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Fast Jets to Spitfires

A Cold War Fighter Pilot's Story

By: Ron Lloyd

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Fast Jets to Spitfires

A Cold War Fighter Pilot's Story

By: Ron Lloyd

How often have you glanced skywards at the sound of a passing aircraft and wondered what it would be like to fly one of those gleaming metal machines? Or admired the skill and the daring of the fighter pilot swooping down upon his enemy in the awe-inspiring, unrivalled elegance of a Spitfire? Ron Lloyd has had the experience of flying the majestic propeller-driven aircraft of the Second World War as well as the roaring, sound-barrier-breaking jets of the Cold War – and in this exciting book, he places the reader in the cockpit, describing what it really feels like to be sitting at the controls of a fighter aircraft. Ron Lloyd joined the RAF after the Second World War. During his early service he was selected to be one of the pilots to fly the wartime aircraft in the famous feature film The Battle of Britain, being fortunate to fly a Spitfire and even a Messerschmitt Bf 109 during the six weeks of filming. His role with the RAF, on the other hand, saw him on the front line in the Cold War, piloting de Havilland Vampires, Hawker Hunters, Gloster Javelins, Lightnings and Phantoms. He also served on exchange in the USA where he flew Convair F-102s, Convair F-106s and Lockheed T-33s. Ron wanted to share the thrills and the dangers of flying such aircraft with those who have not had such privileges – as well as relive such moments with those who have. Packed with unique photographs of the golden age of British military aviation, _Fast Jets to Spitfires_ brings the recent past back to life and allows readers to experience, through Ron Lloyd’s graphic accounts, the pure joy of being airborne, alone and in control of the great flying machines that have helped forge this nation’s history.

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Air World

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1526759098

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9781526759092

Discovering Precision Health

Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being

By: Lloyd Minor

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Discovering Precision Health

Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being

By: Lloyd Minor

Today we are on the brink of a much-needed transformative moment for health care. The U.S. health care system is designed to be reactive instead of preventive. The result is diagnoses that are too late and outcomes that are far worse than our level of spending should deliver. In recent years, U.S. life expectancy has been declining. Fundamental to realizing better health, and a more effective health care system, is advancing the disruptive thinking that has spawned innovation in Silicon Valley and throughout the world. That's exactly what Stanford Medicine has done by proposing a new vision for health and health care. In Discovering Precision Health, Lloyd Minor and Matthew Rees describe a holistic approach that will set health care on the right track: keep people healthy by preventing disease before it starts and personalize the treatment of individuals precisely, based on their specific profile. With descriptions of the pioneering work undertaken at Stanford Medicine, complemented by fascinating case studies of innovations from entities including the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, GRAIL, and Impossible Foods, Minor and Rees present a dynamic vision for the future of individual health and health care. Youll see how tools from smartphone technology to genome sequencing to routine blood tests are helping avert illness and promote health. And you'll learn about the promising progress already underway in bringing greater precision to the process of predicting, preventing, and treating a range of conditions, including allergies, mental illness, preterm birth, cancer, stroke, and autism. The book highlights how biomedical advances are dramatically improving our ability to treat and cure complex diseases, while emphasizing the need to devote more attention to social, behavioral, and environmental factors that are often the primary determinants of health. The authors explore thought-provoking topics including: The unlikely role of Google Glass in treating autism How gene editing can advance precision in treating disease What medicine can learn from aviation liHow digital tools can contribute to health and innovation Discovering Precision Health showcases entirely new ways of thinking about health and health care and can help empower us to lead healthier lives.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119672740

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9781119672746

The Story of North Texas

From Texas Normal College, 1890, to the University of North Texas System, 2001

By: James Lloyd Rogers

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The Story of North Texas

From Texas Normal College, 1890, to the University of North Texas System, 2001

By: James Lloyd Rogers

With unlimited archival access and a journalist's attention to detail, James L. Rogers updates and expands his 1965 publication to bring the university's history into the next century. The founder of the Texas Normal College, Joshua C. Chilton, declared in 1890 the institution's aim "to become leaders in the education of the young men and women of Texas, fitting them to creditably fill the most important positions in business and professional circles." By 1965 the eighth president, J. C. Matthews, presided over an institution granting doctorates in the sciences, mathematics, humanities, social sciences, teacher education, business administration, and the fine arts. In the last thirty-five years the institution has grown to become the University of North Texas System under the leadership of Chancellor Alfred Hurley and President Norval Pohl, with campuses in Dallas and Fort Worth. It now stands as the leading university of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Generously illustrated with over eighty photos of people and events on campus, The Story of North Texas provides the definitive history of this institution and is an inspiration to its alumni and friends..

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University of North Texas Press

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1574411284

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9781574411287

Becoming Penn

The Pragmatic American University, 195-2

By: John L. Puckett,Mark Frazier Lloyd

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Becoming Penn

The Pragmatic American University, 195-2

By: John L. Puckett,Mark Frazier Lloyd

The second half of the twentieth century saw the University of Pennsylvania grow in size as well as in stature. On its way to becoming one of the world's most celebrated research universities, Penn exemplified the role of urban renewal in the postwar redevelopment and expansion of urban universities, and the indispensable part these institutions played in the remaking of American cities. Yet urban renewal is only one aspect of this history. Drawing from Philadelphia's extensive archives as well as the University's own historical records and publications, John L. Puckett and Mark Frazier Lloyd examine Penn's rise to eminence amid the social, moral, and economic forces that transformed major public and private institutions across the nation. Becoming Penn recounts the shared history of university politics and urban policy as the campus grappled with twentieth-century racial tensions, gender inequality, labor conflicts, and economic retrenchment. Examining key policies and initiatives of the administrations led by presidents Gaylord Harnwell, Martin Meyerson, Sheldon Hackney, and Judith Rodin, Puckett and Lloyd revisit the actors, organizations, and controversies that shaped campus life in this turbulent era. Illustrated with archival photographs of the campus and West Philadelphia neighborhood throughout the late twentieth century, Becoming Penn provides a sweeping portrait of one university's growth and impact within the broader social history of American higher education.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812291085

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9780812291087

Searching for the Summer

A Story of Injury and Resolution

By: Martin H. Lloyd

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Searching for the Summer

A Story of Injury and Resolution

By: Martin H. Lloyd

“Each year, I would seek out the approach of spring, for it would mean the onset of better weather, which promised the long days of summer. This meant more motor biking and better flying. ... My life was an ever-hopeful weather-watch: constantly scanning the forecast and the clouds for good conditions that meant a dry, warm ride or a smooth, trouble-free flight. I always looked for and expected the best. I had everything to live for, and all was well in my garden. And then it all went terribly, tragically wrong.” After an accident on his motorcycle left pilot Martin Lloyd badly disfigured, he was told he would never fly again. But despite his brokenness, Martin was determined to overcome his injury and pursue his passion for flight. Join him on his journey from the depths of tragedy to the heights of triumph as he goes Searching for the Summer.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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145755593X

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9781457555930

Campus Delicti

A Dan Quarrier Mystery

By: Lloyd Davis

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Campus Delicti

A Dan Quarrier Mystery

By: Lloyd Davis

When Professor Bud Harkness is found dead near the campus of Allegheny State University, Dan Quarrier, an old friend and colleague, cannot accept suicide as the apparent cause of death. With the help of Wally Fosse, his younger, red-bearded and quick-thinking sidekick, Dan's private investigation, which is sanctioned by local police detective and former student Art Morris, turns up some very disturbing information regarding the victim and his past relationships in the university community. In addition to solving the crime, Dan and Wally come across some humorous absurdities regarding life in a modern institution of so-called higher learning.

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iUniverse

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0595368301

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9780595368303

Religion and Health Care in East Africa

Lessons from Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia

By: Robert B Lloyd,Melissa Haussman,Patrick James

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Religion and Health Care in East Africa

Lessons from Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia

By: Robert B Lloyd,Melissa Haussman,Patrick James

What social factors contribute to the tragic state of health care in Africa? Focusing on East African societies, this book is the first to investigate what role religion plays in health care in African cultures. Taking into account the geopolitical and economic environments of the region, the authors examine the roles played by individual and group beliefs, government policies, and pressure from the Millennium Development Goals in affecting health outcomes. Informed by existing related studies, and on-the-ground interviews with individuals and organizations in Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia, this interdisciplinary book will form an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to better understand the links between society, multi-level state instruments, and health care in East Africa.

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Policy Press

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1447337875

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9781447337874

JPHMP's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration

By: Lloyd Novick

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JPHMP's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration

By: Lloyd Novick

JPHMP's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration, compiled by the founding editor and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, provides you with real-life examples of how to strategize and execute policies and practices when confronted with issues such as disease containment, emergency preparedness, and organizational, management, and administrative problems.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496377109

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9781496377104

Quality Health Care

By: Lloyd

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Quality Health Care

By: Lloyd

Written by an internationally-recognized expert in the field of quality management, this text is an essential guide for understanding how to plan and implement a successful quality measurement program in your healthcare facility. It begins by presenting an overview of the context for quality measurement, the forces influencing the demand for quality reform, how to listen to the voice of the customer, and the characteristics of quality that customers value most. Students will also learn how to select and define indicators to collect data and how to organize data into a dashboard that can provide feedback on progress toward quality measurement. Finally, this book explores how to analyze the data by detailing how variation lives in your data, and whether this variation is acceptable.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284150550

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9781284150551

Quality Health Care

A Guide to Developing and Using Indicators

By: Robert C. Lloyd

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Quality Health Care

A Guide to Developing and Using Indicators

By: Robert C. Lloyd

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284023079

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The World's Leading Conquerors: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman Sultans, the Spanish Conquistadors, Napoleon

By: Wilson Lloyd Bevan

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The World's Leading Conquerors: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman Sultans, the Spanish Conquistadors, Napoleon

By: Wilson Lloyd Bevan

As soon as the state of Israel was established, Jews from many countries began coming to the only land they could now call home. From the displaced persons camps, the Arab lands, Ethiopia, Yemen and other parts of the Diaspora where life for Jews was becoming unpleasant or worse. In Israel they could hope for a renewed existence among their own brethren.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465513159

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9781465513151

The Great Desert Escape

How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History

By: Keith Warren Lloyd

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The Great Desert Escape

How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History

By: Keith Warren Lloyd

Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an American prisoner-of-war camp. The disciplined Germans tunneled unnoticed through rock-hard, sunbaked soil and crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert. They were heading for Mexico, where there were sympathizers who could help them return to the Fatherland. It was the only large-scale domestic escape by foreign prisoners in US history. Wrung from contemporary newspaper articles, interviews, and first-person accounts from escapees and the law enforcement officers who pursued them, The Great Desert Escape brings history to life. At the US Army’s prisoner-of-war camp at Papago Park just outside of Phoenix, life was, at the best of times, uneasy for the German Kreigsmariners. On the outside of their prison fences were Americans who wanted nothing more than to see them die slow deaths for their perceived roles in killing fathers and brothers in Europe. Many of these German prisoners had heard rumors of execution for those who escaped. On the inside were rabid Nazis determined to get home and continue the fight. At Papago Park in March 1944, a newly arrived prisoner who was believed to have divulged classified information to the Americans was murdered—hung in one of the barracks by seven of his fellow prisoners. The prisoners of war dug a tunnel 6 feet deep and 178 feet long, finishing in December 1944. Once free of the camp, the 25 Germans scattered. The cold and rainy weather caused several of the escapees to turn themselves in. One attempted to hitchhike his way into Phoenix, his accent betraying him. Others lived like coyotes among the rocks and caves overlooking Papago Park. All the while, the escapees were pursued by soldiers, federal agents, police and Native American trackers determined to stop them from reaching Mexico and freedom.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493038915

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9781493038916

For Duty and Destiny

The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator

By: Lloyd A. Hunter

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For Duty and Destiny

The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator

By: Lloyd A. Hunter

William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. The story of Franklin College is the story of W. T. Stott, yet his influence was not confined to the school’s parameters. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community, and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar.

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871953692

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9780871953698

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison

By: William Lloyd Garrison

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The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison

By: William Lloyd Garrison

Collected letters of newspaper editor, reformer, and key American abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison from 1822, at age 17, to his death in 1879... These volumes are an important source of historical and biographical documentation -- with contextual insight by the editors, offering extensive insight into the mind of this influential reformer. Topics seen within include race relations, abolition of slavery, the rights of women, the role of religion and religious institutions, and the relation of the state and its citizens."--

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Harvard University Press

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0674526651

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9780674526655

WRITING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY

SELF, STORIES, AND ACADEMIC LIFE

By: H. Lloyd Goodall

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WRITING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY

SELF, STORIES, AND ACADEMIC LIFE

By: H. Lloyd Goodall

Responding to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars, Bud Goodall offers a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to work in this tradition. He provides writing tips and strategies from a well-published, successful author of creative nonfiction and concrete guidance on finding appropriate outlets for your work. For readers, he offers a set of criteria to assess the quality of creative nonfiction writing. Goodall suggests paths to success within the academy—still rife with political sinkholes for the narrative ethnographer—and ways of building a career as a public scholar. Goodall’s work serves as both a writing manual and career guide for those in qualitative inquiry.

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Left Coast Press

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1598743244

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9781598743241

An Artilleryman ́s Diary

By: Jenkin Lloyd Jones

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An Artilleryman ́s Diary

By: Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Reproduction of the original: An Artilleryman ́s Diary by Jenkin Lloyd Jones

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Fast Jets to Spitfires

Fast Jets to Spitfires

Discovering Precision Health

Discovering Precision Health

The Story of North Texas

The Story of North Texas

Becoming Penn

Becoming Penn

Searching for the Summer

Searching for the Summer

Campus Delicti

Campus Delicti

Religion and Health Care in East Africa

Religion and Health Care in East Africa

JPHMP's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration

JPHMP's 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration

Quality Health Care

Quality Health Care

Quality Health Care

Quality Health Care

The World's Leading Conquerors: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman Sultans, the Spanish Conquistadors, Napoleon

The World's Leading Conquerors: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman Sultans, the Spanish Conquistadors, Napoleon

The Great Desert Escape

The Great Desert Escape

For Duty and Destiny

For Duty and Destiny

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison

WRITING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY

WRITING QUALITATIVE INQUIRY

An Artilleryman ́s Diary

An Artilleryman ́s Diary

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