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Pancho Villa and Black Jack Pershing : the Punitive Expedition in Mexico / by Hurst, James W.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.Dénouement, defeat, and the march to Columbus -- Francisco's folly : the attack on Columbus, New Mexico -- American reaction to Villa's raid -- The intelligence section and an assassination plot -- Scraps, fights, and skirmishes -- The fight at Carrizal -- Entering the doldrums : idleness, frustration, and withdrawal -- Wings and wheels : reconnaissance, observation, and transportation -- Logistics and the base of supply -- Myth, legend, and reality.The focus of this book is the Expedition, the Villistas, and their leader Francisco Pancho Villa. Villa's early life witnessed the advent of the typewriter, the telephone, linotype, the automobile, the Kodak camera, the first motion pictures, wireless telegraphy, the airplane, and the radio. In the days before his defeat at Columbus and the subsequent routing of his bands by the Punitive Expedition, Villa had a coterie of journalists wherever he traveled, and he went to great lengths to secure their comfort. In return they provided him with what today would be called good press, and American public opinion was shaped in a generally favorable direction. Villa instinctively realized that image was everything: it was not what you were that mattered but rather what you seemed to be that really counted. In addition to the American newspaper press, both Mexican and American photographers contributed to Villa's role as a legendary hero. A photographic record unprecedented in the annals of bandit-heroes spread the legend, and motion pictures gave an extraordinary boost to his notoriety. He is arguably the most widely recognized Mexican in America, and his picture is often found on the walls of Mexican-American restaurants. Catching Villa would prove to be difficult, and to do it, Black Jack Pershing and his force needed to rely on local intelligence. Pershing referred to his intelligence-gathering organization as the Intelligence Section, whose officers interrogated prisoners, recruited guides, interpreters, and informers, and organized a secret service of Mexican expatriates who were more than willing to provide their services against Villa. There were a number of Japanese who were employed with mixed results, and a few reliable local Mexicans were employed in the Secret Service with fairly good results. The narrative is itself a reflection of the success of the Intelligence Section in gathering information in the field and preserving what was gathered in detailed, written reports. The reports would not have been possible without the cooperation of the local population, particularly in the Guerrero district and specifically in the pueblo of Namiquipa. Both were hotbeds of Villista sentiment, and early Expedition reports stressed the hostility of the locals. Within a matter of weeks of its arrival, however, the local situation had changed radically. Local farmers were collaborating with the Americans, selling their labor and supplies to the troops and, more importantly, furnishing the invaders with military intelligence. Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List.
Subjects: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.; Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.; United States. Army;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The pattern [large print] / by Peart, Jane,author.(CARDINAL)738158;
Book One, set prior to the Civil War, tells the story of well-to-do Johanna who, despite her family's objections, marries a doctor from a poor family. They move to western North Carolina where they forge a marriage based on their Christian faith and love amidst the harsh realities of mountain life.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Quilting; Quiltmakers; Quilts; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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Experiencing God [large print] : knowing and doing the will of God / by Blackaby, Henry T.,1935-author.(CARDINAL)383918; Blackaby, Richard,1961-author.(CARDINAL)651174; King, Claude V.,1954-author.(CARDINAL)383919;
The Experiencing God ministry is even more vibrant today than when it began. As it continues to rise, and the world continues to change, the Experiencing God book has been revised and expanded with more than seventy percent of its material newly written. A modern classic that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Experiencing God is based on seven Scriptural realities that teach us how to develop a true relationship with the Creator. By understanding how God is working through us even as we try to fathom His ways, we can begin to clearly know Him
Subjects: Large print books.; Christian life.; God (Christianity);
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Light of the veil / by Fox, Richard,1978-author.(CARDINAL)875930;
"Jayce Artan is a dock rat on a poor fringe world where he takes every job he can and prize-fights to earn enough money to get off world. When he's hired to guide a boat crewed by an interstellar mafia, he comes face to face with an ancient power--the Veil--that was pivotal to a civil war that ended decades ago. Jayce is "Attuned" to this power and was almost killed by agents of the dead and defeated Tyrant who nearly enslaved the galaxy. He's rescued by an Adept of the Paragon order, warrior scholars that study the power and seek to keep any from upsetting the balance that keeps all life in order. Jayce is given the chance to journey beyond the Veil and into another dimension where he can claim a stone of immense power and return it to base reality and wield it as a weapon against the Tyrant. The world beyond the Veil is nothing like what Jayce knows, and he'll be opposed by insidious evil, self-doubt, and sabotage from the very people who are supposed to help him. While beyond the Veil, Jayce learns that a Conjunction is nigh, an event that could sunder the galaxy if evil forces succeed. Jayce must claim a Veil stone deep in the other dimension before the Tyrant's agents can beat him to the prize."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Imaginary wars and battles; Interstellar travel; Space and time;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Who got the camera? : a history of rap and reality / by Harvey, EricAuthor(DLC)no2015095234;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index.Preface. Eavesdropping -- Introduction. It's like that, and that's the way it is --Peace is a dream, reality is a knife -- Don't quote me, boy, 'cause I ain't said shit -- Get me the hell away from this TV -- I'm gonna treat you like King! -- Who got the camera? -- Stop being polite and start getting real -- 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted -- Conclusion. Deeper than rap."The book tracks the parallel rise, from 1986 to 1996, of gangsta rap--a subgenre some artists preferred to call "reality rap"--and "reality-based" television programming, especially shows such as "Cops," which frequently depicted young black men being arrested. The book also discusses how rap stars have used the media's obsession with their criminal pasts in their art, collapsing the distinction between performance and reality"--.
Subjects: Reality television programs.; Gangsta rap (Music); True crime television programs; Rap musicians.; Crime in music.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mind of the strategist : the art of Japanese business / by Ōmae, Ken'ichi,1943-(CARDINAL)184482;
The Art of Strategic Thinking -- Analysis: The Starting Point -- Four Routes to Strategic Advantage -- Focusing on Key Factors -- Building on Relative Superiority -- Pursuing Aggressive Initiatives -- Exploiting Strategic Degrees of Freedom -- The Secret of Strategic Vision -- Building Successful Strategies -- The Strategic Triangle -- Customer-Based Strategies -- Corporate-Based Strategies -- Competitor-Based Strategies -- Corporate Strategy -- Modern Strategic Realities -- Understanding the Economic Environment -- Coping with Strategic Change -- Japan: Myths and Realities -- Foresighted Decision Making -- A Strategic Success Formula?Considers business strategy as it is practiced in the real world and in real companies, the ways in which the strategist must think, and the principles and thought patterns that strategists have used to move their companies forward in Japan and throughout the world.
Subjects: Industrial management.; Industrial management; Strategy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Self-defense for women : fight back / by Christensen, Loren W.,author.(CARDINAL)778950;
Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and index.The threat -- De-escalation -- 7 basic techniques : the least you need to know -- Whe you want to know more -- Weapons, weapons, everywhere -- Miscellaneous scenarios -- "Getting strong now" -- How to practice -- Assessing a threat -- Mental imagery -- Mental imagery on live people -- Fear -- Reality-based training.
Subjects: Self-defense for women.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Empire of illusion : the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle / by Hedges, Chris.(CARDINAL)672942;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.The illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America.Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, able to cope with complexity and to separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this "other society," comforting, reassuring images, fantasies, slogans and a celebration of violence push reality, complexity and nuance to the margins. The worse reality becomes, the less a beleaguered population wants to hear about it and the more it distracts itself with squalid pseudo-events of celebrity breakdowns, gossip and trivia. These are the debauched revels of a dying culture.--From publisher description.In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's "The Culture of Narcissism," Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion.
Subjects: Mass media; Popular culture;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Faking reality / by Garrison, Zaria.(CARDINAL)503111;
Agreeing to star in a new reality show based on the lives of four prominent Atlanta pastors and their families, Reverend Brandon Kitts, Evangelist Danita Hyatt, Apostle Zack Morton and Bishop Jimmy Snow struggle on camera with secrets, expectations and their own personal revelations.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Urban fiction.; African American clergy; Reality television programs; Clergy; Spouses of clergy; Clergy on television;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Boo-boo! / by Zeavin, Carol,author.(CARDINAL)809555; Davis, Jon,1969-illustrator.(CARDINAL)602098; Silverbush, Rhona,1967-author.(CARDINAL)668407;
"The Terrific Toddler's series are written with simple language, reflective of children's reality, and based on understanding of developmental level of young toddler. In "Boo-Boo!" Jo-Jo gets hurt and learns that boo-boos get better."--Age 2-3.AD320L
Subjects: Children; Toddlers; Children.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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