Stan Tucker's Books

Entanglement

By: Stan Mason

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I'm a film scriptwriter in Hollywood, with a partner called Ellie who's eight months pregnant and a film director, Harry Badella, who’s rude, irascible and always applying pressure on actors and writers to get the best out of them,. However I am beleaguered by a quest I had put off for a long time. Some fifty years ago, I was evacuated to Cornwall during World War Two and fostered by a couple called the Laitys. They had a son, Patrick, and for years I wanted to go back to meet him but there was never a suitable time. Suddenly, I decided to take the bull by the horns and fly to England only to discover that Patrick had died many years earlier, Then, by accident, I learned that he was still alive and there were reasons why he wanted people to think that he was dead. I began to undertake some research which proved to have many ramifications. After delving deeply into Patrick’s past, I became the target for three attempts on my life while dead bodies seem to accumulate around me, each one appearing to be an accidental death. I found myself in the company of many people who professed to have known my foster brother and then the situation accelerated to a higher level. I discovered that papers from a Roger Blake, a well-respected scientist, related to the Star Wars programme... by which nations are able to park nuclear missiles in outer space to protect themselves from attack, I soon learned that everyone was searching for Blake’s papers and I embarked on a smuggling escapade to find Patrick in a whirlpool of intrigue with many twists and turns before coming across a woman with whom I fell in love. Following that, there were some nightmare situations, such as the visit from a man with an iron hand who threatened my life, and my body hanging over Hell’s Mouth, where many people go to commit suicide...

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1783335378

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Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania

The Politics of Memory

By: Lavinia Stan

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Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania

The Politics of Memory

By: Lavinia Stan

This is the first volume to overview the complex Romanian transitional justice effort, detail the political negotiations that have led to the adoption and implementation of relevant legislation, and assess these processes in terms of their timing, sequencing, and impact on democratization.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107020530

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In the Bleak Midwinter

By: Stan Mason

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In the Bleak Midwinter

By: Stan Mason

The story is divided into two sections which meet in the latter part of the work but both relate to the Botallack mine in South Cornwall. The first involves a group of Russian students who defect to the West seeking political asylum from the British Government. However the incident causes international dissent from the Russian government, to the embarrassment of the British government and the students are hidden away in a remote spot in Cornwall until the dust dies down. Ivan becomes their leader of the group and he goes to Plymouth to meet with a Member of Parliament but after being given a load of political nonsense, he storms off and decides to go his own way. However, on the night before he went to Plymouth Ivan slept with Anna. She becomes pregnant and has a son but Ivan knows nothing about it until she writes to him to tell him. In the meantime, he comes into contact with Elsie, a widow living in a slum property, and he lives there with her and her son but he treats her badly, takes all her savings and eventually leaves her. He meets up with James, a mining consultant, who employs him to help him buy Botallack mine through the Stannary Court. On the other side of the story, Sadler, a bank manager, is visited by Wesley Morris, a trader who looks like a tramp with an old fur coat and a battered trilby hat. Morris wants to buy the mine and has come for a bank loan. Sadler becomes interested in being a part of it but when negotiations occur for the sale, he discovers that Morris won an option to buy the mine in a poker game. There are numerous discussions with various parties and lots of negotiation until Morris reveals that the Government is interested in using a half-mile long tunnel at the mine, which goes out under the Atlantic Ocean, to deposit nuclear waste. The knowledge of this upsets the local miners and a plan to ensure that it happens takes place. Sadler has no money so he decided to steal it from dormant accounts at the bank in the hope that he can pay it all back before it's discovered. The Russian students are sent to the mine to clear the levels which they resent it very much. However, an explosion takes place and they are all drowned in the mine. Many years later, Anna dies and contact is made with Ivan for him to go and see his son. He agrees to do so and is nervous all the way on the journey to Cornwall but they eventually meet each other.

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1785380257

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The Widows of Highland Avenue

A Historical Novel

By: Stan Billingsley

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The Widows of Highland Avenue

A Historical Novel

By: Stan Billingsley

The author Stan Billingsley is a retired Judge, having served on the bench for 25 years. He graduated from Western Ky. University and the UK College of Law. He has worked for the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., served as an Administrative Assistant to Governor Edward T. Breathitt, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the USAR, served as City Attorney for Carrollton, Kentucky and served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He is a mediator and arbitrator of civil claims. In 1995 he was honored by the Ky. Bar Association as the Outstanding Judge in Kentucky. Judge Billingsley is the co-author of several legal texts including Ky. Driving Under the Influence Law co-authored with Hon. Wilbur Zevely and published by Thomson-West, and Ky. Medical Malpractice Law co-authored with the Hon. Richard Lawrence and published by LawReader Books. He has authored two novels concerning lawyers ethics issues: Alice VS. Wonderland and A Parliament of Owls.

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149901354X

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Safe & Healthy Secondary Schools

Strategies to Build Relationships, Teach Respect and Deliver Meaningful Behavioral Support to Students

By: Susan Lamke,Denise Pratt,Stan Graeve

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Safe & Healthy Secondary Schools

Strategies to Build Relationships, Teach Respect and Deliver Meaningful Behavioral Support to Students

By: Susan Lamke,Denise Pratt,Stan Graeve

In this book, educators learn how teachers, administrators, and support staff can build a collaborative and cooperative learning environment where high school students receive the positive behavioral support they need to suceed. Included are strategies on how to provide adequate supervision, forge relationships with alienated and disconnected students (and their families), and empower students to deal with anger and frustration rationally rather than recklessly. Insights into how the teenage brain influences behavior, for better or worse, are also provided. Safe and Healthy Secondary Schools uses true-to-life stories to highlight how educators can expand their sphere of influence beyond individual classrooms to all areas of a school. Specific teaching techniques that stop and correct inappropreate behaviors on the spot are explained, as well as methods for building better relationships between educators and students.

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Boys Town Press

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1934490113

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Missions in the Third Millenium

21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, Revised and Expanded

By: Stan Guthrie

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Missions in the Third Millenium

21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, Revised and Expanded

By: Stan Guthrie

Christianity is the world's most global faith. Meanwhile, evangelical Christianity is the world's fastest-growing major religion in terms of conversion growth. And yet, at the dawn of the third millennium, the church's primary task to "go and make disciples of all nations" remains undone. Missions in the Third Millennium charts twenty-one trends--both positive and negative--with continuing significance for the Great Commission community in the twenty-first century. Revised and updated to include two new chapters on urban missions and evangelizing Muslims, this up-to-date volume offers insights to help students, churches, missionaries, agencies, and Christians from outside the West grasp the big picture and take practical steps for more effective involvement. This edition contains extensive notes, expanded suggestions for further reading, and discussion questions.

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1498203450

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Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock

By: Stan Gunn

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Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock

By: Stan Gunn

How has globalisation affected educational thought and practice? This volume presents a fascinating exploration of the impact of globalisation on education. The authors consider the changes - sometimes subtle, sometimes revolutionary - that arise when ideas, practices and experiences are discussed and analysed by people of contrasting cultural backgrounds. Through a series of case studies, they examine the dilemmas and contradictions, as well as the new ideas and opportunities, that globalisation offers to individuals, to states and to intellectual cultures. Key areas of discussion include: ¢ The effects of globalisation on individuals ¢ The contradictions embedded in the process of globalisation - especially in the economic sphere ¢ The impact on education of globalising ideas, thoughts and values ¢ The relationship between globalisation and culture.

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Routledge

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1351933191

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Fabulous Short Stories

By: Stan Mason

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Fabulous Short Stories

By: Stan Mason

This anthology of stories comprises tales of romance, comedy, horror, revenge, fantasy and intrigue as well as many situations relating to love, life and prosperity... each one with superb characters that bring them alive and each one with a twist in the tail. You will really enjoy reading them.

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1783335173

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Cruising (with) Class

By: Stan Zimmerman

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Cruising (with) Class

By: Stan Zimmerman

Many beginning sailors soon yearn for a larger boat - with a galley, head and berths - so they can extend their time on the water and range of action. However, the simple mechanics of sailing do not include the variety of arts necessary to cruise successfully. Cruising (with) Class began as a series of lectures at the Sarasota (Florida) Sailing Squadron with the intention of teaching basic skills to beginning cruisers. Comfort on the water is not a matter of soft cushions. It comes from confidence in the ability to voyage safely. Reading the weather, planting the anchor, calculating the tides, navigating a coast, avoiding fatigue, choosing equipment, coping with storms, reacting to disasters, these are the arts of a cruiser. Although the book calls on the author's 25 years of cruising small sailboats, it is not a travelogue. Instead, it is a precise iteration of lessons learned the hard way, and presented in sailor-to-sailor fashion so others can avoid disaster and find comfort bred in confidence on the water.

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1552126544

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Drive I-95

By: Stan Posner,Sandra Phillips

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Drive I-95

By: Stan Posner,Sandra Phillips

*More than 62 weeks (and counting) on The Montreal Gazette's bestseller list

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Travelsmart

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1894979397

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The Girls

From Golden to Gilmore

By: Stan Zimmerman

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The Girls

From Golden to Gilmore

By: Stan Zimmerman

“...the very definition of a page-turner. READ THIS BOOK!” – Colin Mochrie, “Whose Line is It Anyway?,” “Hyprov” Featured on Watch What Happens Live! With Andy Cohen, People Magazine, Queerty Magazine, Fox Digital News, The New York Post, The Daily Mail, The Hollywood Reporter, and Out Magazine. The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore is the story of Stan Zimmerman, a gawky Jewish boy who dreamed of becoming a wildly successful actor, rich enough to build his own mansion in the Hollywood Hills. While the actor part didn't quite pan out, Stan found success as a writer, producer, director, and playwright, working on such shows as The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and Gilmore Girls. Growing up in a small suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Stan was surrounded by three strong, intelligent women-his mother, his grandmother, and his sister-all of whom supported his imagination and creativity. Instead of playing outside, he spent time in his basement directing and acting in plays with the neighborhood kids. At seven-and-a-half years old, he was the youngest student accepted into a prestige summer theater school program. After high school, he was awarded a work/study scholarship to NY/Circle in the Square, where he met his first serious boyfriend and became Andy Warhol's unwitting photo subject one night at Studio 54. He also met Jim Berg, a journalism student at NYU's University Without Walls, forming a writing partnership that has continues to this day. partnership to this day. Their latest project is naturally an all-star, female ensemble Christmas comedy movie for Lifetime! Throughout his life, most of Stan's friendships have been with females. He credits those friendships and the women in his family with his ability to connect with creative women who have played a part in his career success. Accompanied by journal entries, The Girls details Stan's relationships with some of entertainment's most notable women, including Roseanne Barr, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, and, of course, all four Golden Girls. The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore is a candid, funny, and sometimes poignant testimony about how a young boy turned his dream into reality.

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Simon and Schuster

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1954676611

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Five-Minute Crimebusters

Clever Mini-Mysteries

By: Stan Smith

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Five-Minute Crimebusters

Clever Mini-Mysteries

By: Stan Smith

Murders most foul, criminal capers, and miscellaneous mysteries: welcome to the world of wily logician Thomas P. Stanwick. Join him as he fingers the guilty parties in homicides, robberies, frauds, and espionage--and helps his neighbors with less felonious puzzlers. Take a careful look at the facts, the timing, and the suspects--and try to get to the bottom of these whodunits as quickly as Stanwick

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0806918276

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Hit List for Children 2

Frequently Challenged Books

By: Beverley Becker,Susan Stan,American Library Association. Office for Intellectual Freedom

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Hit List for Children 2

Frequently Challenged Books

By: Beverley Becker,Susan Stan,American Library Association. Office for Intellectual Freedom

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, A Wrinkle in Time, Blubber, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - these are some of the most beloved, and most challenged, books, Leaving controversial titles such as these out of your collection or limiting their access is not the answer to challenges. The best-selling Hit List series gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response, all the while ensuring free access to young book lovers. Featuring 24 hot button books, Hit List for Children 2 presents a who's who of children's literature writers including Dahl, Allard, Blume, Rowling, Stine, L'Engle, Lowry, and Naylor. With a profile of each book that includes its plot, characters, published reviews, awards and prizes, and author resources, you will be prepared to answer even the toughest attacks. The most recent and compelling challenges are also discussed so that you will be prepared to address specific points. Eleven new books have been added to the second edition including Mommy Laid an Egg, the Alice series, Witches, and Guess What? For any librarian who feels alone on the front lines of the free access debate, the appendix reassuringly details wha

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0838908306

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What American Government Does

By: Stan Luger,Brian Waddell

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What American Government Does

By: Stan Luger,Brian Waddell

“Takes a sophisticated approach to big questions . . . assess[es] the huge role of government in American life in an illuminating way.” —Frances Fox Piven Despite widespread anti-government sentiment in recent decades—including complaints that it does too much and that it doesn’t do enough—the fact remains that government has improved the lives of Americans in numerous ways, from providing income, food, education, housing, and healthcare support, to ensuring cleaner air, water, and food, to providing a vast infrastructure upon which economic growth depends. In What American Government Does, Stan Luger and Brian Waddell offer a practical understanding of the scope and function of American governance. They present a historical overview of the development of US governance that is rooted in the theoretical work of Charles Tilly, Karl Polanyi, and Michael Mann. Touching on everything from taxes, welfare, and national and domestic security to the government’s regulatory, developmental, and global responsibilities, each chapter covers a main function of American government and explains how it emerged and then evolved over time. Luger and Waddell are careful to identify both the controversies related to what government does and those areas of government that should elicit concern and vigilance. Analyzing the functions of the US government in terms of both a tug-of-war and a collaboration between state and societal forces, they provide a reading of American political development that dispels the myth of a weak, minimal, non-interventionist state, in a major contribution to the scholarly debate on the nature of the American state and the exercise of power in America.

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1421422603

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If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Ravens

Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Todd Karpovich,Jeff Seidel,Stan White

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If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Ravens

Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Todd Karpovich,Jeff Seidel,Stan White

Having chronicled numerous playoff runs and a Super Bowl victory, Stan White, Ravens broadcaster and former NFL player, provides insight into the Baltimore Ravens' inner sanctum as only he can. In addition to hearing White's personal anecdotes, readers will go behind the scenes through interviews with players, coaches, and management as they discuss their moments of greatness as well as their defeats. If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Ravens is a keepsake no fan will want to miss.

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163319941X

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Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron

An Illustrated Reference to Some of the World?s Most Powerful Weapons, from Hand Cannons to Field Artillery

By: Stan Skinner

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Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron

An Illustrated Reference to Some of the World?s Most Powerful Weapons, from Hand Cannons to Field Artillery

By: Stan Skinner

The Shooter’s Bible is the most trusted guide to firearms in the industry. Now, for the first time, extreme weapons are given a chance to show what they can do. Shooter’s Bible Guide to Extreme Iron is a comprehensive collection of all of the most extreme guns and cannons both in history and in the present. With poetic and flowing prose, author Stan Skinner provides information for awe-inspiring weapons, such as: Hand cannons, also known as “howdah pistols,” which were used on the Indian subcontinent by tiger hunters on elephants’ backs and today roar and thunder with power rarely seen in a handgun Ultra big bore snipers, the roots of which reach back to the Revolutionary War and the Kentucky rifle Gatling guns, a hand-cranked, rapid-fire gun invented by Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861, a modern version of which is powered by an electric motor and has a four thousand–round-per-minute cyclic rate Muzzle-loading, smoothbore cannons, cast in bronze and iron, which dominated land and sea warfare until they were made obsolete by rifle Parrott guns and breech-loading cannons in the Civil War And much more! Get fired up with the powerful weapons included in this addition to the Shooter’s Bible. Including historical facts and modern versions, this book is essential to any shooter’s collection.

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Simon and Schuster

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1628735384

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The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man

By: Stan Lee

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The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man

By: Stan Lee

This oversized hardcover gallery collects iconic original art from The Amazing Spider-Man #39–122, is accompanied by essays from comics editor John Lind, and featured an introduction by Brian Michael Bendis. The Amazing Spider-Man has remained the flagship title for the classic Marvel Comics character Spider-Man for over six decades. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the character in 1962, and it quickly became a sensation. Then, with The Amazing Spider-Man #39, John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko as the main artist and began an epic run. This oversized Bullpen Books edition focuses on Romita's work on ASM from 1966 to 1973, a run that would dramatically reshape the world of Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. With his unmatched skill in dynamic layouts and composition, Romita, working alongside Stan Lee on some of Spider-Man's most enduring storylines and with contributions from a supporting cast of legendary Marvel Bullpen contributor—including Gil Kane, John Buscema, Jim Mooney, and Mike Esposito—would help lead Spider-Man to even greater heights in pop culture. This evolution told through essays, covers, and original artwork-including seven full ASM stories, reproduced from the original art in the Marvel Comics archives-allows readers to engage with and appreciate the legacy of some of The Amazing Spider-Man's most important contributors. Bullpen Books is a new series of art books that honors the work of legendary Marvel Comics characters and creators, starting with The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man in Fall 2024! This oversized hardcover features essays on work by John Romita Sr. and Gil Kane, covers, and original art scans from the Marvel archives.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506748104

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A Man Called Yarra

By: Stan Yarramunua

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A Man Called Yarra

By: Stan Yarramunua

I’m a Wathaurong man. I’m an artist who draws on life in this big red and yellow and black country. Stan “Yarra” Yarramunua: artist, musician, actor, social worker, businessman. From growing up in poverty in Swan Hill – and sometimes on the road, with his itinerant father – Yarra had a tumultuous and often rough childhood. He learnt early how to lift a wallet or two, and grew into a ratbag who looked set to follow in his father’s footsteps: fall into one too many skirmishes with the law; have one too many drinks, sliding down the path to alcoholism. Yet after years of addiction, Stan gave up drinking, discovered painting and found his true name of Yarramunua. Soon he was selling his traditional paintings, and hand-crafted clapsticks, didgeridoos and boomerangs, at markets across Melbourne. He opened one of the first privately owned Aboriginal art galleries in Australia, and represented Indigenous artists from around the country, including from the desert regions. Today, Yarra is an internationally renowned artist and performer. But he hasn’t forgotten his roots: he is committed to improving the lives of Aboriginal kids in his home town, and has helped many young Indigenous men find their way out of addiction and despair. This is an inspiring story of a remarkable man overcoming hardship, striving for a better life, and reclaiming his ancestry. ‘This may be a written memoir, but Indigenous artist Stan Yarramunua has a plain-speaking, conversational style that comes across so clearly it’s actually like listening to his story, which is a rites-of-passage tale of growing up tough and wild.’ —Sydney Morning Herald

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Black Inc.

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1743820518

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Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 3

By: Stan Sakai

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Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 3

By: Stan Sakai

Usagi Yojimbo is one of the longest running and best-loved comic adventures of all time. Running from 1984 to the present day, and showing no sign of diminishing in popularity, the rabbit ronin is now seen as a figurehead of the comic book scene, and crucial to bringing the ideas of feudal Japan to a wider western audience. Roaming an anthropomorphic version of feudal Japan, the rabbit samurai has no master, but takes on tasks from any aggrieved animals he encounters - always ensuring he sticks to the noble way of the samurai.

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1616556110

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Studies in Immersion Education

By: Elaine Mellen Day,Stan Shapson

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Studies in Immersion Education

By: Elaine Mellen Day,Stan Shapson

This book presents a unique collection of research studies on French Immersion conducted from the authors' base as a research team in British Columbia, Canada. It serves as an important resource for educators and policymakers interested in the impact of immersion on educational policy, student outcomes, second language curriculum, and teacher education." "Section I documents the authors' experiences in developing a systematic approach to evaluation and assessment of French immersion programs. Section II includes studies on important curricular and instructional considerations for immersion education, and Section III addresses teacher education and professional development, including in-depth case studies of immersion teacher education programs and immersion teachers' perspectives on their role and needs for support and improvement. A final chapter contains concluding comments and future directions for immersion programs." "Immersion has grown significantly not only in Canada but also worldwide. This collection of research studies will be informative to those involved in intensive second language education internationally."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Multilingual Matters

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1853593559

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9781853593550

100 Years of Expertise, Insight, and Solutions: A History of the Casualty Actuarial Society

By: K. Stan Khury,Dave Skurnick,Walt Stewart,Walt Wright,Steve Goldberg,Glen Balling

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100 Years of Expertise, Insight, and Solutions: A History of the Casualty Actuarial Society

By: K. Stan Khury,Dave Skurnick,Walt Stewart,Walt Wright,Steve Goldberg,Glen Balling

A fascinating history of the Casualty Actuarial Association, by and for the members, from 1914 to 2014!

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Butler Basketball Legends

By: Stan Sutton

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Butler Basketball Legends

By: Stan Sutton

The author of The Curse of the Indy 500 takes to the court to showcase the celebrated Bulldogs who made their marks on college basketball. Although many fans think Butler University basketball took off with its back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011, the Butler Bulldogs have a long history of tenaciously outplaying larger and better-known teams. In Butler Basketball Legends, veteran sports writer Stan Sutton profiles the legacy of the Butler University basketball program and the coaches, players, and fans who give it heart. Sutton takes readers behind the scenes to meet Butler’s legendary stars and hear their stories, including players like Darnell Archey, Gordon Hayward, Matt Howard, and Mike Green, and unforgettable coaches like Thad Matta and Brad Stevens, and of course, Tony Hinkle. For 41 years Mr. Hinkle was the cornerstone of the athletics department and built a winning basketball program around small guards, short but stout centers, and players other coaches thought inadequate, leading Butler to over 550 victories. From the fabled feats of past teams all the way up to the first season of new head coach LaVall Jordan, Butler Basketball Legends is a must-read for all who love the game.

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Indiana University Press

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0253035171

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Reconsidering Central Bank Independence

By: Stan Du Plessis,Andreas Freytag,Dawie van Lill

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Reconsidering Central Bank Independence

By: Stan Du Plessis,Andreas Freytag,Dawie van Lill

Central bank independence has become one of the most widely accepted tenets of modern monetary policy. According to this view, the main role of independent central banks is to maintain price stability through the adjustment of short-term interest rates. Reconsidering Central Bank Independence argues that the global financial crisis has undermined confidence in this view as central banks increasingly have to address concerns other than price stability, such as financial stability, the need for output recovery and other broader policy goals. Large balance-sheet expansion by central banks followed the global financial crisis, which overlapped considerably with the financial policy of their respective governments. Exploring the consequences of this shift to a more diverse set of policy challenges, this book calls for a return to the consensus role for central banks and analyses what this might mean for their future independence.

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1108621341

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The Banach–Tarski Paradox

By: Grzegorz Tomkowicz,Stan Wagon

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The Banach–Tarski Paradox

By: Grzegorz Tomkowicz,Stan Wagon

The Banach–Tarski Paradox is a most striking mathematical construction: it asserts that a solid ball can be taken apart into finitely many pieces that can be rearranged using rigid motions to form a ball twice as large. This volume explores the consequences of the paradox for measure theory and its connections with group theory, geometry, set theory, and logic. This new edition of a classic book unifies contemporary research on the paradox. It has been updated with many new proofs and results, and discussions of the many problems that remain unsolved. Among the new results presented are several unusual paradoxes in the hyperbolic plane, one of which involves the shapes of Escher's famous 'Angel and Devils' woodcut. A new chapter is devoted to a complete proof of the remarkable result that the circle can be squared using set theory, a problem that had been open for over sixty years.

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1316571556

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God Can Do Anything but Fail

So Try Parasailing in a Windstorm

By: Stan Toler

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God Can Do Anything but Fail

So Try Parasailing in a Windstorm

By: Stan Toler

You are loved by the God who holds power over the impossible When it comes to learning firsthand lessons in trusting God, Stan Toler has been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt. So let him reassure you through clever quips, thought-provoking reflections, and moving personal stories that God will always come through for you. God Can Do Anything but Fail is here to help you live confidently in who God is, what He is capable of, and how deeply He cares for you. Coached by Stan’s gentle encouragement, you’ll learn to… carry your “God Can Do” attitude with you always, even in life’s hardest situations embrace and experience your heavenly Father’s compassion and forgiveness share God’s love with those who are walking with Him, walking away from Him, or walking near Him without even knowing who He is Get ready to be entertained, inspired, and enlightened. God Can Do Anything but Fail will lift your heart as you witness the awe-inspiring power of your Creator and remember the incredible love He has for you.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736979891

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Preventing Senior Moments

How to Stay Alert Into Your 90s and Beyond

By: Stan Goldberg

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Preventing Senior Moments

How to Stay Alert Into Your 90s and Beyond

By: Stan Goldberg

Suggests 15 prevention strategies for senior moments ranging from forgetting appointments to becoming disoriented"--

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538169428

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An Introduction to Social Psychology

Global Perspectives

By: James Alcock,Stan Sadava

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An Introduction to Social Psychology

Global Perspectives

By: James Alcock,Stan Sadava

Psychology recognises no borders. The relationships between people and the groups they form are determined by similar principles no matter where in the world they come from. This book has been written to introduce students from all countries and backgrounds to the exciting field of social psychology. Recognising the limitations that come from studying the subject through the lens of any one culture, James Alcock and Stan Sadava have crafted a truly international social psychology book for the modern era. Based on classic and cutting-edge scholarship from across the world, An Introduction to Social Psychology encourages mastery of the basics as well as critical thinking. Incorporating relevant insights from social neuroscience, evolutionary theory and positive psychology, it offers: Chapters on crowd behaviour and applied social psychology Discussion of new means of social interaction, including social media Relevant insights from social neuroscience, evolutionary theory and positive psychology A companion website features extensive additional resources for students and instructors

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SAGE

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1473907365

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My Reality

As It Appears at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

By: Stan Green

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My Reality

As It Appears at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

By: Stan Green

Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? In My Reality, author Stan Green examines and attempts to answer these three basic questions confronting humanity. Writing from the perspective of a well-read and educated person who has lived through the last half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, Green presents his ideas based on the study of both history and science. My Reality tracks the historical events that molded the scientific, political, and religious thinking that has shaped the world. Beginning with the Big Bang, Green traces the development of the universe, life, and history of humanity over thirteen billion, seven hundred million years to provide a snapshot of human existence today. He bases his thoughts on the understanding that reality changes as the knowledge base regarding the state of everything changes, with even the smallest modification resulting in our species or culture being significantly different. As Green examines our understanding of the universe and our place in it, he offers several probable scenarios that could mark our future.

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iUniverse

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1475950926

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In This Man's Army

By: Stan Sutherland

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In This Man's Army

By: Stan Sutherland

In This Man's Army is a book on Australian's at War in Vietnam as an Ally of the United States. The contents provides a great insight into their professionalism as soldiers and their renowned expertise in Jungle warfare.

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1440198616

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The Green New Deal and Beyond

Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can

By: Stan Cox

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The Green New Deal and Beyond

Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can

By: Stan Cox

A clear and urgent call for the national, social, and individual changes required to prevent catastrophic climate change. “An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox has an all-too-rare commitment to following arguments wherever they lead, however politically dangerous that turns out to be.”—Naomi Klein, author of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for the New Green Deal "Moving to zero net carbon emissions, and fast, is the point of Stan Cox’s important new study, The Green New Deal and Beyond. Cox advocates on behalf of the GND as one step of several we need to take to stabilize the planet."—Noam Chomsky, from the book's foreword The prospect of a Green New Deal is providing millions of people with a sense of hope, but scientists warn there is little time left to take the actions needed. We are at a critical point, and while the Green New Deal will be a step in the right direction, we need to do more—right now—to avoid catastrophe. In The Green New Deal and Beyond, author and plant scientist Stan Cox explains why we must abolish the use of fossil fuels as soon as possible, and how it can be done. He addresses a host of glaring issues not mentioned in the GND and guides us through visionary, achievable ideas for working toward a solution to the deepening crisis. It’s up to each of us, Cox writes, to play key roles in catalyzing the necessary transformation. "A strictly science-based plan for effectively addressing the dire realities of climate change. . . . Convincing, painful, and a long shot—but better than the alternative."—Kirkus Reviews "His is a warning well worth heeding."—Raj Patel, co-author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet "In The Green New Deal and Beyond, Stan Cox presents a smart, sane, and plausibly optimistic alternative to abandoning all hope."—David Owen, author of Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World "The teachings of Indigenous Peoples are still here, and it's up to the present generation to muster the courage and resources to follow those instructions. Stan Cox reminds us of this historic dialogue and development of the Green New Deal, and helps us find the path back to those instructions."—Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe), author of All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life and LaDuke Chronicles "Stan Cox suggests remedies that should ignite lively discussion and intense debate, which is sorely needed. A must-read for those who care about our shared planetary future."—Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, co-author, Journey of the Universe "An invaluable contribution to what must become an unprecedented international revolution."—Will Potter, author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege "Cox argues that this is not idealism, but necessity. By 2030 or 2040, if our aims and policies turn out to have been insufficient, as he points out, it will have been too late."—Natalie Suzelis, Uneven Earth "In this important and readable book, Stan Cox moves the Overton window away from false hope and toward a more realistic path for avoiding climate catastrophe."—Dr. Peter Kalmus, NASA climate scientist and author of Being the Change

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City Lights Books

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0872868079

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9780872868076

Interviews and Conversations with 20th-century Authors Writing in English

An Index

By: Stan A. Vrana

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Interviews and Conversations with 20th-century Authors Writing in English

An Index

By: Stan A. Vrana

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Scarecrow Press

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0810815427

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation

By: James S. Bell Jr.,Stan Campbell

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation

By: James S. Bell Jr.,Stan Campbell

You’re no idiot, of course. You’re familiar with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Judgment Day—especially in the wake of the new millennium. However, the Book of Revelation has existed for almost 2,000 years and is open to countless interpretations. Don’t get confused by scholarly analysis and religious dogma! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Book of Revelation shows you how so many meanings are derived from the book’s text. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Various ways to interpret Revelation and its symbols • A detailed examination of the key elements, including the Seven Seals and the Antichrist • A look at how the Jewish Old Testament and prophecies relate to Revelation

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Penguin

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1101199253

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9781101199251

Victorious

Corrie ten Boom and The Hiding Place

By: Stan Guthrie

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Victorious

Corrie ten Boom and The Hiding Place

By: Stan Guthrie

Stan has given us a book that is full of insight—about the life of one great woman, yes, but also about some of the most complicated, nuanced, and significant questions of our time. The life of Corrie ten Boom is compelling testament to God’s power and presence in the life of one of his beloved servants, and it is also a powerful inspiration for our journeys of faith and calling.” —Ruth Haley Barton, founder, Transforming Center and author of Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership This is the story of how Corrie ten Boom’s 1971 classic, The Hiding Place, came into being, sold millions, and helped shape the faith of a generation. Some books have such an impact on people that they become more than a book – they influence a generation, and beyond. Guthrie tells the story of Corrie ten Boom’s The Hiding Place. Ten Boom was a simple watchmaker in The Netherlands when World War II began, and soon, by faith and determination, she became a heroine of the resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. She survived the concentration camps and became one of the twentieth century’s most important evangelists. Nearly half a century after it was first published, The Hiding Place still thrills and challenges readers with its portrait of Corrie ten Boom: an imperfect servant of Jesus, who was determined to defy evil, defend the weak, and endure hardship.

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