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Don't Worry (It's Safe to Eat)

The True Story of GM Food, BSE and Foot and Mouth

By: Andrew Rowell

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Don't Worry (It's Safe to Eat)

The True Story of GM Food, BSE and Foot and Mouth

By: Andrew Rowell

An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bottom-line climate of commercialized science and privatized knowledge, Rowell tells the true story of the widely publicized Pusztai GM potato scandal of the late 1990s and the ongoing Mexican maize GM contamination affair. Finally, the book offers radical solutions to make science work in the public interest and provide food that really is safe to eat.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136567844

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Expressive Genres and Historical Change

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan

By: Andrew Strathern

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Expressive Genres and Historical Change

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Taiwan

By: Andrew Strathern

This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of expression to adjust to the social and political needs of the moment. The volume is unique in exploring the significance of expressive genres for the social processes of coping with and adjusting to change, either from outside forces or from internal ones. The contributions detail first-hand fieldwork, often conducted over a period of many years, and with each contributor bringing their experience to bear on both the aesthetic and the analytical aspects of their materials. Comparative in scope, the volume covers Austronesian and non-Austronesian speakers in the wider Indo-Pacific region.

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Routledge

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1351937545

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9781351937542

Civil Procedure

A Coursebook

By: Joseph W. Glannon,Andrew M. Perlman,Peter Raven-Hansen

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Civil Procedure

A Coursebook

By: Joseph W. Glannon,Andrew M. Perlman,Peter Raven-Hansen

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Civil Procedure: A Coursebook offers students doctrinal clarity without sacrificing analytical rigor or glossing over ambiguities. The book’s accessibility, organization, and interior design support its innovative pedagogy making it the ideal text for any civil procedure course. New to the Fourth Edition: New case treatment of personal jurisdiction in the Internet context. New cases and materials for affirmative defenses (qualified immunity), class certification (stop and frisk policy), summary judgment (police shooting/qualified immunity), and issue preclusion (official misconduct), helping students connect procedure to current social issues. New case treatment of proportionality in discovery. Professors and student will benefit from: Nearly all questions asked are answered in the book Each chapter includes mini table of contents at beginning and summary of fundamentals at end Each case prefaced by accessible introduction Interior design and graphics support innovative pedagogy

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Aspen Publishing

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1543826261

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9781543826265

Seventh Crossing

By: Juliana Andrew

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Seventh Crossing

By: Juliana Andrew

Jess Jameson's life changes significantly when he receives a distress call from his childhood buddy informing him that an old friend may be in need of legal counsel. Jess learns that the friend is his former high school sweetheart, Lacey Monroe. She was found next to the body of her husband and may be a suspect in his brutal murder. Without hesitation Jess packs a bag and informs his wife that he will be out of town indefinitely. He reminisces about his life and the girl he left behind on the trip to Kings Crossing. He encounters a cantankerous Lacey who makes it perfectly clear that she wants nothing to do with him. His heart skipped a beat when he first saw her and he is determined to win her trust. Nothing is easy with her but he convinces her to let him help her, and in doing so enters into her world which has been one of secrets and lies, and denial for the last two decades. One such secret is life altering. He believes that Lacey is innocent and that a killer is lurking amongst the colourful characters that inhabit her domain. As unresolved feelings come to the surface there is no going back for either of them. Jess vows to keep her safe as she may be next on the assassin's list. He will risk his life for her as it is the only way he can save himself....

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FriesenPress

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1460271262

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What to Watch When

By: Christian Blauvelt,Laura Buller,Andrew Frisicano,Stacey Grant,Mark Morris,Drew Toal,Eddie Robson,Maggie Serota,Matthew Turner,Laurie Ulster

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What to Watch When

By: Christian Blauvelt,Laura Buller,Andrew Frisicano,Stacey Grant,Mark Morris,Drew Toal,Eddie Robson,Maggie Serota,Matthew Turner,Laurie Ulster

Answering the eternal question... WHAT TO WATCH NEXT? Looking for a box set to get your adrenaline racing or to escape to a different era? In need of a good laugh to lift your spirits? Hunting for a TV show that the whole family can watch together? If you're feeling indecisive about your next binge-watching session, we've done the hard work for you. Featuring 1,000 carefully curated reviews written by a panel of TV connoisseurs, What To Watch When offers up the best show suggestions for every mood and moment.

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Penguin

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0744037905

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9780744037906

Sentencing and Criminal Justice

By: Andrew Ashworth

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Sentencing and Criminal Justice

By: Andrew Ashworth

Now in its sixth edition, Sentencing and Criminal Justice has been extensively rewritten to reflect recent legislation, guidelines and judicial decisions. New material includes comparative sentencing research, which looks at models from other countries in comparison with the approach in England and Wales, and an additional chapter focusing on civil preventive orders and other ancillary orders. Written with clarity of expression coupled with critical analysis, this textbook offers an unrivalled combination of expertise, accessibility and coverage. This is the essential text for anyone interested in criminal justice.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316352129

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9781316352120

Born Bad

By: Andrew Vachss

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Born Bad

By: Andrew Vachss

From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories—some never before published—that distill dread back down to its essence—and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his characters from today's headlines: a stalker prowling around an anonymous high-rise; a serial killer whose transgressions reflect a childhood of hideous abuse; an inner-city gunman who is willing to take out a blockful of victims in order to win a moment of acceptance. Tautly written and endowed with murderous ironic spin, Born Bad plunges us into the hell that lies just outside our bedroom windows.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0375719091

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9780375719097

Encyclopedia of the British Short Story

By: Andrew Maunder

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Encyclopedia of the British Short Story

By: Andrew Maunder

Provides a comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth, featuring some of the most popular writers and works.

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Infobase Learning

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1438140703

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9781438140704

Griffon Spitfire Aces

By: Andrew Thomas

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Griffon Spitfire Aces

By: Andrew Thomas

A unique account of the fastest British fighter plane of World War 2. Modified for low-level operations to counter Luftwaffe attacks on the south coast, the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV became the best low-level fighter of World War II. Squadrons moved to south-eastern England to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, where daring pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the aircraft's wingtip to disorientate the bomb. Andrew Thomas also investigates the role played by the modified Spitfire squadrons after the V1 offensive, both in the attack on Germany and after the war in Malaya and Palestine. First-hand stories, photographs and colour profiles complete this account of the aces who flew the most powerful Spitfire variant ever built.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472801873

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9781472801876

Flyer

Don Finlay DFC AFC; Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and double Olympic medalist

By: Andrew White

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Flyer

Don Finlay DFC AFC; Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and double Olympic medalist

By: Andrew White

Donald Osborne Finlay, a sporting name familiar to households in the 1930s, was Britain’s greatest athlete of the time; a hurdler whose triumphant exploits graced the sports pages and newsreels week after week. From a humble family background, he became a double Olympic medalist, European Champion, and Empire (Commonwealth) Champion; he also won the AAA 120 yards hurdles an unprecedented seven times in succession. Reporters ran out of superlatives to describe him. At the three Olympic Games in which he ran, he captained the British team twice, including the Berlin Games of 1936 in front of Adolf Hitler. An all-round sportsman, both track and field events came naturally to him as did football. He played for the country’s top amateur sides and turned out for Tottenham Hotspur in wartime matches. All the more remarkable is that Finlay competed at the very highest levels of international athletics at the same time as pursuing his demanding career as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot. Joining up as a boy apprentice in the mid-1920s, he qualified as a pilot before the start of the Second World War and found himself in the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire, commanding a squadron, during the Battle of Britain. Shot down and wounded in the Battle, he was soon back in the air and rose through the ranks to command a fighter wing in Burma, ending the war with several ‘kills’ to his name, as well as a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Force Cross to add to the medals won under less lethal circumstances on the running track. As a commander, his insistence on strict discipline often led to conflict with his subordinates, but there is no doubt that his methods got results. After the war, still serving in the RAF, Don returned to competitive athletics and was as fast and successful, if not more so, than ever. By then he was in his 40s, but age was no barrier and several of his greatest hurdling victories came when others would have been long retired from the track, against athletes often twenty years his junior. Don Finlay’s life was to end prematurely, and under tragic circumstances, but his legacy lives on as one of the finest athletes ever to wear the vest of Great Britain, as well as one of ‘The Few’.

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Fighting High Publishing

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1838068767

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The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story

By: Andrew Maunder

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The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story

By: Andrew Maunder

A comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth. With approximately 450 entries, this A-to-Z guide explores the literary contributions of such writers as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D H Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Amis, and others.

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0816074968

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Consuming Interests

The Social Provision of Foods

By: Andrew Flynn,Michelle Harrison,Terry Marsden

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Consuming Interests

The Social Provision of Foods

By: Andrew Flynn,Michelle Harrison,Terry Marsden

Combining theory, research and policy Consuming Interests provides a topical interdisciplinary exploration into the nature of food provision, policy and regulation. The book provides a detailed examination of corporate retailers, state agencies and consumer organisations involved in the food sector. The analysis explores questions including: * what can the public expect from the state * what limits are there on state action * what are the most appropriate balances between public and private interests in the provision of 'quality' foods.

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Routledge

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1135357994

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Period Living & Traditional Homes Escapes

By: Peter Brimacombe,Annie Bullen,Andrew Lilwall-Smith,Susie Hodge,Clare Collinson

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Period Living & Traditional Homes Escapes

By: Peter Brimacombe,Annie Bullen,Andrew Lilwall-Smith,Susie Hodge,Clare Collinson

A travel guide with a difference: a combination of regional tour and style file which presents the means of escape to the wonders of another age. Aimed at those who love travelling Britain to explore country houses and stately homes, or at a dedicated follower of historical architecture and style, this delightful book contains 500 illustrations and regional maps.

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Jarrold Publishing

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0711735948

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Arthur Blackburn, VC

An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars

By: Andrew Faulkner

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Arthur Blackburn, VC

An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars

By: Andrew Faulkner

By any measure Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was one of Australia's most remarkable soldiers. This, the first Blackburn biography, details the famous battles that shaped Australia.

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Wakefield Press

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186254784X

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History of the 33d Iowa Infantry Volunteer Regiment, 1863-6

By: Andrew F. Sperry

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History of the 33d Iowa Infantry Volunteer Regiment, 1863-6

By: Andrew F. Sperry

As the regiment's fife and drum major responsible for sounding the duty calls that regulated a soldier's day, Sperry was well situated to observe the inner workings of his unit. His perceptive narrative of army life on the march and in camp captures the courage, humor, and sufferings of the rank and file. Although he took pride in his regiment's accomplishments, he unflinchingly reveals the hard side of war with vivid depictions of looting, resistance to orders, and "extermination" of Confederate guerrillas." "Sperry's memoir is made more valuable by the new introduction and detailed notes from the editors. Their meticulous annotations include quotes from the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of other soldiers, adding depth and detail to the account."--Jacket.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557285772

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Spitfire Aces of Burma and the Pacific

By: Andrew Thomas

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Spitfire Aces of Burma and the Pacific

By: Andrew Thomas

The history of the 54 aces who flew Spitfires over Burma, India and Australia, with first-hand accounts and full-colour artwork revealing how this much-loved plane changed the fortunes of the Allied forces against the Japanese Army Air Force. The arrival of the Spitfire in Burma came at a crucial time as the RAF struggled against the Japanese to support the Chindit operation on the ground. Proving a huge boost to morale, the Spitfire played a large part in defeating the enemy, and covering the subsequent Allied advance through Burma, protecting the ground troops and providing vital supplies. Covering this little documented aerial war, this book tells the stories of the 54 aces who flew against the Japanese, and also those who fought in India and Australia. Full-colour artwork reveals the markings and paint schemes of this most-famous of British planes, whilst first-hand accounts and archive photographs bring the aerial battles of Burma, India and Australia to life.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1846038960

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Gender, Song, and Sensibility

Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea

By: Pamela J. Stewart,Andrew Strathern

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Gender, Song, and Sensibility

Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea

By: Pamela J. Stewart,Andrew Strathern

The authors present a historical picture of gender relations in Highlands New Guinea by exploring domains of imagination as revealed in courting songs, ballads, and folktales from across the Highlands but with particular reference to field areas in the western Highlands. Texts and/or translations are from a rich corpus of materials previously unpublished in English. The examples draw the reader into the imaginative world of the people, while the analytical framework sets the discussion firmly into debates within interpretive anthropology. The aim is to re-examine the images of gender relations in Highlands New Guinea by revealing the sensuous and emotional modalities of expressive folk genres and their aesthetic qualities. Ideas and practices centered on female spirit entities are shown to be important and pervasive in cult contexts, and these spirits were felt to have a significant influence on relations of courtship, marriage, and reproduction. Both women and men are also shown to have complex expressions of emotional dispositions in the spheres of courting and the choice of marital partners. By entering into these domains, the book modifies earlier analyses that have concentrated on antagonism, behavioral taboos, separation, and domination as themes in gender relations in Highland societies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313012679

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9780313012679

VAREN: Nightfall

By: Andrew Shapter

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VAREN: Nightfall

By: Andrew Shapter

The Michael Varen Saga Continues... The Nearer the Truth, The Greater the Risk It is a year since the events of Snowblind, and Michael Varen's personal mission to uncover the secrets of the Overseers has taken its toll and netted few results. That is until he and fellow Enforcer Lance Rene are tasked with transferring a prisoner from Canberra to New Melbourne. A straightforward job, except that this prisoner has a connection to Pavel Andropov - the shadow organisations highest ranking member. Armed with new information and operating outside of the JED, Varen moves in to confront his enemy, but the price of knowing the truth will prove to be high. Very high. Questions will be answered. Loyalties will be tested. Law will be Enforced.

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Lulu.com

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1326063863

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Harrier Hawks Fly High

By: Andrew Gideon

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Harrier Hawks Fly High

By: Andrew Gideon

A motivational book about the lives of Montana high school students. A dream of a cross country state championship and the 1000's of miles of sweat to live this dream. Future leaders of the world - and from Montana! High school life in its finest form, running at a high level, and a quest that will make a person smile, laugh, and cry.

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0615222706

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9780615222707

Understanding the Law of Obligations

Essays on Contract, Tort and Restitution

By: Andrew Burrows

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Understanding the Law of Obligations

Essays on Contract, Tort and Restitution

By: Andrew Burrows

NEW in paperback From the Reviews of the hardback edition: This is a fascinating and thought-provoking collection of eight essays..... Taken together they represent a coherent and compelling exposition of the English law of obligations.... One is left with the picture of an [author] ... who remains a devotee of "practical scholarship" and the deductive technique of the common law and has a grasp on its intricacies second to non." Edwin Peel, The Law Quarterly Review, 1999 "[These essays], all concerned with various aspects of contract, tort and unjust enrichment, are a pleasure to peruse, and a distinct cut above the usual lacklustre collection of past triumphs now beyond their sell-by date. Without exception they are both topical and relevant: ... together they form a readable, scholarly and eclectic mixture of exposition and polemic, of speculation and analysis" Andrew Tettenborn, The Cambridge Law Journal, 1999 "..quite simply the most convincing and complete explanation of the law of obligations that is currently available - the book is thorough, compelling, definitive, and highly important." Paul Kearns, Anglo-American Law Review, 1999 "an extremely important work, produced by a leading academic." David Wright, Adelaide Law Review

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847316751

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Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation

By: Andrew J. Elliot

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Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation

By: Andrew J. Elliot

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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0805860193

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Cases and Materials on the Law of Restitution

By: Andrew S. Burrows,Ewan McKendrick,James Edelman

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Cases and Materials on the Law of Restitution

By: Andrew S. Burrows,Ewan McKendrick,James Edelman

Written by leading experts who have shaped and defined the law of restitution, the book provides an authoritative and scholarly guide to the subject. The second edition of this seminal title continues the formula of the first edition by combining a comprehensive coverage of cases with extracts from leading academic authorities.

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0199296510

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9780199296514

Those Guys Have All the Fun

Inside the World of ESPN

By: Tom Shales,James Andrew Miller

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Those Guys Have All the Fun

Inside the World of ESPN

By: Tom Shales,James Andrew Miller

In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams. It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now. Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.

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Little, Brown

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0316125768

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9780316125765

Like Trembling Birds

By: Andrew DiNicola

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Like Trembling Birds

By: Andrew DiNicola

Sam Rizzo, a football star and class president of DuPont High, and his elder sister, Francine, a tough girl who likes to kickbox, enter the world as children of a premonition. Their single mother believes that she will die giving birth to Sam, and that is precisely what happens. Without a mother or father to care for them, they end up as foster children being reared by their Aunt Clara, a failed nun and the sister of their deceased mother. Clara must abandon God's call to enter a convent because she cannot overcome the sins of the flesh, although she tells everyone that she had to drop out of the novitiate to care for her dead sister's children. Deep inside her, Clara harbors a regret and self-hatred so deep that it manifests in her determination to make something holy of Sam and Francine so that she can redeem her life and the life of her deceased sister. She is determined to send Sam to a monastery and send his sister to a convent. So she vows to do everything she can do to keep the boy and girl as pure virgins because she wants their call to a religious order to be free and clear of those sins of the flesh that sidetracked her. As such, Like Trembling Birds traces Sam's and Francine's spiritual journey as they make their way toward the religious life of their aunt's choosing. However, what their abusive aunt does not realize is that God has other plans for these two. And although they must endure harsh treatment from manipulative Aunt Clara, in the end, each of them finds love. Francine falls in love with a girl she meets at work, and Sam falls in love with a girl who tries to ruin him but who then finds her rescuer in Sam. This story presents us with love amid the pain of loss and sorrow and then joy. The spiritual journey of each sibling does end in joy, but it's a joy that defies understanding and that blossoms only by the mysterious work of God.

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Page Publishing Inc

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The Real Elizabeth

An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

By: Andrew Marr

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The Real Elizabeth

An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

By: Andrew Marr

A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her reign Elizabeth II, one of England's longest-reigning monarchs, is an enigma. In public, she confines herself to optimistic pieties and guarded smiles; in private, she is wry, funny, and an excellent mimic. Now, for the first time, one of Britain's leading journalists and historians gets behind the mask and tells us the fascinating story of the real Elizabeth. Born shortly before the Depression, Elizabeth grew up during World War II and became queen because of the shocking abdication of her uncle and the early death of her father. Only twenty-five when she ascended to the throne, she has been at the apex of the British state for nearly six decades. She has entertained and known numerous world leaders, including every U.S. president since Harry Truman. Brought up to regard family values as sacred, she has seen all but one of her children divorce; her heir, Prince Charles, conduct an adulterous affair before Princess Diana's death; and a steady stream of family secrets poured into the open. Yet she has never failed to carry out her duties, and she has never said a word about any of the troubles she has endured. Andrew Marr, who enjoys extraordinary access to senior figures at Buckingham Palace, has written a revealing and essential book about a woman who has managed to remain private to the point of mystery throughout her reign.

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1429950021

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9781429950022

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