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You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
2011
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"An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - KirkusWhat is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity of this most basic human facu...
After the End of History
The Curious Fate of American Materialism
2009
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"Robert E. Lane is one of the most prominent and distinguished critics of both the human impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing from much research that happiness is more likely to flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution to society, and the opportunity to develop as a person, than from the pursuit of wealth and the accumulation of material goods in market economies. This latest work playfully personalizes the contrast through a dialogue between a humanistic...
Aviation Turbulence
Processes, Detection, Prediction
2016
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Anyone who has experienced turbulence in flight knows that it is usually not pleasant, and may wonder why this is so difficult to avoid. The book includes papers by various aviation turbulence researchers and provides background into the nature and causes of atmospheric turbulence that affect aircraft motion, and contains surveys of the latest techniques for remote and in situ sensing and forecasting of the turbulence phenomenon. It provides updates on the state-of-the-art research since e...
Quiet
The power of introvert in a world that cannot stop talking to someone
2023
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It help to terrify your fear and leave in your world without no stress of being an introvert
2017
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This book offers a new interpretation of the metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1839–1914), the founder of pragmatism and one of America's greatest philosophers. Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce's basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce's account of truth, according to which a true belief is one that would be settled by investigation and that also represents the real world. He then exp...
2011
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Is it real? Is it a dream? Or could some place like this actually exist? In this day of struggles like the economy, unemployment, scandal, lies and all other words that fall under the descriptive words of negativism and disrespect, could there actually be a place to go that will offer the gift of peace in this lifetime? Step into the ideal world as the author dreamed it could be. The Secret of Misty Mountain offers hope for the future for anyone who wishes to accept it and its main charact...
Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery
An Unconventional Book for Trainees and Thinking Surgeons
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- Medicine (R0)
2010
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Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster. In the third edition of this 'simple' book, emergency abdominal surgery is discussed in an informal and no nonsense fashion - as practiced in the 'trenches' of the ER and the OR. The preferred approach for a given situation is discussed in context; it has to fulfill certain prerequisites: save lives, decrease morbidity, be cost effective and ...
The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures
Blackbeard, Captain Blood, Facing the Flag, Treasure Island, The Gold-Bug, Captain Singleton…
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- Captain Charles JohnsonHoward PyleRalph D. PaineCharles EllmsCurrey E. HamiltonJohn EsquemelingJ. D. Jerrold KelleyStanley Lane-PooleDaniel DefoeRobert Louis StevensonSir Walter ScottRichard Le GallienneEdgar Allan PoeJack LondonJules VerneCharles Boardman HawesJ. M. BarrieArthur Conan DoyleFrederick MarryatR. M. BallantyneCharles DickensL. Frank BaumJ. Allan DunnRobert E. HowardJames Fenimore CooperAlexandre DumasWilliam Hope HodgsonF. Scott FitzgeraldHarold MacGrathHarry CollingwoodW. H. G. KingstonG. A. HentyJoseph Lewis French
2017
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The 'The Jolly Roger Tales: 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventures' serves as a treasure chest of maritime narratives, uniting a spectrum of voices that sail across various oceans of literary styles and epochs. This anthology not only recounts high-seas adventures but also plumbs the depths of human ambition, camaraderie, and betrayal. From swashbuckling pirates to stoic adventurers seeking untold treasures, the collection showcases an eclectic range of storytelling, inclu...
Last Word
My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK
2011
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Mark Lane tried the only U.S. court case in which the jurors concluded that the CIA plotted the murder of President Kennedy, but there was always a missing piece: How did the CIA control cops and secret service agents on the ground in Dealey Plaza? How did federal authorities prevent the House Select Committee on Assassinations from discovering the truth about the complicity of the CIA?Now, New York Times best-selling author Mark Lane tells all in this explosive new book-w...
2013
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A new language minority has come to the fore in America and around the world. It is the tight-knit society – some million strong in the United States – that calls itself, in American Sign Language, the DEAF-WORLD.In this comprehensive and engrossing study, three distinguished scholars of Deaf culture— one hearing, one deaf, and one coda (child of deaf adults)— offer clear, penetrating insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf-World, the community whose natural language— Ame...
2011
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Dreams have captivated human imagination throughout the time. However, in the year 1900, dreams also gained an important place in psychotherapy when Sigmund Freud proposed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious. The following book presents an overview of the history of dreams and discusses the shift from the use of latent content to that of the manifest content during dream analysis. Additionally, various methods of dream interpretation, the functions of dreams, differing schoo...
The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales
70+ Novels, Short Stories & Legends: Facing the Flag, Blackbeard, Captain Blood, Pieces of Eight...
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- Captain Charles JohnsonHoward PyleRalph D. PaineCharles EllmsCurrey E. HamiltonJohn EsquemelingJ. D. Jerrold KelleyStanley Lane-PooleDaniel DefoeRobert Louis StevensonWalter ScottRichard Le GallienneEdgar Allan PoeJack LondonJules VerneCharles Boardman HawesJ. M. BarrieArthur Conan DoyleFrederick MarryatR. M. BallantyneCharles DickensL. Frank BaumJ. Allan DunnRobert E. HowardJames Fenimore CooperAlexandre DumasWilliam Hope HodgsonF. Scott FitzgeraldHarold MacGrathHarry CollingwoodW. H. G. KingstonG. A. HentyJoseph Lewis French
2017
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'The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales' is a compelling anthology that encapsulates the thrilling essence of piracy and maritime adventure across diverse literary periods and styles. Bridging classic works with lesser-known gems, the collection navigates through the turbulent waters of treachery, heroism, and the relentless pursuit of treasure, offering a broad tapestry of narrative voices. From robust historical accounts to rip-roaring fiction, each p...











