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Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora

By: Craig Considine

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Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora

By: Craig Considine

This book explores the Pakistani diaspora in a transatlantic context, enquiring into the ways in which young first- and second-generation Pakistani Muslim and non-Muslim men resist hegemonic identity narratives and respond to their marginalised conditions. Drawing on rich documentary, ethnographic and interview material gathered in Boston and Dublin, it explores the language of fear and how this fear has given rise to a ‘politics of fear’ whose aim is to distract and divide communities.

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1315462761

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EU Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Paul Craig,Gráinne de Búrca

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EU Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Paul Craig,Gráinne de Búrca

Respected as the definitive textbook on the subject, this is the stand-alone guide to EU law. The world-renowned authors offer the ideal balance of commentary, key cases, and materials to provide the most authoritative coverage and analysis.

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0198856644

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Systemic Discrimination in Employment and the Promotion of Ethnic Equality

By: Ronald L. Craig

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Systemic Discrimination in Employment and the Promotion of Ethnic Equality

By: Ronald L. Craig

This book argues that traditional complaint-based antidiscrimination laws are inherently inadequate to respond to systemic discrimination in employment. It examines the mechanisms and characteristics of systemic discrimination and the shortcomings of complaint-based laws. Yet these characteristics can also inform employers and government authorities of the kinds of preventive action that help alleviate systemic discrimination at the workplace. In its search for a rational government policy response to systemic discrimination, the book evaluates selected legal regimes which impose proactive obligations on employers to promote equality at the workplace. Proactive regimes are regulatory in nature, rather than adjudicatory. They induce employer compliance through technical assistance, dialogue and regulatory pressure, rather than court orders. By examining the key elements of these regimes the author explains why some proactive regimes function better than others, and why proactive regimes function better than complaint-based laws in addressing systemic discrimination.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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Seven Million

A Cop, a Priest, a Soldier for the IRA, and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist

By: Gary Craig

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Seven Million

A Cop, a Priest, a Soldier for the IRA, and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist

By: Gary Craig

On a freezing night in January 1993, masked gunmen walked through the laughably lax security at the Rochester Brink's depot, tied up the guards, and unhurriedly made off with $7.4 million in one of the FBI's top-five armored car heists in history. Suspicion quickly fell on a retired Rochester cop working security for Brinks at the time-as well it might. Officer Tom O'Connor had been previously suspected of everything from robbery to murder to complicity with the IRA. One ex-IRA soldier in particular was indebted to O'Connor for smuggling him and his girlfriend into the United States, and when he was caught in New York City with $2 million in cash from the Brink's heist, prosecutors were certain they finally had enough to nail O'Connor. But they were wrong. In Seven Million, the reporter Gary Craig meticulously unwinds the long skein of leads, half-truths, false starts, and dead ends, taking us from the grim solitary pens of Northern Ireland's Long Kesh prison to the illegal poker rooms of Manhattan to the cold lakeshore on the Canadian border where the body parts began washing up. The story is populated by a colorful cast of characters, including cops and FBI agents, prison snitches, a radical priest of the Melkite order who ran a home for troubled teenagers on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and the IRA rebel who'd spent long years jailed in one of Northern Ireland's most brutal prisons and who was living underground in New York posing as a comics dealer. Finally, Craig investigates the strange, sad fate of Ronnie Gibbons, a down-and-out boxer and muscle-for-hire in illegal New York City card rooms, who was in on the early planning of the heist, and who disappeared one day in 1995 after an ill-advised trip to Rochester to see some men about getting what he felt he was owed. Instead, he got was what was coming to him. Seven Million is a meticulous re-creation of a complicated heist executed by a variegated and unsavory crew, and of its many repercussions. Some of the suspects are now dead, some went to jail; none of them are talking about the robbery or what really happened to Ronnie Gibbons. And the money? Only a fraction was recovered, meaning that most of the $7 million is still out there somewhere.

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University Press of New England

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1512600628

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Local Partnerships for Social Inclusion?

By: Jim Walsh,Sarah Craig,Des McCafferty

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Local Partnerships for Social Inclusion?

By: Jim Walsh,Sarah Craig,Des McCafferty

This Combat Poverty research study examines the role of local partnerships in promoting social inclusion in Ireland. Ireland is among the EU countries who have a strong model of local partnership. The book assesses the application of the partnership model in tackling social exclusion, canvasses the views of various stakeholders as to its policy impact, and makes recommendations for the continued operation of local partnerships as an instrument of social inclusion.

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Combat Poverty Agency

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1860761194

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Rogues and Early Modern English Culture

By: Craig Dionne,Steve Mentz

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Rogues and Early Modern English Culture

By: Craig Dionne,Steve Mentz

A definitive collection of critical essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue

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University of Michigan Press

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0472113747

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9780472113743

EU Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Paul P. Craig,Gráinne de Búrca

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EU Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Paul P. Craig,Gráinne de Búrca

Written by two prominent experts in the field, the fourth edition of the market-leading EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials offers the reader an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the main fields of EU Law, both institutional and substantive. Through the distinctive mix of 50% text and 50% cases and materials, the fully revised and updated fourth edition addresses the significant recent developments in EU legislation, including four new chapters on topics of central importance. The new enlarged format includes a two-colour text design which easily distinguishes between author commentary and cases and materials. Craig and de Burca's EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials is the bestselling EU Law textbook - recommended by many institutions as a core text for LLB courses and trusted by thousands of students to provide an authoritative commentary on EU Law. Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre containing an: - interactive map of Europe with hot-spots on all EU member states, providing factual information on each member country - interactive timeline tracking key dates in EU legal history

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Oxford University Press

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0199273898

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9780199273898

Irish London

Middle-class Migration in the Global Eighteenth Century

By: Craig Bailey

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Irish London

Middle-class Migration in the Global Eighteenth Century

By: Craig Bailey

This text uses case studies of law students, lawyers and merchants to explore overlooked dimensions of Irish migration the middle class, community and the social geography of London in the eighteenth century.

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1846318815

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Yeats, Eliot, Pound and the Politics of Poetry

Richest to the Richest

By: Cairns Prof. Craig

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Yeats, Eliot, Pound and the Politics of Poetry

Richest to the Richest

By: Cairns Prof. Craig

It has long been recognised that there is an apparently paradoxical relationship between the revolutionary poetic style developed by Yeats, Eliot and Pound in the period during and after the First World War, and the reactionary politics with which they were associated in the 1920s and 1930s. Concentrating on their writings in the period up to the 1930s, this study, first published in 1982, helps to resolve the paradox and also provides a much needed reappraisal of the factors influencing their poetic and political development. The work of these poets has usually been seen as deriving from the tradition of continental symbolist poetics. Yeats, Eliot, Pound and the Politics of Poetry will be of interest to students of literature.

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Routledge

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131733082X

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Intending Scotland

Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment

By: Cairns Craig

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Intending Scotland

Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment

By: Cairns Craig

A major reconsideration of our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the present day.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748679332

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9780748679331

The Lisbon Treaty

Law, Politics, and Treaty Reform

By: Paul Craig

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The Lisbon Treaty

Law, Politics, and Treaty Reform

By: Paul Craig

The Lisbon Treaty reformed the foundations of the European Union and marked the culmination of a process of Treaty reform that began after the Treaty of Nice and spanned almost a decade. This book addresses the main innovations made by the new Treaty, examining its legal and political consequences in a reformed EU. The book is organized thematically around the principal issues that occupied those engaged in the reforms over the last decade. The chapters include analysis of the reform process itself and the political forces that shaped the relevant provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. The book contains detailed analysis of the relevant legal changes made by the Lisbon Treaty on each topic covered. This legal analysis is informed by broader literature from related disciplines, such as political science and international relations, since it is only by doing so that it is possible fully to understand the legal implications of the new provisions dealing with issues such as the inter-institutional division of power within the EU, the distribution of competence, the hierarchy of legal acts and the Charter of Rights. The book addresses the political and legal implications of the Treaty provisions, and the discussion is set against the background of the pre-existing legal and political regime, aiding a full understanding of the effect of the new rules contained in the Lisbon Treaty. This revised paperback edition includes a new chapter detailing the political reform process leading to the proposed Fiscal Union Treaty, and its potential legal implications.

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0191642827

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Beyond Dialogue

Building Bonds Between Christians and Muslims

By: Craig Considine

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Beyond Dialogue

Building Bonds Between Christians and Muslims

By: Craig Considine

In these times of rising tensions between Christians and Muslims across the world, the need for harmony and peace has never been more urgent. As one of the world’s leading advocates of interfaith dialogue, Craig Considine introduces readers to the provocative idea of the Synthesis of Civilizations, a theory that pushes beyond dialogue to show where and how Western and Islamic civilizations have been – and continue to be – in a deeper union with one another. With an open mind and a deep appreciation of the Abrahamic tradition, Considine takes readers on a fascinating journey across history and the current state of Christian–Muslim relations in seven “battleground” regions of the world. Alongside the undeniable tensions between Christians and Muslims, the book presents and applies an interfaith community-building tool – DEUCE – focused on dialogue, education, understanding, commitment, and engagement. With unprecedented civilizational scope and sweeping sociological insight, Considine does full justice to the religious and social bonds between Christianity and Islam. While daily headlines highlight the shared fear, persecution, and violence experienced by Christians and Muslims worldwide, Beyond Dialogue is intended to inspire interfaith bridge builders who are passionate about defending and promoting civility, humanity, and pluralism on the world stage.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509555285

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9781509555284

My Song: Memoir of an ER Physician

By: Craig Dean, MD

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My Song: Memoir of an ER Physician

By: Craig Dean, MD

Thirty years in the making, one hundred thousand patients later, the hundred numinous patients I will forever treasure. It has been said that memoirs are the narratives of our life, and as such, become the manner and method of how we make sense out of our life's journey. Indeed, I could not imagine my life without my career in the ER, since without it; I would truly feel like a naked, wizened skeleton devoid of skin, flesh or viscera. The ER experience was the alchemist's stone that touched my ordinary life, and in so many ways, made it exquisitely gilded. Many were the patients that stirred the invisible fabric of my soul, and made the ordinary universe seem so much more expansive and unequalled. The magnificence of the ER flows from the commanding variety of patients, not unlike the arresting diversity of flora in the plant kingdom, renders a regal awe upon the eyes and souls of the beholder.

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Lulu.com

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148340403X

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9781483404035

British Electoral Facts, 1832-1999

By: Fred Craig

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British Electoral Facts, 1832-1999

By: Fred Craig

This title was first published in 2000: This is a reference guide to British elections 1832-1999. It is a volume of electoral facts, which includes material on general elections, parliamentary by-elections, European Parliament elections, elections within the UK, local government elections, referendums, electoral irregularities, and public opinion polls.

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1000114422

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Reshaping World Politics

NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society

By: Craig Warkentin

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Reshaping World Politics

NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society

By: Craig Warkentin

This text examines the ways in which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) contribute to the development and maintenance of global civil society. The author investigates eight NGOs and connects their organizational activities to global civil society's constitutive dynamics and processes.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742509729

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9780742509726

Settlers, Liberty, and Empire

The Roots of Early American Political Theory, 1675–1775

By: Craig Yirush

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Settlers, Liberty, and Empire

The Roots of Early American Political Theory, 1675–1775

By: Craig Yirush

Traces the emergence of a revolutionary conception of political authority on the far shores of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Based on the equal natural right of English subjects to leave the realm, claim indigenous territory and establish new governments by consent, this radical set of ideas culminated in revolution and republicanism. But unlike most scholarship on early American political theory, Craig Yirush does not focus solely on the revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century. Instead, he examines how the political ideas of settler elites in British North America emerged in the often-forgotten years between the Glorious Revolution in America and the American Revolution against Britain. By taking seriously an imperial world characterized by constitutional uncertainty, geo-political rivalry and the ongoing presence of powerful Native American peoples, Yirush provides a long-term explanation for the distinctive ideas of the American Revolution.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139496042

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9781139496049

Guinness World Records 2009

By: Craig Glenday

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Guinness World Records 2009

By: Craig Glenday

From every corner of the globe—and beyond—Guinness World Records™ 2009gathers the most amazing, inspirational, and even bizarre record breakers yet! From don’t-try-this-at-home human achievements to natural and technological wonders, incredible feats in sports and entertainment, and much more, this latest edition introduces important new records and fascinating facts that will captivate every imagination. Did you know . . . At 2 feet 5.37 inches, the shortest (mobile) living man is 19-year-old He Pingping of China, who was measured on March 22, 2008. The world’s most expensive cocktail is offered at the Skyview Bar in Dubai, UAE. It costs $7,439 (27,321 dirham) and consists of 55-year-old Macallan whisky from Scotland, ice made from the water used at their distillery, a drop of exclusive dried fruit bitters, and passion-fruit-scented sugar. Jeanne Stawiecki of the United States became the oldest female to climb the Seven Summits, including Mount Kosciuszko, when she completed her last climb (Mount Everest, Nepal) on May 22, 2007, at the age of 57 years, 36 days. And that’s just a hint of what you’ll find inside this mind-blowing book, including striking photos, exclusive interviews, special sections on the year’s milestones—plus information on how you too can join the Guinness family of world-record breakers!

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Bantam

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0553592564

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9780553592566

Emerald Decision

By: Craig Thomas

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Emerald Decision

By: Craig Thomas

In this New York Times–bestselling thriller, the son of a WWII spy delves into an explosive decades-old secret amid tensions between England and Ireland . . . 1940: McBride, an Anglo-Irish spy, discovers a secret nest of Nazi submarines in Guernsey. As a minefield on the Irish coast is breached and German agents flow into the country—a desperate decision must be made in order to prevent the impending invasion in Britain. The consequences are deadly—and the story is kept top secret for decades . . . 1980: McBride’s American son, an author, starts to dig into the history and mystery surrounding “the Emerald decision”—not realizing his own personal connection to it. And even after all these years, certain parties are willing to kill to keep the story a secret—or to exploit it . . . “The great strength of [Thomas’s] books lies . . . in the presentation of powerfully exciting bouts of action in authentically realized settings.” —Reginald Hill, Books and Bookmen Originally published under the pseudonym David Grant

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Open Road Media

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1504083962

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Maritime Legacies and the Law

Effective Legal Governance of WWI Wrecks

By: Craig Forrest

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Maritime Legacies and the Law

Effective Legal Governance of WWI Wrecks

By: Craig Forrest

The recent centenary of WWI has prompted a shift in the way attention is focused on legacy shipwrecks. This timely book considers the development of the laws that apply to these wrecks and the issues that surround them, and deftly analyses the adequacy of the existing legal framework to fulfil its promise of protecting legacy wrecks for future generations as historical and archaeological resources, memorials and, most importantly, as maritime war graves. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1784717258

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9781784717254

Consulting Students on Classroom Practice, ‘Good’ Teaching and Teacher Performance

A Critical Account of Student Voice in Contemporary Schools

By: Craig Skerritt

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Consulting Students on Classroom Practice, ‘Good’ Teaching and Teacher Performance

A Critical Account of Student Voice in Contemporary Schools

By: Craig Skerritt

Consulting Students on Classroom Practice, 'Good' Teaching, and Teacher Performance is about the consultation of students on teaching and learning matters in schools, as part of typical school life as opposed to students being consulted as part of a project that includes some kind of external support. Craig Skerritt makes not only a conceptual contribution by providing new thinking tools and a new way of understanding and articulating student voice in relation to classroom practice, and by developing and presenting a heuristic device to aid research on student voice and classroom practice, but a series of empirical contributions by reporting on interview data with a range of school-based actors to spotlight existing views, practices and issues, and to call attention to hopes, desires, and fears for the future. The book provides a critical account of student voice in contemporary schools. Student voice is not taken at face value or accepted as being undisputedly positive, nor are schools or the people in them treated as homogenous entities devoid of context. Significantly, researcher subjectivity is central vis-à-vis the generation, examination, interpretation, and presentation of the empirical data. There is no claim to objectivity in this book and it is subjectivity that comes to the fore - through what Skerritt coins the 'I(nterest) behind this research', major emphasis is placed on his own experiences shaping his outlook. Skerritt occupies a certain vantage point and sees student voice through a particular lens, and this is reflected in the contents of this book.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350445959

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9781350445956

Discrete Encounters

By: Craig Bauer

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Discrete Encounters

By: Craig Bauer

Eschewing the often standard dry and static writing style of traditional textbooks, Discrete Encounters provides a refreshing approach to discrete mathematics. The author blends traditional course topics and applications with historical context, pop culture references, and open problems. This book focuses on the historical development of the subject and provides fascinating details of the people behind the mathematics, along with their motivations, deepening readers’ appreciation of mathematics. This unique book covers many of the same topics found in traditional textbooks, but does so in an alternative, entertaining style that better captures readers’ attention. In addition to standard discrete mathematics material, the author shows the interplay between the discrete and the continuous and includes high-interest topics such as fractals, chaos theory, cellular automata, money-saving financial mathematics, and much more. Not only will readers gain a greater understanding of mathematics and its culture, they will also be encouraged to further explore the subject. Long lists of references at the end of each chapter make this easy. Highlights: Features fascinating historical context to motivate readers Text includes numerous pop culture references throughout to provide a more engaging reading experience Its unique topic structure presents a fresh approach The text’s narrative style is that of a popular book, not a dry textbook Includes the work of many living mathematicians Its multidisciplinary approach makes it ideal for liberal arts mathematics classes, leisure reading, or as a reference for professors looking to supplement traditional courses Contains many open problems Profusely illustrated

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CRC Press

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0429682891

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9780429682896

Merchant Shipping Act 1995: An Annotated Guide

By: Nevil Phillips,Nicholas Craig

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Merchant Shipping Act 1995: An Annotated Guide

By: Nevil Phillips,Nicholas Craig

The long-awaited consolidation of the UK merchant shipping legislation finally arrived with the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 which replaced the thirty or so Acts dating from the Merchant Shipping Act 1894. This new edition of Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - An Annotated Guide provides an authoritative and practical guide to the implications of this important legislation. Written in a clear and accessible style, the authors guide you chronologically through each of the Act's 313 sections. They include expert commentary and analysis to assist your understanding and interpretation of the Act. Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - An Annotated Guide is an essential first-stop reference guide, providing guidance on the appropriate authorities and more detailed texts to which further reference can be made. It is also annotated throughout with comprehensive tables and indexes, making it a truly practical working tool. Thoroughly revised and up-dated, the second edition includes details of Amendments to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 Statutory instruments and regulations introduced to supplement the Merchant Shipping Act The most recent case law Updated references to other texts, which have themselves been updated in the last 4 years

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1000289893

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Stonewall of the West

Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War

By: Craig L. Symonds

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Stonewall of the West

Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War

By: Craig L. Symonds

To Jefferson Davis, he was the "Stonewall of the West"; to Robert E. Lee, he was "a meteor shining from a clouded sky"; and to Braxton Bragg, he was an officer "ever alive to a success." He was Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, one of the greatest of all Confederate field commanders. An Irishman by birth, Cleburne emigrated to the United States in 1849 at the age of 21. He achieved only modest success in the peacetime South, but rose rapidly in the wartime army to become the Confederacy's finest division commander. He was admired by peers and subordinates alike for his leadership, loyalty, honesty, and fearlessness in the face of enemy fire. The valor of his command was so inspirational that his unit alone was allowed to carry its own distinctive battle flag. In Stonewall of the West, Craig Symonds offers the first full-scale critical biography of this compelling figure. He explores all the sources of Cleburne's commitment to the Southern cause, his growth as a combat leader from Shiloh to Chickamauga, and his emergence as one of the Confederacy's most effective field commanders at Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, and Pickett's Mill. In addition, Symonds unravels the "mystery" of Spring Hill and recounts Cleburne's dramatic and untimely death (at the age of 36) at Franklin, Tennessee, where he charged the enemy line on foot after having two horses shot from under him. Symonds also explores Cleburne's role in the complicated personal politics of the Army of Tennessee, as well as his astonishing proposal that the decimated Confederate ranks be filled by ending slavery and arming blacks against the Union. Symonds' definitive and immensely readable narrative casts new light on Cleburne, on the Army of Tennessee, and on the Civil War in the West. It finally and firmly establishes Cleburne's rightful place in the pantheon of Southern military heroes.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700609342

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De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

By: Craig Hanyan,Mary L. Hanyan

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De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men

By: Craig Hanyan,Mary L. Hanyan

In 1824 the People's party, the first popular reform movement in the American republic, elected most of its candidates for the Senate and Assembly of New York, the new nation's most populous state. Craig Hanyan and Mary Hanyan examine the development of this influential movement and the role of De Witt Clinton, its chief beneficiary.

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0773514341

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