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Handbook of Pest Management

By: John R. Ruberson

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Provides a detailed summary of pest management principles and techniques, outlining a broad selection of critical issues regarding current practice and future technology in this area. Discusses the role of soils, weather, and surrounding habitats in regulating pest occurrence and severity.

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CRC Press

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ISBN 10

1482273284

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9781482273281

Connecticut Mining

By: John A. Pawloski

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Connecticut Mining

By: John A. Pawloski

The search for mineral wealth in Connecticut has spanned more than 10,000 years of human history. It began with the migration of Native Americans into the Northeast soon after the last Ice Age glaciers melted away. The natives used materials for many of their tools, cooking vessels, and amulets. European colonists settled in what is now Connecticut in the early 1600s and immediately began searching for deposits of gold, silver, and precious gems. They soon learned that true wealth was not found in precious metals and stones but in the materials necessary to maintain life in their new world, such as iron, copper, and lead. The arrival of John Winthrop Jr. in the Connecticut colony in 1635 led to the discovery of many metal and stone deposits. This opened the door for the future United States to become an industrial giant.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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073854504X

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9780738545042

Handbook of Crime Correlates

By: Lee Ellis,Kevin M. Beaver,John Wright

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Handbook of Crime Correlates

By: Lee Ellis,Kevin M. Beaver,John Wright

Over the past two centuries, many aspects of criminal behavior have been investigated. Finding this information and making sense of it all is difficult when many studies would appear to offer contradictory findings. The Handbook of Crime Correlates collects in one source the summary analysis of crime research worldwide. It provides over 400 tables that divide crime research into nine broad categories: - Pervasiveness and intra-offending relationships - Demographic factors - Ecological and macroeconomic factors - Family and peer factors - Institutional factors - Behavioral and personality factors - Cognitive factors - Biological factors - Crime victimization and fear of crime Within these broad categories, tables identify regions of the world and how separate variables are or are not positively or negatively associated with criminal behavior. Criminal behavior is broken down into separate offending categories of violent crime, property crime, drug offenses, sex offenses, delinquency, general and adult offenses, and recidivism. Accompanying each table is a description of what each table indicates in terms of the positive or negative association of specific variables with specific types of crime by region. This book should serve as a valuable resource for criminal justice personnel and academics in the social and life sciences interested in criminal behavior.

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405

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Academic Press

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0080920098

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9780080920092

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

Gettysburg to Appomattox

By: John F. Schmutz

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"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

Gettysburg to Appomattox

By: John F. Schmutz

Second in the sweeping history of the Fifth Texas Infantry that fought with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War. In the first volume, Secession to the Suffolk Campaign, John F. Schmutz followed the regiment from its inception through the successful foraging campaign in southeastern Virginia in April 1863. Gettysburg to Appomattox continues the regiment’s rich history from its march north into Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg, its transfer west to Georgia and participation in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, operations in East Tennessee, and the regiments return to Virginia for the overland battles (Wilderness to Cold Harbor), Petersburg campaign, and the march to Appomattox Court House. The narrative ends by following many of the regiment’s soldiers on their long journey home. Schmutz’s definitive study is based upon years of archival and battlefield research that uncovered hundreds of primary sources, many never before used. The result is a lively account of not only the regiments marches and battles but a personal look into the lives of these Texans as they struggled to survive a vicious war more than 1,000 miles from home. “The Bloody Fifth”: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, with photos, original maps, explanatory footnotes, and important and useful appendices, is a significant contribution to the history of Texas and the American Civil War. “A scholarly work enhanced with maps and exhaustive notes, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds.” —Midwest Book Review

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385

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Grub Street Publishers

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1611213355

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9781611213355

Democracy and Democratization

Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective

By: John D Nagle,Alison Mahr

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Democracy and Democratization

Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective

By: John D Nagle,Alison Mahr

This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democracy and looking toward future theories, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to what will remain the key contemporary issue for all students of political science.

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337

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SAGE

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ISBN 10

0857026232

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9780857026231

Return to Bull Run

The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

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Return to Bull Run

The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win."–Publishers Weekly

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628

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806186747

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9780806186740

Loma View

By: John McPeek

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Loma View

By: John McPeek

The quiet sailing life at Loma View Yacht Club in San Diego is shockingly disrupted when a battered body is found floating among the small club's docks. It turns out that the corpse, who had not been a member, was a drug pusher who had been attracted to the club by its most seductive vamp. But, more important, who murdered the thug and why? The soft-spoken detective investigating the case keeps turning up new suspects. In fact, there soon are so many suspects, things get a bit confusing. But, with quiet patience, the detective slowly zeroes in on one of the more unlikely suspects. So how come he can't make an arrest?

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269

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iUniverse

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0595357792

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9780595357796

Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)

By: John Soennichsen

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Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)

By: John Soennichsen

The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin High School in Seattle and then a professor at t...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458787176

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9781458787170

Understanding Central America

By: John A. Booth

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Understanding Central America

By: John A. Booth

The fifth edition of Understanding Central America explains how domestic and global political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker explore the origins and development of the region's political conflicts and its efforts to resolve them. Covering the region's political and economic development from the early 1800s onward, the authors provide a background for understanding Central America's rebellion and regime change of the past forty years. This revised edition brings the Central American story up to date, with special emphasis on globalization, evolving public opinion, progress toward democratic consolidation, and the relationship between Central America and the United States under the Obama administration, and includes analysis of the 2009 Honduran coup d'etat. A useful introduction to the region and a model for how to convey its complexities in language readers will comprehend, Understanding Central America stands out as a must-have resource.

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714

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458761681

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9781458761682

The Law Reports

Vol. 10

By: John Scott,Edmund Lumley

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The Law Reports

Vol. 10

By: John Scott,Edmund Lumley

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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806

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385239729

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9783385239722

Costa Rica

Quest For Democracy

By: John A Booth

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Costa Rica

Quest For Democracy

By: John A Booth

How did Costa Rica become Central America’s first successful democracy? How does Costa Rican democracy work? How does democracy survive despite regional turmoil, foreign intervention, and economic crisis? Beginning with Costa Rica’s history within the Central American context, John Booth traces democratic development in Costa Rica through its institutions, rules of the political game, parties, elections, and interest groups. After a review of socioeconomic and political forces, the author examines political participation and culture, political economy, and foreign affairs. The book’s overview of Costa Rican politics is accessible and useful for students, scholars, and general readers.

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Routledge

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0429969821

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9780429969829

The Origins of Dominant Parties

Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia

By: Ora John Reuter

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The Origins of Dominant Parties

Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia

By: Ora John Reuter

This book asks why dominant political parties emerge in some authoritarian regimes, but not in others, focusing on Russia's experience under Putin.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107171768

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9781107171763

Transforming Settler States

Communal Conflict and Internal Security in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe

By: Ronald John Weitzer

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Transforming Settler States

Communal Conflict and Internal Security in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe

By: Ronald John Weitzer

In the past two decades, several settler regimes have collapsed and others seem increasingly vulnerable. This study examines the rise and demise of two settler states with particular emphasis on the role of repressive institutions of law and order. Drawing on field research in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe, Ronald Weitzer traces developments in internal security structures before and after major political transitions. He concludes that thoroughgoing transformation of a repressive security apparatus seems to be an essential, but often overlooked, precondition for genuine democracy. In an instructive comparative analysis, Weitzer points out the divergent development of initially similar governmental systems. For instance, since independence in 1980, the government of Zimbabwe has retained and fortified basic features of the legal and organizational machinery of control inherited from the white Rhodesian state, and has used this apparatus to neutralize obstacles to the installation of a one-party state. In contrast, though liberalization is far from complete. The British government has succeeded in reforming important features of the old security system since the abrupt termination of Protestant, Unionist rule in Northern Ireland in 1972. The study makes a novel contribution to the scholarly literature on transitions from authoritarianism to democracy in its fresh emphasis on the pivotal role of police, military, and intelligence agencies in shaping political developments. In the past two decades, several settler regimes have collapsed and others seem increasingly vulnerable. This study examines the rise and demise of two settler states with particular emphasis on the role of repressive institutions of law and order. Drawing on field research in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe, Ronald Weitzer traces developments in internal security structures before and after major political transitions. He concludes that thoroughgoing transformation of a repressive security apparatus seems to be an essential, but often overlooked, precondition for genuine democracy. In an instructive comparative analysis, Weitzer points out the divergent development of initially similar governmental systems. For instance, since independence in 1980, the government of Zimbabwe has retained and fortified basic features of the legal and organizational machinery of control inherited from the white Rhodesian state, and has used this apparatus to neutralize obstacles to the installation of a one-party state. In contrast, though liberalization is far from complete. The British government has succeeded in reforming important features of the old security system since the abrupt termination of Protestant, Unionist rule in Northern Ireland in 1972. The study makes a novel contribution to the scholarly literature on transitions from authoritarianism to democracy in its fresh emphasis on the pivotal role of police, military, and intelligence agencies in shaping political developments.

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304

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Univ of California Press

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0520064909

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9780520064904

Reading the Gravestones of Old New England

By: John G.S. Hanson

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Reading the Gravestones of Old New England

By: John G.S. Hanson

The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.

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255

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McFarland

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1476643296

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9781476643298

Shale Reservoirs

Giant Resources for the 21st Century, AAPG Memoir 97

By: John Breyer

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Shale Reservoirs

Giant Resources for the 21st Century, AAPG Memoir 97

By: John Breyer

Hardcover plus CD

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AAPG

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0891813799

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9780891813798

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Handbook of Pest Management

Handbook of Pest Management

Connecticut Mining

Connecticut Mining

Handbook of Crime Correlates

Handbook of Crime Correlates

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

Democracy and Democratization

Democracy and Democratization

Return to Bull Run

Return to Bull Run

Loma View

Loma View

Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)

Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)

Understanding Central America

Understanding Central America

The Law Reports

The Law Reports

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

The Origins of Dominant Parties

The Origins of Dominant Parties

Transforming Settler States

Transforming Settler States

Reading the Gravestones of Old New England

Reading the Gravestones of Old New England

Shale Reservoirs

Shale Reservoirs

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