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View book details for Atchafalaya Houseboat
My Years in the Louisiana Swamp
LSU Press
In the early 1970s, two idealistic young people -- Gwen Carpenter Roland and Calvin Voisin -- decided to leave civilization and re-create the vanished simple life of their great-grandparents in the heart of Louisiana's million-acre Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp. Armed …
View book details for Eve's Enlightenment
Women's Experience in Spain and Spanish America, 17261839
LSU Press
Eve's portrayal in the Bible as a sinner and a temptress seemed to represent -- and justify -- women's inferior position in society for much of history. During the Enlightenment, women challenged these traditional gender roles by joining the public …
View book details for Lee's Tigers Revisited
The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
LSU Press
In Lees Tigers Revisited, noted Civil War scholar Terry L. Jones dramatically expands and revises his acclaimed history of the approximately twelve thousand Louisiana infantrymen who fought in Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia. Sometimes derided as the wharf …
De Gruyter
Der "Cormen" bietet eine umfassende und vielseitige Einfuhrung in das moderne Studium von Algorithmen. Es stellt viele Algorithmen Schritt fur Schritt vor, behandelt sie detailliert und macht deren Entwurf und deren Analyse allen Leserschichten zuganglich. Sorgfaltige Erklarungen zur notwendigen Mathematik …
View book details for Membranes
From Biological Functions to Therapeutic Applications
De Gruyter
Describes the properties of cellular membranes and their relationship with fundamental biological processes. This book provides insight on the chemistry, structures, model systems, and techniques employed for studying membrane properties and processes. A major focus is on the prominence of …
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More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen (1927-1929)
iUniverse
Im glad Im alive. Doris Louise Bailey, a teen in the Prohibition era, writes this sentiment over and over in her diaries as she struggles with a life-threatening bout of scarlet fever. But its also an apt summation of how …
View book details for Missy Mouse Meets Thom Elf
Lake Harriet - Linden Hills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
iUniverse
All In A Day There was no advantage to ponder the next step. One day it came swift like a fluke of fortune pouring from a magic box when its lid flew ajar. Happenchance might not be per chance, but …
View book details for The Islamists
A Contextual History of Political Islam
Afro-Middle East Centre
Todays Islamists are not a reproduction of an ancient legacy, but are modern political actors defined by modern discourses, argues Basheer Nafiin The Islamists. He examines the emergence and development of political Islam in the twentieth century and the beginning …
View book details for Chistes para siempre
Cuentos graciosos y humor grafico para reir sin parar
andres reina
Este libro de humor en espanol puede ser un libro de chistes para adultos como asi tambien de chistes para ninos, ya que no encontraras chistes groseros ni de mal gusto, ya que esta obra ha sido pensada para leer …
View book details for A Road Unforeseen
Women Fight the Islamic State
Bellevue Literary Press
A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic StateIn war-torn northern Syria, a democratic societybased on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equalityhas won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors …
View book details for Food on the Page
Cookbooks and American Culture
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
What is American food? From barbecue to Jell-O molds to burrito bowls, its history spans a vast patchwork of traditions, crazes, and quirks. A close look at these foods and the recipes behind them unearths a vivid map of American …
View book details for Capital Gains
Business and Politics in Twentieth-Century America
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Recent eventsthe Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and efforts to increase the minimum wage, among othershave driven a tremendous surge of interest in the political power of business. Capital Gains collects some of the most …
View book details for In the Eye of the Animal
Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and artfrom Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days …
View book details for Borderlands of Slavery
The Struggle over Captivity and Peonage in the American Southwest
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
It is often taken as a simple truth that the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States. In the Southwest, however, two coercive labor systems, debt peonagein which a debtor negotiated a …
View book details for Curing Chronic Pain
Stories of Hope and Healing
Turner Publishing Company
In 2004, Dr. Robert T. Cochran published Understanding Chronic Pain, a ground-breaking work exploring the links between pain, depression, childhood trauma, substance abuse, and bipolar disease. A companion to that work, Curing Chronic Pain demonstrates the advancements Cochran has made …
Turner Publishing Company
What if something I say hurts one of my friends?Then God gives you new words that help to heal and mend.And if my mistakes pile up to the sky?Then God helps you correct them so they dont multiply.Will God still …
View book details for Character and Greatness of Winston Churchill
Hero in a Time of Crisis
Turner Publishing Company
Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary leaders of the twentieth century. What enabled him to stand so steadfastly when all those around him seemed to turn back in fear? What enabled him to inspire whole nations to endure …
Turner Publishing Company
From bestselling author Max Byrd comes the exciting re-release of this captivating suspense novel, featuring the well-loved P.I. Mike Haller who is on the case again, this time helping an alluring hooker stay alive so she can inherit her fortune.Private …
View book details for Embracing Cultural Competency
A Roadmap for Nonprofit Capacity Builders
Turner Publishing Company
Start the Conversation No how-to manual exists on cultural competency. And, compared to other topics in nonprofit management, little exists on the skills and strategies needed to address racism and inequity. Building cultural competency is an ongoing journey that nonprofit …
View book details for Gems & Jewelry Appraising (3rd Edition)
Techniques of Professional Practice
Turner Publishing Company
Through engaging biography, activities inspired by Gandhis values and beliefs, and the words of Gandhi himself, Gandhi: Indias Great Soul will show you how to achieve your goals through persistence and persuasion rather than through violence and fighting.
View book details for Colored Gemstones 3/E
The Antoinette Matlin's Buying Guide
Turner Publishing Company
Newly updated and expanded, COLORED GEMSTONES gives you all theinformation you need to buy, collect, sellor simply enjoysapphires, emeralds, rubies and other colored gemstones with confidence and knowledge. With more varieties than ever before to choose from, including altogether new …
View book details for Dino Safari
Fun Places for Adults and Children to Learn about Dinosaurs
Turner Publishing Company
This book can best be described as an illustrated Jurassic phone book. The author has cataloged more than 250 museums, libraries, parks, and quarries where modern-day dinosaur hunters can find the best dino attractions.
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A Week Inside Meditation Centers
Turner Publishing Company
The meditation experience demystifiedan essential guide towhat goes on in meditation centers of many spiritual traditions. Today's would-be student of meditation is confronted with such a wealth of available traditions from which to learn that it can make the prospect …
Turner Publishing Company
This adrenaline-packed page-turner from bestselling author Max Byrd brings back the unstoppable P.I. Mike Haller, this time in the streets of London.Lighting a cigarette in the gray night, P.I. Mike Haller is uneasy about the job that has brought him …
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An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction
Turner Publishing Company
An intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction Terence Ball, The Banality of Evil Sandra Levy Ceren, Silver Is Better Than Gold Martin S. Cohen, Death Has Beckoned Richard Fliegel, The Golem of Bronx Park East Michael A. Kahn, …
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