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Sustainable Agriculture Systems

By: J. L. Hatfield,Douglas L. Karlen

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Sustainable Agriculture Systems

By: J. L. Hatfield,Douglas L. Karlen

Sustainable agriculture embodies many concepts in its attempt to integrate all the aspects of farming systems into a holistic system. This book explores the processes that occur within the components of a sustainable system and shows where we can build upon our existing knowledge to develop the concepts of sustainable agriculture into the new conventional agriculture. Well-known researchers examine a variety of aspects, including production goals, environmental considerations, and economics, to build a knowledge base that allows readers to see where changes in agriculture must be made and how challenges can be met. They compare existing systems against definitions of sustainability and pinpoint those areas where improvements can be made in current systems to further the concepts of sustainability.

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CRC Press

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1566700493

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9781566700498

Working Knowledge

Skill and Community in a Small Shop

By: Douglas A. Harper

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Working Knowledge

Skill and Community in a Small Shop

By: Douglas A. Harper

A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In Working Knowledge, he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades. With this engaging and insightful profile—part biography, part ethnography, and part photo essay—Harper documents what Willie does and how he does it. Harper's dignified portrait captures a disappearing feature of modern life—the essential human factor in the world of work.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226316882

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9780226316888

The National Gallery of Canada

Ideas, Art, Architecture

By: Douglas Ord

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The National Gallery of Canada

Ideas, Art, Architecture

By: Douglas Ord

The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, and Architecture examines the National Gallery as an institution, a collection, and a series of sites for the display of the nation's art. Douglas Ord explores how, throughout the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked to notions of religious truth, national spirit, and hallowed atmosphere, culminating in Moshe Safdie's design for the institution's current building. Integrating accounts of political intrigue and public controversy with philosophy, art theory, and architectural analysis, Ord provides vivid accounts of successive directors' struggles to obtain a permanent home for the nation's art and sheds light on the place and the role of art in Canada."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773525092

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9780773525092

Where Pittsburgh Played

Oakland’s Historic Sports Venues

By: David Finoli,Tom Rooney,Robert Edward Healy III,Douglas Cavanaugh,Chris Fletcher

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Where Pittsburgh Played

Oakland’s Historic Sports Venues

By: David Finoli,Tom Rooney,Robert Edward Healy III,Douglas Cavanaugh,Chris Fletcher

The Epicenter of Steel City Sports From Forbes Field to Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood has been home to some of the most iconic moments in sports history. Including the Fitzgerald Field House and the Duquesne Gardens, Oakland has drawn in both professional and college sports fans alike. Local authors and sports historians David Finoli, Tom Rooney, Robert Healy III, Douglas Cavanaugh and Chris Fletcher celebrate the glorious victories and heartbreaking losses throughout the history of Pittsburgh's Oakland section, the epicenter of Steel City Sports.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439675678

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9781439675670

Nurturing Our Humanity

How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future

By: Riane Tennenhaus Eisler,Douglas P. Fry

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Nurturing Our Humanity

How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future

By: Riane Tennenhaus Eisler,Douglas P. Fry

Nurturing Our Humanity offers a new perspective on our personal and social options in today's world, showing how to structure our environments--from family and gender relations to politics and economics--to support our great capacities for consciousness, caring, and creativity. It examines where societies fall on the partnership-domination scale, and how this impacts equity, sustainability, peace, and how our brains develop. Combining cutting-edge findings from biological and social science, it explains regressions to strongman rule and other dangerous trends; re-examines our past (including societies that for millennia oriented toward partnership); and outlines actions to move us in this life-sustaining and enhancing direction.

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0190935723

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9780190935726

Dissecting American Health Care

Commentaries on Health, Policy, and Politics

By: Douglas B. Kamerow

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Dissecting American Health Care

Commentaries on Health, Policy, and Politics

By: Douglas B. Kamerow

The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on many of today’s hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to change behavior, gun control, and many more. Former Assistant Surgeon General Douglas Kamerow, a family doctor, journal editor, and NPR commentator, combines evidence, opinion, and humor in 47 essays from his health policy columns in the medical journal BMJ and his nationally broadcast radio commentaries.

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RTI Press

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1934831069

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9781934831069

Cyberhenge

Modern Pagans on the Internet

By: Douglas E. Cowan

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Cyberhenge

Modern Pagans on the Internet

By: Douglas E. Cowan

In Cyberhenge, Douglas E. Cowan brings together two fascinating and virtually unavoidable phenomena of contemporary life--the Internet and the new religious movement of Neopaganism. For growing numbers of Neopagans-Wiccans, Druids, Goddess-worshippers, and others--the Internet provides an environment alive with possibilities for invention, innovation, and imagination. Fr om angel channeling, biorhythms, and numerology to e-covens and cybergroves where neophytes can learn everything from the Wiccan Rede to spellworking, Cowan illuminates how and why Neopaganism is using Internet technology in fascinating new ways as a platform for invention of new religious traditions and the imaginative performance of ritual. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of new religious movements, and for anyone interested in the intersections of technology and faith.

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Psychology Press

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0415969115

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Public Control of Armed Forces in the Russian Federation

By: Nadja Douglas

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Public Control of Armed Forces in the Russian Federation

By: Nadja Douglas

The volume deals with the fundamentals of the contemporary relations between civic actors and state power structures. The main focus lies on public control of armed forces and the question of why civilians should have a vigilant eye on the military institution as well as the civilian authority that legitimizes the use of force. Based on the example of conscription and recruitment as an intersection between the military and society, this study engages in an analysis of institutional change in the politico-military field in post-Soviet Russia. Taking a critical stance on conventional military sociology, the book shifts the focus away from the exclusive power relationship between political and military elites in the context of national security. Instead, it takes into consideration human and societal security, i.e. the needs and demands of individuals and groups at the grassroots level, affected by the military and the prevailing security situation in Russia. The book addresses readers with an interest in civil-military relations, contemporary Russian affairs, and social movement theories.

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Springer

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331956384X

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The Knights Templar: An Introduction

By: Douglas Buchanan

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The Knights Templar: An Introduction

By: Douglas Buchanan

This book was originally a set of notes given to metaphysical and magickal students in the middle '90's. As a member of The Knights Templar of Aquarius from it's earliest days I was interested in seeing that my many initiated students learned about where so much of the current occult knowledge originated.

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Lulu.com

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1387630547

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Shields Textbook of Glaucoma

By: R. Rand Allingham,Karim F. Damji,Sharon F. Freedman,Sayoko E. Moroi,Douglas J. Rhee,M. Bruce Shields

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Shields Textbook of Glaucoma

By: R. Rand Allingham,Karim F. Damji,Sharon F. Freedman,Sayoko E. Moroi,Douglas J. Rhee,M. Bruce Shields

Thoroughly updated, and now in full color, Shields' Textbook of Glaucoma, Sixth Edition is a clinically focused and practical textbook for general ophthalmologists treating patients with glaucoma. This classic text offers a rational approach to the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and presents a total care plan for the patient. This edition has five new or reconfigured chapters—management of the glaucoma patient/approach to the patient; principles of medical therapy; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; cholinergic stimulators and hyperosmotic agents; and neuroprotection and other investigational drugs. The book examines new technologies for intraocular pressure assessment and current diagnostic technologies such as optical coherence tomography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, Heidelberg retinal tomograph, and GDx. Noted experts detail advances in surgical treatment of glaucoma including new glaucoma implants and angle surgery. Coverage also includes advances in genetics of glaucomatous diseases. A companion website includes the fully searchable text and an image bank.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451147821

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9781451147827

Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill 1864-1893

By: William Edward Traill,K. Douglas Munro

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Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill 1864-1893

By: William Edward Traill,K. Douglas Munro

Gritty, deeply touching, fascinating, informative; these letters show the joys and heartbreaking challenges of family life in the fur trade.

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University of Alberta

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0888644604

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9780888644602

Demography

The Study of Human Population, Fourth Edition

By: Jennifer Hickes Lundquist,Douglas L. Anderton,David Yaukey

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Demography

The Study of Human Population, Fourth Edition

By: Jennifer Hickes Lundquist,Douglas L. Anderton,David Yaukey

The population processes in which we all participate are compared, contrasted, and synthesized into understandable trends in the latest edition of this widely acclaimed text. The authors’ cogent analysis encompasses demographic milestones like surpassing the seven billion population mark and becoming a majority urban population for the first time in human history, as well as the repercussions of a global financial crisis and the implications of two important ongoing trends: aging and fertility decline. New data, examples, and discussions of emerging demographic issues are incorporated throughout the value-priced Fourth Edition, along with graphics that highlight trends and facilitate comparisons among world regions. This pedagogically rich volume also includes propositions for debate and end-of-chapter exercises that allow readers to become comfortable with the quantitative tools that demographers use to measure and describe populations. Moreover, users will learn about some of the people behind the research that informs this text in a new feature called Careers in Demography.

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Waveland Press

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1478628146

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9781478628149

Braunwald's Heart Disease

A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2-Volume Set

By: Peter Libby,Robert O. Bonow,Douglas L. Mann,Douglas P. Zipes

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Braunwald's Heart Disease

A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2-Volume Set

By: Peter Libby,Robert O. Bonow,Douglas L. Mann,Douglas P. Zipes

Dr. Braunwald's masterwork returns ... bringing you the definitive guidance you need to overcome any challenge in clinical cardiology today, using the best approaches available! Hundreds of world authorities, many of them new to this edition, synthesize all of the recent developments that are revolutionizing practice - from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics to the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. This multimedia e-dition includes not only the printed reference, but also access to the complete contents online, fully searchable, with regular updates and much more. The expertise of the contributors, the scope of the coverage, and the versatile, multimedia format all make this the ultimate reference for the practicing cardiologist. Locate the answers you need fast, thanks to a user-friendly, full-color design, complete with more than 1,500 color illustrations. Glean clinically actionable information quickly with Clinical Practice Points in every chapter. Access the complete contents of the 2-volume set online, fully searchable, plus regular updates to reflect the latest clinical developments · Focused Reviews · Commentaries · Late-Breaking Trials · and more. Apply the latest knowledge in your field with 7 new chapters on Acute Heart Failure · Device Therapy of Heart Failure · Emerging Therapies for Heart Failure · Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Management · Prevention and Management of Stroke · Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy · and Coronary Arteriography Guidelines. Get fresh perspectives on your practice with contributions from more than 20 brand-new authors.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437721834

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9781437721836

People with Disabilities

Sidelined or Mainstreamed?

By: Lisa Schur,Douglas Kruse,Peter Blanck

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People with Disabilities

Sidelined or Mainstreamed?

By: Lisa Schur,Douglas Kruse,Peter Blanck

To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world, reviewing hundreds of studies and presenting new evidence from analysis of surveys and interviews with disability leaders. It shows the connections among economic, political and social inclusion, and how the experience of disability can vary by gender, race and ethnicity. It uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on theoretical models and research in economics, political science, psychology, disability studies, law and sociology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107244447

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9781107244443

The Canadian Law Times

Vol. I

By: E. Douglas Armour

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The Canadian Law Times

Vol. I

By: E. Douglas Armour

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385430259

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The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith

Victorian Scotland's Trial of the Century

By: Douglas MacGowan

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The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith

Victorian Scotland's Trial of the Century

By: Douglas MacGowan

Discover the true story of Victorian Scotland's trial of the century. It was a case that rocked Victorian society. Emile L'Angelier was a working-class immigrant from the Channel Islands who began a clandestine affair with prominent Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith. Six weeks after Emile threatened to show Madeleine's father their passionate letters, on 23 March 1857, he was found dead from arsenic poisoning. The evidence against Madeleine seemed overwhelming as she went to trial for murdering her lover. Douglas MacGowan's vivid account reads by turns like a thriller, a love story and a courtroom drama. He quotes extensively from contemporary sources, notably the pathology reports, the trial testimony and the infamous correspondence between Madeleine and Emile, whose explicit content so shocked Victorian sensibilities. Ultimately it is up to the reader to judge Madeleine's guilt or innocence.

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Birlinn Ltd

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0857902725

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Causal Analytics for Applied Risk Analysis

By: Louis Anthony Cox Jr.,Douglas A. Popken,Richard X. Sun

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Causal Analytics for Applied Risk Analysis

By: Louis Anthony Cox Jr.,Douglas A. Popken,Richard X. Sun

Causal analytics methods can revolutionize the use of data to make effective decisions by revealing how different choices affect probabilities of various outcomes. This book presents and illustrates models, algorithms, principles, and software for deriving causal models from data and for using them to optimize decisions with uncertain outcomes. It discusses how to describe and summarize situations; detect changes; evaluate effects of policies or interventions; learn what works best under different conditions; predict values of as-yet unobserved quantities from available data; and identify the most likely explanations for observed outcomes, including surprises and anomalies. The book resents practical techniques for causal modeling and analytics that practitioners can apply to improve understanding of how choices affect probabilities of consequences and, based on this understanding, to recommend choices that are more likely to accomplish their intended objectives.The book begins with a survey of modern analytics methods, focusing mainly on techniques useful for decision, risk, and policy analysis. Chapter 2 introduces free in-browser software, including the Causal Analytics Toolkit (CAT) software, to enable readers to perform the analyses described and to apply modern analytics methods easily to their own data sets. Chapters 3 through 11 show how to apply causal analytics and risk analytics to practical risk analysis challenges, mainly related to public and occupational health risks from pathogens in food or from pollutants in air. Chapters 12 through 15 turn to broader questions of how to improve risk management decision-making by individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, and multi-generation societies with different cultures and norms for cooperation. These chapters examine organizational learning, community resilience, societal risk management, and intergenerational collaboration and justice in managing risks.

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Springer

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3319782428

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Philosophy Americana

Making Philosophy at Home in American Culture

By: Douglas R. Anderson

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Philosophy Americana

Making Philosophy at Home in American Culture

By: Douglas R. Anderson

In this engaging book, Douglas Anderson begins with the assumption that philosophy—the Greek love of wisdom—is alive and well in American culture. At the same time, professional philosophy remains relatively invisible. Anderson traverses American life to find places in the wider culture where professional philosophy in the distinctively American tradition can strike up a conversation. How might American philosophers talk to us about our religious experience, or political engagement, or literature—or even, popular music? Anderson’s second aim is to find places where philosophy happens in nonprofessional guises—cultural places such as country music, rock’n roll, and Beat literature. He not only enlarges the tradition of American philosophers such as John Dewey and William James by examining lesser-known figures such as Henry Bugbee and Thomas Davidson, but finds the theme and ideas of American philosophy in some unexpected places, such as the music of Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, and Bruce Springsteen, and the writings of Jack Kerouac. The idea of “philosophy Americana” trades on the emergent genre of “music Americana,” rooted in traditional themes and styles yet engaging our present experiences. The music is “popular” but not thoroughly driven by economic considerations, and Anderson seeks out an analogous role for philosophical practice, where philosophy and popular culture are co-adventurers in the life of ideas. Philosophy Americana takes seriously Emerson’s quest for the extraordinary in the ordinary and James’s belief that popular philosophy can still be philosophy.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823283054

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9780823283057

Mindhunter

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

By: John E. Douglas,Mark Olshaker

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Mindhunter

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

By: John E. Douglas,Mark Olshaker

Includes material on "the Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta child murderer, the Tylenol poisoner, the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, and Seattle's Green River killer ...

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Simon and Schuster

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1501191969

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9781501191961

Beyond the Atlantic Roar

A Study of the Nova Scotia Scots

By: Donald Fraser Campbell,Douglas F. Campbell,R. A. MacLean

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Beyond the Atlantic Roar

A Study of the Nova Scotia Scots

By: Donald Fraser Campbell,Douglas F. Campbell,R. A. MacLean

Blending the skills of sociology and history, the authors focus on the changing values of the Scots and the threatened disappearance of their distinctive lifestyle.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0771097786

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9780771097782

A Reader in Promoting Public Health

By: Jenny Douglas,Cathy E Lloyd

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A Reader in Promoting Public Health

By: Jenny Douglas,Cathy E Lloyd

The second edition of A Reader in Promoting Public Health brings together a selection of readings that explore and challenge current thinking in the field of multidisciplinary public health. This thoroughly updated and revised new edition addresses contemporary issues that are high on the agenda of public health, and enables the reader to understand and negotiate this broad and dynamic field of study. The book is organised into five sections, each with an accessible and student-friendly introduction that pulls together the key themes and issues: - Back to the future? Reflections on multidisciplinary public health takes stock of the scope and ambition of contemporary public health; - Research for evidence-based practice explores research methods, tools and techniques for developing effective public health practice; - Promoting health through public policy examines policy challenges, responses and key debates at national, international and global level : - Promoting public health at a local level explores public health and health promotion in a participatory and community context; - Public health for the 21st century: whose voices? whose values? examines debates which expose alternative futures, priorities and boundaries for public health work. This second edition includes new material on health inequalities, health protection, social marketing and health promotion, as well as highlighting the practical requirements of public health work through 'grass roots' accounts of practice. It will be essential reading for all students of public health and health promotion, as well as for health and social care professionals.

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SAGE Publications

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1849201048

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A-HA! Performance

Building and Managing a Self-Motivated Workforce

By: Douglas Walker

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A-HA! Performance

Building and Managing a Self-Motivated Workforce

By: Douglas Walker

Praise for A-HA! Performance "Since I wrote Choice Theory many years ago, I have come to the conclusion that there is only one major human problem: we have yet to figure out how to get along well with each other. In this book, Walker supports this conclusion with humor, creativity, and great insight. Managers who both follow his suggestions and teach them to those they manage will be rewarded with a happy and profitable workplace. And do it at less cost than the company is spending now." --William Glasser, MD, President and founder,William Glasser Institute, and author of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy "If ever there was a title that perfectly matched the content of a book, this is it. I have never experienced more a-ha's from a book in my life. One of the biggest a-ha's is that you don't build a motivated workforce--you already have one! If you manage people--and especially if you aspire to truly lead people--then this book is required reading. Rock-solid ideas from a master on motivation." --Joe Calloway, author of Work Like You're Showing Off! "An amazingly practical and prodigiously useful resource to help create and bolster a world-class sales force, but also a blueprint for better living in general. An absolute mandatory read for all my employees, not to mention friends and family members. I don't know anyone who couldn't benefit from applying the A-HA model. The title might be more apropos if it were 'Holy cow! Where's this been my whole career?'" --Robert H. Fleet, Branch Manager, National Builder Division, Countrywide Home Loans "A-HA! Performance should be mandatory reading for every manager. Each chapter offers simple and compelling methods for building and managing a self-motivated workforce. The realistic examples presented throughout the book reinforce the steps in the A-HA model and provide the foundation for easy application to professional and personal situations." --Ann Owens, Vice President, Total Rewards Management, QUALCOMM "Avoiding a fight-or-flight reaction from an employee who needs coaching on improved performance or behavior changes requires the manager understand the employee's vested interest. Walker teaches the skills required to effectively create three wins: for the company, the employee, and the manager. It's a must-read for all leaders who want to be more proficient in getting needed performance changes from their employees by improving their own nurturing, coaching, or mentoring skills. I'm reading it for the third time and still gleaning more tips and insights. Even though it's constructed as a managerial self-help book, it's really an insightful, powerful textbook, and as such needs to be studied." --Ron Cook, National Accounts Manager, 3M

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118633318

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Good Company

A Tramp Life

By: Douglas Harper

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Good Company

A Tramp Life

By: Douglas Harper

Good Company: A Tramp Life, is a vivid portrait of a lifestyle long part of America's history, yet rapidly disappearing. The author traveled extensively by freight train to gain rich insights into the elusive world of the tramp. Richly illustrated with 85 photographs by the author, the book presents the homeless man as an individual who "drank, migrated, and worked at day labor" rather than the stereotype of a victim of alcoholism. The tramps with whom Harper shared boxcars and hobo jungles were the labor force that harvested the crops in most of the apple orchards in the Pacific Northwest. They were drawn to the harvest from across the United States and migrated primarily on freight trains, as had hobos in the 1930s. Although not without its problems, the tramp way of life is a fierce and independent culture that has been an integral part of our American identity and an important part of our agricultural economy. Since the first edition of this classic book was published by the University of Chicago Press, the tramp has virtually disappeared from the American social landscape. The agricultural labor force is now made up of Hispanic migrants. This significantly revised and updated edition contrasts this disappearing lifestyle with the homelessness of the modern era, which has been produced by different economic and sociological forces, all of which have worked against the continuation of the tramp as a social species. The new edition richly documents the transition in our society from "tramps" to urban homelessness and the many social, political, and policy changes attendant to this transformation. It also includes an additional thirty-five previously unpublished photographs from the original research.

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Routledge

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131725869X

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Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - E-Book

By: Douglas S. Gardenhire

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Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - E-Book

By: Douglas S. Gardenhire

Take the easiest path to respiratory pharmacology mastery with Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 9th Edition. With broken-down terminology, relatable explanations, and reader-friendly writing, Rau simplifies the process of learning pharmacology material like never before to prepare you for success on your exams and in professional practice! This new edition includes the most recent advances related to apneic and asthmatic pharmacology, twice the number of clinical scenarios, more drug formulation tables, and a new mobile app for interactive drug flashcards. Enhanced readability helps readers more easily understand difficult material. Full-color design makes the text more reader-friendly and helps the learner to identify relevant details within an illustration. Learning objectives parallel the levels tested by the NBRC exams to help readers identify important information that goes beyond memorization and recall. Key terms with definitions provide easy access to the pharmacologic vocabulary readers should embrace. Key points in each chapter highlight important concepts in the lesson. Self-assessment questions offer readers the opportunity to test themselves on content learned with thought-provoking questions that require short answers. Clinical scenarios with follow-up SOAP assessment help readers assess their comprehension of the material. Glossary of all key terms in the text aids readers in understanding the terminology associated with respiratory care pharmacology. Appendices on common units, systems of measurement, and acceptable mixtures provides references to need-to-know information such as abbreviations, conversion charts for temperatures, liquid metric and solids, and a simple drug compatibility chart for drug mixtures. Alphabetical drug index offers a direct index to look up information based on drug name. NEW! Recent advances related to apneic and asthmatic pharmacology familiarize readers with current information. NEW! Twice the number of clinical scenarios engages the reader and helps them apply what they have learned. NEW! Mobile app for interactive drug flashcards provides a more technology-savvy, portable approach to the study and review of respiratory pharmacology. NEW! More drug formulation tables that include drug categories, brand names, and dosages provide a go to reference for better consistency and readability.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323299725

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9780323299725

Accountability in Action

A Blueprint for Learning Organizations

By: Douglas B. Reeves

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Accountability in Action

A Blueprint for Learning Organizations

By: Douglas B. Reeves

You'll find all you need to design a comprehensive accountability system that includes more than test scores. Filled with discussion questions, sample reports, templates, and additional resources for research, this book is a must-have for everyone developing an accountability program that is fair and rigorous, and meets the needs of your organization.

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0974734314

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

By: R. Reginald,Douglas Menville,Mary A. Burgess

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

By: R. Reginald,Douglas Menville,Mary A. Burgess

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

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Wildside Press LLC

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0941028763

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9780941028769

Deconstructing Reaganism

An Analysis of American Fantasy Films

By: Douglas E. Forster

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Deconstructing Reaganism

An Analysis of American Fantasy Films

By: Douglas E. Forster

As in so many other areas of American society, the political legacy of Ronald Reagan had an imposing presence in many contemporary American films, particularly between 1980 and 2000. Six films, which collectively represent the spectrum of Reaganism’s most popular tropes, demonstrate quite compellingly that in celebrating nostalgically the blissful pleasantries of family stability and social order so essential to Reagan’s political philosophy, an unsettling and unsatisfying mythology has been created about a period in which many Americans were acutely aware that something was missing, even if they could not pinpoint it at the time. This leads the critical viewer to largely unacknowledged subtexts in all six films that begin to reveal the contradictions, incoherencies, and paradoxes rooted in popular Reaganesque portrayals. Utilising a detailed qualitative case study methodology, this book incorporates theoretical foundations that expand upon Fairclough’s path-breaking research on media discourse and Todorov’s broadly articulated framework of fantasy in order to explore: 1) Which elements of Fairclough’s framework for critical discourse analysis can be applied to explore the discursive structures within these American fantasy films? 2) How far do the films follow Reaganist concepts of a “new” American society? 3) How far do notions of the “fantastic” and postmodern concepts break with common patterns of Reaganism reflected in these films? While many critics rightly cite the numerous elements in these films that appear to reinforce fundamental message points underlying Reaganism, this study demonstrates how the films’ characters and plot lines also serve to reveal the inherent and irreconcilable incoherence of the sociopolitical and sociocultural tenets of Reaganism.

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305

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443860778

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9781443860772

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

By: Abraham Lincoln,Stephen Arnold Douglas

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

By: Abraham Lincoln,Stephen Arnold Douglas

Nominated in 1858 by the infant Republican party to oppose Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln challenged the incumbent Democratic senator from Illinois to a series of debates. This volume contains their masterful arguments as well as two speeches, one by each candidate. Paving the way for modern debates between political candidates, the Lincoln-Douglas debates were more than formal discussions between opponents. Lincoln lost the election; but the speeches brought him to national attention and helped propel him to the Presidency in 1860.

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Courier Corporation

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0486435431

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9780486435435

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