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Beyond the Information Commons

A Field Guide to Evolving Library Services, Technologies, and Spaces

Edited by Martin Halbert, Charles Forrest ...

In the closing decades of the twentieth century, academic libraries responded to rapid changes in their environment by acquiring and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative new services and collaborative partnerships, and building new kinds of technology-equipped spaces to support changing user behaviors and emerging patterns of learning. The “Information ... Read more

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In the closing decades of the twentieth century, academic libraries responded to rapid changes in their environment by acquiring and making accessible a host of new information resources, developing innovative new services and collaborative partnerships, and building new kinds of technology-equipped spaces to support changing user behaviors and emerging patterns of learning. The “Information
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Monty's Functional Doctrine

Combined Arms Doctrine in British 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944–45

by Charles Forrester ...

Series series Wolverhampton Military Studies
Using a combination of new perspectives and new evidence, this book presents a reinterpretation of how 21st Army Group produced a successful combined arms doctrine by late 1944 and implemented this in early 1945. Historians, professional military personnel and those interested in military history should read this book, which contributes to the radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces ... Read more

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Using a combination of new perspectives and new evidence, this book presents a reinterpretation of how 21st Army Group produced a successful combined arms doctrine by late 1944 and implemented this in early 1945. Historians, professional military personnel and those interested in military history should read this book, which contributes to the radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces
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The Illusion of Simple

by Charles Forrest Jones ...

Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, FictionIn a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.But ... Read more

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Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, FictionIn a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.But
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Eye-Popping, Show-Stopping Libraries

Trends and Insights from the AIA/ALA Library Building Awards

by Anders C. Dahlgren, Charles Forrest ...

Eye-Popping Show-Stopping Libraries starts out by recounting the beginning of the relationship between the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) to establish the Library Building awards and traces the development of the program over the following five decades. In the next seven chapters the authors have grouped selected award-winning libraries by big ... Read more

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Eye-Popping Show-Stopping Libraries starts out by recounting the beginning of the relationship between the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) to establish the Library Building awards and traces the development of the program over the following five decades. In the next seven chapters the authors have grouped selected award-winning libraries by big
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Once Upon Another Time

by Charles Ghigna, Matt Forrest Esenwine ...

Illustrated by Andres F. Landazábal ...

Once upon another time,the world was young and new.If you want to know this world,there's something you can do...With sweeping landscapes and up-close details of the natural world, Once Upon Another Time takes readers through a lyrical exploration of the world as it was before humans made their mark. Contrasting the past with the present, this expansive picture book serves as a warm... ... Read more

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Once upon another time,the world was young and new.If you want to know this world,there's something you can do...With sweeping landscapes and up-close details of the natural world, Once Upon Another Time takes readers through a lyrical exploration of the world as it was before humans made their mark. Contrasting the past with the present, this expansive picture book serves as a warm...
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The Illusion of Simple

by Charles Forrest Jones ...

Narrated by Chris Henry Coffey ...

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11 hours 40 min

In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dyingeconomy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.But like any town where people still breathe ... Read more

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In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dyingeconomy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.But like any town where people still breathe
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PAUL: A STORY OF THE POWER OF CHRIST

by Charles Lukesh, Felipe Chavarro Polanía ...

Narrated by Jay Forrester ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

"PABLO: A TALE OF CHRIST'S POWER" transports listeners to the frostbitten expanse of 19th-century Siberia, where a once feared thief and murderer is miraculously redeemed by the unwavering love of Jesus Christ. This captivating story is not merely a retelling of a criminal's transformation; it's a profound exploration of the divine mercy that Jesus bestows upon the lost, illuminating the path to ... Read more

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"PABLO: A TALE OF CHRIST'S POWER" transports listeners to the frostbitten expanse of 19th-century Siberia, where a once feared thief and murderer is miraculously redeemed by the unwavering love of Jesus Christ. This captivating story is not merely a retelling of a criminal's transformation; it's a profound exploration of the divine mercy that Jesus bestows upon the lost, illuminating the path to
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Living Legislation

Durability, Change, and the Politics of American Lawmaking

by William J. Novak, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Sean Gailmard, Christopher R. Berry, Barry C. Burden, William G. Howell, Forrest Maltzman, Charles R. Shipan, Amihai Glazer, David E. Lewis, Stuart Chinn, Vesla M. Weaver, David R. Mayhew, Sidney M. Milkis ...

Political scholars examine the dynamic evolution of laws over time in a volume that "pushes the frontiers of knowledge about lawmaking in the US" ( Choice).Politics is at its most dramatic during debates over important pieces of legislation. And while debates over legislative measures can rage for years or even decades before an item is enacted, they also endure long afterward, when the political ... Read more

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Political scholars examine the dynamic evolution of laws over time in a volume that "pushes the frontiers of knowledge about lawmaking in the US" ( Choice).Politics is at its most dramatic during debates over important pieces of legislation. And while debates over legislative measures can rage for years or even decades before an item is enacted, they also endure long afterward, when the political
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 4

Jane Findlater to George Griffiths

by Jane Findlater, Charles Foley, Andrew Forrester, Anatole France, Jacques Futrelle, Richard Garnett, Théophile Gautier, Perceval Gibbon, R Murray Gilchrist, Giovanni Boccaccio, George Gissing, Carlo Gozzi, Stefan Grabinski ...

Narrated by Fiona McKinnon, Eric Meyers, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 25 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more

On to Victory

The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23May 5, 1945

by Mark Zuehlke ...

The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as the sweetest of springs,” which saw the country’s liberation from German occupation.The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation’s freedom was won and the war concluded, but ... Read more

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The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as the sweetest of springs,” which saw the country’s liberation from German occupation.The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation’s freedom was won and the war concluded, but
... Read more
Sworn to Silence

A Kate Burkholder Novel

by Linda Castillo ...

Series Book 1 - Kate Burkholder
Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie, An Amish MurderSworn to Silence is the first in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling Kate Burkholder series.**A KILLER IS PREYING ON SACRED GROUND....In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and “English” residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

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Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie, An Amish MurderSworn to Silence is the first in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling Kate Burkholder series.**A KILLER IS PREYING ON SACRED GROUND....In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and “English” residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the
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The Passchendaele Campaign, 1917

by Andrew Rawson ...

Series series British Expeditionary Force
This is an account of the British Expeditionary Forces battles in the summer and autumn of 1917. It begins with the Allied plan to free up the Flanders coast, to limit German naval and submarine attacks on British shipping.The opening offensive began with the detonation of nineteen mines on 7 June and ended with the capture of the Messines Ridge. The main offensive started with success on 31 July ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is an account of the British Expeditionary Forces battles in the summer and autumn of 1917. It begins with the Allied plan to free up the Flanders coast, to limit German naval and submarine attacks on British shipping.The opening offensive began with the detonation of nineteen mines on 7 June and ended with the capture of the Messines Ridge. The main offensive started with success on 31 July
... Read more

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