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Modernist Star Maps: Celebrity, Modernity, Culture

Modernist Star Maps: Celebrity, Modernity, Culture

Aaron Jaffe

2 My information on glamour photography comes largely from the following scholars: John Jones; Robert Dance and Bruce Roberson; David Fahey and Linda Rich; and John Kobal. 3 An added dimension emerges when one considers that ...
Towards the Ecology of Human Communication

Towards the Ecology of Human Communication

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In Stance: Sociolinguistic Perspectives edited by Alexandra Jaffe, 53-71. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Jaffe, A. 2009. “Introduction: the Sociolinguistics of Stance”. In Stance: Sociolinguistic Perspectives edited by Alexandra Jaffe, 3-28.
The Forsaken: From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope ...

The Forsaken: From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope ...

Tim Tzouliadis

The victim was Harry Jaffe, the tenor who had once stood next to Thomas Sgovio singing solos in the AngloAmerican Chorus in Moscow. For the others, Jaffe's suicide strengthened their awareness that they had been abandoned to their fate,  ...
Why Bernie Sanders Matters

Why Bernie Sanders Matters

Harry Jaffe

With reporting from inside the campaign and Sanders' inner circle, as well as meticulous research, reporter Harry Jaffe offers an engaging portrait of this outsider candidate.
The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post ...

The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post ...

Eric Jaffe

The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America Eric Jaffe ... “The name of it may be the Boston Post Road but in Eric Jaffe's hands it becomes more like the Rosetta Stone—away of decoding American history from  ...
Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington,

Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington,

Harry S. Jaffe

Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia—congressional hearings, gangland murders, the establishment of home rule and the inside story of Marion Barry’s enigmatic dynasty and disgrace.
Silent No More: Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry ...

Silent No More: Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry ...

Aaron Fisher

Told in the honest and unforgettable voices of Aaron; his mother, Dawn; and his psychologist, Mike, this inspiring book completes Aaron’s transformation from a nameless casualty into a resounding voice for change.
The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

Thomas S. Davis

Amy Clukey, Jed Esty, James Gifford, Janice Ho, Aaron Jaffe, Marina MacKay, Allan Hepburn, Jesse Matz, Liesl Olson, Peter Kalliney, Nicole Rizzuto, Stephen Ross, Aarthi Vadde, and Tim Wientzen either read chapters, discussed ideas and  ...
A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a ...

A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a ...

Eric Jaffe

He never thought of leaving her or finding another companion. As a young father Harry Jaffe had short dark hair combed neatly back from the crown. He wore spectacles slightly down on his nose, in front of an intense pair of hooded blue eyes.
Rapture Practice

Rapture Practice

Aaron Hartzler

Aaron Hartzler grew up in a home where he was taught that at any moment the Rapture could happen. That Jesus might come down in the twinkling of an eye and scoop Aaron and his family up to heaven.
Aaron Swartz's The Programmable Web: An Unfinished Work

Aaron Swartz's The Programmable Web: An Unfinished Work

Aaron Swartz

Unfortunately, the book wasn't completed before Aaron's death in January 2013. As a tribute, the editor and publisher are publishing the work digitally without cost.
The Years with Laura Diaz

The Years with Laura Diaz

Carlos Fuentes

“What did you tell them, Harry Jaffe?77 “Harry Jaffe, rest in peace.” They all went back to Cuernavaca. Laura Diaz—in consternation, agitated, perplexed—went to get her belongings from the little house in Tepoztlan. She also gathered up her ...
Spelling and Society: The Culture and Politics of ...

Spelling and Society: The Culture and Politics of ...

Mark Sebba

As Alexandra Jaffe puts it (Jaffe 2000: 506), As a linguistic boundary-marking device, orthography both differentiates a code from other codes, and displays the internal coherence and unity (sameness) of that code. In this respect, orthography ...
Rapture Practice

Rapture Practice

Aaron Hartzler

Aaron Hartzler. Copyright. Copyright © 2013 by Aaron Hartzler Afterword copyright © 2014 by Aaron Hartzler Cover photograph © Getty Images / Image Source Cover design by Maggie Edkins Cover © 2014 Hachette Book Group, Inc. All ...
What Is the Impact of Tourism?

What Is the Impact of Tourism?

Roman Espejo

Ecotourism Can Harm the Environment Eric Jaffe Eric Jaffe is a science writer. Although it is designed to be an ecologically responsible model of travel, studies show that ecotourism may actually harm the wildlife and natural environments it ...
Annual Editions: Psychology 08/09 (2009 Update)

Annual Editions: Psychology 08/09 (2009 Update)

Karen Duffy

What Was I Thinking?, Eric Jaffe, APS Observer, May 2004 Nobel Laureate and psychologist Daniel Kahneman's remarks at the National Institute of Health are reviewed by Eric Jaffe. Kahneman purposely flawed his talk to demonstrate that ...
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist

Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist

Aaron Douglas

African American Modernist Aaron Douglas, Renée Ater Susan Elizabeth Earle. THE. AARON. DOUCLA/. EFFECT. OPPORTUNITY JOURNAL OF NEGPO LIFE TH AMERICAN NEGPO ...
Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron Vol. 6

Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron Vol. 6

Jason Aaron

Jason Aaron. P , A MAN'S ,- WORTH AIN'T IN HIS BLOOD. EVAN. IT'S IN HOW HE CHOOSES TO WALK THIS EARTH. AND IN ' MY BOOK. ... I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING CRO-MAGNON MEN IN. lilElU ' — EVERYONE ...
Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative ...

Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative ...

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We owe each of them, and particularly Richard Ellings, Aaron Friedberg and Ashley Tellis, a debt of gratitude for their insights, each of which has informed this chapter. 2 Aaron L. Friedberg, 'Introduction', in Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L.
Demography: Analysis and Synthesis : a Treatise in ...

Demography: Analysis and Synthesis : a Treatise in ...

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EKERT-JAFFE Olivia, JOSHI Heather, LYNCH Kevin, MOUGIN Remi, and RENDALL Michael, 2002. ... Politica, politiche e demografia, in: Antonio Golini, Alain Monnier, Olivia Ekert-Jaffe, Rudolf Andorka, Jacqueline Hecht, Elisabet Nasman, ...
The Pattern of a Gentleman: A Critical Biography of Arthur ...

The Pattern of a Gentleman: A Critical Biography of Arthur ...

Jacqueline A. Jaffe

A Critical Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle Jacqueline A. Jaffe. THE PATTERN OF A GENTLEMAN: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Jacqueline Jaffe Submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School in partial fulfillment ...
Atheism for Christians: Are There Lessons for the Religious ...

Atheism for Christians: Are There Lessons for the Religious ...

Benjamin T. Jones

Eric Bradner and Alexandra Jaffe, “Ben Carson Apologizes for Comments on Gay People,” CNN, 5 March 2015. 31. See Dynes and Donaldson, Homosexuality and Government, Politics and Prisons. 32. Eric Bradner and Alexandra Jaffe, “ Ben ...
Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global ...

Engineering Nature: Water, Development, and the Global ...

Jessica B. Teisch

Jacqueline Jaffe, “John Hays Hammond,” in Carruthers, Jameson Raid, 211–26. J. H. Hammond, Autobiography, 1:334, 343; N. H. Hammond, Woman's Part, 11; Macnab, Gold, 58. Jaffe, “John Hays Hammond,” 214. Hall, “The South African ...
Pioneer Recollections of the Early 30's and 40's in Sandusky ...

Pioneer Recollections of the Early 30's and 40's in Sandusky ...

James Mitchell Bowland

She was born in Lima, N. Y. , March 24, 181 8, daughter of Aaron and Anna ( Lyon) Levisee. Aaron Levisee was born in New Jersey, June 19, 1774, son of James Levisee, who had previously moved to that State from Connecticut. Aaron was ...
Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next ...

Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next ...

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Henry Farrell, “Remembering Aaron Swartz,” Crooked Timber, January 12, 2013, http://crookedtimber.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz/. 3. Brian Fung, “ The Justice Department Used This Law to Pursue Aaron Swartz. Now It's Open ...
Aaron

Aaron

Hank Aaron

The auto-biography of the greatest homerun hitter of the modern era.
Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter

Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter

Patricia Albers

... Yvonne Hagen, Anne Hailey, John Hailey, James Harithas, Robert Harms, Robert Hasterlik, Elga Heinzen, Evans Herman,John Holabird, Sara Holt, Jacqueline Hyde, Ernst Jaffe, Shirley Jaffe, Hollis Jeffcoat, Paul Jenkins, Consuelo Joerns, ...
The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren ...

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren ...

Karen Linder

Richard Perez-Pena, “Washington Post Names Publisher.” New York Times, February 8, 2008. Harry Jaffe, “Katharine the Second.” The Washingtonian, August 1, 2008. Richard Perez-Pena, 2008. Harry Jaffe, 2008. David S. Broder, “ Farewell ...
Raw Thought, Raw Nerve: Inside the Mind of Aaron Swartz

Raw Thought, Raw Nerve: Inside the Mind of Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz

Aaron was on to making a better world for us all; a freer world. Raw Thought, Raw Nerve: Inside the Mind of Aaron Swartz contains the life's work of one of the most original minds of our time.

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