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"AÂ fresh new perspective that will be a true revolution to
readers and will open new lines of
discussion on . . . the importance of the
city of New Orleans for generations to come." —Dr. Michael
White, jazz clarinetist, composer, and Keller Endowed Chair at
Xavier University of LAÂ Â An untold authentic
counter-narrative blues history and the first written by an African
American blues artist All prior histories on the blues have
alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not
true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King
present facts to disprove such myths.  This book is
the first to argue the blues began as a cosmopolitan art form, not
a rural one.  As early as 1900, the sound of the blues
was ubiquitous in New Orleans. The Mississippi Delta, meanwhile,
was an unpopulated sportsman’s paradise—the frontier was still
in the process of being cleared and drained for
cultivation.  Expecting these findings to be controversial
in some circles, King has buttressed his conclusions with primary
sources and years of extensive research, including a sojourn to
West Africa and interviews with surviving folklorists and blues
researchers from the 1960s folk-rediscovery epoch.  New
Orleans, King states, was the only place in the Deep South where
the sacred and profane could party together without fear of
persecution, creating the blues. Â
The backstory of finding Elizabeth Smart and how growing up in the
Mormon culture pushed the author to develop the exact kind of
intuition that was needed to help manage Elizabeth's kidnapping and
rescue while the world watched. Chris Thomas is not yet thirty
years old when he finds himself managing the immense pressure,
eccentric personalities, and extenuating circumstances of an
international story, where one small misstep could adversely impact
the search for a missing teenager and the reputation of her family.
Now, twenty years later, Thomas takes readers behind the scenes,
providing new details, perspectives, and commentary on finding
Elizabeth Smart. In the process of reflecting on Elizabeth's search
and rescue, Thomas discovers how growing up in the culture of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as
Mormon) helped push him to develop the exact kind of intuition
needed to manage Elizabeth's kidnapping and rescue, and to do so
while the world watched. Unexpected juxtaposes crucial events from
the Smart case with Thomas's experience growing up in the
Latter-day Saint culture, including coming to understand the secret
of a broken war hero before it was too late.
Knowledge of insect movement, particularly of flight, is crucial to
our understanding of the great ecological and evolutionary success
of insects. The last 20 years have seen many advances in this
subject area. New fields have arisen, such as metapopulation
theory, and dramatic developments have taken place in methods of
studying movement, as a result of new techniques in molecular
biology and radar monitoring. There have also been advances in our
knowledge of flight-related physiology and behavior. This book,
which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal
Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999,
brings us up to date with these developments. It contains chapters
on flight mechanisms, foraging movements, migration, the evolution
of movement strategies, the interactions between dispersal rates,
population structure and gene flow the effects of climate change on
geographical distribution. It is essential reading for
entomologists, and of interest to those researching animal
behavior, physiology, ecology and genetics.
In 1991 Spitalfields Market in London's East End was relocated,
paving the way for one of the largest and most complex excavations
ever launched in London, taking place on a site measuring almost
thirteen acres. This superb book tells the story of the excavation
and the 2000-year history of the area from the Roman period to the
present day. Details on the finds recovered, and the methods and
recording systems used, are interspersed with a narrative history
of the site. The book begins with the Roman burial ground and the
remains of a wealthy Roman woman and her sarcophagus which became
the focus of a memorable episode of Meet the Ancestors . The book
then moves on to the medieval period and the 12th-century hospital
which was founded at Spitalfields along with its church,
infirmaries and other buildings, and burials. Finds from this
period are supplemented with broader discussion of life in medieval
London, such as disease and medicine, and the changing landscape
around the site. During the Reformation, the hospital and priory
were closed but the story of the site continued. The land was taken
by the Crown, parts of the site were leased, most notably as
artillery ground, with new housing and cottage industries to
follow. Finds dating to the English Civil War, evidence relating to
the transformation of the site from an aristocractic enclave to a
suburb of immigrants, the redevelopment of the area in the 17th and
18th centuries, through to the opening of Spitalfields Market in
1682, brings us full circle.
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THE ROCKEFELLER FRAUD - BACK COVER TEXTWho could ever imagine the
"chance of a lifetime" turning into a nightmare and personal hell?
It happened to Chris Thomas. He lost everything he had ever hoped
for, including himself.It was supposed to be a positive career
move. Thomas had every reason to believe his journey would be
rewarding, and he embarked on it with great anticipation. But it
was a scam, creatively orchestrated and meticulously detailed. This
was an entire life-fleecing.Chris Thomas dreamed of becoming a
vocalist. As a child, he sang for the sheer joy of expression. As a
teenager, he sang to cover up his loneliness. Finally, as an adult,
he became a skilful musician, with the confidence, vision, and
purpose required of an accomplished performer. Nothing could get in
his way. The need to express his love for music became his ultimate
focus. But under the guidance of a trusted financial advisor,
employer, mentor, and friend, Chris Thomas was gradually ushered
into a world no one could have imagined.Chris Thomas writes of the
devastation identity theft can bring. He provides excruciating
details of how he was taken to the pinnacle of his dreams and
thrown over. He was almost destroyed. All that was left was a
thread of hope. It became his lifeline and his new beginning.CHRIS
THOMAS was given an opportunity for advancement that required him
to relocate to New York City. With direction and assistance from a
substantial employer, he moved to the Big Apple and became a victim
of a national scam ring known as the Little Rockefellers. He was
victimized by identity theft and fraud and a host of related
crimes. After years of legal battles he relocated to Plano, Texas
to begin a new life. He lives there now.
In this book, the authors gather and present current research in
the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests.
Topics discussed include the sustainability of harvested stands of
ponderosa pine forests; climatic and anthropogenic threats to the
semi-arid inner Asian pine forests; fructification and species
conservation on pinus halepensis Mill forests in Tunisia;
evapotranspiration in pinus sylvestris and pinus uncinata forest
plots from a water balance component measurement; genetics studies
of the Brazilian pine forest ecosystem; potential carbon
sequestraion for forest soils under pinus halepensis using RothC
models and pine forest species and threats in Israel.
Basic Management Skills for managers, supervisors and team leaders
is powerful and guaranteed method to become an effective modern
leader and it gives you all the tools to get started and to stay on
top of the pile.
A nanoparticle (which historically has included nanopowder,
nanoclusters, and nanocrystals) is a small particle with at least
one dimension less than 100 mm. A nanoparticle is an amorphous or
semicrystalline zero dimensional (OD)nano structure with at least
one dimension between 10 and 100nm and a relatively large size
dispersion. Nanoparticle research is currently an area of intense
scientific research, due to a wide variety of potential
applications in biomedical, optical, and electronic fields. This
book provides leading-edge research from around the globe in this
field.
Poster propaganda is one of the most enduring legacies of the
Second World War. Dictatorships and democracies used posters to
influence public opinion, but was there anything unique about
German, American, British and Soviet posters? Conversely, did these
countries share any propaganda techniques, despite their vast
differences in governemnt, social structure and economic systems?
This study analyzes and compares home front poster propaganda of
these four nations, looking for broad, significant themes and
trends, and arguing that while each nation held to certain
propaganda fundamentals, their were indeed peculiar aspects of each
society that gave its respective propaganda a unique flavor.
Additionally, the analysis reveals a clear link between propaganda
posters and the fortunes of war. In other words, what was said was
not always as important as how it was said. Posters may have
disappeared as a major propaganda tool, but nations still fight
wars and carry out propaganda campaigns to support the war effort,
therefore, the relationship between propaganda and war is equally
applicable today.
In a derelict squat, the Smart Man watches as the new narcotic
developed by his shadowy organisation wreaks havoc on it,
unsuspecting victims. The drug is now ready for sale on their
exclusive darknet marketplace. Elsewhere, DCI Robert Smith, the
retired head of the Cyber Crimes Unit, seeks out crime boss Curtis
Slater at his remote farm. He offers to provide Slater with
information in exchange for money. But what information is he
offering? Meanwhile, former detective Pete Harris had started a new
life, away from the Cyber Crimes Unit, with his daughter and begins
to rekindle his relationship with old colleague Grace Brooks. With
his life seemingly complete, Pete's world comes crashing down as he
is drawn into Slater's game with fatal consequences. He must join
forces with his old enemies in a race against time. But can Pete
save his daughter and Grace from the clutches of Slater, the Smart
Man, and the sinister ring master, the Professor?
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