The BOOK OF VIRTUES VOLUME II OF AN AUDIO LIBRARY OF GREAT MORAL STORIES: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories (Book Of Virtues Collection)

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Featuring The Bennett Family And An All-Star Cast

William J. Bennett, John, Joseph and Elayne, Edward Asner, Claire Bloom, Barbara Bush, Dorian Harewood, Charlton Heston, Andrea Martin, David McCallum, Kate Nelligan, Tonya Pinkins, Richard Thomas

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This Book Rocks!.......2001-01-07

This Book Rocks! This is for anyone whos a fan of Adventures from the Book of Virtues.

gret voices, great stories.......1998-10-03

My children enjoy listening to a story, poem or two during lunch and on car rides. We especially like "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde and the selection from "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens. I am definatly going to invest in the first volume! These stories are entertainng and educational in a way no lecture on virtue can ever be.

gret voices, great stories.......1998-10-03

The Book of Virtues, Volume II: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories

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The Book of Virtues, Volume II: An Audio Library of Great Moral Stories
William J. Bennett
Manufacturer: audible.com
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Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B000WBZ7X2

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Memories of Shadow... Witches and wizards from across Midgard have gathered in Geffin, city of magic, to celebrate their art. But while festivities fill the streets, fierce battles rage on in the city's darkest corners. In the subterranean caverns of Alfheim, Loki battles Geffin's corrupted viceroy for control of an ancient power while Chaos crosses swords with his nemesis, Skurai, in a battle to the death. In the fight for the future, the shadows of the past must be brought to light.

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THREE BATTLES.......2006-03-06

Myung-Jin Lee is juggling quite a few storylines in this, the 10th and last volume of Ragnarok available here in the States (it's been on hiatus for about two years now). The sword possessed Skurai has taken Iris hostage to bring about a confrontation with Chaos. Even as they battle Iris' life is slipping away. Ignorant of their plight, Fenris continues battling in a magic-user tournament in order to secure passage out of the city of Geffen. Meanwhile, Loki, Lidia the thief, and a strange elven maiden have been sucked into the secret homeland of the elves, Alfheim, where they must confront not only the extememly powerful viceroy of the city, but his hired assassin, who is as powerful as Loki!

The nagging thought you have as you read this is that no matter how good this volume is, there will be no continuation of it for the forseeable future. Just focusing on this volume of Ragnarok, Lee's art is pretty much the usual, very good except in the action sequences where it is hard to make out what exactly is happening at times. The story, like Star Wars, seems like an amalgamation of fantasy archetypes instead of bursting with its own originality. But there's nothing wrong with that. For what it is, action-packed fantasy, it works decently.

I would recommend the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings films if you like this series. Also, the Scrapped Princess anime and manga.

A little rushed?.......2004-07-16

Without giving away any major spoilers, parts of this book really disappointed me. I feel that the plot overall seems a little rushed - events happen without much description or detail. The ending is very vague, with no preview of the cover for the next book. And who knows when we'll see the next Ragnarok - there's no release date from tokyopop!

Ragnarok again.......2004-07-05

One of my favorite mangas the worst thing about Ragnarok is waiting for the next one, and wondering if tokyopop is going to release more of them after 10 (nothing on there site about 11+, and i know it goes higher then that) all in all worth your time and money.

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The Whole Ashes Series.......2002-05-11

I have read every book of the series at least twice. I think the
series is one of the best. I have also read some of his other books.
I would like to know if the author ever comes to Portland,OR.

Another Great Novel in the Ashes series!!.......1997-06-12

"Chaos in the Ashes" is an action-filled novel in the continuing saga of the dynamic "Ashes" series and Ben Raines is the quintessential hero representative of the kind of leader we would all hope to have in the event of government breakdown

When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865 (Civil War America)

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Excellent work by engaging author...
Very Good Look at the South after Union Occupation

When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865 (Civil War America)
Stephen V. Ash
Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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ASIN: 080784795X
Release Date: 1999-08-04

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Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But as Stephen Ash argues, for all, invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality.

When the Yankees Came is the first comprehensive study of the occupied South, bringing to light a wealth of new information about the southern home front. Among the intriguing topics Ash explores are guerrilla warfare and other forms of civilian resistance; the evolution of Union occupation policy from leniency to repression; the impact of occupation on families, churches, and local government; and conflicts between southern aristocrats and poor whites. In analyzing these topics, Ash examines events from the perspective not only of southerners but also of the northern invaders, and he shows how the experiences of southerners differed according to their distance from a garrisoned town.

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Excellent work by engaging author..........2006-04-06

In this book, Ash analyzes the Southern experience in areas invaded by Union troops during the Civil War. Whereas most other studies on this subject deal with a specific town or locality, Ash's book presents an inclusive synthesis that examines the commonalities of the occupation throughout the South. Three main themes direct his study of occupation. One examines how Northern policies regarding the South during occupation developed over the course of the war. Another theme appraises how three different geographical segments of the South experienced occupation (garrison towns, the Confederate frontier, and no-man's land). Finally, Ash looks at how occupation by Federal forces led to internal conflicts between Southerners of varied political, social, and economic groups.
In Ash's study, three important hallmarks of the South were its social hierarchy, its rural communalism, and its race relations. These elements worked in combination to create a unique society that Northern invaders perceived as both backward and foreign. Because of the cultural disparities between the North and the South, the arrival of Union occupying troops was a greatly feared occurrence by Southerners. However, initial Southern interactions with Union troops proved to be less volatile than was originally thought. Despite Northern attempts to remain equitable and lenient within occupied areas, Southern recalcitrance persisted. The continuation of these rebellious attitudes forced Union troops to adopt a harsher policy in their administration of the occupied South, leading to further antagonism between the Union military and Southerners. The "hard policy" of Union occupation also increased existing internal conflicts in the South, such as those between slaves and their masters, Unionists and their secessionist neighbors, and poor whites and the propertied elites. Thus, with the Union control of the South and the disruption caused by this occupation, the established elements of Southern culture (social hierarchy, rural communalism, race relations) could no longer provide a completely cohesive society.

Very Good Look at the South after Union Occupation.......2000-06-01

A very interesting view of the other side of the Civil War. Ash takes the reader on a trip to the South and shows how life changed after the Union Army invaded. The book gives an overall look at the entire South, showing exactly how different regions were effected. Also includes many quotes from actual residents and cites from Southern newspapers, each giving the reader a true vision of what it was like to live there during the Civil War. A wonderful addition to a Civil War collection, especially if you are interested in the South.

Muses from Chaos & Ash : AIDS, Artists, & Art

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Muses from Chaos & Ash : AIDS, Artists, & Art
Andrew R. Vaucher
Manufacturer: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HMRS42

Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, And Art

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a wonderful book

Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, And Art
Andrea R. Vaucher
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a wonderful book.......2003-08-10

Muses from Chaos and Ash is a powerful, poignant, beautiful book. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the real lives of artists. I hope you will give this great book a chance.

Pure, single phase, high crystalline, chamfered-edge zeolite 4A synthesized from coal fly ash for use as a builder in detergents [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]

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Pure, single phase, high crystalline, chamfered-edge zeolite 4A synthesized from coal fly ash for use as a builder in detergents [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]
K.S. Hui , and C.Y.H. Chao
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000P6OVN6

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Hazardous Materials, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Single phase chamfered-edge zeolite 4A samples in pure form with a high crystallinity were synthesized by applying step-change of synthesis temperature during hydrothermal treatment of coal fly ash. The calcium binding capacity of these zeolite 4A samples (prepared from coal fly ash) and the commercial detergent grade zeolite 4A were tested for usage as a detergent builder. The results show that these zeolite 4A samples behaved similarly as the commercial one in removing calcium ions during the washing cycle. Moreover, from the leaching tests (evaluation of toxicological safety), the results show that these zeolite 4A samples leached the same elements (Sb, As, Se and Tl) as the commercial one with the concentrations in the same order of magnitude. This shows that the toxicological effect of the coal fly ash converted zeolite 4A was not worse than that of the commercial sample. Finally, economic and environmental aspects of converting coal fly ash to useful products were discussed.

Removal of mixed heavy metal ions in wastewater by zeolite 4A and residual products from recycled coal fly ash [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]

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Removal of mixed heavy metal ions in wastewater by zeolite 4A and residual products from recycled coal fly ash [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]
K.S. Hui , C.Y.H. Chao , and S.C. Kot
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Hazardous Materials, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The removal performance and the selectivity sequence of mixed metal ions (Co^2^+, Cr^3^+, Cu^2^+, Zn^2^+ and Ni^2^+) in aqueous solution were investigated by adsorption process on pure and chamfered-edge zeolite 4A prepared from coal fly ash (CFA), commercial grade zeolite 4A and the residual products recycled from CFA. The pure zeolite 4A (prepared from CFA) was synthesized under a novel temperature step-change method with reduced synthesis time. Batch method was employed to study the influential parameters such as initial metal ions concentration, adsorbent dose, contact time and initial pH of the solution on the adsorption process. The experimental data were well fitted by the pseudo-second-order kinetics model (for Co^2^+, Cr^3^+, Cu^2^+ and Zn^2^+ ions) and the pseudo-first-order kinetics model (for Ni^2^+ ions). The equilibrium data were well fitted by the Langmuir model and showed the affinity order: Cu^2^+>Cr^3^+>Zn^2^+>Co^2^+>Ni^2^+ (CFA prepared and commercial grade zeolite 4A). The adsorption process was found to be pH and concentration dependent. The sorption rate and sorption capacity of metal ions could be significantly improved by increasing pH value. The removal mechanism of metal ions was by adsorption and ion exchange processes. Compared to commercial grade zeolite 4A, the CFA prepared adsorbents could be alternative materials for the treatment of wastewater.

Synthesis of MCM-41 from coal fly ash by a green approach: Influence of synthesis pH [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]

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Synthesis of MCM-41 from coal fly ash by a green approach: Influence of synthesis pH [An article from: Journal of Hazardous Materials]
K.S. Hui , and C.Y.H. Chao
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PAUASM

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Hazardous Materials, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The present study reports a green synthesis method for preparing pure (free of fly ash) and ordered MCM-41 materials from coal fly ash at room temperature (25^oC) during 24h of reaction. It was shown that the impurities in the coal fly ash were not detrimental to the formation of MCM-41 at the tested conditions. The influence of initial synthesis pH on material properties of calcined MCM-41 samples was investigated by various techniques such as XRF, XPS, XRD, FTIR, DR-UV-vis, solid state NMR, N"2 physisorption, TG-DTA, SEM and TEM. The experimental results showed that the amount of trace elements such as Al, Na, Ti and Fe incorporated into the sample increased with synthesis pH value. More aluminum species were incorporated with tetrahedral coordination in the framework under a high pH value. The particle size of the sample decreased with the synthesis pH value. Samples synthesized at high pH values had a larger pore size and were more hydrothermally stable than those at low pH values. From thermal analysis, it was observed that the synthesized MCM-41 samples showed a high thermal stability. These properties made the synthesized MCM-41 suitable for further processing into more useful materials in a wide range of applications.

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Muses From Chaos and Ash Aids, Artists, and Art
Vaucher Andrea R.
Manufacturer: Grove Press
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How can anyone defend the electoral college in this day and age?

Electoral College Education

The Importance of the Electoral College
George Grant
Manufacturer: Vision Forum Ministries
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ASIN: 0975526421

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What do George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jack Kennedy, Harry Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, and eight other American Presidents have in common? Each received less than a majority of the votes cast in the election that elevated him into the White House. Nevertheless, the Presidency of the United States has enjoyed wide popularity and legitimacy. Why? Simply, the government of this greatest and freest nation the world has ever known has never aspired to or depended upon the forces of pure democracy.

Yet the question persists in the minds of many: How should Americans select their president? Were the Founding Fathers foolish elitists, or brilliant architects of a system designed to safeguard the American people from both tyranny by majority and tyranny by elites?

With many Democrats and liberals disappointed over the results of the 2000 presidential election, the raging controversies over vote counting in Florida and the victory of President George W. Bush in 2000 has ignited a debate over the legitimacy of our constitutional process for selecting presidents. The question: Should we scrap the Electoral College in favor of the direct election of presidents?

In this timely primer on the electoral process, Dr. George Grant makes the case for the brilliance, wisdom, and continuing necessity of the Electoral College. This book is a must for students, lawyers, statesmen, pastors, and citizens of all ages interested in understanding and defending the providential system of elections bequeathed to us by our Founding Fathers.

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How can anyone defend the electoral college in this day and age?.......2007-02-25

The author of this book is either an obscurantist or an elector himself, but my guess is on the former. There is no need for an electoral college in this day of mass media. The electoral college is archaic, aristocratic and undemocratic - how can anyone defend an establishment such as that?

Electoral College Education.......2004-11-10

Remember the American Presidential election of 2000? Almost any other country, almost any other time-period, almost any other bid for power, and you would have had civil wars, kidnappings, stealthy assassination by poisoning, palace intrigue, a military coup, a foreign invasion, or something neat. Shakespeare could have written a tragedy or Sir Walter Scott could have penned a great romance about the event. Historians could have written histories that read like mysteries. Mystery writers could have written fiction that read like history. But the American political system is unbelievably dull. With hanging chads and pregnant chads being the prime suspects, not even the fictional talents of a John Grisham or a Dan Rather could make this American story anything but dull.
Buttressing this dull political system is an antiquated, almost Medieval, reactionary, pre-Civil War, 18th century concoction of a committee called the Electoral College. It is of this institution that George Grant has written his latest book The Importance of the Electoral College.
In spite of the dullness of the subject, the supposed obsolescence of the system, and the nature of the critics and the criticisms, the Electoral College is important.
The Electoral College, not the will of the majority or even plurality of voters, put George Bush in the White House four years ago. Back in 2000, the claim of Mr. Gore and his supporters was that they won over a million more votes nationwide than Bush and were the rightful intended recipients of more votes in Florida. The will of the people was somehow thwarted, so the Gore supporters claim. Still the issue revolved not around the millions of votes cast, but the 270 electoral votes. Was this a travesty of democracy? "Bush won 29 states to Gore's 21. Bush won 2,436 counties but Gore received majorities in only 676. Bush won regions covering approximately 2,432,456 square miles of the nation while Gore won in 575,184." (p. 43) A Gore Presidency would have largely represented only a few densely populated clusters along the coasts as opposed to Bush's broader appeal.
Of course, it is easy to defend the Electoral College when my candidate wins. The question still remains, is this the best system? After all, a candidate could win the White House by winning the 11 most populous states by one vote each even if he lost the other 39 states and the District of Columbia by 99% margins.
Dr. Grant provides three major lines of reasoning in supporting the Electoral College. First, the system works. Even with at least 14 of the 43 Presidents being elected without a popular majority, the system has worked in providing an adequate means of determining a winner in Presidential races. Even in cases, such as 1800, 1824, and 1876, when the system was subjected to questionable political tampering, it was not the Electoral College that was the issue. Rather, there were political forces at work outside the system that created the tensions. In such elections as those of 1888 and 2000, when the candidates receiving the most votes were denied the electoral prize, the winning candidates represented a greater cross section of the entire country.
A second line of reasoning in defending the Electoral College is that it represents many minority groups in the nation. Black Americans comprise only 13% of the electorate, but they comprise "25% of Alabama's electoral vote, 27% of Georgia's 13 votes, 31% of Louisiana's 9 votes" (p. 20). Less than 4% of the population are farmers; 100% of the population eats. Farm issues crop up in several states. So Presidential candidates don straw hats and hold up ears of corn and tour dairy barns. Sparsely populated, but often geographically large, states have a say so in the election. Thus, Vice President Cheney's home state of Wyoming with its 3 electoral votes offset the left coast mob-opolis of California with its walloping 54 votes in the 2000 election. The abolition of the Electoral College would mean that all of us who are not with 50 miles of an ocean front beach would not only be denied easy access to the wind and the waves, but would have almost no say in who leads the nation.
Grant's third line of reasoning is the stability of the republic based on both the wisdom and the anti-revolutionary gravitas of the Founding Fathers. Alexander Hamilton, in The Federalist Papers, and others were quite pleased with the federal system of governing and the federal nature of electing the chief magistrates contained in the Constitution. As usual with George Grant books, this work contains a host of brilliant quotations gleaned from sources obscure and scattered. These quotes strengthen the case for the Electoral College and affirm the genius of the system.
Is it flawless and without any need of reform? No, and this book suggests some methods to give greater flexibility to the system. For example, two states-Nebraska and Maine-already award electoral votes on the basis of congressional districts. If more or all states did this, it would arguable improve and yet preserve the essential system.
This is a most necessary and important little book.

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