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  • The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough

    An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

    Series series African American Life
    An important autobiography that reveals the story of William Sanders Scarborough who rose out of slavery to become a renowned classical philologist and African American icon."If W.E.B Du Bois, the antecedent of today's black public intellectuals, himself has an antecedent, it is W. S. Scarborough, the black scholar's scholar." – Henry Louis Gates Jr.This illuminating autobiography traces ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Catholic Family

    Marriage, Children, And Human Capital

    Considering the effects of a Catholic heritage on families as a whole and on individuals within families, William Sander looks at the patterns of marriage and intermarriage, divorce, and fertility. He then turns to human capital issues, in-eluding the effects of a Catholic background on academic achievement, earnings, employment, and health habits. Examining the effects of Catholic schooling, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Catholic Schools

    Private and Social Effects

    In When Work Disappears, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson (1996) notes that African Americans in Chicago who attended Catholic schools are viewed more favorably by employers than African Americans who attended public schools. Such findings corroborate a widely though not univer sally-held view that Catholic schools succeed in boosting mobility for children of less-privileged families. Can ... Read more

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  • Learning Flash Media Server 3

    If you're interested in recording and streaming media using Flash Media Server 3 (FMS3) and Adobe's Real-Time Messaging Protocol, this unique 267-page PDF-only book is the perfect primer. It is not a reference, but a systematic guide to developing FMS3 applications using ActionScript 3.0, with chapters that focus on specific aspects of the server and how they work.FMS3 is very different from ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Learning PHP Design Patterns

    Build server-side applications more efficiently—and improve your PHP programming skills in the process—by learning how to use design patterns in your code. This book shows you how to apply several object-oriented patterns through simple examples, and demonstrates many of them in full-fledged working applications.Learn how these reusable patterns help you solve complex problems, organize object ... Read more

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  • ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts

    ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts is a 76-page document designed to introduce those familiar with general programming principles to ActionScript 3.0. ActionScript 3.0 compiles and runs much faster than preceding versions, and the reasons have much to do with the structural changes Adobe has added: You truly do need to use ActionScript differently ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Gangbangs and Drive-Bys

    Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence

    Series series Social Problems & Social Issues
    This study, based on quantitative and qualitative data gathered over a twelve-year period, takes its title from the two predominant styles of gang violence: 'drive-bys,' which have replaced 'rumbles' as the primary form of gang violence; and 'gang-bangs' - a generic term for other gang violence that includes assaults, knifings, and beatings.The author attempts to understand the situations in which ... Read more

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  • ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner's Guide

    Series series Beginner's Guide
    Essential ASP.NET 3.5 Skills--Made Easy!Learn how to create database-driven ASP.NET 3.5 websites using C# 3.0. ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner's Guide shows you just what you need to know to build rich Internet applications quickly and easily. You'll find details on Web controls, CSS, event handlers, validation, SQL, ADO.NET, data binding, text files, and security. Coverage of the latest technologies, ... Read more

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    The Undertaking of Billy Buffone

    Narrated by William Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BOYS OF ST. VINCENT, award winning author David Giuliano creates a story of trauma, humour and redemption. Catherine, a newly minted preacher, moves to Twenty-Six Mile House, an isolated community in northern Ontario and befriends the quirky undertaker Billy Buffone who has a disturbing secret he has carried for almost two decades. A story inspired by true events. Billy’s best ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Undertaking of Billy Buffone (Unabridged)

    Narrated by William Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BOYS OF ST. VINCENT, award winning author David Giuliano creates a story of trauma, humour and redemption. Catherine, a newly minted preacher, moves to Twenty-Six Mile House, an isolated community in northern Ontario and befriends the quirky undertaker Billy Buffone who has a disturbing secret he has carried for almost two decades. A story inspired by true events. Billy's best ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Sailors Word-book, A - C (Unabridged)

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    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    Ahoy there, mateys! Set sail on a voyage through nautical history with Admiral William Henry Smyth's The Sailor's Word-book, A - C. This salty compendium, compiled by a seasoned sailor himself, cracks open the secret language of the sea. Dive deeper than a kraken into terms that baffled old salts and modern skippers alike. From technical jargon to colorful slang, unravel the mysteries of the crow ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney

    A Novel

    by Bob Kroll ...
    Narrated by Blair Williams ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 22 min

    For readers of Paulette Jiles and Gil Adamson, a 19th-century tale of a father’s greatest regret and path to redemptionDevastated at his wife’s death and stricken at raising two girls and a boy on his own, Arthur Delaney places his children in a Halifax orphanage and runs off to join the Union Army in the American Civil War. The trauma of battle and three years in a disease-ridden prisoner-of-war ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus