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Together Through Eternity

By: Ian Robinson

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Ralph Diggerby, a lonely, shy, almost reclusive elderly man has moved himself into a retirement home where he is befriended by a seventeen-year-old care assistant, Jessica, who is intrigued by the lack of any photographs or family memorabilia in his room. Through her prompting and gentle teasing, Ralph slowly recalls his life story; something he has kept as a tightly closed secret; a life that was hitherto, full of regret and sadness; a life seemingly expressed only in the contents of his orangey-brown folder, and his strange aversion to eating lamb. As their relationship blossoms, she 'adopts' him as the granddad that she has never had but always wished for; whilst Ralph realises just how much he has missed, by not having had a granddaughter of his own. Ralph is also befriended by Everton, a kindly care worker in Downwood, the retirement home, where Ralph has come to live. And between the two of them, Everton and Jessica gradually rescue Ralph from a friendless, lonely existence to a life full of meaning, love, and family; and finally to be able to face the truth. However, there are some things that Ralph cannot divulge even to Jessica But once having started down that road, the truth must find a way out. In the end, love conquers all, and it is never too late...

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1803810351

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Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy

By: Ian E. Mackenzie

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Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy

By: Ian E. Mackenzie

This auspicious new volume is designed for linguists who are interested in the deeper issues of their science. Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy lays a solid foundation of linguistic philosophy presenting theories of leading linguistic analysts such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap, and Quine. I. E. MackenzieÆs exploration into these theories equips readers for advanced work on most topics in semantics and the study of language. The structure of this book reflects the fact that the philosophical study of language is not systematic, but centers on aspects of language that are considered to be of fundamental conceptual significance. Therefore, this book need not be read in any specific order. Whenever a chapter presupposes an understanding of something that is explained elsewhere in the book, a specific cross-reference is given. MackenzieÆs approach to the philosophy of language stresses the importance of observing how language is used rather than the assuming that it conforms to a pre-existing logical structure. In addition to dealing with foundational issues, such as truth, meaning, and the nature of language, this book explores specific linguistic phenomenaùdescriptions, names, non-extesional contexts and quantificationùwhich have attracted considerable philosophical attention. Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy is a student-centered resource that is recommended for students in linguistics, communication, and philosophy.

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SAGE Publications

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1452249458

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9781452249452

Programming C# 5.0

Building Windows 8, Web, and Desktop Applications for the .NET 4.5 Framework

By: Ian Griffiths

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Programming C# 5.0

Building Windows 8, Web, and Desktop Applications for the .NET 4.5 Framework

By: Ian Griffiths

After a dozen years of incremental changes, C# has become one of the most versatile programming languages available. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn just how powerful the combination of C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5 can be. Author Ian Griffiths guides you through C# 5.0 fundamentals and teaches you techniques for building web and desktop applications, including Windows 8-style apps. Completely rewritten for experienced programmers, this book provides many code examples to help you work with the nuts and bolts of C# code, such as generics, dynamic typing, and the new asynchronous programming features. You’ll also get up to speed on XAML, ASP.NET, LINQ, and other .NET tools. Discover how C# supports fundamental coding features such as classes, other custom types, collections, and error handling Understand the differences between dynamic and static typing in C# Query and process diverse data sources such as in-memory object models, databases, and XML documents with LINQ Use .NET’s multithreading features to exploit your computer’s parallel processing capabilities Learn how the new asynchronous language features can help improve application responsiveness and scalability Use XAML to create Windows 8-style, phone, and classic desktop applications

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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144935968X

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The Rag Tag Fleet

The unknown story of the Australian men and boats that helped win the war in the Pacific

By: Ian W. Shaw

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The Rag Tag Fleet

The unknown story of the Australian men and boats that helped win the war in the Pacific

By: Ian W. Shaw

The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II. Mid-1942: from China to New Guinea, the Pacific belonged to the Japanese. In this desperate situation, a fleet of hundreds of Australian small ships is assembled, sailing under the American flag, and crewed by over 3000 Australians either too young or too old to join the regular armed forces. Their task: to bring supplies and equipment to the Allied troops waging bloody battles against Japanese forces across the South Pacific. THE RAG TAG FLEET is the unknown story of the final months of 1942 - when these men ran the gauntlet of Japanese air attacks, malaria and dysentery, reefs, and shallow, shark-infested waters to support the US and Australian troops that defeated the entrenched Japanese forces at Buna on the New Guinea coast, and so helped turn the war in the Allies' favour. Their bravery, ingenuity and mettle helped turn the tide of the war. For the first time, their story is told. 'enthralling . . . makes for a fascinating read.' CANBERRA TIMES

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Hachette Australia

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0733637302

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The Book of Daniel

By: Sean Ian

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The Book of Daniel

By: Sean Ian

The Book of Daniel is an immersive story of the life of a unique child with extraordinary abilities that will take him years to understand. Follow Daniel on a heartwarming journey across America. Fall in love, feel your breath stop and hop onto the rollercoaster of a life that may be more like your own than you know. “The Book of Daniel is a unique coming-of-age story that’s steeped in the paranormal,” – Michelle Sharp “... a surrealistic novel filled with twists and turns, making for compulsive reading,” – BlueInk

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035804336

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9781035804337

The Book of Ian Watson

By: Ian Watson

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The Book of Ian Watson

By: Ian Watson

British Science Fiction award winner Ian Watson graces us here with a brilliant new collection of short stories and essays. Though he dazzles the reader with his footwork in the kaleidoscope intensity of his vision, each piece is plainly the work of a master craftsman. Whether he is dealing with a future culture where whales control us ("The Culling") or taking a hilarious poke at the matter of government funding ("The President's Not for Turning"), his concepts are clear and undeniably logical. True to the highest ideal of science fiction, Watson carries present tendencies of our society to possible conclusions in "Roof Gardens under Saturn," and points a warning finger at the consequences of alienation from the environment. In an innovative style which borders on the experimental, Watson explores in "The Pharaoh and the Mademoiselle" the horrors of fascism. Ian Watson's writing stays with us. He entertains and he makes us think. If in some future and better world politicians were to take advice form writers, Watson should be one of them.

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Gateway

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0575114851

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9780575114852

American Colonisation and the City Beautiful

Filipinos and Planning in the Philippines, 1916-35

By: Ian Morley

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American Colonisation and the City Beautiful

Filipinos and Planning in the Philippines, 1916-35

By: Ian Morley

Winner of the 2020 IPHS Koos Bosma Prize American Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works’ Division of Architecture as part of Philippine national development and decolonisation. Morley provides new archival materials which deliver significant insight into the dynamics associated with both governance and city planning during the American colonial era in the Philippines, with links between prominent American university educators and Filipino architecture students. The book discusses the two cities of Tayabas and Iloilo which highlight the significant role in the urban design of places beyond the typical historiographical focus of Manila and Baguio. These examples will aid in further understanding the appearance and meaning of Philippine cities during an important era in the nation’s history. Including numerous black and white images, this book is essential for academics, researchers and students of city and urban planning, the history and development of Southeast Asia and those interested in colonial relations.

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Routledge

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0429627858

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9780429627859

The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan

20th Anniversary Edition

By: Ian Bradley

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The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan

20th Anniversary Edition

By: Ian Bradley

Ian Bradley's Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan has established itself across the world as the authorized and definitive 'Bible' for all those interested in the Savoy operas. Originally published in two Penguin paperbacks in the 1980's, a single-volume comprehensive compendium, hailed widely as "easily the best annotated Gilbert & Sullivan available" (Gayden Wren, New York Times) was published by Oxford University Press in 1996. This brand new 20th anniversary edition includes Thespis, Gilbert and Sullivan's first collaboration which is now being increasingly performed, despite the loss of the vocal and orchestral scores. It also features a completely new introduction, reflecting on the state of Gilbert and Sullivan nearly 150 years after the pair began their legendary collaboration, and new annotations addressing recent performance history, newly discovered 'lost' songs and dialogue, and, for the first time, Gilbert and Sullivan references in contemporary popular culture. Scholars, performers, and fans are sure to rejoice in this indispensable companion to the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire, newly updated for the present day.

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Oxford University Press

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0199392439

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9780199392438

Henry James and the Past

Readings into Time

By: Ian F. A. Bell

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Henry James and the Past

Readings into Time

By: Ian F. A. Bell

An examination of the work of Henry James. Topics covered range from commodity and style in "Washington Square", to the peculiarity of social life in "The Bostonians". Other works by the author include "Ezra Pound: Tactics for Reading" and "Henry James's Fiction as History".

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Springer

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134908056X

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9781349080564

One Fine Day

A Journey Through English Time

By: Ian Marchant

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One Fine Day

A Journey Through English Time

By: Ian Marchant

A time-travelling, genealogical adventure, bringing pre-industrial, rural, eighteenth-century England vividly to life on the page. One day Ian Marchant, acclaimed author of books on music, railways and pubs, decided, as all men of a certain age must, to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly, a web search informed him that his seven-times-great great-grandfather, Thomas Marchant had left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. So far, so jolly ... Life-loving diarist Thom - who liked a drink and a game of cards - feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. With fascinating detail we learn about Thom's family farm and fishponds; about dung, horses and mud; about beer, the wife's nights out, his own job troubles and their shared worries for their children. But as Ian digs deeper beyond the Sussex diary's bucolic portrait he discovers a subtext - a family descended from immigrants, with anti-establishment politics, who are struggling with illness, political instability and cash crises - just as their country does three centuries on. 'When I was reflecting late one January evening on the differences between Thom and me, I realised the unbridgeable thing that comes between us is industrialisation. He lived right at its beginning, while I am living somewhere towards its end. Old Thom Marchant was one of the last people before industrialisation to understand how his world worked - and how to be largely self-sufficient in it. He knew where his food came from, his fuel, his water, his clothes. He knew how the welfare system worked, and was part of its administration; he knew who looked after the roads, too. He collected taxes. He was not separate from the system, but part of it.' Rich with immersive detail, One Fine Day draws a living portrait of Marchant family life in the 1720s and how their England (rainy, muddy, politically turbulent, illness-ridden) became the England of the 2020s. 'Elegiac, consistently funny, deeply moving.' - Richard Beard 'Ian Marchant is one of England's most original writers. One Fine Day is a masterwork.' - Monique Roffey

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September Publishing

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1912836963

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9781912836963

A Stitch in Time

Books 2 and 3

By: Ian Davey

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A Stitch in Time

Books 2 and 3

By: Ian Davey

John Twigg, a 25-year-old intelligent and newly qualified solicitor, finds himself transported back to 1544, cursed after an affair with a seductive upper-class woman, betraying his long-standing girlfriend in 1999. Realizing the curse he unwittingly cast upon himself has become his reality, John endures the consequences of his actions, navigating a world filled with witches, demons, and other fantastical entities. As he faces his mental torment and seeks redemption, John must comply with the demands of these beings to return to his future. Follow John as he spars with impossible to imagine beasts, demons and the terrible powers of witches that infested North Yorkshire so long ago. Life and destiny are not aways quite what they seem. Think carefully if you are ever tempted to hate your lot in life and wish for something else. You may just be rewarded, just like John Twigg! Book 2 is The Time Slip and Book 3 is Return.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035856719

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9781035856718

Air Glow Red

By: Ian Slater

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Air Glow Red

By: Ian Slater

A FIREBALL OF AWESOME FURY SWEEPS THE WORLD TOWARD A TERRIFYING CLIMAX IN THE WRONG HANDS IT COULD DESTROY MANKIND. AND IT'S IN THE WRONG HANDS. Sturgess is the investigator the White House handpicked to track down the secrets behind the most awesome force for danger in a world of conspirators. Plunged into a maze of violence and death, pursued by the KGB and an invisible army of assassins, his only ally is the brilliant, seductive Erica Sarn—a woman who may be working for the other side. But who is the other side? As time runs out Sturgess races to defuse the terror—and the incredibly destructive weapon that could unleash a fiery arc of disaster . . . and signal the end. . . . "Hot . . . page-turning thrills that should leave even the steadiest hands shaking." —The Toronto Star "Intrigue, invisible government, love and cunning, it's as impelling storytelling as you'll want to read." —Clive Cussler author of Raise the Titanic!

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Speaking Volumes

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1645405087

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9781645405085

Envoys from the Stars

Ian Way

By: Ian Way

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Envoys from the Stars

Ian Way

By: Ian Way

Three first-born children are sired by three males from Earths three great races! Each of these fathers had suffered abduction and bio-genetic surgery by extraterrestrials who appear to be a mix of ancient ancestors to our planets contemporary peoples. In the interest of Earths mankind, our progress over thousands of years, has been monitored, believe or not, on a regular basis by these ancient ancestors, but while consistently being horrified by the advent of our countless wars, our advancing technologies, in the aliens minds, have now deemed us to now be approaching the point of starting wars which could result in our total annihilation! Each child, Charles, Chein, and Zuda, has been born with highly advanced alien genes which are programmed to advance in stages towards their maturation whereby they finally will be able to report collectively & accurately at any point whereby mankinds manifest destiny could be ultimately affected! Hence the possibility of an alien intervention!

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Balboa Press

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1452526818

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9781452526812

School

By: Catherine Burke,Ian Grosvenor

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School

By: Catherine Burke,Ian Grosvenor

This text is about the form and function of the school and it is the first global review of how design and architecture have kept pace with innovation in schools in the modern period. It is organised around the themes of time, space and place.

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Reaktion Books

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1861893027

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9781861893024

The Sherlock Holmes Scripts

By: Ian Shimwell

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The Sherlock Holmes Scripts

By: Ian Shimwell

Solve the Egyptian equation; witness the Montague murders; fear the Legend of Loch Logarth and close Holmes' final chapter... All four original Sherlock Holmes scripts of 'The Holmes and Watson Series', written in the style of the classic Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce films. 'The Sherlock Holmes Scripts' also features a bonus additional scene, 'Mrs Hudson Speaks' and an introduction by Holmes' trusted scriber himself, Doctor Watson.

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Lulu.com

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1326950673

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9781326950675

Making Ends Meet

Essays and Talks, 1992-2004

By: Ian Wedde

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Making Ends Meet

Essays and Talks, 1992-2004

By: Ian Wedde

Passionate, witty, and erudite, these essays by a radical curator describe how museums approach their sometimes conflicting missions to sponsor scholarship, generate popular appeal, and claim social significance. This analysis includes discussions of art and ethnology, the failure of late-Modernist art history, the construction of official culture, the intellectual history of European exploration in the Pacific, problems with cultural studies of the Pakeha Maori, and the conservation of archives and narratives.

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Victoria University Press

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0864735030

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9780864735034

Satisfactory Ike

Memoirs of an Oil Man

By: Ian R. Campbell

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Satisfactory Ike

Memoirs of an Oil Man

By: Ian R. Campbell

These are the memoirs of Ian Campbell. An adventurous and humourous account of a man from rural Western Australia and his working career in the international oil business, from exploration in the harsh wildernesses of the Australian outback, Saharan Africa, jungles of Sumatra and Philippines, to the high-stakes corporate shenanigans in the heart of London. Often cantankerous and very ‘Australian’, Ian walks the reader through his life, from his earliest memories in 1932 up until his early retirement in 1989. He recounts his childhood with his many brothers and sisters in the West Australian wheatbelt, growing up in the hard times of the 1930’s depression, school life in rural Australia and University in the ‘big smoke’ of Perth, Australia. Graduating with a degree in Geology, Ian narrates how he sets off on an intriguing international career in the oil industry, exploring, living, working, and bringing up a family in many far flung and remote places around the world.

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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154376875X

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9781543768756

The School of Oriental and African Studies

Imperial Training and the Expansion of Learning

By: Ian Brown

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The School of Oriental and African Studies

Imperial Training and the Expansion of Learning

By: Ian Brown

A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London from its foundation in 1916.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107164427

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9781107164420

Patient-Centered Medicine

Transforming the Clinical Method

By: Moira Stewart,Judith Belle Brown,Wayne Weston,Ian R. McWhinney,Carol L. McWilliam,Thomas Freeman

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Patient-Centered Medicine

Transforming the Clinical Method

By: Moira Stewart,Judith Belle Brown,Wayne Weston,Ian R. McWhinney,Carol L. McWilliam,Thomas Freeman

This long awaited Third Edition fully illuminates the patient-centered model of medicine, continuing to provide the foundation for the Patient-Centered Care series. It redefines the principles underpinning the patient-centered method using four major components - clarifying its evolution and consequent development - to bring the reader fully up-to-

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1909368032

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