William Hale's Books

Cold New World

Growing Up in Harder Country

By: William Finnegan

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Cold New World

Growing Up in Harder Country

By: William Finnegan

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days, this narrative nonfiction classic documents the rising inequality and cultural alienation that presaged the crises of today. “A status report on the American Dream [that] gets its power [from] the unpredictable, rich specifics of people’s lives.”—Time “[William] Finnegan’s real achievement is to attach identities to the steady stream of faceless statistics that tell us America’s social problems are more serious than we want to believe.”—The Washington Post A fifteen-year-old drug dealer in blighted New Haven, Connecticut; a sleepy Texas town transformed by crack; Mexican American teenagers in Washington State, unable to relate to their immigrant parents and trying to find an identity in gangs; jobless young white supremacists in a downwardly mobile L.A. suburb. William Finnegan spent years embedded with families in four communities across the country to become an intimate observer of the lives he reveals in Cold New World. What emerges from these beautifully rendered portraits is a prescient and compassionate book that never loses sight of its subjects’ humanity. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST NONFICTION SELECTION Praise for Cold New World “Unlike most journalists who drop in for a quick interview and fly back out again, Finnegan spent many weeks with families in each community over a period of several years, enough time to distinguish between the kind of short-term problems that can beset anyone and the longer-term systemic poverty and social disintegration that can pound an entire generation into a groove of despair.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “The most remarkable of William Finnegan’s many literary gifts is his compassion. Not the fact of it, which we have a right to expect from any personal reporting about the oppressed, but its coolness, its clarity, its ductile strength. . . . Finnegan writes like a dream. His prose is unfailingly lucid, graceful, and specific, his characterization effortless, and the pull of his narrative pure seduction.”—The Village Voice “Four astonishingly intimate and evocative portraits. . . . All of these stories are vividly, honestly and compassionately told. . . . While Cold New World may make us look in new ways at our young people, perhaps its real goal is to make us look at ourselves.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Modern Library

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0307766144

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9780307766144

Witch Hunts in Europe and America

An Encyclopedia

By: William E. Burns

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Witch Hunts in Europe and America

An Encyclopedia

By: William E. Burns

From early sorcery trials of the 14th century—associated primarily with French and Papal courts—to the witch executions of the late 18th century, this book's entries cover witch-hunting in individual countries, major witch trials from Chelmsford, England, to Salem, Massachusetts, and significant individuals from famous witches to the devout persecutors. Entries such as the evil eye, familiars, and witch-finders cover specific aspects of the witch-hunting process, while entries on writers and modern interpretations provide insight into the current thinking on early modern witch hunts. From the wicked witch of children's stories to Halloween and present-day Wiccan groups, witches and witchcraft still fascinate observers of Western culture. Witches were believed to affect climatological catastrophes, put spells on their neighbors, and cavort with the devil. In early modern Europe and the Americas, witches and witch-hunting were an integral part of everyday life, touching major events such as the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution, as well as politics, law, medicine, and culture.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313093822

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9780313093821

A Treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Infants and Children

By: William A. Edmonds

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A Treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Infants and Children

By: William A. Edmonds

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368859072

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9783368859077

Healing River

By: William Delia

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Healing River

By: William Delia

When Luther Cranstons cancer miraculously disappears after being baptized in the Jericho River, his healing brings hope to some and conflict and controversy to others. Somelike a young father paralyzed by a stroke, a terminally ill woman of faith, and a nine-year-old boy who suffers life-threatening seizureswonder, Do the healing waters of the Jericho hold a miracle for me? Otherslike a local newspaper editor and the pastor who baptized Lutherquestion if this healing is to be believed, especially when a prominent televangelist tries to capitalize on Luthers miracle. Together, they realize that all of us are in need of some form of healing. As Pastor J. C. Hale tells them, Some of us are broken and in need of healing. Some of us are empty and looking to be filled. Some of us are lost and hoping to be found. Some of us are burdened down and looking for relief. Some of us are hopeless and longing for some reason, any reason, to carry on. Some of us are questioning and looking for answers. Some of us believe but have doubts. Some of us do not believe and doubt that we ever will. Some of us need to forgive, and some of us need to be forgiven. But all of usall of usneed to know that we are loved by God.

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240

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WestBow Press

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1449738990

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9781449738990

The inscriptions in St. Peter's church yard Philadelphia

By: William White Bronson

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The inscriptions in St. Peter's church yard Philadelphia

By: William White Bronson

The inscriptions in St. Peter's church yard Philadelphia

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Рипол Классик

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5871550819

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9785871550816

Exercise Physiology

Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance

By: William McArdle,Frank I. Katch,Victor L. Katch

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Exercise Physiology

Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance

By: William McArdle,Frank I. Katch,Victor L. Katch

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Lippincott® Connect Featured Title Purchase of the new print edition of this Lippincott® Connect title includes access to the digital version of the book, plus related materials such as videos and multiple-choice Q&A and self-assessments. Join the nearly half a million students who have built a solid foundation in the scientific principles underlying modern exercise physiology with this trusted, trendsetting text. Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, 9th Edition, presents a research-centric approach in a vibrant, engaging design to make complex topics accessible and deliver a comprehensive understanding of how nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise training affect human performance. The extensively updated 9th Edition reflects the latest advances in the field as well as a rich contextual perspective to ensure readiness for today’s clinical challenges.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975160010

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9781975160012

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

By: William Stewart

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Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

By: William Stewart

This biographical dictionary provides information on 322 men and women who have made or are making significant contributions in the field of anthropology. A short biography highlights each person's professional and private background and detailed analysis of the theories or approaches that each contributed to his or her individual field and a guide to their major published works are provided. A chronological appendix lists each person's date of birth, full name, and primary field of study, guiding readers to entries covering 1681 to 2006. An extensive glossary explains technical terms used throughout the work.

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McFarland

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1476615284

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9781476615288

Resistance The Gathering Storm

By: William C. Dietz

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Resistance The Gathering Storm

By: William C. Dietz

The thrilling novel based on the bestselling video game Resistance: Fall of Man Great Britain. July 1951. Three years ago, Russia went dark. Nothing got in. Nothing got out. The world assumed it was political strife. But it was the Chimera: voracious extraterrestrial invaders. And in December 1949, they burst across the Russian border and poured into Europe. The luckiest humans died. The less fortunate succumbed to an alien virus—and changed. Within a year, most of Europe had fallen. Only Great Britain, after struggling desperately, had kept the conquerors at bay. But as the Chimera were repelled, they were evolving. Building. Planning. America. November 1952. The Chimera have crossed the Atlantic. Their lightning strikes on American borders are devastating. Cities are lost. Small towns overrun. Citizens transformed into monstrosities. Enter Lieutenant Nathan Hale, U.S. Ranger. A veteran of the Chimeran conflict, he is uniquely immune to the alien virus. And when regular troops can’t stem the Chimeran onslaught, Hale and his special-operations team meet the menace head-on. But while they battle the relentless Chimera, deadly power games rage in the White House. And when Hale discovers a far-reaching conspiracy, one with deadly consequences for the human race, his allegiance to country and mankind is stretched to the breaking point. Based on a game rated Mature by the ESRB

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Del Rey

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0345513479

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9780345513472

Civil War Ironclads

The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization

By: William H. Roberts

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Civil War Ironclads

The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization

By: William H. Roberts

Honorable Mention, Science and Technology category, John Lyman Book Awards, North American Society for Oceanic History Civil War Ironclads supplies the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding. In constructing its new fleet of ironclads, William H. Roberts explains, the U.S. Navy faced the enormous engineering challenges of a largely experimental technology. In addition, it had to manage a ship acquisition program of unprecedented size and complexity. To meet these challenges, the Navy established a "project office" that was virtually independent of the existing administrative system. The office spearheaded efforts to broaden the naval industrial base and develop a marine fleet of ironclads by granting shipbuilding contracts to inland firms. Under the intense pressure of a wartime economy, it learned to support its high-technology vessels while incorporating the lessons of combat. But neither the broadened industrial base nor the advanced management system survived the return of peace. Cost overruns, delays, and technical blunders discredited the embryonic project office, while capital starvation and never-ending design changes crippled or ruined almost every major builder of ironclads. When Navy contracts evaporated, so did the shipyards. Contrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation.

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JHU Press

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0801887518

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9780801887512

Fortune's Formula

The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

By: William Poundstone

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Fortune's Formula

The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

By: William Poundstone

In 1956, two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory—the basis of computers and the Internet—to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible. Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the "Kelly formula" to Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett's rate of return. Fortune's Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider's edge. Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market—and William Poundstone's Fortune's Formula will convince you that he was right.

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Hill and Wang

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0374707081

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9780374707088

Galactic Encounters

Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time's End

By: William Sheehan,Christopher J. Conselice

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Galactic Encounters

Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time's End

By: William Sheehan,Christopher J. Conselice

Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about the vast and complicated systems of stars and dust known as galaxies. The first galaxies appeared as violently disturbed exotic objects when the Universe was only a few 100 million years old. From that tortured beginning, they have evolved though processes of accretion, merging and star formation into the majestic spirals and massive ellipticals that dominate our local part of the Universe. This of course includes the Milky Way, to which the Sun and Solar System belong; it is our galactic home, and the only galaxy we will ever know from the inside. Sheehan and Conselice show how astronomers’ understanding has grown from the early catalogs of Charles Messier and William Herschel; developed through the pioneering efforts of astronomers like E.E. Barnard, V.M. Slipher, Henrietta Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and W.W. Morgan; and finally is reaching fruition in cutting-edge research with state-of-the-art instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope that can see back to nearly the beginning of the Universe. By combining archival research that reveals fascinating details about the personalities, rivalries and insights of the astronomers who created extragalactic astronomy with the latest data gleaned from a host of observa tions, the authors provide a view of galaxies – and their place in our understanding of the Universe – as they have never been seen before.

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Springer

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0387853472

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9780387853475

The New England Coast

The Most Spectacular Sights & Destinations

By: William H. Johnson, Kim Knox Beckius

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The New England Coast

The Most Spectacular Sights & Destinations

By: William H. Johnson, Kim Knox Beckius

To explore the New England Coast is to explore the roots of our nation, from the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock to the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is to experience the traditions that have shaped our culture and livelihood, from the quaint fishing villages at land’s end to the prestigious colleges of Boston. And it is to witness the natural wonders of Cape Cod’s miles of open beach, the rugged cliffs along the Maine Coast, the dense forests of Acadia National Park, and much more. In The New England Coast, writer Kim Knox Beckius and photographer William H. Johnson present the sights and experiences that make this region one of the country’s most popular destinations, beloved by year-round residents and seasonal vacationers alike. As it highlights the coast’s history and culture, the book also offers practical travel information and suggestions for the best ways to explore the region. It is an ideal companion for the millions who flock to the New England Coast every summer, as well as perfect fireside reading during the harsh Atlantic winters.

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1616731257

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Families of Western New York

By: William Richard Cutter

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Families of Western New York

By: William Richard Cutter

A stronghold of Scotch-Irish settlement, Augusta County commands great interest among genealogists because thousands of 18th- and 19th-century families passed through it en route to the West. J. Lewis Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia is the standard work on the county. It is essentially a narrative account of Augusta from its aboriginal beginnings and Spotswood's discovery of the Valley of Virginia through the Civil War. Genealogists will value the book, in part, as a companion volume to such Augusta County source record collections as Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Of greater importance to genealogists, however, are the genealogical and biographical sketches of a number pioneering Augusta County families found in the Appendix to the volume.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806346604

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9780806346601

The Great Law and the Longhouse

A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy

By: William Nelson Fenton

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The Great Law and the Longhouse

A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy

By: William Nelson Fenton

The Great Law, a living tradition among the conservative Iroquois, is sustained by celebrating the condolence ceremony when they mourn a dead chief and install his successor for life on good behavior. This ritual act, reaching back to the dawn of history, maintains the League of the Iroquois, the legendary form of government that gave way over time to the Iroquois Confederacy. Fenton verifies historical accounts from his own long experience of Iroquois society, so that his political ethnography extends into the twentieth century as he considers in detail the relationship between customs and events. His main argument is the remarkable continuity of Iroquois political tradition in the face of military defeat, depopulation, territorial loss, and acculturation to European technology.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806130032

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Book's by William Hale

Cold New World

Cold New World

Witch Hunts in Europe and America

Witch Hunts in Europe and America

A Treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Infants and Children

A Treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Infants and Children

Healing River

Healing River

The inscriptions in St. Peter's church yard Philadelphia

The inscriptions in St. Peter's church yard Philadelphia

Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiology

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

Biographical Dictionary of Anthropologists

Resistance The Gathering Storm

Resistance The Gathering Storm

Civil War Ironclads

Civil War Ironclads

Fortune's Formula

Fortune's Formula

Galactic Encounters

Galactic Encounters

The New England Coast

The New England Coast

Families of Western New York

Families of Western New York

The Great Law and the Longhouse

The Great Law and the Longhouse

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