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Wide Open: Chronicling the Manic Misadventures of Dr. Dee and Her Return to Sanity
Euphoria! Bursts of creative energy! Supernatural powers! Such are the lures of the manic state. In Wide Open, the author depicts her own experience with mania and shows the gradual process of recovery Then, in Steps to Murder, the author turns fact into fiction. Someone is killing off the speakers at a Friday night AA meeting. Who and why? With the help of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and her own Higher Power, the heroine solves the crime..
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Portal to the Corps: Chronicling the National Museum of the Marine Corps
The National Museum of the Marine Corps was born of an act of Congress, which in the late 1980s appropriated seed money for each branch of the US military to build a national museum. The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and Naval Facilities held a national design competition to select the museum's architects. Fentress Bradburn Architects emerged as the winner with a design inspired by the heroic flag-raising atop Mount Suriachi on Iwo Jima, the most recognised and enduring symbol of the Marine Corps. This compelling monograph is a collection of essays by those who laboured to bring the National Museum of the Marine Corps from inception to completion. Writers include Colenol Joseph Alexander, General Ron Christmas, Generald Gerald McKay, Colonel Joseph Long and architect Curtis Worth Fentress..
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Mixed-Media Journals: Creatively Chronicling Your Life
Crafters know: special memories deserve an equally special showcase, and sometimes commercially available blank books won’t do. That’s why they’ll turn to these 25 inventive projects for new and expressive ways to preserve treasured moments and mementoes. Create a quirky album from bound-together record covers decorated with personal photos; slip precious keepsakes inside the sleeves. Transform a house-shaped board book into a visual gallery of all the places you’ve called home. Remember good food times—from holiday dinners to Mom’s freshly-baked cookies—in a little volume made from recipe cards and vintage thrift-store cookbooks. Each one is as unique as the life it celebrates! - Will appeal to a wide range of crafters, from workers in mixed-media and altered art to journalers, who are always on the lookout for creative album ideas - Truly unique and expressive projects, unlike ones readers would find anywhere else - Plays off the current popularity of mixed-media techniques .
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Chronicling the West: Thirty Years of Environmental Writing
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The Illustrated History of the Incas: The extraordinary story of the lost world of the Andes, chronicling the ancient civilizations of the Paracas, Chavin, ... art paintings (The Illustrated History of)
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Jenrette: The Contrarian Manager
During his 40-year career on Wall Street, Dick Jenrette did things "differently." He co-founded the upstart firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and turned it into an international investment banking and securities powerhouse. As CEO of Equitable, he spurned "business as usual" tactics and revitalized the venerable but floundering insurer. Now Jenrette, famed as the Great Contrarian, offers his candid account of the lessons he learned and the unorthodox approaches he took in becoming a Wall Street legend. He shows how unconventional thinking can help anyone running a department, a division, or a company to overcome adversity, find success, and have fun in the process. Jenrette advises on how to: develop a contrarian business strategy...make deep cost cuts without destroying morale...and put together a top management team using highly unconventional but effective tools. He also pinpoints the single biggest cause of corporate failures...forecasts what the next big financial product will be...and predicts the need for more Contrarian Managers for the 90s and beyond..
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Chronicling History: Chroniclers and Historians in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Literally thousands of annals, chronicles, and histories were produced in Italy during the Middle Ages, ranging from fragments to polished humanist treatises. This book is composed of a set of case studies exploring the kinds of historical writing most characteristic of the period. We might expect a typical medieval chronicler to be a monk or cleric, but the chroniclers of communal and Renaissance Italy were overwhelmingly secular. Many were jurists or notaries whose professions granted them access to political institutions and public debate. The mix of the anecdotal and the cosmic, of portents and politics, makes these writers so engaging to read. While chroniclers may have had different reasons to write and often very different points of view, they shared the belief that knowing the past might explain the present. Moreover, their audiences usually shared the worldview and civic identity of the historians, so these texts are glimpses into deeper cultural and intellectual contexts. Seen more broadly, chronicles are far more entertaining and informative than narratives. They become part of the very history they are describing. .
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