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Thomas H. Cook's True Crime

Blood Echoes and Early Graves

By: Thomas H. Cook

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Thomas H. Cook's True Crime

Blood Echoes and Early Graves

By: Thomas H. Cook

Two gripping accounts of true crime and its devastating aftermath from an Edgar Award winner hailed as “a writer of poetic gifts” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Blood Echoes: In May 1973, three men escaped from a Maryland prison—and went on to commit one of the most horrific murders in American history, slaughtering six members of the Alday family in Donalsonville, Georgia. Their depredations were followed by a trial that only continued the nightmare for those whose loved ones were murdered. Based on court documents, police records, and interviews with the surviving family members, this is a chilling look at a kind of blind, inhuman evil rarely seen in our world. “[A] scorching indictment of the legal and court systems.” —Publishers Weekly Early Graves: Alvin and Judith Ann Neelley were perfect for each other; both shared twisted urges the other could appreciate. At first playing pranks and committing vandalism, their sick ambitions grew, until they targeted thirteen-year-old Lisa Ann Millican—whose brutalized corpse was found three days later. And she was only the first to die. Drawing on police records and extensive interviews, Thomas H. Cook recounts the killing spree of Alvin and Judith, who at nineteen became the youngest woman ever sentenced to death row. “Strong writing . . .enhances the book’s grisly appeal.” —Publishers Weekly

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Open Road Media

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1504051386

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Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism

The De bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius

By: Thomas Hendrickson

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Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism

The De bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius

By: Thomas Hendrickson

Winner of the 2018 Josef IJsewijn Prize for Best Book on a Neo-Latin Topic Although many humanists, from Petrarch to Fulvio Orsini, had written briefly about library history, the De bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius was the first self-contained monograph on the topic. The De bibliothecis proved to be a seminal achievement, both in redefining the scope of library history and in articulating a vision of a public, secular, research institution for the humanities. It was repeatedly reprinted and translated, plagiarized and epitomized. Through the end of the nineteenth century, scholars turned to it as the ultimate foundation for any discussion of library history. In Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism, Hendrickson presents a critical edition of Lipsius’s work with introductory studies, a Latin text, English translation, and a substantial historical commentary.

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BRILL

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9004338179

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9789004338173

Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention

Second Edition

By: Thomas G Weiss

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Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention

Second Edition

By: Thomas G Weiss

There are two distinct contemporary challenges to the relief of war-induced human suffering--one within the institutions that make up the international humanitarian system, the other on the ground in war zones. Varied interests, resources, and organizational structures within institutions hamper the effectiveness of efforts on behalf of war victims. And at the same time, on the ground, there are ethical, legal, and operational challenges and dilemmas that require actors continually to choose a course of action with associated necessary evils.Humanitarian challenges and intervention concerns within the international humanitarian system--combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts--often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, protection of rights, stabilization, and reconstruction. Based on compelling, up-to-date case studies of the post-Cold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and the African Great Lakes, the authors Thomas G. Weiss and Cindy Collins make recommendations for a more effective international humanitarian system.

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Routledge

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0429974817

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Thermophotovoltaics

Basic Principles and Critical Aspects of System Design

By: Thomas Bauer

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Thermophotovoltaics

Basic Principles and Critical Aspects of System Design

By: Thomas Bauer

Thermophotovoltaics is the science and technology associated with the direct generation of electricity from high temperature heat. Potential applications include combined heat and power, portable and auxiliary power, radioisotope space power, industrial waste heat recovery and concentrated solar power. This book aims at serving as an introduction to the underlying theory, overview of present day components and system arrangements, and update of the latest developments in the field. The emphasis is placed on the understanding of the critical aspects of efficient thermophotovoltaic system design. The aim is to assist researchers in the field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642199658

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Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

By: Joshua James Thomas,Joshua J. Thomas

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Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

By: Joshua James Thomas,Joshua J. Thomas

The first monograph-length study on the intersection of art, science, and the natural world in Hellenistic and Roman times. Examines a series of mosaics, wall-paintings, and papyri surviving from the period 300 BC - AD 100, setting them in their historical and cultural context.

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Oxford University Press

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019284489X

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Go Huskies!

Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition

By: W. Thomas Porter

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Go Huskies!

Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition

By: W. Thomas Porter

This comprehensive history of the University of Washington football program focuses on the major eras in Husky football history, featuring the best teams, the greatest games, the biggest comebacks, and the most exciting and unexpected moments, such as when Washington forged its first national championship by defeating Minnesota in 1961. Paying homage to iconic coaches, including Jim Phelan, Jim Owens, and Don James, this keepsake also details the greatest players and fan favorites in Washington history, including NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon and NFL Pro Bowlers Lawyer Milloy and Corey Dillon. The book concludes with game day events, the 10 pregame activities that every Husky fan should experience, and a "Husky Timeline," making it a well-rounded and must-have for fans both old and new.

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Triumph Books

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162368658X

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Critical Mission

Essays on Democracy Promotion

By: Thomas Carothers

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Critical Mission

Essays on Democracy Promotion

By: Thomas Carothers

Demand for practical knowledge and lessons about how the United States and other countries can more effectively promote democracy around the world has never been higher. This timely book by Thomas Carothers, one of the foremost authorities worldwide on democracy building, helps meet that need. Critical Mission draws together a wide-ranging set of Carothers's many seminal, widely cited essays, organized around four vital themes: the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy the core elements of democracy aid the state of democracy in the world the new U.S. push to promote democracy in the Middle East From puncturing myths about promoting civil society to sizing up the prospects for democracy in the Arab world, Carothers is consistently penetrating, incisive, and challenging to policymakers, democracy activists, and scholars alike.The book also includes the only up-to-date, comprehensive bibliography on democracy promotion.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0870032895

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9780870032899

Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco

Drinking the Milk of Trust

By: Cory Thomas Pechan Driver

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Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco

Drinking the Milk of Trust

By: Cory Thomas Pechan Driver

Exploring the roles of Muslim guards and guides in Jewish cemeteries in Morocco, Cory Thomas Pechan Driver suggests that these custodians use performances of ritual and caring acts for Jewish graves for multiple reasons. Imazighen [Berbers] stress their close ties with Jews in order to create a moral self intentionally set apart from the mono-ethically Arab and mono-religiously Muslim Morocco. Other subjects, and particularly women, use their ties with Jewish sites to harness power and prestige in their communities. Others still may care for these grave sites to express grief for a close Jewish friend or adoptive family. In examining these motives, Driver not only documents the flow of material and spiritual capital across religious lines, but also moves beyond Muslim memory of the past on the one hand and Jewish dread of the future on the other to think about the Muslim/Jewish present in Morocco.

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Springer

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3319787861

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The Media and the Public Sphere

A Deliberative Model of Democracy

By: Thomas Häussler

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The Media and the Public Sphere

A Deliberative Model of Democracy

By: Thomas Häussler

At the heart of modern democracy lies the public sphere, which is most centrally shaped by those actors that integrate it discursively: the mass media. The media draw together the different strands of political debates; they grant access to some actors and arguments while excluding others and thus decisively mould the political process. In this book, Thomas Häussler examines how the media reflect and react to the wider context in which they are embedded. More specifically, he focuses on whether their discourse demonstrates systematic differences with regard to the two main public sphere types that they co-constitute, according to deliberative theory, focussing in particular on the work of Jürgen Habermas. The Media and the Public Sphere promotes a deeper and more detailed understanding of the political process by foregrounding the complex relationships between the media and the public discourse they constitute. It examines how the media co-create relationships of power, analyses the structure of these discursive networks and illuminates the effects that different deliberative coalition types have on political debates.

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Routledge

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1351394568

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Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry

By: Ionel Haiduc,Frank Thomas Edelmann

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Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry

By: Ionel Haiduc,Frank Thomas Edelmann

Supramolecular chemistry has become not only a major field of chemistry, but is also a vivid interface between chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science. Although still a relatively young field, termini such as molecular recognition, host-guest chemistry, or self-assembly are now common knowledge even for chemistry students, and research has already been honored with a Nobel Prize. This first book on supramolecular organometallic chemistry combines two areas in chemistry that are experiencing the fastest developments. It provides a comprehensive review of various organometallic assemblies, arranged according to the types of intermolecular bonding. Details on the synthesis, structures, and properties of these compounds will be a valuable asset to the scientific community. The broad spectrum of assemblies containing main group element, transition metal, or f-element metal and a diverse range of ligands, held together by different bonding interactions make this a fascinating compilation. Illustrated extensively, this book is a very easily accessible, yet wide-ranging source of information.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527613552

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Public Budgeting in Georgia

Institutions, Process, Politics and Policy

By: Thomas P. Lauth

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Public Budgeting in Georgia

Institutions, Process, Politics and Policy

By: Thomas P. Lauth

This book describes the institutions and process through which the Georgia General Assembly adopts a budget, the executive-legislative branch politics that transpire during the process and the tax and spending policies that the process produces. It argues that the state’s budget is developed by fiscal conservatives within a culture of fiscal conservatism that is conducive to low taxes and low spending. It identifies the patterns and trends of taxing and spending over several decades and during the administrations of nine governors. Its chapter on the line-item veto illustrates the nature of executive-legislative budget relationships in the state. It concludes with an examination of the important milestones in the evolution of Georgia budgeting and a comparison of Georgia with other states on several dimensions. The book offers insights and assessments that will be of interest to budgeting scholars, students of state government, and citizens who want to know more about how government taxing and spending decisions are made.

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Springer Nature

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3030760235

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Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand

By: Steven Maschke,Thomas J. Graham,Peter Evans

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Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand

By: Steven Maschke,Thomas J. Graham,Peter Evans

Master the orthopaedic techniques preferred by today’s expert surgeons! The 3rd Edition of this highly regarded title remains your go-to resource for the most advanced and effective surgical techniques for treating traumatic, congenital, inflammatory, neoplastic, and degenerative conditions of the hand. More than 1,000 high-quality photographs and drawings guide you step by step through each procedure, and personal pearls from master surgeons provide operative tips that foster optimal outcomes. 13 new chapters bring you completely up to date with what’s new in the field.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496330056

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The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament

A History, 1921-1997

By: Mac C. Kirkpatrick,Thomas K. Perry

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The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament

A History, 1921-1997

By: Mac C. Kirkpatrick,Thomas K. Perry

In 1905 Lawrence Peter Hollis went to Springfield, Massachusetts, before beginning his job as the secretary of the YMCA at Monaghan Mill in Greenville, South Carolina. While there, he met James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, and learned of the fledgling game. Armed with Dr. Naismith's rules of the game and a basketball he bought in New York, Hollis returned to the mill and changed the face of athletics in South Carolina. Lawrence Peter Hollis was one of the first to introduce basketball south of the Mason-Dixon line, and the game quickly gained popularity in the textile mill villages throughout South Carolina. In 1921 Hollis and others organized a tournament to determine the best mill team, and thus the southern Textile Basketball Tournament was born. Over the years, some of the south's top cage talent played in the tourney, including "Smokey" Barbare, Lucille Foster Thomas, Bert Hill, Earl Wooten, Billy Cunningham, Pete Maravich, Sue Vickers and Tree Rollins. Decade-by-decade, the history of one of the longest running basketball tournaments is provided, along with profiles of many prominent participants. Full rosters for all teams in all tournaments are given in the appendices, along with all-tournament selections and members of the Southern Textile Athletic Hall of Fame.

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McFarland

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078642446X

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9780786424467

New York University and the City

An Illustrated History

By: Thomas J. Frusciano,Marilyn H. Pettit

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New York University and the City

An Illustrated History

By: Thomas J. Frusciano,Marilyn H. Pettit

An illustrated history of one of America's premier private universities, from its beginnings in 1831, and within the context of the social, political, and economic history of New York City. Vividly illustrated with both historical and contemporary images, the relationship between university and city is examined through biographical portraits of the personalities who made contributions to both. 250 illustrations.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813523478

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Textile League Baseball

South Carolina's Mill Teams, 1880-1955

By: Thomas K. Perry

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Textile League Baseball

South Carolina's Mill Teams, 1880-1955

By: Thomas K. Perry

After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mill's owner, where the workers and their families lived. The new game of baseball quickly became a foundation of mill village life. A rich tradition of textile league baseball in South Carolina is here reconstructed from newspaper accounts and interviews with former players and fans. Players such as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Champ Osteen made their marks as "lintheads" in these semipro leagues. The fierce rivalries between competing mills and the impact of the teams on mill life are recounted. Appendices list club records and rosters for many of the teams from 1880 through 1955.

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1476621683

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Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster

The Crash of Delta Flight 1141

By: Thomas Fensch

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Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster

The Crash of Delta Flight 1141

By: Thomas Fensch

Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of information in this detailed way, this book presents how a major disaster, a fast-moving story with considerable spin, was fed out to the press via the Dallas bureau in 1988. Introductory chapters outline the workings of a press bureau office during a major story and present interview sections with key reporters on the story about how their role unfolded. Sidebar commentary alongside the reproductions of the news wires, organised by date and time, adds interesting discussion throughout the book, while a conclusion evaluates the coverage of the story. The Appendices include reproductions of Texas newspapers’ resulting pages about the crash. This is a fascinating case-study of the dissemination of news date before the internet, compiled at a time when computers were just large enough to retain in memory all stories relating to event ‘X’ in order for this kind of analysis to be attempted.

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1317403827

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Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism

Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention

Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention

Thermophotovoltaics

Thermophotovoltaics

Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

Art, Science, and the Natural World in the Ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100

Go Huskies!

Go Huskies!

Critical Mission

Critical Mission

Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco

Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco

The Media and the Public Sphere

The Media and the Public Sphere

Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry

Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry

Public Budgeting in Georgia

Public Budgeting in Georgia

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand

The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament

The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament

New York University and the City

New York University and the City

Textile League Baseball

Textile League Baseball

Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster

Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster

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