Origins

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Erin Mersey
Origins (The Savior Complex Series)
Being the good guy doesn’t come easily when the world wants you to be evil. I've always dreamed of being a hero: saving lives, inspiring children, basking in the accolades of an adoring public. To achieve my lofty goals, I need a sparkling reputation. Unfortunately, I have to contend with my fathe...
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James A. Van Allen
Origins Of Magnetospheric Physics: An Expanded Edition
Early in 1958, instruments on the space satellites Explorer I and Explorer III revealed the presence of radiation belts, enormous populations of energetic particles trapped in the magnetic field of the earth. Originally published in 1983 but long out of print until now, Origins of Magnetospheri...
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D. R. Denman
Origins of Ownership: A Brief History of Land Ownership and Tenure from Earliest Time to the Modern Era (Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and
The English systems of land tenure have influenced land-holding far beyond Britain. Freehold, for example, a common-place in many places, has its origin in the feudal tenure of Anglo-Norman England. Much has been written about the origins of English land ownership but the contributions are hidden. T...
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Stanley E. Porter
Origins of New Testament Christology: An Introduction to the Traditions and Titles Applied to Jesus
The early followers of Jesus drew from Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions and titles to help them understand and articulate who Jesus was. This book opens a window into the Christology of the first century by helping readers understand the eleven most significant titles for Jesus in the New Testament...
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John Archibald Getty
Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered, 1933–1938 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 43)
This is a study of the structure of the Soviet Communist Party in the 1930s. Based upon archival and published sources, the work describes the events in the Bolshevik Party leading up to the Great Purges of 1937–1938. Professor Getty concludes that the party bureaucracy was chaotic rather than tot...
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Jason Simpson
Origins (The Quamhoc Anomaly)
"If you want to see someone implode, give them exactly what they want." They wanted to evolve civilization. Instead, they broke it. Many years ago a group of brilliant misfit PhD students bonded over radical ideas and psychedelics, convinced they could engineer a better future for humanity. They wer...
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Grant Hildebrand
Origins of Architectural Pleasure
Do survival instincts have anything to do with our architectural choices―our liking for a certain room, a special stairway, a plaza in a particular city? In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings that humans have found appe...
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Burrows Maxwell
Origins Of The House Cat: What Ancient DNA Reveals About the House Cat’s Wild Beginnings
For thousands of years, the domestic cat has lived in our homes, hunted in our barns, slept at our feet, and ruled our imaginations. Yet no animal has remained more mysterious—or more misunderstood. We thought we knew their story: that humans domesticated them, bred them, shaped them into companio...
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Barry Cunliffe
Origins: The roots of European civilisation
This book deals with the roots of European civilization. Chapters Aegean Civilization and Barbarian Europe; Island Origins; Crete; The Neolithic Lake Villages of France; Bronze Age Chiefdoms in Central Europe; Lefkandi and the Greek Dark Age; Cities, States, and the Transformation of Europe; The Sil...
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Peter van der Merwe
Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music (Clarendon Paperbacks)
Analyzing popular music from a musical, rather than a sociological or political viewpoint, this book examines the nineteenth-century split between classical and popular music and surveys all styles of Western popular music to uncover the musical language uniting them. "Will have reprecussions not on...
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James S. Ackerman
Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman's earlier work assumed a development of the arts as they responded to social, economic, political, and cultural change, his recen...
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Olivier Follmi
Origins: African Wisdom for Every Day
This third volume in Offerings for Humanity-the Föllmis' acclaimed series celebrating the spiritual heritage of various cultures-takes us to the heart of African life and thought. Olivier and Danielle Föllmi guide us on a voyage of discovery through this immense continent and its mosaic of peoples...
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W. Jason Miller
Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric
“Majestic. Grounded in astute interpretations of how speech acts function in history, this book is an exemplary model for future inquiries about the confluence of thought, poetry, and social action.”—Jerry Ward Jr., coeditor of The Cambridge History of African American Literature   “A v...
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Michael McCormick
Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce AD 300 - 900
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages in over sixty years. It brings fresh evidence to bear on the fall of the Roman empire and the origins of the medieval economy. The book uses new material from recent excavations, and develops a new ...
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Cyrus Lakdawala
Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book III: Main Lines after 3...a6 (Chess Opening Origins)
In this volume, the authors cover the main lines of the Closed Ruy Lopez. These lines include: The Marshall Attack, The Anti-Marshall, The Zaitsev Variation, The Breyer Variation, The Chigorin Variation, and a number of minor lines, such as the Bogoljubow Variation, The Smyslov Variation, The Keres ...
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Steve MacCoubrey
Origins of the McCoubrey Surname 2nd Edition
The 2nd edition expands the McCoubrey research to other common spellings and now includes detailed land records from the Tithe Applotment records. This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in tracing their roots....
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A M Eno
Origins of a Guild Master: A Thaumorian Legends Novella
Dive into a captivating dark fantasy novella described as dark fantasy meets 'Oliver Twist.' Join Malachi as he uncovers the hidden underground world of Thaumoria and struggles to find the balance between knowledge and ignorance. In the City of Kinetics, people are seen as cogs in a machine, logic...
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Ken Zimmerman Jr
Origins of a Legend: The Making of Ed "Strangler" Lewis
The early years of one of the top legitimate professional wrestlers of all-time Myths and tall tales obscure the true history of Ed "Strangler" Lewis' early years in professional wrestling. How many legitimate matches did Lewis wrestle prior to 1916? How did he really meet Billy Sandow? Why did h...
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Frederick Burkhardt
Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822–1859. Anniversary edition.
Charles Darwin changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. This fascinating selection of letters, offers a glimpse of his daily experiences, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships. Beginning with a charming set of letters at the age ...
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Philip Francis Nowlan
Origins of Buck Rogers: ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. (Cosmic Adventures Of Buck Rogers)
Blast off for adventure! Awakening 500 years in the future, Anthony "Buck" Rogers finds himself in a shattered America under the ruthless rule of the Han empire. In "Armageddon—2419 A.D.," Rogers transforms from a bewildered World War I veteran into a beacon of hope for a new era. A Visionary Ma...
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