Wayne Johnston's Books

Oklahoma: A History

By: H. Wayne Morgan,Anne Hodges Morgan

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Oklahoma: A History

By: H. Wayne Morgan,Anne Hodges Morgan

Traces the history and development of Oklahoma and discusses the state and its people today.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393301818

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The Lady and ‘The Eagle’

Eagles Series Book Two

By: Wayne M. Hoy

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Blake Hansford, second son of the Duke of Warwick is widely known as one of London’s notoriously popular rakes. Unbeknownst to the family, however, save the duke himself, his son Blake—code name Eagle—is actually a secret agent for the Home Office, and a liaison with the Bow Street Runners. When a family friend is found to have committed suicide, the Duke is suspicious and enlists Blake’s help in investigating what transpired. Blake quickly recognizes there are too many inconsistencies surrounding his manner of death and concludes the suicide was staged to cover up something far more sinister. Emily Johnston, still reeling from the shock and despair of her father’s suicide, is convinced he must have left some type of farewell letter to her with a reason for his bewildering actions. She decides it must be hidden in his desk in the secret compartment they frequently used when she was a child to share lighthearted confidences. When Emily slips back into the house to search for what she hopes is a message from her father, she is stunned to find the desk has vanished and she is not the only one with an interest in its whereabouts as she interrupts Blake along with a band of thieves all intent on finding the missing fixture...and what may be inside it. Blake’s confrontation with the thugs convinces him that he is dealing with someone prepared to destroy anybody standing in his way and knows he must do whatever he can to keep Emily safe from harm. But how does an apparent happy-go-lucky womanizer justify his actions while executing an investigation into an obvious murder without revealing his true purpose? Blake has no other choice but to enlist Emily’s help. Together they search for answers only to find themselves scrambling one step behind a cunning individual clearly willing to do anything, even kill, to keep his secret hidden.

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1728328381

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A Savage War

A Military History of the Civil War

By: Williamson Murray,Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh

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A Savage War

A Military History of the Civil War

By: Williamson Murray,Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh

How the Civil War changed the face of war The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties and vagaries of chance that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. A Savage War sheds critical new light on this defining chapter in military history. In a masterful narrative that propels readers from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox, Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh bring every aspect of the battlefield vividly to life. They show how this new way of waging war was made possible by the powerful historical forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, yet how the war was far from being simply a story of the triumph of superior machines. Despite the Union’s material superiority, a Union victory remained in doubt for most of the war. Murray and Hsieh paint indelible portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and other major figures whose leadership, judgment, and personal character played such decisive roles in the fate of a nation. They also examine how the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the other major armies developed entirely different cultures that influenced the war’s outcome. A military history of breathtaking sweep and scope, A Savage War reveals how the Civil War ushered in the age of modern warfare.

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Princeton University Press

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0691181098

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Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr.

A Union Army Dual Biography

By: Wayne Fanebust

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Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr.

A Union Army Dual Biography

By: Wayne Fanebust

The dramatic battlefield deaths of brother Union Army commanders Robert L. McCook and Daniel McCook, Jr.--members of a prominent Ohio family known as "the Fighting McCooks"--drew the full attention of the news media and a war-weary nation. A veteran of Shiloh and Chickamauga, Colonel Daniel McCook was mortally wounded while leading his brigade in a reckless assault up Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864, on the orders of his friend and former law partner General William Tecumseh Sherman. Brigadier General Robert L. McCook distinguished himself in the western Virginia campaign before he was shot by a Rebel while riding in an ambulance in the summer of 1862. His death, in what was an apparent ambush, set off a firestorm of outrage throughout the North.

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McFarland

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1476629072

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Corporate Conspiracies

How Wall Street Took Over Washington

By: Richard Belzer,David Wayne

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Corporate Conspiracies

How Wall Street Took Over Washington

By: Richard Belzer,David Wayne

From New York Times bestselling authors Richard Belzer and David Wayne comes a hard look at the wrongs done to us all by big business in America. Here is an explosive account of wrongful acts perpetrated, and the ensuing cover-ups inflicted upon us, by American corporations. The bestselling author team of Richard Belzer and David Wayne exposes the ways that the capitalist regime has got us under their thumbs—from the mainstream media and its control over us, to the trillions stolen by big banks and mortgage companies during the mortgage crisis, to the scams perpetrated by Big Oil and Big Pharma. The one common victim of all that corruption is the American public, and Corporate Conspiracies wants to do something about it. Corporate Conspiracies takes dead aim at those who take advantage of us little guys. Probably most disturbing is the book's examination of politics and capitalism teaming up against us—how politicians and lobbyists all have their hands in each other's pockets while stabbing us in the back, and how the well-established energy lobby—which is petroleum, natural gas, and coal—has played a dominant role in the shaping of US foreign policy for decades. Did you know that companies at times know that their products will kill people, but they do nothing, because it is actually cheaper to compensate the victims than it is to correct the problem? And did you know that the Pentagon is sending $1.5 trillion of our tax dollars to their corporate buddies for a new fighter jet that is already superfluous? This book is guaranteed to make us all think twice about being enslaved and cheated by corporate America. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Skyhorse

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1510711279

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9781510711273

James Fenimore Cooper

The Early Years

By: Wayne Franklin

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James Fenimore Cooper

The Early Years

By: Wayne Franklin

James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) invented the key forms of American fiction—the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. Furthermore, Cooper turned novel writing from a polite diversion into a paying career. He influenced Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Francis Parkman, and even Mark Twain—who felt the need to flagellate Cooper for his “literary offenses.” His novels mark the starting point for any history of our environmental conscience. Far from complicit in the cleansings of Native Americans that characterized the era, Cooper’s fictions traced native losses to their economic sources. Perhaps no other American writer stands in greater need of a major reevaluation than Cooper. This is the first treatment of Cooper’s life to be based on full access to his family papers. Cooper’s life, as Franklin relates it, is the story of how, in literature and countless other endeavors, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain and, as the Revolutionary generation died, stipulate what the maturing republic was to become. The first of two volumes, James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years covers Cooper’s life from his boyhood up to 1826, when, at the age of thirty-six, he left with his wife and five children for Europe.

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Yale University Press

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0300135009

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9780300135008

Major General Alexander M. McCook, USA

A Civil War Biography

By: Wayne Fanebust

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Major General Alexander M. McCook, USA

A Civil War Biography

By: Wayne Fanebust

Alexander M. McCook, one of the youngest major generals in the Union army, was a member of a patriotic family from Ohio that became known as the "Fighting McCooks." He participated in some of the bloodiest campaigns of the Civil War, including Bull Run, Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River and Chickamauga. In battle, McCook could be rash and reckless, but his personal courage was beyond reproach, even as his career was marked by controversy. Subjected to an inquiry into his conduct at the battle of Chickamauga, he was cleared of all charges but relieved of command to spend the remainder of the war in relatively minor assignments. This biography, focusing especially on McCook's Civil War service, fills out the full picture of a proud if clouded career.

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McFarland

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0786472413

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West Pointers and the Civil War

The Old Army in War and Peace

By: Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh

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West Pointers and the Civil War

The Old Army in War and Peace

By: Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh

Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Wa

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807832782

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Cannabis Use and Dependence

Public Health and Public Policy

By: Wayne Hall,Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

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Cannabis Use and Dependence

Public Health and Public Policy

By: Wayne Hall,Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

The use of cannabis in the late twentieth and this century is an area of medical and moral controversy. Despite its illegality, cannabis is the most widely used drug after alcohol and tobacco among young adults in the USA, Europe and Australia. This book explores the relationship between health policy, public health and the law regarding cannabis use. It assesses the impact of illegality in drug use and relates this to policy analysis in Australia, the UK, the US and other developed societies. It evaluates debates about 'safe use' and 'harm minimisation' approaches, as well as examining the experiences of different prevention, treatment and education policies. Written by two leading drug advisors Cannabis Use and Dependence makes a valuable addition to this important field of research.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521800242

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9780521800242

Macon to Manassas

By: Edward DeVries,Walter Kevin Sark,John Wayne Dobson

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Macon to Manassas

By: Edward DeVries,Walter Kevin Sark,John Wayne Dobson

Macon, Georgia raised 23 Confederate combat units. By the War's end, there were not enough survivors of those 23 companies to muster 7 units. With so many men from Macon giving their lives for "The Cause," the authors wanted to write a novel that would not only be good reading, but also tell the story of the brave and honorable men from Macon. Those who survived the war, and those who did not." -- from back cover

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Lulu.com

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0359960782

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9780359960781

A.Y. Jackson

The Life of a Landscape Painter

By: Wayne Larsen

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A.Y. Jackson

The Life of a Landscape Painter

By: Wayne Larsen

Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada's most beloved characters, and the first to examine in one book the artist, outdoorsman, soldier, teacher, debater, writer, and outspoken defender of modern art. Jackson spent nearly seventy years travelling Canada on a lifelong quest to, rendering his impressions of its diverse character on canvas and promoting a vibrant, uniquely Canadian style of painting. From southern Alberta to Ellesmere Island, from Newfoundland to Northern British Columbia, he covered more ground than any other artist – scoffing at harsh weather and hostile criticism along the way. A.Y. Jackson takes readers on a journey through Jackson's struggles and triumphs, from his childhood in Victorian-era Montreal through his final years as a living legend of Canadian art who thought nothing of camping in a tent on Baffin Island at age 82.

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Dundurn

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1770704523

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9781770704527

Kenyon Cox

1856-1919 : a Life in American Art

By: Howard Wayne Morgan

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Kenyon Cox

1856-1919 : a Life in American Art

By: Howard Wayne Morgan

This is a biography of Kenyon Cox, one of the best-known cultural figures in the United States from 1900 to 1920. His reputation was earned chiefly as a painter of murals and as a critic. His large allegorical works can be found in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Library of Congress, and New York.

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Kent State University Press

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0873384857

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9780873384858

Boomer

In the Theater of Fearful Tragedies

By: Wayne Paul Tupper

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Boomer

In the Theater of Fearful Tragedies

By: Wayne Paul Tupper

Boomer: In the Theater of Fearful Tragedies is a nonfiction account of the life of Colonel George B. Boomer, a little-known bridge builder and combat veteran who served in the Civil War of the United States. He was the son of a Baptist minister from Sutton, Massachusetts, who struggled with his Christian faith while searching for God's plan for his life. While his formal education was limited by a youthful disability of the eyes, he became a self-taught master bridge builder who learned to speak multiple languages while living in the state of Missouri. However, he is most known for his skills as a military commander who received compliments from Ulysses S. Grant. Colonel Boomer was the commander of the Twenty-Sixth Missouri Regiment, and he served in the western theater of the war. He was actively involved in Pope's campaign against Island Number Ten, and he suffered severe wounds at the Battle of Iuka, Mississippi. His greatest military accomplishment occurred during the pivotal battle of Champion's Hill, and it is likely that the actions of his brigade were largely responsible for the Union victory. Boomer endured tragedies in his civilian life and his life in the military at the hands ambitious political figures who brought him great grief. However, he would ultimately find his life's meaning in a peach orchard just outside Vicksburg, Mississippi. His selfless actions saved the lives of many of the men under his command. His veteran sacrifice for his country needs to be remembered.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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The Veterinary ICU Book

By: Wayne E. Wingfield,Mark R. Raffe

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The Veterinary ICU Book

By: Wayne E. Wingfield,Mark R. Raffe

This book is dedicated to the fundamental clinical signs of astute observation, careful differential diagnosis and analytical therapeutic decision-making in emergency veterinary settings. It clearly defines the physiological and clinical principles fundamental to the management of the critically ill small animal patient. With clear guidelines for organizing an emergency/critical care unit, the book also discusses ethical and legal concerns. The 80 expert authors have created a clinically specific resource for the specialist, residents in training, veterinary practitioners, technicians and students.Published by Teton New Media in the USA and distributed by CRC Press outside of North America.

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0429607369

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9780429607363

Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays

The Life of a Civil War General, From West Point to the Wilderness

By: Wayne Mahood

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Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays

The Life of a Civil War General, From West Point to the Wilderness

By: Wayne Mahood

Although he never achieved the renown of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee, General Alexander Hays was one of the great military men of the Civil War. Born July 8, 1819, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, Hays graduated from West Point and served with distinction during the Mexican War. When the Civil War began a few years later, it was no surprise that Hays immediately volunteered and was given the initial rank of colonel with a later meritorious promotion to general. Hays was also known for his concern for his men, a fact that no doubt contributed to the acclaim which he received after his death on May 5, 1864, at the age of 44. From West Point to the Civil War, this biography takes a look at Hays's life, concentrating--with good cause--on his military career. Personal correspondence and contemporary sources are used to complete the picture of a complex man, devoted husband and father, and gifted and dedicated soldier.

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McFarland

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0786487356

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9780786487356

The Navigator of New York

By: Wayne Johnston

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The Navigator of New York

By: Wayne Johnston

The Navigator of New York is set against the background of the tumultuous rivalry between Lieutenant Peary and Dr. Cook to get to the North Pole at the beginning of the 20th century. It is also the story of a young man’s quest for his origins, from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to the bustling streets of New York, and the remotest regions of the Arctic. Wayne Johnston has harnessed the scope, energy and inventiveness of the nineteenth century novel and encapsulated it in the haunting and eloquent voice of his hero. His descriptions of place, whether of the frozen Arctic wastes or the superabundant and teeming New York, have extraordinary physicality and conviction, recreating a time when the wide world seemed to be there for the taking. An extraordinary achievement that seamlessly weaves fact and fabrication, it continues the masterful reinvention of the historical novel Wayne Johnston began with The Colony of Unrequited Dreams.

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Vintage Canada

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0307375420

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9780307375421

Human Amusements

By: Wayne Johnston

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Human Amusements

By: Wayne Johnston

Offering further evidence of his astounding range as a novelist, the bestselling author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and The Navigator of New York crafts a hilarious and moving paean to the dawn of the television age. Henry Prendergast grew up on television—not merely watching it, but starring in the wildly popular children’s show “Rumpus Room.” Cast in the roles of Bee Good and Bee Bad by his mother Audrey, the show’s creator, Henry came of age along with the new medium—one that would soon propel his family out Toronto’s middle-class life and into the tabloids. Henry’s father Peter, a would-be novelist, refuses to have any part in his wife’s burgeoning television empire, but commits himself instead to the task of being a walking, talking—mostly scathing—reminder of the family’s “humble beginnings.” Then, on the heels of Rumpus Room, Audrey dreams up The Philo Farnsworth Show, loosely based on the life story of the young teen credited with inventing the tube and starring Henry in the lead role. Rapidly amassing a cult-like following of “Philosophers,” the show challenges the Prendergasts anew. Forced into increasing isolation by a fervent media, they must work harder than ever to not let success get the best of them.

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0307486109

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A World Elsewhere

By: Wayne Johnston

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A World Elsewhere

By: Wayne Johnston

Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, turns his back on the family tradition and wishes to become a writer. He sets off for Princeton where he is befriended by Van, son of the wealthiest man in America and later betrayed by him. Returning to St John's, he adopts the orphan son of his father's first mate, but when poverty strikes there is only one person left to turn to - Van.

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Random House

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0099572036

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Fate from Circumstance

The House of Renault: Volume 1

By: Jason Wayne Carr

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Fate from Circumstance

The House of Renault: Volume 1

By: Jason Wayne Carr

Fate from Circumstance: The House of Renault: Volume 1 By: Jason Wayne Carr Sebastiane Bassett’s life so far, all fourteen years of it, while growing up in suburban New Orleans seems very ordinary until he thwarts a horrifying and recurring violation that has plagued his two best friends, twin sisters Heather and Sarah Prescott, for the entirety of their childhood. Unclear as to how he was able to save them, but very clear as to the why, he can only comprehend one thing: he will have to wait for the truth to serve as an explanation. If it ever comes! That truth, his family’s historical lineage, soaked in the blood of his ancestors through centuries of conflict, has and will always be the defining path of his life whether he knows it or not. And whether he wants it to or not. Years later, when circumstance again conspires with tragedy to undermine his belief system and his fortitude, Sebastiane is forced to travel to his ancestral homeland. It is here that he meets his maternal grandfather, a man he knows nothing about. Could he be the one with the answers Sebastiane seeks? Or is it already too late? His mother’s father, Maurice Renault, a man whose own past is shrouded in secrecy, death, and regret, reluctantly chooses to guide his grandson towards the truth of who and what he is. If he succeeds, further tragedy might be averted. But fate has other ideas in store for them both, and circumstance can be a fickle thing. In the end, Sebastiane must come to terms with his past, forgive himself for the present, and accept his future. If he can, he just might be able to survive…

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Dorrance Publishing

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9798886835366

General Wadsworth

The Life And Wars Of Brevet General James S. Wadsworth

By: Wayne Mahood

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General Wadsworth

The Life And Wars Of Brevet General James S. Wadsworth

By: Wayne Mahood

The first full biography of James S. Wadsworth--important Union general, prominent New York politician, and anti-slavery statesman.

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Da Capo Press

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030681238X

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9780306812385

The Sociology of Identity

Authenticity, Multidimensionality, and Mobility

By: Wayne H. Brekhus

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The Sociology of Identity

Authenticity, Multidimensionality, and Mobility

By: Wayne H. Brekhus

How do people think about their identities? How do they express themselves individually and as part of collective groups, social movements, organizations, neighborhoods, or nations? Identity has important consequences for how we organize our lives, wield social power, and produce and reproduce privilege and marginality. In this lively and engaging book, Wayne H. Brekhus explores the sociology of identity and its social consequences through three conceptual themes: authenticity, multidimensionality, and mobility. Drawing on vivid examples from ethnography, current events, and everyday life, he offers an approach to identity that goes beyond the individual and demonstrates how social groups privilege, flag, and shape identities. Offering an insightful overview of the sociological approaches to understanding social identity in a multicultural, globalized world, The Sociology of Identity will be a welcome resource for students and scholars of identity, and anyone interested in the social and cultural character of the self.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509534822

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9781509534821

Chasing Belief

Engaging Transformative Spirituality

By: Wayne L. Krefting

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Chasing Belief

Engaging Transformative Spirituality

By: Wayne L. Krefting

Every day the sun rises and the sun sets. The inconceivably immense cosmos goes on without stopping, taking no notice of our life, our death, or our quest for meaningfulness. Humans have always "chased belief," sought meaning in the world transcendent to the personal and particular, amid the ambiguous mixture of beauty and horror all around us. But the traditional symbols and concepts--the narrative roadmaps that once sustained and directed belief--have changed and are increasingly seen as meaningless, divorced from the reality of the physical world in which we live, especially in the West and for many within Western Christianity. It is time to create new, transformed concepts for those moral and ethical religious teachings compatible with our modern self-understanding. We need "new wineskins" that remain faithful to important traditions but also find a basis beyond the personal and preferential, a transcendent perspective that thinks and believes both scientifically and religiously, as we "chase belief." Chasing Belief challenges traditional models and thought patterns of religious language and ideas to plant the seeds of a new transformative spirituality that gives meaning and hope to the life we share on this mote in the cosmic sea.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666722073

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9781666722079

Battleground

Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott

By: Wayne Errington,Peter van Onselen

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Battleground

Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott

By: Wayne Errington,Peter van Onselen

Tony Abbott came to office lauded as the most effective leader of the opposition since Whitlam, but the signs of an imperfect transition to the prime ministership would soon emerge. Why did Abbott fail to grow into the job to which he had aspired for decades? Backbenchers complained about the leader's office, the lack of access, front benchers leaked about cabinet processes to the media. His long apprenticeship in religion, journalism and political life prepared him for neither the mundane business of people management nor the commanding heights of national leadership. Public goodwill evaporated after a tough first budget the government failed to explain. Inside the Liberal party individual ambitions and a succession of poor polls produced increasing concern that the next election was lost. As a result, the horse named self-interest won yet again.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522869726

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9780522869729

War of Another Kind

A Southern Community in the Great Rebellion

By: Wayne Keith Durrill

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War of Another Kind

A Southern Community in the Great Rebellion

By: Wayne Keith Durrill

Examines the disintigration of Southern plantation society in a North Carolina coastal county during the Civil War.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0195089235

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9780195089233

The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams

By: Wayne Johnston

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The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams

By: Wayne Johnston

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, a Canadian bestseller, is a novel about Newfoundland that centres on the story of Joe Smallwood, the true-life controversial political figure who ushered the island through confederation with Canada and became its first premier. Narrated from Smallwood's perspective, it voices a deep longing on the part of the Newfoundlander to do something significant, “commensurate with the greatness of the land itself.” Smallwood’s chronicle of his development from poor schoolboy to Father of the Confederation is a story full of epic journeys and thwarted loves, travelling from the ice floes of the seal hunt to New York City, in a style reminiscent at times of John Irving, Robertson Davies and Charles Dickens. Absorbing and entertaining, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams provides us with a deep perspective on the relationship between private lives and what comes to be understood as history and shows, as E. Annie Proulx commented, “Wayne Johnston is a brilliant and accomplished writer.” The New York Times said, “this prodigious, eventful, character-rich book is a noteworthy achievement: a biting, entertaining and inventive saga.... a brilliant and bravura literary performance.”

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