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Build the Perfect Survival Kit

By: John D. McCann

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Build the Perfect Survival Kit

By: John D. McCann

Your Kit, Your Survival When an unexpected emergency situation rears its ugly head, will you be up to the challenge? "I wasn't prepared for that!" will no longer be a valid response with the survival-kit-building methods in this book from survival expert John McCann. This fully revised and expanded second edition includes all new information for building bug out bags, get-home bags and vehicle kits that are fully customized to meet your family's specific survival needs. Inside you'll find: • Advice for building complete kits that include: fire and light sources, signaling equipment, water and food, shelter and protection, knives and tools, first aid items, and multi-purpose and miscellaneous gear. • Hundreds of detailed photos and gear description of essential kit components. • Sample packing lists for kits of all sizes and functions. • Survival tips and skills that prepare you for emergency survival situations. This book makes building the perfect kit a straightforward and manageable task--no matter what your activity. It is a must for anyone who ventures outside the home. Armed with the kit-building techniques found within, you will be prepared to survive!

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1440238111

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Stay Alive!

Survival Skills You Need

By: John D. McCann

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Stay Alive!

Survival Skills You Need

By: John D. McCann

Having a survival kit is not enough — You must know what to do with it! An emergency can arise at anytime, and everyone from the average commuter to the risk-taking sportsman can benefit from knowing basic survival skills. Armed with the techniques in Survival Skills You Need, you will be prepared to survive. Building on the essentials presented in his first book, Build the Perfect Survival Kit, author John D. McCann details the survivor mentality required to survive common emergencies, then goes on to explain the component skill categories that you must execute to stay alive, including: • Survival kits • Knives & tools • Fire • Shelter • Water • Signaling for help • Navigating your way to safety • Food • First aid With more than 300 full-color photos, Survival Skills You Need provides clear, detailed solutions for surviving emergencies during adventure, sport and travel.

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144021834X

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Stay Alive - Survival Shelter and Protection from the Elements eShort

Learn about your body#s thermoregulation, what protection it needs and how to bu ild a storm shelter for protection.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Survival Shelter and Protection from the Elements eShort

Learn about your body#s thermoregulation, what protection it needs and how to bu ild a storm shelter for protection.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann explains how the body loses heat and how a proper shelter helps prevent that loss.

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1440235368

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Stay Alive - Introduction to Survival Skills eShort

An overview of basic survival skills, kits, food, clothing & more.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Introduction to Survival Skills eShort

An overview of basic survival skills, kits, food, clothing & more.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann introduces you to survival kits, survival clothing and basic skills to survive.

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Stay Alive - How to Start a Fire without Matches eShort

Discover the best ways to start a fire for wilderness survival & emergency prepa redness.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - How to Start a Fire without Matches eShort

Discover the best ways to start a fire for wilderness survival & emergency prepa redness.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann teaches you how to select a fire site and how to start and maintain a fire.

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Stay Alive - The Survivor Mentality eShort

Learn how to control fear in situations by using the survival mindset.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - The Survivor Mentality eShort

Learn how to control fear in situations by using the survival mindset.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann tells you what types of fears you may feel in a survival situation and how to control those fears.

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Stay Alive - Emergency Signaling for Help eShort

Learn survival techniques & tips with emergency devices to help know where you a re

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Emergency Signaling for Help eShort

Learn survival techniques & tips with emergency devices to help know where you a re

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann tells you how to signal for help by using devices like mirrors, whistles, lasers and other signals.

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Stay Alive - The Best Knives & Top Tools for Survival eShort

Learn how to choose the ultimate survival knife & discover the best survivor too ls.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - The Best Knives & Top Tools for Survival eShort

Learn how to choose the ultimate survival knife & discover the best survivor too ls.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann introduces you to the various types of knives and helps you choose the best survival knife.

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The Art and Science of HDR Imaging

By: John J. McCann,Alessandro Rizzi

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The Art and Science of HDR Imaging

By: John J. McCann,Alessandro Rizzi

Rendering High Dynamic Range (HDR) scenes on media with limited dynamic range began in the Renaissance whereby painters, then photographers, learned to use low-range spatial techniques to synthesize appearances, rather than to reproduce accurately the light from scenes. The Art and Science of HDR Imaging presents a unique scientific HDR approach derived from artists’ understanding of painting, emphasizing spatial information in electronic imaging. Human visual appearance and reproduction rendition of the HDR world requires spatial-image processing to overcome the veiling glare limits of optical imaging, in eyes and in cameras. Illustrated in full colour throughout, including examples of fine-art paintings, HDR photography, and multiple exposure scenes; this book uses techniques to study the HDR properties of entire scenes, and measures the range of light of scenes and the range that cameras capture. It describes how electronic image processing has been used to render HDR scenes since 1967, and examines the great variety of HDR algorithms used today. Showing how spatial processes can mimic vision, and render scenes as artists do, the book also: Gives the history of HDR from artists' spatial techniques to scientific image processing Measures and describes the limits of HDR scenes, HDR camera images, and the range of HDR appearances Offers a unique review of the entire family of Retinex image processing algorithms Describes the considerable overlap of HDR and Color Constancy: two sides of the same coin Explains the advantages of algorithms that replicate human vision in the processing of HDR scenes Provides extensive data to test algorithms and models of vision on an accompanying website www.wiley.com/go/mccannhdr

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119952123

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Stay Alive - Wilderness Hazards & Outdoor Safety eShort

Learn how to survive in the wild with wilderness first aid training and other ou tdoor survival tips

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Wilderness Hazards & Outdoor Safety eShort

Learn how to survive in the wild with wilderness first aid training and other ou tdoor survival tips

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann informs you of dangers, hazards and medical issues that you may encounter in a survival situation.

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1440235414

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Stay Alive - Emergency Water Collection and Purification eShort

Know where to find sources of water & purification methods to make it safe to dr ink.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Emergency Water Collection and Purification eShort

Know where to find sources of water & purification methods to make it safe to dr ink.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann shows you what can be used as a water container, where to find water, and how to purify water.

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Stay Alive - Find Your Way Back eShort

Learn basics of how to use a compass & a map to find your way back home

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Find Your Way Back eShort

Learn basics of how to use a compass & a map to find your way back home

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann teaches you the basics of compass and map reading. He also describes types of maps and compasses and how they can be used to navigate your way back.

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Stay Alive - Emergency Food to Sustain Energy eShort

Know what survival foods are most important to & other survival tips

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Emergency Food to Sustain Energy eShort

Know what survival foods are most important to & other survival tips

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann tells you the best foods to bring into the field. If you have no food, he teaches you techniques to catch and cook food.

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Stay Alive - Best Survival Kits, Lists & Ideas eShort

Make the best survival kit with these great ideas for clothes, food & emergency supplies.

By: John McCann

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Stay Alive - Best Survival Kits, Lists & Ideas eShort

Make the best survival kit with these great ideas for clothes, food & emergency supplies.

By: John McCann

In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann teaches you how to prepare an effective survival kit and addresses the main component groups for a kit.

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Drowning in Laws

Labor Law and Brazilian Political Culture

By: John D. French

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Drowning in Laws

Labor Law and Brazilian Political Culture

By: John D. French

Since 1943, the lives of Brazilian working people and their employers have been governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT). Seen as the end of an exclusively repressive approach, the CLT was long hailed as one of the world's most advanced bodies of social legislation. In Drowning in Laws, John D. French examines the juridical origins of the CLT and the role it played in the cultural and political formation of the Brazilian working class. Focusing on the relatively open political era known as the Populist Republic of 1945 to 1964, French illustrates the glaring contrast between the generosity of the CLT's legal promises and the meager justice meted out in workplaces, government ministries, and labor courts. He argues that the law, from the outset, was more an ideal than a set of enforceable regulations--there was no intention on the part of leaders and bureaucrats to actually practice what was promised, yet workers seized on the CLT's utopian premises while attacking its systemic flaws. In the end, French says, the labor laws became "real" in the workplace only to the extent that workers struggled to turn the imaginary ideal into reality.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863556

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Latin American Soldiers

Armed Forces in the Region's History

By: John R. Bawden

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Latin American Soldiers

Armed Forces in the Region's History

By: John R. Bawden

In this accessible volume, John R. Bawden introduces readers to the study of armed forces in Latin American history through vivid narratives about four very different countries: Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Chile. Latin America has faced many of the challenges common to postcolonial states such as civil war, poorly defined borders, and politically fractured societies. Studying its militaries offers a powerful lens through which to understand major events, eras, and problems. Bawden draws on stories about the men and women who served in conventional armed forces and guerrilla armies to examine the politics and social structure of each country, the state’s evolution, and relationships between soldiers and the global community. Designed as an introductory text for undergraduates, Latin American Soldiers identifies major concepts, factors, and trends that have shaped modern Latin America. It is an essential text for students of Latin American Studies or History and is particularly useful for students focusing on the military, revolutions, and political history.

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1351030086

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Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau

Smohalla and Skolaskin

By: Robert H. Ruby,John A. Brown

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Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau

Smohalla and Skolaskin

By: Robert H. Ruby,John A. Brown

Seekers after wisdom have always been drawn to American Indian ritual and symbol. This history of two nineteenth-century Dreamer-Prophets, Smohalla and Skolaskin, will interest those who seek a better understanding of the traditional Native American commitment to Mother Earth, visionary experiences drawn from ceremony, and the promise of revitalization implicit in the Ghost Dance. To white observers, the Dreamers appeared to imitate Christianity by celebrating the sabbath and preaching a covenant with God, nonviolence, and life after death. But the Prophets also advocated adherence to traditional dress and subsistence patterns and to the spellbinding Washat dance. By engaging in this dance and by observing traditional life-ways, the Prophets claimed, the living Indians might bring their dead back to life and drive the whites from the earth. They themselves brought heaven to earth, they said, by “dying, going there, and returning,” in trances induced by the Washat drums. The Prophets’ sacred longhouses became rallying points for resistance to the United States government. As many as two thousand Indians along the Columbia River, from various tribes, followed the Dreamer religion. Although the Dreamers always opposed war, the active phase of the movement was brought to a close in 1889 when the United States Army incarcerated the younger Prophet Skolaskin at Alcatraz. Smohalla died of old age in 1894. Modern Dreamers of the Columbia plateau still celebrate the Feast of the New Foods in springtime as did their spiritual ancestors. This book contains rare modern photographs of their Washat dances. Readers of Indian history and religion will be fascinated by the descriptions of the Dreamer-Prophets’ unique personalities and their adjustments to physical handicaps. Neglected by scholars, their role in the important pan-Indian revitalization movement has awaited the detailed treatment given here by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806134305

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Fatigue in Aviation: A Guide to Staying Awake at the Stick

By: John A. Caldwell

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Fatigue in Aviation: A Guide to Staying Awake at the Stick

By: John A. Caldwell

This overview of fatigue includes fatigue definitions, the measurement / assessment of fatigue, and the performance, mood, and safety problems associated with fatigue in the operational setting. The physiological bases of fatigue are discussed, so the reader understands that fatigue is a physiological phenomenon that is not "just a state of mind". Scientifically-valid countermeasures are discussed and data from a variety of sources are included to provide readers with a "toolbox" from which they can choose solutions to fatigue-related problems. The book is of interest to aviation crews in both civilian and military sectors, managers as well as aviators, flight deck as well as maintenance crews. It aims to be 'user-friendly', although scientific information is included to help the reader understand why certain behaviours occur.

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1351936948

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Screen World, 1990

By: John Willis

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Screen World, 1990

By: John Willis

Since 1949 Screen World has been acclaimed as the definitive record of the past movie season. Volume 41 provides an illustrated listing of American and foreign films released in the U.S. in 1989, all documented in more than 1,000 photos.

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0517578417

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Canada's Entrepreneurs

From the Fur Trade to the 1929 Stock Market Crash : Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Under the Direction of John English and Réal Bélanger

By: John English

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Canada's Entrepreneurs

From the Fur Trade to the 1929 Stock Market Crash : Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Under the Direction of John English and Réal Bélanger

By: John English

Beginning with an accessible overview of the rise of entrepreneurialism in Canada, it features portraits of 61 individuals organized thematically. Here, readers will meet a variety of seminal characters: the merchants of the first trading posts and the commercial empire of the St. Lawrence; the industrialists of the Maritimes, Central Canada, and the West; the railway builders and urban developers; and everyone in between."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442644788

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Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Kentucky 3rd Cavalry Regiment (DukeÕs)

By: John C. Rigdon

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Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Kentucky 3rd Cavalry Regiment (DukeÕs)

By: John C. Rigdon

The Kentucky 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Duke's Brigade was formed during the late fall of 1864 with men who had served under John Hunt Morgan. After skirmishing in Tennessee it was chosen as escort to President Davis. It surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 10, 1865.

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0359284027

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