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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
100 Key Concepts for Understanding, Analyzing, and Practicing Art
2017
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art is a portable but still comprehensive reference for all artists, and a companion volume to Rockport Publishers' best-selling Universal Principles of Design.This new, pocket volume of The**Pocket Universal Principles of Art provides a handy, portable, reference for art enthusiast, art students, and any artist on the go. This is the same excellent info...
2013
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The Gold and the Mountain Synopsis It is a spring day in 1941 and Will Bodie, a young teenage boy, is fishing on a dock on the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida, and reading about a lost gold mine in a magazine. Shortly, old Mr. McRae, his fishing pal, joins him. Fishing is good and Will is fascinated about the lost gold mine. Events play out, for Mr. McRae has a secret gold find on a mountain, just south of the border, in Mexico. He tells Will where it is on his deathbed. This set...
Probationary Americans
Contemporary Immigration Policies and the Shaping of Asian American Communities
2013
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Probationary Americans examines contemporary immigration rules and how they affect the make-up of immigrant communities. The authors' key argument is that immigration policies place race and class as important criteria for gaining entry to the United States, and in doing so, alter the makeup of America's immigrant communities.
Beyond Democracy, Toward Meritocracy
Freedom to Choose from Those Worth Choosing
2026
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The alarming and recent rise of populist leaders in democracies over the past twenty years—seen in countries such as India, Brazil, Indonesia, and the United States—has been accompanied by substantial increases in political corruption. A central question in political philosophy concerns the most morally legitimate form of government. The prevailing view in Western philosophy identifies democracy as that system. Yet a more legitimate model for Western societies emerges when the issue is exa...
2025
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Many Christians seek a more profound revelation of God's word. They read the Bible, attend church, listen to the sermons, and attend Bible Study. However, they desire more than topology or inspiration from God's word. These Christians want a relationship of intimacy with God, our Heavenly Father. This author intends to challenge the reader to gain a deeper understanding that strengthens the soul. The soul gives life to the body. This book will question you in faith, going out in a radicall...
Holding on to Your Dreams
Reaching Your True Potential In the Will of God
2025
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When life challenges your faith and setbacks threaten your vision, how do you keep believing in the dream God gave you?In Holding On to Your Dreams, Bishop John C. Parks offers a powerful roadmap for dreamers who feel delayed, discouraged, or dismissed. Through biblical wisdom, real-life stories, and personal insights, this inspiring book reveals how to persevere through doubt, endure seasons of waiting, and overcome opposition-all while holding tightly to the visi...
2015
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New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis transport readers back to the boundless world of the Pirate Stream in this engaging and exhilarating sequel to the highly acclaimed The Map to Everywhere that is equal parts adventure, humor, and heart!When the magical waters of the Pirate Stream begin flooding Marrill's world, the only way to stop the destruction is to return to the Stream and find the source of the mysterious Iro...
- Narrated by
- Pat Young
- Audiobook 2 -
- The Map to Everywhere
Unabridged
9 hours 59 min
2015
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New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis transport readers back to the boundless world of the Pirate Stream in this engaging and exhilarating sequel to the highly acclaimed The Map to Everywhere that is equal parts adventure, humor, and heart!When the magical waters of the Pirate Stream begin flooding Marrill's world, the only way to stop the destruction is to return to the Stream and find the source of the mysterious Iro...
- Narrated by
- John Glouchevitch
- Audiobook 1 -
- The Map to Everywhere
Unabridged
11 hours 5 min
2014
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Adventure, magic, and hilarity collide in New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis's first book in a fantastical series.To Master Thief Fin, an orphan from the murky pirate world of the Khaznot Quay, the Map is the key to finding his mother. To suburban schoolgirl Marrill, it's her only way home after getting stranded on the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway that connects every world in creation. With the help of a bumbling wiza...
Elusive Citizenship
Immigration, Asian Americans, and the Paradox of Civil Rights
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- Critical America
2004
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Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of leading cases in American constitutional law regarding Asians would suggest that initially, Asian immigrants tended to evade exclusionary laws through deliberate misrepresentations of their identities or through extralegal means. Eventually, many of these immigrants and their descendants came to ac...
2018
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The Immigration Act of 1965 was one of the most consequential laws ever passed in the United States and immigration policy continues to be one of the most contentious areas of American politics. As a "nation of immigrants," the United States has a long and complex history of immigration programs and controls which are deeply connected to the shape of American society today.This volume makes sense of the political history and the social impacts of immigration law, showing how legisl...
3D Printing Projects
Toys, Bots, Tools, and Vehicles To Print Yourself
2015
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Even if you've never touched a 3D printer, these projects will excite and empower you to learn new skills, extend your current abilities, and awaken your creative impulses. Each project uses a unique combination of electronics, hand assembly techniques, custom 3D-printed parts, and software, while teaching you how to think through and execute your own ideas.Written by the founder of Printrbot, his staff, and veteran DIY authors, this book of projects exemplifies the broad range of ...











