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Railway Towns

An Overview of Towns That Developed Through Railways

By: David Brandon

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Railway Towns

An Overview of Towns That Developed Through Railways

By: David Brandon

The railways changed the world. They initiated a revolution in communications which continues to this day, ever more profoundly influencing our lives. They had an enormous economic and social impact in Britain, not least with its demography. Before 1914 places on the railway system felt they were connected to the wider world. Those left off the system often feared for their future. It was never actually as simple as that. Some places well served by railways prospered, other did not. Some with minimal or no railway connections managed to sustain themselves successfully. Others became complex railway hubs, perhaps with railway-based engineering works, extensive shunting yards and warehouses and a large requirement for labour. Some companies built large numbers of dwellings for their workers and their families. Sometimes they even built churches and parks, for example. Places of this character have often been described as 'railway towns' but what is actually meant by this term? In a pioneering attempt in book form to move towards an understanding of what constitutes a railway town, the author considers a wide range of cities, towns, villages and other settlements and asks to what extent they owed their nineteenth and early twentieth century development to the railways. This book should appeal to students of railway history, British topography and the economic, social and cultural impact of railways.

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Pen and Sword Transport

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1399051091

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9781399051095

Irish Sea Pilot

By: David Rainsbury

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Irish Sea Pilot

By: David Rainsbury

Imray’s third edition of Irish Sea Pilot is a comprehensive guide to this enchanting cruising ground, taking sailors on a guided journey around the shores of the five countries. Expertly researched and written by seasoned yachtmaster David Rainsbury, this book will help you overcome the challenges of the Irish Sea's significant tides, unveils its rich maritime culture, and brings you closer to the region's spectacular wildlife. With detailed passage planning notes and up-to-date infrastructure developments, this latest edition of the popular Irish Sea Pilot is complemented by new aerial photographs and updated Imray plans, equipping you with essential pilotage information to help safely navigate these unforgettable cruising grounds.

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Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd

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178679358X

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9781786793584

Freshwater Passages

The Trade and Travels of Peter Pond

By: David Chapin

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Freshwater Passages

The Trade and Travels of Peter Pond

By: David Chapin

Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born and died (1740–1807). He traded around the Great Lakes, on the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers, and in the Canadian Northwest and is also well known as a partner in Montreal’s North West Company and as mentor to Alexander Mackenzie, who journeyed down the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Sea. Knowing eighteenth-century North America on a scale that few others did, Pond drew some of the earliest maps of western Canada. In this meticulous biography, David Chapin presents Pond’s life as part of a generation of traders who came of age between the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. Pond’s encounters with a plethora of distinct Native cultures over the course of his career shaped his life and defined his reputation. Whereas previous studies have caricatured Pond as quarrelsome and explosive, Chapin presents him as an intellectually curious, proud, talented, and ambitious man, living in a world that could often be quite violent. Chapin draws together a wide range of sources and information in presenting a deeper, more multidimensional portrait and understanding of Pond than hitherto has been available. Purchase the audio edition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803246323

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9780803246324

A Delaware Album, 1900-1930

By: George David Miller

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A Delaware Album, 1900-1930

By: George David Miller

A Delaware Album, 1900-1930 contains over 300 postcard photographs from the entire state taken during the period from 1900 to 1930. Arranged by subjects—City and Town Views; Delaware Beaches; Amusements; Industry and Agriculture; Signs of the Times; Trains, Trolleys, and Automobiles; Water Transportation; Schools; Religion; Businesses; Hotels and Motels—each photo has a caption ranging from a sentence or two to several paragraphs. The book's introduction detail how the cards were produced, analyzes the subject matter depicted on the cards, documents the history of several of the most prominent local photographers in the state whose work is found almost only on postcards, and traces the evolution and popularization of postcard photography.

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University of Delaware

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1611490456

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9781611490459

The Sex Column and Other Misprints

By: David Langford

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The Sex Column and Other Misprints

By: David Langford

A collection of columns by the author, some previously published in SFX magazine.

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246

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Wildside Press LLC

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1930997787

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9781930997783

Outside Adventure Travel Trekking

The Planets Greatest Adventure

By: David Noland

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Outside Adventure Travel Trekking

The Planets Greatest Adventure

By: David Noland

A trek is a long-distance multi-day walk...during which the walker is required neither to carry heavy loads nor prepare meals"--(from the introduction). Travel journalist Noland describes treks to isolated destinations in countries such as Nepal, Tanzania, Pakistan, Chile, Italy, Sikkim, Morocco, Tibet, the US, Panama, and Kazakhstan. The 20 treks are rated according to difficulty, required skills, comfort, and cost. The text is accompanied by numerous color photographs. c. Book News Inc.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393320723

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9780393320725

Birth of the Red Dragon

Wales and the Wars of the Roses

By: Stephen David

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Birth of the Red Dragon

Wales and the Wars of the Roses

By: Stephen David

Highlights the importance of Wales during the intense rivalries of the Houses of Lancaster and York in the Wars of the Roses.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398112720

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9781398112728

Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddling Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the Long Island Sound

By: David Fasulo

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Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddling Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the Long Island Sound

By: David Fasulo

The kayak touring, stand up paddling, and kayak fishing along the Connecticut and Rhode Island coast is some of the finest in the country. Most of these waters are protected from large ocean swells, while ocean currents allow for lively waters and abundant sea life. These conditions permit beginners and experts alike to explore the many islands, coastal preserves, and dramatic coastlines in Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, Block Island Sound, and Narragansett Bay. Along with over 100 photographs, Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddling Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the Long Island Sound provides readers with over 40: Kayak tours, and rough water play areas, for the beginner and advanced paddler Preferred areas for Stand Up Paddlers Kayak fishing areas and tips Maps with overviews of the paddling circuits and launches Utilizing the author’s vast knowledge of these waters, Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddling Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the Long Island Sound is an exceptionally comprehensive resource for all car-top boaters in this region.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493024469

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The John Coltrane Reference

By: Lewis Porter,Chris DeVito,David Wild,Yasuhiro Fujioka,Wolf Schmaler

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The John Coltrane Reference

By: Lewis Porter,Chris DeVito,David Wild,Yasuhiro Fujioka,Wolf Schmaler

The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008. Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the "facts" about Coltrane's life and work have never been definitely established. Well-known Coltrane biographer and jazz educator Lewis Porter has assembled an international team of scholars to write The John Coltrane Reference, an indispensable guide to the life and music of John Coltrane. The John Coltrane Reference features a a day-by-day chronology, which extends from 1926-1967, detailing Coltrane's early years and every live performance given by Coltrane as either a sideman or leader, and a discography offering full session information from the first year of recordings, 1946, to the last, 1967. The appendices list every film and television appearance, as well as every recorded interview. Richly illustrated with over 250 album covers and photos from the collection of Yasuhiro Fujioka, The John Coltrane Reference will find a place in every major library supporting a jazz studies program, as well as John Coltrane enthusiasts.

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Routledge

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1135112576

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9781135112578

Sketches of the Town of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine from its Earliest Settlement, to 1879, with Biographical Sketches

By: David Norton

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Sketches of the Town of Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine from its Earliest Settlement, to 1879, with Biographical Sketches

By: David Norton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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338542951X

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9783385429512

Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, Second Edition

By: David Schultz

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Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, Second Edition

By: David Schultz

Praise for the previous edition: "...concise, well-written entries...Schultz's accessible work will be of use to both undergraduates and the general public; recommended for all academic and public libraries."—Library Journal "...achieves the goal of presenting a serious overview of the Supreme Court."—Booklist "At its reasonable price this title should be found in every American library, public as well as academic. It should also be purchased by every high school library, no matter how small the school body may be."—American Reference Books Annual From the structure of the Supreme Court to its proceedings, this comprehensive encyclopedia presents the cornerstone of the American justice system. Featuring more than 600 A-to-Z entries—written by leading academics and lawyers—Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, Second Edition offers a thorough review of critical cases, issues, biographies, and topics important to understanding the Supreme Court. Entries include: Abortion Capital punishment Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Double jeopardy employment discrimination Federalism Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission Obergefell v. Hodges police use of force public health and the U.S. Constitution Thurgood Marshall Title IX and schools United States v. Nixon Earl Warren Wiretapping

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Infobase Holdings, Inc

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1438141807

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9781438141800

Stanley Thornes Primary Science

Year 4/P5

By: Wendy Clemson,David Clemson

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Stanley Thornes Primary Science

Year 4/P5

By: Wendy Clemson,David Clemson

Straightforward scientific material to encourage learningParticipation sheets for each topic, with recording sheets for teachersLively photocopiable sheetsComplete coverage of the National CurriculumIn line with the QCA scheme of work and Scottish 5-14 guidelines

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Nelson Thornes

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0748729674

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9780748729678

Early New England

A Covenanted Society

By: David A. Weir

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Early New England

A Covenanted Society

By: David A. Weir

The idea of covenant was at the heart of early New England society. In this singular book David Weir explores the origins and development of covenant thought in America by analyzing the town and church documents written and signed by seventeenth-century New Englanders. Unmatched in the breadth of its scope, this study takes into account all of the surviving covenants in all of the New England colonies. Weir's comprehensive survey of seventeenth-century covenants leads to a more complex picture of early New England than what emerges from looking at only a few famous civil covenants like the Mayflower Compact. His work shows covenant theology being transformed into a covenantal vision for society but also reveals the stress and strains on church-state relationships that eventually led to more secularized colonial governments in eighteenth-century New England. He concludes that New England colonial society was much more "English" and much less "American" than has often been thought, and that the New England colonies substantially mirrored religious and social change in Old England.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802813526

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9780802813527

The Making of Prehistoric Wiltshire

By: David Field,Dave McOmish

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The Making of Prehistoric Wiltshire

By: David Field,Dave McOmish

The complete story of the area known for the famous Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445648423

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9781445648422

Delaware

The First State

By: Derek Miller,David King,Brian Fitzgerald

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Delaware

The First State

By: Derek Miller,David King,Brian Fitzgerald

On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution. Since then, Delaware has been a leader in politics and business. Delaware's residents are proud of all their state has to offer, especially their rich farmlands, thriving cities, and scenic waterways. Through striking photographs, informative maps, and high-interest text, this volume helps readers to celebrate the state's history, people, and government.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1502641798

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9781502641793

Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism

By: David R. B. Kimbell

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Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism

By: David R. B. Kimbell

Professor Kimbell's classic study illuminates the first fifteen years of Verdi's composing career, the era that culminated in his trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Verdi had become an acknowledged master of the peculiar brand of Romanticism that flourished in Italy in the 1830s and 40s; this background is examined in its political, social and literary light, and his consequent transformation of Italian operatic conventions is analysed. The four parts of Professor Kimbell's book range over biographical, documentary, literary and close-analytical ground. Attention is given to individual operas in order to show how Verdi assimilated and developed the Romantic tradition in his work.

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724

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Cambridge University Press

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0521230527

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9780521230520

The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation

By: David Crystal

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The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation

By: David Crystal

This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronuniciation (OP), enabling practitioners to deal with any queries about the pronunciation of individual words. It includes all the words in the First Folio, transcribed using IPA, and the accompanying website hosts sound files to further aid pronunciation. It also includes the main sources of evidence in the texts, notably all spelling variants (along with a frequency count for each variant) and all rhymes (including those occurring elsewhere in the canon, such as the Sonnets and long poems). An extensive introduction provides a full account of the aims, evidence, history, and current use of OP in relation to Shakespeare productions, as well as indicating the wider use of OP in relation to other Elizabethan and Jacobean writers, composers from the period, the King James Bible, and those involved in reconstructing heritage centers. It will be an invaluable resource for producers, directors, actors, and others wishing to mount a Shakespeare production or present Shakespeare's poetry in original pronunciation, as well as for students and academics in the fields of literary criticism and Shakespeare studies more generally.

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Oxford University Press

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0199668426

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9780199668427

Waters Under the Bridge

A mother and son family history spanning 1920s to 2000 in England, Ireland and Australia

By: Isobelle and David 'Khyber' Close

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Waters Under the Bridge

A mother and son family history spanning 1920s to 2000 in England, Ireland and Australia

By: Isobelle and David 'Khyber' Close

David Close’s English mother Isobelle Harwood never knew her mother, who died from TB just after childbirth and his Irish father Jack Close never knew his father, who was jailed for bigamy. To the Irish, ‘close’ means ‘near-enough’ while Jack always was, legally speaking, a bastard. These sociological factors shaped their working-class family struggles before, during and after World War Two in England and reappear as ‘family karma’ down the generations of this now-scattered clan. His mother’s childhood memories of orphanage life in the 1920s were followed by years of domestic servitude in the houses of her rich or unscrupulous ‘betters’ until she trained as a nurse during the war. She calls this story ‘Finding Myself’, which is part 1 of this book. Isobelle saw a photograph of and became pen-pals with an Irish nurses’ brother called Jack, a sailor on Atlantic convoy duties who she married on Victory in Europe Day in May 1945. David was born in June the following year. The second section ‘Knowing Myself’ reveals their married life until Isobelle’s battle with life-threatening TB when she was thirty years old in 1953. On recovery, her doctors claimed that if she lived in a dry climate and had no more children she would have a life-expectancy of ten more years. However, she produced two more offspring and managed to ride for an hour on a camel in China at the age of seventy-six. Part 3 contains David’s childhood memories of England, Ireland and in 1961 the first ten years of family life in Oz. Some of his father Jack’s wartime exploits and then his untimely death in 1982 lead the reader into the last section titled Release Retrospectives containing his mother’s mature reflections on grief, life and the all and everything, as well as her Back to Britain and Silk Road Diaries. Her son David’s lifelong troubled relationship with his father is explored in his other autobiographical works, but his two chapters titled ‘Close encounters of the personal secret kind’ and ‘Conflicts and growth amidst grief’ explore three of the Close family’s personal experiences of communications from beyond the grave – pointing towards reincarnation being cosmic reality central to any ‘Divine Plan’ and the healing answer to why we are here…

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BookPOD

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0992290473

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9780992290474

New Zealand by Motorhome

By: Shore, David

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New Zealand by Motorhome

By: Shore, David

New Zealand's lush forests, breathtaking beaches, and endless recreational attractions make traveling by motorhome an ideal way to experience the country. In this informative guide, husband-and-wife team David Shore and Patty Campbell show, step-by-step, how to acquire, maneuver, and enjoy a motorhome when traversing Kiwi-land. The authors, who have traveled the two islands extensively in motorhome comfort, discuss how and when to go there, what type of vehicle to choose as well as pitfalls to be aware of, and provide a general overview of motorhome travel. They also provide contacts for motorhome outlets and some two hundred motorhome camps. Helpful hints on daily necessities--such as mailing letters home, placing telephone calls, and exchanging currency--are included, along with expert advice on handling the roads of New Zealand and a suggested first-trip itinerary. The authors also offer recipes for preparing meals on the road using local foods. Photographs, maps, and a comparative listing of various motorhome features make this volume a thorough introduction to seeing New Zealand by motorhome.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455609617

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9781455609611

Four-coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway

By: David Maidment

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Four-coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway

By: David Maidment

This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway – locomotives of nine Broad Gauge companies, nineteen Standard Gauge companies, mainly in the South West which became part of the GWR between the 1870s and 1914, and a further eighteen companies, mainly in South Wales absorbed by the GWR in 1922 and 1923 at the formation of the ‘Big Four’ Grouping. The locomotives described and illustrated range from the 4-4-0 Broad Gauge saddle tanks of the South Devon and Bristol & Exeter Railways to the large 4-4-4 tank locomotives of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway, not forgetting the numerous and varied 0-4-0 pug saddle tanks of the Swansea Harbour Trust and the Powlesland & Mason company. The book includes thirty-two weight diagrams and nearly 200 photographs, many of exotic and rare locomotives.

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190

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Pen and Sword Transport

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1399095463

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9781399095464

Best Bike Rides Connecticut

The Greatest Recreational Rides in the State

By: David Streever

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Best Bike Rides Connecticut

The Greatest Recreational Rides in the State

By: David Streever

Best Bike Rides Connecticut describes 40 of the greatest recreational rides in the Connectiut. Road rides, rail rides, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides all get included. Most rides are in the 5- to 35-mile range, allowing for great afternoon outings and family adventures (though there are plenty of challenging rides in the mix as well). Best Bike Rides Connecticut includes a map of each ride, a log of significant mile points, a text description of the ride, a start-finish point with nearby motor vehicle parking, the GPS coordinates of the start-finish point, and color photos of one of the ride's features. Also included is information on local restaurants, lodging, maps, bicycle shops, other facilities for cyclists, and community resources.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493014285

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9781493014286

Dental Ethics at Chairside

Professional Obligations and Practical Applications, Third Edition

By: David T. Ozar,David J. Sokol,Donald E. Patthoff

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Dental Ethics at Chairside

Professional Obligations and Practical Applications, Third Edition

By: David T. Ozar,David J. Sokol,Donald E. Patthoff

The First Years of Practice -- The Mature, Well-Experienced Dentist -- Thinking about the Case -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Resources for Dental Professional Ethics and Professionalism Education -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Authors

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Georgetown University Press

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162616553X

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9781626165533

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