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The Byerley Turk

The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred

By: Jeremy James

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The Byerley Turk

The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred

By: Jeremy James

Of the three horses that were the ancestors of the modern thoroughbred, the first and greatest was undoubtedly the Byerley Turk. This book gives an account of the life of this breed, extending from the palaces of the Ottoman Empire to the streets of London and beyond, and featuring a cast of historical figures. It begins in 1679 in a remote Balkan village, where a seyis - a penniless groom - finds himself caring for a remarkable young foal. Believing it destined for greatness, and seeing a chance to escape his own humble circumstances, he begins schooling the animal in the disciplines of war. Hewing closely to the historical record, the author goes on to trace the fortunes of the Turk and its new master: In 1682, they arrived in Istanbul, where the horse was selected for the Ottoman Empire's renowned cavalry. Ridden as a battle charger in the Turkish sieges on Vienna and Buda, it was captured, along with its groom, by a party of adventuring British aristocrats and taken back to England in 1686. In London, it was bought by Captain Robert Byerley, who rode the Turk to Ireland to take on the Jacobite forces in several pivotal encounters, including the Battle of the Boyne. Eventually, the Turk was put to stud, initiating what was to become its greatest legacy: first foundation sire of the thoroughbred line.--Publisher's description.

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Stackpole Books

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0811701557

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9780811701556

The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library

Amiens/Second to None/The Making of Billy Bishop/Hell in Flanders Fields/It Made you Think of Home

By: Brereton Greenhous,James McWilliams,R. James Steel,Kevin R. Shackleton,George H. Cassar,Bruce Cane

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The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library

Amiens/Second to None/The Making of Billy Bishop/Hell in Flanders Fields/It Made you Think of Home

By: Brereton Greenhous,James McWilliams,R. James Steel,Kevin R. Shackleton,George H. Cassar,Bruce Cane

The giant conflagration of the First World War created the world we live in today, and its history is replete with stirring battles, mind-boggling strategies, and geopolitical manoeuvring. However, the real story was lived in the trenches of Europe and the lonely households of those left behind. The stories of this period are full of tragedy, anger, and loss but also inspirational courage. This special five-book bundle presents some of these stories, from brave Canadian contributions to the battlefields at Ypres and Amiens, to the specific untold story of Canada’s unheralded 58th Division, to an analysis of the myth and legend of air ace Billy Bishop, to the voice of one single soldier, Deward Barnes, told through his diary. These books provide new and enlightening perspectives on the war. Amiens Hell in Flanders Fields It Made you Think of Home The Making of Billy Bishop Second to None

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Dundurn

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1459730305

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9781459730304

The Bill James Handbook

By: Bill James

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The Bill James Handbook

By: Bill James

One of the most complete annual baseball references available, this updated guidebook includes informative introductions to its different sections and an extensive glossary that features explanations and a multitude of statistics.

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500

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ACTA Publications

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0879463406

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9780879463403

A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of York

By: James Raine

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A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of York

By: James Raine

This 1896 catalogue of York Minster Library was compiled by James Raine (1830-96) and includes many important early works.

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493

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Cambridge University Press

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1108057373

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9781108057370

Busking the Gospel

Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment

By: James M. M. Francis

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Busking the Gospel

Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment

By: James M. M. Francis

Busking the Gospel undertakes an in-depth theological reflection on Ministry in Secular Employment and offers practical help to enable such clergy (and the Church generally) to grow in the awareness of the creative scope and potential of this ministry.

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Sacristy Press

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1789591554

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9781789591552

Social Learning in Technological Innovation

Experimenting with Information and Communication Technologies

By: Robin Williams,James Stewart,Roger Slack

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Social Learning in Technological Innovation

Experimenting with Information and Communication Technologies

By: Robin Williams,James Stewart,Roger Slack

This work explores the social processes involved in technological innovation, particularly in relation to the Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs).

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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178195805X

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9781781958056

Family Resource Management

By: Tami James Moore,Sylvia M. Asay

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Family Resource Management

By: Tami James Moore,Sylvia M. Asay

Family Resource Management unlocks the complexity of family decision making for students, enabling them to grasp both the concepts and the underlying explanations of family behavior. Authors Tami James Moore and Sylvia M. Asay have provided a strong theoretical base to facilitate both understanding and retention and have organized the text to parallel the decision-making process employed by professionals. As a result, it includes sections on introducing the study of family resource management, identifying family needs, understanding resources available to families in differing socioeconomic circumstances, evaluating alternatives and making choices, and implementing and evaluating decisions. Key Features Includes full coverage of topics required by the National Council on Family Relations for programs seeking to obtain Certified Family Life Educator accreditation. Emphasizes the significance of diversity found within different family structures, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and varied, contemporary lifestyles. Assists student learning with abundant pedagogy such as chapter-opening learning objectives; boxes illustrating content with real-life current events, news stories, and scenarios; and chapter summaries including questions for review and discussion. Invites students to follow different families through the decision-making processes outlined in the course via a Casebook located at the end of the text. Accompanied By High-Quality Instructor's Resources: Qualified adopters of this text can order an Instructor's Resource CD (ISBN: 978-1-4129-6036-6) that offers PowerPoint slides, test questions, a teacher's version of the casebook, journal articles for further research, a sample syllabus, and more. Intended Audience: This book is designed for upper-level undergraduate courses in

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465

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SAGE

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1412937507

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9781412937504

Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer

By: James Yardley

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Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer

By: James Yardley

Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer intends to provide an elementary introduction to the subject of molecular energy transfer and relaxation. The book covers the foundation of molecular energy transfer such as quantum mechanics; the vibrational state of molecules; and vibrational energy transfer and the experimental methods for its study. Coverage also includes the different kinds of energy transfer in gases; vibrational relaxation in condensed phases; electronic states and interactions; electronic energy as a result of intermolecular interaction; radiationless electronic transition; and rotational energy transfer. The text is recommended for students, graduates, and researchers in the fields of physics and chemistry, especially those who would like to know more about molecular energy transfer.

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321

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Elsevier

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0323156037

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9780323156035

Fundamentals of Classical Statistical Thermodynamics

Dissipation, Relaxation, and Fluctuation Theorems

By: Denis James Evans,Debra Joy Searles,Stephen Rodney Williams

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Fundamentals of Classical Statistical Thermodynamics

Dissipation, Relaxation, and Fluctuation Theorems

By: Denis James Evans,Debra Joy Searles,Stephen Rodney Williams

Both a comprehensive overview and a treatment at the appropriate level of detail, this textbook explains thermodynamics and generalizes the subject so it can be applied to small nano- or biosystems, arbitrarily far from or close to equilibrium. In addition, nonequilibrium free energy theorems are covered with a rigorous exposition of each one. Throughout, the authors stress the physical concepts along with the mathematical derivations. For researchers and students in physics, chemistry, materials science and molecular biology, this is a useful text for postgraduate courses in statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and molecular simulations, while equally serving as a reference for university teachers and researchers in these fields.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527410732

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9783527410736

Power Without Responsibility

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

By: James Curran,Jean Seaton

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Power Without Responsibility

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

By: James Curran,Jean Seaton

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a subtle account of the impact of social media and explores key debates about the role and politics of the media. It has become a standard book on media and other courses: but it has also gone beyond an academic audience to reach a wider public. Hailed as ‘a classic of media history and analysis’ by the Irish Times and a book that has ‘cracked the canon’ by the Times Higher, it has been translated into five languages. This edition contains six new chapters. These include the press and the remaking of Britain, the rise of the neo-liberal Establishment, the moral decline of journalism, the impact of social media and a history of attempts to reform the press. It contains new research on the relationship between programmes, institutions and society. It places key UK institutions in the wider context of international affairs and their impact. The book has been updated to take account of new developments like Brexit and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn and the shift in authority and legitimacy prompted by social media. It does this with a clear explanation of how policy can shape media outcomes.

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617

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Routledge

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1351212265

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9781351212267

Who Runs Georgia?

By: Calvin Kytle,James Armstrong Mackay

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Who Runs Georgia?

By: Calvin Kytle,James Armstrong Mackay

Nearly one hundred thousand newly enfranchised blacks voted against race-baiting Eugene Talmadge in Georgia's 1946 Democratic primary. His opponent won the popular vote by a majority of sixteen thousand. Talmadge was elected anyway, thanks to the malapportioning county unit system, but died before he could be inaugurated, whereupon the General Assembly chose his son Herman to take his place. For the next sixty-three days, Georgia waited in shock for the state supreme court to decide whether Herman or the lieutenant governor-elect would be seated. What had happened to so suddenly reverse four years of progressive reform under retiring governor Ellis Arnall? To find out, Calvin Kytle and James A. Mackay sat through the tumultuous 1947 assembly, then toured Georgia's 159 counties asking politicians, public officials, editors, businessmen, farmers, factory workers, civic leaders, lobbyists, academicians, and preachers the question "Who runs Georgia?" Among those interviewed were editor Ralph McGill, novelist Lillian Smith, defeated gubernatorial candidate James V. Carmichael, powerbroker Roy Harris, pollwatcher Ira Butt, and more than a hundred others--men and women, black and white, heroes and rogues--of all stripes and stations. The result, as Dan T. Carter says in his foreword, captures "the substance and texture of political life in the American South" during an era that historians have heretofore neglected--those years of tension between the end of the New Deal and the explosive start of the civil rights movement. What's more, Who Runs Georgia? has much to tell us about campaign finance and the political influence of Big Money, as relevant for the nation today as it was then for the state.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820320757

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9780820320755

Scientific Charge-coupled Devices

By: James R. Janesick

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Scientific Charge-coupled Devices

By: James R. Janesick

The book provides invaluable information to scientists, engineers, and product managers involved with imaging CCDs, as well as those who need a comprehensive introduction to the subject."--Page 4 de la couverture

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SPIE Press

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0819436984

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9780819436986

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

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Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Helena Pastimes. Player biographies trace their connections between teams across the country. Essays frame the biographies, discussing the social and cultural events that shaped black baseball. Waiters and barbers formed the earliest organized clubs and developed local, regional and national circuits. Some players belonged to both white and colored clubs, and some umpires officiated colored, white and interracial matches. High schools nurtured young players and transformed them into powerhouse teams, like Cincinnati's Vigilant Base Ball Club. A special essay covers visual representations of black baseball and the artists who created them, including colored artists of color who were also baseballists.

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1402

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McFarland

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1476616582

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9781476616582

Titanium

By: Gerd Lütjering,James C. Williams

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Titanium

By: Gerd Lütjering,James C. Williams

The authors were motivated to prepare this book by the absence of any recent comprehensive book on titanium. The intent of this book is to provide a modern compendium that addresses both the phyical metallurgy as well as the applications of titanium. Until now the only book on this subject is that by Zwicker which was written in German and published almost 30 years ago. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the subject including some historical aspects of titanium. Chapter 2 is a s- mary of the Fundamental Aspects of Titanium, Chapter 3 is a summary of the Technological Aspects of Titanium and Chapters 4 through 9 address the specifics of the various classes of titanium ranging from CP Titanium to Titanium Matrix Composites. Finally, Chapter 10 covers “special” properties and applications of titanium. Our intent has been to address the subject conceptually rather than provide quantities of data of the sort that would be found in a Handbook. It is our intent that this book is useful for materials scientists and engineers interested in using titanium and for students either as a sourcebook or as a textbook. We have - tempted to include a representative set of references which provide additional detail for readers interested in specific aspects of titanium. Because of the re- tively recent growth of the technological importance of titanium, there is a vo- minous literature on titanium. While our references span this literature it has proven impossible to mention every contribution.

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385

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540713980

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9783540713982

A Hard Journey

The Life of Don West

By: James J. Lorence

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A Hard Journey

The Life of Don West

By: James J. Lorence

A Hard Journey brings to life Don West: poet, ordained Congregationalist minister, labor organizer, educator, leftist activist, and one of the most important literary and political figures in the southern Appalachians during the middle years of the twentieth century. Initially motivated by religious conviction and driven by a vision of an open, democratic, and nonracist society, West was also a passionate advocate for the region's traditional values. This biography balances his literary work with political and educational activities, placing West's poetry in the context of his fight for social justice and racial equality. James J. Lorence uses previously unexamined sources to explore West's early involvement in organizing miners and other workers for the Socialist and Communist Parties during the 1930s. In documenting West's lifetime commitment to creating a nonracist, egalitarian South, A Hard Journey furnishes the spotlight he deserves as a pioneering figure in twentieth-century Southern radicalism.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252032314

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9780252032318

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The Byerley Turk

The Byerley Turk

The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library

The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library

The Bill James Handbook

The Bill James Handbook

A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of York

A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean and Chapter of York

Busking the Gospel

Busking the Gospel

Social Learning in Technological Innovation

Social Learning in Technological Innovation

Family Resource Management

Family Resource Management

Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer

Introduction to Molecular Energy Transfer

Fundamentals of Classical Statistical Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of Classical Statistical Thermodynamics

Power Without Responsibility

Power Without Responsibility

Who Runs Georgia?

Who Runs Georgia?

Scientific Charge-coupled Devices

Scientific Charge-coupled Devices

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

Titanium

Titanium

A Hard Journey

A Hard Journey

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