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Presbyterians and Pensions
Presbyterians and Pensions
Presbyterians and Pensions traces the historical development of the modern Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its predecessor organizations from colonial times to the present. It is a critical work that examines the Board of Pensions in its broad historical, social, economic, and theological context. Utilizing the case study approach, the authors show how a major Protestant denomination produced its present retirement and protection program for church employees. This is an insightful historical presentation of a vital part of the church's mission and provides very interesting and critical reading for those interested in the history of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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Speech Processing
Speech Processing
Based on years of instruction and field expertise, this volume offers the necessary tools to understand all scientific, computational, and technological aspects of speech processing. The book emphasizes mathematical abstraction, the dynamics of the speech process, and the engineering optimization practices that promote effective problem solving in this area of research and covers many years of the authors' personal research on speech processing. Speech Processing helps build valuable analytical skills to help meet future challenges in scientific and technological advances in the field and considers the complex transition from human speech processing to computer speech processing.
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Dark Romance
Dark Romance
Leur amour peut les sauver... ou les détruire. Michael Crist. Un nom qui fait frissonner chaque fille de notre petite communauté privilégiée de la côte Est. Moi comme les autres. Sauf que moi, ce n’est pas sa beauté à couper le souffle ou le fait qu’il soit riche et adulé qui me fascine – enfin, pas seulement. Non, moi, c’est la noirceur que je devine sous sa carapace dorée. La violence dans son regard noisette. Son mépris pour les règles, les lois, la morale. Ce miroir permanent de tout ce qui est noir et sombre au fond de moi. En dix-neuf ans, Michael ne m’a jamais jeté un regard. Mais, le jour où il s’intéresse à moi, je ne sais pas si je dois être excitée... ou terrifiée. « C'est palpitant, c'est excitant, c'est stressant mais c'est aussi et surtout enivrant. Quand la peur et le plaisir ne font qu'un, l'excitation et le danger sont au rendez-vous. » The Lovely Teacher Addictions A propos de l’autrice Après avoir passé son adolescence à essayer de faire plaisir à tout le monde, Penelope Douglas a un jour décidé de faire ce qu’elle voulait, elle. Elle a traversé le Japon en train, sauté du haut d’une cascade et commencé à écrire des romances intenses et passionnées, à son image. Comme elle, ses héros brisent les règles, affrontent leurs peurs et leur part d’ombre. Et c’est sous le soleil de Las Vegas, entourée de son mari et de sa fille, qu’elle travaille tous les jours à trouver l’équilibre parfait entre émotion et drame, sexe et danger, amour et haine. Une révélation New Adult.
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Second to None
Second to None
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Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name
A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.
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History of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warwick, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pa., 1726-1876
History of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warwick, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pa., 1726-1876
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
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