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The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in ...

The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in ...

Adrienne Mayor

What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in The First Fossil Hunters.
Unsolved!: The History and Mystery of the World's Greatest ...

Unsolved!: The History and Mystery of the World's Greatest ...

Craig P. Bauer

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Adrienne Mayor, The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014), 11. E-mail from Adrienne Mayor to the author,  ...
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's ...

The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's ...

Adrienne Mayor

"--Paul Cartledge, author of Alexander the Great "Adrienne Mayor's The Poison King is an intriguing and highly readable new biography of one of the most controversial figures of antiquity, Mithradates--ruthless Hellenistic king, genocidaire ...
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological ...

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological ...

Adrienne Mayor

With the news full of talk about bioterrorism and chemical weapons, Mayor's exploration of the origins of biological and unethical warfare is an attention-grabber that follows through with fascinating illustrative episodes.
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the ...

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the ...

Adrienne Mayor

This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China.
The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered ...

The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered ...

Marc Aronson

Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure.
Dragons Or Dinosaurs?: Creation Or Evolution?

Dragons Or Dinosaurs?: Creation Or Evolution?

Darek Isaacs

233 2 Pteranodon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2009 3 Adrienne Mayor, Fossil Legends of the First Americans, Princeton Press, 2005, p. 232 4 Wang, X. and Z. Zhou. 2004. Pterosaur embryo from the Early Cretaceous. Nature 429:621.
Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Adrienne Mayor

A dinosaur tracksite studied in the 1930s by paleontologist Barnum Brown in the Painted Desert south of Tuba City was lost until the early 1990s, when photogra- pher Louie Psihoyos hired Floyd Stevens, a skilled Navajo tracker, to relocate ...
Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

George M. Eberhart

71–82; Joe Nigg, The Book of Gryphons (Cambridge, Mass.: Apple-wood Books, 1982); Laskarina Bouras, The Griffin through the Ages (Athens: Midland Bank, 1983); Adrienne Mayor, “Griffin Bones: Ancient Folklore and Paleontology,” ...
An impartial history of the town and county of Newcastle ...

An impartial history of the town and county of Newcastle ...

John Baillie (of Newcastle.)

J 553 Cuthbert Blunt mayor, Robert Ellison sheriff 1 554 Cuthbert Ellison mayor, William Dixon sheriff 1 555 Richard Hodshon mayor, John Wilkinson sheriff 1556 Christopher Mitford mayor, William Dent sheriff 1 557 Bartholomew Anderson ...
Creaturepedia: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth

Creaturepedia: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth

Adrienne Barman

Welcome to this collection of best-loved animals from all over the world, chosen for their special talents and characteristics, with fun illustrations by Adrienne Barman.
Whatever It Takes

Whatever It Takes

Gwynne Forster

... get out of this place. Adrienne saidI wasup for promotion, but Ididn't get it, and I' m not goingto sit hereas a glorified typist for the rest of ... “May I see you allin my officeat once,” Adrienne Hood's voice commanded over the intercom. The seven  ...
Reading Foucault for Social Work

Reading Foucault for Social Work

Adrienne S. Chambon

Adrienne S. Chambon Allan Irving, Laura Epstein. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing and assembling this book was made especially pleasant by the friendly presence of many individuals who encouraged and supported us along the way.
Faith, Hope and Murder

Faith, Hope and Murder

Randall Braddom MS

I know the Mayor and the former coroner are upset about my changing the ruling, but I think this case cries out for justice. The reputation of Berwick has to come second here. And by the way, both the Mayor and Jason Whitehead are good ...
Princeless: The Pirate Princess

Princeless: The Pirate Princess

Rosy Higgins

When Adrienne finds Raven Xingtao, the daughter of the Pirate King, who is locked away in a tower, Adrienne decides to spring her, but it drags her into a whirlwind adventure to complete Raven's quest for revenge.
"Harold": The People's Mayor : an Authorized Biography of ...

"Harold": The People's Mayor : an Authorized Biography of ...

Dempsey Travis

Looks at the life and political career of Chicago's first black mayor.
Mayor: An Autobiography

Mayor: An Autobiography

Edward I. Koch

The controversial ex-mayor of New York speaks out on his years in office, the people, and the policies of "the Big Apple".
The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of ...

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of ...

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

On the range and complexity of early textiles and the difficulties in distinguishing local from imported fabrics. see Adrienne Hood. “Material World of Cloth.” and Adrienne Hood and D. T. Ruddel. “Artifacts and Documents in the History of ...
Critical Policy Studies

Critical Policy Studies

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Chambon, Adrienne S. 1999. “Foucault's Approach: Making the Familiar Visible.” In Reading Foucault for Social Work, ed. Adrienne S. Chambon, Allan Irving, and Laura Epstein, 51-81. New York: Columbia University Press. Chen, Xiaobei.
Auto/Biography and Identity: Women, Theatre and Performance

Auto/Biography and Identity: Women, Theatre and Performance

Maggie B B. Gale

10 Elin Diamond, 'An Interview with Adrienne Kennedy', p. 148. Red was also the colour of Kennedy's own autograph book as a child. See Adrienne Kennedy, People Who Led To My Plays, p. 20. 11 Helene Cixous, 'The Laugh of the Medusa' ...
50 Ways to Eat Cock: Healthy Chicken Recipes with Balls!

50 Ways to Eat Cock: Healthy Chicken Recipes with Balls!

Adrienne N. Hew

This is the ORIGINAL book about eating cock. All other -cock- books are impostors!- -Adrienne Hew has added to the culinary repertoire with this fun and imaginative cookbook on a forgotten traditional food.
History Beyond the Text: A Student’s Guide to Approaching ...

History Beyond the Text: A Student’s Guide to Approaching ...

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Hood, Adrienne D. Adrienne Hood received her Ph.D. in early American history from the University of California in San Diego in 1988. In 1984 she began working as a curator in the Textile Department at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men

Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men

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Adrienne Chambon, 'A Foucauldian Approach Making the Familiar Visible,' in Reading Foucault for Social Work, ed. Adrienne Chambon, Allan Irving, and Laura Epstein (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), 51–81; Bob Smart, Michel ...
York University: The Way Must Be Tried

York University: The Way Must Be Tried

Michiel Horn

Adrienne Clarkson David Clipsham Colin Coates Hon. ... Hoffmann * Adrienne Hood Elizabeth Hopkins Deszö Horváth Susan Houston Ian Howard Raymond Hudson Virginia Hunter * Adèle Hurley Allan Hutchinson Christopher Innes William ...
Architectural competitions in Finland:

Architectural competitions in Finland:

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... Mayor (Vice-chairwoman) Pekka Korpinen, apulaiskaupunginjohtaja / Deputy Mayor Tuomas Rajajärvi, virastopäällikkö / Head of Planning Division Helena Ahonen, filosofian maisteri / Managing Director Anne Karppinen ...
Citizen Koch: An Autobiography

Citizen Koch: An Autobiography

Ed Koch

The former mayor of New York City describes his rise from the depths of the Depression, his World War II experiences, and his tenure as mayor, and offers candid insights into politics, the problems facing New York, and personalities he has ...
The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and ...

The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and ...

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235, May 20, 2009; Adrienne E. Eaton and Jill Kriesky, ''NLRB Elections vs. Card Check Campaigns: Results of a Worker Survey,'' Industrial and Labor Relations Review 62 (2008); Adrienne E. Eaton and Jill Kriesky, ''Union Organizing Under ...
The Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins: 1990-1993

The Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins: 1990-1993

Chris McNickle

Even as he criticized the mayor, he sought to keep the tone civil and, when circumstances allowed, even light-hearted. When radio icon Don Imus interviewed Giuliani shortly after George Marlin introduced his rubber chicken to the campaign, ...
A Poetics of Social Work: Personal Agency and Social ...

A Poetics of Social Work: Personal Agency and Social ...

Kenneth James Moffatt

5 Adrienne Chambon, 'Postmodernity and Social Work Discourse(s): Notes on Changing Language of a Profession/ in Essays on Postmodernism and Social Work, ed. Allan Irving and Adrienne Chambon (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, ...
The Wily Thieves

The Wily Thieves

Kenneth G. Neal

She read that a position involving her talents was opening in Mayor Arnold Logan's office. Mayor Logan was a rising political star. He was touted by many in his political party as being the next governor of the state. Some boldly predicted that ...

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