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Since Hero: A Mechanic's History of the Age of Power

by Bruce Abbott ...

In the first century AD, a mathematician and tinkerer in Alexandria, Egypt named Hero constructed a toy that boiled water and used the steam to spin a spherical armature using angled jets; 1800 years later, William Avery of Herkimer, New York constructed and marketed a device that used Hero's jet-propelled armature to power foundries, grist mills, and lumber saws. This book, written by a mechanic, ... Read more

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In the first century AD, a mathematician and tinkerer in Alexandria, Egypt named Hero constructed a toy that boiled water and used the steam to spin a spherical armature using angled jets; 1800 years later, William Avery of Herkimer, New York constructed and marketed a device that used Hero's jet-propelled armature to power foundries, grist mills, and lumber saws. This book, written by a mechanic,
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Change Short & Simple

by Christopher James Masiello ...

Narrated by Bruce Abbott ...

Unabridged

2 hours 38 min

Now a Wall Street Journal Bestseller!"Change - Short and Simple guides us through not only navigating change but also how to invite, accept, and encourage change in our lives." - Kevin Harrington, Original Shark from ABC's hit TV show "Shark Tank" and Bestselling Author"An insightful, digestible, and actionable guide to changing not only your lifestyle but the mentality which dictates it." - J.J. ... Read more

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Now a Wall Street Journal Bestseller!"Change - Short and Simple guides us through not only navigating change but also how to invite, accept, and encourage change in our lives." - Kevin Harrington, Original Shark from ABC's hit TV show "Shark Tank" and Bestselling Author"An insightful, digestible, and actionable guide to changing not only your lifestyle but the mentality which dictates it." - J.J.
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We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher

Recollections of a Cowpuncher

by E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, Helena Huntington Smith ...

E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges; he punched cows in Montana when there wasn't a fence in the territory; and he married a daughter of Granville Stuart, the famous early-day stockman and Montana pioneer. For more than fifty years he was known to cowmen ... Read more

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E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the 1870's and 1880's. He came up the trail to Montana from Texas with the long-horned herds which were to stock the northern ranges; he punched cows in Montana when there wasn't a fence in the territory; and he married a daughter of Granville Stuart, the famous early-day stockman and Montana pioneer. For more than fifty years he was known to cowmen
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Utilities Reform in Twenty-First Century Australia

Providing the Essentials

by Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen ...

Utilities Reform in 21st Century Australia: Providing the Essentials traces the development and consequences of the economic reform measures undertaken in the utilities sector in Australia (communications, energy, water/wastewater services, and transport) in the last years of the 20th century, and early decades of the 21st century. In doing so, it looks at the process of reform across industries, ... Read more

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Utilities Reform in 21st Century Australia: Providing the Essentials traces the development and consequences of the economic reform measures undertaken in the utilities sector in Australia (communications, energy, water/wastewater services, and transport) in the last years of the 20th century, and early decades of the 21st century. In doing so, it looks at the process of reform across industries,
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Monopoly Control

Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988

by Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks across industries, time periods and the state and federal jurisdictions, to identify what motivated the various governments to establish these enterprises and what issues arose. The book is therefore informed by the ... Read more

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This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks across industries, time periods and the state and federal jurisdictions, to identify what motivated the various governments to establish these enterprises and what issues arose. The book is therefore informed by the
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Social Equity in the Public Administration Classroom

Edited by Michaela E. Abbott, Bruce D. McDonald III, William Hatcher ...

This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved.Social equity is concerned with fairness in the development and administration of public policies. Despite its importance, there has always been an uneasiness in how equity is discussed and obtained. While we ... Read more

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This compelling book explores the dimensions of social equity by asking the leading equity scholars to reflect on the responsibility for social equity and how equity can be achieved.Social equity is concerned with fairness in the development and administration of public policies. Despite its importance, there has always been an uneasiness in how equity is discussed and obtained. While we
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Classic Radio's Greatest Shows, Collection Volume 2

by Black Eye Entertainment ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Jack Benny, Tom Conway, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nigel Bruce, Dick Powell, Chester Morris ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Classic Radio's Greatest Shows Collection
Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

This collection contains 12 of the greatest shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio – including episodes of The Jack Benny Program, Burns & Allen, Gunsmoke, The Amos ‘n' Andy Show, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Suspense, Dimension X, The Whistler, Sherlock Holmes and more. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones, including: Jack Benny, Tom Conway, Bud Abbott, Lou ... Read more

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This collection contains 12 of the greatest shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio – including episodes of The Jack Benny Program, Burns & Allen, Gunsmoke, The Amos ‘n' Andy Show, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Suspense, Dimension X, The Whistler, Sherlock Holmes and more. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones, including: Jack Benny, Tom Conway, Bud Abbott, Lou
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Scream and Scream Again!

Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America

by R.L. Stine, Megan Abbott, Chris Grabenstein, Heather Graham, Bruce Hale, Tonya Hurley, Emmy Laybourne, Peter Lerangis, Daniel Palmer, Dan Poblocki, James Preller, Wendy Corsi Staub, Robin Wasserman ...

Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo, Almarie Guerra, P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 56 min

A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream!R.L. Stine—the godfather of Goosebumps—and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-new scary short stories.Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners, ... Read more

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A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream!R.L. Stine—the godfather of Goosebumps—and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-new scary short stories.Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners,
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Swinging Through Childhood

by Talia Shachtman, Eric Merriweather, CHINA BERRIES, Desiree Haros, Gloria Nixon-John, Khalil Elayan, Julianne DeMartino, Vicki Sampson, Lee Landau, Sophie Deutschman, Danielle Chan, Andrew Hirss, Kate Abbott, Dina Rothschild, Maheswari Raja, Scott Vander Ploeg, Josephine Pino, Olivia Perez, B.S. Roberts, Paricia Walsh, Stacy Miller, Felix Oltean, Rebecca Adele, Bruce Meyer, Dylan Brown, Baidha Dominique Wallace, Noura Alsuwaidi ...

Series series Collection of Short Stories
This book is a collection of short childhood stories written by different writers from around the world. A short storybook for all age groups especially for those who want a glimpse of their childhood days. Take a short break and enroll yourself back in the golden days of your life which already passed, i.e. your childhood. Recall those memories of innocent acts, headless talks, tension free ... Read more

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This book is a collection of short childhood stories written by different writers from around the world. A short storybook for all age groups especially for those who want a glimpse of their childhood days. Take a short break and enroll yourself back in the golden days of your life which already passed, i.e. your childhood. Recall those memories of innocent acts, headless talks, tension free
... Read more
Ethics Explored: 52 Influential Books

A Cross-Cultural Anthology of Virtue, Duty, Self-Mastery, Social Justice, and Moral Philosophy

by Booker T. Washington, Richard Baxter, James Harold Romain, Cora May Williams, John Hamilton Moore, Aristotle, John H. Stapleton, Franz Brentano, Margaret Slattery, G. E. Moore, T. De Witt Talmage, Bernard Mandeville, William De Witt Hyde, Lucy Helen Muriel Soulsby, J. M. Judy, Thomas Fowler, M. Valentine, John Dewey, W. R. Sorley, Kenneth Ingram, S. A. D. Tissot, Robert Chenault Givler, James Hayden Tufts, Goldwin Smith, Mabel Anne McKee, Malcolm Guthrie, Maurice Francis Egan, Alfred Russel Wallace, S. M. I. Henry, Rudolf Eucken, Horatio Robinson Storer, Edward Abbott Sir Parry, Epictetus, Emil Edward Kusel, Stephen S. Wise, H. G. Wells, John Bunyan, George Horace Lorimer, Oliver Optic, Horatio Jr. Alger, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Plutarch, Arthur Christopher Benson, Benedictus de Spinoza, Felix Adler, Iamblichus, W. R. Washington Sullivan, Laurence Housman, Upton Sinclair ...

Ethics Explored: 52 Influential Books assembles a capacious library of moral inquiry, bringing philosophical argument, religious meditation, social criticism, self-culture, political reflection, and popular instruction into sustained conversation. Its range extends from classical accounts of virtue and discipline to modern discussions of conscience, education, reform, labor, peace, and public ... Read more

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Ethics Explored: 52 Influential Books assembles a capacious library of moral inquiry, bringing philosophical argument, religious meditation, social criticism, self-culture, political reflection, and popular instruction into sustained conversation. Its range extends from classical accounts of virtue and discipline to modern discussions of conscience, education, reform, labor, peace, and public
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The Country Life Omnibus Collection: 47 Captivating Books

47 Pastoral Tales of Village Life, Nature, Family, and Rural Adventure

by Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee, Thomas H. Ormsbee, Will Levington Comfort, G. J. Whyte-Melville, Edward Eggleston, Berthold Auerbach, S. R. Crockett, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Harriet S. Caswell, Archibald Marshall, Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr, Charles Battell Loomis, M. E. Francis, Arthur Christopher Benson, George Walter Fiske, Randolph Caldecott, Martha Foote Crow, William Howitt, David Grayson, Dallas Lore Sharp, Warren H. Wilson, W. J. Dawson, Tickner Edwardes, Ernest R. Groves, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Lillian Elizabeth Roy, George Manville Fenn, Charlotte M. Vaile, Mary Grant Bruce, Edward Payson Roe, William O. Stoddard, Amy Walton, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Amy Brooks, Laura Lee Hope, Johanna Spyri, Elizabeth Gordon, Clara Ingram Judson, Josephine Franklin, Sophie Fox Sea, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, L. T. Meade, Albert Bigelow Paine, Jacob Abbott, William John Hopkins, Howard Roger Garis ...

The Country Life Omnibus Collection gathers forty-seven works into a capacious literary portrait of rural experience: village custom, farming, childhood, domesticity, animal life, landscape, and the moral pressures of community. Its range is unusually broad, moving among pastoral fiction, social observation, nature writing, juvenile adventure, household narrative, and reflective essay. Tales of ... Read more

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The Country Life Omnibus Collection gathers forty-seven works into a capacious literary portrait of rural experience: village custom, farming, childhood, domesticity, animal life, landscape, and the moral pressures of community. Its range is unusually broad, moving among pastoral fiction, social observation, nature writing, juvenile adventure, household narrative, and reflective essay. Tales of
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Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Laura Bates, Rodrigo Cantarero, Steven Garasky, Kimberly Greder, Daniel Hatch, Kyoung-Rae Jung, Jooeun Lee, Rucha Londhe, Tom Luster, Ana Martinez-Donate, Leakhena Nou, Pusparandi Panda, Wei Qiu, Dorit Radnai-Griffin, Yoshie Sano, Archana Singh, Linda Skogrand, Lynet Uttal, Yan Xia, Xiaolin Xie, Oksana Yakushko, Joy Zakarian, Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Libby Balter Blume, Amy E. Boren, Laura Thompson Brady, Christine C. Cook, Lee Anne De Reus, Daniel F. Detzner, Daiana A. Gonzalez, Nancy A. Gonzales, Pallabi Moulik Gupta, Charles B. Hennon, C Richard Hofstetter, M Janice Hogan, Melbourne F. Hovell, Veronica L. Irvin, Deborah J. Johnson, George P. Knight, Ryan P. Jacobson, Hee Young Paik, Hae Ryun Park, James J. Potter, M Elise Radina, Bruce C. Randall, Mark W. Roosa, Delia S. Saenz, Gregory F. Sanders, Aysem R. Senyurekli, Khadija S. Sheikh, Bahira Sherif Trask, Paula M. Usita, Stephan M. Wilson, Pa Nhia D. Yang, Richard B. Miller ...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. ... Read more

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Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America.
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