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Profitable marketing communications a guide to marketing return on investment / by Young, Antony, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…A need for a new marketing model -- A change in philosophy -- Our marketing ROI stars -- Invest, don't spend -- Concentrate on outcomes, not outputs -- Forget consumers, target customers -- Manage your communication investment portfolio -- Differentiate any way you can -- Engagement and experience are the new 30-second ads -- Apply a 'focus investing' approach -- Establish a measurement culture -- Leverage your employee capital -- Is your organization marketing ROI-fit?…”
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What hath God wrought the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / by Howe, Daniel Walker

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: The defeat of the past -- The continental setting -- From the jaws of defeat -- An era of good and bad feelings -- The world that cotton made -- Awakenings of religion -- Overthrowing the tyranny of distance -- The improvers -- Pursuing the millennium -- Andrew Jackson and his age -- Battles over sovereignty -- Jacksonian democracy and the rule of law -- Reason and revelation -- Jackson's third term -- The new economy -- The Whigs and their age -- American renaissance -- Texas, Tyler, and the telegraph -- Westward the star of empire -- The war against Mexico -- The revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future.…”
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Mass informed consent evidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media / by Simon, Adam F., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…-- The yes, no and don't knows of political polling -- Gently introducing science, starring the median voter model and a test of citizens' independence -- Why do Americans favor some things yet oppose others? …”
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Fighting their own battles Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas / by Behnken, Brian D.

Table of Contents: “…: ecumenical activism in the Lone Star State -- The day of nonviolence is past : the era of Brown power and Black power in Texas -- Pawns, puppets, and ccapegoats : school desegregation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.…”
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The godfather of tabloid Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / by Vitek, Jack

Table of Contents: “…-- Washington garbage -- Manufacturing "truth" -- The peak of tabloid : Elvis -- Reporter as gladiator -- Star wars : Hollywood versus the Enquirer -- Wacky world news (tabloid II) -- Anger as satire -- Second peak (two gardeners' stories) -- Sudden death, ironically -- The Enquirer after Pope -- Pope in perspective.…”
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Astrology and cosmology in the world's religions by Campion, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Cosmology and religion: measurement and meaning -- Astrology: the celestial mirror -- Australia: the dreaming -- Oceania: navigating the sky -- North Americas: the Great Spirit -- South and Central America: salvation and sacrifice -- Sub-Saharan Africa: heaven on earth -- Egypt: the solar society -- China: the celestial offices -- India: ancient traditions and modern practice -- Babylon: signs in the sky -- The Jews: myth, magic, and transcendence -- Classical Greece: ascent to the stars -- Christianity: influence and transcendence -- Islam: faith and reason -- Theosophical, new age, and pagan cosmologies: nature and transformation.…”
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Holy hills of the Ozarks : religion and tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus : Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations / by Chambers, Stefanie

Table of Contents: “…The Twin Cities : Somalis in the North Star State -- 4. Political incorporation -- 5. Economic incorporation -- 6. …”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus : Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations / by Chambers, Stefanie

Table of Contents: “…The Twin Cities : Somalis in the North Star State -- 4. Political incorporation -- 5. Economic incorporation -- 6. …”
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Themes in Latin American cinema a critical survey / by Richards, Keith John, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Sexuality and its social dimensions -- Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (Paradise beneath the stars) -- Dependencia sexual (Sexual dependency) -- Madame Satā -- The infant sage. …”
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One long tune the life and music of Lenny Breau / by Forbes-Roberts, Ron, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…On the trail of the lonesome pine : ca.1916-October 1948 -- Song of the prairie : December 1957-April 1960 -- Lullaby of birdland : April 1960-May 1962 -- Out of nowhere : November 1961-May 1963 -- Workin' man's blues : June 1963-December 1967 -- Days of wine and roses : January 1968-September 1972 -- Turn out the stars : December 1972-July 1976 -- Back in the saddle again : July 1976-May 1980 -- Cold, cold heart : May 1980-November 1983 -- Meanwhile back in LA : November 1983-August 1984.…”
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The shock of the news media coverage and the making of 9/11 / by Monahan, Brian A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding public drama -- News as public drama : the era of the endless news cycle -- Making public drama : telling a good story -- Framing September 11 : overview of media and audience response -- Seeking sense amid the shock : the coverage on September 11 -- What has been and what will be : dramatic amplification at ground zero -- This is your story, too : cultivating emotionality at ground zero -- America's heroes : New York firefighters in the spotlight -- To the stars go the spoils : moral currency and the FDNY -- September 11 and beyond : public drama in the twenty-first century.…”
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Broken glass Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union / by Belohlavek, John M.

Table of Contents: “…The view from High Street, 1800-1826 -- Foreign adventures and congressional ventures, 1827-1834 -- Whig star rising : the politics of antislavery, 1835-1837 -- Battling the British Lion and the American Fox, 1837-1840 -- Tyler and the Corporal's Guard, 1841-1843 -- The road to China, 1843-1844 -- The warrior of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1848 -- The doughface Democrat, 1848-1853 -- The powerbroker : attorney general, 1853-1857 -- The most unpopular man in New England, 1857-1861 -- From Massachusetts exile to Washington insider, 1861-1869 -- The diplomat reemerges, 1869-1879.…”
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Making chastity sexy the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / by Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…From abstinence to purity : the changing tropes of chastity -- Of purity rings and pop stars : using sex to sell abstinence -- "Someday my prince will come" : the fairy-tale narrative and female power -- Disciplining sexuality : how American evangelical youth are committing to abstinence and sticking with it -- The fractured fairy tale : when true love doesn't wait -- Fearing God, not AIDS : abstinence in Africa -- The condom conflict : saving lives or promoting promiscuity? …”
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Fifties ethnicities : the ethnic novel and mass culture at midcentury / by Floreani, Tracy

Table of Contents: “…Lee's The Flower Drum Song and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- What's for sale: consumer fantasy, American women, and narratives of social mobility in Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and The I Love Lucy Show -- The celluloid fantasy: negotiating the ethnic male star image in William Saroyan's Rock Wagram -- Leaving the dark room in a lighter mood: narrating invisibility in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.…”
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The man that got away / by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting.…”
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Building your multi-million-dollar practice 8 success strategies of top producing advisors / by Vessenes, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Become a multimillion-dollar financial advisor -- The star-based business that transitions into the team-based business -- Strategic planning: tactics that work -- Why sound fiscal and asset management is essential to growth in any practice -- Marketing is everything ... or putting derrieres in chairs -- Operations that provide a financial adviser with superior support -- Excellent employees -- Defined sales system that becomes the "no-sell sale(tm)" -- Ethics and compliance systems -- A peek inside a superstar's offices or my personal experience as a financial advisor -- Pulling it all together.…”
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