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Hunting Ghislaine

By: John Sweeney

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A cracking read ... Ghislaine Maxwell's story has had endless column inches, but John gives such a great overview, and has mined so many sources that it still feels fresh and compelling.' Mail on Sunday Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who suffered a tragedy, the death of her father, a war hero, a philanthropist, a good man, in suspicious circumstances. She fled to New York where she made a new life with a brilliant mathematician. Her name is Ghislaine Maxwell and her lover was Jeffrey Epstein. Through Jeffrey, and her family name, Ghislaine became friends with some of the most powerful people on earth, ex-President Bill Clinton and President-to-be Donald Trump and the second son of the Queen of England, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. But this is no fairy tale. HUNTING GHISLAINE sets out the other side of the story, and it's one of the darkest you will ever read. Ghislaine's father, Robert Maxwell, was a sadist, a war criminal, a monster. His cruelty deformed Ghislaine Maxwell long before she met Jeffrey Epstein. Her one-time lover was convicted for being a paedophile. So Ghislaine's life has been spent serving not one monster but two. In HUNTING GHISLAINE, legendary investigative journalist John Sweeney uncovers the truth behind this fairy tale story in reverse.

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1529375908

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9781529375909

Analysis of Protein Post-Translational Modifications by Mass Spectrometry

By: John R. Griffiths,Richard D. Unwin

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Analysis of Protein Post-Translational Modifications by Mass Spectrometry

By: John R. Griffiths,Richard D. Unwin

Covers all major modifications, including phosphorylation, glycosylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, sulfonation and and glycation Discussion of the chemistry behind each modification, along with key methods and references Contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field A valuable reference source for all laboratories undertaking proteomics, mass spectrometry and post-translational modification research

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119250897

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Stroke

Practical Management

By: Charles P. Warlow,Jan van Gijn,Martin S. Dennis,Joanna M. Wardlaw,John M. Bamford,Graeme J. Hankey,Peter A. G. Sandercock,Gabriel Rinkel,Peter Langhorne,Cathie Sudlow,Peter Rothwell

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Stroke

Practical Management

By: Charles P. Warlow,Jan van Gijn,Martin S. Dennis,Joanna M. Wardlaw,John M. Bamford,Graeme J. Hankey,Peter A. G. Sandercock,Gabriel Rinkel,Peter Langhorne,Cathie Sudlow,Peter Rothwell

Completely updated edition, written by a close-knit author team Presents a unique approach to stroke - integrated clinical management that weaves together causation, presentation, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation Includes increased coverage of the statins due to clearer evidence of their effectiveness in preventing stroke Features important new evidence on the preventive effect of lowering blood pressure Contains a completely revised section on imaging Covers new advances in interventional radiology

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444359258

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9781444359251

Aid, Ownership and Development

The Inverse Sovereignty Effect in the Pacific Islands

By: John Overton,Warwick E. Murray,Gerard Prinsen,Tagaloa Avataeao Junior Ulu,Nicola Wrighton

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Aid, Ownership and Development

The Inverse Sovereignty Effect in the Pacific Islands

By: John Overton,Warwick E. Murray,Gerard Prinsen,Tagaloa Avataeao Junior Ulu,Nicola Wrighton

One of the key principles for effective aid programmes is that recipient agencies exert high degrees of ownership over the agendas, resources, systems and outcomes of aid activities. Sovereign recipient states should lead the process of development. Yet despite this well-recognised principle, the realities of aid delivery mean that ownership is often compromised in practice. Aid, Ownership and Development examines this ‘inverse sovereignty’ hypothesis with regard to the states and territories of the Pacific Island region. It provides an initial overview of different aid ‘regimes’ over time, maps aid flows in the region, and analyses the concept of sovereignty. Drawing on a rich range of primary research by the authors and contributors, it focuses on the agencies and individuals within the Pacific Islands who administer and apply aid projects and programmes. There is indeed evidence for the inverse sovereignty effect; particularly when island states and their small and stretched bureaucracies have to deal with complex and burdensome donor reporting requirements, management systems, consultative meetings and differing strategic priorities. This book outlines important ways in which Pacific agencies have proved adept not only at meeting these requirements, but also asserting their own priorities and ways of operating. It concludes that global agreements, such as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 and the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals, can be effective means for Pacific agencies to both hold donors to account and also to recognise and exercise their own sovereignty.

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Routledge

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0429816200

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9780429816208

The Global Health Care Chain

From the Pacific to the World

By: John Connell

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The Global Health Care Chain

From the Pacific to the World

By: John Connell

This book provides the first detailed analysis of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers and reveals its exceptional significance for both sending and receiving countries.

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Routledge

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1135912823

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9781135912826

Design Considerations for Space Elevator Tether Climbers

By: Cathy Swan,Peter Swan,Robert "Skip" Penny,John Knapman,Peter Glaskowsky

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Design Considerations for Space Elevator Tether Climbers

By: Cathy Swan,Peter Swan,Robert "Skip" Penny,John Knapman,Peter Glaskowsky

The subject selected for this 2013 study is the Space Elevator Tether Climber. The objective of the one year study was to survey current concepts and technologies related to tether climbers, identify critical issues, questions, and concerns, assess their impact on the development of space elevators, and project towards the future. The following are a few of the conclusions: - The study used the concept of "constant power" as a baseline because of its ability to lower design requirements on the tether climber. - The mass breakout of 6 MT for a climber and 14 MT for customer payloads seems feasible. The estimate is that with a travel time of one week to GEO seven tether climbers can be on a tether simultaneously. - The communication architecture should be integrated into the space elevator infrastructure and nodal layout. - Solar power, as the sole source, appears achievable. - The use of laser power as the sole source also seems achievable.

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Lulu.com

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1312099828

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9781312099821

Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

By: John Holland

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Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

By: John Holland

A practical guide for teachers and parents that explains how best to help and support a child whose parent or carer has died. The book covers such topics as funerals and the significance of rituals, as well as the importance of a careful transition back to school and of effective communication.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843100169

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9781843100164

A Politics of Virtue

Hinduism, Sexuality, and Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji

By: John D. Kelly

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A Politics of Virtue

Hinduism, Sexuality, and Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji

By: John D. Kelly

Kelly opens new questions about dialogue, colonial power, and changing conditions of political possibility by examining the connection between politics and sexual morality in the British colony of Fiji from 1929 to 1932.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226430308

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9780226430300

Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

Towards Sustainable Development

By: John Connell,John Lea

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Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

Towards Sustainable Development

By: John Connell,John Lea

Managing rapid urban growth presents a significant challenge in the small independent countries of the Pacific Islands. Although they originated in colonial times, the towns and cities are now distinctively post-colonial, with economies, environments and social structures that reflect unique island characteristics. This transformation has stimulated new concerns, such as the causes and effects of pollution, the need for employment for landless migrants, the need for adequate and affordable housing and the financing of expanding urban services. This book explores the diversity of the urban experience in the ten independent island states, focusing on strategies to secure long term sustainable development.

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Routledge

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113454071X

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9781134540716

A History of Kew RSL

By: John Torpey

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A History of Kew RSL

By: John Torpey

History of the Returned Services League (RSL) Club in Kew, Melbourne, Australia

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Stephen Digby

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0980389372

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Keating on Construction Contracts

By: Stephen Furst,Vivian Ramsey,Sarah Hannaford,Adrian Williamson,Donald Keating,John Uff

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Keating on Construction Contracts

By: Stephen Furst,Vivian Ramsey,Sarah Hannaford,Adrian Williamson,Donald Keating,John Uff

With a chapter on public procurement by Sarah Hannaford ; A commentary on JCT forms of contract by Adirian Williamson, and a commentary of the infrastructure conditions of contract by John Uff

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Sweet & Maxwell

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0414047923

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9780414047921

The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories

By: John Marriott

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories

By: John Marriott

Written by leading scholars, this collection provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of modern empires. Spanning the era of modern imperial history from the early sixteenth century to the present, it challenges both the rather insular focuses on specific experiences, and gives due attention to imperial formations outside the West including the Russian, Japanese, Mughal, Ottoman and Chinese. The companion is divided into three broad sections. Part I - Times - surveys the three main eras of modern imperialism. The first was that dominated by the settlement impulse, with migrants - many voluntarily and many more by force - making new lives in the colonies. This impulse gave way, most especially in the nineteenth century, to a period of busy and rapid expansion which was less likely to promote new settlement, and in which colonists more frequently saw their sojourn in colonial lands as temporary and related to the business mostly of governance and trade. Lastly, in the twentieth century in particular, empires began to fail and to fall. Part II - Spaces - studies the principal imperial formations of the modern world. Each chapter charts the experience of a specific empire while at the same time placing it within the complex patterns of wider imperial constellations. The individual chapters thus survey the broad dynamics of change within the empires themselves and their relationships with other imperial formations, and reflect critically on the ways in which these topics have been approached in the literature. In Part III - Themes - scholars think critically about some of the key features of imperial expansion and decline. These chapters are brief and many are provocative. They reflect the current state of the field, and suggest new lines of inquiry which may follow from more comparative perspectives on empire. The broad range of themes captures the vitality and diversity of contemporary scholarship on questions of empire and colonialism, encompassing political, economic and cultural processes central to the formation and maintenance of empires as well as institutions, ideologies and social categories that shaped the lives both of those implementing and those experiencing the force of empire. In these pages the reader will find the slave and the criminal, the merchant and the maid, the scientist and the artist alongside the structures which sustained their lives and their livelihoods. Overall, the companion emphasises the diversity of imperial experience and process. Comprehensive in its scope, it draws attention to the particularities of individual empires, rather than over-generalising as if all empires, at all times, and in all places, behaved in a similar manner. It is this contingent and historical specificity that enables us to explore in expansive ways precisely what constituted the modern empire.

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1317042514

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Valuing Fisheries

An Economic Framework

By: Torstein John Arneson Hundloe

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Valuing Fisheries

An Economic Framework

By: Torstein John Arneson Hundloe

Humans have been fishing for food and pleasure since time immemorial. Long before the development of powerful commercial fishing vessels, tribal communities sought fish and other marine life for food and ceremonial purposes. Today, there is a significant tourism sector around diving and snorkelling.Commercial and recreational fisheries often compete for the same fish stock. Together these two groups compete with those who wish to promote a 'look but don't take' attitude to fish. And in some cases, traditional indigenous fishers have special demands that can be inconsistent with the needs of other groups.The limited nature of fish stocks can lead to arguments between these different groups. Too often the arguments are based on a wrong use of economic data. Access to and sharing of fisheries resources need not necessarily be based on economic data and principles, but if they are, the proper approach must be used.This book sets out in clear language, with simple examples, the correct economic method to be used. The aim is to improve decision-making so that everyone can enjoy a seafood meal, drop a line in the water or observe fish in a natural environment without unnecessary conflict.

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0702233293

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Hunting Ghislaine

Hunting Ghislaine

Analysis of Protein Post-Translational Modifications by Mass Spectrometry

Analysis of Protein Post-Translational Modifications by Mass Spectrometry

Stroke

Stroke

Aid, Ownership and Development

Aid, Ownership and Development

The Global Health Care Chain

The Global Health Care Chain

Design Considerations for Space Elevator Tether Climbers

Design Considerations for Space Elevator Tether Climbers

Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

A Politics of Virtue

A Politics of Virtue

Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

Urbanisation in the Island Pacific

A History of Kew RSL

A History of Kew RSL

Keating on Construction Contracts

Keating on Construction Contracts

The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories

The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Imperial Histories

Valuing Fisheries

Valuing Fisheries

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