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Caring For Kids

A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers

By: Rodney R Cocking,Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

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Caring For Kids

A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers

By: Rodney R Cocking,Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

The official school drop-out figure in the US in recent years has been 25 per cent of the cohort. Estimates from large cities are often double these rates, and in some areas 60 per cent or worse. This text focuses on this problem in US schools, but from an unusual perspective. It is a study gained from in-depth interviews of 100 "stop-outs" - that is, those who dropped out but then decided to return to school. Four basic questions are posed by this text: who drops out?; why did they drop out?; what caused them to return?; and what intervention policies can be formulated to prevent students dropping out in the first place? The answers provided by this text for the last question are intended to make it of particular interest to school administrators.

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Routledge

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113539606X

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Education Facility Security Handbook

By: Don Philpott,Michael Kuenstle

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Education Facility Security Handbook

By: Don Philpott,Michael Kuenstle

In the last decade, more than 300 violent deaths have occurred in or near school campuses. The killers, their motivations and backgrounds, and levels of damage inflicted vary, but our response and our goal remains singular: to protect our schools and keep those within them safe. This handbook seeks to help administrators, school boards, contractors, teachers_anyone connected with the design, construction, or administration of schools_achieve this goal by providing easy-to-follow guidelines for building safer school environments. Drawing from various government resources, including the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Education, Department of Defense, and Department of Health and Human Services, this one-of-a-kind handbook takes a two-part approach to protecting schools from threats. The first part addresses how to design and build a safe school. It provides a basic security overview and discusses how to identify critical assets and conduct risk-threat assessments. The second part of the book shifts from infrastructure to inhabitants. Here, you'll learn how to produce a detailed crisis management plan to help your facility prevent incidents from happening and to deal with them swiftly and effectively should one occur. You'll also learn various 'people' policies and practices you can implement to reduce drug and alcohol abuse, bullying, vandalism, and other violence and crime.

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Government Institutes

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1591919584

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9781591919582

Aquatic Geomicrobiology

By: Don Canfield,Erik Kristensen,Bo Thamdrup

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Aquatic Geomicrobiology

By: Don Canfield,Erik Kristensen,Bo Thamdrup

Microbes catalyze countless chemical reactions in nature which control the chemistry of the environment. Aquatic Geomicrobiology looks at these reactions and their effect on the aquatic environments from the perspective of the microbes involved. The volume begins with three introductory chapters outlining the basic principles of microbial systematics, microbial ecology, and chemical thermodynamics. These provide a framework for exploring the microbial control of elemental cycling in the remaining chapters. Readers will learn how microbes control the cycling of elements, the structure of the microbial ecosystems involved, and what environmental factors influence the activities of microbial populations. Also available in paperback Written by international experts in the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of aquatic systems Includes introductory chapters on microbial systematics, principles of microbial ecology, and chemical thermodynamics Contains over 1500 references

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Elsevier

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0120261472

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9780120261475

Seven Pillars Of Health

The Natural Way To Better Health For Life

By: Don Colbert

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Seven Pillars Of Health

The Natural Way To Better Health For Life

By: Don Colbert

New York Times Best Selling book with over 300,000 copies sold and nearly 200 Five Star ***** reviews. This book, based on best-selling author Dr. Don Colbert’s life message, reveals seven fundamental principles that will enable people to walk in and enjoy the health God intended.

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Charisma Media

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1599793016

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The End of Stress

Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

By: Don Joseph Goewey

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The End of Stress

Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

By: Don Joseph Goewey

Rid yourself of stress and live a richly beautiful life filled with the joy you deserve! Using a simple method, The End of Stress shows you how to change your brain’s default reaction from stress, anxiety, and depression to calm, creativity, and happiness. Have you been struggling with your levels of stress, unable to escape it completely? It’s not your fault. We were brought up in a fear-based, shame-based culture that wired our brains’ default systems to stress and fear—triggering all sorts of stress reactions that sabotage happiness, compromise health, and block our potential to flourish. If ignored too long, long-term stress can become deadly, resulting in a build-up of toxic stress hormones in your body, shrinking your brain mass and lowering optimum brain function, depressing your emotional set point, and shortening your lifespan. There’s now proof that the deadly long-term effects of stress are reversable and The End of Stress provides four steps to better achieve success and happiness. This specific shift literally rewires the brain to deliver the full measure of intelligence, creativity, and emotional balance that enables you to thrive instead of struggle. The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain guides you through an evidence-based process that achieves this powerful shift. This book is designed as a workshop-in-a-book, supported by a website of tools, audio files, and materials that can help create a new and healthier you!

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Simon and Schuster

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1476771456

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9781476771458

Charley's Boys

St. Bernard College in the Sixties

By: Don W. Laney

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Charley's Boys

St. Bernard College in the Sixties

By: Don W. Laney

I was surprised when a friend told me he wasn't aware that St. Bernard had ever had a college. After thinking about it for a moment, I realized it had been almost thirty years since St. Bernard College closed its doors. That was what motivated me to write a book about my experience there. I attended St. Bernard College from August 1966 until May 1970. It was a time when St. Bernard College strived with attendance peeking during those years. Also of significance, various sports were putting St. Bernard on the map. The 1967-68 basketball team was outstanding, winning their conference championship in one of the highest scoring games in conference history. In writing the book, I mention many other things that went on there, including campus activities, other sports and the professors, priests and students of the college. The book emphasizes two primary things: that outstanding basketball team of 1967-68 of which I was a member, and the influence Coach Charles Richard had on his athletes, students and the college itself. You will take a walk down memory lane as you read about what it was like at St. Bernard College in the late Sixties.

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Author House

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1452024634

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Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

By: Dennis Chi,Andrew Berchuck,Don S. Dizon,Catheryn M. Yashar

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Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

By: Dennis Chi,Andrew Berchuck,Don S. Dizon,Catheryn M. Yashar

Completely reorganized to be more clinically focused on diagnosis and treatment, Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, Eighth Edition, provides the up-to-date information practitioners, researchers, and students need in an easily accessible manner. Drs. Dennis S. Chi, Dineo Khabele, Don S. Dizon, and Catheryn Yashar oversee an expert team of international, multidisciplinary authors who offer practical coverage of the entire field, including new management and treatment strategies for gynecologic cancers. Each disease site now has a dedicated section with individual chapters on epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, diagnostic imaging, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and more—all designed for quick clinical reference and efficient study.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975183282

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9781975183288

H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture

The Works and Their Adaptations in Film, Television, Comics, Music and Games

By: Don G. Smith

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H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture

The Works and Their Adaptations in Film, Television, Comics, Music and Games

By: Don G. Smith

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born late in the 19th century, but it was not until after his death in 1937 that he became a worldwide icon of horror and supernatural fiction. Influenced largely by Lord Dunsany and Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft's stories are known for their unique assimilation of gothic themes into science fiction. Lovecraft's influence has stretched far beyond literary horror, as a number of his works have been adapted for feature films, television episodes, comic book tales and, in recent years, video games. This scholarly study highlights Lovecraft's profound impact on 20th century popular culture. Early chapters introduce his complete writings, providing an annotated bibliography of the author's horror and science fiction tales. The works are discussed in the context of the Cthulhu Mythos, an invented mythology centering on ancient and alien beings interacting with the terrestrial world. Later chapters provide a filmography of motion pictures that credit Lovecraft or are identifiably adapted from his works, as well as a discussion of the works that have been adapted for television, comic books, role-playing video games, and music. The book concludes with a close examination of the Lovecraft legacy, commenting on his specific social and metaphysical ideologies and placing the author in context among such notable literary personalities as Mary Shelley, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

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McFarland

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1476604002

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9781476604008

Captain Alex MacLean

Jack London's Sea Wolf

By: Don MacGillivray

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Captain Alex MacLean

Jack London's Sea Wolf

By: Don MacGillivray

Alex MacLean was the inspiration for the title character in Jack London's bestselling novel The Sea-Wolf. Originally from Cape Breton, MacLean sailed to the Pacific side of North America when he was twenty-one and worked there for thirty-five years as a sailor and sealer. His achievements and escapades while in the Victoria fleet in the 1880s laid the foundation for his status as a folk hero. But this biography reveals more than the construction of a legend. Don MacGillivray opens a window onto the sealing dispute brought the United States and Britain to the brink of war, with Canadian sealing interests frequently enmeshed in espionage, scientific debate, diplomatic negotiations, and vexing questions of maritime and environmental law.

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UBC Press

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0774858419

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9780774858410

David Malouf

By: Don Randall

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David Malouf

By: Don Randall

Don Randall’s comprehensive study situates Malouf within the field of contemporary international and postcolonial writing, but without losing sight of the author’s affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents an original reading of Malouf, finding the unity of his work in the continuity of his ethical concerns: for Malouf, human lives find their value in transformations, specifically in instances of self-overcoming that encounters with difference or otherness provoke. However, the book is fully aware of, and informed by, the quite ample body of criticism on Malouf, and thus provides readers with a broad-based understanding of how Malouf’s works have been received and assessed. It is an effective companion volume for studies in postcolonial or Australian literature, for any study project in which Malouf figures prominently.

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Manchester University Press

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1847796036

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The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

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The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formulation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analytic techniques in decision-making benefits the nation. They argues that these techniques are too often used in situations where they may not be needed or understood by the decision maker, where they may not be to answer the questions raised but are nonetheless required by law. House and Shull provide an excellent empirical base for describing the impact of politics on policies, policy analysis, and policy analysts. They examine cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and decision analysis and assess their ability to substitute for the current decision-making process in the public sector. They examine the political basis of public sector decision-making, how individuals and organizations make decisions, and the ways decisions are made in the federal sector. Also, they discuss the mandate to use these methods in the policy formulation process. The book is written by two practicing federal policy analysts who, in a decade of service as policy researchers, developed sophisticated quantitative analytic and decision-making techniques. They then spent several years trying to use them in the real world. Success and failures are described in illuminating detail, providing insight not commonly found in such critiques. The authors delineate the interaction of politics and technical issues. Their book describes policy analysis as it is, not how it ought to be. Peter W. House is the director of policy research and analysis at the National Science Foundation. He is the author of ten books on multidisciplinary science and technology policy research and analyses in government, private, and university sectors, including The Art of Public Policy Analysis and with Roger D. Shull, Regulatory Reform: Politics and the Environment and Regulations and Science: Management of Research on Demand. Roger D. Shull is a senior analyst at the Division of Policy Research and Analysis, National Science Foundation.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412831059

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9781412831055

Power Distribution System Reliability

Practical Methods and Applications

By: Ali Chowdhury,Don Koval

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Power Distribution System Reliability

Practical Methods and Applications

By: Ali Chowdhury,Don Koval

A practical, hands-on approach to power distribution system reliability As power distribution systems age, the frequency and duration of consumer interruptions will increase significantly. Now more than ever, it is crucial for students and professionals in the electrical power industries to have a solid understanding of designing the reliable and cost-effective utility, industrial, and commercial power distribution systems needed to maintain life activities (e.g., computers, lighting, heating, cooling, etc.). This books fills the void in the literature by providing readers with everything they need to know to make the best design decisions for new and existing power distribution systems, as well as to make quantitative "cost vs. reliability" trade-off studies. Topical coverage includes: Engineering economics Reliability analysis of complex network configurations Designing reliability into industrial and commercial power systems Application of zone branch reliability methodology Equipment outage statistics Deterministic planning criteria Customer interruption for cost models for load-point reliability assessment Isolation and restoration procedures And much more Each chapter begins with an introduction and ends with a conclusion and a list of references for further reading. Additionally, the book contains actual utility and industrial power system design problems worked out with real examples, as well as additional problem sets and their solutions. Power Distribution System Reliability is essential reading for practicing engineers, researchers, technicians, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in electrical power industries.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470459344

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9780470459348

Black Widow Epic Collection

Beware The Black Widow

By: Stan Lee,Roy Thomas,Gary Friedrich,Don Rico,Mimi Gold,Gerry Conway

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Black Widow Epic Collection

Beware The Black Widow

By: Stan Lee,Roy Thomas,Gary Friedrich,Don Rico,Mimi Gold,Gerry Conway

Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #52-53, 57, 60, 64; Avengers (1963) #29-30, 36-37, 43-44; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #86; Amazing Adventures (1970) #1-8; Daredevil (1964) #81 and material from Avengers (1963) #16, 32-33, 38-39, 41-42, 45-47, 57, 63-64, 76. Collecting the origins of the Black Widow for the very first time! From her debut as a Russian spy in TALES OF SUSPENSE, Natasha Romanoff was instantly one of Marvel’s most iconic characters. This amazing collection takes you through her early days with Hawkeye, into her first adventures with the Avengers – and on to her first solo series! Thrill to a captivating and complex saga as the Black Widow evolves from villain to hero — and defines herself as one of comics’ greatest characters. Boasting stories and art by a who’s who of Silver Age greats, this Epic Collection is ground zero for every Black Widow fan!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302519646

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9781302519643

After Valkyrie

Military and Civilian Consequences of the Attempt to Assassinate Hitler

By: Don Allen Gregory

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After Valkyrie

Military and Civilian Consequences of the Attempt to Assassinate Hitler

By: Don Allen Gregory

After Operation Valkyrie--the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of the German government--both the Third Reich and Hitler came to a violent end. Hitler promised a classless fatherland before he became chancellor and had covertly been liquidating Germany's elite officer corps long before Stalingrad. Today it is possible to reconstruct and connect important events and biographies of the principle characters to chronicle the disappearance of Germany's officer class, its nobility and, for a time, its civilian leadership.

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McFarland

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1476634475

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9781476634470

In the Leadership Mode

Concepts, Practices, and Tools for a Different Leadership

By: Don Dunoon

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In the Leadership Mode

Concepts, Practices, and Tools for a Different Leadership

By: Don Dunoon

This resource frames leadership as based in learning processes and distinct from management processes. It presents practices and tools together with examples and pointers for intervening with contentious problems.

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Trafford Publishing

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1425163769

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On Wisconsin!

A Celebration of Football, Basketball, and Other Badger Sports

By: Don Kopriva,Jim Mott

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On Wisconsin!

A Celebration of Football, Basketball, and Other Badger Sports

By: Don Kopriva,Jim Mott

Highlights the histories, backgrounds and greatest moments of the college sports careers of players and coaches in football, basketball and hockey from the Big Ten school the University of Wisconsin. Original.

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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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1613213425

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9781613213421

Social Networks, Drug Injectors’ Lives, and HIV/AIDS

By: Samuel R. Friedman,Richard Curtis,Alan Neaigus,Benny Jose,Don C. Des Jarlais

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Social Networks, Drug Injectors’ Lives, and HIV/AIDS

By: Samuel R. Friedman,Richard Curtis,Alan Neaigus,Benny Jose,Don C. Des Jarlais

Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS recognizes HIV as a socially structured disease - its transmission usually requires intimate contact between individuals - and shows how social networks shape high-risk behaviors and the spread of HIV. The authors recount the groundbreaking use of social network methods, ethnographic direct-observation techniques, and in-depth interviews in their study of a drug-using community in Brooklyn, New York. They provide a detailed documentary of the lives of community members. They describe drug-use, the affects of poverty and homelessness, the acquisition of money and drugs, and social relationships within the group. Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS shows that social networks and contexts are of crucial importance in understanding and fighting the AIDS epidemic. These findings should revitalize prevention efforts and reshape social policy.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306471612

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9780306471612

Delinquent-Prone Communities

By: Don Weatherburn,Bronwyn Lind

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Delinquent-Prone Communities

By: Don Weatherburn,Bronwyn Lind

Despite a century of effort, criminologists do not yet fully understand the relationship between disadvantage and crime. The balance of evidence suggests that economic and social stress increase the risk of involvement in crime by increasing the motivation to offend. But there are a number of empirical anomalies that cannot easily be reconciled with this interpretation of the evidence. Weatherburn and Lind argue that the transmission mechanism linking economic and social stress to crime is not offender motivation but disruption to the parenting process. They put forward an epidemic model of the genesis of delinquent-prone communities and show how this model resolves the empirical anomalies facing conventional interpretations of the disadvantage/crime relationship. This book offers compelling evidence which will stimulate debate in this area of criminology and will also interest academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139432060

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9781139432061

Surviving Fighter Aircraft of World War Two

A Global Guide to Location and Types

By: Don Berliner

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Surviving Fighter Aircraft of World War Two

A Global Guide to Location and Types

By: Don Berliner

This is a guide to the existing WWII aircraft to be found in aviation museums throughout the world. Each DPS contains a colour photo of an example of the aircraft as viewed in an aviation museum, examples of different marks and a textual resume of the type with statistics.

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Casemate Publishers

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1848842651

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9781848842656

Rural Society In The U.s.

Issues For The 1980s

By: Don A Dillman,Daryl J Hobbs

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Rural Society In The U.s.

Issues For The 1980s

By: Don A Dillman,Daryl J Hobbs

Must rural Americans pay the price of urban progress and modern lifestyles? How will the increased pressures of the 1980s affect those who live and work in rural communities? In addressing these overriding questions the authors of this book take a serious look at such issues as who will operate our farms and how those farms will meet rising demands for food, how higher energy costs will change life in rural areas, the current and future needs of rural families and their communities, who in fact lives in these communities, and what can be done about escalating rural crime and recent social changes that have disrupted the traditional patterns of rural society. Because the United States is an interdependent system of rural and urban, of providers and consumers, these issues are vitally important to all-scholars, policy makers, and citizens alike. The contributors bring us up to date on the contemporary rural scene and offer suggestions for research essential to intelligent decision making about the challenges and problems the 1980s hold in store for rural America.

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Routledge

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1000310507

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Delinquency and High School Dropouts

Reconsidering Social Correlates

By: Don Drennon-Gala

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Delinquency and High School Dropouts

Reconsidering Social Correlates

By: Don Drennon-Gala

Understanding delinquency and reasons why young adolescents disengage in education and later drop out of school has continually puzzled practitioners and theoreticians. While there have been works that have focused on delinquency and disengagement in education, the role that the family plays on reducing delinquency has generally remained unknown. Theoretical concepts that explain the propensities toward delinquent behavior and disengagement in education are discussed comprehensively in this unique book. "Adopted and cited in the 104th Congress, 2nd Session / Senate Document 104-20, Page 13, National Debate Topic for High Schools, 1996-97, (Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333)." (You may view the full citing at: http: //www.access.gpo.gov/congress/sen-rpt-104-20.txt)

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University Press of America

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0819199796

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9780819199799

Washington

By: Dianna Graveman,Don Graveman,Washington Historical Society

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Washington

By: Dianna Graveman,Don Graveman,Washington Historical Society

Washington Landing, as the settlement was called in the early 1800s, was a popular river port along the Missouri River. Many German immigrants were attracted to the rolling hills and valley reminiscent of their homeland, and other settlers saw potential as well. The settlement grew quickly, and by the time the town of Washington was officially established in 1839, it was the most prosperous town in Franklin County. John B. Busch established a brewery in Washington in 1854 and produced the first Busch Beer. Franz Schwarzer began manufacturing what would become his world-famous zither (a German, stringed musical instrument) in 1866. Henry Tibbe began making corncob pipes around 1869, and Washington later became known as the Corncob Pipe Capital of the World. Today Washington holds the state record for the most buildings on the National Register of Historic Places and hosts four museums, including the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame. Nestled in the heart of Missouri wine country, Washington draws thousands of visitors to the area each year.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439639604

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Mysteriously Meant

The Rediscovery of Pagan Symbolism and Allegorical Interpretation in the Renaissance

By: Don Cameron Allen

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Mysteriously Meant

The Rediscovery of Pagan Symbolism and Allegorical Interpretation in the Renaissance

By: Don Cameron Allen

Originally published in 1971. In Mysteriously Meant, Professor Allen maps the intellectual landscape of the Renaissance as he explains the discovery of an allegorical interpretation of Greek, Latin, and finally Egyptian myths and the effect this discovery had on the development of modern attitudes toward myth. He believes that to understand Renaissance literature one must understand the interpretations of classical myth known to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In unraveling the elusive strands of myth, allegory, and symbol from the fabric of Renaissance literature such as Milton's Paradise Lost, Allen is a helpful guide. His discussion of Renaissance authors is as authoritative as it is inclusive. His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion lively—a witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.

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JHU Press

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1421435284

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Frommer's Texas

By: David Baird,Don Laine,Edie Jarolim,Barbara Laine,Eric Peterson,Neil Edward Schlecht

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Frommer's Texas

By: David Baird,Don Laine,Edie Jarolim,Barbara Laine,Eric Peterson,Neil Edward Schlecht

A must for savvy travelers to the Longhorn State ? Delivers frank, up-to-date travel advice on Texas, a top destination state that had more than $100 million leisure travelers in 2001 who spent $40.4 billion ? Guides visitors to the best accommodations, dining, nightlife, and sights in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Amarillo, and more ? Highlights Texas's many family-friendly attractions (amusement parks, Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, and wonderful beaches), nature tourism options (such as the Great Texas Costal Birding Trail), and historic sites (such as the Alamo and the Caddoan Mounds) ? Provides the lowdown on Texan music and food and even offers tips on how to talk like a Texan

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Capstone

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0764524607

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9780764524608

Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education

Processes and Outcomes

By: Harry de Boer,Jon File,Jeroen Huisman,Marco Seeber,Martina Vukasovic,Don F Westerheijden

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Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education

Processes and Outcomes

By: Harry de Boer,Jon File,Jeroen Huisman,Marco Seeber,Martina Vukasovic,Don F Westerheijden

This book addresses the complex phenomenon in higher education of structural reforms in higher education systems. Across the globe, governments initiate comprehensive reforms of their higher education systems because they want their models to be the best and to excel at what they do. This regularly requires governments to change the higher education landscape to achieve their set objectives. Changes can include merger processes, the introduction of a new sector of higher education or a new type of higher education institution or excellence initiative. This book explores the current understanding of how successful such comprehensive reforms have been through an examination of eleven reform cases in European countries. For each reform, the different phases of the policy process – policy objectives, design, implementation, policy tools and evaluation – are systematically described and analysed to provide an overview of the factors that contribute to the success or failure of the reforms.

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3319422375

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The Oslo Modeling Language

Draft Specification - October 2008

By: Don Box,David Langworthy,Brad Lovering

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The Oslo Modeling Language

Draft Specification - October 2008

By: Don Box,David Langworthy,Brad Lovering

The “Oslo” Modeling Language (commonly referred to as "M") is a language for defining domain models and languages (the latter are often referred to as textual DSLs). "M" was created to allow developers to efficiently capture their intention in a form that is natural to author but also efficient to store and query using off-the-shelf database technology. This book comes from the original creators of "M"--David Langworthy, Brad Lovering, and Don Box--and is the definitive reference to the language. If you are looking for a compact textual notation for writing down information or schematizing structured and unstructured data, this book is for you. This book is the authoritative specification of the "M" language (draft) and describes the syntax and underlying model of the language. Highlights of this book include: • An Introduction to domain modeling constructs • An Introduction to constructs for building textual DSLs • Complete syntax for the language • Definition of the "M" type system and data model • Glossary of terms

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Pearson Education

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0132701650

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Testing QCD Through Spin Observables in Nuclear Targets

University of Virginia, USA : April 18-20, 2002

By: Don G. Crabb

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Testing QCD Through Spin Observables in Nuclear Targets

University of Virginia, USA : April 18-20, 2002

By: Don G. Crabb

This volume contains the invited talks and contributed papers presented at the workshop on OC Testing QCD Through Spin Observables in Nuclear TargetsOCO, held at the University of Virginia in April 2002.The workshop was proposed in the context of the large number of experiments that have used polarized deuterons or polarized 3 He to extract information about the spin parameters of the neutron. The motivation for this workshop was to study the effects of the nuclear medium on the spin properties of the bound nucleon and to explore issues in QCD that might be resolved through spin observables in nuclear targets: What is the effect of the nuclear medium on the measured asymmetries? How have the latest results on the spin structure of the nucleon and the nucleon form factors changed our thinking? What advances are anticipated in the development of polarized targets?

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World Scientific

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9812704485

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The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia

By: Don Weekes

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The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia

By: Don Weekes

Hockey trivia master Don Weekes has cherry-picked more than 800 of his most compelling trivia questions and records to create this authoritative collection. Who was the only player to captain Steve Yzerman in NHL play? When did a forward or defenseman last tend goal during an NHL game? What is the time of the fastest goal from the start of a season-opening game? Irreverent, captivating, and even bizarre, these entertaining stories, historic milestones, and informative stats capture the essence of the game, today and yesterday.

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1926812034

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Mexico

An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History

By: Don M. Coerver,Suzanne B. Pasztor,Robert Buffington

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Mexico

An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History

By: Don M. Coerver,Suzanne B. Pasztor,Robert Buffington

A concise overview of 20th- and 21st-century Mexico, this volume explores the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. Mexico uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity. This concise yet thorough study, covering the last 100 years of Mexican history, is the only one volume, A–Z reference work available to students, scholars, and readers curious about one of the world's most diverse and dynamic societies. What was the Mexican Revolution all about? Who are the Zapatistas? And why do Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Mexicans are America's largest immigrant group and Mexico is America's favorite tourist destination. Yet we need to learn more and understand better our fascinating neighbor to the south. Mexico—comprehensive and accessible—is the best place to start.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1851095179

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The Slaveholding Republic

An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery

By: the late Don E. Fehrenbacher

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The Slaveholding Republic

An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery

By: the late Don E. Fehrenbacher

Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's most eminent historians refutes this claim in a landmark history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Fehrenbacher shows that the Constitution itself was more or less neutral on the issue of slavery and that, in the antebellum period, the idea that the Constitution protected slavery was hotly debated (many Northerners would concede only that slavery was protected by state law, not by federal law). Nevertheless, he also reveals that U.S. policy abroad and in the territories was consistently proslavery. Fehrenbacher makes clear why Lincoln's election was such a shock to the South and shows how Lincoln's approach to emancipation, which seems exceedingly cautious by modern standards, quickly evolved into a "Republican revolution" that ended the anomaly of the United States as a "slaveholding republic.

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Oxford University Press

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0190289120

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Expanding Class

Power and Everyday Politics in Industrial Communities, The Netherlands, 1850-1950

By: Don Kalb

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Expanding Class

Power and Everyday Politics in Industrial Communities, The Netherlands, 1850-1950

By: Don Kalb

A unique study of economic change, class and social experience in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the industrial Netherlands.

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Duke University Press

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0822320223

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Scoundrels, Thugs, and Fools

Adventures in Neoconland

By: Don Ambrose

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Scoundrels, Thugs, and Fools

Adventures in Neoconland

By: Don Ambrose

Scoundrels, Thugs, and Fools depicts an adventurous journey through an imaginary island nation completely dominated by right-wing extremists. Manifestations of wingnut skulduggery, corruption, dogmatism, and the wild spin of shameless propaganda are reflected in the names and actions of characters such as Pundit O. Gasbag (a loud, narrow-minded, infuriating news anchor talk-show host at Weasel News), Shrilly Noxious (his wild-eyed, psychopathic partner in punditry), Bovine Ninny (a shallow, inarticulate, dull-witted man of puzzling charisma who somehow became the Emperor of Neoconland), and Senator Hubris Mendacious III Esq. (a long-serving politician who dances to the tune of corporate lobbyists whenever they pull his puppet strings, which are attached to metal eye hooks screwed into his knees, wrists, skull, larynx, and groin). Some Neoconian locations, corporations, organizations, and artifacts include Flaming Filth River in Empathy Gulf Valley, Lobbyville in the capital city of Fascisto, the Zealots' Court Building, Dogma University, Coughing Coal-Black Industries, the Maniacal Cult of Intolerant Absolutism, and the Boneshredder assault rifle (grand prize at the Guns for Kids Jamboree). The playful story is supported by extensive footnotes explaining the meaning of the characters and events in terms of rigorous research findings from various academic disciplines.

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iUniverse

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1440117837

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9781440117831

Assessment of Communication Disorders in Adults

Resources and Protocols, Third Edition

By: M.N. Hegde,Don Freed

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Assessment of Communication Disorders in Adults

Resources and Protocols, Third Edition

By: M.N. Hegde,Don Freed

Assessment of Communication Disorders in Adults: Resources and Protocols, Third Edition offers a unique combination of scholarly information, invaluable resources, and time-saving protocols on assessment of communication disorders in adults. Most resource books offer limited research and scholarly information, thus making them unsuitable as textbooks for academic courses on assessment and diagnosis. Similarly, most traditional textbooks do not include practical, easy-to-use, and time-saving resources and protocols that the practicing clinicians can readily use during assessment sessions. By combining the strengths of traditional textbooks with newer assessment resources and protocols, this one-of-a-kind book offers a single, comprehensive source that is suitable as a textbook and useful as a practical clinical resource. This bestselling and trusted text: * Covers the full range of communication disorders in adults, from aphasia to voice disorders * Gives a comprehensive outline of basic assessment procedures * Provides a set of protocols that are necessary to assess any communication disorder in adults * Addresses the multicultural issues in assessing communication disorders in adults and offers an integrated assessment approach that includes the most desirable features of the traditional and several alternative approaches * Contains two chapters for each disorder: one on resources that offers scholarly and research background on the disorder and one on resources that describes practical procedures and protocols that save preparation time and effort for the clinician New to the Third Edition: * Expanded emphasis and specific guidelines on making a correct differential diagnosis * Latest research on the characteristics of communication disorders in adults * Review of recent trends on diagnostic assessment with critical recommendations for students and clinicians * Updated epidemiological research on communication disorders * Revised text to offer more succinct information on assessment tools and diagnostic criteria * The latest standardized and informal assessment instruments * Student-friendly, step-by-step instructions on how to conduct initial interviews and share final assessment results with patients in each protocol chapter

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Plural Publishing

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1635501954

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Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus, Second, Expanded Edition

A Handbook for Choral Conductors

By: Don V Moses,Robert W. Demaree, Jr.,Allen F. Ohmes

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Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus, Second, Expanded Edition

A Handbook for Choral Conductors

By: Don V Moses,Robert W. Demaree, Jr.,Allen F. Ohmes

Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus is a crucial guide for choral conductors who are presented with the daunting task of conducting a full-size orchestra. This book provides a survival kit for both novice and experienced choral conductors, with an overview of the orchestral instruments and their particular needs, tips for rehearsing an orchestra effectively, and guidelines for proper baton technique. Conductors are walked through six case studies from the Baroque and Classical periods, including Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat in D Major, Vivaldi's Gloria, and Beethoven's "Choral" Fantasia.

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Indiana University Press

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025311036X

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Vietnam Journal: Tet '68 #3

By: Don Lomax

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Vietnam Journal: Tet '68 #3

By: Don Lomax

From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. THIS ISSUE: "One Trick Pony" With the Tet Offensive in full force, 'Journal' finds the civilian population are more than just tools in the in-country war, most of them are pawns in a game they don’t understand.

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Caliber Comics

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1635292069

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Surviving Trainer & Transport Aircraft of the World

A Global Guide to Location and Types

By: Don Berliner

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Surviving Trainer & Transport Aircraft of the World

A Global Guide to Location and Types

By: Don Berliner

This final volume in the three-volume set covering more than 300 types of Surviving World War II aircraft includes the less-glamorous ones that couldn't qualify for two volumes on Fighters and Bombers. They were the ones that served absolutely vital purposes like the Army's Jeeps and trucks and the Navy's freighters and landing craft. Clearly, they made the great machine work, for without the transports and trainers and gliders and helicopters and the scout airplanes and the others, the fighters and bombers wouldn't have had fuel for their engines, nor bullets for their guns, nor food for their crews.Their pilots and navigators and radio operators and ground crews may not have had as many stories to tell of narrow escapes from massed enemy guns, but they knew that they played roles that can never be ignored. They wore the same uniforms and shed as many tears for their departed comrades. That scores of their aircraft have been lovingly restored to like-new condition and placed on display is a tribute to their sacrifices.

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Pen and Sword

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1473822270

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