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A Games Changer

The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19

by Stephen R. Wenn, Robert K. Barney ...

From the emergence of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 through the delayed staging of the Tokyo Olympic games in summer 2021, A Games Changer takes the reader behind the scenes to explore the myriad challenges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials faced during the months of uncertainty leading up not only to the postponement of the Games but also to their delayed.Drawing ... Read more

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From the emergence of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 through the delayed staging of the Tokyo Olympic games in summer 2021, A Games Changer takes the reader behind the scenes to explore the myriad challenges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials faced during the months of uncertainty leading up not only to the postponement of the Games but also to their delayed.Drawing
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Turnen around the World

by Gerald Gems, Karl Graf, Wendy Gray, Rob Hess, Alec Hurley, Toshiyuki Ichibai, Michael Krüger, Gertrud Pfister, Josef Ulfkotte, Lothar Wieser0, Annette R. Hofmann2, Evelise Amgarten Quitzau3, Robert K. Barney4 ...

Series series Sport, Identity, and Culture
Turnen around the World represents an international effort by an assemblage of prominent sport historians to detail and assess the worldwide scope, effects, and residual influences of the German Turnen movement over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A male nationalistic movement based on gymnastics and other physical activities established in response to the Napoleonic wars ... Read more

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Turnen around the World represents an international effort by an assemblage of prominent sport historians to detail and assess the worldwide scope, effects, and residual influences of the German Turnen movement over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A male nationalistic movement based on gymnastics and other physical activities established in response to the Napoleonic wars
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Secession Winter

When the Union Fell Apart

by Robert J Cook, William L Barney, Elizabeth R. Varon ...

Series series The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series
Three historians examine what drove southern secession in the winter of 1860-1861 and why it culminated in the American Civil War.Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states ... Read more

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Three historians examine what drove southern secession in the winter of 1860-1861 and why it culminated in the American Civil War.Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states
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The Gold in the Rings

The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games

by Stephen R Wenn, Robert Barney ...

Series series Sport and Society
Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professional participation. Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney offer the inside story of this transformation by examining the far-sighted leadership and decision-making acumen of four International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidents: Avery Brundage, Lord ... Read more

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Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professional participation. Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney offer the inside story of this transformation by examining the far-sighted leadership and decision-making acumen of four International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidents: Avery Brundage, Lord
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Tarnished Rings

The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal, Revised Edition

by Stephen Wenn, Robert Barney, Scott Martyn ...

Series series Sports and Entertainment
In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city’s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its president, Juan ... Read more

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In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city’s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its president, Juan
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Financial Justice

The People's Campaign to Stop Lender Abuse

by Larry Kirsch, Robert N. Mayer ...

This provocative and accessible narrative recounts the inside story of how a broad-based people's campaign was mobilized and subsequently succeeded in pushing Congress to create a consumer financial regulator with clout.What would Congress do—if anything—to tame Wall Street and the nation's lenders following the financial meltdown of 2008? This book tells the true story of how an alliance of ... Read more

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This provocative and accessible narrative recounts the inside story of how a broad-based people's campaign was mobilized and subsequently succeeded in pushing Congress to create a consumer financial regulator with clout.What would Congress do—if anything—to tame Wall Street and the nation's lenders following the financial meltdown of 2008? This book tells the true story of how an alliance of
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Highly Sensitive Empaths and Narcissistic Abuse

How to Recognize and Eliminate Personality Disorders and Toxic Relationships in Narcissists, Energy Vampires, and Highly Sensitive People. (2nd edition)

by Barney Roberts ...

Narrated by Betty Johnson ...

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3 hours 26 min

**Understanding Narcissism: A Guide to Growth and Healing**Have you ever been called a narcissist or wondered if your behavior aligns with narcissistic traits? Is narcissism a personality disorder, or could it be something more nuanced?This book is your essential guide to understanding narcissism, its origins, and how it manifests in behavior. Narcissism often involves grandiosity, a need for ... Read more

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**Understanding Narcissism: A Guide to Growth and Healing**Have you ever been called a narcissist or wondered if your behavior aligns with narcissistic traits? Is narcissism a personality disorder, or could it be something more nuanced?This book is your essential guide to understanding narcissism, its origins, and how it manifests in behavior. Narcissism often involves grandiosity, a need for
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Highly Sensitive Empaths and Narcissistic Abuse

How to Recognize and Eliminate Personality Disorders and Toxic Relationships in Narcissists, Energy Vampires, and Highly Sensitive People

by Barney Roberts ...

Narrated by Bruce Enrietto ...

Unabridged

3 hours 27 min

**Break Free from the Grip of Narcissism**Are you trapped in a relationship with a narcissist? If so, you’re not alone.Living with a narcissist can feel like navigating a maze with no exit. Victims often find themselves caught in a web of confusion, trying to make sense of behaviors that defy logic. The narcissist’s actions are deliberate, designed to erode your confidence, autonomy, and ability ... Read more

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**Break Free from the Grip of Narcissism**Are you trapped in a relationship with a narcissist? If so, you’re not alone.Living with a narcissist can feel like navigating a maze with no exit. Victims often find themselves caught in a web of confusion, trying to make sense of behaviors that defy logic. The narcissist’s actions are deliberate, designed to erode your confidence, autonomy, and ability
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And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

by Jon Meacham ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers
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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

by Eric Foner ...

“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston GlobeSelected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see ... Read more

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“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston GlobeSelected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see
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Indentured

The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA

by Joe Nocera, Ben Strauss ...

“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ... Read more

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“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association
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The Deficit Myth

Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton ...

A New York Times BestsellerA “clear and vigorously written book” (Foreign Affairs), from the leading thinker of modern monetary theory, that delivers a bold new understanding for how to build a prosperous societyStephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and ... Read more

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A New York Times BestsellerA “clear and vigorously written book” (Foreign Affairs), from the leading thinker of modern monetary theory, that delivers a bold new understanding for how to build a prosperous societyStephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and
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