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As office and residence of the president of the United States, the White House is uniquely tied to both the life of the nation and the private lives of the building's occupants. Americans have approached its grounds for celebrations and demonstrations, for Easter Egg Rolls and the right to vote. Citizens have looked to the White House for leadership during times of the gravest national import, yet also to share in the joys and sorrows experien...

Christianity is in crisis in our North American context, especially among the cultural elite and people with progressive views. The reasons for the faith's loss of credibility have to do, in large part, with the dominant philosophical materialism of our culture and with the understanding of the faith almost universally held by Americans both inside the churches and outside them. In this book, Thomas C. Sorenson calls this understanding "Biblic...

Caroline's husband abandons her (bad move) for Stacie Gracie, his assistant at the meat counter, and incurs more wrath than he anticipated. Set in present day Irish Catholic Coatbridge, "Six Black Candles" is bound together by the ropes of traditional storytelling and the strength of female familial relationships.

A brutal account of the effect of the Iraq war and past wars on soldiers and military families. What is the legacy of war on the home front? How do we best serve our country? "Does anyone remember David Rabe's STICKS AND BONES? ... The play was a hard-hitting commentary on the then-raging Vietnam War ... Before anybody mounts a revival that would comment on our own times of war and the serious injuries that present-day soldiers sustain, they s...

Meticulously-restored text by renowned Robert E. Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the ninth in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales.

The largest island in the continental United States, Long Island comprises Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. With a rich history that has included American Indian tribes such as the Massapequa, Shinnecock, and Quogue, among others, colonists from England and the Netherlands, and immigrants who arrived by way of Ellis Island, Long Island thrives today on its wealth of industry, agriculture, natural beauty, and the contributions of...

This challenging and important study, which examines a range of canonical and less well-known writers, is an innovative reassessment of late Victorian literature in its relation to visionary Romanticism. It examines six late Victorian writers - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, Vernon Lee, Eugene Lee-Hamilton, Theodore Watts-Dunton and Thomas Hardy - to reveal their commitment to a Romantic visionary tradition which surfaces towards the en...

The first book written on Alan Bennett's work for television, including his plays, series, documentaries and biographical pieces. -- .

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This title provides analysis of the cases in the contracts casebook by Dawson. The discussion of each case includes an explanation of the facts, issues, holdings, and the court's rationale. Also included is background information to relate the individual cases to the overall sturcture of the subject area.

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How to Get Your School Moving and Improving is based on over three decades of experience and research by Professor Steve Dinham and covers all aspects of teaching, learning, and school leadership. This concise, relevant, and useful book cuts through the c

Offers information, ideas and principles for music with 3 to 5 year olds. This book shows practitioners how to: connect with the educational concepts and principles of using music in early years settings, recognise and understand children's musical starting points, foster creativity through music, and, develop children's musical understanding.

The construction process, right through from planning and design to use and demolition, has a major impact on society. Traditionally, concern has been focused on its environmental impact and the quest for sustainability, but this has now extended into the wider remit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Essentially, this means that businesses must act (voluntarily) in a socially ethical manner by developing a policy that encompasses the c...

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Details the jobs predicted to have the fastest growth, the most opportunity, and the best earnings, according to statistics from the US Department of Labor. This book contains an introduction, which explains how the jobs were selected and includes overviews of the most popular career fields.

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Fully updated to include case studies from a range of industry sectors, the 2nd edition is a concise, thorough and enlightening textbook that demonstrates how organizations can take advantage of `strategic windows¿ to improve their positions.

Puttnam Douglas Steward is not having an identity crisis -- he is one. To his father Carl, he's a disappointment, and has been since the day he came home from the hospital. To his mother, he is "Mama's Boy", and will forever be nothing less and nothing more. The Army thinks he is a hero, having single-handedly saved his troops from an ambush when they stumble upon a major, unknown supply line in Vietnam, then exposing a major Soviet espionage ...

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