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Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it
come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know
today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the
nature of language and communication? Drawing on a range of
disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology
and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language
evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way.
Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is
required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins
and evolution of human communication and language.
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Cottonwood (Paperback)
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1. This book has a market across criminology and criminal justice,
sociology and law. 2. While there is a healthy market for books on
the death penalty, there is a gap for a book that offers a rigorous
theoretical approach to making sense of the data. 3. While many
studies have focused specifically on racial bias, this book
considers a range of social characteristics and their impact on
sentencing, including class, moral reputation and organizational
status.
Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the
Evolution of Language.The Evolang conferences are the leading
international conferences for new findings in the study of the
origins and evolution of language. They attract a multidisciplinary
audience. The proceedings are an important resource for researchers
in the field.
1. This book has a market across criminology and criminal justice,
sociology and law. 2. While there is a healthy market for books on
the death penalty, there is a gap for a book that offers a rigorous
theoretical approach to making sense of the data. 3. While many
studies have focused specifically on racial bias, this book
considers a range of social characteristics and their impact on
sentencing, including class, moral reputation and organizational
status.
Cottonwood (2004) was a huge step forward for the burgeoning king
of noir Scott Phillips, and his dark and gritty take on the western
earned him starred reviews and praise from crime masters Michael
Connelly and George Pelecanos. That novel featured the Kansas town
beginning in 1872 when it was just a small community of run down
farms, dusty roads, and two-bit crooks. Saloon owner and
photographer Bill Ogden thought it could be more and allied with
wealthy developer Marc Leval to capitalize on the advent of the
railroad and the cattle trail that soon turned Cottonwood into a
wild boomtown. But problems followed the money and soon Bill was
confronting both the wicked family of serial killers known as the
Bloody Benders as well as his one-time friend Marc, having fallen
into an affair with his beautiful wife Maggie. Bill then turned up
alone in San Francisco in 1890, having to face a past from which he
could not run.But what happened to him in those missing years? What
happened to Maggie, to Bill, and their escape from the murderous
Bender family?Hop Alley answers all those questions as we return to
the Wild West and discover Bill Ogden, now living as Bill Sadlaw,
running a photo studio near the Chinese part of town know as Hop
Alley in the frontier town of Denver in 1878. Left by Maggie, Bill
enjoys an erotic affair with Priscilla, a fallen singer addicted to
laudanum, who is also seeing his friend Ralph Banbury, the editor
of the local Denver Bulletin (neither man minds sharing). Bill's
peaceful time away from Cottonwood turns anything but as he must
confront the mysterious murder of his housekeeper's brother-in-law,
the increasing instability of Priscilla as both men try to ease out
of her clutches, and an all out-riot across Hop Alley. And when the
body count starts rising, Bill will soon start wishing he had never
left Cottonwood at all.Hop Alley proves that no one does the Wild
West like noir master Scott Phillips.
The landscape of contemporary Paris, the best restaurants, the
trendiest bars and clubs, is usually filled with the wealthy, the
famous, and le rake or le roue, the charming, educated sophisticate
with little or no conscience. Into this cushy world bursts  Dr.
Crandall Taylor" or rather the actor who plays him the star of a
dated American soap opera that is now one of the hottest primetime
shows in France. And this newfound fame, as enriching as it is
unexpected, is not wasted on Crandall, eager to put his dark and
often violent American past behind him and enjoy all the fruitsÂ
and the women that Paris and fame have to offer him.But TV fame
isn't enough. Randall wants a feature film. Every actor wants a
feature film, and so Crandall uses his charm and intellect to draw
into his narcissistic web four different women: an executive at the
network that runs his show; an American porn star reaching new
heights on the internet; a bookish university student with a
slightly nasty bent; and the beautiful would-be actress wife of an
arms dealer. Against his better judgment, Crandall accepts both the
arms dealer's cash and his beautiful wife's advances. Soon,
Crandall is on the run through the alleys and streets of Paris,
trying not only to fund a film but simply to stay alive. But this
is no ordinary chase and Crandall is no ordinary mouse and soon
his penchant for violence, sex, and megalomania erupts into full
blown war.Rake is the latest noir classic from the author of The
Ice Harvest. It features a charming, despicable anti-hero and a
funny, satiric take on modern entertainment culture. Phillips turns
his gimlet eye on the lush life of an actor who, on his destructive
tour through Paris, crosses the line from garden variety narcissism
into full-fledged psycopathy.
In Scoundrels, an all-original anthology featuring bestselling and
Edgar and Shamus award-winning writers, you'll read stories of
desperate grifters, brokers hedging big bets for the big take,
schemers working the long con for the sure money, used car salesman
with golden dreams and rusted hopes, crooked lawyers and bent
clients, one percenters hustling for that last half-percent,
kind-hearted killers and the lonely hearted who tell themselves any
lie as the double down for the long count.
The war is over, but that doesn't mean things are getting better
for PR man Wayne Ogden or any of the returning vets. The town of
Wichita, Kansas built around the industry of Collins Aircraft and
its wealthy founder, Everett Collins is not how they remember it.
Against the background violence committed by the returning soldiers
trying to make an adjustment back into civilian life, Wayne
attempts to destroy his former mentor and take down Collins
Aircraft the once fabled company that provided planes to Amelia
Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Wiley Post. All along the way he is
haunted by poison pen letters, anonymously sent, that carry threats
alluding to his black market work as a supply sergeant in the
Quartermaster Corps. As the letters reveal more and more of Wayne's
secretive wartime past, his plan to destroy Collins and his company
takes an increasingly darker turn that leads to blackmail,
extortion, and murder. Phillips expertly crafts an instant noir
classic that presents the birth of a postwar American criminal.
Confessions of an Expat is a script about the men and women who
travel to Asia to see the world, all courtesy of their native
language English which allows them jobs in private institutes and
the ability to shape/warp young minds. From the airport arrival to
beer-soaked nights, hangover days and the ever present feeling of
being a fish out of water. Filled with kind-hearted teachers,
spoiled students, horny housewives, drunken wretches, immigration
officials, prostitutes and gangsters, Confessions of an Expat is as
close to the experience of living and teaching overseas that you
will come without actually getting on the plane.
Postmodernity allows for no absolutes and no essence. Yet theology
is concerned with the absolute, the essential. How then does
theology sit within postmodernity? Is postmodern theology possible,
or is such a concept a contradiction in terms? Should theology
bother about postmodernism or just get on with its own thing? Can
it? Theologians have responded in many different ways to the
challenges posed by theories of postmodernity. In this introductory
guide to a complex area, editor Kevin J. Vanhoozer addresses the
issue head on in a lively survey of what 'talk about God' might
mean in a postmodern age, and vice versa. The book then offers
examples of different types of contemporary theology in relation to
postmodernity, while the second part examines the key Christian
doctrines in postmodern perspective. Leading theologians contribute
to this clear and informative Companion, which no student of
theology should be without.
Although John Templeton (1912-2008) simply considered himself a
bargain hunter, those in the know on Wall Street considered him one
of the greatest stock pickers of the twentieth century. Anyone
prudent enough to have invested $10,000 in his Templeton Growth
Fund when it was first established in 1954 would today have over $7
million to their name if they left those funds alone. Few mutual
funds can match that kind of spectacular and consistent
performance.How did he do it? What kind of principles guided his
decisions through bull and bear markets? What was the secret to his
success? Fortunately, generosity was one of Templeton's defining
characteristics, and he freely shared his investing wisdom with the
world in "The Templeton Touch. "This edition, which has been
greatly expanded and revised from the original 1983 publication,
gives the reader an inside look at the mindset that made Templeton
a Wall Street legend. His global focus, his relentless curiosity,
his future-mindedness, his personal touch with clients, his
willingness to take reasonable risks, his reliance on deep research
and fundamental analysis-- everything that set him apart from the
crowd is covered here in great detail by authorized biographer
William Proctor. This updated edition also contains a new section
comprised of twenty-two interviews with those who knew and worked
with Templeton, conducted by Scott Phillips. Among those
interviewed are business luminaries like Jim Rogers, Julian
Robertson, Steve Forbes, Prem Watsa, Mason Hawkins, and Michael
Price."The Templeton Touch "should be required reading for any
investor, from the absolute novice to the most experienced. Not
only could Templeton's practical advice help guide investors
through tricky market conditions, but the many insights into his
character and his philosophies could help anyone live a more
successful life.
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