious Organ of Sedulius Scottus

Introduction to His Collectaneum in Apostolum and Translation of Its Prologue and Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians

By: Michael C. Sloan

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The Harmonious Organ of Sedulius Scottus

Introduction to His Collectaneum in Apostolum and Translation of Its Prologue and Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians

By: Michael C. Sloan

This book introduces and translates Sedulius Scottus' Prologue (to the entire Collectaneum in Apostolum) and commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians. The introduction outlines the historical context of composition, identifies Sedulius' literary model - Servius, discusses Sedulius' organizing trope for the Prologue - the septem circumstantiae, asserts for what purpose and for whom he composed the Collectaneum, explains pertinent philological and stylistic issues, such as formatting, existing (or lack thereof) traits of Hiberno Latin, and Sedulius' knowledge of Greek, and it explores his use of exegetical and theological sources - predominantly Jerome, Augustine, and Pelagius. Since the commentaries are based upon these formative religious authors (among many others), the introduction also surveys Sedulius' doctrinal stances on important theological and ecclesiastical issues of his own time with particular relation to his reception of these authors. Sedulius' Collectaneum in Apostolum reveals an erudite author familiar with the style of classical commentaries, which he uses to harmonize the sometimes discordant voices of patristic authors for the purposes of education in accordance with Carolingian programmatic aims.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110281880

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9783110281880

Darwin's Cathedral

Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

By: David Sloan Wilson

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Darwin's Cathedral

Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

By: David Sloan Wilson

One of the great intellectual battles of modern times is between evolution and religion. Until now, they have been considered completely irreconcilable theories of origin and existence. David Sloan Wilson's Darwin's Cathedral takes the radical step of joining the two, in the process proposing an evolutionary theory of religion that shakes both evolutionary biology and social theory at their foundations. The key, argues Wilson, is to think of society as an organism, an old idea that has received new life based on recent developments in evolutionary biology. If society is an organism, can we then think of morality and religion as biologically and culturally evolved adaptations that enable human groups to function as single units rather than mere collections of individuals? Wilson brings a variety of evidence to bear on this question, from both the biological and social sciences. From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from an evolutionary perspective and concludes by discussing how all social organizations, including science, could benefit by incorporating elements of religion. Religious believers often compare their communities to single organisms and even to insect colonies. Astoundingly, Wilson shows that they might be literally correct. Intended for any educated reader, Darwin's Cathedral will change forever the way we view the relations among evolution, religion, and human society.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226901378

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9780226901374

Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes

By: Jennifer Sloan McCombs,John F. Pane,Catherine H. Augustine,Heather L. Schwartz,Paco Martorell,Laura Zakaras

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Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes

By: Jennifer Sloan McCombs,John F. Pane,Catherine H. Augustine,Heather L. Schwartz,Paco Martorell,Laura Zakaras

As part of a randomized controlled trial study assessing the effect of district-run voluntary summer programs, this second report in a series looks at how summer programs affected student performance in certain categories in fall 2013.

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139

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Rand Corporation

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0833088173

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9780833088178

Switched on Pop

How Popular Music Works, and why it Matters

By: Nate Sloan,Charlie Harding

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Switched on Pop

How Popular Music Works, and why it Matters

By: Nate Sloan,Charlie Harding

Based on the critically acclaimed podcast that has broken down hundreds of Top 40 songs, Switched On Pop dives in into eighteen hit songs drawn from pop of the last twenty years--ranging from Britney to Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson to Kendrick Lamar--uncovering the musical explanations for why and how certain tracks climb to the top of the charts. In the process, authors Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan reveal the timeless techniques that animate music across time and space.

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0190056657

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9780190056650

Getting to Work on Summer Learning

Recommended Practices for Success

By: Catherine H. Augustine,Jennifer Sloan McCombs,Heather L. Schwartz,Laura Zakaras

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Getting to Work on Summer Learning

Recommended Practices for Success

By: Catherine H. Augustine,Jennifer Sloan McCombs,Heather L. Schwartz,Laura Zakaras

RAND is conducting a longitudinal study that examines the implementation and effectiveness of voluntary summer learning programs. This second report in the series provides research-based advice for school district leaders developing summer programs.

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Rand Corporation

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0833081365

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9780833081360

Everything We Never Said

By: Sloan Harlow

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Everything We Never Said

By: Sloan Harlow

Dark romance, high stakes, and plot twists abound in this paperback original YA thriller that's perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover. What you don't know can hurt you.... It’s been months since the accident that killed Ella’s best friend, Hayley, and Ella can’t stop blaming herself. Now Ella is back at school, and everywhere she looks are reminders of her best friend—including Sawyer, Hayley’s boyfriend. Little by little, they grow closer, until Ella realizes something horrifying . . . She’s in love with her dead best friend’s boyfriend. Racked with guilt, Ella turns to Hayley’s journal, hoping she’ll find something in the pages that will make her feel better about what’s happening. Instead, she discovers that Sawyer has secrets of his own and that his relationship with Hayley wasn’t as picture-perfect as it seemed. Ella knows she should stay away but finds herself inextricably drawn to him—and scared of everything she never knew about him. Perhaps it’s his grief. Or maybe his desires, cut short by tragedy. Or could it be something twisted only Hayley knew about? A dark, romantic thriller perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Laura Nowlin, Everything We Never Said explores the secrets in even the best of friendships and asks how well you ever know the ones you love.

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Penguin

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0593855736

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9780593855737

Undefeated

America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

By: Bill Sloan

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Undefeated

America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

By: Bill Sloan

This epic story recounts the exceptional valor and endurance of American troops that battled Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Bill Sloan, “a master of the combat narrative” (Dallas Morning News), tells the story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, and continued to resist through three harrowing years as POWs. For four months they fought toe to toe against overwhelming enemy numbers—and forced the Japanese to pay a heavy cost in blood. After the surrender came the infamous Bataan Death March, where up to eighteen thousand American and Filipino prisoners died as they marched sixty-five miles under the most hellish conditions imaginable. Interwoven throughout this gripping narrative are the harrowing personal experiences of dozens of American soldiers, airmen, and Marines, based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors. Undefeated chronicles one of the great sagas of World War II—and celebrates a resounding triumph of the human spirit.

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400

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Simon and Schuster

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1439199655

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9781439199657

The Darkest Summer

Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea--and the Marines--from Extinction

By: Bill Sloan

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The Darkest Summer

Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea--and the Marines--from Extinction

By: Bill Sloan

The acclaimed, dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War, when outnumbered and outgunned Marines and GIs executed two of the greatest military operations in history and saved South Korea—and the Marine Corps—from extinction. The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gripping eyewitness accounts, it focuses on the fateful days when the Korean War’s most decisive battles were fought and the Americans who fought them went—however briefly—from the depths of despair to the exultation of total conquest. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of surviving U.S. veterans, it reveals how one ninety-day period changed the course of modern history and opens a unique and revealing window on an all-but-forgotten war.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416575936

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9781416575931

The Essential Directors

The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers

By: Sloan De Forest

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The Essential Directors

The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers

By: Sloan De Forest

From Turner Classic Movies, this is the essential guide to all the must-know detail on the style, achievements, and landmark films of the most influential directors in cinema history from the silent era through the 1970s. For well over a century, those who create motion pictures have touched our hearts and souls; they have transported and transformed our minds, intoxicated and entranced our senses. One artist's vision is the single most prominent force behind the scenes: the director. The Essential Directors illuminates the unseen forces behind some of the most notable screen triumphs from the aesthetic peak of silent cinema through the New Hollywood of the 1970s. Considering each artist's influence on the medium, cultural impact, and degree of achievement, Turner Classic Movies presents a compendium of Hollywood's most influential filmmakers, with profiles offering history and insight on the filmmaker's narrative style, unique touches, contributions to the medium, key films, and distinctive movie moments to watch for. The work of these game-changing artists is illustrated throughout by more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs. In The Essential Directors you’ll read how Cecil B. DeMille revamped religion to define an era, and how Oscar Micheaux broke barriers to become the most influential Black filmmaker of the 1920s. You’ll marvel at the efficient artistry of “One-Take Woody” Van Dyke and fall in love again with the sophisticated studio-era classics of George Cukor. You’ll gain insight into how women like Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino built thriving careers in an industry ruled by men and discover what drove Mike Nichols to mix comedy with tragedy, becoming the highest-paid director of his day in the the process. The Essential Directors presents the work of these game-changing artists and dozens more in this stunning volume.

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Running Press Adult

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0762498943

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9780762498949

Paint Paint Paint

Easy Decorative Painting Projects for the Home

By: Sloan Payne-Rutter

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Paint Paint Paint

Easy Decorative Painting Projects for the Home

By: Sloan Payne-Rutter

PBS star Payne-Rutter (host of "Paint! Paint! Paint!)" showcases different artisans and decorative ideas. [She] concentrates on the images, using backgrounds like distressing, crackling, sponging, and spattering. Sidebars add to the illustrated step-by-step directions, and colorful photographs are included for each of the 30-plus projects."--"Booklist.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1402727941

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9781402727948

Storm Of The Dead

By: D P Sloan

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Storm Of The Dead

By: D P Sloan

In December 2011, a violent storm hit Scotland. In amongst all the chaos - a virus was released into the atmosphere. A virus that once mixed with the rain from the storm raised the dead and turned the living deadly. Two teenagers, Katy and Gregg are trapped in their High School with their fellow pupils and teachers while the dead advance towards them from outside. One company appointed by the UK Government called Elite Corporation fronted by James Lomax vow to bring order and restore humanity back to its former self by eradicating the dead. An ex-police officer becomes hero only to be thrown into a sick and twisted endless nightmare. Will anyone survive the Storm of the Dead

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Lulu.com

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024407111X

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9780244071110

Transforming the Doctor's Office

Principles from Evidence-based Design

By: Ann Sloan Devlin

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Transforming the Doctor's Office

Principles from Evidence-based Design

By: Ann Sloan Devlin

From the parking lot to the exam room, doctors can improve the physical surroundings for their patients, yet often they do not. Given the numerous and varied duties doctors must perform, it may fall to the design profession to implement changes, many based on research, to improve healthcare experiences. From location and layout to furnishings and positive distractions, this book provides evidence-based information about the physical environment to help doctors and those who design medical workspaces improve the experience of health care. Along with its research base, a special aspect of this book is the integration of relevant historical material about the office practice of physicians at the beginning of the twentieth century. Many of their design solutions are viable today. In addition to improving the physical design of healthcare facilities, author Ann Sloan Devlin is the granddaughter, daughter, and niece of physicians, as well as the granddaughter and daughter of nurses. She worked in a hospital during college, and has visited a good many practitioners’ offices in medical office buildings and ambulatory care settings. This book addresses an overlooked location of care: the doctor’s office suite.

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Routledge

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1317750004

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9781317750000

Baseball Guide, 1997

The Almanac of the 1996 Season

By: Craig Carter,Sporting News,Dave Sloan

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Baseball Guide, 1997

The Almanac of the 1996 Season

By: Craig Carter,Sporting News,Dave Sloan

Everything fans need ever want to know about professional baseball in 1996 can be found in the "Baseball Guide", including previews of the 1997 season, plus baseball's history with all-time award winners, team-by-team data, and a Hall of Fame list. 28 charts & diagrams.

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0892045698

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9780892045693

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