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John Caldwell
Sheridan House
In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of …
Michael W. Davis
Princeton University Press
The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups is a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of Coxeter groups from the viewpoint of geometric group theory. Groups generated by reflections are ubiquitous in mathematics, and there are classical examples of reflection groups in …

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A Timeline of People, Places, and Events
Carl Rollyson
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
From hefty biographies and fact-based novels to photograph collections and memoirs, more books have been written about Marilyn Monroe than any other female over the past century. However, no biographyregardless how authoritativecan contain all of the facts and events of …
Volney P. Gay
Lexington Books
For religious persons, the notion of human being is tied inextricably to the notion of God (or the gods) and turns on this question: what is human being? How did we, with our almost infinite capacities for thought, change, and …

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Essays in Pragmatic Naturalism
Manicas
Lexington Books
This book rescues an often misunderstood, underappreciated, and radical John Dewey. It centers on his rejection of traditional epistemology for his original and powerful view of "logic"with serious implications for general philosophy, the philosophy of the human sciences, including psychology, …
Salvatore G. Cilella
AltaMira Press
This clear, accessible manual is designed specifically for people running the thousands of small museums, historic houses, and historic sites across the U.S. and Canada. Typically, these smaller institutions lack endowments and are under-funded. They also tend to be understaffed, …
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker
Scarecrow Press
The most significant thing about Guinea is its potential. It is strategically located in West Africa, with a well-educated and hardworking population, and endowed with considerable natural resources, indeed, enough to make it reasonably affluent if properly utilized. But this …

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Business through Literature and Film
Edward W. Younkins
Lexington Books
Fiction, including novels, plays, and films, can be a powerful force in educating students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching approaches cannot. Works of fiction can address a range of issues and …
Diane Price-Herndl, Reynaldo Anderson, Rondrea Mathis, Olga I. Davis, Atika Chaudhary, Gary L. Lemons, Fatima Z. Chrifi Alaoui, Raquel Moreira, Krishna Pattisapu, Salma Shukri, Bernadette M. Calafell, Christie Burton, Cantice Greene, Tangela Serls, Yakini Kemp, Manoucheka Celeste, Sara P. Diaz, Angela B. Ginorio, Ralina L. Joseph, Keisha Edwards Tassie, Sonja M. Brown Givens
Lexington Books
Contemporary research on the lives and experiences of women of color tends to neglect the influence of womens perceived access to voice as they manage tensions related to race, class, and gender. Underserved Women of Color, Voice, and Resistance: Claiming …

View book details for Re-reading Italian Americana

Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism
Anthony Julian Tamburri
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
This book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. It also discusses other social and cultural issues that pertain to …
Aly Zaman, Meena Singh Roy, Mahmadyusuf Tashrifov, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Christian Bleuer, Michael Clarke Michael Clarke, Reuel R. Hanks, Nargis Kassenova, Emilian Kavalski, Kirill Nourzhanov, Sebastien Peyrouse, Amin Saikal, Nazif Shahrani, Kirill Nourzhanov, Amin Saikal
Lexington Books
The planned reductions in NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan through 2015 and a final withdrawal at the end of 2016 brings up numerous pressing questions about the security and national interests of not just Afghanistan, but of the broader region …
Jeffrey Severs, Christopher Leise, Graham Benton, Christopher K. Coffman, Inger H. Dalsgaard, Amy J. Elias, Kathryn Hume, Martin Kevorkian, Brian McHale, Elisabeth McKetta, J Paul Narkunas, Krzysztof Piekarski, Terry Reilly, Justin St. Clair
University of Delaware Press
Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades-from the 1893 World's …
Barry St. Clair, Barry St. Clair
Lyons Press
Texas is a big place and its filled with a whole lot of spots to wet a line. But youve got to know where to go. In Fishing Texas, Barry St.Clair provides an insiders guide to the best places to …
Tom Rosenbauer
Lyons Press
The Orvis Book of Family Friendly Fly FishingLike all sports, the fun of fly-fishing lies in sharing the experience and in spending time with those closest to you. And yet for a father unsure how to connect with his bored, …

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The Harrowing Story of a Mother's Undercover Work with the FBI to Save Children from Internet Sex Predators
R. Stephanie Good
Thomas Nelson
Think your child is safe surfing the Web? Think again, says R. Stephanie Good in this chilling expose and personal memoir about her efforts with the FBI to bust child sex predators. Posing as a young girl, Stephanie has helped …

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Making Your Dreams, Passions, and Faith a Reality
Thomas Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Fun ideas of things to do, places to see, and ways to make a difference! Everyone dreams about places to see, people to meet, and things to do in their lifetime. But too often we lose sight of those dreams …

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Celtic Prayers about Work
David Adam
Church Publishing Inc.
Celtic prayers have always offered everyday needs to God in a straightforward way. Power Lines incorporates the insights of the Celtic tradition into a series of modern prayers about the concerns of work-whether paid, unpaid, in factory, home, or office. …

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Arguments, Issues, and Strategies
Kelly Wilz, Jonathan E. Barbur, C Wesley Buerkle, Josh Compton, Aaron Hess, Brian T. Kaylor, Ryan Erik McGeough, Lawrence J. Mullen, Stephanie M. Purtle, John W. Self, Robert Spicer, Timothy Steffensmeier, Penina Wiesman, Trischa Goodnow
Lexington Books
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the …

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The Story of a Taliban Kidnapping and Unwavering Faith in the Face of True Terror
Ben Pearson, Henry O. Arnold
Thomas Nelson
You can't kidnap someone's hope. They were teachers, engineers, nurses, students, and artists from around the world who answered God's call to help Afghan refugees rebuild their lives following decades of war. But as international tensions reached inferno levels in …
J. Vernon McGee
Thomas Nelson
Radio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a 60-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis …
Max Anders
Thomas Nelson
The church is a sign that God has been working in the world for over 2,000 years, but what is the church all about? What You Need to Know About the Church helps you understand the core beliefs that all …
John Guest
Thomas Nelson
Written BY Preachers and Teachers FOR Preachers and TeachersCombining fresh insights with readable exposition and relatable examples, The Preacher's Commentary will help you minister to others and see their lives transformed through the power of God's Word. Whether preacher, teacher, …

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Help Your Children Develop a Positive, Healthy Attitude Toward Sex and Relationships
Dr. John Chirban
Thomas Nelson
Equips parents to teach their children how to make sexuality a safe, healthy, and sacred part of their lives.How parents address sextheir openness, the context, and their attitudeswill impact how their children view their own sexuality and self-worth. Dr. Chirban …

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600 Questions That Will Take Your Students Beneath the Surface
Jim Aitkins
Zondervan/Youth Specialties
This collection of provocative discussion questions is guaranteed to get teenagers talking, thinking, and debating. It follows in the footsteps of the best-selling Would You Rather?, What If?, and Unfinished Sentences. Each set of questions is followed by thought-provoking ideas, …
Laurie Polich-Short
Zondervan
Creative, engaging Bible study questions are hard to come by ... without rewriting questions for yourself. Each book of questions leads a small group through a book (or combination of books) in the Biblehelping students become more biblically literate, and …
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