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Fire

The Spark That Ignited Human Evolution

By: Frances D. Burton

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Fire

The Spark That Ignited Human Evolution

By: Frances D. Burton

The association between our ancestors and fire, somewhere around six to four million years ago, had a tremendous impact on human evolution, transforming our earliest human ancestor, a being communicating without speech but with insight, reason, manual dexterity, highly developed social organization, and the capability of experimenting with this new technology. As it first associated with and then began to tame fire, this extraordinary being began to distance itself from its primate relatives, taking a path that would alter its environment, physiology, and self-image. Based on her extensive research with nonhuman primates, anthropologist Frances Burton details the stages of the conquest of fire and the systems it affected. Her study examines the natural occurrence of fire and describes the effects light has on human physiology. She constructs possible variations of our earliest human ancestor and its way of life, utilizing archaeological and anthropological evidence of the earliest human-controlled fires to explore the profound physical and biological impacts fire had on human evolution.

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UNM Press

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0826346480

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9780826346483

Rating Law and Valuation

By: Frances A.S. Plimmer

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Rating Law and Valuation

By: Frances A.S. Plimmer

Following the introduction of the uniform business rate in 1990, local property taxation changed dramatically, whilst retaining many of its historical and familiar characteristics. Rating Law and Valuation details the existing, non-domestic rating system from the principles of rate liability and the definition of hereditament, the rateable value, to the procedure for compiling and altering the rating lists. The book also discusses how the methods of valuation are used by rating valuers to produce rateable values for the more common property types. The text concludes with a similar treatment of Council Tax which is levied on domestic property. Rating Law and Valuation is written primarily for those studying property valuation as part of their course, and is an indispensible reference book for those taking professional courses of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers (ISVA), and Institute of Revenue and Rating Valuation (IRRV). It is also a useful resource for practitioners who are required to deal with rating law and valuation but who do not do so on a regular basis.

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Routledge

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1317884841

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9781317884842

Played in Britain

Modern Theatre in 100 Plays

By: Kate Dorney,Frances Gray

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Played in Britain

Modern Theatre in 100 Plays

By: Kate Dorney,Frances Gray

Published in collaboration with the V&A, Modern British Theatre in 100 Plays explores the best and most influential plays from 1945 to date. Fully illustrated with photos from the V&A's collections, the book includes essays, review excerpts, plot summaries, extracts and insight into stage and costume designs.

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A&C Black

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1408164809

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9781408164808

Amazing Stories and Articles

By: Cecelia Frances Page

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Amazing Stories and Articles

By: Cecelia Frances Page

AMAZING STORIES AND ARTICLES is a stimulating and exciting book with fifty-six stories and articles. Some health topics are A Doctor's Dilemma, A Nurse's Life and Hospital Exposure. Articles and stories about social issues and experiences are Indian Celebrations in India, Chelsey Rogers, A Neglected Child, Married Life, Vivid Memories, Paul's Sudden Blindness, Different Arrangements, A Rocky Life, Immature People Versus Mature People, Biography of Thomas Kenneth Wignall, Cowboy Extravaganza, The Book Worm, Nellie's Service to Others and Annette Wore Glasses. Scientific topics are My Chemistry Teacher, From Darkness to Light, Theodore's Scientific Discoveries, Volcanoes and Craters, A Spider's Life, Tidal Waves, Fresh Water and Spectrums. Educational topics are The Choir Director, The College Professor and Jamie, The Slow Learner. Religious topics are Phenomenal Awareness, Life of Mormons, Christmas Holidays and Easter Egg Hunt. Adventure topics are Pumpkin Celebration, New York Odyssey, Julian, the Bank Robber, Mount Shasta Mystery, The Hidden Cavern, Worthwhile Journeys, Shangri-La, Michelle's Camel and Climbing Mt. Rainier. Miscellaneous topics are A Paradox, Selecting a Mink Coat, Halloween Capers, Commercial Cars, Buttercup, Our Family Cow, Factory Workers, Meat on the Table, Scissors Are Useful, Corsages and Bouquets, Skyscrapers, A Great Opportunity, You Really Want to Know? Tiffany Lamps, Antique Shops and Television and Film Fans. AMAZING STORIES AND ARTICLES will stimulate your mind because of the wide variety of worthwhile topics and detailed descriptions and examples ex-pressed in each article and story.

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iUniverse

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1440107793

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9781440107795

Hiding the Audience

Viewing Arts and Arts Institutions on the Prairies

By: Frances W. Kaye

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Hiding the Audience

Viewing Arts and Arts Institutions on the Prairies

By: Frances W. Kaye

Hiding the Audience examines how the development of Canadian prairie arts institutions in the context of an implicitly Euro- or Anglo-Canadian audience clashed with the creation of regional arts that needed to acknowledge a Native Canadian presence to flourish. It looks in detail at the regional versus international strains in the history of the Banff Centre, at the development of the Glenbow Museum and the controversy over the "Spirit Sings" exhibition, at the two decades of contention regarding statues of Louis Riel in Regina and Winnipeg, and at the contrasts in audience participation in two of 25th Street Theatre's productions, one about farmers and the other about Metis people. Primarily a work of cultural history, this study uses archival sources, post-colonial theory, and the theories implied in the fiction of Cherokee author Thomas King to probe the ways in which the whitestream assumptions of the individuals who institutionalized the arts on the Prairies hid both a Native audience and the kinds of issues and presentations such an audience might reasonably expect to see--and that might help make the settler audience understand the responsibilities of becoming native to this place. The interdisciplinary nature of the book makes it useful to scholars in Native Studies, Museum Studies, Art History, Theatre, and English, as well as to arts administrators and patrons, art lovers, and artists.

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University of Alberta

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0888643764

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9780888643766

A Key to Death

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

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A Key to Death

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

When their lawyer is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North find that everyone in Manhattan is a suspect Jerry and Pamela North have targets on their backs. It’s not fair, but that’s what happens when you make a hobby out of catching killers. The murderers get upset, and, well, you know how they are. And with all this homicidal attention directed at the Norths, it’s about time they made out a will. Unfortunately, they have only just started the process when their lawyer is stopped for good, and the sleuthing couple is in trouble again. Forbes Ingraham is found in his office, a bullet in his head. He was killed just a few yards from the desk of his secretary, which should make this a cut-and-dried case, but the young woman is notoriously unobservant. Discovering who took out the lawyer falls to Mr. and Mrs. North, who must work carefully—lest they should need that will sooner than expected. A Key to Death is the 19th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Open Road Media

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1504031393

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9781504031394

Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

1784 Tax List, Guardians' Accounts 1794-1819 ; And, Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1814-1843 : Guardians' Accounts 1819-1847, 1850 & 1860 Census Mortality Schedules, Powers of Attorney from Deed Books 1777-1880 : Two Volumes in One

By: Katharine Kerr Kendall,Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson

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Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

By: Katharine Kerr Kendall,Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson

Following the Glorious Revolution, the supporters of the House of Stuart, known as Jacobites, could be found throughout the British Isles. The Scottish county of Angus, or Forfarshire, made a significant contribution to the Jacobite armies of 1715 and 1745. David Dobson has compiled a list of about 900 persons--including not only soldiers but also civilians who lent crucial support to the rebellion. Arranged alphabetically, the entries always give the full name of the Jacobite, his occupation, his rank, date of service and unit (if military), and, sometimes, the individual's date of birth, the names of his parents, a specific place of origin, and a wide range of destinations to which the Jacobites fled after each of the failed insurrections.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806347147

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9780806347141

Curtain for a Jester

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

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Curtain for a Jester

By: Frances Lockridge,Richard Lockridge

The murder of a notorious practical joker is no laughing matter in this “excellent series” starring a husband-and-wife detective team (The New Yorker). Byron Wilmot will do anything for a laugh. He’s a legend of practical jokes, notorious for once using a dummy to stage a kidnapping so realistic it fooled the police. So when Pamela and Jerry North are invited to a party at Wilmot’s home, Mrs. North braces herself for an evening of snakes in a can, rubber spiders, and the like. But tonight, a murderer will get the last laugh. When Wilmot’s secretary finds her boss lying in a pool of blood with a knife sticking out of his chest, she assumes it’s just another highly realistic gag. But Wilmot doesn’t move. He’s dead and the Norths will have think quickly if they’re going to find the killer—and make it to the punch line of Wilmot’s last great joke. Curtain for a Jester is the 17th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Open Road Media

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1504031385

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9781504031387

Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre

Performing Literature

By: Frances Babbage

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Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre

Performing Literature

By: Frances Babbage

Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind or another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of literary texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance and live art. In Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre, Frances Babbage offers a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making, focusing on meditations of prose literature within contemporary performance. Individual chapters explore the significance and impact of books as physical objects within productions; the relationship between the dramatic adaptation and literary edition; storytelling on the page and in performance; literary space and theatrical space; and prose fiction reframed as 'found text' in contemporary theatre and live art. Case studies are drawn from internationally acclaimed companies including Complicite, Elevator Repair Service, Kneehigh, Forced Entertainment, Gob Squad, Teatro Kismet and Stan's Cafe. Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre is a compelling and provocative resource for anyone interested in the potential and the challenges of using prose literature as material for new theatrical performance.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472534166

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9781472534163

On Duty

Power, Politics, and the History of Nursing in New Jersey

By: Frances Ward

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On Duty

Power, Politics, and the History of Nursing in New Jersey

By: Frances Ward

In 1886, Newark City Hospital opened a training school for nurses in New Jersey. With the dawn of a new century women began to demand rights that had been denied them, and nurses too demanded changes in health care and higher education. For the first time, On Duty offers a highly readable account of the struggle for professional autonomy by New Jersey nurses and reveals how their political and legislative battles mirrored the struggle of women throughout the country to redefine their roles in society.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813547091

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9780813547091

Australian Fiction as Archival Salvage

Making and Unmaking the Postcolonial Novel

By: Frances A. Johnson

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Australian Fiction as Archival Salvage

Making and Unmaking the Postcolonial Novel

By: Frances A. Johnson

Australian Fiction as Archival Salvage examines key developments in the field of the Australian postcolonial historical novel from 1989 to the present. In parallel with this analysis, A. Frances Johnson undertakes a unique study of in-kind creativity, reflecting on how her own nascent historical fiction has been critically and imaginatively shaped and inspired by seminal experiments in the genre – by writers as diverse as Kate Grenville, Mudrooroo, Kim Scott, Peter Carey, Richard Flanagan, and Rohan Wilson. Mapping the postcolonial novel against the impact of postcolonial cultural theory and Australian writers’ intermittent embrace of literary postmodernism, this survey is also read against the post-millenial ‘history’ and ‘culture wars’ which saw politicizations of national debates around history and fierce contestation over the ways stories of Australian pasts have been written.

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353

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BRILL

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900431167X

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9789004311671

Scam!

By: Frances Horibe

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Scam!

By: Frances Horibe

Four out-of-work Canadian actors fake being an intact British acting family to win roles on an American sitcom. Will they trip themselves or will a real Brit expose their secret? Is it really just 'acting to get acting' or is the lying penetrating deeper into who they are?

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eBook Partnership

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0994929048

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9780994929044

Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India

During the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858

By: Frances Isabella Duberly

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Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India

During the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858

By: Frances Isabella Duberly

Mrs Henry Duberly's intrepid 1859 account of her experiences with her husband's regiment during the suppression of the Indian Mutiny.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108044751

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9781108044752

The Emperor's Mirror

Understanding Cultures Through Primary Sources

By: Russell J. Barber,Frances Berdan

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The Emperor's Mirror

Understanding Cultures Through Primary Sources

By: Russell J. Barber,Frances Berdan

Russell J. Barber and Frances F. Berdan have created the ultimate guide for anyone doing cross-cultural and/or document-driven research. Presenting the essentials of primary-source methodology, The Emperor's Mirror includes nine chapters on paleography, calendrics, source and quantitative analysis, and the visual interpretation of artifacts such as pictographs, illustrations, and maps. As an introduction to ethnohistory, this book clearly defines terminology and provides practical and accessible examples, effectively integrating the concerns of historians and anthropologists as well as addressing the needs of anyone using primary sources for research in any academic field. A leading theme throughout the book is the importance of a researcher's awareness of the inherent biases of documents while doing research on another culture. Documents are the result of people interpreting reality through the filter of their own experience, personality, and culture. Barber and Berdan's reality mediation model shows students how to analyze documents to detect the implicit biases or subtexts inherent in primary-source materials. Students and scholars working with primary sources will particularly appreciate the case studies that Barber and Berdan use to illustrate the practical implications of using each methodology. These case studies not only apply method to actual research but also are fascinating in their own right: they range from a discussion of the debate over Tupinamba cannibalism to the illustration of Nahuatl, Spanish, and hybrid place names of Tlaxcala, Mexico.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816518483

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9780816518487

Honoré Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris

The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York

By: Peter M. Kenny,Charles Honoré Lannuier,Frances F. Bretter,Ulrich Leben,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Honoré Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris

The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York

By: Peter M. Kenny,Charles Honoré Lannuier,Frances F. Bretter,Ulrich Leben,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Although his brief but productive career as a cabinetmaker in New York lasted a mere sixteen years, the French-born maitre ebeniste Charles-Honore Lannuier (1779-1819) was a leading figure in the development of a distinctive and highly refined style of furniture in the Late Federal period. A contemporary of the renowned master Duncan Phyfe, Lannuier, like him, made fashionable gilded card tables, marble-topped pier tables, bedsteads, and seating furniture for wealthy clients numbering among the mercantile and social elite of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, and Savannah. This volume, which complements the exhibition "Honore Lannuier, Parisian Cabinetmaker in Federal New York" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in spring 1998, represents the most complete study of Lannuier's life and work published to date.

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0870998358

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9780870998355

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Fire

Fire

Rating Law and Valuation

Rating Law and Valuation

Played in Britain

Played in Britain

Amazing Stories and Articles

Amazing Stories and Articles

Hiding the Audience

Hiding the Audience

A Key to Death

A Key to Death

Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

Curtain for a Jester

Curtain for a Jester

Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre

Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre

On Duty

On Duty

Australian Fiction as Archival Salvage

Australian Fiction as Archival Salvage

Scam!

Scam!

Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India

Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India

The Emperor's Mirror

The Emperor's Mirror

Honoré Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris

Honoré Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris

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