Paul Fisher
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Applications of Behavioral Economics is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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"Like a River to the Sea" is the story of an ordinary man, who, it turns out, has a most extraordinary story to tell. Joshua Davidson was born in Nashville Tennessee; in his 41st year, he is about to die there. This is the story of his life, his loves, his hopes, dreams and fears. It is also the story of what happens to him at the moment he shuffles off this mortal coil, and then what lays beyond. It will change the way you look at your own life,...
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In The Grand Affair, the historian Paul Fisher offers a vivid life of the buttoned-up artist and his unbuttoned work. Sargent's nervy, edgy portraits exposed illicit or dark feelings in himself and his sitters--feelings that high society on both sides of the Atlantic found fascinating and off-putting. Fisher traces Singer's life from his wandering trans-European childhood to the salons of Paris, and the scandals and enthusiasms he caused, and on to...
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A probing analysis of Freemasonry in the U.S. in general, but especially relative to religious education, opposition to the Catholic Church, directing national social policy and how Masons attract members. Thoroughly documented. Immensely revealing. Covers the birth and rise of Freemasonry, the Catholic Church's early condemnation of it, etc. Essential to understanding the forces behind the scenes. 384 pgs,
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
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[2017]
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English
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The young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, that are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, is wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, this showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, that are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, is wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, this showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power...
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Universal
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[2023]
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English
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Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet. The notorious PiB embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost life. But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws. In their quest,...
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Scholastic Inc
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[2017].
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English
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"My name is Lloyd. I'm the leader of the Secret Ninja Force. We protect Ninjago City. That would all be cool except, well, my dad is Lord Garmadon. As in, pretty much the worst guy ever Lord Garmadon. Anyway, open up this book to meet my awesome ninja buds, take a look at our amazing high-tech ninja mechs, and find out what happened when my evil dad attacked Ninjago City with his shark army. Yeah... I'm pretty sure this isn't what other kids' lives...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Puss is so busy being a fearless hero and building his legend, he didn't realize he'd run through eight of his nine lives and for the first time finds himself fearing death and considering retirement. It's not so easy to shed those past lives, however, and when a notorious crime family hires him for one last job by destroying his placid life, he finds himself : in possession of a map to one last wish, the target of crime boss "Big" Jack Horner, reunited...
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Scholastic Australia
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2017.
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English
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"Teenager Lloyd Garmadon has spent his whole life in the shadow of his evil warlord dad, Lord Garmadon. But Lloyd has never let his dad's bad reputation stop him from doing the right thing. He and his friends Nya, Jay, Kai, Cole and Zane are part of the Secret Ninja Force. Together, they use supercool mechs to fight Garmadon and his army of sinister Sharkmen."--Back cover
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MFA Publications
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2023.
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English
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"Fashioned by Sargent explores the complicated relationship of painting and dress through lavish reproductions of major portraits and other works by Sargent, alongside exquisite costumes of the period - including garments actually worn by his sitters. Essays by leading scholars illuminate topics such as portraits and performance, gender expression, the New Woman, and the pull of history and the excitement of new ideas, offering readers new insights...
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This 1953 documentary was used by United Aircraft to celebrate fifty years of flight. The film explores aviation like never before from the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 all the way up to 1953. Featuring interviews and footage from pioneers like Frank Long, Igor Sikorsky, Glen Martin, Alan Lockheed, Eddie Rickenbacker, and more, History of Flight takes viewers on a high-flying adventure!
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved, except for one thing. Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"In 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890-1962), a young Black elevator attendant, at Boston's Hotel Vendome. McKeller posed for most of the figures--both male and female--in Sargent's murals in the Museum of Fine Arts. The painter transformed McKeller into white gods and goddesses, creating soaring allegories of the liberal arts that celebrated the recent expansion of the city's premier civic museum. Sargent then...