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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 Mineral Resources 1-199, Revised as of July 1, 2021
Title 30 presents regulations governing mineral lands and mining applied by the United States Bureau of Mines.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 28 Judicial Administration 43-End, Revised as of July 1, 2021
Title 28 presents regulations by the Department of Justice and the Office of Independent Counsel that govern judicial administration. Chapters also address Federal Prison Industries and Bureau of Prisons. Subchapters address inmate admission, classification, and transfer; institutional management; and community programs and release.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs 600-799, Revised as of April 1, 2021
Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs. These regulations encompass food and drugs for human and animal use, biologics, cosmetics, medical devices, radiological health, and controlled substances. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 400-End, Revised as of April 1, 2021
Title 18 presents regulations governing the Department of Energy and other agencies overseeing the conservation of power and water resources. Agencies covered include: the Water Resources Council, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and other similar agencies. This title includes the Federal Power Act, Public Utility Regulatory Act, Natural Gas Act, Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Act, and the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 241, Revised as of April 1, 2021
Title 17 presents regulations governing commodities and securities exchanges. It includes the rules of Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Treasury.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 800-End, Revised as of January 1, 2023
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space 110-199, Revised as of January 1, 2023
Title 14 presents regulations governing the activities of the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the areas of aeronautics and space, including: aircraft, airmen, airspace, air traffic, certification of air carriers and operations, and airports. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space 1-59, Revised as of January 1, 2023
Title 14 presents regulations governing the activities of the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the areas of aeronautics and space, including: aircraft, airmen, airspace, air traffic, certification of air carriers and operations, and airports. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield County and City Extra 2023
When you want only one source of information about your city or county, turn to County and City Extra.This trusted reference compiles information from many sources to provide all the key demographic and economic data for every state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and for all cities in the United States with a 2010 population of 25,000 or more. In one volume, you can conveniently find data from 1990 to 2021 in easy-to-read tables. The annual updating of County and City Extra for 30 years ensures its stature as a reliable and authoritative source for information. No other resource compiles this amount of detailed information into one place.Subjects covered in County and City Extra include: Population by age and race Government finances Income and poverty Manufacturing, trade, and services Crime Housing Education Immigration and migration Labor force and employment
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health 414-429, Revised as of October 1, 2022
Title 42 presents regulations that apply to: medical personnel; medical care and examinations; health related grants; fellowships, internships, and training; quarantine, inspection, and licensing; occupational safety and health research; health assessments; vaccines; Medicare and medical assistance programs; and standards and certification of facilities and services. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1-100, Revised as of July 1, 2022
Title 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors. The system for property management covers inventories, management and use of records, acquisition, construction and alteration of public buildings. Procurement of products, management and use of telecommunications resources, management of means of transportation and travel expenditures and reimbursement are included as well. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Highways, 2022
Title 23 presents regulations by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration detailing planning and research, engineering and traffic operations, right-of-way and environment, public transportation, and highway safety. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space 1-59, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Title 14 presents regulations governing the activities of the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the areas of aeronautics and space, including: aircraft, airmen, airspace, air traffic, certification of air carriers and operations, and airports. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 600-899, Revised as of January 1, 2022: Part 1
Title 12 presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration. It also contains regulations pertaining to other types of banking operations. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.
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Rowman & Littlefield County and City Extra
County and City Extra: Special Decennial Census Edition is an essential single-volume source for Census 2020 information. This edition contains easy-to-read geographic summaries of the United States population by race, Hispanic origin, and housing status. It provides the most up-to-date census data for each state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and all cities with a population of 25,000 or more. It complements the popular and trusted County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book, also published by Bernan Press.Features of this publication include:Census data on all states, counties, metropolitan areas, and congressional districts, as well as on cities and towns with populations above 25,000Key data on over 5,000 geographic areasRanking tables which present each geography type by various subjects Data from previous censuses for comparative purposes Color maps that help the user understand the data
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Rowman & Littlefield Later Middle English Literature, Materiality, and Culture: Essays in Honor of James M. Dean
The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those ideas manifest in later medieval English texts. Essays address, for example, affect in The Book of Margery Kempe, rhetoric in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, anarchy in late medieval political texts, and temporality in Gower’s Confessio Amantis. The essays in the second section, “Material Texts,” examine physical objects – from pilgrim badges, to manuscripts, to money, to early printed editions – and the cultural behaviors associated with them, interpreting these objects and exploring their connections to the important literary and political texts of the age such as Piers Plowman, Lydgate’s Troy Book, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. All of the essays in this collection emerge from the relationships and connections between the issues that characterize Jim Dean’s work: the cultural, material, and aesthetic aspects of later medieval English literature. So too do they reflect a movement in medieval literary studies presaged by Dean’s career of scholarship and teaching, that critical approaches to literary texts are best undertaken with an understanding of the complex cultural and historical milieu that defines both the production of those texts and the production of our own work on those texts.
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Rowman & Littlefield Gleaning Modernity: Earlier Eighteenth-Century Literature and the Modernizing Process
Gleaning Modernity shows how earlier eighteenth-century literary texts might have eased the way for Britain's increasing modernity. They allowed Modern scenarios to be played out imaginatively, as simulations for experimental, predictive ends. The process spoke to the needs and desires of readers in a world of rapid, managed change. It worked unobtrusively first because of the practice of recycling old forms, as Pope and Richardson did, for example, with Horatian and tragic models, respectively; and second because given texts offered different readers a range of interpretative options. Along with providing original readings of such major texts as Gulliver's Travels and Clarissa, this study enlarges our sense of the Modernizing process. It also shows how a consumer-driven Darwinian model of adaptive change, affecting literature and its readership, can help us understand the ways in which literature can have social efficacy.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History
Gibbon aspired to combine the critical analysis of the eighteenth-century philosophe with the older traditions of the humanist and scholarly historian. His different uses of numbers, to inform and to persuade, illustrate his remarkable fusion of these approaches. This book, the first to be devoted to a historian’s use of numbers, shows how carefully Gibbon interrogated and deployed the numerical evidence in his sources to create a more accurate historical narrative; to demonstrate his own reliability and candor as a historian; and to convince readers of the validity of his interpretations of characters and events.
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Rowman & Littlefield Caricature Unmasked: Irony, Authenticity, and Individualism in Eighteenth-Century English Prints
This book is the first to examine the meaning encoded in the very form of caricature, a form of popular and polemical visual art that burst suddenly on the scene in late eighteenth-century England, and to explain its rise as a consequence of the emergence of modernity, especially the modern self. Caricature and the modern self developed in tandem: as the modern notion of selfhood_with its valorization of interiority, private authenticity, and consistency across time_rather suddenly replaced older, more flexible notions of identity, so caricature developed as a technology for representing this new self, making character visible on the surface of the body, unmasking the public role and revealing the authentic private self beneath. Through the detailed analysis of specific prints and a wide-ranging compilation of historical evidence, this book constructs a rich and precise cultural history of the conceptual shift that led to the explosion of caricature in late eighteenth-century England. Complemented with seventy-eight illustrations.
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Rowman & Littlefield Bringing Travel Home to England: Tourism, Gender, and Imaginative Literature in the Eighteenth Century
We hold tourism in common as we might a currency or a language. Yet rarely have we thought seriously about how it has shaped our lives, our sense of sexual, religious, political, and social alternatives, or our literatures. This book is the first to identify and examine the relations among literature, tourism, and the wider culture in the long eighteenth century. Gendering emerges as a key mechanism here both for those who brought travel home and for those who were influenced by it in other ways. The author brings Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, and William Wordsworth side-by-side with lesser known authors such as Thomas Amory, Sarah Scott, and the anonymous author of The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu; and nuns, iconic Lake District shepherdesses, country houses, gardens, and whores, with accounts of tourists, opinions about them, and commentary on the place of tourism in society.
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Rowman & Littlefield Imagining Fascism: The Cultural Politics of the French Young Right, 1930-1945
Led by Robert Brasillach and Thierry Maulnier, the 'Young Right' emerged as a generational insurgency within Charles Mauarras's Action française in the early 1930s. Inspired by the mobilizing energies of foreign fascisms, the men of the Young Right became vocal advocates for a French 'national revolution.' Combining native strains of French nationalism with selected 'lessons' from foreign sources, they soon constructed a distinctive variant of French fascism—one, however, which proved highly unstable. By the eve of the war, the question of fascism fragmented the Young Right itself, creating an ideological impasse that, after 1940, led some to Paris and open collaboration with Germany, others to Vichy to press the case for a radicalization of the National Revolution, and still others back to the Action française and its reactionary brand of nationalism. The odyssey illuminates not only the emergence of the engagé fascist intellectual in France but, more generally, many of the tensions that hindered the formation of a unified French fascist movement.
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Rowman & Littlefield Admired and Understood: The Poetry of Aphra Behn
Admired and Understood analyzes Behn's only pure verse collection, Poems upon Several Occasions (1684), and situates her in her literary milieu. Her book demonstrates her desire for acceptance in her literary culture, to be 'admired and understood,' the antithesis of what many surmise from reading her other works—that she saw herself primarily as a guerilla critic of her culture's views on race, class, and gender. Although the collapse of the market for new plays in the 1680s probably drove Behn to poetry and later to fiction, other factors explain her devotion to her collection. One may have been the status associated with writing poetry as opposed to plays and stories. The title of poet was her culture's ultimate literary currency. She apparently never wished to be seen as a 'woman writer,' and viewed such labels as reductive, unfair, and inaccurate. Published in 1684, playwright Aphra Behn's Poems Upon Several Occasions is her only collection of pure verse. In this study, Stapleton analyzes these poems and situates Behn in her literary milieu. Topics include the influence of Abraham Cowley on Behn's poetics, Behn's understanding of libertinism, and the textual history of 'On a Juniper-Tree.'
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Rowman & Littlefield Culture and Change: Attending to Early Modern Women
This is the fourth in the series of proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at the University of Maryland. This volume reflects the commitment of scholars to the exploration of early modern women's culture as recovered through images, literature, music, and archives of the period. In essays on 'Stories,' 'Goods,' 'Faiths,' and 'Pedagogues,' scholars from a wide variety of fields discuss the contributions that reveal early modern women's influence on the societal and cultural transformations in which they participated. Nearly thirty workshops from the conference are summarized, and these offer a detailed overview of current research in early modern women's studies. An introduction by Margaret Mikesell traces the development of the Attending to Early Modern Women symposia (1990-2000). A keynote address by Diane Purkiss on stories of maternal grief located in Scottish witch-trial confessions is also included.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Business of a Woman: The Political Writings of Delarivier Manley
The Business of a Woman is the first full-length study of Delarivier Manley, the increasingly important early modern scandel writer, journalist, and propgandist whose most famous work is The New Atalantis (1709). The book focuses on her importance in the fields of political journalism and propaganda, and considers Manley's writing in terms of her importance to the Tory/Whig party conflict and other contemporary writers and pamphleteers. There is a detailed analysis of Manley's literary relationships with key figures such as Jonathan Swift and Richard Steele, and a full consideration of her political networks, including her working relationship with the Oxford ministry of 1710-1714.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Dismembered Community: Bataille, Blanchot, Leiris, and the Remains of Laure
This book examines the intersecting communitarian endeavors of Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, and Colette Peignot, known posthumously as Laure. Through detailed analysis of a series of interlocking texts that the four authors write on, for, and to one another on such topics as love, friendship, and fraternity, it explores these authors' theoretical elaborations of community, their actual communities, and the relation between the two. At the center of this investigation stands the controversial figure of Laure, who functions both during her life and after her premature death as a catalyst for the communities formed around her by a group of men. Not only the first book-length study of the intersecting relationships and theoretical musings of four writers who contested the boundaries between reflection and affection, this book is also the first extended critical investigation in any language of the legacy of one of the most provocative and elusive figures of the twentieth-century French avant-garde.
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Rowman & Littlefield Do Puffins Ever . . .?
Puffins are funny. With their round little bodies and stubby wings, combined with a brightly colored beak, they are one of the most appealing birds. Just looking at a puffin can make you happy. For whatever reason, puffins appeal to practically everybody. This entertaining and informative book tells you everything you really want to know about puffins, answering the kinds of questions kids always ask, such as Do puffins have teeth?; Do they always have such colorful beaks?; Are they related to penguins?; and Why are they called puffins, anyway? .
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Rowman & Littlefield Mythical Creatures of Maine: Fantastic Beasts from Legend and Folklore
Maine folklore is rich in tales of humans confronted by strange beasts, both wonderful and terrifying. The Abenaki, or “First People” had their tales of Glooskap and Pamola. Other tales came with European settlers; and others sprang up almost out of nothing around the fires of the logging camps. Based on meticulous research into these tales, this volume is an encyclopedia, a field guide to the creatures that can be found in Maine and beyond. While the tales are whimsical and fun, they can also be considered as serious scholarship. The entries have been peer reviewed by notable experts in the fields of folklore, anthropology, Native studies, and cryptozoology.
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Rowman & Littlefield Hiking Maine's 4,000-Footers
Including Tumbledown, Saddleback, the Bigelows, and of course Katahdin, Maine has 14 mountains over 4,000 feet in elevation. For hikers, it’s a shared goal to summit all 14 of them. Registered Maine Guide Doug Dunlap has done just that, multiple times in fact, and he shares his wisdom and experience in this guide. Included are detailed directions to trail heads, trail routes and difficulty levels, what to expect as you hike, and other useful information to help you bag them all and have a blast doing it. Color maps and photos included.
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Rowman & Littlefield Do Fairies Bring the Spring?
After a long winter’s rest with little to do, are the fairies ready to start something new, Do they use tiny brushes and oil pastels to paint crocuses, lilacs, and daffodils? Everyone knows fairies love spring flowers and summer sun, but is it the fairies who wake up the earth as the snow melts? Do they entice the trees to turn green and the flowers to grow? In this charming follow up to Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows, Liza Gardner Walsh, acclaimed author of the Fairy House Handbook and Fairy Garden Handbook, explores the matter in a children's picture book of rhyming questions. Combined with delightful illustrations by Hazel Mitchell this whimsical book will help children discover the world of fairies and learn to enjoy and appreciate the outdoors.
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Rowman & Littlefield Moser: Legacy in Wood
Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers has set the standard for fine woodworking and meticulously hand-crafted furniture for more than forty years. In this modern age of inexpensive mass production, Moser furniture stands out because every piece is hand-made by a master craftsman (or woman). Generally minimalist in style, the pieces are highly sophisticated in their construction. And though Moser has been influenced by Shaker and Japanese furniture makers, the elegant and graceful lines give each piece an aesthetic all its own. In Legacy in Wood, Thomas Moser reflects on his long career and offers his thoughts on creativity, inspiration, and his design aesthetic. It gives an intimate look into the life and work of a pioneering craftsman, whose example shows that you can build a career working with your hands the old-fashioned way. Thos. Moser remains an iconic Maine company and holds to its traditional Yankee origins. The shop remains a family-run and oriented company. All of Moser’s sons have worked in the shop, and all but one are still there as master craftsmen and designers. The other employees have been with the company an average of 20 years—a clear reflection of the value Moser puts on his workers and the respect and love for their work they give in return. Yet the timeless appeal of the furniture has given Moser nationwide recognition and allowed the company to open galleries and show rooms in Boston, Greenwich, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
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Rowman & Littlefield Michelle Obama: First Lady Of Hope
Michelle Obama played a large and influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same thing during his presidency. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope examines, for the first time, her astonishing career, from her undergraduate years at Princeton, where she majored in African Studies, to her continuing education at Harvard Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor degree. Michelle Obama:
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Rowman & Littlefield Knack Knots You Need: Step-By-Step Instructions For More Than 100 Of The Best Sailing, Fishing, Climbing, Camping And Decorative Knots
With a full range of stoppers, bends, loops, and hitches, and extensive cross references for multi-use knots, The Knack Book of Knots You Need includes more thant 450 photos and instructions for knots you need forCamping Boating Climbing Fishing Decorative Knots in Action gallery
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Rowman & Littlefield America and Its Rivals: A Comparison Among the Nations of China, Russia, and the United States
How does the United States compare when objectively measured shoulder-to-shoulder against the world’s two most influential autocracies? This full-color book provides a solid foundation to enable the reader to create informed opinions about China, Russia, and the United States through comparative examination of their global status and the quality of their peoples’ lives. Data resources—created by many respected organizations including the World Bank, the United Nations, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and Freedom House, to name a few—have been mined to provide direct comparisons between many key characteristics including health, wealth, poverty, education, employment, crime, imprisonments, freedoms, happiness, natural resources, infrastructure, debt, taxes, trade, military assets, and nuclear warheads. It is the author’s mission to present meaningful data—all with attributed sources—in an inviting, graphic format to convey much more information than would be possible in tabular form. By directly displaying data the usual biases and filters are bypassed enhancing your ability to draw your own conclusions. This visual approach very effectively reveals trends and makes differences between nations and their people self-evident. In the United States (2016): ·64,100 people died of drug overdose and 2.2 million people were in prisons ·The top twenty percent of households received 51.5 percent of all income ·1.2 trillion dollars were added to debt and 241 billion was paid in interest ·Foreigners held one-third of federal debt including 1.1 trillion by China In comparison with the United States Russia had: ·12.5 years lower life expectancy for males born in 2016 (only 65.0 years) ·Double the homicide rate and 40 percent higher suicide rate ·60 percent higher alcohol consumption per capita ·An economy one-fifth as large, measured by GDP in international dollars ·Equivalent number of nuclear warheads (approximately 7,000) ·Double the crude oil reserves and five times the natural gas reserves ·Repressive government—rated within the worst 10 percent by Freedom House ·14 times as many residents (67,000) seeking asylum In comparison with the United States China had: ·An economy 15 percent larger, measured by GDP in international dollars ·Three times as many patent applications filed by residents ·One-fifth the homicide rate and one-half the poverty rate ·58 percent more outbound international tourists ·61 points higher scores in mathematics literacy for students aged 15 years ·Double the total carbon dioxide emissions ·Repressive government—rated within the worst 10 percent by Freedom House ·44 times as many residents (212,000) seeking asylum
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Rowman & Littlefield Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Five Unforgettable Tales
To reach freedom, the most famous escapers of all time have been willing to endure the most horrific conditions—and the direst consequences if caught. The collection of tales in The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told is gripping as only true life-and-death struggles can be: Papillon fighting through the jungles of Guiana only to commit himself to the open ocean in a sixteen-foot boat rather than face a life in exile; Rocky Gause dodging bullets as he swims through shark-infested waters to escape the Japanese at Bataan, while those around him simply quit; Latude battling against the dreaded Bastille; Baron Trenck—with chains covering almost every inch of his body—digging and digging to free himself from wrongful imprisonment; Andre Devigny, so weak from starvation and poor treatment that he could barely lift himself, shimmying across a rope only yards above a German sentry during World War II on the eve of his execution. These are just a few of the twenty-five bold and ingenious tales of escape included in this collection. The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told will hold readers captive for years to come!
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Rowman & Littlefield Marlene Koch's Unbelievable Desserts with Splenda Sweetener: Sweet Treats Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories
A completely updated edition of the very first book to showcase Splenda (sucralose), Marlene Koch's Unbelievable Desserts with Splenda Sweetener contains twenty-five new recipes, a large, user-friendly format, and color photographs of many of Marlene Koch's delectable creations. Splenda, the revolutionary no-calorie sweetener, pours and measures cup-for-cup like sugar and doesn't break down under high heat making it possible to create low-calorie versions of your favorite desserts. Cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, strudels, muffins, cream puffs, smoothies, and more—these recipes are not pale imitations of your favorites, but delicious desserts and beverages that look and taste so good that no one will believe that they are not made with real sugar. Here are sweet treats that you will be proud to serve to your family and friends. Dessert will never be the same again—now you can have your cake and eat it, too!
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Rowman & Littlefield Small Boat To Freedom: A Journey of Conscience to a New Life in America
Details a journey of conscience and courage that took John and his family from Durban, past the aptly named Cape of Storms, around the treacherous Cape of Good Hope, and across the open Atlantic and the equator to a new home in the United States. After making land in Florida, John and his family eventually made their home in Washington State, sailing the waters of Puget Sounds.
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Rowman & Littlefield Walking on Water: A Voyage around Britain and Through Life
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Rowman & Littlefield Understanding Boat Corrosion, Lightning Protection And Interference
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Rowman & Littlefield Striper Surf
Striper Surf explains in detail all you need to know about surfcasting for striped bass--how to find the fish, how to fish the tides, how to stay safe fishing at night, how to safely land big ones on slippery jetties, and how to introduce children to the sport.
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Rowman & Littlefield Rock Climbing Boulder Canyon
The out-of-print Boulder Climbs North and Boulder Climbs South have been revised and republished as three separate volumes. This is the first.
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Rowman & Littlefield Hezbollahland: Mapping Dahiya and Lebanon's Shia Community
The southern Beirut suburb encompasses multiple layers of clashing and besieged identities that pose major internal challenges to Hezbollah’s hold over Lebanon.The highway leading south from Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport skirts the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiya, allowing travelers to feel the group’s power and presence without seeing the surrounding community for what it is—multiple layers of clashing and besieged identities that pose major internal challenges to Hezbollah’s hold over Lebanon. For motorists, the highway barrier blocks any concept of the area’s polarized conditions, from the posh, shop-lined sections where senior Hezbollah officials live to the dark, impoverished warrens postered with fading images of “martyrs.” Drivers also miss the network of Iran-sponsored media channels, military depots, and religious institutions that flourish in the suburb—along with the secret prisons that fortify Hezbollah’s iron grip.In this Policy Focus, richly illustrated with local maps, former Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar reveals the widening gaps between the country’s Shia community and its Hezbollah overlords, especially since mass protests shook the nation in October 2019. This analysis not only corrects past oversimplifications of Lebanese Shia, it also offers a path for policymakers seeking to undermine the militant group and give the fragile country hope for the future.
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Rowman & Littlefield Sacred Muse: A Preface to Christian Art & Music
This concise guide provides an introduction to the rich and variegated subject of Christian currents through art and music down the ages; it is personal in its focus on favorite major artists and their subjects as examples of these sacred themes. The author’s professional focus on the Baroque giants Rubens and Bernini, who followed the revolutionary Caravaggio, explains—if not justifies—the central place they claim in this study. Scribner, author of numerous books on the arts, places them in the context of the broader Christian tradition. The focus is admittedly European—some might say Eurocentric—not global. His aim is to offer a brief, illustrated book that may be read in one sitting. It is intended to be protreptic, something that will encourage and spur on the reader—teacher, student, amateur alike—to pursue their own explorations in periods and artists that likewise hold special appeal. The book will include 45 color and b&w illustrations of great works of art.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
The long-awaited Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (RSE) is founded on the canonical Standard Edition (SE) translation from the German by James Strachey, while adding a new layer of revisions and translations. Conceptual and lexicographic ambiguities are clarified in extensive new annotations. Drawing on established conventions and intellectual traditions, the Revised Standard Edition supplements Freud's writing with substantial editorial commentaries addressing controversial technical terms and translation issues through the lens of modern scholarshipa living text in dialogue with itself and the reader. The RSE also includes 56 essays and letters which were not included in the SE. In the RSE text and footnotes a subtle underlining distinguishes, in an easy and accessible way, Mark Solms's revisions and additions, from the historical translation and commentaries of James Strachey's Standard Edition. Readers can examine what Strachey contrib
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Rowman & Littlefield Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream
Jukebox Empire follows the many twists and turns in one man’s pursuit of the American dream, from a self-taught electronics genius to money launderer for the mob. This book exposes how the jukebox industry became the vertically integrated business model for organized crime at a time when there was a jukebox in every restaurant, diner, bar, barracks, arcade, and canteen throughout the country. Anyone can afford a nickel for a song and every week the jukeboxes generate millions of dollars in cash, untaxed income, that needed to be laundered.. Beneath this wholesome veneer lies a seamy underworld of juke joints, operators’ routes, smoke-filled showrooms, and violence. Rabinovitch reveals the details of the mob’s international money-laundering scheme to finance running guns to Cuba. The investigation pieces together an epic puzzle that begins in Chicago with the invention of a jukebox and spans the casinos of Havana and the financial giants of Europe, leading to what the FBI called “the biggest bank robbery in the world.”
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Rowman & Littlefield Putin's Missile War: Russia's Strike Campaign in Ukraine
Russia’s missile campaign against Ukraine has severely underperformed expectations. In the invasion’s early days, Russia underestimated the necessary scale and effort of its missile campaign. Since then, Russia has changed course multiple times, most recently moving to target Ukrainian electrical grid and civilian infrastructure during the winter months. Russia’s haphazard missile campaign reflects both internal strategic failures and Ukraine’s critical forward thinking in the days prior to the invasion. Early Russian failures also gave time for Ukraine to develop its air defense strategy and capabilities which have only grown in effectiveness, thanks in large part to Western aid. This CSIS report provides an in-depth review of these and related “missile war” dynamics.
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Rowman & Littlefield Powering Recovery: Reform, Reconstruction, and Renewables in Conflict-Affected States in the Arab World
In a new CSIS report, Will Todman argues that renewable energy offers a different pathway with wide-reaching benefits. Based on over 175 interviews with representatives from donor governments, UN officials, local actors, and private sector implementers, Will evaluates the promise of distributed renewable energy in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen and Lubna Yousef tackles Libya. Even in the most challenging environments, decentralized renewable systems can accelerate local economic development, advance environmental sustainability, and establish the foundations of better governance.
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Rowman & Littlefield Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
The U.S. defense industrial base is not adequately prepared for the international security environment that now exists. In a major regional conflict—such as a war with China in the Taiwan Strait—the U.S. use of munitions would likely exceed the current stockpiles of the U.S. Department of Defense. According to the results of a series of CSIS war games, the United States would likely run out of some munitions—such as long-range, precision-guided munitions—in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict. The war in Ukraine has also exposed serious deficiencies in the U.S. defense industrial base and serves as a stark reminder that a protracted conflict is likely to be an industrial war that requires a defense industry able to manufacture enough munitions, weapons systems, and matériel to replace depleted stockpiles.As timelines for a possible conflict in Asia shrink, the goal should be to support the production capacity required to enable the United States and its allies and partners to deter and, if deterrence fails, fight and win at least one major theater war—if not two. “Just in time” and lean manufacturing operations must be balanced with carrying added capacity. The U.S. Department of Defense, in coordination with Congress, should develop a plan now that involves taking steps to streamline and improve production, acquisitions, replenishment, Foreign Military Sales, ITAR, and other policies and procedures. A revitalization of the defense industrial base will not happen overnight for the United States or its allies and partners. It is time to prepare for the era of competition that now exists.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Challenge of European Political Will
In this follow-on report to Europe's High-End Military Challenges: The Future of European Capabilities and Missions, the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and International Security Program examine the other side of the coin of European military effectiveness: the political will of European countries to conduct military missions and operations. The report identifies the endogenous and exogenous factors constraining or increasing political will and maps them onto six country case studies. Four prototypes of political will emerged from the analysis: global partners, international activists, constrained partners, and minimalists. The report then assesses the political will of European allies and partners to conduct fifteen types of military missions and operations worldwide, from peacekeeping to large-scale combat. It concludes with a summary of key findings. First, it finds that internal and external factors—such as strategic culture and alliance dependence, respectively—will continue to constrain European political will in many cases, even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Second, European states are more likely to have the political will to engage in military missions at the lower end of the conflict spectrum (such as maritime patrol missions) and less likely at the higher ends of the spectrum, except in cases of significant collective or national defense.
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