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Historic Millwork: A Guide to Restoring and Re-creating Doors, Windows, and Moldings of the Late Nineteenth through Mid-Twentieth Centuries
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50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism
Since when was it unpatriotic to dissent? Why is it "un-American" to question our government's policies? And how did the Far Right manage to claim the flag exclusively for itself? A book that the country desperately needs, 50 American Revolutions is a concise, quick guide to the people and events in our country's history that progressives and anyone not impressed by the radical Right's warped version of patriotism can be proud of. Author Mickey Z begins with Thomas Paine's revolutionary manifesto Common Sense, written anonymously as a pamphlet in January 1776 and read by every member of Congress, and goes on to highlight the most notable people and events in the history of the United States, right through to the families of 9/11 victims in the group Peaceful Tomorrows questioning the connection between the events of that day and the United States' subsequent acts of aggression in Iraq. In addition to concise essays on everything and everyone from the Bill of Rights to disability rights, Coxey's Army to Public Enemy, Mickey also highlights important milestones along the timeline of the book, making for a complete picture of US history, good with bad. As with Russ Kick's ultra-popular 50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know, 50 American Revolutions is perfectly sized for handbags and coat pockets (it's the same size as a CD), and at less than $10, it's a tremendous gift for anyone whose idea of patriotism needs some revision. A self-educated kickboxing instructor who lectures on foreign policy at MIT in his spare time, Mickey Z has been called a "professional iconoclast" by Newsday. TimeOut New York says he's a "political provocateur." To Howard Zinn, he's "iconoclastic and bold." The author of four books, most recently The Seven Deadly Spins: Exposing the Lies Behind War Propaganda, Mickey lives in Queens, New York. .
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We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives
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Myths Of Rich And Poor: Why We're Better Off Than We Think
Popular wisdom holds that the years since 1973—the end of the “postwar miracle”—have been a time of economic decline and stagnation: lackluster productivity, falling real wages, and lost competitiveness The rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and most of us have barely held on while watching all the best jobs disappear overseas.As Myths of Rich and Poor demonstrates, this picture is not just wrong, it’s spectacularly wrong. The hard numbers, simple facts, and iconoclastic arguments of this book will change the way you think about the American economy. .
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Handbook of European History 1400-1600: Late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation : Structures and Assertions (Handbook of European History, 1400-1600 Late Middle Ages, Re)
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Ecologically enhanced areas - a key habitat structure for re-introduced grey partridges Perdix perdix [An article from: Biological Conservation]
This digital document is a journal article from Biological Conservation, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: We analysed the spatial distribution of home-ranges and the habitat use of re-introduced grey partridges Perdix perdix in relation to newly established ecologically enhanced areas, i.e. wild-flower strips and hedges, within an intensively cultivated area in Switzerland from which the species had become extinct. All birds settled within the ca. 30% of the study area where the proportion of enhanced areas was highest (5.8%). At the level of the individual family group, we found a significant over-proportional use of enhanced areas throughout the year. Furthermore, when the birds used the agricultural fields, the use densities strongly declined with distance from the nearest enhanced area. Thus, the availability and spatial distribution of ecologically enhanced areas were the main determinants of the partridges' range use. These results indicate that a framework of ecologically enhanced areas is a key habitat structure for grey partridges, and that these enhancements, even if small in proportion, were the crucial first measure to restore the research area to an appropriate grey partridge habitat and, thus, the basis for successful re-introduction in this intensively cultivated area. .
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Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong
From a media expert and network commentator, an engaging guide through the welter of misinformation-generated by politicians and the media alike-that surrounds political campaigns Here, at last, is the book for anyone who ever wondered how the media extravaganzas we call political campaigns really work. Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong explores why the American public, seemingly so eager for "unspun" information about candidates and their positions, invariably ends up feeling manipulated by our political process. Challenging the reader with strategically placed quizzes, well-known commentator on the media and politics Kathleen Hall Jamieson surveys the existing public record on voting patterns, campaign promises, and all manner of electioneering and comes up with an engaging mix of analysis, surprising factoids, and political cartoons. This book separates the facts from the convenient fictions that deter Americans from caring about the processes and outcomes of elections..
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C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures, Second Edition
Written exclusively for the student as opposed to the IT professional, this text contains numerous clear and complete explanations and examples Using problem-solving throughout, this book offers comprehensive coverage of introductory C++ programming topics and then moves the students confidentally into more advanced concepts. Written for the modern programmer, this innovative text focuses on the nature and obvious advantages of C++ as a language. Featuring problem solving throughout the text, examples are relevant to C++ and match and highlight the specific qualities of C++ rather than basic, generic programming examples. This book will provide excellent, comprehensive instruction and theory regarding this language..
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