Dick Schneider's Books

Assault from the Sky

By: Dick Camp

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This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps combat deployment: Buildup (19621966), Heavy Combat (19671969), and The Bitter End (1975). Each part includes chapters devoted to telling the story of Marine helicopters from the individual to the strategic level. Vietnam has often been called our first helicopter war, and indeed the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967 the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA, on a scale comparable to the great campaigns of WWII. In 1968, when the Communists launched their mammoth counteroffensive, the Marines were forced to fight on all sides, with the helicopter giving them the additional dimension that proved decisive in repelling the enemy. The author, a Vietnam veteran, uses his experiences as a company commander to bring the story to life by weaving personal accounts, after-action reports and official documents into a remarkably readable narrative of service and sacrifice by Marine pilots and crewmen. The entire story of the war is here depicted through the prism of Marine helicopter operations, from the first deployments to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the Viet Cong through the rapid United States buildup to stop the North Vietnamese Army, until the final withdrawal from our Embassy. Colonel Dick Camp, a Purple Heart recipient, served 26 years in the U.S. Marine Corps before retiring in 1988. Upon retirement he served as the Deputy Director, U.S. Marine Corps History Division and as the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Vice President for Museum Operations at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia. Currently residing in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he is the author of ten books and over 100 magazine articles on various military related subjects.

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Casemate

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1612001289

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9781612001289

Wood Modification Technologies

Principles, Sustainability, and the Need for Innovation

By: Dick Sandberg,Andreja Kutnar,Olov Karlsson,Dennis Jones

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Wood Modification Technologies

Principles, Sustainability, and the Need for Innovation

By: Dick Sandberg,Andreja Kutnar,Olov Karlsson,Dennis Jones

The market for durable products using modified wood has increased substantially during the last few years. This is partly because of the restriction on the use of toxic preservatives due to environmental concerns, and to lower maintenance cost and time. Furthermore, as sustainability becomes a greater concern, the environmental impact of construction and interior materials is factored in planning by considering the whole life cycle and embodied energy of the materials used. Wood is modified to improve its intrinsic properties, enhance the range of applications of timber, and to acquire the form and functionality desired by engineers without calling the environmental friendliness into question. Wood modification processes are at various stages of development, and the challenges faced in scaling up to industrial applications differ. The aim of this book is to put together the key elements of the changes of wood constituents and the related changes in wood properties of modified wood. Further, a selection of the principal technologies implemented in wood modification are presented. This work is intended for researchers, professionals of timber construction, as well as students studying the science of materials, civil engineering and architecture. This work is not exhaustive, but intends to deliver an outline of the scientific disciplines necessary to apprehend the technologies of wood modification and its behavior during treatment, as well as during its use.

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CRC Press

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1351028200

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9781351028202

Financial Reporting under IFRS

A Topic Based Approach

By: Wolfgang Dick,Franck Missonier-Piera

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Financial Reporting under IFRS

A Topic Based Approach

By: Wolfgang Dick,Franck Missonier-Piera

The International Financial Reporting Standards are quite different from other sets of accounting standards, and are fundamentally different from US-GAAP, in that they are based on principles, and not on detailed rules. Financial Reporting under IFRS:A topic-based approach offers a global perspective on IFRS by presenting the prescribed rationale and principles and illustrating them through numerous examples from large international companies. It aims to develop the fundamental skills necessary to read and use the information contained in all types of financial statements, through examples, activities, questions and answers. The book is broadly divided into three sections. Section one examines the structure of the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement, their links and the accounting mechanisms used to prepare them. Section two deals with the identification, evaluation and reporting of Balance Sheet items. Section three covers the use of financial statements to analyze a firm’s performance and its risks. Throughout the book special topics are covered, including Derivatives and Hedge accounting (IAS 39), Business Combination (IFRS 3) and Operating Segments (IFRS 8). Financial Reporting under IFRS is ideally suited to the needs of students of accounting and financial reporting, but all users of financial statements, from creditors and investors to suppliers, customers, employees and governments will benefit from its concise, topic-based approach.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470971622

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9780470971628

Bloody British History: Camden

By: Marianne Colloms,Dick Weindling

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Bloody British History: Camden

By: Marianne Colloms,Dick Weindling

Black Death! The horrors of the plague in Camden! My wife is under the floor! The true story of Camden murderer Doctor Crippen! The elephant stampede! Weird accidents and strange events galore! Camden has a dark side to rival that of any London borough. The haunt of highwaymen, its fields also witnessed numerous duels. Crime, poverty and depravity were rife in parts of Holborn until the late nineteenth century. The first murderer to be caught using the transatlantic cable lived in Camden, and the last woman to be hanged shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub. With grave-robbers and grisly graveyard exhumations, eccentric residents and rioting peasants, and featuring tons of weird true events, you'll never see the borough in the same way again!

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The History Press

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0752492950

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9780752492957

Striper Wars

An American Fish Story

By: Dick Russell

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Striper Wars

An American Fish Story

By: Dick Russell

When populations of striped bass began plummeting in the early 1980s, author and fisherman Dick Russell was there to lead an Atlantic coast conservation campaign that resulted in one of the most remarkable wildlife comebacks in the history of fisheries. As any avid fisherman will tell you, the striped bass has long been a favorite at the American dinner table; in fact, we've been feasting on the fish from the time of the Pilgrims. By 1980 that feasting had turned to overfishing by commercial fishing interests. Striper Wars is Dick Russell's inspiring account of the people and events responsible for the successful preservation of one of America's favorite fish and of what has happened since. Striper Wars is a tale replete with heroes--and some villains--as the struggle to save the striper migrated down the coast from Massachusetts to Maryland. Russell introduces us to a postman at arms against a burly trap-net fisherman, a renowned state governor caving to special interests, and a fishing-tackle maker fighting alongside marine biologists. And he describes how champions of this singular fish blocked power plants and New York's Westway Project that would otherwise compromise its habitat. Unfortunately, those who cheered the triumphant ending to the campaign, as the coastal states enacted measures that enabled the striped bass to make its comeback, have found the peace transitory--there is now a new enemy emerging on the front. In recent years a chronic bacterial disease has struck more than seventy percent of the striped bass population in the primary spawning waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Malnutrition seems to be a significant factor, brought on by the same overfishing that plagued the bass in the first battle--only this time, the overfishing is devastating menhaden, the silvery little fish upon which the bass feed. Lessons learned during the first conservation battle are being applied here, highlighting a need for a whole new ecosystem-based approach to conserving species. Only with constant vigilance by concerned citizens, Dick Russell reminds us, can environmental victories be sustained. This particular fish story is a personal one for him, and he follows the striper's saga today all the way to California, where the fish was introduced in 1879 and where agribusiness now threatens its future. For his conservation work during the 1980s Russell received a citizen's Chevron Conservation Award.

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Island Press

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1610911105

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Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact

By: Steven J. Dick

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Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact

By: Steven J. Dick

The search for life in the universe, once the stuff of science fiction, is now a robust worldwide research program with a well-defined roadmap probing both scientific and societal issues. This volume examines the humanistic aspects of astrobiology, systematically discussing the approaches, critical issues, and implications of discovering life beyond Earth. What do the concepts of life and intelligence, culture and civilization, technology and communication mean in a cosmic context? What are the theological and philosophical implications if we find life - and if we do not? Steven J. Dick argues that given recent scientific findings, the discovery of life in some form beyond Earth is likely and so we need to study the possible impacts of such a discovery and formulate policies to deal with them. The remarkable and often surprising results are presented here in a form accessible to disciplines across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108652913

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9781108652919

The Ashes of Waco

An Investigation

By: Dick J. Reavis

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The Ashes of Waco

An Investigation

By: Dick J. Reavis

This is the story the daily press didn't give us. It may be the definitive book about what happened at Mt. Carmel, near Waco, Texas, examined from both sides—the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other. Dick J. Reavis contends that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh and even less to raid the compound at Mt. Carmel. The government lied to the public about most of what happened—about who fired the first shots, about drug allegations, about child abuse. The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel-and that alone could have started the fire that killed seventy-six people. Drawing on interviews with survivors of Koresh's movement (which dates back to 1935), as well as from esoteric religious tracts and audiotapes, and previously undisclosed government documents, Reavis uncovers the real story of the burning at Waco, including the trial that followed. The author quotes from Koresh himself to create an extraordinary portrait of a movement, an assault, and an avoidable tragedy.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815605021

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9780815605027

Builders of the Third Reich

The Organisation Todt and Nazi Forced Labour

By: Charles Dick

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Builders of the Third Reich

The Organisation Todt and Nazi Forced Labour

By: Charles Dick

This is the first comprehensive critical study of the Organisation Todt (OT), a key institution which oversaw the Third Reich's vast slave labour programme together with the SS, Wehrmacht and industry. The book breaks new ground by revealing the full extent of the organisation's brutal and murderous operations across occupied Europe and in the Reich. For the first time, Charles Dick provides a strong voice for camp survivors overseen by the OT, drawing on an extensive collection of personal accounts and analysing the violence they endured. Builders of the Third Reich shows Hitler used the OT, which had a labour force of around 1.5 million people in 1944, as an instrument of subjugation and occupation to project German imperial power. Drawing on a broad range of primary sources, it demonstrates how the organisation participated in the plunder of Europe's raw materials and manpower, greatly boosting the German war economy. The book reveals how OT staff shot, beat or worked tens of thousands of prisoners to death, both within the SS-run concentration camp system and outside it, with analysis of OT operations showing that where it had sole, or very high levels of control over camps, prisoner death rates were extremely high. Examining how engineers and builders, individuals who fitted the category of 'ordinary men' as precisely as any other group so far examined by historians, perpetrated war crimes, this volume reflects on how few OT personnel were interrogated or came to trial and how the organisation passed largely under the radar of post-war prosecutors, researchers and the general public.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350182680

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Rebuilding Brand America

What We Must Do to Restore Our Reputation and Safeguard the Future of American Business Abroad

By: Dick MARTIN

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Rebuilding Brand America

What We Must Do to Restore Our Reputation and Safeguard the Future of American Business Abroad

By: Dick MARTIN

Anti-American feeling is at an all-time high. Other nations and cultures have singled out our businesses, government, and way of life for harsh scorn, widespread resentment, even violence. Rebuilding Brand America is an exploration of anti-Americanism, from its causes and earliest manifestations to current efforts to mitigate it. Martin explains why many of these efforts failed, and reviews the many prescriptions formulated by more than a dozen task forces. He then bases his recommendations on the best practices of leading companies, and on his own 32-year career in public relations and brand management. Rebuilding Brand America features exclusive interviews with journalists, media and PR professionals, and executives from global icons like McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and FedEx, and analyzes the groundbreaking work of thought leaders such as: * Pollster John Zogby, whose insights into the Muslim world continue to inform policy in the Middle East. * Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria, whose essay on the 9/11 attacks shed new light on the Islamic mind. * Keith Reinhard, president of Business for Diplomatic Action, a non-partisan business group organized to fight anti-Americanism by addressing its causes in U.S. business practice. Based on a deep understanding of anti-Americanism’s roots, Rebuilding Brand America is a call to action that will help U.S.-based companies prosper in global markets.

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AMACOM/American Management Association

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0814429963

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9780814429969

In the Name of the People: Perpetrators of Genocide in the Reflection of Their Post-War Prosecution in West Germany

The `Euthanasia' and Aktion Reinhard Trial Cases

By: Dick De Mildt

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In the Name of the People: Perpetrators of Genocide in the Reflection of Their Post-War Prosecution in West Germany

The `Euthanasia' and Aktion Reinhard Trial Cases

By: Dick De Mildt

In the Name of the People explores the profile of the perpetrators of Nazi genocide as reflected in postwar German trial sentences. It investigates their social background, their `route to crime', and their role in the Nazi extermination apparatus. In addition, it studies the postwar prosecution of these genocidal criminals in West Germany. It describes and analyses the obstacles, `bottlenecks', and omissions in the prosecuting policies and presents their statistical record. It examines the way in which postwar German courts dealt with these criminals by an in-depth study of the trial sentences against two specific groups of genocidal perpetrators: the `Euthanasia' and `Aktion Reinhard' killers. Through a scrutiny of the argumentation of the various courts' sentences in these cases, it presents a detailed picture of the grounds for acquittal, conviction and punishment. It discusses the controversial differentiation of `murder' and `complicity in murder' with regard to these genocidal perpetrators and highlights the ways in which the courts handled complicated questions, such as acting under superior orders, duress, and coercion. The study is intended for a readership consisting of historians, sociologists, criminologists, legal experts and others interested in the `fieldworkers' and modus operandi of the Nazi genocide and Germany's postwar judicial reaction to it.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9004637168

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9789004637160

The Pocket Guide to Beer

Featuring the Beer Tube Map

By: Joe Dick,Nikki Welch

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The Pocket Guide to Beer

Featuring the Beer Tube Map

By: Joe Dick,Nikki Welch

There's a whole new world of beer out there to explore, but do you know your Pilsner from your Pale Ale? Tired of your usual tipple and in need of something different? The Pocket Guide to Beer will point your taste buds in new directions. This handy, fun and informative guide takes you on a journey using the BeerTubeMap, a unique flavour map that links beers by taste and style. Covering a huge range from around the world, it includes both traditional and new-wave beers. It also includes specific recommendations for each style, as well as practical tips about buying beer, what to eat with it, and lots more besides. Its straightforward, no-nonsense style makes it a great starter guide for beer newbies whilst providing inspiration for more seasoned drinkers too.

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Birlinn Ltd

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1788850459

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9781788850452

Straminipilous Fungi

Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes Including Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous Protists, the Plasmodiophorids and Similar Organisms

By: M.W. Dick

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Straminipilous Fungi

Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes Including Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous Protists, the Plasmodiophorids and Similar Organisms

By: M.W. Dick

Straminipilous Fungi presents a critical comparative review of the morphology and ultrastructure, morphogenesis, cytology, molecular biology and evolution of the biflagellate fungi. These organisms encompass the fungi formerly called oomycetes; taxonomically related heterotrophs studied by mycologists; plasmodiophorids and other heterotrophs. Appropriate comparisons are made with chromophyte algae, marine heterotrophs and chytridiaceous fungi. Little-known taxa which have been referred to the various orders of flagellate fungi are also listed together with citations. A new hierarchical classification is presented which is supported by systematic accounts and synoptic keys. Dichotomous keys based on habitat and habit are given to all known species of lagenidiaceous fungi, labyrinthulids and plasmodiophorids. A unique `one stop' reference resource for plant pathologists is provided by the binominal lists, including host-related lists for the downy mildews. The book, including ca 4000 references, is a major text for post-graduate and research workers, particularly freshwater and marine biologists, soil ecologists and plant pathologists.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401597332

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9789401597333

Policing the 2012 London Olympics

Legacy and Social Exclusion

By: Gary Armstrong,Richard Giulianotti,Dick Hobbs

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Policing the 2012 London Olympics

Legacy and Social Exclusion

By: Gary Armstrong,Richard Giulianotti,Dick Hobbs

The summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world’s biggest single-city cultural event. While the Olympics and other sport mega-events have received growing levels of academic investigation from a variety of disciplinary approaches, relatively little is known about how such occasions are experienced directly by local host communities and publics. This ethnography examines the everyday policing of the London Borough of Newham in relation to the London 2012 Olympics. It explains how police defined, monitored, prioritized, contained and investigated ‘Olympic-related’ crime, and how ‘Olympic-related’ policing connected to the policing of Newham. The authors examine how the threat of terrorism impacted on the everyday policing of the 2012 Olympics, as well as the exaggeration of other threats to the Games – such as youth gangs – for political reasons. The book also explores local resistance to Olympic policing, and the legacy of the Games with regard to policing, local housing, demographics and social exclusion. Discussing the lessons that can be learned for the future staging of sporting mega-events, this book will appeal to scholars and students with interests in sport, policing, crime and criminology, mega-events, event management, urban studies, global studies and sociology.

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Routledge

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1317747011

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9781317747017

Engulfed

The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood

By: Bernard F. Dick

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Engulfed

The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood

By: Bernard F. Dick

From Double Indemnity (1944) to The Godfather (1972), the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded the arrival of a new way of doing business in Hollywood. Bernard F. Dick reconstructs the battle that reduced the studio to a mere corporate commodity and traces Paramount's devolution from freestanding studio to subsidiary—first of Gulf + Western, then of Paramount Communications, and currently, of Viacom-CBS. Dick portrays the new Paramount as a paradigm of today's Hollywood, where the only real art is the art of the deal. In modern Hollywood, former merchandising executives find themselves in charge of production on the assumption that anyone who can sell a movie can make one. CEOs exit in disgrace from one studio, only to emerge in triumph at another. Corporate raiders vie for power and control, purchasing and selling film libraries, studio property, television stations, book publishers, and more. The history of Paramount is filled with larger-than-life people, including Billy Wilder, Adolph Zukor, Sumner Redstone, Shari Redstone, Sherry Lansing, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and more.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813196116

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9780813196114

The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row

Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures

By: Bernard F. Dick

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The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row

Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures

By: Bernard F. Dick

Ben Hecht called him "White Fang," and director Charles Vidor took him to court for verbal abuse. The image of Harry Cohn as vulgarian is such a part of Hollywood lore that it is hard to believe there were other Harry Cohns: the only studio president who was also head of production; the ex-song plugger who scrutinized scripts and grilled writers at story conferences; a man who could see actresses as either "broads" or goddesses. Drawing on personal interviews as well as previously unstudied source material (conference notes, memos, and especially the teletypes between Harry and his brother, Jack), Bernard Dick offers a radically different portrait of the man who ran Columbia Pictures—and who "had to be boss"—from 1932 to 1958.

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0813196140

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Auto Racing in the Shadow of the Great War

Streamlined Specials and a New Generation of Drivers on American Speedways, 1915-1922

By: Robert Dick

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Auto Racing in the Shadow of the Great War

Streamlined Specials and a New Generation of Drivers on American Speedways, 1915-1922

By: Robert Dick

From 1915 through the early 1920s, American auto racing experienced rapid and exciting change. Competition by European vehicles forced American car manufacturers to incorporate new features, resulting in legendary engineering triumphs (and, essentially, works of art). Some of the greatest drivers in racing history were active during this time--Ralph DePalma, Dario Resta, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Chevrolet brothers, Jimmy Murphy. Presenting dozens of races in detail and a wealth of engineering specs, this history recalls the era's cigar-shaped speedway specials and monumental board tracks, the heavy-footed drivers, fearless mechanics, gifted engineers and enthusiastic backers.

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McFarland

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1476631557

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In the Wake of the Graf Spee

By: Enrique Dick

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In the Wake of the Graf Spee

By: Enrique Dick

This is an indispensable book for anyone wanting to know more about the before, during and after the Battle of the River Plate, the naval tactics that were employed, the games of diplomacy, the honour of the captains and crews, and the ground- breaking technology involved. The book takes a balanced view of pre-war and post-war events that shaped those years and of Argentina’s willingness to take the crew of the Graf Spee in and offer them refuge, which proved to be beneficial to both communities. For those with an interest in social history, the book tells the fascinating story of the changes that the arrival of 200 young German sailors in the foothills of the Sierras de Córdoba meant for what in 1940 had been a small village, Villa General Belgrano, where their traditions still endure. The technical details of the Graf Spee are set out in an Appendix at the back of the book where readers with an interest in such things will be able to find a comprehensive description of her own fascinating story and details of her armaments and capabilities in both words and numbers. The illustrations have been carefully selected in an attempt to reflect what that era was really like and the context in which she was built. Contents include: The Kriegsmarine; Life on board; The outbreak of war; Battle stations; Buenos Aires to Capilla Vieja; Illustrious name, Illustrious ship and both the early and final years.

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WIT Press

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184564932X

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Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei

Part 4

By: Henry B. Bigelow,Daniel M. Cohen,Myvanwy M. Dick,Robert H. Gibbs, Jr.,Marion Grey,James E. Morrow, Jr.,Leonard P. Schultz,Vladimir Walters

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Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei

Part 4

By: Henry B. Bigelow,Daniel M. Cohen,Myvanwy M. Dick,Robert H. Gibbs, Jr.,Marion Grey,James E. Morrow, Jr.,Leonard P. Schultz,Vladimir Walters

Part Four in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes the argentinoids, stomiatoids, pickerles, bathylaconids, and giganturids. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.

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Yale University Press

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193378914X

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Walt's Apprentice

Keeping the Disney Dream Alive

By: Dick Nunis

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Walt's Apprentice

Keeping the Disney Dream Alive

By: Dick Nunis

Walt's Apprentice: Keeping the Disney Dream Alive is the memoir of Disney Legend Dick Nunis. It is a warm personal reminiscence of learning directly from Walt Disney for 12 years, followed by more than 30 years devoted to championing his vision and standards as the Disney empire grew. The story covers Disney's highlights, including the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, and the development and opening of Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. Unlike other Disney books, this story is told from the perspective of operations rather than Imagineering. It touches on decisions that defined the guest experience and Disney's reputation for quality in areas ranging from capacity and people-moving, training, delivering a consistent "good show," food service, and more.This first-person narrative is presented as a series of wide-ranging vignettes. Some vignettes focus on personal, character-shaping events, such as the injury that ended his collegiate football career. Other stories touch on national events, such as Nikita Khrushchev's derailed visit to Disneyland, the decision to close the park following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan's assistance in expediting the visa process for cast members staffing the Epcot World Showcase. Few people have enjoyed a life so immersed in Disney magic. These stories share that magic through the memories of one of the original doers and dreamers. Searching for that perfect gift for the #1 Disney fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions: One Little Spark! Mickey's Ten Commandments and The Road to Imagineering (By Disney Legend Marty Sklar) Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career (By Kevin Rafferty) Travels with Walt Disney: A Photographic Voyage Around the World (By Jeff Kurtti) Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food (By Marcy Carriker Smothers) Walt Disney: An American Original (By Bob Thomas)

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1368096794

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The March of Unreason

Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

By: Dick Taverne

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The March of Unreason

Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

By: Dick Taverne

Our daily news bulletins bring us tales of the wonder of science, from Mars rovers and intelligent robots to developments in cancer treatment, and yet often the emphasis is on the potential threats posed by science. It appears that irrationality is on the rise in western society, and public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and unwillingness to engage with factual evidence. From genetically modified crops and food, organic farming, the MMR vaccine, environmentalism, the precautionary principle and the new anti-capitalist and anti-globalisation movements, the rejection of the evidence-based approach nurtures a culture of suspicion, distrust, and cynicism, and leads to dogmatic assertion and intolerance. In this compelling and timely examination of science and society, Dick Taverne argues that science, with all the benefits it brings, is an essential part of civilised and democratic society: it offers the most hopeful future for mankind.

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0191578614

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Abiding Mission

Missionary Spirituality and Disciple-Making Among the Muslim Peoples of Egypt and Northern Sudan

By: Dick Brogden

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Missionary Spirituality and Disciple-Making Among the Muslim Peoples of Egypt and Northern Sudan

By: Dick Brogden

Abiding Mission presents the discipline of abiding as the first priority of the Christian and the base methodology of mission. Based on an exegesis of John 15, Abiding Mission illustrates the definition of abiding by examining the abiding mission lives of seven key pioneers in mission to Muslims in North Africa, including Daniel Comboni (Catholic), Samuel Zwemer (Presbyterian), Oswald Chambers (YMCA/Pentecostal League), Lillian Trasher (Assemblies of God), Lilias Trotter (Algerian Missions Band), Douglas Thornton (Anglican-CMS), and Temple Gairdner (Anglican-CMS). The work continues by looking at the operationalization of abiding as developed from interviews from current missionaries to Muslims in North Africa.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498293301

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The Cream

Retrospections of an Aviation Cadet

By: Dick Harper

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The Cream

Retrospections of an Aviation Cadet

By: Dick Harper

On January 27, 1943, nineteen-year-old Dick Harper received orders to report to Miami Beach, Florida, to begin Aviation Cadet training, with the lofty goal of becoming a combat pilot in the United States Army Air Corps. Hes leaving the security of his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina for strange, unknown places and an uncertain future, with the ultimate purpose of fighting a war. It was a huge turning point in his life. In The Cream, Harper offers a retrospective of his personal experiences in Aviation Cadet training during World War II. He details his odyssey as he travels from a small Southern town and experiences the dangerous and exciting days and months of pilot training. He shares the disappointments and triumphs, humor and pathos, of his quest for the coveted Silver Wings of a combat pilot. He provides a frontline, inside view, of the rigors and exhilaration of this training. A memoir, The Cream narrates the hopes, frustrations, camaraderie, and ideals of the young men who earned, or attempted to earn, Silver Wings as pilots in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.

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Archway Publishing

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1480817236

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9781480817234

America's Favorite Fish Recipes

More Than 180 Mouthwatering Recipes from Fishing Guides and Professional Chefs

By: Dick Sternberg,Peggy Ramette

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America's Favorite Fish Recipes

More Than 180 Mouthwatering Recipes from Fishing Guides and Professional Chefs

By: Dick Sternberg,Peggy Ramette

We gathered hundreds of delicious recipes from our readers, staff, lodges, restaurants and outdoor guides to create this mouthwatering collection. Dishes range from Country Pan-fried Catfish to Salmon Chowder. What sets this fantastic book apart is the mouthwatering photography and the easy-to-follow recipes. Whether you're frying, steaming, stewing, baking, grilling, smoking, pickling or cooking over a campfire, you'll find new and delicious ways to prepare your catch. This includes special techniques for each method in addition to the recipes themselves. If a recipe looks good, but calls for a species of fish you don't have, there's a substitution chart that will give you an alternate choice. Plus, you'll find handy fish-cleaning tips that can help reduce contaminants and improve the flavor.

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Creative Publishing International

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1610603036

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9781610603034

Muskox Land

Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact

By: Lyle Dick

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Muskox Land

Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact

By: Lyle Dick

Muskox Land provides a meticulously researched and richly illustrated treatment of Canada's High Arctic as it interweaves insights from historiography, Native studies, ecology, anthropology, and polar exploration.

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University of Calgary Press

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1552380505

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Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect

By: Richard H. Schneider,Dick Schneider

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Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect

By: Richard H. Schneider,Dick Schneider

Even though its kind sacrifices for the animals of the forest have marred the perfection of its shape, Small Pine is selected to be the Christmas tree in the Queen's castle, demonstrating that living for the sake of others makes us most beautiful in the eyes of God.

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0687453631

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The Blue Angel Ornament

By: Richard H. Schneider,Dick Schneider

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The Blue Angel Ornament

By: Richard H. Schneider,Dick Schneider

Although it had been so happy to be a family's Christmas tree, a fir tree is afraid when it learns that it will be burned now that the holiday is over--until a selfless angel ornament promises to stay with the tree.

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0687081815

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9780687081813

Secrets of the Fishing Pros

By: Cy DeCosse Incorporated,Dick Sternberg

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Secrets of the Fishing Pros

By: Cy DeCosse Incorporated,Dick Sternberg

Discusses the little-known techniques that enable anglers to catch dozens or hundreds of fish on days when the majority of fishermen don't.

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Random House Canada

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0865730296

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9780865730298

Revolt!

How to Defeat Obama and Repeal His Socialist Programs

By: Dick Morris,Eileen McGann

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Revolt!

How to Defeat Obama and Repeal His Socialist Programs

By: Dick Morris,Eileen McGann

Revolt! is a battle cry for the newly elected Republican majority from the New York Times bestselling authors of Outrage, Fleeced, Catastrophe, and 2010: Take Back America. Dick Morris and Eileen McGann offer a blueprint for rolling back the worst of the legislation passed by the Obama administration and an agenda for establishing new, conservative policies. Revolt! provides the necessary keys to economic recovery and outlines positive steps in the right direction—as well as important the measures needed to clean up Washington…and keep it clean!

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Harper Collins

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006207329X

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