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Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2013

By: Tom Meltzer,Princeton Review

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Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2013

By: Tom Meltzer,Princeton Review

Detailed advice for receiving better scores on the U.S. History Exam. Includes two full-length practice tests with helpful tips to write better essays for the test.

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Princeton Review

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0307944905

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9780307944900

The Gentleman's Instant Genius Guide

Become an Expert in Everything

By: Tom Cutler

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The Gentleman's Instant Genius Guide

Become an Expert in Everything

By: Tom Cutler

Who has time nowadays to put in the graft to succeed? And why bother, when the truly important things in life only take a quarter of an hour to master? Here, Tom Cutler proves that following the path to becoming disgustingly rich, stylish, intelligent, thin, happy, classy, successful and a legend in the bedroom need take no longer than it does to cut your toenails, or listen to The Archers. Learn how to become as popular as your dog. Which sports car suits your personality? How to work out the date of your death. Are you a genius? With Tom Cutler's help you will soon find inner perfection and hugely impress your family, friends and work colleagues. From the author of the brilliant A Gentleman's Bedside Book, this is a hilariously funny but deeply practical guide to self-improvement.

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Constable

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1780330588

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9781780330587

Nation Within

The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i

By: Tom Coffman

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Nation Within

The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i

By: Tom Coffman

In 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai‘i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South. In Nation Within Tom Coffman tells the complex history of the unsuccessful efforts of deposed Hawaiian queen Lili‘uokalani and her subjects to resist annexation, which eventually came in 1898. Coffman describes native Hawaiian political activism, the queen's visits to Washington, D.C., to lobby for independence, and her imprisonment, along with hundreds of others, after their aborted armed insurrection. Exposing the myths that fueled the narrative that native Hawaiians willingly relinquished their nation, Coffman shows how Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt conspired to extinguish Hawai‘i's sovereignty in the service of expanding the United States' growing empire.

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Duke University Press

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082237398X

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9780822373988

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

The Biography of a Cause

By: Tom Gjelten

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Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

The Biography of a Cause

By: Tom Gjelten

A history of Cuba as reflected by the dynasty of the famous Barcardi rum family traces five generations during which they served as an example of business and civic leadership while alternately fighting for national freedom and honoring their country as exiles. 30,000 first printing.

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Penguin

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067001978X

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9780670019786

Because of Grácia

A Novel

By: Tom Simes,Rick Killian

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Because of Grácia

A Novel

By: Tom Simes,Rick Killian

Based on the award-winning film starring Moriah Peters and Chris Massoglia, Because of Grácia follows the stories of Chase Morgan, Grácia Davis, and their fellow high school seniors as they face life-altering decisions on their journeys of faith, friendship, and love. Chase Morgan would love to live up to his name and pursue something great. It's his senior year and he’s still as insecure as ever, but Eastglenn High's newest student is about to turn that around. Grácia is a girl with charisma, intelligence and conviction, but she’s not as “together” as Chase and his best friend OB might think. A dark past gives her a unique connection with Bobbi, a misunderstood classmate with a strained home life and an all-too-cute boyfriend as her means of escape. As Bobbi struggles with a life-and-death decision and Chase risks rejection, Grácia challenges her friends, teachers and even herself to experience the transformative power of grace.

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Dexterity

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1947297015

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9781947297012

Word across the Water

American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories

By: Tom Smith

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Word across the Water

American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories

By: Tom Smith

In Word Across the Water, Tom Smith brings the histories of Hawai'i and the Philippines together to argue that US imperial ambitions towards these Pacific archipelagos were deeply intertwined with the work of American Protestant missionaries. As self-styled interpreters of history, missionaries produced narratives to stoke interest in their cause, locating US imperial interventions and their own evangelistic projects within divinely ordained historical trajectories. As missionaries worked in the shadow of their nation's empire, however, their religiously inflected historical narratives came to serve an alternative purpose. They emerged as a way for missionaries to negotiate their own status between the imperial and the local and to come to terms with the diverse spaces, peoples, and traditions of historical narration that they encountered across different island groups. Word Across the Water encourages scholars of empire and religion alike to acknowledge both the pernicious nature of imperial claims over oceanic space underpinned by religious and historical arguments, and the fragility of those claims on the ground.

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Cornell University Press

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1501777424

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9781501777424

I Respectfully Dissent

A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura

By: Tom Coffman

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I Respectfully Dissent

A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura

By: Tom Coffman

Tom Coffman’s portrait of Edward Nakamura is both insightful biography and engrossing political history. The arc of the story may sound familiar (the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the GI Bill, Statehood), but it is strewn with surprise, resulting from Nakamura’s unshakable creed and unique angle of vision. Translating the political gains of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Nakamura played a central role—unpublicized—in devising arguably the most progressive program of legislation in an American state: universal health care, temporary disability insurance, collective bargaining rights for public workers, and more—all of which forever changed the Hawai‘i worker’s landscape. Vaulted from relative anonymity onto the Hawai‘i Supreme Court, Nakamura was acclaimed for his powerful intellect, his writing, and, most of all, his iron will and integrity. In retirement, he became a dissenting moral force. He fought mismanagement in the State Retirement System, helped to block a highly controversial Supreme Court appointment, and agitated for separating the high court from the Bishop Estate. 28 illus.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082486574X

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9780824865740

Why the Center Can't Hold

A Diagnosis of Puritanized America

By: Tom O'Neill

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Why the Center Can't Hold

A Diagnosis of Puritanized America

By: Tom O'Neill

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold." These words from Yeats's poem "The Second Coming" provide Why the Center Can't Hold with its organizing theme. And although Yeats was describing the grim atmosphere of post-World War I Europe, O'Neill regards the poem's pronouncements as eerily predictive of the state of the world as we are currently observing it. O'Neill takes them as predictive of the agency in particular of the United States-the "Center"-in bringing about in the world the more general chaos we are now observing (relative to various refugee and migrant crises, the emergence of sophisticated and even postmodern forms of militant and cyber terrorism, banking and other monetary crises, environmental catastrophes under the aegis of climate change, the defunding of public higher education, the persistence of virulent forms of racism and other types of intolerance, the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands, the marginalisation and even outright elimination of human labor forces, etc.). O'Neill provides historical analyses that illuminate why this is the case, and he also asks what changes in the United States - in its politics, in its socio-cultural formations, and in its beliefs and (supposedly common) values - might help us to avoid the seemingly inevitable (and lamentable) destruction that lies ahead.

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punctum books

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0692725474

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9780692725474

Sacramento

By: Tom Myers

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Sacramento

By: Tom Myers

In 1850, Sacramento was a city of 10,000 men with almost no women or children, a transient population going to and from the gold mines in the Sierra Nevada. The waterfront on the Sacramento River was a chaotic scene of oxen and mule teams, piles of supplies on the wharf, and abandoned ships whose crews had jumped ship for the goldfields. The city also became a major railroad junction and agricultural hub in the 1800s before it became the center of state government, and much of the bustling cityA[a¬a[s early life was captured on picture postcards.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738571520

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9780738571522

Theodore Roosevelt in Perspective

By: Tom Lansford

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Theodore Roosevelt in Perspective

By: Tom Lansford

President of the United States of America, is an official title sought by many and won by only a few individuals. The series entitled First Men, America's President, contains a book length biography of each 'President of the United States of America'. Every book contains information on the President's early education, professional career, military or political service prior to the presidency, interpretative discussion of both domestic and foreign policies during each presidency, and the conclusion of their political lives in public service. The two major themes of this series are the character traits marking success in the presidency, and the changes in the office of presidents throughout America's history. Character matters in all walks of life, but perhaps matters most within the character of the President of the United States.

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Nova Publishers

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1594546568

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9781594546563

Imagining Manila

Literature, Empire and Orientalism

By: Tom Sykes

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Imagining Manila

Literature, Empire and Orientalism

By: Tom Sykes

The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755602870

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9780755602872

The Island Edge of America

A Political History of Hawaii

By: Tom Coffman

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The Island Edge of America

A Political History of Hawaii

By: Tom Coffman

In his most challenging work to date, journalist and author Tom Coffman offers readers a new and much-needed political narrative of twentieth-century Hawaii. The Island Edge of America reinterprets the major events leading up to and following statehood in 1959: U.S. annexation of the Hawaiian kingdom, the wartime crisis of the Japanese-American community, postwar labor organization, the Cold War, the development of Hawaii's legendary Democratic Party, the rise of native Hawaiian nationalism. His account weaves together the threads of multicultural and transnational forces that have shaped the Islands for more than a century, looking beyond the Hawaii carefully packaged for the tourist to the Hawaii of complex and conflicting identities--independent kingdom, overseas colony, U.S. state, indigenous nation--a wonderfully rich, diverse, and at times troubled place. With a sure grasp of political history and culture based on decades of firsthand archival research, Tom Coffman takes Hawaii's story into the twentieth century and in the process sheds new light on America's island edge.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824864786

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9780824864781

Africa’s Deadliest Conflict

Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997–2008

By: Walter C. Soderlund,E. Donald Briggs,Tom Pierre Najem,Blake C. Roberts

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Africa’s Deadliest Conflict

Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997–2008

By: Walter C. Soderlund,E. Donald Briggs,Tom Pierre Najem,Blake C. Roberts

Africa’s Deadliest Conflict deals with the complex intersection of the legacy of post-colonial history—a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions—and changing norms of international intervention associated with the idea of human security and the responsibility to protect (R2P). It attempts to explain why, despite a softening of norms related to the sanctity of state sovereignty, the international community dealt so ineffectively with a brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which between 1997 and 2011 claimed an estimated 5.5 million. In particular, the book focuses on the role of mass media in creating a will to intervene, a role considered by many to be the key to prodding a reluctant international community to action. Included in the book are a primer on Congolese history, a review of United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Congo, and a detailed examination of both US television news and New York Times coverage of the Congo from 1997 through 2008. Separate conclusions are offered with respect to peacekeeping in the Age of R2P and on the role of mass media in both promoting and inhibiting robust international responses to large-scale humanitarian crises.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1554588790

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9781554588794

The Corruption Chronicles

Obama's Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government

By: Tom Fitton

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The Corruption Chronicles

Obama's Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government

By: Tom Fitton

Discloses secrets and corruption the watchdog group has discovered in the Obama administration through various legal battles, sharing insights into activities related to terrorism, illegal immigration, and the health-care initiative.

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Simon and Schuster

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147676705X

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9781476767055

Grandfather's Journal

By: Tom Maxwell

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Grandfather's Journal

By: Tom Maxwell

In 2012, after sharing a number of sea stories with my only grandson, I was told I needed to write a life journal to include my years as a child in the Philippine Islands just following World War II. The journal, which addressed a time from June 7, 1935 to December 28, 2013, includes the important events of my life, including my twenty-seven years in the US Navy. As could be expected, there are more reflections from my years as a naval aviator, flying combat missions in Vietnam and numerous secret missions against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Not as exciting, but just as important, was my journal following my naval service after my retirement in December 1982. Most importantly, I have shared what took place in my life on June 9, 1977, two days after my 42nd birthday and two days before my oldest son graduated from high school, when I accepted Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior of my life. This event radically changed my life and immediately healed a broken family. It also addressed the thirty-plus years in which I was called as a volunteer to serve the least of these in our prison systems. If I have a desire for the journal, it would be that it encourage others to address the importance of their spiritual needs before age forty-two and that it would challenge my grandchildren in their walk with Christ.

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WestBow Press

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1490850856

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Moon West Coast RV Camping

The Complete Guide to More Than 2,300 RV Parks and Campgrounds in Washington, Oregon, and California

By: Tom Stienstra

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Moon West Coast RV Camping

The Complete Guide to More Than 2,300 RV Parks and Campgrounds in Washington, Oregon, and California

By: Tom Stienstra

Moon Travel Guides: Your Adventure Starts Here! Park your RV anywhere from Mission Bay near San Diego to Orcas Island near the Canadian border, and you'll sense the wild spirit of the West Coast. Explore with Moon West Coast RV Camping. A Campsite for Everyone: A variety of RV parks and campgrounds from scenic state parks to convenient roadside stopovers, marked with amenities like restrooms, picnic areas, laundry, piped water, showers, and playgrounds, with advice on nearby recreation Ratings and Essentials: All campsites are rated for scenery and key features, such as dog-friendly, kid-friendly, or wheelchair accessible, and highlights like waterfalls, beaches, historic sites, hot springs, wildlife, and wildflowers Maps and Directions: Easy-to-use maps and detailed driving directions for each campground Top RV Parks and Campgrounds: Lists like Best for Families, Best for Fishing, and Best for Hiking help you choose where to go in Washington, Oregon, and California Trusted Advice: Expert outdoorsman Tom Stienstra is always on the move, having travelled more than a million miles across Washington, Oregon, and California for the past 25 years Tips and Tools: Information on equipment, food and cooking, recreation, first aid, and insect protection, as well as background on the climate, landscape, and history of the campsites Whether you're a veteran or taking out the RV for the first time, Moon's comprehensive coverage and trusted advice will have you ready to fill up the gas tank and embark on an adventure. Picked a specific spot on the West Coast? Try Moon California Camping or Moon Oregon Camping. Hoping to cruise down the PCH? Check out Moon Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip!

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Moon Travel

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1612388086

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Route 66

Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion

By: Tom Snyder

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Route 66

Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion

By: Tom Snyder

Fully revised and expanded New stories-more details -Nearly 30 feet of strip maps -350 towns and attractions -More highway memorabilia -Mini-tours-rentals-discounts -Chicago-L.A. mileage table

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Macmillan

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0312254172

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9780312254179

Moon Northern California Camping

The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping

By: Tom Stienstra

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Moon Northern California Camping

The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping

By: Tom Stienstra

Moon Travel Guides: Your Adventure Starts Here Whether you're visiting towering redwoods, rugged coastline, or the High Sierra, you'll always find your perfect campsite with Moon Northern California Camping. A Campsite for Everyone: Pick the right campsite for your travel style with options ranging from secluded Sierra hike-ins to convenient roadside stopovers, including dog-friendly, family-friendly, and wheelchair accessible options Ratings and Essentials: All campsites are rated by scenery and marked with amenities like restrooms, trailhead access, picnic areas, laundry, piped water, showers, and playgrounds Recreation Highlights: Discover nearby hiking, swimming, fishing, biking, water-skiing, white water rafting, and hot springs Maps and Directions: Easy-to-use maps and detailed driving directions for each campground Skip the Crowds: Moon Northern California Camping contains many secluded spots and campgrounds you won't need to reserve in advance Top RV and Tent Sites: Uncover the best spots with lists like "Best Scenic Campgrounds" or "Best for Hiking" Trusted Advice: Expert outdoorsman Tom Stienstra knows his stuff; he's hiked 25,000 miles in and around these campgrounds for over 30 years Tips and Tools: Information on equipment, food and cooking, first aid, and insect protection, plus background on the climate, landscape, and history of the campsites Whether you're a veteran or a first-time camper, with Moon's comprehensive coverage and trusted advice, you'll be ready to pitch your tent and enjoy the great outdoors. Exploring more of the Golden State? Try Moon California Camping. Looking for some focused advice on outdoor recreation? Check out Moon California Hiking or Moon California Fishing. Full coverage of: Redwood Empire, Shasta and Trinity, Lassen and Modoc, Mendocino and Wine Country, Sacramento and Gold Country, Tahoe and the Northern Sierra, the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey and Big Sur, the San Joaquin Valley, Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon

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Moon Travel

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1631215833

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9781631215834

Intimate and Authentic Economies

The American Self-Made Man from Douglass to Chaplin

By: Tom Nissley

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Intimate and Authentic Economies

The American Self-Made Man from Douglass to Chaplin

By: Tom Nissley

The story of the American self-made man carries a perennial interest in American literature and cultural studies. This book expands the study of such stories to include the writings of Frederick Douglass, Horatio Alger, and James Weldon Johnson, and the work of silent comedians like Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton. Thomas Nissley examines a number of texts, from Reconstruction-era autobiographies to the films of the 30s, to show the sustained market value of status and personal authenticity in the era of contract and free labor.

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Routledge

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1135924570

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9781135924577

The Osage Rose

By: Tom Holm

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The Osage Rose

By: Tom Holm

Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in which Tom Holm sets his gritty and provocative detective novel. Life is looking easy for J. D. Daugherty, a crusty ex-cop who has set up his own PI firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just after World War I. J. D. expects to make a straightforward living off the intrigues of the city’s wealthy socialites, but then Rose Chichester, a privileged young white woman, runs off with Tommy Ruffle, a young Indian who is heir to Osage oil. Hired by Rose’s father to track down the young pair, J. D. and his associate, a Cherokee named Hoolie Smith, find themselves caught in the cross fire of a deadly scheme. When Tommy turns up murdered and with Rose still missing, J. D. and Hoolie must navigate a twisting maze of deception, race riots, and gun battles in their unrelenting search for the truth—a search that ultimately leads to an intimate secret no one suspected. Tom Holm writes a true private-eye mystery, yet he entwines the story’s layers of conspiracy and deceit with the realities of prejudice and hatred that existed during the early years of Oklahoma statehood. Rooted firmly in its time, Holm’s well-researched novel tells a complex and compelling story of individuals struggling to find justice at any cost in a world still caught between modernity and its Wild West legacy.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816547211

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9780816547210

The HTML5 Developer's Collection (Collection)

By: Jennifer Kyrnin,Chuck Hudson,Tom Leadbetter

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The HTML5 Developer's Collection (Collection)

By: Jennifer Kyrnin,Chuck Hudson,Tom Leadbetter

The HTML5 Developer’s Collection includes two recently published HTML5 application development eBooks: Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development in 24 Hours HTML5 Developer's Cookbook With Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development in 24 Hours, learn how to turn Web pages into stunning mobile applications in just 24 hours or less! HTML5 adds a number of new features and APIs to the language that allow Web designers to be more descriptive and effective in creating their Web pages. Using the new APIs you can build offline Web applications, work with location data, store data on a local computer in a manner similar to cookies, and more! Author Jennifer Kyrnin walks you through how to get started with the HTML5 specification to build great mobile applications. HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook brings together all the expert advice and proven code you need to start building production-quality HTML5 applications right now. Pioneering HTML5 experts Chuck Hudson and Tom Leadbetter present tested, modular recipes at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. You’ll learn exactly how to deliver state-of-the-art user experiences by integrating HTML5’s new and enhanced elements with CSS3 styles, JavaScript APIs, and events. Completely up-to-date to reflect current standards, this book prioritizes HTML5 features with substantial browser support and identifies the level of browser support for each covered feature. This collection covers Working with the new HTML5 tags most valuable for mobile development Getting started fast with HTML5 features already supported by today’s browsers Detecting mobile devices and HTML5 support and upgrade sites to support them Styling and building more efficient, usable mobile pages Using jQuery Mobile to quickly create mobile apps Leveraging HTML5’s breakthrough drawing and typography features Efficiently integrating media content into your apps Adding meaning with HTML5 sectioning and semantic elements Implementing drag-and-drop more easily than ever Building offline applications and other apps that use local storage Detecting and working with location data via the GeoLocation API Using microformats and microdata to make Web pages friendlier to computers Adding powerful back-end functionality with WebSockets, Web Workers, and File APIs Improving user navigation with the History API Understanding and using HTML5’s new structural elements Using grouping, text-level, and redefined semantics Managing browser-handling in HTML5 Leveraging new CSS3 layout and style techniques Maximizing interactivity with HTML5 Web Forms Embedding audio and video with HTML5 Drawing with the canvas Controlling browser histories Integrating location awareness into mobile applications with the Geolocation API Implementing client side storage and working with local files Managing communication and threading Optimizing the HTML5 browser experience Integrating device data

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Addison-Wesley

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0132911183

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9780132911184

Wild Shots

A Photographer's Life in Alaska

By: Tom Walker

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Wild Shots

A Photographer's Life in Alaska

By: Tom Walker

This new memoir by renowned wildlife photographer, author, and naturalist Tom Walker shares his adventures living in Alaska for more than five decades. Wild Shots blends natural history with stories about Walker’s wide-ranging forays into the wilderness to photograph animals--beginning as a clueless "cheechako" (newcomer), but ultimately becoming a seasoned old-timer revered by many. Vivid, clear prose beautifully captures the landscape both around his home just outside of Denali National Park and wilderness destinations across the state. Following a loose chronology, Tom tracks his evolution as a novice wildlife watcher raised in the dusty hinterlands of Southern California to a more knowledgeable observer to homesteader and photographer to vocal conservationist. Collectively, the stories convey how, through all life’s travails, nature remains his source of inspiration, joy, and solace through visceral experience and his patient lens.

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Mountaineers Books

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1680512285

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9781680512281

A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

By: Tom D. Crouch

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A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

By: Tom D. Crouch

For decades before the Wright brothers took off, a community of engineers, scientists and dreamers had tried to fly. A Dream of Wings brings to life these characters and their contraptions.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393322270

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9780393322279

Route 66 Traveler's Guide & Roadside Companion

By: Tom Snyder

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Route 66 Traveler's Guide & Roadside Companion

By: Tom Snyder

The popularity of the old Route 66 is one of America's great comeback stories. This fully revised and expanded edition of Snyder's classic guide will make the trip along the "Mother Road" more exciting than ever with new information on mini-tours, photography tips, a planning section, and more. Over 40 maps.

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Macmillan

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0312131623

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9780312131623

Moon California Camping

The Complete Guide to More Than 1,400 Tent and RV Campgrounds

By: Tom Stienstra

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Moon California Camping

The Complete Guide to More Than 1,400 Tent and RV Campgrounds

By: Tom Stienstra

Moon Travel Guides: Your Adventure Starts Here California has 20 million acres of forest, 1,200 miles of coast, and countless wilderness areas, but with Moon California Camping, you'll always find your perfect campsite. What's inside the 20th edition of Moon California Camping: A Campsite for Everyone: A variety of campgrounds, from secluded Sierra hike-ins to convenient roadside stopovers, including dog-friendly, family-friendly, and wheelchair accessible options Ratings and Essentials: All campsites are rated by scenery and marked with amenities like restrooms, trailhead access, picnic areas, laundry, piped water, showers, and playgrounds Recreation Highlights: Discover nearby hiking, swimming, fishing, water-skiing, white water rafting, hot springs, and options for winter sports Maps and Directions: Easy-to-use maps and detailed driving directions for each campground Skip the Crowds: Moon California Camping contains many secluded spots and campgrounds not in the online reservation system Curated Lists of Top RV and Tent Sites: Pick the right campsite for your travel style with lists like "Best for Families," "Scenic Campgrounds," and "Best Island Retreats" Trusted Advice: Expert outdoorsman Tom Stienstra knows his stuff; he's hiked 25,000 miles in and around these campgrounds for over 30 years Essential Information on Hiking the John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail: includes campgrounds that offer trailhead access Tips and Tools: Information on equipment, food and cooking, first aid, and insect protection, plus background on the climate, landscape, and history of the campsites Whether you're a veteran or a first-time camper, with Moon's comprehensive coverage and trusted advice, you'll be ready to pitch your tent and enjoy the great outdoors. Narrowing your search? Try Moon Northern California Camping. Looking for some focused advice on outdoor recreation? Check out Moon California Hiking or Moon California Fishing. Full coverage of: Redwood Empire, Shasta and Trinity, Lassen and Modoc, Mendocino and Wine Country, Sacramento and Gold Country, Tahoe and the Northern Sierra, the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey and Big Sur, the San Joaquin Valley, Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego (and their surrounding areas), and the California deserts, including Death Valley and Palm Desert

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Techlash

Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?

By: Tom Wheeler

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Techlash

Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?

By: Tom Wheeler

Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a potent primer on the need to rein in big tech" and Kirkus Reviews as "a rock-solid plan for controlling the tech giants," readers will be energized by Tom Wheeler's vision of digital governance. Featured on Barack Obama's 11/3/23 list of "What I’m Reading on the Rise of Artificial Intelligence" An accessible and visionary book that connects the experiences of the late 19th century’s industrial Gilded Age with its echoes in the 21st century digital Gilded Age. Hailed by Ken Burns as one of the foremost “explainers” of technology and its effect throughout history, Tom Wheeler now turns his gaze to the public impact of entrepreneurial innovation. In Techlash, he connects the experiences of the late 19th century’s industrial Gilded Age with its echoes in the 21st century digital Gilded Age. In both cases, technology innovation and the great wealth that it created ran up against the public interest and the rights of others. As with the industrial revolution and the Gilded Age that it created, new digital technology has changed commerce and culture, creating great wealth in the process, all while being essentially unsupervised. Warning that today is not the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” some envision, Wheeler calls for a new era of public interest oversight that leaves behind industrial era regulatory ideas to embrace a new process of agile, supervised and enforced code setting that protects consumers and competition while encouraging continued innovation. Wheeler combines insights from his experience at the highest echelons of business and government to create a compelling portrait of the need to balance entrepreneurial innovation with the public good.

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Brookings Institution Press

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History's Lost Moments

The Stories Your Teacher Never Told You

By: Tom Horton

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History's Lost Moments

The Stories Your Teacher Never Told You

By: Tom Horton

A collection of newspaper columns that appeared in The Moultrie news, a weekly newspaper serving Mount Pleasant and the east of the Cooper area of Charleston County.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466929170

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Rhythm Man

Fifty Years in Jazz

By: Steve Jordan,Tom Scanlan

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Rhythm Man

Fifty Years in Jazz

By: Steve Jordan,Tom Scanlan

A lively account of the jazz world through the eyes of rhythm guitarist Steve Jordan.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472082027

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Carrier

By: Tom Clancy

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Carrier

By: Tom Clancy

They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a region is an automatic display of strength that sends a message no potential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard for a detailed look at how these floating behemoths function. With his trademark style and eye for detail, Clancy brings you naval combat strategy like no one else can.Carrier includes: * Takeoffs and landings: flying into the danger zone * The aircraft onboard: their range, their power, their weaponry * The role of the carrier in modern naval warfare * Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams Plus: An interview with the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay Johnson

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Penguin

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1101002255

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9781101002254

My Story

By: Tom Loftin Johnson

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My Story

By: Tom Loftin Johnson

In cooperation with The Western Reserve Historical SocietyProduced shortly before his death in 1911 and long since out of print, provides a rare personal insight into the career and philosophy of one of the most prominent figures of the American progressive Era. Influenced by the single tax proposals of Henry George, Johnson gave up a prosperous business career to become a reform politician. He was elected first to the U.S. House of Representatives, then served as mayor of Cleveland from 1901 to 1909, instituting sweeping reforms. His championship of municipal ownership, professional management of city departments, and broad public involvement in government makes Johnson's mayoral administration one of the most celebrated in Cleveland's history, as well as a focal point for scholars studying the Progressive Era.

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Kent State University Press

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0873384873

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Remembering Galesburg

By: Tom Wilson

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Remembering Galesburg

By: Tom Wilson

Galesburg, Illinois, has made quite a name for itself since the first settlers arrived in 1836. It has witnessed the comings and goings of fifteen United States presidents, listened to Louis Satchmo Armstrong, seen the birth of an elephant and served as home of the man who brought the dandelion to America. Lifetime resident and city historian Tom Wilson captures the true spirit of the town through this charming collection of articles from his column, Tracking History. Nuances and details, from the excitement of the Lincoln-Douglas debates to the frustrations of stalemate college basketball, make Remembering Galesburg a sparkling depiction of this towns personality.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625842449

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Crime and Punishment in America

By: David B. Wolcott,Tom Head

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Crime and Punishment in America

By: David B. Wolcott,Tom Head

From the first incident of petty theft to modern media piracy, crime and punishment have been a part of every society. However, the structure and values of a particular society shape both the incidences of crime and the punishment of criminals. When the United States became an independent nation, politicians and civilians began the process of deciding which systems of punishment were appropriate for dealing with crimea process that continues to this day. Crime and Punishment in America examines the development of crime and punishment in the United Statesfrom the criminal justice practices of American Indians and the influence of colonists to the mistreatment of slaves, as well as such current criminal issues as the response to international terrorism.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438126891

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Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2011

By: Tom Meltzer,Jean Hofheimer Bennett

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Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2011

By: Tom Meltzer,Jean Hofheimer Bennett

Reviews subjects on the test, offers tips on test-taking strategies, and includes two full-length practice exams, and practice questions in every chapter, with answers and explanations.

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Princeton Review

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0375429913

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Crying

The Natural and Cultural History of Tears

By: Tom Lutz

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Crying

The Natural and Cultural History of Tears

By: Tom Lutz

This provocative and indispensable book provides a natural and cultural history of our most mysterious and complex human function: our ability to shed tears. All humans, and only humans, weep. Tears are sometimes considered pleasurable, sometimes dangerous, mysterious, deceptive, or profound. Tears of happiness, tears of joy, the proud tears of a parent, tears of mourning, tears of laughter, tears of defeat --what do they have in common? Why is it that at times of victory, success, love, reunion, and celebration the outward signs of our emotions are identical to those of our most profound experiences of loss? Why We Cry looks at the many different ways people have understood weeping, from the earliest known representation of tears in the fourteenth century B.C. through the latest neurophysiological research. Despite our most common romantic assumptions, what this brilliant book tells us is that tears are never pure, they are never simple.

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0393321037

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