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Arctic Warrior

Recollections of Royal Signals Soldiers serving with AMF(L)

By: Jim Hindle

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Arctic Warrior

Recollections of Royal Signals Soldiers serving with AMF(L)

By: Jim Hindle

The years from 1960 until 1980 were probably the height of the 'Cold War' between the USSR and the Western nations, divided by Churchill's famous 'Iron Curtain'. The threat to world peace felt real and the West, in the form of NATO, needed a high-profile quick reaction force to address this threat to any NATO country with a common border with the USSR. The result was the formation, in 1960 of a new Force, the Allied Command Europe (ACE) Multinational Force, Land or AMF(L). In 1967, the Royal Corps of Signals added its first permanent unit to this force and this commitment continued until the disbandment of AMF(L) in 2002. Becoming an Arctic Warrior required each man to undertake specialist survival and winter warfare training in order to be able to fight effectively in extreme and inhospitable conditions. This book is a collection of individual soldiers experiences of serving with this force along the common borders with the USSR, predominantly in Arctic Norway, Turkey and Greece.

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9403707046

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9789403707044

From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea

Securing the Borders in Belize

By: Jim Hindle

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From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea

Securing the Borders in Belize

By: Jim Hindle

British forces have had a presence in British Honduras, Belize, or the wider Caribbean since the mid-17th century. This presence has included Royal Navy, Royal Marine, Army and, more recently, the RAF. Over the years, force levels increased and decreased depending on the political situation with Guatemala at the time, and the inherent threat of a possible Guatemalan border confrontation. At times, force levels reached roughly Brigade strength with additional RAF and RN support. Serving in Belize during this time was an exciting experience for most young men. On the one hand you had relatively poor living conditions in some of the camps nearer the Guatemalan border; the harsh and inhospitable jungle when carrying out patrols; the routine task of manning isolated observation posts on the tops of the Maya and Toledo mountains overlooking the Guatemalan border. Once away from the duties of securing the border you had the opportunity to see the gentler side of Belize. From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea is a down to earth book about individual memories and experiences of servicemen in Belize.

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9464853859

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Scoundrels and Shirkers

Capitalism and Poverty in Britain

By: Jim Silver

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Scoundrels and Shirkers

Capitalism and Poverty in Britain

By: Jim Silver

Scoundrels and Shirkers examines the deep relationship between capitalism and poverty in England since the 12th century. It exposes the dynamics of capitalism, from its origins in the long transition from feudalism to its current crisis under neoliberal capitalism, in producing poverty. The book, unique in the historical breadth of its focus, shows conclusively that poverty is an inevitable consequence of capitalism. In the search for profits and control of society’s economic surplus, capitalism expands, adapts and innovates, producing not only commodities and wealth but also, and necessarily, poverty. With the partial but important exception of the 1945–51 period, and to a lesser extent the time between 1906 and 1914, there has never been a serious attempt to solve poverty. Efforts have always been to manage and control the poor to prevent them from starving or rebelling; to punish and blame them for being poor; and to force them into poverty-level jobs. Any real solution would require the logic of capitalism to be deeply disrupted. While possible in theory, such a change will require massive social movements.

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Fernwood Publishing

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1773636278

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9781773636276

Indian River Country Volume 4

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

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Indian River Country Volume 4

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

A collection of articles from the Florida Star. ... These articles tell the story of the Indian River inhabitants and how they lived and worked in this new frontier of the United States."--Back cover, volumes 1-3

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131254922X

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9781312549227

Footmarks

A Journey Into our Restless Past

By: Jim Leary

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Footmarks

A Journey Into our Restless Past

By: Jim Leary

Lucid, poetic and fascinating' ALICE ROBERTS 'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS 'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG ' A triumph!' JAMES CANTON, AUTHOR OF THE OAK PAPERS 'I loved this book' FRANCIS PRYOR On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space - there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time'. But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanity's irrepressible restlessness. Now, latest developments in science and archaeology are transforming this evidence and overturning how we understand the past movement of humankind. In this book, archaeologist Jim Leary traces the past 3.5 million years to reveal how people have always been moving, how travel has historically been enforced (or prohibited) by people with power, and how our forebears showed incredible bravery and ingenuity to journey across continents and oceans. With Leary to show the way, you'll follow the footsteps of early hunter-gatherers preserved in mud, and tread ancient trackways hollowed by feet over time. Passing drovers, wayfarers and pilgrims, you'll see who got to move, and how people moved. And you'll go on long-distance journeys and migrations to see how movement has shaped our world.

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Icon Books

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1837730261

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9781837730261

Indian River Country Volume 1

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

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Indian River Country Volume 1

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

A collection of articles from the Florida Star newspaper. This newspaper was published in Titusville, Florida from 1880 to 1914 and served the people of the central east coast of Florida from New Smyrna to Ft. Pierce and Port St. Lucie. These articles tell the story of the Indian River inhabitants and how they lived and worked in this new frontier of the United States in the last part of the 19th century. Genealogists, historians, and lovers of history will discover a rich source of information about the ordinary, and not-so-ordinary, people who made the Indian River Country their new home. This volume covers 1880 through 1889 and includes an every-name index.

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1312542039

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9781312542037

Narratives of Cyprus

Modern Travel Writing and Cultural Encounters since Lawrence Durrell

By: Jim Bowman

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Narratives of Cyprus

Modern Travel Writing and Cultural Encounters since Lawrence Durrell

By: Jim Bowman

Unease has marked relations between modern travel writers and the people of Cyprus. Visitors like Lawrence Durrell, Colin Thubron, Christopher Hitchens and Sebastian Junger have registered the effects of political strife on both the people of the island and those who visit from abroad. Their accounts demonstrate how geopolitical realities--such as colonization, insurgency, inter-communal warfare, and now decades of militarized 'peace'--shape the narrating self and its relations to others. Here, Jim Bowman assesses the effects of Cypriot history on writings about the island through an analysis of memoirs, travelogues, political journalism, guide books and ethnographies. Through this examination of popular texts, Bowman shows how a western and politicized image of Cyprus has been created, increasingly divorced from the realities experienced by the local population. Narratives of Cyprus is an important reassessment of Cyprus' place in British culture, and will be of interest to scholars and students of Anthropology, English Literature and Ethnographic Studies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857726889

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9780857726889

Auditor's Talk

An Oral History of the Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day

By: Derek Matthews,Jim Pirie

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Auditor's Talk

An Oral History of the Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day

By: Derek Matthews,Jim Pirie

This book is an oral history of the auditing profession in Britain from 1920s to the present day based on extended extracts from interviews with 77 past and present practitioners. Those interviewed ranged from a nonagenarian who qualified in the 1920s, to active contemporaries, from sole practitioners to the present day heads of the Big Five accounting firms. The often candid interviews uncover a surprising variety of experience and opinions and allow a group of often fascinating individuals to tell their own stories.

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Routledge

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1136800875

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9781136800870

Apostles of Inequality

Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760–1860

By: Jim Handy

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Apostles of Inequality

Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760–1860

By: Jim Handy

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cottagers and rural workers of access to land they could cultivate, despite evidence that they were the most productive farmers in a country constantly short of food. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary sources, Apostles of Inequality argues that such attempts, driven by a flawed faith in the wonders of capital, did little to increase agricultural productivity and instead led to a century of increasing impoverishment in rural England. Jim Handy rejects the assertions about the benefits that accompanied the transition to "improved" agriculture and details the abundant evidence for the efficiency of smallholder, peasant agriculture. He traces the development of both economic theory and government policy through the work of agricultural improver Arthur Young (1741–1820), government advisor Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), and the editors and writers of the Economist, as well as Adam Smith and Thomas Robert Malthus. Apostles of Inequality demonstrates how a fascination with capital – promoted by political economy and farmers’ desires to have a labour force completely dependent on wage labour – fostered widespread destitution in rural England for over a century.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487563558

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9781487563554

Lake Lure

By: Jim Proctor

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Lake Lure

By: Jim Proctor

Lake Lure, North Carolina, is known as the Gem of the Carolinas. Twenty-five years after Dr. Lucius Morse and his brothers Hiram and Asahil purchased Chimney Rock in 1902, their dream of creating Lake Lure and the town of Lake Lure was realized. Lake Lure is surrounded by majestic mountain cliffs and fed by the idyllic Rocky Broad River. A popular tourist destination, Lake Lure hosted famous figures through the years, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also significant in film history, it provided the backdrop for Dirty Dancing and Last of the Mohicans. Lake Lure showcases the rich community, tourism, and recreational history of this mountain community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439643342

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9781439643341

Historic Osceola County

An Illustrated History

By: Jim Robison

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Historic Osceola County

An Illustrated History

By: Jim Robison

An illustrated history of Osceola County, Florada, paired with histories of the local companies.

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HPN Books

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1935377027

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9781935377023

Indian River Country Volume 2

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

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Indian River Country Volume 2

By: Jim and Bonnie Garmon

A collection of articles from the Florida Star newspaper. This newspaper was published in Titusville, Florida from 1880 to 1914 and served the people of the central east coast of Florida from New Smyrna to Ft. Pierce and Port St. Lucie. These articles tell the story of the Indian River inhabitants and how they lived and worked in this new frontier of the United States in the last part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Genealogists, historians, and lovers of history will discover a rich source of information about the ordinary, and not-so-ordinary, people who made the Indian River Country their new home. This volume covers 1890 through 1892 and includes an index of all names mentioned in the articles, along with images of some of the advertisements carried by the paper.

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1312542381

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9781312542389

British Film

By: Jim Leach

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British Film

By: Jim Leach

This book explores British cinema in relation to its social political and cultural contexts. Each chapter deals with a specific topic and includes close readings of key films from different historical periods. Demonstrating the richness and variety of a national cinema that has traditionally struggled to define itself between the paradigms of Hollywood popular film and European art cinema, British Film provides comprehensive coverage of British cinema and detailed discussion of specific films that can be used in tandem with screenings.

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Cambridge University Press

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052165419X

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9780521654197

Polymer Characterization

Physical Techniques, 2nd Edition

By: Dan Campbell,Richard A. Pethrick,Jim R. White

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Polymer Characterization

Physical Techniques, 2nd Edition

By: Dan Campbell,Richard A. Pethrick,Jim R. White

Discerning the properties of polymers and polymer-based materials requires a good understanding of characterization. This revised and updated text provides a comprehensive survey of characterization methods within its simple, concise chapters. Polymer Characterization: Physical Techniques, provides an overview of a wide variety of characterization methods, which makes it an excellent textbook and reference. It starts with a description of basic polymer science, providing a solid foundation from which to understand the key physical characterization techniques. The authors explain physical principles without heavy theory and give special emphasis to the application of the techniques to polymers, with plenty of illustrations. Topics covered include molecular weight determination, molecular and structural characterization by spectroscopic techniques, morphology and structural characterization by microscopy and diffraction, and thermal analysis. This edition contains a new chapter on surface analysis as well as some revised problems and solutions. The concise treatment of each topic offers even those with little prior knowledge of the subject an accessible source to relevant, simple descriptions in a well-organized format.

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CRC Press

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1482268361

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9781482268362

Volunteer Tourism

The lifestyle politics of international development

By: Jim Butcher,Peter Smith

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Volunteer Tourism

The lifestyle politics of international development

By: Jim Butcher,Peter Smith

Just a generation ago the notion that holidays should be invested with ethical and political significance would have sounded odd. Today it is part of the lifestyle political landscape. Volunteer tourism is indicative of the growth of lifestyle strategies intended to exhibit care and responsibility towards others less fortunate, strategies aligned closely with developing one’s ethical identity and sense of global responsibility. It sits alongside telethons, pay-per-click, Fair Trade and ethical consumption generally as a way to “make a difference”. Volunteer tourism involves a personal mission to address the political question of development. It draws upon the private virtues of care and responsibility and disavows political narratives beyond this. Critics argue that this leaves the volunteers as unwitting carriers of damaging neoliberal or postcolonial assumptions, whilst advocates see it as offering creative and practical ways to build a new ethical politics. By contrast, this volume analyses volunteer tourism as indicative of a retreat from public politics into the realm of private experience, and as an expression of diminished political and moral agency. This thought provoking book draws on development, political and sociological theory and is essential reading for students, researchers and academics interested in the phenomenon of volunteer tourism and the politics of lifestyle that it represents.

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Routledge

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1317750330

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9781317750338

The Art of Presentation

Your Competitive Edge

By: Jim Stovall,Ray Hull, PhD

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The Art of Presentation

Your Competitive Edge

By: Jim Stovall,Ray Hull, PhD

In The Art of Presentation, the second book of the new Jim Stovall and Dr. Ray Hull “Your Ultimate Guide” series for personal development and business success, the authors use their decades of combined experience, research, and natural abilities to powerfully illustrate the specifics of effective public speaking. Read this book to learn more about: Public speaking as a performance art World-changing speakers of the past Contemporary, influential public speakers Preparing a presentation The art of using a microphone Speaking tips and techniques Elements of a speech The art of stage presence Business speaking Concluding the speech to make an impact Stovall’s revealing stories mixed with Dr. Ray Hull’s straightforward, factual approach combine to make this a must-read for businesspeople, salespeople, entrepreneurs, teachers, pastors, academics, and anyone wanting to improve their public speaking abilities.

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Sound Wisdom

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0768411408

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9780768411409

Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee

The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc

By: Gale Group,Jim Craddock

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Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee

The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc

By: Gale Group,Jim Craddock

Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, this new edition includes 1,000 new movies (23,000 in all), expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved categories.

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