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Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology

By: John B. West

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Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology

By: John B. West

This book consists of 23 essays about prominent people and events in the history of respiratory physiology. It provides a first-hand chronicle of the advancements made in respiratory physiology starting with Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology. The volume covers every aspect of the evolution of this important area of knowledge: pulmonary circulation, Boyle’s Law, pulmonary capillaries and alveoli, morphology, gas exchange and blood flow, mechanics, control of ventilation, and comparative physiology. The book emphasizes societal and philosophical aspects of the history of science. Although it concentrates on physiology, it also describes how cultural movements, such as The Enlightenment, shaped the researchers discussed. This book is published on behalf of the American Physiological Society by Springer. Access to APS books published with Springer is free to APS members.

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1493923625

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Deconverted

The Deconstruction and Dismantling of the Contemporary Church

By: Jeffery Childress,John S. Knox

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Deconverted

The Deconstruction and Dismantling of the Contemporary Church

By: Jeffery Childress,John S. Knox

Is the modern Christian church losing the battle against postmodern society and the current hate culture? Deconverted reflects research gathered from interviews with once self-professed Christians who have now walked away from the church and their previously deeply-held religious beliefs. With so much at risk in the lives of postmodern seekers, who is being misled and what apologetical truths can the church learn from this phenomenon?

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144

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666790834

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9781666790832

High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

By: James S Milledge,John B West,Robert B Schoene

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High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

By: James S Milledge,John B West,Robert B Schoene

More than half a century has passed since man first stood on the summit of Mount Everest, and the story of man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided is one of the more colourful and exciting in medicine and physiology. The past few decades have seen an explosion in the interest in mountain pursuits in general, as increasing numbers of peopl

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CRC Press

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1444113682

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John Osborne

The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man

By: John Heilpern

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John Osborne

The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man

By: John Heilpern

John Osborne, the original Angry Young Man, shocked and transformed British theater in the 1950s with his play Look Back in Anger. This startling biography–the first to draw on the secret notebooks in which he recorded his anguish and depression–reveals the notorious rebel in all his heartrending complexity. Through a working-class childhood and five marriages, Osborne led a tumultuous life. An impossible father, he threw his teenage daughter out of the house and never spoke to her again. His last written words were "I have sinned." Theater critic John Heilpern’s detailed portrait, including interviews with Osborne's daughter, scores of friends and enemies, and his alleged male lover, shows us a contradictory genius–an ogre with charm, a radical who hated change, and above all, a defiant individualist.

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Vintage

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0307557170

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9780307557179

How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?

Writings on Theater--and Why It Matters

By: John Heilpern

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How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?

Writings on Theater--and Why It Matters

By: John Heilpern

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1136691456

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High Life

A History of High-Altitude Physiology and Medicine

By: John B West

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High Life

A History of High-Altitude Physiology and Medicine

By: John B West

HE history of high-altitude physiology and medicine is such a rich and T colorful topic that it is perhaps surprising that no one has undertaken a comprehensive account before. There are so many interesting ramifications, from the early balloonists to the various high-altitude expeditions, culminating in the great saga of climbing Mt. Everest without supplementary oxygen. Underpinning this variety is the basic biological challenge of hypoxia and the ways organisms adapt to it, a subject that is of key importance in medicine and many other life sciences, encountered as it is by organisms throughout the animal kingdom. I hope that this book will be of interest to a wide range of people, from biologists and physiologists to pulmonologists and others who manage patients with hypoxemia. The topic should also appeal to those who love the mountains including trekkers, skiers, climbers, and mountaineers. The book begins with a short introductory chapter to set the scene for the non-scientist. It then follows a general chronological sequence beginning with the Greeks and ending with contemporary events. In some places, however some compromises have been made to group together areas of related interest. For example, in Chapter 4 the controversy about oxygen secretion is traced from the 1870s to the 1930s and includes the Anglo-American Pikes Peak Ex pedition of 1911 and the International High-Altitude Expedition to Cerro de Pasco, Peru during 1921-1922. It makes sense to consider these events together.

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Springer

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1461475732

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William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

A Life in Engineering 1823-1904

By: John Woodhams

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William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

A Life in Engineering 1823-1904

By: John Woodhams

William Adams (1823 – 1904) is probably best known from his locomotive designs for the London & South Western Railway. The years at Nine Elms were the culmination of career which began formally in marine engineering, including a period at sea with the Royal Sardinian Navy, encompassed civil engineering and surveying before joining the North London Railway as locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent. He has been described as the father of the suburban train, an inventive engineer, who pioneered the use of continuous train brakes, developed well designed, free-steaming locomotive boilers for services requiring rapid acceleration and frequent stops, and his invention of a bogie with controlled side-play revolutionized future locomotive design. His next move was to the Great Eastern Railway where his designs met with mixed success, before moving south of the Thames to Nine Elms. Here, over five hundred locomotives were built to his designs, with his later express classes regarded by many as his greatest achievement. Adams also proved himself a very capable designer in developing locomotive and carriage works at all three railways, improving efficiency and reducing costs. This book tells the story of a genial man with a love of music, who was undoubtedly one of the finest late Victorian locomotive engineers.

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Pen and Sword Transport

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1399071998

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Orwell to the Present

Literature in England, 1945-2000

By: John Brannigan

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Orwell to the Present

Literature in England, 1945-2000

By: John Brannigan

This essential introductory guide provides a comprehensive critical survey of the diverse and rich body of literary writing produced in England in the postwar period. John Brannigan explores the relationship between literature and history, and analyses how poets, playwrights and novelists have revisited notions of Englishness, represented Englands of the past, and sought to make new 'maps' of English culture and society. Orwell to the Present: Literature in England, 1945-2000 combines original readings of familiar texts with wide-ranging explorations of the principal themes and historical and cultural contexts of literature since the end of the Second World War. Writers considered in detail include: Martin Amis, Simon Armitage, Pat Barker, John Betjeman, Edward Bond, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, Sam Selvon, Graham Swift and Evelyn Waugh.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350308854

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Reorienting a Nation: Consultants and Australian Public Policy

By: John F. Martin

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Reorienting a Nation: Consultants and Australian Public Policy

By: John F. Martin

First published in 1998, this volume examines how in the 1980s Australian governments experienced dramatic change in the policy-making environment. The use of consultants by successive Hawke Labour governments in the mid-to-late 1980s to facilitate reviews of public policy was a strategy important to dealing with the complexity of these issues. This book shows how the use of policy consultants complements traditional policy-making processes and the management of public policy change by government. In the 1980s Australian governments experienced dramatic and often unprecedented change in policy-making environment. Moves towards market-orientated, 'small' government in a context of worlds economic liberalisation created new and challenging issues for national governments. The use of consultants by successive Hawke Labour governments in the mid-to-late 1980s to facilitate reviews of public policy was a strategy important to dealing with the complexity of these issues. Using insights from a range of public policy literatures, the research investigated the hypothesis that the use of consultants to review important policy areas could be an effective strategy for devising major new directions needed in a context of economic turbulence. In this situation, the book suggests, use of policy consultants complements traditional policy-making processes and the management of public policy change by government.

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249

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Routledge

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0429829159

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The Fire that Never Sleeps

Keys to Sustaining Personal Revival

By: Michael L. Brown, PhD,John Killpatrick,Larry Sparks

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The Fire that Never Sleeps

Keys to Sustaining Personal Revival

By: Michael L. Brown, PhD,John Killpatrick,Larry Sparks

Get Revived . . . and Stay On Fire! “I had such a powerful experience with God. He touched my heart so deeply... and after that one encounter, I wanted to live for Jesus every day for the rest of my life.” Then life went back to normal. Sound familiar? Perhaps you’ve had an encounter with...

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768407192

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Prophet, Arise

Your Call to Boldly Speak the Word of the Lord

By: John Eckhardt

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Prophet, Arise

Your Call to Boldly Speak the Word of the Lord

By: John Eckhardt

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For the darkness shall cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord shall rise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. —Isaiah 60:1-2, MEV

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Charisma Media

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1629986399

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Man of the Century

Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945

By: John Ramsden

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Man of the Century

Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945

By: John Ramsden

Man of the Century is the often surprising story of how Winston Churchill, in the last years of his life, carefully crafted his reputation for posterity, revealing him to be perhaps the twentieth century's first, and most gifted, "spin doctor." Ramsden draws on fresh material and extensive research on three continents to argue that the statesman's force of personality and romantic, imperial notion of Britain has contributed directly to many of the political debates of the last decades--including American involvement in Vietnam and the role of the Anglo-American alliance in promoting and protecting a certain vision of world order.

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Columbia University Press

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0231131062

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9780231131063

Global Nation?

Australia and the Politics of Globalisation

By: John Wiseman

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Global Nation?

Australia and the Politics of Globalisation

By: John Wiseman

Globalisation was one of the most ubiquitous buzzwords of the late twentieth century, yet its meaning was often elusive. Retrenchments, trade alliances, global warming, currency devaluations, and so on are often explained as unavoidable consequences of globalisation, and even everyday things - from the food we eat to the television we watch and the clothes we wear - are apparently impacted upon by globalisation. This 1998 book provides an accessible exploration of the meanings and implications of globalisation. The discussion is carefully grounded in the changing social, economic, ecological, and political relationships of Australia. Global Nation? also looks at a range of existing and potential responses to the globalisation process, arguing that there may be alternatives, even though we are increasingly told that there are not.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521597552

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9780521597555

The Mystery of the Ages

By: John W. Rush BTh MTS

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The Mystery of the Ages

By: John W. Rush BTh MTS

Christianity is not a religion, but it is a relationship with Christ. The key to victorious Christian living is presented in Colossians 1:24–29 by the Apostle Paul, and confirmed in many other references in the New Testament. In an inspirational study, Pastor John Rush dissects the concepts presented in Colossians, item-by-item, culminating in the supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit within the heart of every believer. What is God seeking to accomplish, and how does He go about producing this desired end and purpose in the lives of His saints? Within each chapter, Rush includes a true story chosen to illustrate the gracious power of the Lord in our lives, the ministry of evangelism, and the transformation of believers through prayer, spiritual warfare, and the Master’s touch. The Mystery of the Ages examines the inspiring Word of God in Colossians 1:24–29 by the Apostle Paul to demonstrate that our new birth must include that Christ (and the Holy Spirit) take up permanent residence within every believer.

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WestBow Press

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9798385021673

New Performance/New Writing

By: John Freeman

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New Performance/New Writing

By: John Freeman

Contemporary theatre is going through a period of unparalleled excitement and challenge. Terms like 'postmodern' and 'postdramatic' have their own contested and defended histories, while notions of truth in verbatim theatre are open to serious critical challenge. Theatre writing can result in no words being spoken and nothing appearing on the page, and productions are stretching the boundaries of space, place and context like never before. This revised and significantly expanded edition of New Performance/New Writing explores immersive and solo theatre, autoethnography, applied drama, performance writing, plot, story, narrative and devising. It presents an invaluable response to questions that arise from new theatre, prompting active reading that enhances classroom and workshop learning, and improves productivity in rehearsal. Each chapter explores a key aspect of theatre study, while an extensive timeline of theatre events gives a broad overview of its evolution. Case studies on practitioners as diverse as Kneehigh, Punchdrunk, Mark Ravenhill and Forced Entertainment are scattered throughout the book, along with detailed suggestions for workshops, which encourage readers to test some of the book's ideas in practice.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350315893

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Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology

Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology

Deconverted

Deconverted

High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

John Osborne

John Osborne

How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?

How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?

High Life

High Life

William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

Orwell to the Present

Orwell to the Present

Reorienting a Nation: Consultants and Australian Public Policy

Reorienting a Nation: Consultants and Australian Public Policy

The Fire that Never Sleeps

The Fire that Never Sleeps

Prophet, Arise

Prophet, Arise

Man of the Century

Man of the Century

Global Nation?

Global Nation?

The Mystery of the Ages

The Mystery of the Ages

New Performance/New Writing

New Performance/New Writing

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