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He Was a young American soldier -- and the most powerful man in a remote rural District of Vietnam.In the spring of 1969, First Lieutenant David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam to
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The Stanley kids and their stepsister try to keep secret a dog that Blair finds, keep David out of the clutches of the school bully, and find out if some escaped convicts really are nearby. Sequel to
Describes crucial situations in a hundred of Fischer's chess games and explains the surprizing and creative moves he used to turn the games in his favor
"It is difficult to imagine a better course for practicing, would-be, or even part-time vegetarians," said The New York Times of Annemarie Colbin's cooking classes. And, in this book, the founder of t
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Mr. Stokes, a teacher, becomes involved with a former student, Nell Parshall, whose husband, a writer and also one of Stoke's former students, committed suicide
In the decade of the 1970s, item response theory became the dominant topic for study by measurement specialists. But, the genesis of item response theory (IRT) can be traced back to the mid-thirties a
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An anthropologist and Sinologist, Stephen W. Mosher, lived and worked in rural China in late 1979 and early 1980.? His shocking revelations about conditions there have earned him the condemnation of t
This unique volume provides each writers reflection on her work, an evaluation of that writer by two perceptive critics, and detailed biographical and bibliographical data.??Included are Maya Angelou,
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Provides an inside look at eight of the most influential accounting firms in the United States, examining their pivotal roles in the world of national and international finance.
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One of this century's most prominent and outspoken theologians affirms the vitality and uniqueness of Christianity by tracing it back to the reality of the historical Christ.
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This book provides a general history of Latin America in the period between the European conquest and the gaining of independence by the Spanish American countries and Brazil (approximately 1492-1825)
A study of events leading up to Christ's Second Coming examines biblical prophecies concerning Armageddon, the role of Israel during that period, the events of the "Rapture," and its overwhelming cons
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Traces the lives ad accomplishments of Chinese intellectuals from the Boxer Rebellion to the birth of the Peoples Republic and details their responses to change and tradition
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