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The Great Detective

The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

By: Zach Dundas

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The Great Detective

The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

By: Zach Dundas

A rollicking look at popular culture’s most beloved sleuth: “For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating” (The Boston Globe). Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas set out to find the answer. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. In this “wonderful book” (Booklist, starred review), Dundas unearths the inspirations behind Holmes and his indispensable companion, Dr. John Watson; explores how they have been kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers; and visits locales—from the boozy annual New York City gathering of one of the world’s oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes fan societies; to a freezing Devon heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles; to sunny Pasadena, where Dundas chats with the creators of the smash BBC series Sherlock. Along the way, he discovers the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral—then, now, and as long as the game’s afoot.

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HMH

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054422020X

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9780544220201

True North, Emerging Leader Edition

Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace

By: Bill George,Zach Clayton

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True North, Emerging Leader Edition

Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace

By: Bill George,Zach Clayton

A Clarion Call to Emerging Leaders: Step Up and Lead Now! In True North: Emerging Leaders Edition, renowned leadership expert Bill George and Millennial tech entrepreneur Zach Clayton issue the challenge to emerging leaders—from Gen X to Millennials and Gen Z—to lead their organizations authentically through never-ending crises to make this world a better place for everyone. Emerging leaders do so by discovering their “True North”—who they are—and then finding their “North Star”—their leadership purpose. To navigate today’s complexities, George and Clayton show emerging leaders how to lead with their hearts, not just their heads, with passion, compassion, and moral courage by being true to their values to reach their full potential as they take on great challenges and navigate complex issues. Harvard professor Bill George, with four best-selling books to his credit including the timeless classic True North, is the former CEO of Medtronic who established authentic leadership in 2003. He teams up with Zach Clayton, an emerging leader still amid his own leadership development journey, to give emerging leaders the definitive guide for leading in today’s complex world. The Emerging Leader Edition is filled with dramatic stories from successful leaders such as Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Merck’s Ken Frazier to PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and General Motors’ Mary Barra, and emerging leaders like OneTrust’s Kabir Barday and Kanbrick’s Tracy Britt Cool of how they overcame great challenges to build highly successful organizations. The book offers concrete suggestions for: Becoming an authentic leader, equipped to lead inclusively with moral clarity through challenges and crises Cultivating regular introspection to ground yourself with self-awareness, live your values, and use your unique strengths Integrating all aspects of your life—including who you are at home, at work, and in the community Understanding how Millennials are leading more effectively in today’s world Being an inclusive leader prepared to take on fraught issues like stakeholder challenges, racial and sexual equality, and sexual misconduct Knowing when—and how—leaders should speak out on today’s complex public issues The Emerging Leader Edition of True North is the classic guide for every current and aspiring leader to reach their full, authentic potential.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119886104

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9781119886105

My Avatar, My Self

Identity in Video Role-Playing Games

By: Zach Waggoner

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My Avatar, My Self

Identity in Video Role-Playing Games

By: Zach Waggoner

With videogames now one of the world's most popular diversions, the virtual world has increasing psychological influence on real-world players. This book examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. Utilizing James Gee's theoretical constructs of real-world identity, virtual-world identity, and projective identity, this research shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player's sense of self and makes recommendations of terminology for future identity researchers.

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McFarland

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0786454091

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9780786454099

Reiki Marketing Volume 2: More Reiki Marketing Tips for Promoting Your Reiki Practice, Reiki Internet Marketing Included

By: Zach Keyer

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Reiki Marketing Volume 2: More Reiki Marketing Tips for Promoting Your Reiki Practice, Reiki Internet Marketing Included

By: Zach Keyer

This Manual builds upon the first, with Offline and Online Reiki Marketing Tips For Promoting Your Reiki Practice, and connecting with your future Reiki Clients and Reiki Students. In This manual you will find many other ideas for marketing your practice both offline and online.. Including using the leverage of your network of friends and associates!

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Lulu.com

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1430306025

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9781430306023

Critical Pedagogy and Global Literature

Worldly Teaching

By: Masood Ashraf Raja,Hillary Stringer,Zach VandeZande

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Critical Pedagogy and Global Literature

Worldly Teaching

By: Masood Ashraf Raja,Hillary Stringer,Zach VandeZande

In one volume, this edited collection provides both a theoretical and praxis-driven engagement with teaching world literature, focusing on various aspects of critical pedagogy. Included are nine praxis-driven essays by instructors who have taught world literature courses at the university level.

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Springer

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1137319763

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9781137319760

Chivalry

The Quest for a Personal Code of Honor in an Unjust World

By: Zach Hunter

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Chivalry

The Quest for a Personal Code of Honor in an Unjust World

By: Zach Hunter

A generation is rising up to care for the hurting and oppressed. Committed to changing the world, they are passionate about justice and willing to fight for it. Here, Hunter dares young men and women to view their lives as a quest, challenging them to develop their own personal code that will prepare them to defend others and live with civility and integrity. Original.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414376359

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9781414376356

The Generosity Movement

Activating Your Giving Like Never Before

By: Zach Mueller

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The Generosity Movement

Activating Your Giving Like Never Before

By: Zach Mueller

The wish that we could do more always seems to be a thought that roams around in our minds, leaving us overwhelmed by our humanity and underwhelmed by our generosity. Still God has a way of using our humanity to bring about His plan and reveal what is possible. Truth is, God loves using you and me to share and show His generosity. This book looks to help discover and uncover what is possible. It is about seeing the essential pieces and knowing the God given potential that is in each and every one of us when it comes to living and giving. From identifying the frequently misunderstood concepts of generosity and being strategic with how to effectively influence people around you to questions for small groups and personal challenges, this book is not only an educational resource. Gods sole mission has always been to show love and compassion through generosity. A generous God is how we got here and generous living is why we are here. Will you begin a movement of generosity?

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WestBow Press

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1512755281

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9781512755282

The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future

By: Zach St. George

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The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future

By: Zach St. George

An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles—humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade—threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine. Journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with their own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324001615

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9781324001614

The Performance Cortex

How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius

By: Zach Schonbrun

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The Performance Cortex

How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius

By: Zach Schonbrun

“A must-read for the cerebral sports fan . . . like Moneyball except nerdier. Much nerdier.” —Sports Illustrated Why couldn’t Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, crush a baseball? Why can’t modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do great quarterbacks always seem to know where their receivers are? On a quest to discover what actually drives human movement and its spectacular potential, journalist, sports writer, and fan Zach Schonbrun interviewed experts on motor control around the world. The trail begins with the groundbreaking work of two neuroscientists in Major League Baseball who are upending the traditional ways scouts evaluate the speed with which great players read a pitch. Across all sports, new theories and revolutionary technology are revealing how the brain’s motor control system works in extraordinarily talented athletes like Stephen Curry, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, and Lionel Messi; as well as musical virtuosos, dancers, rock climbers, race-car drivers, and more. Whether it is timing a 95 mph fastball or reaching for a coffee mug, movement requires a complex suite of computations that many take for granted—until they read The Performance Cortex. Zach Schonbrun ushers in a new way of thinking about the athletic gifts we marvel over and seek to develop in our own lives. It’s not about the million-dollar arm anymore. It’s about the million-dollar brain.

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Penguin

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1101986352

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Manifest Destiny

By: Zach Daniel

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Manifest Destiny

By: Zach Daniel

Left unreconciled, the stories of our past will become the harbingers of our future. Nick Jacob’s father meant the world to him. Murdered during an apparent robbery, the loss of his only mentor, friend, and idol left a crimson stain on the pure fabric of Nick’s teenage life. Carrying the unimaginable burden of grief into his thirties, the haunting events of the past stir a new sensation deep inside of him. Fueled by anger and a sense of injustice, he begins a dark crusade to avenge others who have been similarly wronged. The traumatic events of the past puppeteer Nick toward a destiny that he never chose for himself. Expecting to obtain solace, Nick begins to uncover the truth of his father’s murder. He soon realizes that he isn’t only in a fight with his inner demons, but with what is unearthed in the investigation. A fight that stands between him and the future he desires; which may cost him everything. Manifest Destiny injects readers into a world filled with depth, drama, and timeless wisdom. Nick’s story of a desire for justice shows the gravitational pull that the past exerts on our lives. But unfortunately, seeking vengeance for his father’s murder only condemns his future. Left unforgiven, the dark stories of our history are doomed to play on infinite repeat. But as we beseech the world seeking growth and change, we need only lay down our past as the necessary sacrifice.

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Blackstone Publishing

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1641467452

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We Keep Us Safe

Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities

By: Zach Norris

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We Keep Us Safe

Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities

By: Zach Norris

A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing the repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we need to reimagine what safety means. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. In order to truly be safe, we are going to have to dismantle our mentality of Us vs. Them. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs. This is where real safety begins. In this book Zach Norris provides a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

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Beacon Press

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0807029750

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9780807029756

Healing Touch

The Church's Forgotten Language

By: Zach Thomas

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Healing Touch

The Church's Forgotten Language

By: Zach Thomas

When Jesus ministered, he often used touch. Yet this human act makes many people uneasy. In this helpful book, Zach Thomas provides fresh perspectives on the practical meanings of touch for the faith community. He criticizes the church for its mind/body split and suggests a more wholesome path to using healing touch.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664251870

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9780664251871

Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana

By: Karen Bazzani Zach

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Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana

By: Karen Bazzani Zach

The early west-central Indiana town of Crawfordsville saw the passage of several Native American tribes, as well as French traders and missionaries, traveling along Sugar Creek. Flourishing as the county seat, the city was buoyed by the railroad, horses, and higher education, and is most well known for Wabash College, outstanding American authors such as Lew Wallace (Ben Hur), and the Federal Land Office. Overcoming hardships along the way, the residents' fortitude and commitment to the city's growth enabled them to persevere and establish this lucrative and charming community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738524174

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Defund Fear

Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment

By: Zach Norris

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Defund Fear

Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment

By: Zach Norris

A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing the repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we need to reimagine what safety means. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. In order to truly be safe, we are going to have to dismantle our mentality of Us vs. Them. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs. This is where real safety begins. Originally published in hardcover as We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, Defund Fear is a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

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Beacon Press

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0807029882

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9780807029886

Death Angel

By: Zach Martin,Clifford Linedecker,Clifford L. Linedecker

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Death Angel

By: Zach Martin,Clifford Linedecker,Clifford L. Linedecker

The inside story of the case that inspired the Netflix film “The Good Nurse.” Hospital Horror Gaunt and ghostlike, Charles Cullen was a lifelong misfit who quietly became one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Over the course of sixteen years, he walked the hallways of hospitals and nursing homes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where he worked as a nurse, "ministering" to the elderly and other gravely ill patients in critical care units. The self-appointed grim reaper played a cruel game, deciding which of his charges should die. . .and snuffing out their lives with fatal drug overdoses. Nightmare Nurse Cullen specialized in nighttime assignments to ICU wards that he used as his own personal hunting grounds. He was one of a sinister breed of health care professionals who murder their patients: a Death Angel. He confessed to killing as many as 40 patients from 1988 to 2003. Death Angels Among Us Now, bestselling true crime writer Clifford L. Linedecker and Zach Martin, a popular radio personality whose mother was Cullen's first known victim at New Jersey's Somerset Medical Center, tell the chilling story of a diabolical serial murderer who used his medical skills not to cure, but to kill the most vulnerable of victims. Be warned: Charles Cullen is neither the first nor the last such Death Angel—and any one of us could be next. . . 16 Pages Of Shocking Photos

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Pinnacle Books

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0786034432

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9780786034437

The Saxe Point Park Mystery

By: Arem Zach

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The Saxe Point Park Mystery

By: Arem Zach

This is the first of a series of mysteries that take place in and around Victoria, B.C., the author's hometown. The main characters are children who eventually solve the mystery of strange occurrences and unexplained events. In the Saxe Point Park Mystery they stumble upon a dangerous plot which could alter our perception of where we belong in the universe. During a quiet summer vacation in Victoria, three children find themselves in the middle of a strange mystery. Their curiosity puts them in peril, pitted against dangerous characters bent on making millions from stolen artifacts with hidden powers. From Saxe Point Park to the grasslands of southern Russia, this tale takes the children on a scary journey. The international implications are huge as the FBI, CIA and local police try to keep the secret from being uncovered.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412043530

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9781412043533

Paradoxes and Inconsistent Mathematics

By: Zach Weber

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Paradoxes and Inconsistent Mathematics

By: Zach Weber

Logical paradoxes – like the Liar, Russell's, and the Sorites – are notorious. But in Paradoxes and Inconsistent Mathematics, it is argued that they are only the noisiest of many. Contradictions arise in the everyday, from the smallest points to the widest boundaries. In this book, Zach Weber uses “dialetheic paraconsistency” – a formal framework where some contradictions can be true without absurdity – as the basis for developing this idea rigorously, from mathematical foundations up. In doing so, Weber directly addresses a longstanding open question: how much standard mathematics can paraconsistency capture? The guiding focus is on a more basic question, of why there are paradoxes. Details underscore a simple philosophical claim: that paradoxes are found in the ordinary, and that is what makes them so extraordinary.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108999026

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9781108999021

Meet the Pittsburgh Steelers

By: Zach Burgess

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Meet the Pittsburgh Steelers

By: Zach Burgess

An introduction to the Pittsburgh Steelers professional football team. Includes information about the team's history, stadium, star players, uniforms and more. Features a true or false quiz, photos, vintage trading cards reproductions, maps, and records. Includes access to the Team Spirit Overtime website which provides regularly updated information and photos. Aligns to Common Core State Standards requirements for Reading Informational Text. Table of Contents, glossary, additional resources and index.

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Norwood House Press

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1599537494

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A City on Mars

Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith,Zach Weinersmith

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A City on Mars

Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith,Zach Weinersmith

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scientific American’s #1 Book for 2023 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * “Exceptional. . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . This book will make you happy to live on this planet — a good thing, because you’re not leaving anytime soon.” —New York Times Book Review From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren’t so sure it’s a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing fast, but we lack the knowledge needed to have space kids, build space farms, and create space nations in a way that doesn’t spark conflict back home. In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space, A City on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won’t create nightmares, both for settlers and the people they leave behind. In the process, the Weinersmiths answer every question about space you’ve ever wondered about, and many you’ve never considered: Can you make babies in space? Should corporations govern space settlements? What about space war? Are we headed for a housing crisis on the Moon’s Peaks of Eternal Light—and what happens if you’re left in the Craters of Eternal Darkness? Why do astronauts love taco sauce? Speaking of meals, what’s the legal status of space cannibalism? With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself—whether and how to become multiplanetary. Get in, we’re going to Mars.

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Penguin

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1984881736

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Growing Up in Flames

By: Zach Jones

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Growing Up in Flames

By: Zach Jones

This contemporary YA novel is perfect for fans of Mark Smith and Vikki Wakefield, and tackles grief, belonging and mental illness.

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1922459674

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Republican Populist

Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America

By: Charles J. Holden,Zach Messitte,Jerald Podair

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Republican Populist

Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America

By: Charles J. Holden,Zach Messitte,Jerald Podair

Typically a maligned figure in American political history, former vice president Spiro T. Agnew is often overlooked. Although he is largely remembered for his alliterative speeches, attacks on the media and East Coast intellectuals, and his resignation from office in 1973 in the wake of tax evasion charges, Agnew had a significant impact on the modern Republican Party that is underappreciated. It is impossible, in fact, to understand the current internal struggles of the Republican Party without understanding this populist "everyman" and prototypical middle-class striver who was one of the first proponents of what would become the ideology of Donald Trump’s GOP. Republican Populist examines Agnew’s efforts to make the Republican Party representative of the "silent majority." Under the tutelage of a group of talented speechwriters assigned to Agnew by President Richard Nixon including Pat Buchanan and William Safire, Agnew crafted the populist-tinged, anti-establishment rhetoric that helped turn the Republican Party into a powerful national electoral force that has come to define American politics into the current era. A fascinating political portrait of Agnew from his pre–vice presidential career through his scandal-driven fall from office and beyond, this book is a revelatory examination of Agnew’s role as one of the founding fathers of the modern Republican Party and of the link between Agnew’s "people’s party" and the fraught party of populists and businessmen today.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813943272

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9780813943275

Soul Hunters

By: Zach Carpenter

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Soul Hunters

By: Zach Carpenter

For years, rumors circulated in the town of Broken Edge, Kansas, and elsewhere about the presence of monsters zombies, werewolves, goblins, other creatures from Hollywood movies. At only five years old, Mick Johnson learned that the talk of monsters in Broken Edge was more than just rumor. A mysterious group of people came to Broken Edge looking for these creatures, claiming they would hunt and kill them for the good of the town. Shortly after they arrived, Broken Edge plunged into chaos. The hunters, the monsters, local law enforcement, and the National Guard battled in the streets, leveling the town in an event known as the Broken Edge Massacre. Young Mick witnessed the destruction firsthand, causing him to lose his innocence forever. After the massacre, the hunters disappeared, leaving questions about their intentions unanswered. Now, eighteen years later, Mick Johnson is a detective with the Broken Edge Police Department. Committed to protecting a town overrun by monsters, Mick is still haunted by images of the massacre and determined to prove that the hunters were the ones responsible. In Soul Hunters, the strange band of hunters unexpectedly returns to Broken Edge. Mick finally has a chance to collect the evidence he needs to connect them to the massacre. But Mick is shocked to find that Broken Edge is embracing the hunters' return. Desperate for anyone who will help them rid their town of monsters, the townspeople ignore Mick's warnings and quickly align themselves with the hunters. When Mick discovers that a new threat to the town worse than the monsters or the hunters is hunting him, seeking the hunters' help becomes his only chance of survival.

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Tate Publishing

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1617777579

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Soonish

Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

By: Kelly Weinersmith,Zach Weinersmith

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Soonish

Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

By: Kelly Weinersmith,Zach Weinersmith

The instant New York Times bestseller! A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year! A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already? What is the hold-up? In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and noted researcher Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's coming next -- from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. By weaving their own research, interviews with the scientists who are making these advances happen, and Zach's trademark comics, the Weinersmiths investigate why these technologies are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way. New technologies are almost never the work of isolated geniuses with a neat idea. A given future technology may need any number of intermediate technologies to develop first, and many of these critical advances may appear to be irrelevant when they are first discovered. The journey to progress is full of strange detours and blind alleys that tell us so much about the human mind and the march of civilization. To this end, Soonish investigates ten different emerging fields, from programmable matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know, soonish. Soonish is the perfect gift for science lovers for the holidays!

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0399563822

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9780399563829

Bumblebee

And Other Stories

By: Zach Elliott

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Bumblebee

And Other Stories

By: Zach Elliott

Brief moments resolve into the love lives of a couple in Tick Tock, while a trip down memory lane could spell disaster for a couple in The Bells of Spring. In Playing to Live, a woman barred from her passion searches for a way to reclaim it. An author struggles to separate himself from his character in Metamary. Striking the Set follows a dutiful but largely ignored son as he arranges a final meeting for his dying father with his much favored brother. And in the signature story, Bumblebee, a young girl gains control over time and destiny in a way that draws the attention of ancient and powerful beings. These stories and others await when you explore the sharply realized, melancholy-tinged worlds of Zach Elliott.

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1504959264

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The Irish Experiment

By: Zach Tuohy,Catherine Murphy

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The Irish Experiment

By: Zach Tuohy,Catherine Murphy

Whether it's committing to a tackle, being a dad or writing a memoir, if Zach Tuohy goes in, he goes 'all in' Like most Irishmen, Zach Tuohy's first love was Gaelic football. But when an Australian football club came knocking with a professional contract, the then-seventeen-year-old leapt at the opportunity to travel across the world and come to grips with an oval ball. Despite a rocky start navigating a Carlton Football Club in disarray and becoming a father at twenty-three, Zach went on to become one of the greatest success stories of the 'Irish Experiment'. A move to the Geelong Cats made him a star rebounding defender and cult favourite player, and in 2022 he reached the pinnacle of his adopted code, winning a Premiership medal. In 2023, Zach set a new record for the number of AFL games played by an Irish player, passing the effort of the great Jim Stynes. With characteristic devil-may care attitude and determination, Zach writes candidly about his experiences in Australia, recounting the good, the bad and the downright hilarious. He has plenty to say about the relationships between the indigenous codes of GAA and the AFL, and what needs to change secure the future of Irish and Australian footballers alike.

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Affirm Press

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1923135481

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9781923135482

Responsive Legality

The New Administrative Justice

By: Zach Richards

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Responsive Legality

The New Administrative Justice

By: Zach Richards

Responsive Legality is an important book about twenty first century justice. It explores the legal and moral values that twenty-first-century public officials use to make their decisions, engaging existing theoretical models of administrative justice and updating them to reflect changed twenty-first-century conditions. Together, these features of twenty-first century public administration are coined ‘responsive legality’. Whereas twentieth-century public officials were generally driven by their concern for bureaucratic rationality, professional treatment, moral judgement and – towards the end of the century – the logics of ‘new managerialism’, the twenty-first-century public official embodies greater complexity in their characteristic pursuit of substantive and procedural justice. In responsive legality, government decision makers show a distinct concern for the protective parameters of the rule of law, a purposive pursuit of fair outcomes and a commitment to flexible decision making.

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197

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Routledge

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0429953054

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9780429953057

The Witches of Claw and Fang

By: Zach Stivers

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The Witches of Claw and Fang

By: Zach Stivers

Welcome to the cozy mountain town of Pineville, Virginia. It’s autumn, the leaves are gold and orange, the apples are crisp and sweet, town residents are going missing, and a bloodthirsty monster with ten-inch claws is loose in the forest. Morgan Reaves tries her damndest NOT to use magic. That’s why she hid in Pineville, after all. But now, Morgan needs to dust off her spell-casting skills, ASAP. Problem is, she may have lost her touch. She has another problem, too, and it smells like wet dog. Max: AKA the naked man with rip-cord tight muscles that stumbled out of the woods near Morgan’s house, ranting about curses and conspiracies and a coven of witches. Is he a werewolf? Well, yes. But he’s also the only one who can help her defeat whatever evil is threatening her adopted hometown. That is, if they manage to not kill each other first...

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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1509256873

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9781509256877

Pop Sculpture

How to Create Action Figures and Collectible Statues

By: Tim Bruckner,Zach Oat,Ruben Procopio

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Pop Sculpture

How to Create Action Figures and Collectible Statues

By: Tim Bruckner,Zach Oat,Ruben Procopio

Sculpt toys and collectibles with modern-day tools, techniques and applications used by today’s top industry professionals Ever since a 12-inch G.I. Joe took toy soldiers to a whole new level by giving them the ability to pose via moveable parts, as well as interchangeable clothing and accessories, the business of creating pop sculpture icons for the mass market was off and running. Superheroes came next, followed by TV show and movie characters, most notably those from Star Wars. Today, action figures exist for sports stars, rock stars, even presidents. With today’s blockbuster success of animated films, action figures and collectibles have become a behemoth industry—with a growing need for skilled artists who can bring these characters to life. So how do you get started? The trio of veteran industry insiders who authored this book take you on an incredibly thorough journey that begins with drawing conceptual drafts and continues through rough sculpting and honing the final product. Along the way, you’ll learn how to research your character, shape casts from a variety of materials including wax and resin, make accessories, articulate characters so that they are poseable, paint them, and ultimately convince an art director to buy and manufacture them. Whether you want to make small PVC toys, collectible statues, or larger high-end collectibles, Pop Sculpture offers step-by-step demos and words of wisdom from the pros.

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Watson-Guptill

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0823095223

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9780823095223

Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue

By: Zach N. Adelman

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Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue

By: Zach N. Adelman

Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue focuses on the knowledge, technology, regulation and ethics of using genetically modified mosquitoes to interrupt the transmission of important vector-borne diseases including Malaria. It contains coverage of the current state of knowledge of vector-borne diseases and how they are currently controlled; vaccine, drug and insecticide development; various strategies for altering the genome of mosquitoes in beneficial ways; and the regulatory, ethical and social environment concerning these strategies. For more than five decades, the prospect of using genetically-modified mosquitoes to control vector-borne disease transmission has been a purely hypothetical scenario. We simply did not have the technology or basic knowledge to be able to do it. With the explosion of field trials and potential interventions in development, Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue provides a comprehensive overview of research in genetics, microbiology, virology, and ecology involved in the development and implementation of genetic modification programs for virus and disease control. This book is meant to provide a practical guide to researchers, regulators and the general public about how this technology actually works, how it can be improved, and what is still unknown. - Includes coverage of vectorial capacity, critical to understanding vector-borne disease transmission - Provides a summary of the concepts of both population suppression and population replacement - Contains pivotal coverage of ethical and ecological ramifications of genetics-based control strategies

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487

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Academic Press

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0128004053

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9780128004050

Nintendo Games Secrets

By: Rusel DeMaria,Zach Meston

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Nintendo Games Secrets

By: Rusel DeMaria,Zach Meston

With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, this book is fast becoming the most successful imprint in the video and computer games area. In this exciting sequel to the original Nintendo Games Secrets, you'll find additional refinements and even more tips for "Double Dragon III", "Megaman 3", "The Simpsons", "Super Mario Bros. 3", and more.

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Prima Games

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1559581050

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9781559581059

Nintendo Game Boy Secrets

By: Rusel DeMaria,Zach Meston,David Sillar

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Nintendo Game Boy Secrets

By: Rusel DeMaria,Zach Meston,David Sillar

Unlike most video games which must be played on the TV screen, Nintendo's Game Boy is a portable, self-contained system that allows players to use it virtually anywhere. As a result, Game Boy is predicted to be one of the hottest products in the coming year. Here is the first book to feature detailed graphic strategy guides to Game Boy games.

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Prima Games

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155958078X

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9781559580786

My Beautiful Blue Outfit and the Dinkum Dope

By: Zach Rome

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My Beautiful Blue Outfit and the Dinkum Dope

By: Zach Rome

They sat under Old Man McGurt's apple tree, the wind rustling the Golden Delicious fruit. Bobby, a plump, polydactyl young chap the age of twelve, pointed his pudgy index digit toward the sky. Look at the thithe of that one, Thally! he exclaimed, saliva sputtering out his gob. Thometimeth I wish I wath an apple tree. That way I could have ath many appleth ath I want. Sally brushed her golden locks behind her ears. That's the absolute most retarded thing I've ever heard in my life, she replied. And then she stood up and walked off into the sunset, daddy's breath still fresh in her mouth.

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Zach Rome

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0615210031

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9780615210032

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