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Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Evangelical America

By: Barry Hankins

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Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Evangelical America

By: Barry Hankins

Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was probably the single greatest intellectual influence on young evangelicals of the 1960s and '70s. He was cultural critic, popular mentor, political activist, Christian apologist, founder of L'Abri, and the author of over twenty books and two important films. It is impossible to understand the intellectual world of contemporary evangelicalism apart from Francis Schaeffer.Barry Hankins has written a critical but appreciative biography that explains how Schaeffer was shaped by the contexts of his life -- from young fundamentalist pastor in America, to greatly admired mentor, to lecturer and activist who encouraged world-wary evangelicals to engage the culture around them. Drawing extensively from primary sources, including personal interviews, Hankins paints a picture of a complex, sometimes flawed, but ultimately prophetic figure in American evangelicalism and beyond.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802863892

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The Modern West

American Landscapes, 1890-1950

By: Emily Ballew Neff,Barry Holstun Lopez

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The Modern West

American Landscapes, 1890-1950

By: Emily Ballew Neff,Barry Holstun Lopez

A fascinating and novel exploration of the transformative role played by the American West in the development of modernism in the United States Drawing extensively from various disciplines including ethnology, geography, geology, and environmental studies, this groundbreaking book addresses shifting concepts of time, history, and landscape in relation to the work of pioneering American artists during the first half of the 20th century. Paintings, watercolors, and photographs by renowned artists such as Frederic Remington, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, Thomas Hart Benton, Dorothea Lange, and Jackson Pollock are considered alongside American Indian ledger drawings, tempuras, and Dineh sandpaintings. Taken together, these works document the quest to create a specifically American art in the decades prior to World War II. The Modern West begins with a captivating meditation on the relationship between human culture and the physical landscape by Barry Lopez, who traveled the West in the artists' footsteps. Emily Ballew Neff then describes the evolving importance of the West for American artists working out a radically new aesthetic response to space and place, from artist-explorers on the turn-of-the-century frontier, to visionaries of a Californian arcadia, to desert luminaries who found in its stark topography a natural equivalent to abstraction. Beautifully illustrated and handsomely designed, this book is essential to anyone interested in the West and the history of modernism in American art.

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Yale University Press

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0300114486

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Current Update on Orthobiologics in Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

By: Barry Rosenblum

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Current Update on Orthobiologics in Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

By: Barry Rosenblum

Carbon-based scaffolds, bioengineered alternative tissues, and bone graft substitutes are some of the articles included in this issue. The authors discuss their uses in the patient with diabetes as well as those with elective and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323342019

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9780323342018

Treatment of Panic Disorder

A Consensus Development Conference

By: Barry Wolfe

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Treatment of Panic Disorder

A Consensus Development Conference

By: Barry Wolfe

One out of every 75 people worldwide will be afflicted with panic disorder during their lifetime. Treatment of Panic Disorder presents the latest research of leading psychology, psychiatry, cardiology, internal medicine, and methodology experts working in this field. The authors address such issues as * What is panic disorder?* How is it diagnosed?* What are the current treatments?* What are the effects of these treatments?* What are the directions for future research?

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American Psychiatric Pub

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0880486856

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The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

By: Johnny Mercer,Robert Kimball,Barry Day,Miles Kreuger,Eric Davis

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The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer

By: Johnny Mercer,Robert Kimball,Barry Day,Miles Kreuger,Eric Davis

The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.

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0307265196

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Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient

By: Barry S. Fogel,Donna B. Greenberg

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Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient

By: Barry S. Fogel,Donna B. Greenberg

The third edition of Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient brings a classic reference text into the twenty-first century. It combines critical scholarship with the voice of expert clinicians who work at the interface of psychiatry with medical specialties. It is meant to be read for pleasure as well as consulted as a reference. The editors have worked with the authors to bring a consistent perspective to the book - one that sees the medical psychiatrist as an agent for bringing a more comprehensive perspective to medical care. Even seasoned and knowledgeable practitioners will find much that is new to them in this book. The volume covers topics in depth that other books in the field may not cover at all, such as the use of herbal and nutritional therapies for medical-psychiatric symptoms and syndromes, and the choice of questionnaires to supplement history-taking. It looks at old topics in a new way: The chapter on the physical examination applies psychometric considerations to the Babinski sign, describes the method and application of quantitative bedside olfactory testing, and discusses smartphone apps to improve the sensitivity of the examination. Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient, 3rd Edition provides concepts and information to facilitate the dialogue between psychiatrists and general medical specialists - minimizing psychiatric jargon and speaking in the common language of caring and curious physicians.

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Oxford University Press

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0190226293

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the final part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

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100074339X

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London Harlot 666

Harlots Cup

By: Barry Gumm,Austin Gumm

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London Harlot 666

Harlots Cup

By: Barry Gumm,Austin Gumm

For many years, I have pondered who these symbolic creatures are and this Harlot & Mother of Harlots were in the book of Revelation, and for some time I must confess, I thought the same as many that the Pope was the Beast. However, the Pope for the Beast just did not fit right with me from a financial aspect. To me the Pope certainly fitted the bill on a religious point of view and financially from the history of selling “apostles” bones and the various books that talked about the history of the Pope’s and the Roman church as a whole. Catholic so I found out means universal, Therefore the Roman Catholic Church is really the Roman Universal Church. Every time one says Catholic Church, they are saying Universal Church and therefore one should address the Catholic Church as the Roman Catholic Church. As I moved on in life and become an insurance advisor, financial planner then “stockbroker” and in Christian life the whole financial system was the beast including the Roman Catholic Church at least in part. Why I say in part is because I believe that John 3 v16 is true, which reads “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever should believe, would not perish but receive everlasting life” Barry & Austin Gumm 11 | P a g e Introduction Now that is quite a deal, just believe – trust and obey and you get to live forever without pain, sickness and sorrow. Cannot buy it, cannot give it, cannot own it, cannot work for it, just believe, trust and obey and it yours no matter what you done in the past. What an incredible deal! Still I wanted to know what these signs meant, and have done for 32 years. Then in the last couple of weeks from around 1st May 2014 to mid-2014 it all came together for me in just two weeks. God showed to me, lead me to places on the Internet some of which I had physically been to, and seen when I was just 9 or 10 years old. I can still remember seeing the Beast’s / Harlots Cup when I was aged just 9 years old, on display in the London Museum and thinking why would you make or drink out of a cup that large? I was just nine so the Cup looked enormous to me. Off course the answer came some 41 to 42 years later, if you are going to cause that much hurt and harm to people you need a large cup and constantly refill it. This is another book I am incredible appreciative that the Lord God of Heaven and Earth and the ones to come should choose me.. In fact one could have known most of what Revelation 17 was talking about in full from 1954! Why has so many missed the Beast’s cup described in Revelation 17 including myself for so long……. I mean millions of people have seen it yet it is almost impossible to find one talking and unveiling it as it were to the world. Why have millions of people and probably tens of Thousands of Priests and pastors missed it? I do not have the answer maybe it has something to do with the words on the placard that says “Royal Cup” and they discounted the Images Gold and Pearls and did not compare to Revelation 17. One of the Images on the Cup is a Beast! If I had lived in England past the age of 11 and become Born Again, I would have gone and found it a lot earlier, but never mind it is being declared to the world now. This book is going to cover a lot aspects mentioned in the book of Revelation. It will cover at least in part, some of the other books and scriptures as well. What I am not going to do is what most other Christian writers have done and that is “prove” their thoughts by quoting other scriptures, which may seem to relate but quite often do not. Having said that I think there is one scripture that I may actually do that in this book. As I improved the introduction on the 21st June 2014, I brought a book at Lifehouse Church Coffs Harbour and devoured the book 250 pages in 2.5 hours I took it back and said I would pay for it as I had read it. What I read for the first 155 pages was confusion I felt like throwing it in the bin! It was a New York best seller! Not Lifehouse fault at all the writer was from the USA, Life house just had it in their book shop. The chap that wrote tried to prove his view with scriptures backing up scriptures. How let me ask you a question and let’s say you have a analytical personality and you are trying to access God is real. You read a scripture, then another to back that up that sort of fits and then another to back up the last one, then another that backs up that one, but then you end up where you started. How do you know what is True? And that is what this book was like. Then I thought about it, well I be around for 32 years, so this book may be alright for a person who has not been saved for as long as I have. Then I remembered the words someone told me you have to read multiple books that have different views have a complete understanding. Sound's logical. Then comes the question well how many to prove what? In the financial markets I discovered the No:1 Top Secret and I can mathematically calculate a projection, a future price with a greater accuracy than 99.????%. Yes I measure it to the forth decimal point! Something I have not seen anyone do except those who have read my books! Not one broker advertises his success rate. And for good reason they do not know the mathematical truth in the markets as related to what God has Created. Now if I can do that with the Law of Vibration and Harmony on the financial markets (anyone) then why can I not do that with God and his Universe and more to the point his mathematical Musical Clock called our Solar System? I can and you will see me prove it in this book. I mean God wrote the book of Numbers, God’s Word the Holy Bible has been proven mathematically true by Ivan Panin and his Bible Numerics.1 Then off course there is Bible Code that is said to unveil mathematical secrets (words and names) hidden numerically in the words of the Bible2 1 http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/panin2.htm 2 http://www.thebiblecode.com/ Now if those things are true why quote scripture on scripture on scripture and end up with a book that is not proven mathematically and just end up with a lot of quotes, for some this is enough and certainly the best way to approach God is to ask him However either straight away or later it is nice to have proof. Now God gives proof personally, just ask him and he will prove himself to you. However that is not the subject of this book, but rather, a look at Revelations and prove the scriptures TRUE with simple mathematics of the Solar System. After all God said Genesis 1 V14 KJV And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves. Luke 21 v 25 ESV Now God has made them for signs, in the Sun, Moon and Stars. Now God has made them for signs, what signs, how can we use them? The Solar System has been there since Genesis chapter one.Let’s think about that for thousands of years the planets of our Solar System have been going around the Sun and around the Earth (all but three) which are the Sun, Mercury and Venus and are perfectly ordered. Therefore they have to comply with the mathematics that God has used to order their way as it were. He could not have them bumping into earth could you imagine if Jupiter hit earth, bang everyone wiped out. NO God set them in cycles that were mathematically correct! Therefore the mathematics of the Solar System are far better to use for past present and future signs than any man made calendar. Farmers today in 2014 still use the seasons and moons to plant crops, fisherman on fish on certain moons and so on.3 Therefore in this book everything where possible is backed up and proven and future events to come are mathematically analysed. Why Mathematically? Well numbers do not lie. There are a few different calendars that you can go by, but the mathematics of God’s Musical Clock our Solar System cannot be altered or changed in any way unless God changes them! 3 http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/moon_planting.asp Which he has done twice, once with Joshua4 and once with King Hezekiah5. AND with Hezekiah the Sun went backwards 10 steps or 10 degrees. God has made a wonderful orchestrated clock for use to use and verify events in the past, present and future. Another reason I like this method so much is said so beautifully by a Scottish Physicist Lord Kelvin back in 1883. 6I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be. I just love that quote, God has many numbers in his Holy Bible and every Number and Cycle can be found in the Solar System. Including 144 and 153 fishes.

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Createspace

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1500413976

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Mystery Babylon The Great-er London - Second Addition

Full Colour

By: Barry Gumm

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Mystery Babylon The Great-er London - Second Addition

Full Colour

By: Barry Gumm

In this work Barry Gumm has focused on Biblical numerology, Astronomy and traditional astrology science. He focuses on specific chapters in the Book of Revelation. In his work he uses the above methods to define the future date of the end of the age. As an evangelical theologian I acknowledge the Bible places significance on numbers (7 - perfection, 10 -complete, 40 – in all directions (North, South, East and West – High, Deep, Wide and Long) complete). Much has been written about the truth there are no numbers in the Hebrew and Greek character set _ that context determines if a character is a letter or a number. A well known example is the Greek word for Our Lord Jesus (6k. iasou - - 1 - 10, a - 8, 5 – 200, 0 -70, u – 400) 5 – 200 = 888). The Bible uses numbers for perfection, completeness, unity, divisions as mentioned. Astronomy has been noted the alignment of planets in our solar system and the effect of star definition on human condition, affairs and relationships. Barry’s work clearly defines his concept and calculation on end times. We know from the Holy Scripture we are in the end times - especially when it is evident that attitudes to our Christian civilization, heritage and way of life are being disestablished (Romans 1:18-32); 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 3:1-10). Barry has spent a great deal of his work examining the evils of the love of money mentioned in the above references.

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Cornerstone Targeting

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1546419365

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Spatial Tessellations

Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams

By: Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu

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Spatial Tessellations

Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams

By: Atsuyuki Okabe,Barry Boots,Kokichi Sugihara,Sung Nok Chiu

Spatial data analysis is a fast growing area and Voronoi diagrams provide a means of naturally partitioning space into subregions to facilitate spatial data manipulation, modelling of spatial structures, pattern recognition and locational optimization. With such versatility, the Voronoi diagram and its relative, the Delaunay triangulation, provide valuable tools for the analysis of spatial data. This is a rapidly growing research area and in this fully updated second edition the authors provide an up-to-date and comprehensive unification of all the previous literature on the subject of Voronoi diagrams. Features: * Expands on the highly acclaimed first edition * Provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the existing literature on Voronoi diagrams * Includes a useful compendium of applications * Contains an extensive bibliography A wide range of applications is discussed, enabling this book to serve as an important reference volume on this topic. The text will appeal to students and researchers studying spatial data in a number of areas, in particular, applied probability, computational geometry, and Geographic Information Science (GIS). This book will appeal equally to those whose interests in Voronoi diagrams are theoretical, practical or both.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047031785X

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9780470317853

Nonsurgical Sports Medicine

Preparticipation Exam through Rehabilitation

By: N. Nichole Barry,Michael F. Dillingham,James L. McGuire

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Nonsurgical Sports Medicine

Preparticipation Exam through Rehabilitation

By: N. Nichole Barry,Michael F. Dillingham,James L. McGuire

With a growing number of people, young and old, engaged in a variety of physical activities, the field of sports medicine has gained greater importance for medical professionals. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine provides a comprehensive guide for the physician whose practice includes preparing patients to take part in sports as well as diagnosing and treating any resulting injuries. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine begins with an overview of the principles of the preparticipation medical evaluation and outlines how preexisting medical conditions may be optimally managed in the athlete. Individual chapters cover the evaluation and treatment of head and spine injuries, injuries to the upper and lower extremities, and overuse syndromes. The book also addresses such important issues as infectious diseases, ergogenic agents, the needs of older and young athletes, women in sports, and the effect of environmental conditions on athletes. Along with detailed discussions of the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system, the authors describe specific maneuvers during the physical examination which are important for evaluation and diagnosis. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine provides a broad range of information that complements a physician's general knowledge and that will be invaluable in assessing patients with sports-related injuries.

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JHU Press

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0801877628

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The Antidote

Inside the World of New Pharma

By: Barry Werth

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The Antidote

Inside the World of New Pharma

By: Barry Werth

In this timely and much praised book, Barry Werth draws upon inside reporting that spans more than two decades. He provides a groundbreaking close-up of the upstart pharmaceutical company Vertex and the ferocious but indispensable world of Big Pharma that it inhabits. In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America’s most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Werth described the company’s tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell a riveting story of Vertex’s bold endurance and eventual success. The $325 billion-a-year pharmaceutical business is America’s toughest and one of its most profitable. It’s riskier and more rigorous at just about every stage than any other business, from the towering biological uncertainties inherent in its mission to treat disease; to the 30-to-1 failure rate in bringing out a successful medicine even after a molecule clears all the hurdles to get to human testing; to the multibillion-dollar cost of ramping up a successful product; to operating in the world’s most regulated industry, matched only by nuclear power. Werth captures the full scope of Vertex’s twenty-five-year drive to deliver breakthrough medicines. At a time when America struggles to maintain its innovative edge, The Antidote is a powerful inside look at one of the most intriguing and important business stories of recent decades.

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Simon and Schuster

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145165569X

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Medical Imaging - E-Book

Techniques, Reflection and Evaluation

By: Elizabeth Carver,Barry Carver

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Medical Imaging - E-Book

Techniques, Reflection and Evaluation

By: Elizabeth Carver,Barry Carver

Medical Imaging has been revised and updated to reflect the current role and responsibilities of the radiographer, a role that continues to extend as the 21st century progresses. This comprehensive book covers the full range of medical imaging methods/techniques which all students and professionals must understand, and discusses them related to imaging principles, radiation dose, patient condition, body area and pathologies. There is comprehensive, up-to-date, referencing for all chapters, with full image evaluation criteria and a systematic approach to fault recognition for all radiographic projections. Highly respected editors, Elizabeth and Barry Carver, have brought together an impressive team of contributing authors, comprising academic, radiographer and radiologist clinical experts. NEW TO THIS EDITION Full colour, including approximately 200 new colour photographs.All techniques have been updated to reflect the use of digital image receptors. All chapters have been updated to reflect current practice, eg CT colonoscopy is now included as part of GI imaging; the nuclear medicine chapter now introduces hybrid imaging; the genitourinary chapter now reflects the use of ultrasound and CT.'The authors have been comprehensive, thorough and innovative. This well-presented book should be adopted by Schools of Diagnostic Imaging in Europe and elsewhere and be a constant companion to the reflective radiographic practitioner.' From the foreword to the first edition by Patrick Brennan. Medical Imaging has been revised and updated to reflect the current role and responsibilities of the radiographer, a role that continues to extend as the 21st century progresses. This comprehensive book covers the full range of medical imaging methods/techniques which all students and professionals must understand, and discusses them related to imaging principles, radiation dose, patient condition, body area and pathologies. There is comprehensive, up-to-date, referencing for all chapters, with full image evaluation criteria and a systematic approach to fault recognition for all radiographic projections. Highly respected editors, Elizabeth and Barry Carver, have brought together an impressive team of contributing authors, comprising academic, radiographer and radiologist clinical experts. Full colour, including approximately 200 new colour photographs.All techniques have been updated to reflect the use of digital image receptors. All chapters have been updated to reflect current practice, eg CT colonoscopy is now included as part of GI imaging; the nuclear medicine chapter now introduces hybrid imaging; the genitourinary chapter now reflects the use of ultrasound and CT.

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0702052019

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Control of Head Movement

By: Barry W. Peterson,Frances J. Richmond

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Control of Head Movement

By: Barry W. Peterson,Frances J. Richmond

With contributors from various scientific disciplines, this volume surveys key topics in the study of head motor control, stressing the structure and function of neck muscles and neural pathways. It covers psychophysical and clinical aspects of head movement, compensatory control of head position, and strategies for volitional and orienting behaviors. The book presents a comprehensive view of head movement as a unique and complex motor system.

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New York : Oxford University Press

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0195044991

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Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

By: Roger Graham Barry,Richard J. Chorley

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Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

By: Roger Graham Barry,Richard J. Chorley

An introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions. Beginning with a discussion of atmospheric composition and energy, the authors turn to manifestations and circulation of atmospheric moisture, including atmospheric stability and precipitation patterns in space and time. "Atmosphere, Weather and Climate" provides a thorough introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions. Since the last edition, the recognition of the reality and possible effects of human activities on the environment has revolutionized attitudes to the study of atmosphere and of world climate.

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CUP Archive

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0415077613

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Forty-Eight X

The Lumeria Project

By: Barry

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Forty-Eight X

The Lumeria Project

By: Barry

A colonel with a shadowy past . . . A new kind of war and warrior . . . A military science experiment out of control . . . On the tropical island of Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the United States has gathered together its most talented scientists to conduct top secret experiments. Their goal—to create a revolutionary new warrior. A warrior so strong, so valiant, so expendable that the age of “casualties of war” becomes only a sad and distant memory. And so, the Lemuria Project is brought to life—by a Nobel laureate in genetics and a three-star general seeking redemption in a long-lost and forgotten metaphysical civilization. Haunted by a dark and dangerous past, Colonel Link McGraw is the officer chosen to train and lead these special “soldiers.” In the course of battles to renew his tattered reputation, he, above all, knows what constitutes the perfect soldier. It’s simple: Follow orders, command decisively, make no excuses, and have no regrets. When Egyptian beauty Fala al-Shohada and Israeli Joshua Krantz, romantically paired archaeologists, stumble across the top secret project, they are determined to uncover its true nature and pursue their quest to the island of Diego Garcia. Science and politics clash, as do Krantz and McGraw, who vie for Fala’s affection. When they discover they aren’t the only ones on the island competing for her attention, shocking truths are revealed. The future of the entire human race comes to a crossroads on Lemuria. Will humanity find there its loftier spirit or become a lesser species in earth’s evolution? - See more at: http://medallionmediagroup.com/books/forty-eight-x-the-lemuria-project/#sthash.Qjp0bqEz.dpuf

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1934755184

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Yasir Arafat

A Political Biography

By: Barry Rubin,Barry M. Rubin,Judith Colp Rubin

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Yasir Arafat

A Political Biography

By: Barry Rubin,Barry M. Rubin,Judith Colp Rubin

Chronicles the life of controversial Palestinian political leader Yasir Arafat, describing his early years in Egypt and his decades in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, assessing whether his work for his people has done them more harm than good.

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0195181271

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Public Debt Through the Ages

By: Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen,Ms.Asmaa A ElGanainy,Rui Pedro Esteves,Kris James Mitchener

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Public Debt Through the Ages

By: Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen,Ms.Asmaa A ElGanainy,Rui Pedro Esteves,Kris James Mitchener

We consider public debt from a long-term historical perspective, showing how the purposes for which governments borrow have evolved over time. Periods when debt-to-GDP ratios rose explosively as a result of wars, depressions and financial crises also have a long history. Many of these episodes resulted in debt-management problems resolved through debasements and restructurings. Less widely appreciated are successful debt consolidation episodes, instances in which governments inheriting heavy debts ran primary surpluses for long periods in order to reduce those burdens to sustainable levels. We analyze the economic and political circumstances that made these successful debt consolidation episodes possible.

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International Monetary Fund

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1484392892

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The Wisdom of a Coach: Health, Wealth, Education, Athletics, a Game Plan for Life

By: Barry Goldsmith

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The Wisdom of a Coach: Health, Wealth, Education, Athletics, a Game Plan for Life

By: Barry Goldsmith

Read about from our leaders have made a mess of Education (the foundation of America) discussing charter schools, no child left behind, accountability and to the top. For tennis teachers learn the strokes, singles and doubles strategy and the best methods to practice. For health teacher share about - his methods to make every lesson significant and meaning for basketball coaches learn the triangle and two offense taught used by Bernie Red Sarachek long before Phil Jackson, Tex Winter, or Red Helzman knew it. The author has taught and coached 1000’s of tennis and basketball players, produced two city and two national championships, over 50 all American and nine national singles and doubles individual champions. Travel with the author and his wife around the world visiting over 45 nations and three Olympics and participating as a coach despite having the American Dream, in the Moscow Games the best and most beautiful wife, a dream house in Brooklyn, top of the line calls; wonderful twin sons and family and usually enough wealth he experiences and shares with you Forrest Gumps’ statement. “If you live long enough SHIT HAPPENS to everyone. It is not as if it will happen but when and how you cope, deal with, and handles the distress of life.

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1984537180

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Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle: Spectral theory

By: Barry Simon

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Orthogonal Polynomials on the Unit Circle: Spectral theory

By: Barry Simon

Presents an overview of the theory of probability measures on the unit circle, viewed especially in terms of the orthogonal polynomials defined by those measures. This book discusses topics such as asymptotics of Toeplitz determinants (Szego's theorems), and limit theorems for the density of the zeros of orthogonal polynomials.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821836757

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Dynamical Paleoclimatology

Generalized Theory of Global Climate Change

By: Barry Saltzman

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Dynamical Paleoclimatology

Generalized Theory of Global Climate Change

By: Barry Saltzman

The book discusses the ideas and creates a framework for building toward a theory of paleoclimate. Using the rich and mounting array of observational evidence of climatic changes from geology, geochemistry, and paleontology, Saltzman offers a dynamical approach to the theory of paleoclimate evolution and an expanded theory of climate. Saltzman was a distinquished authority on dynamical meteorology. This book provides a comprehensive framework based on dynamical system ideas for a theory of climate and paleoclimatic evolution which is intended for graduate students and research workers in paleoclimatology, earth system studies, and global change research. The book includes an extensive bibliography of geological and physical/dynamical references. Written by the late Barry Saltzman who was a distinquished authority on dynamical meteorology This book provides a comprehensive framework based on dynamical system ideas for a theory of climate and paleoclimatic evolution The book includes extensive bibliography of geological and physical/dynamical references

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Academic Press

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0126173311

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Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition

Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition

By: Mark Bear,Barry Connors,Michael A. Paradiso

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Exploring the Brain, Enhanced Edition

By: Mark Bear,Barry Connors,Michael A. Paradiso

Acclaimed for its clear, friendly style, excellent illustrations, leading author team, and compelling theme of exploration, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Fourth Edition takes a fresh, contemporary approach to the study of neuroscience, emphasizing the biological basis of behavior. The authors’ passion for the dynamic field of neuroscience is evident on every page, engaging students and helping them master the material. In just a few years, the field of neuroscience has been transformed by exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge about the brain. The human genome has been sequenced, sophisticated new methods have been developed for genetic engineering, and new methods have been introduced to enable visualization and stimulation of specific types of nerve cells and connections in the brain. The Fourth Edition has been fully updated to reflect these and other rapid advances in the field, while honoring its commitment to be student-friendly with striking new illustrati

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284241440

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Iron Age Communities in Britain

An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest

By: Barry Cunliffe

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Iron Age Communities in Britain

An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest

By: Barry Cunliffe

Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.

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Routledge

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1134277237

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9781134277230

Gardner-Webb University

By: Barry E. Hambright,U. L. "Rusty" Patterson,U. L. Patterson

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Gardner-Webb University

By: Barry E. Hambright,U. L. "Rusty" Patterson,U. L. Patterson

Gardner-Webb University is a leading regional Christian university with a distinguished history. In 1905, representatives from the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run Baptist Associations voted to create a high school in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The school opened in 1907, and a junior college program was added in 1928. By World War II, the high school program had been phased out. In 1942, the school changed its name from Boiling Springs Junior College to Gardner-Webb College in honor of former North Carolina Gov. O. Max Gardner and his wife, Fay Webb Gardner. The university is proud of its long line of successful presidents. Under the leadership of Dr. Philip L. Elliott, the institution's first long-term president, the student body grew, the campus was expanded, and the school joined the family of colleges supported by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Today, Gardner-Webb offers both undergraduate and graduate studies in an idyllic Southern setting.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738517976

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9780738517971

Evaluation and Accountability in Clinical Training

By: E. Berler,Barry A. Edelstein

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Evaluation and Accountability in Clinical Training

By: E. Berler,Barry A. Edelstein

Accountability in clinical training implies a strong relationship between the training outcomes touted by a training program and the performance of its graduates. The training program and its faculty must be able to ensure that students have the competencies necessary for entering the profession and can offer competent services. In addition, responsibility for the quality and value of training must be assumed by the profession. Pressure for accountability is becoming increasingly apparent as the public learns about fraud, waste, and abuse in publicly funded pro grams (Fishman & Neigher, 1982). Federally supported clinical training programs have had to defend their training practices against threats of funding loss without the hard data needed to support their practices. Funding seems to have been forthcoming mostly because of our ability to demonstrate the need for clinical, counseling, and school psychol ogists. Graduates seeking professional careers in such applied fields demand considerable trust from their clientele and the public-at-large when they establish themselves, offer and advertise their services, make claims on public monies, and profess to do good and no harm. Neither their clien tele nor the public are in the position to evaluate the services of the profes sion or the claims made for these. (American Psychological Association lAPA], 1982, p.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468452819

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9781468452815

Child Mental and the Law

By: Barry Nurcombe

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Child Mental and the Law

By: Barry Nurcombe

The legal aspects of child mental health have changed in recent years, yet many who deal professionally with disturbed children are ill informed about the rights and responsibilities of minors. Child Mental Health and the Law addresses the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date text that describes the evolution of child mental health law and the relevance of the law to the child mental health clinician.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451602448

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9781451602449

Emergency Asthma

By: Barry E. Brenner

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Emergency Asthma

By: Barry E. Brenner

This landmark work represents the first book focusing on the acute asthmatic in the emergency department. This superb reference provides a wide range of practical yet thorough, state of the art perspectives on the evaluation and treatment of acute asthma. It features a unique collaboration between authorities in emergency medicine, intensive care,

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CRC Press

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0824742206

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9780824742201

Planning in the USA

Policies, Issues, and Processes

By: Roger W. Caves,J. Barry Cullingworth

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Planning in the USA

Policies, Issues, and Processes

By: Roger W. Caves,J. Barry Cullingworth

Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, fifth edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory, and practice of planning. Outlining land use, urban planning, and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined, and approached. The new edition incorporates new planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government and examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. New material includes discussions of • education and equity in planning; • the City Beautiful Movement; • Daniel Burnham’s plan for Chicago; • segregation; • Knick v. Township of Scott; • reforming single-family zoning and regulatory challenges in zoning and land use; • Daniel Parolek’s ‘Missing Middle Housing’; • climate change, mitigation, adaptation, and resiliency; • the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan; • sharing programs for cars, bicycles, and scooters; • hybrid electric and autonomous vehicles; • Vision Zero; • COVID-19 relief for housing; • Innovation Districts, Promise Zones, and Opportunity Zones; • the sharing, gig, and creative economies; • scenic views and vistas, monuments, statues, and remembering the past; and • healthy cities, Health Impact Assessment, and active living. This detailed account of urbanization in the United States reveals the problematic nature and limitations of the planning process, the fallibility of experts, and the difficulties facing policy-makers in their search for solutions. Planning in the USA, fifth edition, is an essential book for students of urban planning, urban politics, environmental geography, and environment politics. It will be a valuable resource for planners and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban and environmental problems.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000905659

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9781000905656

The ManDak League

Haven for Former Negro League Ballplayers, 1950-1957

By: Barry Swanton

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The ManDak League

Haven for Former Negro League Ballplayers, 1950-1957

By: Barry Swanton

The ManDak League may be one of baseball's best kept secrets. Operating in Manitoba and North Dakota from 1950 to 1957, it was the outlet for former Negro Leaguers to continue playing and entertaining fans, occupying fields with ex-major leaguers, minor league stars and some of the best Manitoba-, North Dakota-,and Minnesota-born players. It featured such greats as Willie Wells, Leon Day, Ray Dandridge and Satchel Paige, who pitched briefly for the Minot Mallards in 1950. In Part I, chapters on each of the ManDak's eight seasons provide detailed information on the stadiums, franchise and league personnel, pennant races, and standout performances. In Part II, a comprehensive listing of profiles presents basic information on the league's players, their baseball backgrounds, and their accomplishments in the ManDak and other leagues. Emphasis is given to former Negro Leaguers, many of whom finished their careers in the ManDak League. Appendices provide batting and pitching records, rosters, and rules of conduct.

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McFarland

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0786425105

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9780786425105

Microclimate and Local Climate

By: Roger G. Barry,Peter D. Blanken

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Microclimate and Local Climate

By: Roger G. Barry,Peter D. Blanken

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive treatment of the variables and processes of microclimate and local climate, including radiation balance and energy balance. It describes and explains the climate within the lower atmosphere and upper soil, the region critical to life on Earth. Topics that are covered include not only the physical processes that affect microclimate, but also biological processes that affect vegetation and animals, including people. A geographic tour of the microclimates of the major ecosystems around the world is included. All major biomes and surface types, including urban areas, are examined, and the effects of climate change on microclimate are described. This book is invaluable for advanced students and researchers in climatology in departments of environmental science, geography, meteorology, agricultural science, and forestry.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316652335

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9781316652336

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