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  • THE END OF MEANING
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    THE END OF MEANING
    WILLIAM A. SIKES
    Towards the end of the twentieth century books proclaiming the "closing" of America's mind, the "collapse" of her communities, and the "end" of her art, literature, education and more, began appearing with regularity. The underlying theme in all such works is the loss of those experiences that give our lives meaning. In The End of Meaning: Cultural Change in America Since 1945,...

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  • ALLIED CONVOYS TO NORTHERN RUSSIA, 1941–1945
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    ALLIED CONVOYS TO NORTHERN RUSSIA, 1941–1945
    WILLIAM SMITH
    While the experiences of the men and ships who sailed in the Allied convoys to North Russia between August 1941 and May 1945 have been fully documented, the wider political, diplomatic and military factors which determined the campaign are less well known. The principal actors Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin each had their own agendas and expectations, influenced by advisers an...

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  • FOLLOWING MARK
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    FOLLOWING MARK
    WILLIAM LOADER
    This book offers an alternative commentary--concise, up-to-date, readable, engaging the text as a cross-cultural encounter, acknowledging distance and difference from our contemporary world as well as highlighting proximity and relevance. It is written by a leading international New Testament scholar and designed for individual and group use. The commentary looks at Mark's spec...

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  • OVER THE SANTA FÉ TRAIL, 1857
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    OVER THE SANTA FÉ TRAIL, 1857
    WILLIAM BARCLAY NAPTON
    Excerpt: "When I was a lad of 12 years of age my father had a red-headed overseer, good-natured, loquacious and fond of telling stories, the kind that suited the understanding and tickled the fancy of a boy. His stories were always related as being truthful accounts of actual occurrences, although I suspected they were frequently creatures of his own imagination. This overseer,...

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  • TRAVELS IN AFRICA, EGYPT, AND SYRIA, FROM THE YEAR 1792 TO 1798
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    TRAVELS IN AFRICA, EGYPT, AND SYRIA, FROM THE YEAR 1792 TO 1798
    WILLIAM GEORGE BROWNE
    Excerpt: "The transit from the coasts of Britain to those of Egypt was marked by nothing that can interest or amuse, unless it be the contrast between the phenomena of winter on the former, with those which strike the view on approaching the latter. A sea voyage is always tedious, except to the merchant and the mariner; and therefore, though our’s was attended with every favour...

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  • THE LIFE OF POGGIO BRACCIOLINI
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    THE LIFE OF POGGIO BRACCIOLINI
    WILLIAM SHEPHERD
    Excerpt: "When I first began to collect materials for the writing of the life of Poggio Bracciolini, I was much indebted to the kindness of my late friends Mr. Roscoe and Mr. William Clarke, who liberally allowed me the free use of the scarce books which they possessed, illustrative of the revival of letters in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. From various passages which...

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  • ESSAYS ON THINGS
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    ESSAYS ON THINGS
    WILLIAM LYON PHELPS
    Excerpt: "At an uncertain hour before dawn in February 1912, as I lay asleep in my room on the top floor of a hotel in the town of Mentone, in Southern France, I was suddenly awakened by the morning star. It was shining with inquisitive splendour directly into my left eye. At that quiet moment, in the last stages of the dying night, this star seemed enormous. It hung out of the...

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  • FUNDAMENTALS OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
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    FUNDAMENTALS OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
    WILLIAM J. RAY
    Fundamentals of Brain and Behavior provides an accessible introduction to the study of human neuroscience. The book has been carefully designed to accompany a typical entry-level course, covering core topics including the function and structure of the nervous system, basic human motivations, stress and health, and cognitive functioning. In addition to traditional topics, the bo...

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  • SPECIAL OPERATIONS CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATORS
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    SPECIAL OPERATIONS CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATORS
    WILLIAM WOLF
    Despite being America’s most produced bomber, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator has forever flown in the shadow of its more famous and glamorous B-17 rival. The workmanlike B-24 performed multiple unheralded roles in all theatres beyond its also multiple offensive missions, making it the war’s most versatile heavy bomber. Besides its offensive bombing, anti-submarine, and mining ...

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  • MNEMONICS FOR RADIOLOGISTS AND FRCR 2B VIVA PREPARATION
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    MNEMONICS FOR RADIOLOGISTS AND FRCR 2B VIVA PREPARATION
    PHILLIP YOONG / WILLIAM BUGG / CATHERINE A. JOHNSON
    Revising for the final FRCR examination is a challenging task. The candidate has to balance their revision time between image interpretation practice, learning facts and refining presentation skills. Whilst it is better to gain an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that result in a radiological abnormality, it is an unavoidable truth that some things just have to be rot...

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  • WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND
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    WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND
    COLE WILLIAM HARTIN
    What Has Been Left Behind is Fr. Cole Hartin's debut collection of poetry. These poems center around priestly ministry rooted in a particular place. Hartin's meditative and thoughtful verses explore what it means to be a pastor in a small parish on Canada's rugged east coast in the ruins of Christendom. What Has Been Left Behind brings together the sorrow and beauty of Christia...

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  • FRATELLI TUTTI
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    FRATELLI TUTTI
    WILLIAM T. CAVANAUGH
    This volume is the first truly global commentary on a papal encyclical. Pope Francis published Fratelli Tutti in October 2020 in the midst of interrelated global crises: climate catastrophe, ongoing racial injustice, a widening gap between the rich and the desperately poor, battles over human migration, the rise of authoritarian politics, and the erosion of democracy, all exace...

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  • A WOMAN'S DEBT
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    A WOMAN'S DEBT
    WILLIAM LE QUEUX
    Excerpt: "“You're a lucky chap, Croxton, to have got the measure of the old man so well. I don’t suppose it will be long before you blossom into a partner.” The speaker, Archie Brookes, a slim elegant young fellow, very good-looking but with a somewhat effeminate expression, cast a sidelong glance at his companion as he uttered the remark, to observe covertly what impression it...

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  • A TEXAS RANGER
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    A TEXAS RANGER
    WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
    Excerpt: "Within the memory of those of us still on the sunny side of forty the more remote West has passed from rollicking boyhood to its responsible majority. The frontier has gone to join the good Indian. In place of the ranger who patrolled the border for “bad men” has come the forest ranger, type of the forward lapping tide of civilization. The place where I write this—Tuc...

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  • AMAZING STORIES VOLUME 165
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    AMAZING STORIES VOLUME 165
    WILLIAM F. NOLAN
    Amazing Stories Volume 165 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five short stories by different authors: "Of Time And Texas", by William F. Nolan, "Small World", also by William F. Nolan, "And Miles To Go Before I Sleep", by William F. Nolan, "The Man Who Wouldn't Sign Up" by Tom Purdon and "Infiltration" by A...

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  • MARY RUSSELL MITFORD: THE TRAGEDY OF A BLUE STOCKING
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    MARY RUSSELL MITFORD: THE TRAGEDY OF A BLUE STOCKING
    WILLIAM JAMES ROBERTS
    This is a fascinating biography of Mary Russell Mitford, a prolific writer and prominent figure in British literary circles during the 19th century. Roberts explores the complex social and cultural forces that shaped Mitford's life and work, including her gender, class, and status as a 'blue stocking.' The book provides a rich portrait of Mitford's world and is an engaging and ...

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  • CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1440-1506) THE FIRST AMERICAN CITIZEN (BY ADOPTION)
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    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1440-1506) THE FIRST AMERICAN CITIZEN (BY ADOPTION)
    WILLIAM LIVINGSTON ALDEN
    Excerpt: "Christopher Columbus was born at more places and to a greater extent than any other eminent man known to history. He was born at frequent intervals from 1436 to 1446, and at Cogoletto, Genoa, Finale, Oneglia, Savona, Padrello, and Boggiasco. Learned historians have conclusively shown that he was born at each one of the places, and each historian has had him born at a ...

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  • IRONHEART
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    IRONHEART
    WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
    Excerpt: "A thin wisp of smoke drifted up from the camp at the edge of the wash. It rose languidly, as though affected by the fact that the day was going to be a scorcher. Already, though the morning was young, a fiery sun beat down on the sand so that heat waves shimmered in the air. Occasionally a spark from the crackling cottonwood limbs was caught by a dust whirl and carrie...

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  • ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
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    ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
    JOHN STUBBS / WILLIAM CHAPMAN / JULIA GATLEY / ROSS KING
    The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface. In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Is...

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  • WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE
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    WITH CHARITY TOWARD NONE
    WILLIAM F. O'NEILL
    An in-depth and evenhanded examination of Ayn Rand’s philosophy as expressed in her novels and nonfiction writings. In With Charity Toward None, William F. O’Neill addresses the fundamentals of objectivism and the full meaning of an objectivist point of view. He delves into the social implications of putting such a philosophy into action. Neither fawning nor dismissive, O’Neill...

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  • ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE
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    ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE
    WILLIAM O. CLEVERLEY / JAMES O. CLEVERLEY / ASHLEY V. PARKS
    Blending the topics of both accounting and finance, Essentials of Health Care Finance is a relevant, readable, and easily applied resource for health care management students and executives that explores finance theory and its practical application in health care across a full range of facilities, from hospitals, home health agencies, and skilled nursing facilities to surgical ...

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  • COWS AIN’T HARD
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    COWS AIN’T HARD
    WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
    All farmers want to be doctors, and all doctors want to be farmers. Bill Wright got caught up in the back half of that statement after buying the pasture next door to prevent someone from converting it into a pig farm or salvage yard. He had several friends who ran cows who offered advice, but mainly he was making it up as he went along.What happened next is how campfire storie...

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  • LEADING BUSINESS TEAMS
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    LEADING BUSINESS TEAMS
    WILLIAM KANE / ANDREW HILL
    In a rapidly changing world, businesses must create a high-performing, metrics-driven workplace environment characterized by respect, inclusion, teamwork, innovation, and overall harmony—and it must be manageable and sustainable. This book shows that returning to managerial basics will provide the way forward, as exemplified by legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, the m...

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  • JAMESTOWN ARCHAEOLOGY
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    JAMESTOWN ARCHAEOLOGY
    WILLIAM M. KELSO
    This book showcases the latest information and newly discovered seventeenth-century artifacts from Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. Jamestown Archaeology: Remains to be Seen uses archaeological discoveries to greatly augment what we know about the settlement from written records. It discusses how the archaeological revelations recreate the...

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  • THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS, ITS FESTIVALS AND FOLK-LORE
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    THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS, ITS FESTIVALS AND FOLK-LORE
    WILLIAM HENRY FURNESS
    Excerpt: “While to scenery, it is distance,—and photography,—which lends enchantment, it is, on the contrary, propinquity which, in my experience, lends to the Borneo Head-Hunters and to their Home-life, a charm which cannot be wholly dispelled even by the skulls hanging from the rafters of their houses. After living among them, for months at a time, an insight is gained into t...

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  • VOICES OF SHARPEVILLE
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    VOICES OF SHARPEVILLE
    NANCY L. CLARK / WILLIAM H. WORGER
    This is the first in-depth study of Sharpeville, the South African township that was the site of the infamous police massacre of March 21, 1960, the event that prompted the United Nations to declare apartheid a "crime against humanity." Voices of Sharpeville brings to life the destruction of Sharpeville’s predecessor, Top Location, and the careful planning of its isolated and c...

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  • THE DEAD SOUL
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    THE DEAD SOUL
    M. WILLIAM PHELPS
    From the desk of one of the most acclaimed and prolific true crime authors comes a mystery thriller certain to captivate his fans. M. William Phelps’s THE DEAD SOUL takes you on a suspenseful journey through Boston's illicit past, where Detective Jake "Sundance" Cooper fights to redeem his crumbling career. At the same time, a sadistic serial killer known as "the Optimist"—a ch...

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  • THE CURIOUS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
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    THE CURIOUS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
    WILLIAM HATCHER
    Louis Brownlow, one of public administration’s historical thinkers, once argued, “[T]he principal requirement of a good administrator is an insatiable curiosity.” This book is rooted in the notion that public administrators must practice insatiable curiosity to be effective, fair, and democratic. By seeking to uncover how the world works, and therefore practicing curiosity, pub...

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  • THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MEGA-SPORTING EVENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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    THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MEGA-SPORTING EVENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    WILLIAM ROOK
    The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights is the first book to explore in depth the topic of mega-sporting events (MSEs) and human rights, offering accounts of adverse human rights impacts linked to MSEs while considering the potential for promoting human rights in and through the framework of these events. Drawing on the contributions of an international ...

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  • DANTOLOGIES
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    DANTOLOGIES
    WILLIAM FRANKE
    This book comprises a searching philosophical meditation on the evolution of the humanities in recent decades, taking Dante studies as an exemplary specimen. The contemporary currents of theory have decisively impacted this field, but Dante also has a strong relationship with theology. The idea that theology, teleology, and logocentric rationalities are simply overcome and swep...

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