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Terror on Trial

By: John R. Boyd

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A SEAL team is ambushed deep in the mountains of Afghanistan trying to capture the terrorist known as ‘The Banker’. The team members are thought dead, but LT CMDR Jose Carmona survives and is captured and placed in a cave to be held and interrogated. Carmona is imprisoned with two others and leads them to freedom through a daring escape. The United States President decides to begin closing Guantanamo Prison and start holding Terror Trials on U.S. soil. The U.S. citizenry and some members of the President’s cabinet are against the trials. Many take measures in their own hands to stop them.

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Four Pawns Publishing

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1499655479

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Warrior at Heart

Governor John Milton, King Cotton, and Rebel Florida 1860-1865

By: John Adams

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Warrior at Heart

Governor John Milton, King Cotton, and Rebel Florida 1860-1865

By: John Adams

John Milton—a true son of the South— endeavored to find ways in which to keep Florida relevant to the Confederate cause. Under Milton, Florida was a key contributor of supplies for the Confederate Army. supplies. By pledging men, beef, and salt among other supplies, Milton gave credence to Florida’s war effort. However, poor strategizing, blockades, and lack of military might led to several failed attempts to overcome the Union armies infiltrating the Florida coast. Left to defend themselves from the enemy with little help from their Confederate compatriots, Floridians grew increasingly disenchanted with their government’s dismissive attitude. Over the course of the war, they were caught between survival and secession. With little resources remaining, survival was the only way for the state to maintain itself. Left disillusioned, the embattled Milton took matters into his own hands, refusing to submit to the impending surrender secession and the ignominy of defeat. Warrior at Heart is an in-depth study of Florida’s Southern history during the Civil War. Historian John Adams gives detailed analyses of not only the economic dynamics reasons for the South to wage war, but also the events that shaped John Milton’s role in the war effort. www.warrioratheartbooks.com

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FriesenPress

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1460267850

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9781460267851

Re-Framers

170 Eccentric, Visionary, and Patriotic Proposals to Rewrite the U.S. Constitution

By: John R. Vile

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Re-Framers

170 Eccentric, Visionary, and Patriotic Proposals to Rewrite the U.S. Constitution

By: John R. Vile

This book is the most comprehensive review of all the major proposals to rewrite, revise, or even replace the U.S. Constitution, covering more than 170 proposals from the nation's beginnings to the present day. The U.S. Constitution was carefully written by a remarkable group of men, but subsequent generations of Americans have devoted enormous time and energy to "improving" it. From colonial times to the present day, Americans of all political persuasions have campaigned to reform, remake, or replace this key document. The growth of the Internet and self-publishing has spawned a virtual explosion of such proposals. This book documents the numerous ideas for change—some practical, some idealistic, and some bordering on fanatical—that reflect America's Constitutional heritage and could shape the nation's future. Re-Framers: 170 Eccentric, Visionary, and Patriotic Proposals to Rewrite the U.S. Constitution sets the stage for this review by describing various prequels to the U.S. Constitution and explaining how the final document emerged at the Constitutional Convention. The subsequent chapters examine many proposed alternatives and revisions to the Constitution from its establishment until the present, illuminating perceived strengths and weaknesses of the current document as well as the pros and cons of possible amendments. Readers ranging from lay citizens who are interested in constitutional issues to historians, political scientists, law professors, and reference librarians will all benefit from this unparalleled examination of proposed constitutional amendment.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1610697340

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9781610697347

Aerodynamics for Engineers

By: John J. Bertin,Russell M. Cummings

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Aerodynamics for Engineers

By: John J. Bertin,Russell M. Cummings

Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, this sixth edition covers the fundamentals of aerodynamics using clear explanations and real-world examples. Aerodynamics concept boxes throughout showcase real-world applications, chapter objectives provide readers with a better understanding of the goal of each chapter and highlight the key 'take-home' concepts, and example problems aid understanding of how to apply core concepts. Coverage also includes the importance of aerodynamics to aircraft performance, applications of potential flow theory to aerodynamics, high-lift military airfoils, subsonic compressible transformations, and the distinguishing characteristics of hypersonic flow. Supported online by a solutions manual for instructors, MATLAB® files for example problems, and lecture slides for most chapters, this is an ideal textbook for undergraduates taking introductory courses in aerodynamics, and for graduates taking preparatory courses in aerodynamics before progressing to more advanced study.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009115758

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Elements of Moral Cognition

Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment

By: John Mikhail

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Elements of Moral Cognition

Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment

By: John Mikhail

John Mikhail explores whether moral psychology is usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521855780

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9780521855785

The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture, Second Edition

By: John Beldon Scott,Rodney P. Lehnertz

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The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture, Second Edition

By: John Beldon Scott,Rodney P. Lehnertz

George L. Horner, University Architect and Planner, 1906-1981 -- Buildings -- Architects -- Chronology of Building Completion/Occupancy Dates -- Sculptures -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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University of Iowa Press

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1609384598

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9781609384593

The Moral Psychology Handbook

By: John M. Doris,The Moral Psychology Research Group

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The Moral Psychology Handbook

By: John M. Doris,The Moral Psychology Research Group

The Moral Psychology Handbook offers a survey of contemporary moral psychology, integrating evidence and argument from philosophy and the human sciences. The chapters cover major issues in moral psychology, including moral reasoning, character, moral emotion, positive psychology, moral rules, the neural correlates of ethical judgment, and the attribution of moral responsibility. Each chapter is a collaborative effort, written jointly by leading researchers in thefield.

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OUP Oxford

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0199582149

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A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems

The Reach of Abduction: Insight and Trial

By: Dov M. Gabbay,John Woods

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A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems

The Reach of Abduction: Insight and Trial

By: Dov M. Gabbay,John Woods

The present work is a continuation of the authors' acclaimed multi-volume APractical Logic of Cognitive Systems. After having investigated the notion ofrelevance in their previous volume, Gabbay and Woods now turn to abduction. Inthis highly original approach, abduction is construed as ignorance-preservinginference, in which conjecture plays a pivotal role. Abduction is a response to acognitive target that cannot be hit on the basis of what the agent currently knows.The abducer selects a hypothesis which were it true would enable the reasoner to attain his target. He concludes from this fact that the hypothesis may be conjectured. In allowing conjecture to stand in for the knowledge he fails to have, the abducer reveals himself to be a satisficer, since an abductive solution is not a solution from knowledge. Key to the authors' analysis is the requirement that a conjectured proposition is not just what a reasoner might allow himself to assume, but a proposition he must defeasibly release as a premiss for further inferences in the domain of enquiry in which the original abduction problem has arisen.The coverage of the book is extensive, from the philosophy of science tocomputer science and AI, from diagnostics to the law, from historical explanation to linguistic interpretation. One of the volume's strongest contributions is its exploration of the abductive character of criminal trials, with special attention given to the standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.Underlying their analysis of abductive reasoning is the authors' conception ofpractical agency. In this approach, practical agency is dominantly a matter of thecomparative modesty of an agent's cognitive agendas, together with comparatively scant resources available for their advancement. Seen in these ways, abduction has a significantly practical character, precisely because it is a form of inference that satisfices rather than maximizes its response to the agent's cognitive target.The Reach of Abduction will be necessary reading for researchers, graduatestudents and senior undergraduates in logic, computer science, AI, belief dynamics, argumentation theory, cognitive psychology and neuroscience, linguistics, forensic science, legal reasoning and related areas.Key features:- Reach of Abduction is fully integrated with a background logic of cognitive systems.- The most extensive coverage compared to competitive works.- Demonstrates not only that abduction is a form of ignorance preservinginference but that it is a mode of inference that is wholly rational.- Demonstrates the satisficing rather than maximizing character ofabduction.- The development of formal models of abduction is considerably more extensive than one finds in existing literature. It is an especially impressive amalgam of sophisticatedconceptual analysis and extensive logical modelling.· Reach of Abduction is fully integrated with a background logic of cognitive systems.· The most extensive coverage compared to competitive works· Demonstrates not only that abduction is a form of ignorance preservinginference but that it is a mode of inference that is wholly rational.· Demonstrates the satisficing rather than maximizing character ofabduction.· The development of formal models of abduction is considerably more extensive than one finds in existing literature. It is an especially impressive amalgam of sophisticatedconceptual analysis and extensive logical modelling.

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Elsevier

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0080460925

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Randolph Macon College in the Early Years

Making Preachers, Teachers and Confederate Officers, 1830-1868

By: John Caknipe, Jr.

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Randolph Macon College in the Early Years

Making Preachers, Teachers and Confederate Officers, 1830-1868

By: John Caknipe, Jr.

This book summarizes the history of the first Randolph Macon College, and how it intertwined with the Boydton, Virginia, community. While in Boydton, almost 300 students took a degree. This book tracks the lives of these graduates, many from before college, after graduation, throughout their participation in the Confederate government or military, after the War, and for many, until death. In pursuing the research, the author came across an additional 100 men who had attended RMC, and their stories are included as well, along with the chaplains for the college chapel, the tutors for the college students and all adjunct and full-time faculty for the 38 year period. The graduates include 52 college presidents and numerous members of Congress. Many leaders of society, education and politics began their careers at RMC.

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McFarland

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0786479469

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Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics

By: John H. Doveton

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Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics

By: John H. Doveton

The pioneering work of Gus Archie moved log interpretation into log analysis with the introduction of the equation that bears his name. Subsequent developments have mixed empiricism, physics, mathematical algorithms, and geological or engineering models as methods applied to petrophysical measurements in boreholes all over the world. Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics reviews the application of mathematics to petrophysics in a format that crystallizes the subject as a subdiscipline appropriate for the workstations of today. The subject matter is of wide interest to both academic and industrial professionals who work with subsurface data applied to energy, hydrology, and environmental issues. This book is the first of its kind, in that it addresses mathematical petrophysics as a distinct discipline. Other books in petrophysics are either extensive descriptions of tool design or interpretation techniques, typically in an ad hoc treatment. It covers mathematical methods that are applied to borehole and core petrophysical measurements to estimate rock properties of fluid saturation, pore types, permeability, mineralogy, facies, and reservoir characterization. These methods are demonstrated by a variety of case studies and summaries of applications. Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics is an invaluable resource for all people working with data related to petrophysics.

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International Association for

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0199978042

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9780199978045

Surgery: Core Principles and Practice

Two Volume Set

By: John D Corson,Robin Williamson

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Surgery: Core Principles and Practice

Two Volume Set

By: John D Corson,Robin Williamson

Surgery: Core principles and Practice is the second edition of this general surgery textbook, providing essential core knowledge in a user-friendly format. Divided into 8 sections, this two volume set begins with the principles of surgery followed by trauma, gastrointestinal surgery, vascular surgery, breast surgery, and endocrine surgery, along with a dedicated section on surgical subspecialties. The content of the book has been completely re-organised from the first edition, and includes new topics on acquiring surgical knowledge, vascular access, principles of endoscopy, interventional radiology, assessment and monitoring of critical illness, aortic emergencies, and immunosuppression. An accompanying website includes the complete text, images and references. Surgery: Core principles and Practice includes nearly 50 case studies on challenging real-life cases. The text is enhanced by over 800 full colour images and illustrations including clinical and diagnostic photographs, and an accompanying website. This is a comprehensive, two-volume surgery textbook, written and edited by a world-class team of surgeons at an appropriate level for both residents and practitioners. Key Features New, fully revised edition Over 800 full colour images and illustrations Challenging real-life case studies World class editorial team from the UK and US

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JP Medical Ltd

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9351525236

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9789351525233

Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics

Social Science Perspectives on Choice and Decision Making

By: John Malcolm Dowling,Chin-Fang Yap

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Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics

Social Science Perspectives on Choice and Decision Making

By: John Malcolm Dowling,Chin-Fang Yap

This book examines the field of behavioral economics and provides insights into the following questions: ? Does utility bring happiness?? How do emotions and personal perspectives color our economic decisions?? How do altruism, trust, fairness and justice come into play in game theory?? Why are some organizations so successful in implementing their objectives?? Can advances in neuroeconomics unlock the secrets of how decisions are made?The book looks at decision making and behavior from the point of view of (i) individual behavior and choice; (ii) group and interactive choice; and (iii) collective choices and decision making. In particular, it covers the following aspects: instances when bounded rationality leads to decisions inconsistent with standard economic assumptions; risk and the processes by which investors and consumers make decisions; altruistic and cooperative behavior as alternatives to competition; game theory as a way to explore motives of cooperation versus competition; the determinants of happiness and the relationship between utility and well-being; the concept of social capital, including motivations for charity and being a responsible citizen; how trust and fairness relate to economic actions and the motivation to cooperate rather than compete; behavior such as crime, corruption and bribery from ethical, social and economic viewpoints; and, finally, the decision making process of collective choice and how societies develop rules for governing themselves.This is the first book to bridge economics, psychology, sociology and political sciences and explain the nuanced subtleties of decision making.

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9812701435

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Terror on Trial

Terror on Trial

Warrior at Heart

Warrior at Heart

Re-Framers

Re-Framers

Aerodynamics for Engineers

Aerodynamics for Engineers

Elements of Moral Cognition

Elements of Moral Cognition

The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture, Second Edition

The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture, Second Edition

The Moral Psychology Handbook

The Moral Psychology Handbook

A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems

A Practical Logic of Cognitive Systems

Randolph Macon College in the Early Years

Randolph Macon College in the Early Years

Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics

Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics

Surgery: Core Principles and Practice

Surgery: Core Principles and Practice

Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics

Modern Developments in Behavioral Economics

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