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The second novel in author/racer "BS" Levy's hilarious, historically accurate coming-of-age story about a blue-collar, 19-year-old New Jersey gas station mechanic/narrator Buddy Palumbo getting swept up in the glamorous, dangerous, upper-crust, and occasionally decadent world of open-road sportscar racing during the Eisenhower fifties. This time, Buddy's adventures take us from the shop floor of the gas station where he works to the shotgun se...

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The acclaimed classic biography, fully revised, becomes the definitive.

Nicholas of Cusa was a Christian mystic who lived during the 1400s. The Vision of God is known as a classic of Christian mysticism, putting many believers in touch with the divine.Many Christians have a desire to experience God, rather than just believe in Him. Nicholas of Cusa provides an excellent guidebook for Christians who sense something deeper to the Christian experience. He was a mystic. He experienced God on a number of levels and tau...

The author used to be one of the Glasgow's best-known restaurateurs and ran the remarkable Savoy cafe. His cafe attracted the lowlife during the day but was cleared for theatre-goers in the early evening before returning to service prostitutes and villains late at night.

This text examines public events in New York City from the end of the Civil War through World War I, demonstrating how ritualized elements of black processions, parades, riots and festivals made visible the inherent paradox of the "separate but equal" doctrine of the time.

High-Intermediate - AdvancedLevel. American Perspectives helps high-intermediate and advanced students of English develop skills in reading comprehension and critical thinking. Each theme-based unit offers multiple views of contemporary U.S. culture. Authentic readings from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites stimulate cross-cultural discussion and writing.

A unique work dealing in-depth with flavor and flavorings!With the increasing popularity of regional and ethnic cuisines, cooks frequently encounter recipes calling for unfamiliar seasonings. Seasoning Savvy: How to Cook with Herbs, Spices, and Other Flavorings serves as a guide to identifying, locating, selecting, storing and using these exotic ingredients. Well-established flavorings are not neglected as Seasoning Savvy also brings new insig...

Selected as the "Most Enduring Edited Collection" by the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction Since Roe v. Wade, there has been increasing public interest in fetuses, in part as a result of effective antiabortion propaganda and in part as a result of developments in medicine and technology. While feminists have begun to take note of the proliferation of fetal images in various media, such as medical journals, magazines, and motion pictures...

Enjoy a parade as an era marches by, marking an end of innocence and the dawn of psychedelic style. A visual treasure chest, this book has over 400 images, with thousands of items of clothing pictured. Here is a picture encyclopedia of everything from collars to pant cuffs, including hats and hairstyles, gloves and galoshes.

Here are 72 all-new scrollsaw projects, featuring original patterns and designs ranging in difficulty from simple to quite challenging. Each project includes a pattern, supply list, detailed instructions, and a color photograph of the finished craft. A helpful introduction covers scrollsaw and crafting techniques that will inspire your own original designs. Whether youre a beginner or a pro, youll certainly enjoy both the process and the charm...

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A VERY classic from Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!When a very lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies, it sees a lantern, a candle, and the eyes of a dog, cat, and owl all glowing in the darkness. It even sees a surprise celebration of light. But it is not until it discovers other fireflies that it finds exactly what it's looking for--a surprise sure to bring smiles to anyone who turn the final...

Teaching as the Learning Profession is the first volume in over a decade to offer a comprehensive, research-based overview of the changes and challenges facing the teaching profession. These are the ideas that informed the recommAndations presented in What Matters Most, a groundbreaking report from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.

A practical "how-to" guide that uses real-life examples to explain clearly and simply how to develop and use competency models that improve workplace performance. The book includes checklists, guidelines, case studies, and templates.

Wave Interactions and Fluid Flows is a coherent, up-to-date and comprehensive account of theory and experiment on wave-interaction phenomena, both in fluids at rest and in shear flows. On the one hand, this includes water waves, internal waves, their evolution and interaction and associated wave-driven mean flows, on the other, phenomena of nonlinear hydrodynamic stability, especially those leading to the onset of turbulence. Close similaritie...

A collection of essays on the AIDS epidemic, by a leading feminist cultural theorist of science

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Das Thema Mängelmanagement, also der Umgang mit vorhandenen Mängeln und deren Kontrolle sowie Verwaltung ist ein Bereich, der in der Baubranche oft vernachlässigt wird. Der Grund ist darin zu suchen, daß die meisten Unternehmen lieber über ihre wirtschaftlichen Erfolge, als über ihre Fehlleistungen reden. Doch gerade hier liegt die besondere Brisanz dieses Themas. Innerhalb der letzten Jahre hat die Mängelproblematik...

A collection of essays on the AIDS epidemic, by a leading feminist cultural theorist of science