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Stories of Survival

Arkansas Farmers During the Great Depression

By: William Downs Jr.

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Stories of Survival

Arkansas Farmers During the Great Depression

By: William Downs Jr.

Through dozens of in-depth interviews representing all sections of the state, farm families recall their best times, their worst times, and day-to-day experiences such as chores, washing, bathing, clothes making, medical care, home remedies, spiritual life, courtship and marriage, and school experiences. Their stories reveal how ordinary men and women, frequently living in abject poverty, endured cataclysmic natural disasters and economic collapse with extraordinary courage, faith, resourcefulness, and a good sense of humor.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557286892

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9781557286895

The Fighting Tigers

The Untold Stories Behind the Names on the Ouachita Baptist University WWII Memorial

By: William David Downs

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The Fighting Tigers

The Untold Stories Behind the Names on the Ouachita Baptist University WWII Memorial

By: William David Downs

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941, the call of a nation went out and thirty-five young men of the Ouachita Baptist University answered. This is their story--one of dedication, commitment, and sacrifice.

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300

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University of Arkansas Press

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0971347050

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9780971347052

True Heroines

Police Women Killed in the Line of Duty Throughout the United States, 1916-1999

By: William Wilbanks

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True Heroines

Police Women Killed in the Line of Duty Throughout the United States, 1916-1999

By: William Wilbanks

Describes the circumstances and events which led to the 138 women law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty, the identity of their perpetrator(s), and the deposition of the case, with a biography and photo of each officer and their descendants. Author Dr. William Wilbanks carefully researched each case and unveiled the mystery of unsolved deaths.

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250

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563115239

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9781563115233

Ghosts across Kentucky

By: William Montell

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Ghosts across Kentucky

By: William Montell

Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained sounds, felt presences, and disappearing apparitions. Phantom workmen, fallen soldiers, young lovers, and executed criminals appear in these pages, along with the living who chance upon them. Though the focus is on the stories themselves, Montell also includes a chapter explaining our fascination with the supernatural and the deep truths these storytelling traditions reveal about our lives and our pasts.William Lynwood Montell, emeritus professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author of several books, including Killings.

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283

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University Press of Kentucky

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081312784X

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9780813127842

Records of the Revolutionary War

By: William Thomas Roberts Saffell

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Records of the Revolutionary War

By: William Thomas Roberts Saffell

This collection of Revolutionary War records contains rosters, with service records, of about 15,000 soldiers and officers from the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina, arranged by regiment, company, and corps. Saffell, who was counselor and agent for Revolutionary War pension claims also includes lists of distinguished prisoners, Half-Pay Acts of the Continental Congress, Revolutionary pension laws, and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands. Contains data not found anywhere else.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806303042

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9780806303048

Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering

By: William C. Lyons

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Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering

By: William C. Lyons

Volume 1 presents the mathematics and general engineering and science of petroleum engineering. It also examines the auxiliary equipment and provides coverage of all aspects of drilling and well completion.

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1450

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Gulf Professional Publishing

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0884156427

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9780884156420

Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

By: William C. Lyons,Gary J Plisga BS

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Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

By: William C. Lyons,Gary J Plisga BS

This new edition of the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides you with the best, state-of-the-art coverage for every aspect of petroleum and natural gas engineering. With thousands of illustrations and 1,600 information-packed pages, this text is a handy and valuable reference. Written by over a dozen leading industry experts and academics, the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides the best, most comprehensive source of petroleum engineering information available. Now in an easy-to-use single volume format, this classic is one of the true "must haves" in any petroleum or natural gas engineer's library. - A classic for the oil and gas industry for over 65 years! - A comprehensive source for the newest developments, advances, and procedures in the petrochemical industry, covering everything from drilling and production to the economics of the oil patch - Everything you need - all the facts, data, equipment, performance, and principles of petroleum engineering, information not found anywhere else - A desktop reference for all kinds of calculations, tables, and equations that engineers need on the rig or in the office - A time and money saver on procedural and equipment alternatives, application techniques, and new approaches to problems

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Elsevier

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0080481086

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9780080481081

The Cost Disease

Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't

By: William J. Baumol

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The Cost Disease

Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't

By: William J. Baumol

The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this concise and illuminating book, well-known economist William J. Baumol explores the causes of these seemingly intractable problems and offers a surprisingly simple explanation. Baumol identifies the "cost disease" as a major source of rapidly rising costs in service sectors of the economy. Once we understand that disease, he explains, effective responses become apparent. Baumol presents his analysis with characteristic clarity, tracing the fast-rising prices of health care and education in the U.S. and other major industrial nations, then examining the underlying causes of the phenomenon, which have to do with the nature of providing labor-intensive services. The news is good, Baumol reassures, because the nature of the disease is such that society will be able to afford the rising costs.

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287

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Yale University Press

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030018848X

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9780300188486

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1836-1849

By: William Cullen Bryant

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1836-1849

By: William Cullen Bryant

The second volume of William Cullen Bryant's letters opens in 1836 as he has just returned to New York from an extended visit to Europe to resume charge of the New York Evening Post, brought near to failure during his absence by his partner William Leggett's mismanagement. At the period's close, Bryant has found in John Bigelow an able editorial associate and astute partner, with whose help he has brought the paper close to its greatest financial prosperity and to national political and cultural influence.Bryant's letters lf the years between show the versatility of his concern with the crucial political, social, artistic, and literary movements of his time, and the varied friendships he enjoyed despite his preoccupation with a controversial daily paper, and with the sustenance of a poetic reputation yet unequaled among Americans. As president of the New York Homeopathic Society, in letters and editorials urging widespread public parks, and in his presidency of the New York Society for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death, he gave attention to public health, recreation, and order. He urged the rights of labor, foreign and religious minorities, and free African Americans; his most powerful political effort of the period was in opposition to the spread of slavery through the conquest of Mexico. An early commitment to free trade in material goods was maintained in letters and editorials, and to that in ideas by his presidency of the American Copyright Club and his support of the efforts of Charles Dickens and Harriet Martineau to secure from the United States Congress and international copyright agreement.Included here are letters to prominent Americans, many of them his close friends, such as the two Danas, Bancroft, Cole, Cooper, Dewey, Dix, Downing, Durand, Forrest, Greenough, Irving, Longfellow, Simms, Tilden, Van Buren, and Weir. His letters to the Evening Post recounting his observations and experiences during travels abroad and in the South, West, and Northeast of the United States, which were copied widely in other newspapers and praised highly by many of their subscribers, are here made available to the present-day reader.

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602

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Fordham Univ Press

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082320992X

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9780823209927

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga

By: William Glenn Robertson

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River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga

By: William Glenn Robertson

The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties. In this first volume of an authoritative two-volume history of the Chickamauga Campaign, William Glenn Robertson provides a richly detailed narrative of military operations in southeastern and eastern Tennessee as two armies prepared to meet along the "River of Death." Robertson tracks the two opposing armies from July 1863 through Bragg's strategic decision to abandon Chattanooga on September 9. Drawing on all relevant primary and secondary sources, Robertson devotes special attention to the personalities and thinking of the opposing generals and their staffs. He also sheds new light on the role of railroads on operations in these landlocked battlegrounds, as well as the intelligence gathered and used by both sides. Delving deep into the strategic machinations, maneuvers, and smaller clashes that led to the bloody events of September 19@–20, 1863, Robertson reveals that the road to Chickamauga was as consequential as the unfolding of the battle itself.

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697

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UNC Press Books

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1469643138

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9781469643137

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800

By: Frederic William Bailey

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Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800

By: Frederic William Bailey

An extensive work, this is based on original records, mainly of the Congregational and Episcopal churches of the period 1651-1800. About 30,000 marriages are recorded, arranged by town and thereunder by church, and they give the full names of the brides and grooms, and the marriage dates. Each of the seven volumes is indexed.

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1000

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806300078

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9780806300078

Miller's Anesthesia E-Book

By: Ronald D. Miller,Lars I. Eriksson,Lee A Fleisher,Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish,Neal H Cohen,William L. Young

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Miller's Anesthesia E-Book

By: Ronald D. Miller,Lars I. Eriksson,Lee A Fleisher,Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish,Neal H Cohen,William L. Young

From fundamental principles to advanced subspecialty procedures, Miller’s Anesthesia covers the full scope of contemporary anesthesia practice. This go-to medical reference book offers masterful guidance on the technical, scientific, and clinical challenges you face each day, in addition to providing the most up-to-date information available for effective board preparation. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Address the unique needs of pediatric patients with guidance from an entire section on pediatric anesthesia. View more than 1,500 full-color illustrations for enhanced visual clarity. Access step-by-step instructions for patient management, as well as an in-depth analysis of ancillary responsibilities and problems. Quickly reference important concepts with ‘Key Points’ boxes integrated into every chapter. Stay current on today's most recent anesthetic drugs and guidelines/protocols for anesthetic practice and patient safety, and access expanded coverage on new techniques such as TEE and other monitoring procedures. Take advantage of the unique, international perspectives of prominent anesthesiologists from all over the world, including the UK, Australia, India, Brazil, and Germany. Remain at the forefront of new developments in anesthesia with coverage of hot topics including Non-OR Anesthesia; Role of the Anesthesiologist in Disasters; Sleep Medicine in Anesthesia; Perioperative and Anesthesia-related Neurotoxicity; Anesthetic Implications of Complementary and Alternative Medicine; and Robotics. Study brand-new chapters on Perioperative Fluid Management; Extracorporeal Support Therapies; Anesthesia for Organ Donation/Procurement; and Malignant Hyperthermia and other Genetic Disorders.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323280110

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9780323280112

Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual

By: William H. Frishman,Edmund H. Sonnenblick,Domenic A. Sica

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Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual

By: William H. Frishman,Edmund H. Sonnenblick,Domenic A. Sica

This manual, based on the definitive reference, is a concise and portable guide to the pharmacologic management of cardiovascular conditions. Focused on clinically relevant information related to drug treatment, this book features tables and charts for quick reference.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071373632

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9780071373630

Health Policy, Federalism, and the American States

By: Robert F. Rich,William D. White

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Health Policy, Federalism, and the American States

By: Robert F. Rich,William D. White

In the ongoing struggle between those favoring centralized and those favoring decentralized government, health care policy is an important issue. This book has three goals: (1) to illustrate how theories of federalism and intergovernmental relations can provide a useful framework for examining how to "divide up the job" in the health care area, (2) to assess the capacity of the states to actually implement health care policy changes, and (3) to weigh the merits of alternative visions of the future role of states and the federal government in health care policy.

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The Urban Insitute

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0877666601

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9780877666608

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Stories of Survival

Stories of Survival

The Fighting Tigers

The Fighting Tigers

True Heroines

True Heroines

Ghosts across Kentucky

Ghosts across Kentucky

Records of the Revolutionary War

Records of the Revolutionary War

Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering

Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering

Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

The Cost Disease

The Cost Disease

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1836-1849

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1836-1849

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800

Miller's Anesthesia E-Book

Miller's Anesthesia E-Book

Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual

Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual

Health Policy, Federalism, and the American States

Health Policy, Federalism, and the American States

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