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The Wheel of Time Coin Tar Valon

From ong>Theong> Wheel of Time comes this nickel-silver coin in a blister packaging. ong>Theong> obverse features ong>theong> face of Deane Aryman, holding a flame on her open palm, flanked by seven stars and wearing ong>theong> stole of ong>theong> Amyrlin Seat, striped with seven colors.ong>Theong> reverse side features ong>theong> ancient symbol of ong>theong> Ouroboros, ong>theong> snake eating it?s own tail, used to symbolize eternity. In ong>theong> center is ong>theong> Flame of Tar Valon, official symbol of ong>theong> White Tower and ong>theong> Amyrlin Seat.

The Minpins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dahl, Roald / Benson, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, Little Billy strays into ong>theong> forest, where he meets ong>theong> Minpinsatiny people who live within ong>theong> trees. ong>Theong> Minpins tell Billy about ong>Theong> Gruncher, who preys on ong>theong>m. So Billy embarks on a mission to rid ong>theong> Minpins of ong>theong>ir foe once and for all, and sets offaon ong>theong> back of a swanato confront ong>Theong> Gruncher.

The Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Behn, Aphra, PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, Contents--ong>Theong> Royal Slave; ong>Theong> Fair Jilt; ong>Theong> Nun; Agnes de Castro; ong>Theong> Lover's Watch; ong>Theong> Case for ong>theong> Watch; ong>Theong> Lady's Looking-Glass to Dress Herself By; ong>Theong> Lucky Mistake; ong>Theong> Court of ong>theong> King of Bantam; ong>Theong> Adventure of ong>theong> Black Lady.

The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Deford, Frank, PUBLISHER: Northword Press, In this exciting new book, award-winning sports writer and commentator Frank Deford captures ong>theong> inspirational stories of many of ong>theong> greatest athletes and teams to appear on a Wheaties box. For more than 75 years, ong>theong> Wheaties box has celebrated ong>theong> essence of being a champion: ong>theong> character of excellence, ong>theong> spirit of achievement, and ong>theong> triumph of determination.

The British Campaign in France and Flanders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyle, Arthur Conan, PUBLISHER: University Press of ong>theong> Pacific, CONTENTS: January to July ong>Theong> Battle of ong>theong> Somme Attack of ong>theong> Seventh and Eight Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel Attack of ong>theong> Tenth and Third Corps, July ong>Theong> Attack of ong>theong> Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July From July 2 to July ong>Theong> Breaking of ong>theong> Second Line. July July 14 to July 31 ong>Theong> Operations of Gough's Army upon ong>theong> Norong>theong>rn Flank up to September 15 August 1 to September 15 Breaking ong>theong> Third Line, September 15 From September 15 to ong>theong> Battle of ong>theong> Ancre ong>Theong> Gaining of ong>theong> Thiepval Ridge ong>Theong> Battle of ong>theong> Ancre. November

Avenging Angels

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brandt, Lyle, PUBLISHER: Berkley, ong>Theong> so-called homestead killers have been cutting a bloody swath across Oklahoma Territory, leaving behind a trail of corpses, slaughtering whole families on isolated farms and stealing ong>theong>ir livestock. Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade has been given ong>theong> job of bringing back ong>theong> butchers -- alive. Slade follows ong>theong> trail of bloodshed to ong>theong> town of Paradise, where ong>theong> citizens are up in arms, suspecting ong>theong> Cherokees on a local reservation of committing ong>theong> savagery.

I figli dell'aquila

Giampaolo Pansa On ong>theong> young Fascist militants who chose to fight, in , in ong>theong> army of ong>theong> Repubblica sociale italiana (Republic of Salò) of which ong>theong> eagle was symbol. (cod. I_)

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Praying with Clare of Assisi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Ramona, PUBLISHER: Word Among Us Press, Clare of Assisi, holding fast to ong>theong> truth of ong>theong> gospel, modeled her life on ong>theong> humanity of Jesus who, as she said, "was placed poor in ong>theong> crib, lived poor in ong>theong> world, and remained poor on ong>theong> cross." Nobles and peasants sought her prayers, advice, and healing touch.

Reframing Organizational Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frost, Peter J. / Louis, Meryl Reis / Moore, Larry F., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), With this follow-up to Organizational Culture (Sage ), ong>theong> editors continue ong>theong>ir study of ong>theong> interaction between investigation and ong>theong> subject of inquiry. ong>Theong> editors have included a variety of frames as tools that allow readers to examine any empirical piece on organizational culture on its own merits - as good research - while at ong>theong> same time, permit viewing it from oong>theong>r perspectives as well. Combined with a unique emphasis on process, this volume also includes ong>reflectionsong> from ong>theong> editors, pointing out ong>theong>ir values, biases, beliefs, perceptions and experiences in research, and lending a human dimension to ong>theong> research process.

Homer's the Odyssey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Homer, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Stories Out of School: Memories and Reflections on Care and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Paul, James L. / Smith, Terry Jo / Paul, James L., PUBLISHER: Ablex Publishing Corporation, ong>Theong> changes in how we understand and study teaching and learning are uneven. Strongly held beliefs support ong>theong> changes and equally strongly held beliefs challenge ong>theong>m. However, ong>theong> discourse about teaching and learning and our understandings of ong>theong> nature of educational research have changed raong>theong>r dramatically in ong>theong> last two decades. ong>Theong>se changes form ong>theong> context for ong>theong> work described in this book on stories out of school-adult memories of ong>theong>ir teachers. ong>Theong> authors have been guided by ong>theong> work of Jackson (), Noddings (), Eisner (), Palmer (), Coles (), and Lindley (), among oong>theong>rs, who have focused on ong>theong> qualities of life experienced by children, particularly in ong>theong> classroom. Interests have centered on memory, meaning, and ong>theong> self in relationship. Using a database of letters written by adults (most of whom are teachers or are preparing to be teachers) to ong>theong>ir former teachers, ong>theong> authors examine ong>theong> interpersonal spaces shared by teachers and students and ong>theong> kinds of unacknowledged pedagogies created in those spaces. ong>Theong>y are interested in ong>theong> ethics of experienced pedagogies and ong>theong> implications of those pedagogies for educating teachers.

Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallman, J. Matong>theong>w, PUBLISHER: Kent State University Press, Norong>theong>rners at War brings togeong>theong>r noted historian J. Matong>theong>w Gallman's most significant essays on ong>theong> economic, social, and domestic aspects of life in ong>theong> North during ong>theong> Civil War. Gallman tackles a range of Civil War home front topics--from urban violence and Gettysburg's wartime history to entrepreneurial endeavors and ong>theong> war's economic impact. He also examines gender issues, with a fascinating review of ong>theong> career of orator Anna E. Dickinson and an insightful examination of how norong>theong>rners used gendered notions of masculinity in rhetoric to recruit African American soldiers. A noteworthy contribution to our understanding of ong>theong> home front, Norong>theong>rners at War is indispensible to those interested in ong>theong> Civil War era.

The New Age Cult

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, Walter, PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers, Based on thirty-five years of study on ong>theong> New Age Movement, ong>theong> foremost expert on cults addresses ong>theong> No. 1 controversy within ong>theong> church today. An invaluable reference work for scholar and layperson alike.

The History of the Comstock Lode

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Grant / Tingley, Joseph V., PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press, A complete history of mining operations on ong>theong> Comstock from to ong>theong> present day.

The Declaration of Something Mysterious

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swindoll, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, On ong>theong> hillsides and seashores of Galilee, Jesus proclaimed a message that people had never heard before. It was bold, challenging and often mysterious. In this third of four studies on ong>theong> book of Luke, you'll discover anew ong>theong> promises and commands for ong>theong> kingdom living-straight from ong>theong> Master, for yesterday and for always.

Rethinking Security in Post Cold War Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Park, William / Rees, G. Wyn, PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, This is a survey of ong>theong> principle items on ong>theong> European security agenda following ong>theong> end of ong>theong> Cold War. ong>Theong> book focuses on regions where ong>theong> reconsideration of security issues has been particularly profound and analyzes ong>theong> main security institutions which have survived ong>theong> Cold War including NATO, ong>theong> European Union/Western European Union and ong>theong> Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Also strides ong>theong> Central European countries, Russia and states of ong>theong> former USSR.

Great Nights of the Bible

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Macartney, Clarence Edward Noble, PUBLISHER: Kregel Publications, If you listen to ong>theong> voice of ong>theong> night as it speaks to you in ong>theong> pages of ong>theong> Bible, you will hear many a deep word on life and destiny. --from ong>theong> Introduction

Irish Politics Today

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Collins, Neil / Cradden, Terry, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, This new edition has been revised and updated to include coverage of ong>theong> general election, ong>theong> creation of a new coalition of Fianna Fail, and ong>theong> Progressive Democrats under Bertie Ahern. Reflecting on current developments in Irish politics, ong>theong> authors also examine oong>theong>r crucial issues such as ong>theong> implications of a written constitution, changes in ong>theong> party system, ong>theong> power of major special interest groups, ong>theong> role of ong>theong> civil service, ong>theong> position of ong>theong> media, and membership in ong>theong> European Union.

The Darkness and the Dawn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swindoll, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, ong>Theong> two most significant events in human history are ong>theong> death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And no one can uncover ong>theong>ir meaning for today quite like Charles Swindoll. From ong>theong> poignant interactions of ong>Theong> Last Supper, through ong>theong> despairing events of Gethsemane and ong>theong> seven last words of Jesus on ong>theong> Cross, Dr. Swindoll challenges readers with a new perspective on ong>theong> atoning work of Christ. And in Part Two of this inspirational work, ong>theong> secret of how ong>theong> resurrection of Jesus enables Christians to live triumphantly is revealed in a clear yet surprising way.

Essay on the Prevailing Methods of the Evangelization of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Needham Robert, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

Every Day I Bless You Reflections on the Healing Power of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Norman J Fried, PUBLISHER: Urim Publications, NA

The Promise of Heaven: Reflections on Our Eternal Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Randy Alcorn, PUBLISHER: Harvest House Publishers, NA Acquista Ora

The Rhetoric of Credit: Merchants in Early Modern Writing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sullivan, Ceri, PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Scores of business advice manuals, double-entry handbooks, and trade publicity briefs give ong>theong> early modern merchant help on guaranteeing ong>theong> value of his word. ong>Theong> Rhetoric of Credit looks at ong>theong> rhetorical handling of ong>theong> just price of goods, cash and credit; analyses ong>theong> uses of ong>theong> heroism in trade; shows how ong>theong> ethos of ong>theong> merchant is enhanced in dealing with bankruptcy and sovereign dept, and distinguishes between miser and usurer. Such shifts between ong>theong> fields of social and financial credit structure ong>theong> three plays that it goes on to examine: If You Know Not Me (1), ong>Theong> Alchemist, and Eastword Ho

Development Microeconomics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bardhan, Pranab K. / Udry, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Development Microeconomics is ong>theong> first in a series of books which looks at ong>theong> entire spectrum of development economics issues and combines ong>theong> strengths of conventional developmental thought with ong>theong> insights of contemporary mainstream economics. ong>Theong> main new conceptual tool used is ong>theong> application of ong>theong> ong>theong>ory of imperfect information and ong>theong> effects this has on ong>theong> behavior of economic agents. This book is designed specifically for graduate students.

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