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The Incredible Shrinking Alpha 2nd edition

How to be a successful investor without picking winners

By: Andrew L. Berkin,Larry E. Swedroe

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The Incredible Shrinking Alpha 2nd edition

How to be a successful investor without picking winners

By: Andrew L. Berkin,Larry E. Swedroe

Active managers persistently lag the returns of benchmarks and index funds that track them, with the excuses for underperformance recycled every year. This comprehensive book is the antidote for the active managers’ siren song. If you understand the benefits of indexing, or systematic investing, it will reinforce your commitment while increasing your knowledge. If you don’t yet believe, Swedroe and Berkin provide a compelling case that you’re playing the loser’s game of active management. Alpha, or outperformance against appropriate risk-adjusted benchmarks, is shrinking as it gets converted into beta, or factor exposures. They demonstrate that even for the most talented managers, their ability to add value is waning because: the amount of alpha available is declining; it must be split among an increasing amount of investment dollars; and the competition is getting tougher. In this greatly expanded second edition, Swedroe and Berkin show you how to develop an investment plan that focuses on what risks to take, and how much of them, as well as how to build a diversified portfolio. They present a list of vehicles to consider when implementing your plan and provide guidance on the care and maintenance of your portfolio. As a bonus they add appendices that will make you a more informed and, therefore, better investor. This makes The Incredible Shrinking Alpha a complete guide to successful investment strategy.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857198254

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EC Regulation of Corporate Governance

By: Andrew Johnston

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EC Regulation of Corporate Governance

By: Andrew Johnston

Uses economic and reflexive governance theories to demonstrate how EC law achieves the necessary balance between integration and regulatory diversity.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521876672

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9780521876674

The Medical Metropolis

Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston

By: Andrew T. Simpson

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The Medical Metropolis

Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston

By: Andrew T. Simpson

In 2008, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers (UPMC) hoisted its logo atop the U.S. Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh, symbolically declaring that the era of big steel had been replaced by the era of big medicine for this once industrial city. More than 1,200 miles to the south, a similar sense of optimism pervaded the public discourse around the relationship between health care and the future of Houston's economy. While traditional Texas industries like oil and natural gas still played a critical role, the presence of the massive Texas Medical Center, billed as "the largest medical complex in the world," had helped to rebrand the city as a site for biomedical innovation and ensured its stability during the financial crisis of the mid-2000s. Taking Pittsburgh and Houston as case studies, The Medical Metropolis offers the first comparative, historical account of how big medicine transformed American cities in the postindustrial era. Andrew T. Simpson explores how the hospital-civic relationship, in which medical centers embraced a business-oriented model, remade the deindustrialized city into the "medical metropolis." From the 1940s to the present, the changing business of American health care reshaped American cities into sites for cutting-edge biomedical and clinical research, medical education, and innovative health business practices. This transformation relied on local policy and economic decisions as well as broad and homogenizing national forces, including HMOs, biotechnology programs, and hospital privatization. Today, the medical metropolis is considered by some as a triumph of innovation and revitalization and by others as a symbol of the excesses of capitalism and the inequality still pervading American society.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812251679

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9780812251678

Stoicism, Politics and Literature in the Age of Milton

War and Peace Reconciled

By: Andrew Shifflett

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Stoicism, Politics and Literature in the Age of Milton

War and Peace Reconciled

By: Andrew Shifflett

This 1998 book examines key seventeenth-century writers in the context of their common interest in the philosophical tradition of Stoicism.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521592038

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The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland

By: Rob Fray,Roger Davies,Dave Gamble,Andrew Harrop,Steve Lister

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The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland

By: Rob Fray,Roger Davies,Dave Gamble,Andrew Harrop,Steve Lister

The County Avifaunas are a growing series of books, each of which gives details of the status and range of every species on the county list, with a detailed breakdown of rarity records. Each has introductory sections describing the county's ecology and habitats, climate, ornithological history and conservation record. This new avifauna covers Leicestershire and neighbouring Rutland, an area with a particularly strong birding tradition - the Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society is one of the largest county bird clubs in Britain. The region holds some of England's most important inland reservoirs, including the largest, Rutland Water. This massive lake holds some 10,000 wintering birds of a variety of species each year, and has an impressive rarity list as well as some of England's few breeding Ospreys. The county also has important woodlands, gull roosts and river habitats. Rutland Water is the home of the British Birdwatching Fair, the most important trade fair in the birding calendar.

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A&C Black

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1408108917

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9781408108918

Heroes of Coastal Command

The RAF's Maritime War 1939–1945

By: Andrew D. Bird

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Heroes of Coastal Command

The RAF's Maritime War 1939–1945

By: Andrew D. Bird

Real-life, action-packed, personal stories of valor from the history of the RAF’s maritime arm during World War II. It took thirty minutes for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. The crew of Flying Officer Kenneth “Kayo” Moore in their 224 Squadron Liberator carried out this remarkable achievement on the evening of 7/8 June 1944. While patrolling the western end of the English Channel, Moore’s crew first dispatched U-629, followed just under thirty minutes later by U-373. The story of this remarkable engagement is just one of many recounted by the author in Heroes of Coastal Command. Established in 1936, Coastal Command was the RAF’s only maritime arm. Throughout the war, its crews worked tirelessly alongside the Royal Navy to keep Britain’s vital sea lanes open. Together, they fought and won the Battle of the Atlantic, with RAF aircraft destroying 212 German U-Boats and sinking a significant tonnage of enemy warships and merchant vessels. Often working alone and unsupported, undertaking long patrols out over opens seas, Coastal Command bred a special kind of airman. Alongside individuals such as Kenneth Moore, there were Allan Trigg, Kenneth Campbell and John Cruickshank, all of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross; Norman Jackson-Smith, a Blenheim pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain; Jack Davenport, who flew his Hampden to Russia; John Watson, the sole survivor of a Short Sunderland which was lost during a rescue mission; and Ken Gatward, who flew a unique daylight mission over Paris to drop a Tricolore on the Arc de Triomphe. Theirs are just some of the many exciting stories revealed by the author.

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Pen and Sword

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1526710714

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Burma, Kipling and Western Music

The Riff from Mandalay

By: Andrew Selth

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Burma, Kipling and Western Music

The Riff from Mandalay

By: Andrew Selth

For decades, scholars have been trying to answer the question: how was colonial Burma perceived in and by the Western world, and how did people in countries like the United Kingdom and United States form their views? This book explores how Western perceptions of Burma were influenced by the popular music of the day. From the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824-6 until Burma regained its independence in 1948, more than 180 musical works with Burma-related themes were written in English-speaking countries, in addition to the many hymns composed in and about Burma by Christian missionaries. Servicemen posted to Burma added to the lexicon with marches and ditties, and after 1913 most movies about Burma had their own distinctive scores. Taking Rudyard Kipling’s 1890 ballad ‘Mandalay’ as a critical turning point, this book surveys all these works with emphasis on popular songs and show tunes, also looking at classical works, ballet scores, hymns, soldiers’ songs, sea shanties, and film soundtracks. It examines how they influenced Western perceptions of Burma, and in turn reflected those views back to Western audiences. The book sheds new light not only on the West’s historical relationship with Burma, and the colonial music scene, but also Burma’s place in the development of popular music and the rise of the global music industry. In doing so, it makes an original contribution to the fields of musicology and Asian Studies.

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Routledge

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1317298896

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Albemarle Parish Vestry Book, 1742-1786

Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia

By: Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis,Andrew Wilburn Hogwood

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Albemarle Parish Vestry Book, 1742-1786

Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia

By: Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis,Andrew Wilburn Hogwood

The Vestry Book of Albemarle Parish is one of the priceless original public records of the Old Dominion that has survived the vicissitudes of time, wars, invasions, fire, and neglect. Now, for the first time, the Vestry Book is widely available to researchers owing to the transcription efforts of Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis and Andrew Wilburn Hogwood.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806317566

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Rock to Riches

Build Your Business the Rock & Roll Way

By: Andrew Chapman,Lee T. Silber

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Rock to Riches

Build Your Business the Rock & Roll Way

By: Andrew Chapman,Lee T. Silber

When business gets tough, the tough get rockin' -- rock solid business advice from the world's most solid rock stars

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Capital Books

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1933102659

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Golf's Strangest Rounds

Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf

By: Andrew Ward

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Golf's Strangest Rounds

Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf

By: Andrew Ward

‘The most eccentric golf book ever’ Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf’s Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether – meet ‘Mysterious Montague’, for example, one of the world’s best golfers but a man who refused ever to compete in a tournament. You’ll find plenty of golfing greats here – Gene Sarazen, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo – all of whom have played their parts in irrational finishes, record rounds and famous freak shots. The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true. Fully revised, redesigned and updated, this book is the perfect gift for any golf fanatic. Word count: 45,000

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Portico

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1911042416

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Here and Everywhere Else

Small-Town Maine and the World

By: Andrew Witmer

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Here and Everywhere Else

Small-Town Maine and the World

By: Andrew Witmer

Winner of an Award of Excellence, American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) In 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer reveals the sometimes surprising ways that this small New England town engaged with the wider world across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Townspeople fought and died in distant wars, transformed the economy and landscape with quarries and mills, and used railroads, highways, print, and new technologies to forge connections with the rest of the nation. Here and Everywhere Else starts with Monson’s incorporation in the early nineteenth century, when central Maine was considered the northern frontier and over 90 percent of Americans still lived in rural areas; it ends with present-day attempts to revive this declining Maine town into an artists’ colony. Engagingly written, with colorful portraits of local characters and landmarks, this study illustrates how the residents of this remote place have remade their town by integrating (and resisting) external influences.

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UMass + ORM

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161376944X

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Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life

An Object Relations Theory Perspective

By: Andrew T. McCarthy

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Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life

An Object Relations Theory Perspective

By: Andrew T. McCarthy

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person. While most such studies have sought a comprehensive personality profile, this work focuses on one aspect — Francis' imagination — and seeks greater insight into the imaginatively inspired spiritual vision of St. Francis. An analysis of Francis' writings builds on a survey of modern views of the imagination and the approach of ORT, or Object Relations Theory. ORT, with its contention that the imaginative creation of an infant's world develops out of the earliest interactions with the maternal caregiver, highlights the way Francis formed his way of visualizing the reality around him. While any study of a person 800 years in the grave is more dependent on what is plausible than on what is determinable, this study finds numerous examples where Francis' writings display an adept use of imagination and even encourages others in that use in a manner that corresponds to an ORT perspective on tutoring the imagination.

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University Press of America

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0761852514

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9780761852513

The Liability of the Holding Company for the Debts of its Insolvent Subsidiaries

By: Andrew Muscat

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The Liability of the Holding Company for the Debts of its Insolvent Subsidiaries

By: Andrew Muscat

This work deals with the liability of the holding company for the debts of its insolvent subsidiaries. In analyzing the current position under English law, the work challenges as outmoded and inadequate the virtual dogma that a holding company is not answerable for the debts of its insolvent subsidiaries. The study identifies four separate and distinct types of behavioural practices within corporate groups which may prejudice the interests of external creditors or otherwise constitute an abuse of the corporate form; the subservient subsidiary situation; the inadequately financed subsidiary situation; the integrated economic enterprise situation; and the group persona situation. After weighing the various arguments for and against a change in the law and concluding that reform is called for, the study proceeds to submit some radical proposals for reform. The basic thrust of the reform proposals is that in a number of well-defined situations entity law should give way to an enterprise analysis and holding company liability should be imposed for the debts of insolvent subsidiaries.

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Routledge

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1351886819

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Coastal Dawn

Blenheims in Action from the Phoney War through the Battle of Britain

By: Andrew Bird

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Coastal Dawn

Blenheims in Action from the Phoney War through the Battle of Britain

By: Andrew Bird

In 1940, the defense of Great Britain rested with a handful of volunteer aircrew, Churchills few. Overshadowed in later folklore by the more famous Spitfire and Hurricane pilots, there were other pilots, observers and air gunners just as courageous flying the Bristol Blenheim MKIV-F. The future of the country and arguably that of the free world depended also on their skill, morale and sacrifice. Remarkably little has been chronicled of these men and their aircraft the Trade Protection squadrons formed by Hugh Dowding allotted to 11 Group in October 1939. The aircrafts range and endurance made it suitable for defense of coastal shipping against attack on the southern and eastern shores of Britain, and for operations further afield. Indeed during bitter fighting casualties among Numbers 235, 236, 248 and 254 Squadron Blenheims were high on operations over Norway, Holland, France, Dunkirk and then the Battle of Britain where the Blenheims were completely outclassed by Messerschmitt 109 and 110 fighters and fell easy victims, scythed from the sky. But the record of the aircraft and their crew was an immensely proud one. Drawing on contemporary diaries, periodicals, letters, logbooks, memoirs and interviews with survivors, lauded historian Andy Bird reassesses the vital role they played and repositions it in history. In doing so, he justifiably embraces the heroes we have left behind.

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Grub Street Publishing

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1906502692

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Living Compassion

Loving Like Jesus

By: Andrew Dreitcer

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Living Compassion

Loving Like Jesus

By: Andrew Dreitcer

In the face of hurtful public dialogue and worldwide conflict, many Christians want to practice and experience genuine compassion. After all, centuries of Christian teachings have insisted that compassion is at the heart of the Christian life. "Love your enemies," Jesus said in Luke 6:35-36. "Do good to them. Be compassionate, just as God is compassionate." How do we become more compassionate toward others, especially our enemies? And since Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, how do we practice being compassionate toward ourselves? Join Andrew Dreitcer, codirector of the Center for Engaged Compassion, in exploring how certain Christian spiritual practices are compassion practices. Discover how ancient as well as contemporary practices can shape your life, helping you become more compassionate in today's world. Dreitcer introduces you to the Compassion Practice, a compassion formation process that has been developed in the last decade. Each chapter includes a "Review and Practice" section to help you apply what you learned. Uncover and learn how to express your innate compassion within you, and find out how to turn your desire for compassion into a life centered in genuine, lasting compassion.

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Upper Room Books

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0835817253

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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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Taylor & Francis

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0805860193

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9780805860191

Rights and Private Law

By: Donal Nolan,Andrew Robertson

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Rights and Private Law

By: Donal Nolan,Andrew Robertson

In recent years a strand of thinking has developed in private law scholarship which has come to be known as 'rights' or 'rights-based' analysis. Rights analysis seeks to develop an understanding of private law obligations that is driven, primarily or exclusively, by the recognition of the rights we have against each other, rather than by other influences on private law, such as the pursuit of community welfare goals. Notions of rights are also assuming greater importance in private law in other respects. Human rights instruments are having an increasing influence on private law doctrines. And in the law of unjust enrichment, an important debate has recently begun on the relationship between restitution of rights and restitution of value. This collection is a significant contribution to debate about the role of rights in private law. It includes essays by leading private law scholars addressing fundamental questions about the role of rights in private law as a whole and within particular areas of private law. The collection includes contributions by advocates and critics of rights-based approaches and provides a thorough and balanced analysis of the relationship between rights and private law.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847317898

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Paleolimnology

The History and Evolution of Lake Systems

By: Andrew S. Cohen

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Paleolimnology

The History and Evolution of Lake Systems

By: Andrew S. Cohen

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the process of sedimentation in lakes and the chemistry of those deposits and describes how the age of lake deposits are determined. Additionally, this book shows how different groups of fossils are used in interpreting the paleontological record of lakes. In order to illustrate the more synthetic approaches to interpreting the history of lakes, the author also discusses such special topics as lake-level history, lake evolution, and the impact of environmental change on lakes.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195133536

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The Presumption of Innocence

Evidential and Human Rights Perspectives

By: Andrew Stumer

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The Presumption of Innocence

Evidential and Human Rights Perspectives

By: Andrew Stumer

The presumption of innocence is universally recognized as a fundamental human right and a core principle in the administration of criminal justice. Nonetheless, statutes creating criminal offences regularly depart from the presumption of innocence by requiring defendants to prove specific matters in order to avoid conviction. Legislatures and courts seek to justify this departure by asserting that the reversal of the burden of proof is necessary to meet the community interest in prosecuting serious crime and maintaining workable criminal sanctions. This book investigates the supposed justifications for limitation of the presumption of innocence. It does so through a comprehensive analysis of the history, rationale and scope of the presumption of innocence. It is argued that the values underlying the presumption of innocence are of such fundamental importance to individual liberty that they cannot be sacrificed on the altar of community interest. In particular, it is argued that a test of 'proportionality', which seeks to weigh individual rights against the community interest, is inappropriate in the context of the presumption of innocence and that courts ought instead to focus on whether an impugned measure threatens the values which the presumption is designed to protect. The book undertakes a complete and systematic review of the United Kingdom and Strasbourg authority on the presumption of innocence. It also draws upon extensive references to comparative material, both judicial and academic, from the United States, Canada and South Africa.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847315879

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9781847315878

The Globe Guide to Shakespeare

By: Andrew Dickson

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The Globe Guide to Shakespeare

By: Andrew Dickson

With full coverage of the thirty-nine Shakespearian plays (including a synopsis, full character list, stage history, and a critical essay for each), this comprehensive guide is both a quick reference and an in-depth background guide for theatre goers, students, film buffs, and lovers of literature. Along with an exploration of the Bard's sonnets and narrative poems, The Globe Guide to Shakespeare features fascinating accounts of Shakespeare's life and the Globe Theater itself, with colorful details about each play's original performance.This comprehensive guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best films and audio recordings of each play, from Laurence Olivier to Baz Luhrmann, Kozintsev to Kurosawa. The Globe Guide to Shakespeare is the quintessential celebration of all things Shakespearian.

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Simon and Schuster

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1681772647

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A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides

Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna

By: Andrew Harvey

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A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides

Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna

By: Andrew Harvey

Four spiritual guides, four classic texts--timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual masters. The core of their most important teachings--along with annotations from expert scholars and introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time--now are all in one beautiful volume. A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides contains selections from four classic texts: Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) * Dhammapada (Buddha) * The Gospel of Thomas (Jesus) * Selections from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Ramakrishna) The selections focus on the inspiring themes of devotion and selfless action; serenity and the mind; mysticism and the individual's search for answers; and the direct path to the Divine. Andrew Harvey's warm and personal introduction to each guide offers his own experiences of learning from their wisdom.

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SkyLight Paths Publishing

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1594731381

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9781594731389

The Devil's World

Heresy and Society 1100-1300

By: Andrew Roach

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The Devil's World

Heresy and Society 1100-1300

By: Andrew Roach

Exploring the relationship of heresy, dissent and society in the 12th and 13th Centuries,The Devil’s World shows how people made conscious choices between heresy and orthodoxy in the middle ages and were not afraid to exert their power as ‘consumers’ of religion. The book gives an account of all popular religious movements, looks at the threat that heresy presented to the Church and lay powers and considers the measures they took to deal with it. Ideal for students of medieval and religious history.

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Routledge

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1317889002

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Fat Fast Cookbook 2

50 More Low-Carb High-Fat Recipes to Induce Deep Ketosis, Tame Your Appetite, Cause Crazy-Fast Weight Loss, Improve Sports Performance & Generally Improve Your Metabolism

By: Dana Carpender,Andrew DiMino

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Fat Fast Cookbook 2

50 More Low-Carb High-Fat Recipes to Induce Deep Ketosis, Tame Your Appetite, Cause Crazy-Fast Weight Loss, Improve Sports Performance & Generally Improve Your Metabolism

By: Dana Carpender,Andrew DiMino

ON SALE NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME THROUGH December 31, 2020! Introducing the NEW Fat Fast Cookbook 2 with 50 More--Even Better--Low-Carb High-Fat Ketogenic Recipes to Jump Start Your Low-Carb Fat Burning! Bestselling Low-Carb Expert and Author of Fat Fast Cookbook Dana Carpender has gone back to the kitchen in collaboration with CarbSmart Publisher Andrew DiMino to create 50 more incredible Low-Carb recipes that will quickly get you into Nutritional Ketosis and kick start your stalled weight loss. They've created an updated companion to the first Fat Fast Cookbook with 50 more Low-Carb High-Fat Ketogenic recipes to propel you into deep ketosis. Has your Low-Carb weight loss stalled even if you're strictly following the Atkins Diet?Do you find that no matter what you do, your weight is slowly creeping back up a little at a time?Are you looking for new, delicious, easy-to-make ways to add more healthy fat to your low carb diet?Do you already have the Fat Fast Cookbook but want even more Low-Carb High-Fat recipe ideas that your whole family will love?If you're ready to start again, we've got your solution. Harness the Fat Fast & Nutritional Ketosis and get back on track! Foreword by Jacqueline A. Eberstein, RN Includes a Foreword and detailed explanation of the Fat Fast science by Jacqueline A. Eberstein, RN--Dr. Atkins' own clinical nurse. She has been administering the Fat Fast to her patients for decades! Jacqueline has seen first hand how the Fat Fast works to get her stalled patients back into Nutritional Ketosis. All Diets Stall. Here's The Fix! The Fat Fast is the fastest way to lose stubborn fat--while maintaining muscle mass! The Fat Fast--1,000 calories per day, 90% from pure fat--resulted in average fat loss--not just weight loss, but fat loss--of over a pound per day! It's a radical, short-term strategy, but boy, does it work. First clinically proven in the 1950s, the Fat Fast was recommended by Dr. Robert Atkins to help metabolically resistant low carb dieters like you and me who hit a low-carb weight loss stall, and need to drive their bodies back into Nutritional Ketosis. Restart Your Low Carb Weight Loss With Nutritional Ketosis Nutritional Ketosis is a metabolic state where the body is burning only fat and their by-product, ketones, for energy. Combine that with caloric restriction, and your body starts to incinerate its own stored fat for fuel. If you've gone off your low carb plan, the Fat Fast is the fastest way to get back in the game. If you're metabolically resistant to weight loss, it's the most reliable way to break through and start losing. Too Much Protein and Too Little Fat Can Stall Weight Loss Despite the common term "high protein diet," research shows that the body can turn excess protein into glucose. Stop thinking "Low Carb/High Protein," and start thinking "Low Carb/High Fat." By replacing most protein with fat you trigger deep Nutritional Ketosis, jump-starting your stalled weight loss. But unless you enjoy olive oil shooters, or can afford to live on macadamia nuts, you need Fat Fast recipes to do it. Take A Look At What Fat Fast Cookbook 2 Includes! 50 MORE Delicious Low Carb / High Fat Recipes You'll love these quick and easy-to-prepare recipes written by Dana Carpender, Managing Editor of CarbSmart and author of Fat Fast Cookbook with contributions by CarbSmart Publisher Andrew DiMino. Even More Science Behind Using the Fat Fast Dana Carpender and Jacqueline A. Eberstein, RN explain the history and science of the Fat Fast, why it works, how it works, and how you can harness its power in your low-carb lifestyle. Easy to Find Fat Fast Foods That Will Restart Your Metabolism and Boost Your Fat Loss Learn the secrets to the foods that will help your body burn more fat with Fat Fast ingredients like shirataki noodles, full-fat canned coconut milk, Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) oil, and many more. We include a list of these easy-to-find foods and ingredients you'll need for your Fat Fast recipes whether you purchase them in your local supermarket or online. A Sample of the Quick and Easy-to-Prepare Low Carb / High Fat recipes Dana's Fat Fast ChiliFat Fast Fried "Rice"Buffalo Chicken SoupFettuccini CarbonaraJalapeno Poppers on the RangeArtichoke and Mushroom "Risotto"Mac 'n' Nacho CheeseAvocado-Bacon SoupSpaghetti with Bacon and OlivesFat Fast KetonnaiseCreamy Lemon NoodlesLime Vanilla Fat BombsSalted Caramel Mocha Keto CoffeeTropical Cooler"Tapioca" Pudding Other Uses For Fat Fast Cookbook 2 These recipes are not just for Fat Fasting! If you're on a ketogenic diet for weight loss, sports performance, seizure control, cancer therapy, or just because it makes you feel good, you've just found dozens of delicious new low-carb / high-fat options!

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Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics

War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades

By: Andrew Latham

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Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics

War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades

By: Andrew Latham

Over the past two decades or so, medieval geopolitics have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in the collective imagination—and writings—of International Relations scholars. Although these accounts differ significantly in terms of their respective analytical assumptions, theoretical concerns and scholarly contributions, they share at least one common – arguably, defining – element: a belief that a careful study of medieval geopolitics can help resolve a number of important debates surrounding the nature and dynamics of "international" relations. There are however three generic weaknesses characterizing the extant literature: a general failure to examine the existing historiography of medieval geopolitics, an inadequate account of the material and ideational forces that create patterns of violent conflict in medieval Latin Christendom, and a failure to take seriously the role of "religion" in the geopolitical relations of medieval Latin Christendom. This book seeks to address these shortcomings by providing a theoretically guided and historically sensitive account of the geopolitical relations of medieval Latin Christendom. It does this by developing a theoretically informed picture of medieval geopolitics, theorizing the medieval-to-modern transition in a new and fruitful way, and suggesting ways in which a systematic analysis of medieval geopolitical relations can actually help to illuminate a range of contemporary geopolitical phenomena. Finally, it develops an historically sensitive conceptual framework for understanding geopolitical conflict and war more generally.

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113645389X

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BRIXMIS and the Secret Cold War

Intelligence Collecting Operations Behind Enemy Lines in East Germany

By: Andrew Long

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BRIXMIS and the Secret Cold War

Intelligence Collecting Operations Behind Enemy Lines in East Germany

By: Andrew Long

A detailed account of British intelligence operations in Cold War East Germany, revealing Soviet and East German military secrets from 1946 to 1990. The German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, was the frontline in the Cold War, packed with hundreds of thousands of Soviet and East German troops armed with the latest Warsaw Pact equipment, lined up along the 1,400 km Inner German Border. However, because of the repressive East German police state, little human intelligence about these forces reached the West. Who were they? Where were they located? What were they doing? How were they equipped? What were their intentions? NATO was lined up in West Germany to face these forces and relied on getting up-to-date intelligence to warn of any threat, ‘Indicators of Hostility’ that could be a precursor to an invasion. BRIXMIS, the British Commanders’-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany, was on hand to provide that intelligence. Thanks to an obscure 1946 agreement between the British and Soviets that established ‘liaison missions’ in their respective zones of occupation, the British were able to send highly qualified military ‘observers’ into East Germany to roam (relatively) freely and keep an eye on what was going on. What started as ‘liaison’, a point of contact between the British and Soviet occupation forces, developed into a very sophisticated intelligence collection operation, sending ‘tours’ out every day of the year, between 1946 and when the Mission closed in 1990. These tours were undertaken in high-performance, highly modified marked vehicles, with personnel in uniform and unarmed, apart from professional photographic equipment and occasionally some top-secret gadgets from the boffins back in the UK. They joined their French and American colleagues in snooping around the opposition, photographing military bases, equipment, and maneuvers, and trying to evade capture by the secret police and counterintelligence units. They faced danger and violence daily, but thanks to their bravery and professionalism, the West had accurate and up-to-date information on what was happening in East Germany which helped keep the peace all that time. This is the story of this little-known unit and their exploits behind enemy lines.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399067869

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Food and Drink in American History [3 volumes]

A "Full Course" Encyclopedia [3 volumes]

By: Andrew F. Smith

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Food and Drink in American History [3 volumes]

A "Full Course" Encyclopedia [3 volumes]

By: Andrew F. Smith

This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages serves as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American history courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants. The expression "you are what you eat" certainly applies to Americans, not just in terms of our physical health, but also in the myriad ways that our taste preferences, eating habits, and food culture are intrinsically tied to our society and history. This standout reference work comprises two volumes containing more than 600 alphabetically arranged historical entries on American foods and beverages, as well as dozens of historical recipes for traditional American foods; and a third volume of more than 120 primary source documents. Never before has there been a reference work that coalesces this diverse range of information into a single set. The entries in this set provide information that will transform any American history research project into an engaging learning experience. Examples include explanations of how tuna fish became a staple food product for Americans, how the canning industry emerged from the Civil War, the difference between Americans and people of other countries in terms of what percentage of their income is spent on food and beverages, and how taxation on beverages like tea, rum, and whisky set off important political rebellions in U.S. history.

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1610692330

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A Collection of Short Stories

By: Andrew G Riddell

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A Collection of Short Stories

By: Andrew G Riddell

Having spiritual overtones this collection is both suspenseful and erotic. The author is a second time writer and his collection of stories is a great companion for any library.

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iUniverse

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1491796081

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Green Backlash

Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement

By: Andrew Rowell

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Green Backlash

Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement

By: Andrew Rowell

Exposes the political Right and industry as they fight back at environmental movements, examines the threats and challenges and concludes how the environmental movement must re-evaluate and change to overcome the backlash.

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Psychology Press

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0415128277

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