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The Making of St. Petersberg

By: Will Michaels

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A wide-ranging history of this city on Florida’s Gulf Coast, one of America’s oldest, with numerous photos and maps included. The Making of St. Petersburg captures the character of this bay city through its past, from the Spanish clash with indigenous peoples to the creation of the downtown waterfront parks and grand hotels. Take a journey with local historian, preservationist, and former museum executive Will Michaels as he chronicles St. Petersburg’s storied history, including the world’s first airline, the birth of Pinellas County, and the good old American pastime, Major League Baseball. From hurricanes to home run king Babe Ruth, the people and events covered in this work paint a rich portrait of a coastal Florida city and capture St. Petersburg’s unique sense of place.

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Arcadia Publishing

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161423776X

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The Backdoor

By: Will Anderson

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The Backdoor

By: Will Anderson

Facing inevitable conflict with the West over "reunification" of Taiwan, China is using its trade surplus to acquire advanced weapons. Ground-based anti-satellite missiles have been demonstrated; space-based missiles follow logically. China hires a Russian firm to help develop a missile platform based on a planned Soviet era spacecraft designed to counter American "Star Wars" weapons. During development, Russian engineers hide a "backdoor" in the missile computers. After the missile platform is launched the engineers demonstrate the backdoor by firing a missile at the Space Station, damaging it. Islamic terrorists then pay them to destroy GPS satellites. The navigation system fails with horrific consequences. An angry U.S. destroys the missile platform. The baffled Chinese launch a replacement, threaten massive retaliation if the U.S. attacks. As events unfold, Peter Dime, covert CIA operative, and Heather Young, brilliant and beautiful analyst, lead a team to uncover the truth and prevent armed U.S./China confrontation. Subplots include romance between Dime and Young, plight of the Station astronauts, and terrorist intrigues. Along the way, readers are transported to exciting locales, from Washington to Moscow and Tehran, from California to Beijing and Jakarta. They also gain informative glimpses into the workings of spacecraft, missiles, and unique weapons.

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iUniverse

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059545836X

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Threat Forecasting

Leveraging Big Data for Predictive Analysis

By: John Pirc,David DeSanto,Iain Davison,Will Gragido

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Threat Forecasting

Leveraging Big Data for Predictive Analysis

By: John Pirc,David DeSanto,Iain Davison,Will Gragido

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative case studies, Threat Forecasting: Leveraging Big Data for Predictive Analysis discusses important topics, including the danger of using historic data as the basis for predicting future breaches, how to use security intelligence as a tool to develop threat forecasting techniques, and how to use threat data visualization techniques and threat simulation tools. Readers will gain valuable security insights into unstructured big data, along with tactics on how to use the data to their advantage to reduce risk. - Presents case studies and actual data to demonstrate threat data visualization techniques and threat simulation tools - Explores the usage of kill chain modelling to inform actionable security intelligence - Demonstrates a methodology that can be used to create a full threat forecast analysis for enterprise networks of any size

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Syngress

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0128004789

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L.A. Rex

By: Will Beall

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L.A. Rex

By: Will Beall

A gritty and ferocious novel written by Will Beall, an LAPD officer who continues to patrol the streets he writes about. L.A. Rex is the story of Ben Halloran, a seemingly fresh-faced rookie assigned to the 77th Division, L.A.'s most violent precinct, still reeling from the Rodney King riots. Partnered with old-school cop Miguel Marquez, the two plunge fast and deep into the city's burgeoning gang war—and it soon becomes clear that they won't be able to emerge again unless Ben faces the demons he's running from once and for all. Bristling with the energy and authenticity of the author's experiences as a working policeman in South Central L.A., this is a literary thriller that doesn't just unfold. It explodes.

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Penguin

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1440619832

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The Unofficial Guide to New Orleans

By: Eve Zibart,Tom Fitzmorris,Will Coviello

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The Unofficial Guide to New Orleans

By: Eve Zibart,Tom Fitzmorris,Will Coviello

Provides information on planning a trip to the city, offers advice for business travelers, and recommends hotels, restaurants, amusements, shops, and sightseeing attractions.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470380012

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The Making of St. Petersberg

By: Will Michaels

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The Making of St. Petersberg

By: Will Michaels

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Arcadia Publishing

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The Stem of Jesse

The Costs of Community at a 1960s Southern School

By: Will D. Campbell

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The Stem of Jesse

The Costs of Community at a 1960s Southern School

By: Will D. Campbell

The story of racial integration at Mercer University

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Mercer University Press

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0865548560

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Dying to be Men

Psychosocial, Environmental, and Biobehavioral Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys

By: Will Courtenay

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Dying to be Men

Psychosocial, Environmental, and Biobehavioral Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys

By: Will Courtenay

Masculinity has a powerful effect on the health of men and boys. Indeed, many of the behaviors they use to "be men" actually increase their risk of disease, injury, and death. In this book, Dr. Will Courtenay, an internationally recognized expert on men’s health, provides a foundation for understanding this troubling reality. With a comprehensive review of data and literature, he identifies specific gender differences in the health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of men and boys and the health consequences of these differences. He then describes the powerful social, environmental, institutional, and cultural influences that encourage their unhealthy behaviors and constrain their adoption of healthier ones. In the book’s third section, he more closely examines the health needs of specific populations of men, such as ethnic-minority men, rural men, men in college, and men in prisons. Courtenay also provides four empirical studies conducted with multidisciplinary colleagues that examine the associations between masculinity and men and boys’ health beliefs and practices. Finally, he provides specific strategies and an evidence-based practice guideline for working with men in a variety of settings, as well as a look to the future of men’s health. Medical professionals, social workers, public health professionals, school psychologists, college health professionals, mental health practitioners, academics, and researchers from a broad array of disciplines, and anyone interested in this topic will find it to be an extensively researched and accessible volume.

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Routledge

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1136988297

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Memories

By: Will G. Peters

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Memories

By: Will G. Peters

Some folks said; who do you think you are to write your Autobiography? Nobody will want to read it.' These folks thought just because I am an unknown person nobody will be interested in reading about my adventures. Well, I'm of a different mind. For a lot of people it will be very interesting to read about what they could only dream about having done or doing themselves. I have cheated death on a number of occasions at sea and on land. I have put down a mutiny. The sailing ship I was Master of, was declared missing in the North Atlantic for days in a snowstorm, but I always brought my passengers and crew and ship back to a safe port. I have tried and failed and succeeded in a lot of endeavors in my life, but never alone, always with a good woman beside me, encouraging and praising me. Eventually I found not only what I loved to do, but what I became very good at and was very proud to do. To the reader I want the book to convey this one message, follow your dream and make it a reality. No matter how difficult the road ahead may seem, you will reach your goal and enjoy the rewards at the end.

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AuthorHouse

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143890276X

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The Constraints-Led Approach

Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design

By: Ian Renshaw,Keith Davids,Daniel Newcombe,Will Roberts

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The Constraints-Led Approach

Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design

By: Ian Renshaw,Keith Davids,Daniel Newcombe,Will Roberts

For the last 25 years, a constraints-based framework has helped to inform the way that many sport scientists seek to understand performance, learning design and the development of expertise and talent in sport. The Constraints-Led Approach: Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design provides students and practitioners with the theoretical knowledge required to implement constraints-led approaches in their work. Seeking to bridge the divide between theory and practice, the book sets out an ‘environment design framework’, including practical tools and guidance for the application of the framework in coaching and skill acquisition settings. It includes chapters on constraints-led approaches in golf, athletics and hockey, and provides applied reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of motor learning, skill acquisition and developing sport expertise. Providing a thorough grounding in the theory behind constraints-led approaches to skill acquisition, and a foundational cornerstone in the Routledge Studies in Constraints-Based Methodologies in Sport series, this is a vital pedagogical resource for students and practising sports coaches, physical education teachers and sport scientists alike.

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1351591800

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Fierce Poison

A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

By: Will Thomas

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Fierce Poison

A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

By: Will Thomas

London, 1893, there is poisoner loose in the city, with deaths piling up, and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn are apparently his next target in Fierce Poison by Will Thomas. Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker has just about seen it all—he's been attacked by assassins, his office has been bombed, and evil-doers have even nearly killed his dog. But never before has a potential client dropped dead in his office. When Roland Fitzhugh, Member of Parliment arrives to consult Barker and his partner Thomas Llewelyn, he falls to the floor, dead, upon entering. As they soon learn, he's been poisoned with a cyanide laced raspberry tart, and the adulterated tarts also take out an entire family in the East End. Labelled the Mad Pie Man by the press, Barker and Llewelyn are hired by former Prime Minister William Gladstone to find out who has targeted the House of Commons's newest member. But before they can even begin, they find themselves the latest target of this mad poisoner—with Barker's butler poisoned with digitalis and dozens of diabolic traps discovered at their home. On the run from their unseen adversary, Barker and Llewelyn must uncover the threads that connect these seemingly random acts and stop the killer before they and their closest friends and family become the latest casualties.

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Minotaur Books

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1250624800

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The New York Times Everyday Easy Crosswords

200 Fun Puzzles

By: The New York Times,Will Shortz

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The New York Times Everyday Easy Crosswords

200 Fun Puzzles

By: The New York Times,Will Shortz

This brand-new collection packs hours of fun solving into a portable paperback. Enjoy 200 light and easy puzzles, chosen from Monday and Tuesday editions of the newspaper, wherever you go. Features: * 200 fun and easy New York Times crosswords * Portable and perfect for solving on the go * Edited by the #1 man in American crosswords, Will Shortz

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Macmillan

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031264115X

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Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal

The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism

By: Will Tuladhar-Douglas

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Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal

The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism

By: Will Tuladhar-Douglas

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. He provides the basis for the historical study of Newar Buddhism as one distinct tradition among the many that comprise Indic Buddhism. Through a thorough study of the relevant texts in the classical Himalayan languages (Sanskrit, Newari, Tibetan and Nepali), the book puts forward a new thesis about how the Newars legitimated and reinvented their tradition by devising new concepts of canonicity, as such it will appeal to scholars of the history and philology of Buddhism.

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Routledge

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113424195X

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Leadership Lessons: Alfred Sloan

By: Will Peters

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Leadership Lessons: Alfred Sloan

By: Will Peters

He invented corporate management, pioneered modern marketing, and led General Motors to industrial dominance for half a century. But Alfred P. Sloan portrayed himself as a one-dimensional workaholic. Don't take him at his word, this brief eBook argues, but learn from his example. Specifically, he questioned conventional wisdom, made his company his first duty, understood that integrity and character matter more than charisma and showmanship, and welcomed disagreement.

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New Word City

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1936529165

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Incomprehensible!

A Study of How our Legal System Encourages Incomprehensibility, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It

By: Wendy Wagner,Will Walker

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Incomprehensible!

A Study of How our Legal System Encourages Incomprehensibility, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It

By: Wendy Wagner,Will Walker

Explains how the law often encourages actors to be incomprehensible in ways that actually undermine the purpose of the laws themselves.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107008476

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Mercy on Trial

By: Wendell Will

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Mercy on Trial

By: Wendell Will

The placid life of retired professor David Neal is turned upside down when Lu, his wife of fifty years, is felled by a stroke and lies in an irreversible coma. David is presented with the terrible dilemma that could happen to any of us. Should he order his beloved Lu’s respirator turned off, ending her hopeless life? After a tortured inner struggle, David overcomes his doubts. But the doctors are blocked by David and Lu’s determined daughter, a federal judge, who will not consent to the “murder” of her mother. In a dramatic bedside scene David defiantly ends Lu’s life himself. The ambitious prosecutor with an eye on the governorship charges David with murder. David is represented without fee by a wizened attorney whose own wife suffered from an incurable disease. The headline-grabbing trial explores the moral, legal and psychological issues of mercy killing. Readers will not be able to stop turning the pages as one unexpected development after another leads to a surprising ending. Wendell B. Will, an experienced trial attorney, shows us first hand the maneuvering within the judge’s chambers, the fast moving drama of the trial and the tumult of the jury deliberations.

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iUniverse

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059521214X

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The New York Times Crosswords For A Lazy Day

130 Fun, Easy Puzzles

By: The New York Times,Will Shortz

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The New York Times Crosswords For A Lazy Day

130 Fun, Easy Puzzles

By: The New York Times,Will Shortz

This collection of easy-to-solve, fast-to-finish puzzles is especially designed for solvers on the go. These quick, fun crosswords allow fans to puzzle wherever and whenever there's a moment to spare. Original.

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0312939434

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Nonlinear Pedagogy and the Athletic Skills Model

The Importance of Play in Supporting Physical Literacy

By: James Rudd,Ian Renshaw,Geert Savelsbergh,Jia Yi Chow,Will Roberts,Daniel Newcombe,Keith Davids

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Nonlinear Pedagogy and the Athletic Skills Model

The Importance of Play in Supporting Physical Literacy

By: James Rudd,Ian Renshaw,Geert Savelsbergh,Jia Yi Chow,Will Roberts,Daniel Newcombe,Keith Davids

This book offers an ecological conceptualisation of physical literacy. Re-embracing our ancestry as hunter gatherers we gain a new appreciation and understanding of the importance of play, not only in terms of how children learn, but also in showing us as educators how we can lay the foundations for lifelong physical activity. The concept of physical literacy has been recognised and understood throughout history by different communities across the globe. Today, as governments grapple with the multiple challenges of urban life in the 21st century, we can learn from our forebears how to put play at the centre of children’s learning in order to build a more enduring physically active society. This book examines contemporary pedagogical approaches, such as constraints-led teaching, nonlinear pedagogy and the athletic skills model, which are underpinned by the theoretical framework of Ecological Dynamics. It is suggested that through careful design, these models, aimed at children, as well as young athletes, can (i) encourage play and facilitate physical activity and motor learning in children of different ages, providing them with the foundational skills needed for leading active lives; and (ii), develop young athletes in elite sports programmes in an ethical, enriching and supportive manner. Through this text, scientists, academics and practitioners in the sub-disciplines of motor learning and motor development, physical education, sports pedagogy and physical activity and exercise domains will better understand how to design programmes that encourage play and thereby develop the movement skills, self-regulating capacities, motivation and proficiency of people, so that they can move skilfully, effectively and efficiently while negotiating changes throughout the human lifespan.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000402452

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Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology - E-Book

Foundations for Clinical Practice

By: Will Beachey

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Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology - E-Book

Foundations for Clinical Practice

By: Will Beachey

NEW! Chapter on the physiological basis for treating sleep-disordered breathing clarifies the physiological mechanisms of sleep-disordered breathing and the various techniques required to treat this type of disorder. NEW! Reorganization of content places the section on the renal system before the section on integrated responses in exercise and aging to create a more logical flow of content. NEW! More Clinical Focus scenarios and concept questions provide additional opportunities to build upon content previously learned and to apply new information in the text.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323277160

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9780323277167

Woody Guthrie, American Radical

By: Will Kaufman

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Woody Guthrie, American Radical

By: Will Kaufman

Although Joe Klein's Woody Guthrie and Ed Cray's Ramblin' Man capture Woody Guthrie's freewheeling personality and his empathy for the poor and downtrodden, Kaufman is the first to portray in detail Guthrie's commitment to political radicalism, especially communism. Drawing on previously unseen letters, song lyrics, essays, and interviews with family and friends, Kaufman traces Guthrie's involvement in the workers' movement and his development of protest songs. He portrays Guthrie as a committed and flawed human immersed in political complexity and harrowing personal struggle. Since most of the stories in Kaufman's appreciative portrait will be familiar to readers interested in Guthrie, it is best for those who know little about the singer to read first his autobiography, Bound for Glory, or as a next read after American Radical.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252036026

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From Nothing To 90

Failures, Successes, Betrayal and Overcoming Doubt

By: Will Klein

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From Nothing To 90

Failures, Successes, Betrayal and Overcoming Doubt

By: Will Klein

In From Nothing to 90, Will Klein chronicles his life from hardscrabble beginnings as an adopted child in a Saskatchewan family struggling through the “Dirty Thirties” to early success as a newsboy and onto great business achievement despite numerous setbacks throughout his life. In colourful, humorous, observant prose, Will takes readers from Depression-era Saskatchewan through his rise in business in the early days of television to his leadership in a storied public service organization that takes him around the world and into a whirlwind of political machinations that threatens to destroy him. At its heart, From Nothing to 90 is an inspiring story about Saskatchewan: its history, hardships, and opportunities. But it’s also a book about individual initiative, seizing opportunity, and never giving up even after government betrayal and setbacks that might appear insurmountable.

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FriesenPress

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1039174051

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Pâtisserie at Home: Step-by-step recipes to help you master the art of French pastry

By: Will Torrent

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Pâtisserie at Home: Step-by-step recipes to help you master the art of French pastry

By: Will Torrent

Perfect the art of French pâtisserie with over 70 classic recipes from award-winning pastry chef Will Torrent.

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Ryland Peters & Small

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1788793250

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Ancient Alien Ancestors

Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World

By: Will Hart

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Ancient Alien Ancestors

Advanced Technologies That Terraformed Our World

By: Will Hart

Explores evidence for the theory of directed panspermia--that life on Earth and the landscape of Earth itself was engineered by extraterrestrials • Details how the Earth was terraformed through a sophisticated geo-engineering program, providing clear examples such as the precise mathematical longitude configurations of the Great Pyramid of Giza with the major rivers on Earth • Shows how our spectrum of blood types supports the theory of panspermia while directly contradicting the conventional “out of Africa” theory of evolution • Examines the strongest modern UFO accounts, including the Russian Roswell case, as well as the suppressed UFO sightings of NASA astronauts In the early 1970s, Nobel Prize-winning DNA co-discoverer Sir Francis Crick and his colleague Leslie Orgel proposed that in the distant past, an extraterrestrial race sent a spacecraft loaded with microorganisms to seed the Earth with life. Now, more than 40 years later, the fields of space research and biotechnology have advanced to the point where they can back up Crick and Orgel’s claims about our ancient alien ancestors. Sharing scientific evidence of alien involvement with life on our planet and with the very landscape of Earth itself, Will Hart refines the theory of directed panspermia--that life was intentionally seeded on Earth by extraterrestrials--to reveal that the same ET agency also created humans and generated civilization. He shows how the Earth was terraformed through an engineering program so sophisticated and vast that it has escaped our attention so far--for example, the major rivers on Earth are precisely aligned through geo-engineering with the Great Pyramid of Giza. Revealing the Great Pyramid as an alien message in stone, the author explains how the Giza pyramids could not have been built by the ancient Egyptians and examines the extraterrestrial energy technologies used to move the pyramids’ massive stone blocks, methods later rediscovered by Nikola Tesla and the builder of Coral Castle, Edward Leedskalnin. He details how an advanced race implanted the basic genome on Earth as well as genetically engineered the human race and shows how our spectrum of blood types supports the theory of panspermia while directly contradicting the conventional “out of Africa” theory of evolution. Investigating how the extraterrestrial agency behind the origin of civilization is still working behind the scenes today, the author examines the strongest modern UFO accounts, including the Russian Roswell case and the suppressed UFO sightings of NASA astronauts. He shows that this advanced ET civilization is not an alien race in the way we normally think of “aliens”--they are our ancestors and as human as we are.

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Simon and Schuster

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1591432545

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Multicultural Odysseys

Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity

By: Will Kymlicka

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Multicultural Odysseys

Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity

By: Will Kymlicka

We are currently witnessing the global diffusion of multiculturalism, both as a political discourse and as a set of international legal norms. States today are under increasing international scrutiny regarding their treatment of ethnocultural groups, and are expected to meet evolving international standards regarding the rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities, and immigrants. This phenomenon represents a veritable revolution in international relations, yet has received little public or scholarly attention. In this book, Kymlicka examines the factors underlying this change, and the challenges it raises. Against those critics who argue that multiculturalism is a threat to universal human rights, Kymlicka shows that the sort of multiculturalism that is being globalized is inspired and constrained by the human rights revolution, and embedded in a framework of liberal-democratic values. However, the formulation and implementation of these international norms has generated a number of dilemmas. The policies adopted by international organizations to deal with ethnic diversity are driven by conflicting impulses. Pessimism about the destabilizing consequences of ethnic politics alternates with optimism about the prospects for a peaceful and democratic form of multicultural politics. The result is often an unstable mix of paralyzing fear and naïve hope, rooted in conflicting imperatives of security and justice. Moreover, given the enormous differences in the characteristics of minorities (eg., their size, territorial concentration, cultural markers, historic relationship to the state), it is difficult to formulate standards that apply to all groups. Yet attempts to formulate more targeted norms that apply only to specific categories of minorities (eg., "indigenous peoples" or "national minorities") have proven controversial and unstable. Kymlicka examines these dilemmas as they have played out in both the theory and practice of international minority rights protection, including recent developments regarding the rights of national minorities in Europe, the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas, as well as emerging debates on multiculturalism in Asia and Africa.

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OUP Oxford

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0191623369

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Class in the New Millennium

The Structure, Homologies and Experience of the British Social Space

By: Will Atkinson

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Class in the New Millennium

The Structure, Homologies and Experience of the British Social Space

By: Will Atkinson

Class in the New Millennium paints a fresh and comprehensive picture of social class in Britain today. Anchored in a broad repertoire of methods and pursuing a distinctive theoretical agenda, it not only painstakingly maps the structure, transformation and effects of the UK’s key fault lines but goes behind closed doors to see how they play out in everyday family life. Throughout the book Atkinson throws new light on a diverse array of themes, including: the continued effects of deindustrialisation, educational expansion, feminisation of the workforce and surging employment insecurity; the persistence of lifestyle cleavages despite cultural and technological change; the growth of political disengagement, the transformation of the Labour Party and the rise of nationalism; the entwinement of class with space, place and physical movement; and the way in which class interacts with intimate relations to shape not just the way we decorate our walls or talk over the dining table but the very reproduction of the class structure itself. This innovative title will appeal to scholars as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the fields of sociology, politics and political science, cultural studies, cultural geography, social policy and social work.

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Routledge

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131724155X

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9781317241553

Investing In Your Health… You’ll Love The Returns

By: Will Shelton

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Investing In Your Health… You’ll Love The Returns

By: Will Shelton

This book examines current diets to help you make decisions about your eating style as well as taking a look at sleep patterns in association with our overall health. Health and physical education warrant a bigger role in our children’s overall health and well being. One of the chapters is entitled: Games People Play, which focuses on games you played growing up. Will Shelton is deeply concerned that some neighborhoods, including parks are too violent for youth to play in. He presents some innovative ideas that can help curtail violence in neighborhoods. “We need to bring back pride as a core value in some neighborhoods so youth have a vested interest in their respective neighborhoods, by creating jobs, safe parks and recreational centers, better teachers, principals, other school staff, school curriculum, mentorship programs, rites of passage programs, violence prevention programs, better training of police and dramatically stop how guns, drugs and other weapons enter neighborhoods.” ~Will Shelton Will Shelton’s book Investing in Your Health... You’ll Love the Return is an insightful and innovative look at our personal health status and how we can improve it. It examines why we eat the foods we select. It answers the following questions and so much more: What can we specifically do to defeat the #1 Killer of Americans using empirical data? Is healthcare a right or privilege? What are the factors that are affecting our health? What cellular “Master Switch” can be turned on by eating the right kinds of foods to prevent diabetes, obesity, heart disease and other diseases? How do you unlock the subconscious mind to health, wealth and contentment? Why Financial Principles are a requirement for total health happiness? Why is generational health and wealth a vital legacy, in terms of passing the Torch of Health and Wealth to this generation of youth? How does the Glycemic Index help lower sugar intake? How can Stress Busters techniques and activities help with stress? You are a cornucopia of endless treasure. Now is the time to claim your treasure by Investing In Your Health... You'll Love the Returns!

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1506904807

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Care of Wooden Floors

By: Will Wiles

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Care of Wooden Floors

By: Will Wiles

A brilliantly dark literary debut of death, destruction and interior decoration. "But for the floors, and the sofa, and the porn, and the dead and missing, the flat was restored to order." An old friend asks you to look after his two cats and his apartment. What could go wrong? Care of Wooden Floors is about how a tiny oversight can trip off a disastrous and farcical (fatal, even) chain of consequences. It's about a friendship between two men who don't know each other very well. It's about alienation and being alone in a foreign city. It's about the quest for perfection and the struggle against entropy. And it is, a little, about how to take care of wooden floors. Oskar is a Mittel-European minimalist composer best known for a piece called "Variations on Tram Timetables." He is married to a Californian art dealer named Laura and he lives with two cats, named after Russian composers, in an Eastern European city. But this book isn't really about Oskar. Oskar is in Los Angeles, having his marriage to Laura dismantled by lawyers. He has entrusted an old university friend with the task of looking after his cats, and taking care of his perfect, beautiful apartment. Despite the fact that Oskar has left dozens of surreally detailed notes covering every aspect of looking after the flat, things do not go well. Dark, funny and compelling, this novel takes your breath away with its extraordinarily distinctive writing. The voice is unexpected, constantly, but consistently conveys a universal human experience that pulls the reader right into the world of the narrator.

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Anchor Canada

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0385676409

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9780385676403

Constructed Climates

A Primer on Urban Environments

By: Will Wilson

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Constructed Climates

A Primer on Urban Environments

By: Will Wilson

This study demonstrates the value of urban green. Focusing specifically on the role of vegetation and trees, the book shows the costs and benefits reaped from urban open spaces, from cooler temperatures to better quality ground water - and why it all matters. While a work of science, the book does not ignore the social component: it looks at low-income areas that have poor vegetation, and shows how enhancing these areas through the planting of community gardens and trees can alleviate social ills.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226901467

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9780226901466

Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology

Foundations for Clinical Practice

By: Will Beachey, PhD, RRT, FAARC

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Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology

Foundations for Clinical Practice

By: Will Beachey, PhD, RRT, FAARC

Perfect for both practicing therapists and students in respiratory therapy and associated professions, this well-organized text offers the most clinically relevant and up-to-date information on respiratory applied anatomy and physiology. Content spans the areas of basic anatomy and physiology of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, and renal systems, and details the physiological principles underlying common therapeutic, diagnostic, and monitoring therapies and procedures. Using a clear and easy-to-understand format, this text helps you take a more clinical perspective and learn to think more critically about the subject matter. Open-ended concept questions require reasoned responses based on thorough comprehension of the text, fostering critical thinking and discussion. Clinical Focus boxes throughout the text place key subject matter in a clinical context to connect theory with practice. Chapter outlines, chapter objectives, key terms, and a bulleted chapter summary highlight important concepts and make content more accessible. Appendixes contain helpful tables and definitions of terms and symbols. NEW! Chapter on the physiological basis for treating sleep-disordered breathing clarifies the physiological mechanisms of sleep-disordered breathing and the various techniques required to treat this type of disorder. NEW! Reorganization of content places the section on the renal system before the section on integrated responses in exercise and aging to create a more logical flow of content. NEW! More Clinical Focus scenarios and concept questions provide additional opportunities to build upon content previously learned and to apply new information in the text.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323078664

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9780323078665

Summer Baseball Nation

Nine Days in the Wood Bat Leagues

By: Will Geoghegan

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Summer Baseball Nation

Nine Days in the Wood Bat Leagues

By: Will Geoghegan

The college baseball season doesn't end when the school year is finished. Many of the top NCAA Division I, II, and III baseball players continue to play in one of the game's most unique environments, the summer wood bat leagues. They swap aluminum bats for wood and play from June through August in more than forty states. The poetry of America's pastime persists as soon-to-be stars such as Gordon Beckham, Buster Posey, and Aaron Judge crash in spare bedrooms and play for free on city and college ball fields. Summer Baseball Nation chronicles a season in America's summer collegiate baseball leagues. From the Cape to Alaska and a lot of places in between, Will Geoghegan tells the stories of a summer: eighteen of the best college players in the country playing Wiffle ball on Cape Cod, the Midnight Sun Game in Alaska, a California legend picking up another win, home runs flying into Lake Michigan, and the namesake of an old Minor League club packing the same charming ballpark. At every stop, players chase dreams while players and fans alike savor the moment.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496219767

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9781496219763

The New York Times Piece of Cake Crosswords

Easy, Enjoyable Puzzles

By: The New York Times

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The New York Times Piece of Cake Crosswords

Easy, Enjoyable Puzzles

By: The New York Times

Solve the Day Away! Chosen from the Monday and Tuesday Times crosswords---the easiest of the week---this new collection is perfect for sitting, relaxing, and puzzling away.

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Macmillan

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0312361246

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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

By: Will Hermes

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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

By: Will Hermes

This title provides a group portrait of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and Bob Dylan.

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0374533547

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9780374533540

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