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The Handbook of Criminological Theory

By: Alex R. Piquero

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The Handbook of Criminological Theory

By: Alex R. Piquero

An indispensable resource for all levels, this handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology. Provides original, cutting-edge, and in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology Covers the origins and assumptions behind each theory, explores current debates and research, points out knowledge gaps, and offers directions for future research Encompasses theory, research, policy, and practice, with recommendations for further reading at the end of each essay Features discussions of broad issues and topics related to the field, such as the correlates of crime, testing theory, policy, and prediction Clearly and accessibly written by leading scholars in the field as well as up-and-coming scholars

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118512383

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9781118512388

Samsons Cords

Imposing Oaths in Milton, Marvell, and Butler

By: Alex Garganigo

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Samsons Cords

Imposing Oaths in Milton, Marvell, and Butler

By: Alex Garganigo

Samson's Cords examines the radically different responses of John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Samuel Butler to the existential crises caused by an explosion of loyalty oaths in Britain before and after 1660.

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University of Toronto Press

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148750098X

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A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

By: Alex Ritsema

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A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

By: Alex Ritsema

On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1728 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.

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Lulu.com

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1411698320

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9781411698321

A Pound Of Flesh

Book 9 in the Sunday Times bestselling detective series

By: Alex Gray

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A Pound Of Flesh

Book 9 in the Sunday Times bestselling detective series

By: Alex Gray

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to pre-order.*** Whether you've read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, A POUND OF FLESH is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES: 'Warm-hearted, atmospheric' ANN CLEEVES 'Relentless and intriguing' PETER MAY 'Move over Rebus' DAILY MAIL 'Exciting, pacey, authentic' ANGELA MARSONS 'Superior writing' THE TIMES 'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH _______________ In the depths of a freezing winter, Glasgow finds itself at the mercy of not one, but two serial killers. This is Detective Inspector Lorimer's worst nightmare and beyond anything he's faced in his years on the force. Can he find a link between the brutal slaying of prostitutes in the back streets of the city and the methodical killing of several unconnected businessmen? When the latest victim turns out to be a prominent Scottish politician, the media's spotlight is shone on Lorimer's investigation. Psychologist and criminal profiler Solly Brightman is called in to help solve the cases, but his help may be futile as they realise that someone on the inside is leaking confidential police information. Meanwhile two killers haunt the snowy streets and Lorimer must act fast, before they strike again . . .

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Sphere

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0748117385

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A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization

Past, Present, and Future

By: Brad Eric Hollister,Alex Pang

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A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization

Past, Present, and Future

By: Brad Eric Hollister,Alex Pang

Scientific visualization has always been an integral part of discovery, starting first with simplified drawings of the pre-Enlightenment and progressing to present day. Mathematical formalism often supersedes visual methods, but their use is at the core of the mental process. As historical examples, a spatial description of flow led to electromagnetic theory, and without visualization of crystals, structural chemistry would not exist. With the advent of computer graphics technology, visualization has become a driving force in modern computing. A Concise Introduction to Scientific Visualization – Past, Present, and Future serves as a primer to visualization without assuming prior knowledge. It discusses both the history of visualization in scientific endeavour, and how scientific visualization is currently shaping the progress of science as a multi-disciplinary domain.

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Springer Nature

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3030864197

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9783030864194

Strategic Computing

DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993

By: Alex Roland,Philip Shiman

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Strategic Computing

DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993

By: Alex Roland,Philip Shiman

The story of the U.S. Department of Defense's extraordinary effort, in the period from 1983 to 1993, to achieve machine intelligence.

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MIT Press

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0262182262

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9780262182263

The Butcher of Berner Street

By: Alex Reeve

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The Butcher of Berner Street

By: Alex Reeve

“Reeve’s outstanding third Victorian mystery featuring journalist Leo Stanhope . . . Reeve never makes the amateur sleuthing less than plausible.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Cold-hearted murder.” That’s what was promised in the anonymous note, and Leo can’t resist. He may be a working journalist at last, but it’s a precarious gig, and a good story could bring in the readers. What he finds on Berner Street, though, is a dead body that isn’t, not to mention a lady wrestler who’s quite a bit more. The crowd is angry: They like things cut and dried. But Leo knows all about things that are one thing and also another. He’s got a secret himself, and if he’s found out, an angry crowd will be the least of his worries. This is Queen Victoria’s London, and the courts are not kind to young men who are . . . quite a bit more. “Intriguing and vivid, an excellent addition to a wonderful series” —The Guardian “As entertaining a historical mystery as I’ve read this year” —NB Magazine, UK “Reeve weaves a strong storyline built on the twin foundations of good characterisation and impeccable research. Victorian London comes alive in his hands. It’s dark, dirty, smelly and threatening. It’s also endlessly fascinating.” —Crime Review

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FelonyandMayhem+ORM

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1631942824

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9781631942822

Improving Incentives for the Low-Paid

By: Alex Bowen,Ken Mayhew

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Improving Incentives for the Low-Paid

By: Alex Bowen,Ken Mayhew

This collection of papers considers how people who are low paid can be given better opportunities in the British labour market. Topics considered include how the workings of the tax and benefits systems might be improved, and why some jobs are low paid in the first place.

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Springer

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1349210129

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Ninety Years at Torrens Park

The Scotch College Story

By: Peter Read,Alex Pouw-Bray

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Ninety Years at Torrens Park

The Scotch College Story

By: Peter Read,Alex Pouw-Bray

Ninety Years at Torrens Park provides a comprehensive account of Scotch's journey from a boys' college of about 100 students to a coeducational institution of almost 1000. Heroic figures such as Norman Gratton, the first headmaster, to agents of radical change such as Philip Roff, the headmaster who introduced coeducation, emerge from the archives to stand beside the other headmasters, principals, teachers and students who populate the Scotch College story.

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Wakefield Press

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1862548897

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9781862548893

The Evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes

from Danubian Longhouses to the Stone Rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland

By: Alex Carnes

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The Evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes

from Danubian Longhouses to the Stone Rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland

By: Alex Carnes

At the heart of this book is a comparative study of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified archaeologists for over a century.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1784910015

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Challenging History in the Museum

International Perspectives

By: Jenny Kidd,Sam Cairns,Alex Drago,Amy Ryall

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Challenging History in the Museum

International Perspectives

By: Jenny Kidd,Sam Cairns,Alex Drago,Amy Ryall

Challenging History in the Museum explores work with difficult, contested and sensitive heritages in a range of museum contexts. It is based on the Challenging History project, which brings together a wide range of heritage professionals, practitioners and academics to explore heritage and museum learning programmes in relation to difficult and controversial subjects. The book is divided into four sections. Part I, ’The Emotional Museum’ examines the balance between empathic and emotional engagement and an objective, rational understanding of ’history’. Part II, ’Challenging Collaborations’ explores the opportunities and pitfalls associated with collective, inclusive representations of our heritage. Part III, ’Ethics, Ownership, Identity’ questions who is best-qualified to identify, represent and ’own’ these histories. It challenges the concept of ownership and personal identification as a prerequisite to understanding, and investigates the ideas and controversies surrounding this premise. Part IV, ’Teaching Challenging History’ helps us to explore the ethics and complexities of how challenging histories are taught. The book draws on work countries around the world including Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and USA and crosses a number of disciplines: Museum and Heritage Studies, Cultural Policy Studies, Performance Studies, Media Studies and Critical Theory Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars of Cultural History and Art History.

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Routledge

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1317168828

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Killing Cousins

By: Alex Minter

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Killing Cousins

By: Alex Minter

A murderer is loose in Manhattan and he's making hotel guests his victims... When the wives of two billionaire Texans are brutally murdered in New York's swanky Sutherland Hotel, Franklin and Felix Novak and Soraya Navarro need to move fast before the killer strikes again. Hoping to find a suspect, Felix and Soraya check in to the Sutherland, posing as wealthy lovebirds on vacation. Meanwhile Franklin looks into the shady dealings of the hotel's infamous owners, the Apples. Is somebody trying to get vengeance on the Apples? Or are the Apple cousins, deranged Morris and slick Simon, fighting for power and using guests as ammunition? As Felix and Soraya close in on the killer, their relationship catches fire, while a corpse with a bullet in the belly throws suspicion on the least likely suspect.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439140472

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Criminological Theory

The Essentials

By: Stephen G. Tibbetts,Alex R. Piquero

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Criminological Theory

The Essentials

By: Stephen G. Tibbetts,Alex R. Piquero

Criminological Theory: The Essentials, Fourth Edition by Stephen G. Tibbetts and Alex R. Piquero is a brief yet comprehensive overview of the major concepts and perspectives of the key theories in the evolution of criminology. Putting criminological theory in context, the acclaimed authors examine policy implications brought about by theoretical perspectives to show students the practical application of theories to contemporary social problems. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with the latest theoretical extensions and empirical research, with links made to specific theories and recent events.

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SAGE Publications

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1071838237

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9781071838235

Social Problems

By: Alex Thio,Jim Taylor

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Social Problems

By: Alex Thio,Jim Taylor

This comprehensive text provides a constructionist/conflict approach to the various kinds of social problems that relate to deviance, institutions, and globalization. Social Problems consists of 16 chapters divided into 5 parts. Each chapter opens with a vignette that provides the nature and extent of a social problem, the conflicting views of the problem, various sociological theories of the problem, global aspects of the problem, social policies for dealing with the problem, and sociological insights on the problem that students can use to enhance their lives. Each chapter concludes with key terms, critical thinking questions, and internet resources. Key Features: *Provides an accessible, engaging writing style designed to help students master core concepts so you can spend less classroom time explaining basic concepts! *Includes interdisciplinary examples throughout making it ideal for courses taught out of Criminal Justice or Sociology departments. *Written to reflect the 2010 Census Update, this text is the most up-to-date and relevant resource on the subject. Instructor Resources include: *Instructor Manual - Includes tips for instructors for creating the course syllabus and both in-class and online student activities. Additionally, the manual includes answers to the questions in the student study guide and lecture outlines. *Complete TestBank - includes multiple-choice and true or false questions, all with answers and page references. Also includes short-answer questions and essays. *Microsoft? PowerPoint? lecture slides Student Resources will include a Companion Website featuring: *practice quizzes *chapter outlines & summaries *interactive flashcards *links to relevant research databases *newsfeed updates

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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0763793094

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9780763793098

Violence

The Enduring Problem

By: Alex Alvarez,Ronet D. Bachman

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Violence

The Enduring Problem

By: Alex Alvarez,Ronet D. Bachman

Violence: The Enduring Problem offers an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration of the patterns and correlations of individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases. Responding to the fear of pervasive violence in the world, authors Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman address the various legislative, social, and political efforts to curb violent behavior. The authors expertly incorporate a wide range of current cases to help readers interpret the nature and dynamics of a variety of different, yet connected, forms of violence. The Fourth Edition represents a significant step forward in presenting a more complete and contemporary analysis of violence. Included in this edition is a new chapter on hate crime, a new chapter devoted to multicide, and updated discussions on current topical issues, including the #MeToo movement and epigenetics.

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SAGE Publications

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1544355661

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A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest

By: Alex Patterson

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A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest

By: Alex Patterson

A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.

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Big Earth Publishing

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1555660916

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9781555660918

Jack London

A Life

By: Alex Kershaw

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Jack London

A Life

By: Alex Kershaw

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong interest in socialism. Brilliant and self-taught, he haunted California's waterside bars, brawling with drunken sailors and learning about love from prostitutes. His lust for adventure took him from the beaches of Hawaii to the gold fields of Alaska, where he experienced firsthand the struggles for survival he would later immortalize in classics like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. A hard-drinking womanizer with children to support, Jack London was no stranger to passion when he met and married Charmian Kittredge, the love of his life. Despite his adventurous past, London had never before met a woman like Charmian; she adored fornication and boxing, and willingly risked life and limb to sail and explore. She typed his manuscripts while he churned out novels, serving as his inspiration and his critic. Lover, fighter, and onetime hobo, Jack London lived large and died before he was forty. This is a rare biography, from bestselling historian Alex Kershaw, that proves the truth can be more fascinating--and a far greater adventure--than a fiction.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466851694

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9781466851696

The United States Junior Open Chess Championship, 1946-2016

By: Alex Dunne

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The United States Junior Open Chess Championship, 1946-2016

By: Alex Dunne

For 70 years the U.S. Chess Federation has held the U.S. Junior Open, featuring young players under 21. This book is the first to focus on the formative years of these juniors, many of whom became the outstanding masters of the United States. Each chapter contains an annotated game of the winner of the championship and brief identifications of the notable players. Crosstables are included where available.

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McFarland

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1476628912

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9781476628912

English Unlimited Elementary A Combo with DVD-ROMs (2)

By: Alex Tilbury,Theresa Clementson,Leslie Anne Hendra,David Rea,Maggie Baigent,Chris Cavey,Nick Robinson

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English Unlimited Elementary A Combo with DVD-ROMs (2)

By: Alex Tilbury,Theresa Clementson,Leslie Anne Hendra,David Rea,Maggie Baigent,Chris Cavey,Nick Robinson

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. Through universal topics and activities, and a focus on intercultural competence as a 'fifth skill', this international coursebook helps learners become more sensitive, more effective communicators. Teaching natural, dependable language, and with CEFR goals at its core, it brings real life into the classroom and gives learners the skills and strategies to communicate confidently outside it. The 'Explore' sections provide the extra ingredients for enhancing communicative ability, from further development of speaking skills to independent learning strategies. The English Unlimited Elementary A Combo includes Coursebook units Intro to 7 as well as the e-Portfolio and Self-Study DVD-ROM.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107698847

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9781107698840

The EC/EU Fact Book

A Complete Guide

By: Alex Roney

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The EC/EU Fact Book

A Complete Guide

By: Alex Roney

The sixth edition of EC/EU Fact Book has been updated with new legislation, directives and initiative relating to the European Community. It provides the relevant facts on all matters regarding the EC and is divided into sections on the workings, policies and business strategy of the body.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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074943192X

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9780749431921

My Life at the Bar and Beyond

By: Alex K. Paterson

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My Life at the Bar and Beyond

By: Alex K. Paterson

My Life at the Bar and Beyond contains a variety of anecdotes by the author, experiences he has had and people he met as a young lawyer in the 60's and later as Chairman of McGill,

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773529888

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9780773529885

Empire and the Sun

Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions

By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

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Empire and the Sun

Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions

By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Astronomy was a popular and important part of Victorian sciences, and British astronomers carried telescopes to remote areas in India, North America, and Caribbean and Pacific islands to watch solar eclipses. This book tells the full story of these expeditions: the long periods of planning and financing, and the day-to-day work of getting to field sites, setting up camp, and preparing, observing, and recording eclipses.

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Stanford University Press

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0804739269

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Secret Lochs and Special Places

An Angling Memoir

By: Alex Gordon,Bruce Sandison,Peter Fluck

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Secret Lochs and Special Places

An Angling Memoir

By: Alex Gordon,Bruce Sandison,Peter Fluck

Secret Lochs and Special Places takes the angler on a journey through some of Scotland's most wonderful areas to discover little-known lochs and others that are outstanding simply because of their beauty. This book is not about huge trout, although they are there, but rather about the supreme joy that is fishing. Your guide is Bruce Sandison, one of Scotland's most respected anglers. It is an account of one man's love affair with his native land, with its history and culture, its people and places. Secret Lochs and Special Places celebrates all that is best about wild fishing in Scotland.

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Black & White Publishing

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1785300202

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Banana Pier

By: Alex Chisholm

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Banana Pier

By: Alex Chisholm

Banana Pier is a pacy and disturbing novel set in the final frenzied days of Soviet communism in which fiction collides with fact. Moral ambiguities which underpin our society are revealed in a story of complex characters and unexpected links between Scotland, the Soviet Union and Northern Ireland, where global players are seen in their domestic settings and where some dialogue is in the Aberdeen dialect, Doric. It opens with a confused and obsessive tirade from Tommy MacHardy in conversation with journalist Ian Ross, who is investigating covert military activities in Ulster involving Brigadier Bell of TAGOil. Ross is determined to reveal the British government's role in Northern Ireland and its infiltration of paramilitary groups but attracts the attention of local detectives DI Bonnie Young and DS Dave Millar on the case of blackmail at TAGOil. The action switches between Scotland and the USSR where former Gordon Highlander, Coulthard, is introduced to small-time criminals Zhdanov and Dolgoruky, recent associates of computer expert and artist Alexei Grigoryev. Coulthard is purchasing 'scrap' hardware from disillusioned Soviet military officers but where are the weapons headed - and what has Coulthard got to do with the UK government? A gripping novel that will appeal to fans of political thrillers, Banana Pier is inspired by some of Alex's favourite authors, including John le Carre, Henning Mankell and James Hogg, whose work The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Alex's novel has been compared to.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1780880146

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9781780880143

Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

By: Alex Law

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Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

By: Alex Law

I think this will prove to be a very useful text for undergraduate students. Alex Law has produced a comprehensive list of key classical social theory concepts and provides an accessible account of the meaning of central terms, their place in the work of the classical analysts considered and the contemporary significance of their ideas. In addition he has offered useful additional reading guidance from which students will derive considerable benefit." - Barry Smart, University of Portsmouth This book′s individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes. Each entry provides: clear definitions lucid accounts of key issues up-to-date suggestions for further reading informative cross-referencing. Relevant, focused and accessible this book will provide students across the social sciences with an indispensible guide to the central concepts of classical social theory.

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1446209768

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The Darkest Secret

A Novel

By: Alex Marwood

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The Darkest Secret

A Novel

By: Alex Marwood

“If there has been a better mystery-suspense story written in this decade, I can’t think of it . . . transcend[s] the genre.” —Stephen King “A cruel and cunning mystery . . . Plot-twisting, mind-altering and monstrously funny.” —The New York Times Book Review The latest gripping psychological thriller from Edgar Award winner Alex Marwood When a child goes missing at an opulent house party, it makes international news. But what really happened behind those closed doors? Twelve years ago, Mila Jackson’s three-year-old half-sister Coco disappeared during their father’s fiftieth birthday celebration, leaving behind her identical twin Ruby as the only witness. The girls’ father, Sean, was wealthy and influential, as were the friends gathered at their seaside vacation home for the weekend’s debauchery. The case ignited a media frenzy and forever changed the lives of everyone involved. Now, Sean Jackson is dead, and the people who were present that terrible night must gather once more for a funeral that will reveal that the secrets of the past can never stay hidden. Perfectly paced all the way through its devastating conclusion, The Darkest Secret is one that fans of Gillian Flynn and Liane Moriarty won’t be able to put down.

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Penguin

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0143110519

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9780143110514

Late Modernism and 'The English Intelligencer'

On the Poetics of Community

By: Alex Latter

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Late Modernism and 'The English Intelligencer'

On the Poetics of Community

By: Alex Latter

Despite the brevity of its run and the diminutive size of its audience, The English Intelligencer is a key publication in the history of literary modernism in the British Isles. Emerging in the mid-1960s from a dissatisfaction with the prevailing norms of 'Betjeman's England', the young writers associated with it were catalysed by the example of Donald Allen's The New American Poetry as they sought to establish a revitalised modernist poetics. Late Modernism and The English Intelligencer gives the first full account of the extraordinary history of this publication, bringing to light extensive new archival material to establish an authoritative contextualisation of its operation and its relationship with post-war British poetry. This material provides compelling new insights into the work of the Intelligencer poets themselves and, more broadly, the continued presence of an international poetic modernism as a vital force in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472575830

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9781472575838

Deviant Behavior

By: Alex Thio

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Deviant Behavior

By: Alex Thio

Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of deviance; this text is noted for its blend of readability and scholarship. Deviant Behavior covers a wide spectrum of theories of deviance, and analyzes specific deviant behaviors. The author utilizes an abundance of research data, including much that debunks our common assumptions about deviant behavior. Thus students are not only exposed to the full range of theories and data about deviance, but are challenged to think about and evaluate their own biases and preconceptions.

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0321050312

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9780321050311

Green Building Products, 3rd Edition

The GreenSpec¨ Guide to Residential Building Materials--3rd Edition

By: Alex Wilson,Mark Piepkorn

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Green Building Products, 3rd Edition

The GreenSpec¨ Guide to Residential Building Materials--3rd Edition

By: Alex Wilson,Mark Piepkorn

Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally preferable products and materials. All phases of residential construction, from sitework to flooring to renewable energy, are covered. Products are grouped by function, and each chapter begins with a discussion of key environmental considerations, and what to look for in a green product. Over 40% revised, this updated edition includes over 120 new products. Categories of products include: Sitework and landscaping Outdoor structures Decking Foundations, footers and slabs Structural systems and components Sheathing Exterior finish and trim Roofing Doors and windows Insulation Flooring and floor coverings Interior finish and trim Caulks and adhesives Paints and coatings Mechanical systems/HVAC Plumbing, electrical and lighting Appliances Furniture and furnishings Renewable energy Distributors and retailers An index of products and manufacturers makes for easy navigation. There is no more comprehensive resource for both the engaged homeowner and those who design and build homes.

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