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Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana

Law and Public Affairs, from TR to FDR

By: James Leonard Bates

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Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana

Law and Public Affairs, from TR to FDR

By: James Leonard Bates

Thomas J. Walsh, Democratic senator from Montana from 1913 to 1933, fought throughout his long career against corruption and monopoly power. His most celebrated coup was breaking open the Teapot Dome scandal of 1923 -- 24, revealing that the secretary of the interior had accepted "loans" from oil men in return for leases of U.S. naval oil reserves.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252024702

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9780252024702

Putin's Gambit

A Novel

By: Lou Dobbs,James O. Born

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Putin's Gambit

A Novel

By: Lou Dobbs,James O. Born

From TV broadcaster Lou Dobbs and award-winning author James O. Born comes Putin's Gambit, an international financial thriller about a KGB plot to use a series of terrorist attacks as cover for a Russian military incursion into Estonia. Adjusting to civilian life has not been easy for former Marine Derek Walsh. As he navigates a brutal job on Wall Street and a challenging romance, he wonders if he could be doing more with his life. When an inexplicable $200 million dollar money transfer is made on his computer, he is thrust into the world of international terror, and the global economy is knocked off its hinges. On the other side of the Atlantic, a dangerous alliance has formed. Radical Islamists and Russian extremists have set the wheels in motion for Russia to assert its power in Europe. The US President has proven to be weak on foreign policy, the military is stretched too thin, and Vladimir Putin judges this to be the time for Russia to regain its Soviet Empire. Troops mass on the Estonian border, waiting for the order to move. The FBI believes Walsh was involved in the money transfer, and a group of Russians are intent on killing him. As New Yorkers are outraged upon learning of the illegal money transfer, and the world economy crashes after a series of terrorist attacks, Walsh and his Marine buddies are the only ones that can keep the world from spinning off its axis. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466851406

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9781466851405

Property

Cases and Materials

By: James Charles Smith,Edward J. Larson,John Copeland Nagle

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Property

Cases and Materials

By: James Charles Smith,Edward J. Larson,John Copeland Nagle

Property: Cases and Materials features sweeping coverage in a single volume, from “old property” (such as the basics of estates in land and servitudes) to “new property,” including intellectual property, cultural property, and property in living things. The text provokes debate on fundamental questions such as the creation of property, information as property, collective vs. individual rights, and property as related to other bodies of law. Its coverage of intellectual property shows how the law grows and responds to social and technological change. Designed for flexibility, stand-alone chapters can be omitted if time constraints require. Property: Cases and Materials includes appellate decisions, statutes, regulations, administrative decisions, law review articles, and non-legal materials. Principal cases include Elvis Presley International Memorial Foundation v. Crowell, Popov v. Hayashi (Barry Bonds home run ball); People v. Chubbs (software for DNA matching), and Dred Scott v. Sandford. Key Features: Updated with more recent cases, including more cases from the twenty-first century than any other major property casebook. Improved coverage of natural resources law and intellectual property. Thorough update of all existing materials.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454897740

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9781454897743

Golf Course Management & Construction

Environmental Issues

By: James C. Balogh,William J. Walker

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Golf Course Management & Construction

Environmental Issues

By: James C. Balogh,William J. Walker

Golf Course Management & Construction presents a comprehensive summary and assessment of technical and scientific research on the environmental effects of turfgrass system construction and maintenance. Although the book focuses on golf courses, it also discusses turfgrass systems for residential and commercial lawns, parks, and greenways. The book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of nonpoint source environmental impacts of turfgrass management for turfgrass scientists and specialists, landscape and golf course architects, turfgrass system and golf course developers, golf course superintendents, environmental scientists, and land-use regulators.

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CRC Press

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1000115119

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9781000115116

All's Fair

"Love, War and Running for President"

By: Mary Matalin,James Carville

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All's Fair

"Love, War and Running for President"

By: Mary Matalin,James Carville

Now, in the most provocative look at the inside of a national election battle ever published, Matalin and Carville, the chief strategists for the Bush and Clinton presidential campaigns, tell their sides of the story, laying bare how politicians and their cohorts really operate--and revealing how their romance flourished in the most unlikely circumstances imaginable. 16 pages of photos.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684801337

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9780684801339

Decent, Safe and Sanitary Dwellings

The National Conversation About Public Housing, 1932-1973

By: James P. Hubbard

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Decent, Safe and Sanitary Dwellings

The National Conversation About Public Housing, 1932-1973

By: James P. Hubbard

In 1973, President Nixon halted new construction of public housing, claiming that the U.S. government had become "the biggest slumlord in history." Four decades earlier, in the depths of the Great Depression, strong political support for federally-subsidized low-income housing had resulted in the Housing Act of 1937. By the 1950s, growing criticism of the housing constructed by local authorities and prejudice against poor residents--particularly African Americans--fueled opposition to new projects. This book documents the lively and wide-ranging national debate over public housing from the New Deal to Nixon.

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McFarland

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1476674485

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9781476674483

Redeeming Evil

By: Simon Driscoll,James T. Prout

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Redeeming Evil

By: Simon Driscoll,James T. Prout

Scott Knox is on the run from the authorities and the people who hired him to kill the Vice President. He’s a rich man, if he can figure out how to spend it without revealing his location. Now he knows only enough to be a threat. Can Scott survive long enough to discover who is really pulling the strings? Redeeming Evil is the second book in the Ruin & Restoration series. This series shows the possible fulfillment of great and terrible Last Days prophecies in the very near future.

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Grendelmen Publishing

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1948451468

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9781948451468

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876

Volume 1

By: Henry James

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The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876

Volume 1

By: Henry James

The Complete Letters of Henry James fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a remarkably wide range of topics—from James's own life and literary projects to broader questions on art, literature, and criticism—this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism as well as for research libraries throughout North America and Europe and for scholars who specialize in James, the European novel, and modern literature. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias have conceived this edition according to the exacting standards of the Committee on Scholarly Editions. This volume is the first of three to include James's letters from 1872 to 1876.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803222254

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9780803222250

Three Women Disappear

By: James Patterson,Shan Serafin

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Three Women Disappear

By: James Patterson,Shan Serafin

A man is dead and the three possible witnesses are missing as one detective watches his personal connections to the crime grow stronger and stronger while the case develops in this twisted mystery. Sarah, his personal chef Anna, his wife Serena, his maid Accountant Anthony Costello has a talent for manipulating both numbers and people, turning losses into profits, enemies into allies—and vice versa. When Costello is found murdered in his own home, three suspects had motive. All three had access to his home. And all three women are missing. Are they in the wind—or in the grave? Eyes are on Detective Sean Walsh, whose personal connection to the case is stronger than leads to solve it. Neither the powerful bankroll behind Costello nor Walsh's vengeful superior officer can budge the investigation, yet as Walsh continues to dig, he uncovers even more reasons the women have to stay hidden—from the law, and from each other.

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Little, Brown

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0316541621

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9780316541626

Music and Theatre in Handel's World

The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780

By: Donald Burrows,Rosemary Dunhill,James Harris

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Music and Theatre in Handel's World

The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780

By: Donald Burrows,Rosemary Dunhill,James Harris

James Harris (1709-80) was an author of philosophical treatises and an enthusiastic amateur musician who directed the concerts and music festivals at Salisbury for nearly fifty years. His family and social circle had close connections with London's music-making: his brother was a witness toHandel's will, and his correspondents sent him lively reports on all aspects of musical life in the capital-opera, oratorio, concerts, but also about the leading performers, music copyists, and instrument makers. In 1761 Harris became a member of Parliament and thereafter divided his time betweenLondon and Salisbury. His letters and diaries provide an unrivalled record of concert- and theatre-going in London, including exchanges of letters with David Garrick about a production at Drury Lane. As his children grew up an engaging family correspondence emerged. We learn of his daughters'involvement in concerts and amateur theatrical productions; his son, who pursued a diplomatic career, reported on operas, concerts, and plays in the court of Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great. Now, for the first time, it is possible to enjoy in full the lively first-hand descriptions fromHarris's family papers, which contribute fascinating insights into contemporary eighteenth-century musical and theatrical life.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198166540

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9780198166542

The Suppression of Salt of the Earth

How Hollywood, Big Labor, and Politicians Blacklisted a Movie in Cold War America

By: James J. Lorence

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The Suppression of Salt of the Earth

How Hollywood, Big Labor, and Politicians Blacklisted a Movie in Cold War America

By: James J. Lorence

Examines the conception, production, distribution, and suppression of the pioneering labor-feminist film made during the virulently anti-communist era of the Cold War.

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UNM Press

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0826320287

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

By: James H Hallas

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II

By: James H Hallas

The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811765288

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9780811765282

William and Henry James

Selected Letters

By: William James,Henry James

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William and Henry James

Selected Letters

By: William James,Henry James

This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Spanning more than fifty years, their correspondence presents a lively account of the persons, places, and events that affected the Euro-American world from 1861 until the death of William James in August 1910. An engaging introduction by John J. McDermott suggests the significance of the Selected Letters for the study of the entire family.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813916941

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9780813916941

Of Tribes and Tribulations

The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians

By: James E. Odenkirk

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Of Tribes and Tribulations

The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians

By: James E. Odenkirk

Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play. Its rosters filled with all-time greats like Cy Young, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Tris Speaker, and the ill-fated Addie Joss and Ray Chapman, Cleveland often found itself in the thick of the race but, with 1920 the lone exception, seemed always to finish a game or two back in the final standings. In the 10 years that followed the end of World War II, however, the franchise turned the corner. Led by owner (and world-class showman) Bill Veeck, the boy-manager Lou Boudreau, ace Bob Feller, and the barrier-busting Larry Doby, Cleveland charged up the standings, finishing in the first division every season but one and winning it all in 1948. This meticulously researched history covers the Indians' first six decades, from their minor league origins at the end of the 19th century to the dismantling of the 1954 World Series club. It is a story of unforgettable players, frustrated hopes, and two glorious victories that fed a city's unwavering devotion to its team.

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McFarland

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1476617066

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9781476617060

Handbook of Mouse Auditory Research

From Behavior to Molecular Biology

By: James F. Willott

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Handbook of Mouse Auditory Research

From Behavior to Molecular Biology

By: James F. Willott

This unique compilation of chapters reviews a broad range of topics at the cutting edge of hearing research. The authors include many of the top auditory scientists in the world as well as some of the brightest rising stars. Although the book obviously focuses on the exciting, revolutionary work being done with mice, the authors have made a strong

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CRC Press

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1420038737

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9781420038736

And The Horse He Rode In On

The People v. Kenneth Starr

By: James Carville

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And The Horse He Rode In On

The People v. Kenneth Starr

By: James Carville

EXCLUSIVE: CARVILLE RESPONDS TO THE STARR REPORT ...And the Horse He Rode In On gives the first full accounting of what's really behind the longest-running, most expensive dirty trick in politics: Ken Starr's investigation.

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Simon and Schuster

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068486505X

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9780684865058

Fly Boy Heroes

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan

By: James H. Hallas

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Fly Boy Heroes

The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan

By: James H. Hallas

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though suffering multiple wounds, continued to man his machine gun against waves of Japanese aircraft attacking the Kaneohe Bay Naval Station during the infamous Pearl Harbor raid. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin lingered near death after suffering horrific burns to save his air crew in the skies off Japan. They were the first and last of thirty U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps aviation personnel awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions against the Japanese during World War II. They included pilots and crewmen manning fighters and dive bombers and flying boats and bombers. One was a general. Another was a sergeant. Some shot down large numbers of enemy aircraft in aerial combat. Others sacrificed themselves for their friends or risked everything for complete strangers. Who were these now largely forgotten men? Where did they come from? What inspired them to rise “above and beyond”? What, if anything, made them different? Virtually all had one thing in common: they always wanted to fly. They came from a generation that revered the aces of World War I, like Eddie Rickenbacker, the civilian flyer Charles Lindbergh, and the lost aviator Amelia Earhart—and then they blazed their own trail during World War II.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811771326

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9780811771320

The Nature of Political Philosophy

And Other Studies and Commentaries

By: Schall Sj James V.,James V. Schall

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The Nature of Political Philosophy

And Other Studies and Commentaries

By: Schall Sj James V.,James V. Schall

In his final collection of essays, Father Schall explores the life of faith across a dazzling array of subjects, from Martin Luther to bioethics. With his characteristic patience, brilliance, and careful tenacity, Father Schall interrogates profoundly what it means to try to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God in the city of Man. Never shying away from controversy, across 14 articles and 4 book reviews Father Schall investigates the critical themes of his life and scholarship: reason and revelation; the nature of modernity; literature and salvation; metaphysics and politics; and much more. Whether the reader is new to Father Schall or a longtime student, this posthumously-published collection of essays offers a profound meditation on the nature of political philosophy, and particularly what it would mean for Catholicism to offer a political philosophy. From such fundamental considerations, Schall explores ethical, literary and legal themes, displaying his typical breadth and depth of engagement with all that is real. Ultimately, Father Schall leads one on a Socratic enterprise, an education whereby one comes to question for oneself basic assumptions, and to dig deeper into the first principles as they are recalled in the orders of knowledge and being. While Father Schall has passed on to his reward, this collection of essays helps ensure that his lessons continue to guide, challenge and enrich students for generations to come.

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CUA Press

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0813235758

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9780813235752

Deadman's Tome Campfire Tales Book One

By: Gary Buller,Leonard Apa,Josh Bugosh,Simon Dewar,Christopher DiLeo,James Dorr,Paul Edmonds,Pamela Farley,Kelly Gould

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Deadman's Tome Campfire Tales Book One

By: Gary Buller,Leonard Apa,Josh Bugosh,Simon Dewar,Christopher DiLeo,James Dorr,Paul Edmonds,Pamela Farley,Kelly Gould

Some of the most memorial stories we've heard was when we were young, gathered around a campfire with other friends. To this day, though you may not necessarily recall the words, I'm sure you remember the feeling. The stories in this collection are crafted by talented writers to help you remember.

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Lulu.com

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1387107984

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9781387107988

R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion

By: James Connelly,Peter Johnson,Stephen Leach

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R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion

By: James Connelly,Peter Johnson,Stephen Leach

R. G. Collingwood is an important 20th-century historian, archaeologist and philosopher whose works are the subject of continued interest, analysis and study. There is an unquestionable need to support this research activity with the provision of a reference guide which is fully up-to-date, informed and authoritative. The Companion therefore lists all primary and secondary material relevant to the study of Collingwood in all his fields of expertise - historical theory, philosophy and archaeology. It also provides a guide to archive material relevant to his life, together with sources and locations. The resulting volume is an essential companion to the understanding of the life and thought of R. G. Collingwood.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441140727

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9781441140722

The Border

Canada, the US and Dispatches From the 49th Parallel

By: James Laxer

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The Border

Canada, the US and Dispatches From the 49th Parallel

By: James Laxer

Insightful, prescient and often funny, The Border explores what it means to be Canadian and what Canada means to the giant to our south. If good fences make good neighbours, do we have the sort of fence that will allow us to maintain neighbourly relations with the world’s only superpower? In The Border, well-known political scientist and journalist James Laxer explores this question by taking the reader on a compelling 5000-mile journey into culture, politics, history, and the future of Canadian sovereignty. Long ignored (or celebrated) as “the world’s longest undefended border,” the line between us and the US is now a stress point. The attacks on the World Trade Center announced to the world that North America is no longer a quiet neighbourhood and made our relationship with the US one of the most pressing questions facing Canadians. The porousness of the border is sure to be more problematic as the world becomes more troubled. Canadian officials complain of American pornography, drugs, untaxed cigarettes and, especially, guns moving northwards. For their part, the FBI and US Customs Service blame Canada for the infiltration of Chinese gangs smuggling immigrants and, more urgently, third-world terrorist cells based north of the border. Drawing deeply from history and anecdote, Laxer shows that for all our neighbourly good will, the Canada-US border has been contentious since the American War of Independence. In the mid-1800s the Americans tried to seize the west coast up to the 54th parallel. On the other hand, until 1931 the Canadian Army’s “Defence Scheme Number One” was to launch a surprise attack on the US with Mexico and Japan as allies. But beyond the fraught politics of the border, Laxer discovers another legacy as well. Travelling the country from Campobello island in the east to Richmond BC in the west all the way up to the Alaska panhandle in the north, Laxer meets people who live within a stone’s throw of the foreigners on the other side, and who share with him tales of friendship and rivalry, smuggling and trade that have shaped the character of their communities.

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Anchor Canada

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038567290X

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9780385672900

Digital Mobile Communications and the TETRA System

By: John Dunlop,Demessie Girma,James Irvine

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Digital Mobile Communications and the TETRA System

By: John Dunlop,Demessie Girma,James Irvine

TETRA is a system for mobile wireless communications and this is ahighly topical and comprehensive introduction to the design andapplications of TETRA systems including practical examples. TETRAis comparable in structure to the world-wide successful GSM system,however, individual features of TETRA are different, often moreefficient and better designed than in GSM. TETRA is thereforeproviding an important source for the further development ofstandards for mobile telecommunications. This volume is timely and one of the first to cover TETRA andrelated subject areas. Features include: * Detailed discussion of public and private mobile communicationsdomain * Architecture, components and services of TETRA and * Design and operational aspects of the system Based on courses for industry, presented by the authors, DigitalMobile Communications and the TETRA System will prove indispensablereading for service providers, design engineers and systemsmanagers in the private mobile communications market. It alsoprovides a thorough grounding in general digital mobilecommunications for communications engineers and undergraduate andpostgraduate students in telecommunications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118832590

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9781118832592

Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

By: A. Richard Thompson,James M. Moran,George W. Swenson Jr.

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Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy

By: A. Richard Thompson,James M. Moran,George W. Swenson Jr.

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of arrays that now span the full range of the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum observable from the ground, 10 MHz to 1 THz; an analysis of factors that affect array speed; and an expanded discussion of digital signal-processing techniques and of scintillation phenomena and the effects of atmospheric water vapor on image distortion, among many other topics. With its comprehensiveness and detailed exposition of all aspects of the theory and practice of radio interferometry and synthesis imaging, this book has established itself as a standard reference in the field. It begins with an overview of the basic principles of radio astronomy, a short history of the development of radio interferometry, and an elementary discussion of the operation of an interferometer. From this foundation, it delves into the underlying relationships of interferometry, sets forth the coordinate systems and parameters to describe synthesis imaging, and examines configurations of antennas for multielement synthesis arrays. Various aspects of the design and response of receiving systems are discussed, as well as the special requirements of very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI), image reconstruction, and recent developments in image enhancement techniques and astrometric observations. Also discussed are propagation effects in the media between the source and the observer, and radio interference, factors that limit performance. Related techniques are introduced, including intensity interferometry, optical interferometry, lunar occultations, tracking of satellites in Earth orbit, interferometry for remote Earth sensing, and holographic measurements of antenna surfaces. This book will benefit anyone who is interested in radio interferometry techniques for astronomy, astrometry, geodesy, or electrical engineering.

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331944431X

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