Although he died in a tragic car accident at twenty-five, Clifford Brown is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of jazz--now, in this absorbing work, Nick Catalano gives us the first major biography of this musical giant.br Based on extensive interviews with Brown\'s family, friends, and fellow jazz musicians, this is a fascinating portrait of a remarkable musician. Catalano

pThis book presents a temporally and geographically broad yet detailed history of an important form of Native American architecture, the platform mound. While the variation in these earthen monuments across the eastern United States has sparked much debate among archaeologists, this landmark study reveals unexpected continuities in moundbuilding over many thousands of years.p pIn iA History of Platform

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bFrom the world\'s 1 bestselling writer comes a book that takes politics and mixes it with suspense creating a must-readbb thriller.bb b pSally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn\'t have predicted

Your success as a fitness professional depends on your ability to reliably deliver results to clients. In iSecrets of Successful Program Design A How-To Guide for Busy Fitness Professionalsi, noted fitness and program design expert Alwyn Cosgrove and his director of programming, Craig Rasmussen, share Alwyn\'s proven system for creating programs that take clients from where they are to where they want

This book features research presented and discussed during the Research Innovation Forum Rii Forum 2022.

pHennessy\'s classic text tells you everything you need to know about writing successful features. You will learn how to formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit different markets. pNow in its fourth edition, Writing Feature Articles has been fully revised and updated to take into account the changing requirements of journalism and media courses. You will also discover how to exploit

pGracie Finds a Family is the story of a blue-front Amazon parrot named Gracie. Gracie has been taken from her birth family and is searching for her forever family. She tells her story and invites the reader to join her on the journey. She makes new friends along the way who also have a story to share. Gracie Finds a Family is a delightful, upbeat tale that seeks to entertain you and touch your heart.

pTintoo was the best sport player, and had taken part in many events and that when he fainted. He wants to continue his events, but his team captain told him to rest. His life is more important that the game. ppTintoo bon te teeinimwaane ae te tia takaakaro n te kiba are e anaanau. A mwaiti ana takakaaroo ngaia ae e a tong bwa e a bon rangi ni kua. E kan reitaanako ana takaakaro ma e tuangaki iroun

This fourth edition of The Individual and the Political Order provides a careful, accessible, and reasoned liberal justification for the democratic state and political authority. The central feature of liberalism is the commitment to individual autonomy. The authors show how that commitment provides a defense of democracy, and they give a liberal interpretation to such core values as liberty, equality,

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Whispering Wind Folktales Of The Navaho Indians is a collection of traditional stories and legends from the Navajo people, compiled and retold by Philippa Allen. The book features a variety of tales that have been passed down through generations, including creation myths, animal fables, and stories of heroic figures. The stories are presented in a clear and engaging style, with vivid descriptions and

pemLingdaoem, the Chinese word for leadership, is rarely used to denote acts of social persuasion that occur outside of contexts of formal rank or status. However, the ubiquity of informal leadership in China raises a number of practical and theoretical questions.ppBased on an analysis of selected Chinese cinematic works depicting settings of educational practice and policy, the book explores how Western

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Well-known Royal Welsh Show shearing commentator Evans discusses his farming life, from a tough postwar childhood with no mother, tractor or car, to days on shearing gangs and in hedge-laying competitions, to his own sheep farming, commentating and his impact on policy through work with the National Farmers Union.

pstrongA remote bay in the Pacific Northwest has held a secret for thousands of years...and that secret just woke up.strongp pKai is angry when he\'s forced to join his new stepfather, Rick, on a research trip to Blind Bay. On a floating lab in the middle of nowhere. Rick, a marine biologist, is using sound waves to explore deep underwater caves. But they discover that the sound pulses have awakened

pBestselling author Steve Chapman emA Look at Life from a Deer Standem, over 230,000 copies sold spins adventuresome hunting tales based on real-life excursions. Steve\' s passion for God, family, and hunting make his stories entertaining and chockful of insights and encouragement for growing spiritually and relationally.ppAs readers hike with Steve and hunt for whitetail, turkey, and other game, they\'

...Roxy is a hot, sexy woman unmatched with a gun... Roxanne Louise Doyle, Roxy is Lady Gunsmith, the daughter of Gavin Doyle. The early legend of Roxy Doyle begins when her mother is killed on a wagon train, leaving her father to raise and care for his little girl. Before her father disappears, he leaves his daughter to be raised by a Mormon family. At age fifteen, Roxy leaves her foster family to

pThis is a book about maps and globes, how they work, and how to use them to find places on the earth, both locally and globally. The amply-illustrated text introduces students to map scales, symbols, directions and grids and provides activities for building familiarity by making and using maps to find their way. It explains how to use features like hemisphere, latitude, longitude and coordinates to