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Fly Fisherman's Primer

By: Paul N. Fling,Donald L. Puterbaugh

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A classic reissued with new and updated information, and, for the first time, full-color photos! Co-author Paul N. Fling states confidently that when newcomers experience the joys of flyfishing, they’ll "rush headlong” to learn everything about the sport. When they do, there’s no better place to go for information than this primer. Fling and photographer Donald L. Puterbaugh know how to convey their knowledge to beginners, and cover every flyfishing basic: the study of insects that trout feed on, fly-casting, fly-tying, an analysis of fresh water habitats, fishing techniques, and flyfishing history and lore. This perennial guide now includes an expanded discussion of equipment and materials, as well as stunning hand-colored illustrations and photos that make the book a pleasure to look through...and learn from.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics

A Random Walk in the History of Economic Thought

By: Donald Stabile

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Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics

A Random Walk in the History of Economic Thought

By: Donald Stabile

The economists who began using statistics to analyze financial markets in the 1950s have been credited with revolutionizing the scholarship of investing and with inaugurating modern financial economics. By examining the work of economists who used statistics to analyze financial markets before 1950, Donald Stabile provides evidence about the forerunners of modern financial economics. In studying these predecessors, this innovative book reveals that, starting around 1900, there were economists in the United States who believed that changes in stock prices could be treated as a random variable to be analyzed with statistical methods, and who used early versions of the efficient markets theory to justify their belief. Although they did not call themselves Bayesians, the author explores how they adhered to a philosophy consistent with Bayesian statistics. A concluding epilogue considers the linkages between the forerunners of modern finance, its innovators and modern successors. An original work in the history of economic thought, Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics will be of great interest to both economists and historians interested in the development of statistical finance and economic thought, as well as to statisticians, financial analysts, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying financial economics.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781951179

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions

By: Donald DePamphilis

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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions

By: Donald DePamphilis

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions, Eleventh Edition presents the most current and comprehensive M&A information available. Organized according to the context in which topics normally occur in the M&A process, the book covers M&A environments, M&A processes, M&A valuation and modeling, deal structuring and financing strategies, and alternative business and restructuring strategies. Covering industries worldwide, this new edition illustrates the most germane strategies and tactics in today's marketplace. It includes substantially more ancillary materials than previous editions, including an extensive test bank, chapter summaries, and instructor and student PowerPoint slides. More than 100 new references to relevant academic research published since 2018 make the 11th edition a balanced, comprehensive guide to the complex and dynamically changing world of M&A. - Provides a rigorous discussion on the strengths and limitations of financial modeling as applied to M&A - Includes more than 270 empirical studies published in leading peer-reviewed journals published 2018-2020, all new since the 10th edition (2019) - Presents updated M&A tactics and strategies as well as court cases and new regulations governing business combinations, valuation methodologies, and financing

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Academic Press

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0323910548

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Cornell '69

Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University

By: Donald A. Downs

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Cornell '69

Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University

By: Donald A. Downs

In April 1969, one of America's premier universities was celebrating parents' weekend—and the student union was an armed camp, occupied by over eighty defiant members of the campus's Afro-American Society. Marching out Sunday night, the protesters brandished rifles, their maxim: "If we die, you are going to die." Cornell '69 is an electrifying account of that weekend which probes the origins of the drama and describes how it was played out not only at Cornell but on campuses across the nation during the heyday of American liberalism.Donald Alexander Downs tells the story of how Cornell University became the battleground for the clashing forces of racial justice, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law. Eyewitness accounts and retrospective interviews depict the explosive events of the day and bring the key participants into sharp focus: the Afro-American Society, outraged at a cross-burning incident on campus and demanding amnesty for its members implicated in other protests; University President James A. Perkins, long committed to addressing the legacies of racism, seeing his policies backfire and his career collapse; the faculty, indignant at the university's surrender, rejecting the administration's concessions, then reversing itself as the crisis wore on. The weekend's traumatic turn of events is shown by Downs to be a harbinger of the debates raging today over the meaning of the university in American society. He explores the fundamental questions it posed, questions Americans on and off campus are still struggling to answer: What is the relationship between racial justice and intellectual freedom? What are the limits in teaching identity politics? And what is the proper meaning of the university in a democratic polity?

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0801466121

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Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

By: Donald Allan McQuarrie

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Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

By: Donald Allan McQuarrie

Intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in chemistry, physics, math and engineering, this book will also become a must-have for the personal library of all advanced students in the physical sciences. Comprised of more than 2000 problems and 700 worked examples that detail every single step, this text is exceptionally well adapted for self study as well as for course use."--From publisher description.

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University Science Books

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1891389246

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Handbook of Biochemical Kinetics

A Guide to Dynamic Processes in the Molecular Life Sciences

By: Daniel L. Purich,R. Donald Allison

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Handbook of Biochemical Kinetics

A Guide to Dynamic Processes in the Molecular Life Sciences

By: Daniel L. Purich,R. Donald Allison

Biochemical kinetics refers to the rate at which a reaction takes place. Kinetic mechanisms have played a major role in defining the metabolic pathways, the mechanistic action of enzymes, and even the processing of genetic material. The Handbook of Biochemical Kinetics provides the "underlying scaffolding" of logic for kinetic approaches to distinguish rival models or mechanisms. The handbook also comments on techniques and their likely limitations and pitfalls, as well as derivations of fundamental rate equations that characterize biochemical processes.Key Features* Over 750 pages devoted to theory and techniques for studying enzymic and metabolic processes* Over 1,500 definitions of kinetic and mechanistic terminology, with key references* Practical advice on experimental design of kinetic experiments* Extended step-by-step methods for deriving rate equations* Over 1,000 enzymes, complete with EC numbers, reactions catalyzed, and references to reviews and/or assay methods* Over 5,000 selected references to kinetic methods appearing in the Methods in Enzymology series* 72-page Wordfinder that allows the reader to search by keywords* Summaries of mechanistic studies on key enzymes and protein systems* Over 250 diagrams, figures, tables, and structures

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0080521932

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Bringing Fossils to Life

An Introduction to Paleobiology

By: Donald R. Prothero

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Bringing Fossils to Life

An Introduction to Paleobiology

By: Donald R. Prothero

One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.

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Columbia University Press

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0231536909

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Privateers of the Revolution

War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775–1783

By: Donald Grady Shomette

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Privateers of the Revolution

War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775–1783

By: Donald Grady Shomette

A narrative of the forgotten privateering war on the Jersey coast during the American Revolution Addresses the maritime conflict period 1775-1783 from both Patriot and Loyalist perspectives Reveals the hitherto untold account of the British “Death Ships” on which 11,000 died

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Schiffer + ORM

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150730031X

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Principles & Methods of Statistical Analysis

By: Jerome Frieman,Donald A. Saucier,Stuart S. Miller

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Principles & Methods of Statistical Analysis

By: Jerome Frieman,Donald A. Saucier,Stuart S. Miller

This unique intermediate/advanced statistics text uses real research on antisocial behaviors, such as cyberbullying, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, to help readers across the social and behavioral sciences understand the underlying theory behind statistical methods. By presenting examples and principles of statistics within the context of these timely issues, authors Jerome Frieman, Donald A. Saucier, and Stuart S. Miller show how the results of analyses can be used to answer research questions. New techniques for data analysis and a wide range of topics are covered, including how to deal with “messy data” and the importance of engaging in exploratory data analysis.

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1483358585

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Algebraic Methods in Statistics and Probability

AMS Special Session on Algebraic Methods and Statistics, April 8-9, 2000, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

By: Marlos A. G. Viana,Donald St. P. Richards

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Algebraic Methods in Statistics and Probability

AMS Special Session on Algebraic Methods and Statistics, April 8-9, 2000, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

By: Marlos A. G. Viana,Donald St. P. Richards

The 23 papers report recent developments in using the technique to help clarify the relationship between phenomena and data in a number of natural and social sciences. Among the topics are a coordinate-free approach to multivariate exponential families, some rank-based hypothesis tests for covariance structure and conditional independence, deconvolution density estimation on compact Lie groups, random walks on regular languages and algebraic systems of generating functions, and the extendibility of statistical models. There is no index. c. Book News Inc.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821826875

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Looking for Information

A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior

By: Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given

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Looking for Information

A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior

By: Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given

The 4th edition of this popular text presents a comprehensive review of over a century of research on information behavior. It is intended for students in information studies and disciplines interested in research on information activities. Now co-authored, this new text includes significant structural and content changes from earlier editions.

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178560967X

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Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly

By: Donald Thomas

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Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly

By: Donald Thomas

Donald Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche." —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine "Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?“ asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm of the supernatural. Miss Temple has been found guilty—but also insane—at her trial for murdering a child under her care. She is locked away in the Broadmoor lunatic asylum and, worse still, she believes fully in her own guilt. But were the hauntings at the Elizabethan manor house of Bly a vision of the walking dead, perhaps, rather than delusions of her tormented mind? Or could it be that a criminal conspiracy is to blame for the psychic phenomena? In the company of Dr. Watson, the indefatigable Holmes will track down the perpetrators through the occult underworld of Victorian London.

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Simon and Schuster

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1681770326

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Elizabeth and Michael

The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop—A Love Story

By: Donald Bogle

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Elizabeth and Michael

The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop—A Love Story

By: Donald Bogle

A dual biography of entertainment legends Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson that explores their individual careers and personal lives leading up to and including their 25-year friendship.

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Causal Inference in Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences

By: Guido W. Imbens,Donald B. Rubin

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Causal Inference in Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences

By: Guido W. Imbens,Donald B. Rubin

This text presents statistical methods for studying causal effects and discusses how readers can assess such effects in simple randomized experiments.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521885884

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Glider Infantryman

Behind Enemy Lines in World War II

By: Donald J. Rich,Kevin William Brooks

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Glider Infantryman

Behind Enemy Lines in World War II

By: Donald J. Rich,Kevin William Brooks

A member of the famed Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, Donald J. Rich went ashore on D-Day at Utah Beach, was wounded in the bloody conflict at Carentan, landed in a flimsy plywood-and-canvas glider on the battlefields of Holland, and survived the grim siege with the "Battling Bastards of Bastogne" during the Battle of the Bulge. Glider Infantryman is his eyewitness account of how he, along with thousands of other young men from farms, small towns, and cities across the United States, came together to answer the call of their nation. It is also a heartfelt tribute to the many thousands who gave their lives in this struggle. Coauthored by Kevin Brooks, the son of Rich's best friend and World War II comrade, Glider Infantryman covers a span of nearly three years; his return home, five months after the war's end, as a toughened bazooka gunner and veteran of five campaigns. Rich's first-person narrative includes vivid coverage of the action, featuring an especially rare account of arriving on a combat landing zone by glider. Detailed, day-to-day depiction of some of the heaviest fighting in Holland follows, including the action at Opheusden, the center of the infamous "Island." Later highlights include the Battle of the Bulge, where Rich recounts his experiences in some of the hottest defensive fighting of the European Theater, including the epic tank battles at Marvie, Champs, and Foy.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603449620

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Rediscovering Corbett

A Practical Appraisal of Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

By: Donald Mackinnon

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Rediscovering Corbett

A Practical Appraisal of Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

By: Donald Mackinnon

This book explores the value of Corbett’s seminal work Some Principles of Maritime Strategy over time in a changing context and with evolving technology. It has been over a century since Sir Julian Corbett published Some Principles of Maritime Strategy (1911), yet it is still regarded as a foundational text on maritime strategy. But the character of sea power is constantly evolving, so the continued relevance of this work must be regularly examined. Too often the debate is polarised between a focus on either Corbett’s historical relevance to the early 20th-century Royal Navy or his relevance to strategy today. There is little attempt to bridge the gap and analyse Some Principles over time, changing circumstances, or differing national situations. This book bridges that gap, offering a practitioner’s viewpoint to put the work to a practical test across the past century of conflict, and the evolution of thought and technology. It explores Corbett’s original intent, his core ideas, the errors or omissions in his analysis and method, and where his ideas have been (or still can be) extrapolated, and aims to determine the extent to which Some Principles continues to merit its status as an enduring classic of strategy. The book concludes that despite never being originally intended as a general text, Some Principles nevertheless holds up surprisingly well in terms of both universal application and enduring relevance over time and changed circumstances. This book will be of much interest to students of maritime strategy, naval history, and International Relations, as well as naval practitioners.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000783944

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A First Course in the Design of Experiments

A Linear Models Approach

By: John H. Skillings

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A First Course in the Design of Experiments

A Linear Models Approach

By: John H. Skillings

Most texts on experimental design fall into one of two distinct categories. There are theoretical works with few applications and minimal discussion on design, and there are methods books with limited or no discussion of the underlying theory. Furthermore, most of these tend to either treat the analysis of each design separately with little attempt to unify procedures, or they will integrate the analysis for the designs into one general technique. A First Course in the Design of Experiments: A Linear Models Approach stands apart. It presents theory and methods, emphasizes both the design selection for an experiment and the analysis of data, and integrates the analysis for the various designs with the general theory for linear models. The authors begin with a general introduction then lead students through the theoretical results, the various design models, and the analytical concepts that will enable them to analyze virtually any design. Rife with examples and exercises, the text also encourages using computers to analyze data. The authors use the SAS software package throughout the book, but also demonstrate how any regression program can be used for analysis. With its balanced presentation of theory, methods, and applications and its highly readable style, A First Course in the Design of Experiments proves ideal as a text for a beginning graduate or upper-level undergraduate course in the design and analysis of experiments.

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Routledge

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1351469975

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Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care

Principles and Methods

By: Donald Lighter

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Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care

Principles and Methods

By: Donald Lighter

Amidst a deepening crisis in U.S. health care, Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care provides a results-oriented approach to rehabilitating an ailing healthcare system. With his innovative, instructive strategies, Lighter offers a welcome road map to guide meaningful change in the industry and to equip healthcare managers to meet 21st century challenges. Advanced Performance Improvement in Health Care: Principles and Methods provides healthcare educators, leaders, and clinicians with the specific knowledge and tools vital for creating and advocating for quality-centric, next-generation healthcare organizations. This unique compilation of management, analytical, and statistical methods and techniques serves as a comprehensive guide to harnessing todays technology and developing a culture of quality that delivers sustainable, quantifiable value in healthcare organizations.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763764493

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9780763764494

Data Analysis from Statistical Foundations

A Festschrift in Honour of the 75th Birthday of D.A.S. Fraser

By: Donald Alexander Stuart Fraser,A. K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh

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Data Analysis from Statistical Foundations

A Festschrift in Honour of the 75th Birthday of D.A.S. Fraser

By: Donald Alexander Stuart Fraser,A. K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh

Data Analysis from Statistical Foundations

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Nova Publishers

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1560729686

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Asian-Cajun Fusion

Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou

By: Carl A. Brasseaux,Donald W. Davis

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Asian-Cajun Fusion

Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou

By: Carl A. Brasseaux,Donald W. Davis

Shrimp is easily America’s favorite seafood, but its very popularity is the wellspring of problems that threaten the shrimp industry’s existence. Asian-Cajun Fusion: Shrimp from the Bay to the Bayou provides insightful analysis of this paradox and a detailed, thorough history of the industry in Louisiana. Dried shrimp technology was part of the cultural heritage Pearl River Chinese immigrants introduced into the Americas in the mid-nineteenth century. As early as 1870, Chinese natives built shrimp-drying operations in Louisiana’s wetlands and exported the product to Asia through the port of San Francisco. This trade internationalized the shrimp industry. About three years before Louisiana’s Chinese community began their export endeavors, manufactured ice became available in New Orleans, and the Dunbar family introduced patented canning technology. The convergence of these ancient and modern technologies shaped the evolution of the northern Gulf Coast’s shrimp industry to the present. Coastal Louisiana’s historic connection to the Pacific Rim endures. Not only does the region continue to export dried shrimp to Asian markets domestically and internationally, but since 2000 the region’s large Vietnamese immigrant population has increasingly dominated Louisiana’s fresh shrimp harvest. Louisiana shrimp constitute the American gold standard of raw seafood excellence. Yet, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, cheap imports are forcing the nation’s domestic shrimp industry to rediscover its economic roots. “Fresh off the boat” signs and real-time internet connections with active trawlers are reestablishing the industry’s ties to local consumers. Direct marketing has opened the industry to middle-class customers who meet the boats at the docks. This “right off the boat” paradigm appears to be leading the way to reestablishment of sustainable aquatic resources. All-one-can-eat shrimp buffets are not going to disappear, but the Louisiana shrimp industry’s fate will ultimately be determined by discerning consumers’ palates.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496838238

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The Three-Fingered Pinch

An Orville and Pike Novel

By: Donald Tripp

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The Three-Fingered Pinch

An Orville and Pike Novel

By: Donald Tripp

Three-fingered pinch, known in New Mexico as the Carlsbad crease, in the Indian nations as the Seminole crease, and in modern times as the Gus crease after the hat the actor Robert Duvall wore in the miniseries Lonesome Dove. At the time of this story, the crease was an indication that the rider was from New Mexico. The style is believed to come into being around Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the 1870s.

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1514457229

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Kaplan's Principles of Plant Morphology

By: Donald Kaplan,Chelsea D. Specht

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Kaplan's Principles of Plant Morphology

By: Donald Kaplan,Chelsea D. Specht

Kaplan's Principles of Plant Morphology defines the field of plant morphology, providing resources, examples, and theoretical constructs that illuminate the foundations of plant morphology and clearly outline the importance of integrating a fundamental understanding of plant morphology into modern research in plant genetics, development, and physiology. As research on developmental genetics and plant evolution emerges, an understanding of plant morphology is essential to interpret developmental and morphological data. The principles of plant morphology are being brought into studies of crop development, biodiversity, and evolution during climate change, and increasingly such researchers are turning to old texts to uncover information about historic research on plant morphology. Hence, there is great need for a modern reference and textbook that highlights past studies and provides the synthesis of data necessary to drive our future research in plant morphological and developmental evolution. Key Features Numerous illustrations demonstrating the principles of plant morphology Historical context for interpretations of more recent genetic data Firmly rooted in the principles of studying plant form and function Provides evolutionary framework without relying on evolutionary interpretations for plant form Only synthetic treatment of plant morphology on the market Related Titles Les, D. H. Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics (ISBN 978-1-4822-2502-0) Les, D. H. Aquatic Monotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics (ISBN 978-1-1380-5493-6) Bowes, B. G. Colour Atlas of Woody Plants and Trees (ISBN 978-0-3674-7398-3) Bahadur, B. et al., eds. Asymmetry in Plants: Biology of Handedness (ISBN 978-1-1385-8794-6)

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1351644939

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9781351644938

Toni Morrison

By: Donald J. Gibson

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Toni Morrison

By: Donald J. Gibson

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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2884492011

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Harperism

How Stephen Harper and his think tank colleagues have transformed Canada

By: Donald Gutstein

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Harperism

How Stephen Harper and his think tank colleagues have transformed Canada

By: Donald Gutstein

Margaret Thatcher transformed British political life forever. So did Ronald Reagan in the United States. Now Canada has experienced a similar, dramatic shift to a new kind of politics, which author Donald Gustein terms Harperism. Among its key tenets: A weakened labour movement--and preferably the disappearance of unions--will contribute to Canada's economic prosperityCutting back government scientific research and data collection will improve public policy-makingEliminating First Nations reserves by converting them to private property will improve conditions of life for aboriginal peoplesInequality of incomes and wealth is a good thing--and Canada needs more of it These and other essential elements of Harperism flow from neo-liberal economic theories propounded by the Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek and his U.S. disciples. They inspired Thatcherism and Reaganism. Stephen Harper has taken this neo-liberalism much further in many key areas. As Donald Gutstein shows, Harper has successfully used a strategy of incremental change coupled with denial of the underlying neo-liberal analysis that explains these hard-to-understand measures. The success of Harperism is no accident. Donald Gutstein documents the links between the politicians, think tanks, journalists, academics, and researchers who nurture and promote each other's neo-liberal ideas. They do so using funds provided by ultra-rich U.S. donors, by Canadian billionaires like Peter Munk, and by many big corporations--all of whom stand to gain from the ideas and policies the Harperites develop and push. This book casts new light on the last ten years of Canadian politics. It documents the challenges that Harperism--with or without Stephen Harper--will continue to offer to the many Canadians who do not share this pro-market world view.

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145940663X

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Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering

By: Joseph D. Bronzino,Donald R. Peterson

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Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering

By: Joseph D. Bronzino,Donald R. Peterson

Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are measured. As such, it has served as a major resource for both skilled professionals and novices to biomedical engineering. Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering, the fourth volume of the handbook, presents material from respected scientists with diverse backgrounds in molecular biology, transport phenomena, physiological modeling, tissue engineering, stem cells, drug delivery systems, artificial organs, and personalized medicine. More than three dozen specific topics are examined, including DNA vaccines, biomimetic systems, cardiovascular dynamics, biomaterial scaffolds, cell mechanobiology, synthetic biomaterials, pluripotent stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, nanobiomaterials for tissue engineering, biomedical imaging of engineered tissues, gene therapy, noninvasive targeted protein and peptide drug delivery, cardiac valve prostheses, blood substitutes, artificial skin, molecular diagnostics in personalized medicine, and bioethics.

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1439825319

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Palaeomagnetism

Principles and Applications in Geology, Geophysics and Archaeology

By: Donald H. Tarling

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Principles and Applications in Geology, Geophysics and Archaeology

By: Donald H. Tarling

Palaeomagnetism and archaeomagnetism are fascinating specialized studies because they are applicable to such a wide range of problems in geology, archaeology and geophysics. They can also be undertaken cheaply, when compared with most other geophysical techniques, and, at first sight, simply. In fact, real comprehension of the magnetic processes that have occurred in rocks and other types of material over several thousands or many millions of years is still extremely difficult to assess and measure. On this basis, this book cannot explain all such features, nor can it attempt to cover all the actual and potential applications of the method. All that can be attempted is to give an impression of the ways in which such techniques can be used in a wide variety of fields, and how these techniques are usually applied. The magnetization of rocks is, in fact, one of the earliest of the true sciences, but we are still not in a position to answer many of the problems posed. Consequently some of the examples given of applications are, essentially, state-of-the-art comments, rather than being a review as such. The changing position of the geomagnetic poles with time is still not adequately defined, for example, and some of the more recent conventional views are given, although the emphasis is placed on more subjective, probably more controversial, evaluations.

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BETWEEN THEE AND ME

An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

By: Donald B. Egolf

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BETWEEN THEE AND ME

An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

By: Donald B. Egolf

Between Thee and Me was written as a textbook for students in an interpersonal communication course. At the same time the general reader should find the contents of the book interesting and useful in everyday interpersonal interactions. Included in the book is content related to: some basic questions and issues related to the study of interpersonal communication, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, the perception of self and others, and key interpersonal communication theories. The final section of the book examines a number of applied interpersonal communication areas, including health care; the employment arena; friends, dating, marriage, and family; interpersonal skills; and interpersonal communication in cyberspace.

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iUniverse

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1462096735

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The Blindfold Game

By: Donald Thomas

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The Blindfold Game

By: Donald Thomas

The sensational events of the summer of 1907 - the disappearance of the Ascot Gold Cup from the Royal Enclosure, and the even more astonishing theft of the Irish Crown Jewels from a locked and guarded strongroom in Dublin Castle - remain mysterious but apparently random events. Only one man knows their secret. Captain Richard Gaudeans, cashiered officer, conman and cracksman, cuts a more appropriate figure among the fairground booths where he earns his living than the corridors of power. But the course of the year takes him into both. And in both he uses his skill and cunning to outmanoeuvre everyone in his path.

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Murder Room

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1471904431

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Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War

By: Donald McCaig

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Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War

By: Donald McCaig

Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction A civil war saga that resonates with the bitter glory and human shame of the Confederacy. Jacob’s Ladder is a Civil War epic, a love story that pits the indomitable longing of the human heart against circumstances of racism, slavery, and war. Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to the Gatewood plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south, and Duncan is packed off to the Virginia Military Institute. As Duncan fights for Robert E. Lee, Jesse—a Gatewood slave whose love for Maggie is unrequited—escapes north and enlists in Lincoln’s army, determined to confront his former masters, while Maggie finds herself living a life she never could have imagined as the wife of a blockade runner. From the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, Donald McCaig conjures a passionate and richly textured story in the heart of America’s greatest war. The destiny of these three compelling characters connect a Vicksburg brothel to a Richmond salon, the nightmare of a Confederate hospital to the lurid hell of battlefields at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Winner of the John Eston Cook Award Winner of the Boyd Military Novel Award

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393347575

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The Big Stall

How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada

By: Donald Gutstein

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The Big Stall

How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada

By: Donald Gutstein

In fall 2015, the newly elected Trudeau government endorsed the Paris Agreement and promised to tackle global warming. In 2016, it released a major report which set out a national energy strategy embracing clean growth, technological innovation and carbon pricing. Rather than putting in place tough measures to achieve the Paris targets, however, the government reframed global warming as a market opportunity for Canada's clean technology sector. The Big Stall traces the origins of the government's climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil has infiltrated provincial and federal governments, academia, media and the non-profit sector to sway government and public opinion on the realities of climate change and what needs to be done about it. Working both behind the scenes and in high-profile networks, Canada's energy companies moved the debate away from discussion of the measures required to create a zero-carbon world and towards market-based solutions that will cut carbon dioxide emissions — but not enough to prevent severe climate impacts. This is how Big Oil and think tanks unraveled the Kyoto Protocol, and how Rachel Notley came to deliver the Business Council of Canada's energy plan. Donald Gutstein explains how and why the door has been left wide open for oil companies to determine their own futures in Canada, and to go on drilling new wells, building new oil sands plants and constructing new pipelines. This book offers the background information readers need to challenge politicians claiming they are taking meaningful action on global warming.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1459413474

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Spectral Analysis for Physical Applications

By: Donald B. Percival,Andrew T. Walden

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Spectral Analysis for Physical Applications

By: Donald B. Percival,Andrew T. Walden

This book is an up-to-date introduction to univariate spectral analysis at the graduate level, which reflects a new scientific awareness of spectral complexity, as well as the widespread use of spectral analysis on digital computers with considerable computational power. The text provides theoretical and computational guidance on the available techniques, emphasizing those that work in practice. Spectral analysis finds extensive application in the analysis of data arising in many of the physical sciences, ranging from electrical engineering and physics to geophysics and oceanography. A valuable feature of the text is that many examples are given showing the application of spectral analysis to real data sets. Special emphasis is placed on the multitaper technique, because of its practical success in handling spectra with intricate structure, and its power to handle data with or without spectral lines. The text contains a large number of exercises, together with an extensive bibliography.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521435412

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Before Mickey

The Animated Film 1898-1928

By: Donald Crafton

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Before Mickey

The Animated Film 1898-1928

By: Donald Crafton

This witty and fascinating study reminds us that there was animation before Disney: about thirty years of creativity and experimentation flourishing in such extraordinary work as Girdie the Dinosaur and Felix the Cat. Before Mickey, the first and only in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928, includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. Crafton is equally adept at explaining techniques of sketching and camera work, evoking characteristic styles of such pioneering animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context, and unraveling the aesthetic impact of specific cartoons. "Before Mickey's scholarship is quite lively and its descriptions are evocative and often funny. The history of animation coexisted with that of live-action film but has never been given as much attention."—Tim Hunter, New York Times

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University of Chicago Press

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0226116670

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Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

By: Stephen Donald Priest

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Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

By: Stephen Donald Priest

All rock masses contain bedding planes, fissures, fractures, joints and other mechanical defects which are here referred to as discontinuities. The requirement to provide numerical data on discontinuities for engineering design calculations has created the need to apply the mathematical methods of probability theory, statistics, vector analysis and mechanics to a topic that has previously been handled in a largely qualitative way.

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