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Touching Distance

By: Beverley Turner,James Cracknell

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Double Olympic gold-medal winner, James Cracknell. His story before and after his life-changing accident. In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, was now struggling to master life's simple challenges. A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. The doctors weren’t sure if he would recover and, if he did, whether he would ever be the same again. Touching Distance is an extraordinary, honest and powerful account as James and his wife Bev confront for the first time the lasting effects that the accident has had on their lives. It is the story of a marriage, of a family and of one man's fight back to be the best husband and father he can be.

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Touching Distance

By: Beverley Turner,James Cracknell

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By: Beverley Turner,James Cracknell

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UNSW, a Portrait

The University of New South Wales, 1949-1999

By: Patrick O'Farrell,Patrick James O'Farrell

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UNSW, a Portrait

The University of New South Wales, 1949-1999

By: Patrick O'Farrell,Patrick James O'Farrell

The University of New South Wales, from its gestation in the Sydney Technical College and its controversial beginnings in 1949, has grown into a diverse, innovative institution, one of Australia's premier universities - with, in 1999, a student population of 30,000 and a staff of 5,000. Since its foundation it has been a leading player in the redefining of traditional notions of university life and character in Australia, maintaining its contributions to public life and its continuing focus on the incorporation of change. The book sets out to capture the spirit and achievement of these first fifty years.

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UNSW Press

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0868404179

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Medicine and Care of the Dying

A Modern History

By: Milton James Lewis

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Medicine and Care of the Dying

A Modern History

By: Milton James Lewis

This book is for palliative care practitioners, and all health care professionals with an interest in end-of-life care.

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0195175484

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The Quiet Revolution

Turbulence and Transition in Contemporary New Zealand

By: Colin James

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The Quiet Revolution

Turbulence and Transition in Contemporary New Zealand

By: Colin James

In The Quiet Revolution, leading political commentator Colin James analyses New Zealand's market-based reforms of the 1980s as they are happening. Writing a first draft of history, he examines how the 'quiet revolution' is seen alternately as a betrayal, a dangerous experiment and a liberation. Combining economic and political analysis, he describes the behind-the-scenes manoeuvring that formed the backdrop to the reforms and the effects of the reform programme itself. He also sees a groundswell of optimism that, he argues, could forge a new and very different society in New Zealand.

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Bridget Williams Books

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1877242772

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Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

By: James A. Holland,Julian S. Webb

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Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

By: James A. Holland,Julian S. Webb

Bringing together the theory, structure, and practice of legal reasoning in an accessible style, this book explains how to uncover and exploit the mysteries of legal materials. It draws the student into the techniques of legal analysis and argument and the operation of precedent and statutory interpretation.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019879990X

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AS PE for AQA

By: Nesta Wiggins-James,Rob James,Graham Thompson

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AS PE for AQA

By: Nesta Wiggins-James,Rob James,Graham Thompson

The only books written specifically to match the AQA specification AS PE for AQA is a brand new course that has been written exactly to match the AQA specification. The Student Book provides students with the right level of support and the Workbook acts as a useful teaching and revision tool. The only book written specifically for the AQA AS course. Practice exam questions help students understand the demands of their exams. Revision questions at the end of each topic consolidate students' learning. Learning objectives at the beginning of each unit really focus students on what they need to learn. Key word boxes help students learn and use technical vocabulary.

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Heinemann

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0435499300

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Learning Legal Rules

A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

By: James Holland,Julian Webb

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A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning

By: James Holland,Julian Webb

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199657491

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Geomorphological Mapping

Methods and Applications

By: Mike J. Smith,Dr. Mike J. Smith,Paolo Paron,James S. Griffiths

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Geomorphological Mapping

Methods and Applications

By: Mike J. Smith,Dr. Mike J. Smith,Paolo Paron,James S. Griffiths

Section 1. Geomorphological mapping -- section 2. Techniques in applied geomorphological mapping -- section 3. Case studies.

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Elsevier

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0444534466

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Beyond Slacktivism

Political Participation on Social Media

By: James Dennis

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Beyond Slacktivism

Political Participation on Social Media

By: James Dennis

Beyond Slacktivism examines how routine social media use shapes political participation. Many commentators have argued that activism has been compromised by “slacktivism,” a pejorative term that refers to supposedly inauthentic, low-threshold forms of engagement online. Dennis argues that this critique has an overly narrow focus. He offers a novel theoretical framework—the continuum of participation—to help illuminate how and why citizens use social networking sites to consume news, discuss civic matters, and engage in politics. This idea is explored in two interrelated settings. Firstly, in an activist context, through an ethnography of the campaigning organisation 38 Degrees. Secondly, within day-to-day life, by combining evidence of behaviour online with reflective diaries. Drawing on this rich data on individual-level attitudes and behaviours, Dennis challenges slacktivism as a judgement on contemporary political action. Beyond Slacktivism provides an account of how the seemingly mundane everyday use of social media can be beneficial to democracy.

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Springer

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3030008444

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Rights in the Law

The Importance of God's Free Choices in the Thought of Francis Turretin

By: James E. Bruce

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Rights in the Law

The Importance of God's Free Choices in the Thought of Francis Turretin

By: James E. Bruce

James E. Bruce explores the relationship between morality and God's free choices in the thought of Francis Turretin (1623–1687). The first book-length treatment of Turretin's natural law theory, Rights in the Law provides an important theological backdrop to Early Modern moral and political philosophy. Turretin affirms Thomas Aquinas's approach to the natural law, calling it the common opinion of the Reformed orthodox, but he develops it, too, by introducing a threefold scheme of right (ius)—divine, natural, and positive—to explain how change within the law is possible. For example, God can change the specific day for Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday—from positive right—without changing the natural law precept that finite creatures ought to rest. Yet even with respect to the natural law God is still free. God can make a world in which there is no such thing as murder: he can choose not to make a world that contains such a thing as man. What God cannot do is make a murderable man. So God's free choices determine the natural law insofar as the natural law is constituted by the nature of the things that God has chosen to create.

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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3647550590

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9783647550596

The British Critic

Vol. XXX

By: James Shergold Boone,John Henry Newman

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The British Critic

Vol. XXX

By: James Shergold Boone,John Henry Newman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1808.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368511408

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9783368511401

Solid-State Physics

Introduction to the Theory

By: James D. Patterson,Bernard C. Bailey

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Solid-State Physics

Introduction to the Theory

By: James D. Patterson,Bernard C. Bailey

While the standard solid state topics are covered, the basic ones often have more detailed derivations than is customary (with an empasis on crystalline solids). Several recent topics are introduced, as are some subjects normally included only in condensed matter physics. Lattice vibrations, electrons, interactions, and spin effects (mostly in magnetism) are discussed the most comprehensively. Many problems are included whose level is from "fill in the steps" to long and challenging, and the text is equipped with references and several comments about experiments with figures and tables.

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3319753223

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Escoffier

The King of Chefs

By: Ken James

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Escoffier

The King of Chefs

By: Ken James

Auguste Escoffier was the first modern celebrity chef. His clientele included royalty as well as leaders of society and fashion. This book traces his career from his humble origins on the French Riviera to Paris, London and New York. Acknowledged already during his lifetime as the greatest chef in the world, with the hotelier César Ritz, he changed the way we eat and the way food is presented.

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A&C Black

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1852853964

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The Black Phone

By: James Lovegrove

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The Black Phone

By: James Lovegrove

Seb and Frankie are unlikely friends who run an amateur detective agency. When the rich and gorgeous new girl at school becomes the victim of vicious cyber-bullying, she comes to them for help. Can Seb and Frankie find out who's responsible? An exciting mystery, with all the clues there for the reader - will you solve it first?

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1408179334

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European Navies and the Conduct of War

By: Carlos Alfaro-Zaforteza,Alan James,Malcolm H Murfett

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European Navies and the Conduct of War

By: Carlos Alfaro-Zaforteza,Alan James,Malcolm H Murfett

European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European navies operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea. Taking a predominantly continental point of view, the book moves away from the typically British-centric approach taken to naval history as it considers the role of European navies in the development of modern warfare, from its medieval origins to the large-scale, industrial, total war of the twentieth century. Along with this growth of navies as instruments of war, the book also explores the long rise of the political and popular appeal of navies, from the princes of late medieval Europe, to the enthusiastic crowds that greeted the modern fleets of the great powers, followed by their reassessment through their great trial by combat, firmly placing the development of modern navies into the broader history of the period. Chronological in structure, European Navies and the Conduct of War is an ideal resource for students and scholars of naval and military history.

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Routledge

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0429884044

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Ray Milland

The Films, 1929-1984

By: James McKay

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Ray Milland

The Films, 1929-1984

By: James McKay

With no formal training as an actor, Welsh-born Ray Milland (1907-1986), a former trooper in the British Army's Household Cavalry, enjoyed a half-century career working alongside some of the great directors and stars from the Golden Age of cinema. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as the alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), a defining moment that enabled him to break free from romantic leads and explore darker shades of his debonair demeanor, such as the veiled menace of his scheming husband in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder (1954). A consummate professional with wide range, Milland took the directorial reins in several of his starring vehicles in the 1950s, most notably in the intelligent Western A Man Alone (1955). He comfortably slipped into most genres, from romantic comedy to adventure to film noir. Later he turned to science fiction and horror movies, including two with cult filmmaker Roger Corman. This first complete filmography covers the actor's screen career, with a concise introductory biography and an appendix listing his extensive radio and television credits.

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McFarland

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1476638497

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Rowing After the White Whale

A Crossing of the Indian Ocean by Hand

By: James Adair

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Rowing After the White Whale

A Crossing of the Indian Ocean by Hand

By: James Adair

What's it like to be on a small boat with no power but oars, and over 1,500 miles from the nearest land? Two friends decided to find out... Over a boozy Sunday lunch, flatmates James Adair and Ben Stenning made a promise to row across an ocean despite having no sailing or rowing experience whatsoever. This is an account of their 116 days at sea as they undertook the voyage of a lifetime. From eerie calms to their capsize in stormy seas, their determination and perseverance pushed them through the relentless dangers of rowing and sleeping under sun, moon, wind and stars for day upon day. Their tale is one of moonbows and meteor showers, passing whales and thieving fish, lurking sharks and giant squid ... and a terrifying fight for survival.

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Birlinn

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0857905996

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9780857905994

A Theatre in my Mind

By: Reg James

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A Theatre in my Mind

By: Reg James

Radio drama is often called the “theatre of the mind”, wherein a listener’s imagination is stimulated by voices, sounds, and music to create mental imagery as real as any bricks-and-mortar theatre. Reg James spent a lifetime in the thick of Australian radio drama. Rising through the ranks at Grace Gibson Radio Productions — from despatch boy to general manager — he takes us behind the scenes into the fascinating world of broadcasting from the 1930s to the present day. The great shows, the magic voices, the pure drama of putting shows to air — Reg shares his secrets and stories in this amazing journey back in time to a lost era. With co-author James Aitchison, Reg invites you to join him in this unique theatre. Essential reading for anyone who enjoyed listening to radio serials, and for those fascinated by Australian radio. Authors of Yes, Miss Gibson, the biography of Grace Gibson.

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Fontaine Press Pty Ltd

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1925341631

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9781925341638

Methodism

A Very Short Introduction

By: William James Abraham

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Methodism

A Very Short Introduction

By: William James Abraham

Methodism began as renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, dominated the Protestant landscape of the USA in the nineteenth, and continues to be one of the most vibrant forms of Christianity worldwide today. William J Abraham traces its history, describes its particular identity and emphases, and looks to its future prospects.

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0198802315

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