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A gripping account of one town's reckoning with the forces that strive to turn residents against each other-a story that involves racial prejudice, ecological disaster, and a significant chapter in the origin story of the modern white supremacy movement.In the late 1970s, the fishermen of Galveston Bay, Texas, were struggling to make ends meet. The ocean they relied on-which had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them-was b...

Herrlich spannend und wunderbar intelligent erzählt Kirk Wallace Johnson die Geschichte eines Diebstahls. Ein großes Lesevergnügen." Deutschlandfunk Kultur "Nein, dies ist kein Krimi. Sondern etwas viel Besseres: ein glänzend geschriebener Beweis dafür, dass es nichts gibt, was es nicht doch geben könnte." taz Kirk Wallace Johnsons "Der Federndieb" ist Sachbuch und Krimi in einem und dazu noch die wunderbar erzählte Geschichte eines kuriosen...

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Contents include: PrefaceAbbreviationsWeights and MeasuresPart One: Introduction Chapter I: Background Chapter II: General Prniciples of The T'ang Code Chapter III: The Text of the T'ang CodePart Two: The T'ang Code: General Principles, Chapters I-VI Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VIAppendixGlossaryBibliography>Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology t...

A Review of Various Types of Whole Grains, the Bioactives Present within them, and their Health-Promoting Effects As rates of obesity and other chronic conditions continue to rise, so too does the need for clear and accurate information on the connections between diet and disease, particularly regarding the cereal grains that dominate the Western diet. In this volume, editors Jodee Johnson and Taylor Wallace assemble a panel of leading expert...

As heard on NPR's This American Life"Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air"One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." -Christian Science MonitorA rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, Th...

Kirk Wallace Johnson served in Iraq with the US Agency for International Development in Baghdad and Fallujah as the Agency¿s first co-ordinator for reconstruction in the war-torn city. He went on to found The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. His work on behalf of Iraqi refugees was profiled by This American Life, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, the subject of a feature-length documentary, The List, and a memoir, To Be a Friend is Fatal.A Sen...

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Excerpt from Effects of Grazing Intensity Upon Vegetation and Cattle Gains on Ponderosa Pine-Bunchgrass Ranges of the Front Range of ColoradoThe soils have developed primarily from Pikes Peak granite, which is characterized by quartz and large orthoclase crystals with mica as an accessory mineral. The surface soils, 12 to 18 inches thick, con tain low amounts of organic matter, and are slightly acid, loose, and Open, with a sandy-loam texture....

Excerpt from Effects of Grazing Intensity Upon Vegetation and Cattle Gains on Ponderosa Pine-Bunchgrass Ranges of the Front Range of ColoradoThe soils have developed primarily from Pikes Peak granite, which is characterized by quartz and large orthoclase crystals with mica as an accessory mineral. The surface soils, 12 to 18 inches thick, con tain low amounts of organic matter, and are slightly acid, loose, and Open, with a sandy-loam texture....

Excerpt from Genealogy: Records of the Descendant of David Johnson, of Leominster, MassWm. Johnson, son of Captain Edward, was born in England, but came to America and settled in Woburn. He became a freeman in 16 5 5. On May 17th, of the same year. He married Esther, daughter of Elder Thos. Wiswall. He was a Representative, in the General Court for several years, anda military officer of every rank except the highest. He died May 22, 1704. (se...

Excerpt from Supplement to the Johnson GenealogyV. Thomas, b. 1756. VI. David, b. 1758, m. Molly Joyner. VII. Michael, b. 1760.VIII. Lucretia, b. Jan. 6, 1762, m. Thomas Parker. IX. Annis, b. Oct. 27, 1766, m. Theophilus Crawford.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-...

Excerpt from How to Reseed Parks and Openings in the Ponderosa Pine Zone in ColoradoMany of these areas have been farmed and abandoned, or nave been badly overgrazed so that they no'r produce only low - value annual and perennial weeds and grasses (fig.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forg...

Excerpt from How to Reseed Parks and Openings in the Ponderosa Pine Zone in ColoradoMany of these areas have been farmed and abandoned, or nave been badly overgrazed so that they no'r produce only low - value annual and perennial weeds and grasses (fig.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forg...

Excerpt from Rotation, Rest-Rotation, and Season-Long Grazing on a Mountain Range in WyomingThe bottom areas in the Lodgepole Allot ment were all very heavily grazed, but some of the upland areas were grazed more moder ately. Topography and forage types in the northeast quarter of this allotment were simi lar to the other two allotments, therefore observations were confined to this area.The object of this study was to evaluate three methods of...