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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

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Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

By: George A. Cevasco,Lorne Hammond,Richard Harmond,Keir B. Sterling

Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.

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958

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 10

0313036497

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9780313036491

Canna

The Story of a Hebridean Island

By: John Lorne Campbell

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Canna

The Story of a Hebridean Island

By: John Lorne Campbell

This is the definitive history of Canna, one of the most beautiful of all the Scottish islands. Fertile and with a sheltered harbour, Canna has played an important part in the story of the Hebrides. After the Reformation the island was of considerable importance to the Irish Franciscan mission of the 1620s and also the Jacobite risings before it was swept up in the tragedies of depopulation and clearances of the nineteenth century. Gifted to the National Trust in 1981, the island is currently undergoing something of a revival, with the creation of the St Edward Centre on Sanday, and the proposed developments of Canna House. Recent archaeological surveys and historical research has uncovered much new evidence about the island. Hugh Cheape of the Royal Museum of Scotland, who has been intimately involved in the Canna project, has fully edited the book. New contributions both update and fill out the account of the island.

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362

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Birlinn Ltd

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0857909541

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9780857909541

This Round's On Me

Lorne Rubenstein On Golf

By: Lorne Rubenstein

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This Round's On Me

Lorne Rubenstein On Golf

By: Lorne Rubenstein

Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He has been reporting on golf for more than thirty years, and this is a collection of Rubenstein’s best and favourite pieces from 1993 to 2008, selected from thousands of newspaper, magazine, and Internet articles. In this book, readers will revel in the wide range of subjects, including course design; swing techniques (such as the stack and tilt); famous people, such as Moe Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Marlene Streit, Payne Stewart, and Ben Hogan; writers, such as Stephen Leacock; and reflections on the beauty and joy of the game. Two separate chapters are devoted to our most important golf heroes: the Canadian champion Mike Weir and the indomitable Tiger Woods. Within these pages, golf enthusiasts of every age and skill level will find something new to delight them. This is as much a celebration of the sport as it is a celebration of one of our most esteemed and beloved golf writers.

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296

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McClelland & Stewart

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ISBN 10

1551993651

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9781551993652

Close Relations

An Introduction to the Sociology of Families

By: Susan A. McDaniel,Lorne Tepperman

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Close Relations

An Introduction to the Sociology of Families

By: Susan A. McDaniel,Lorne Tepperman

Designed for courses in Marriage and the Family, and Sociology of the Family. This Canadian text provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, structure, history, and future of the family. It examines up-to-the-minute topics such as the effects of evolving gender roles and attitudes toward sexual orientation.

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596

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Pearson Prentice Hall

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0130449334

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9780130449337

Cults in Context

Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements

By: Lorne Dawson

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Cults in Context

Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements

By: Lorne Dawson

In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs.The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion?Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.

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725

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Routledge

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135152464X

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9781351524643

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the Complete Works

By: Jan Gossaert,Stijn Alsteens,Nadine Orenstein,Lorne Campbell,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

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Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the Complete Works

By: Jan Gossaert,Stijn Alsteens,Nadine Orenstein,Lorne Campbell,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 5, 2010-Jan. 17, 2011, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Feb. 23-May 30, 2011, National Gallery, London (selected paintings only).

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588393984

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9781588393982

Peabody and Squires

By: Lorne Peat

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Peabody and Squires

By: Lorne Peat

Just before he is awarded the Victoria Cross for courage and bravery in the Delhi Rebellion of 1857, a black British colonel named Reginald Peabody discovers that he has inherited a tobacco plantation in Virginia. After he and his lifelong friend, Nicolas Squires, escape court-martial in England for speaking against the British government, they arrive in Virginia and have to deal with the plantation's overseer whose family has managed the land for more than one hundred years. When Peabody frees over three hundred slaves and offers them equal shares of land, runaways from all over the South converge on the farm. But when the Virginia state government charges him with property theft, Peabody's estate wages war with the Virginia militia. Underestimating the training skills of two battle-experienced British officers, the militia is ill prepared. To end the tension, Peabody offers Virginia a proposal that will alter the country's destiny

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230

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iUniverse

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0595392032

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9780595392032

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

By: Cheryl Mallen,Lorne Adams

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Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

By: Cheryl Mallen,Lorne Adams

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management encourages students to apply theoretical foundations as they “think through” the requirements for any specific event, enabling them to develop a knowledge strategy for event management that will guide them into this field. This book focuses specifically on the operational planning component and the role of the event manager as the planner and facilitator, providing theoretical foundations behind the activities for planning. Full of industry applications strengthening the featured theory, Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management is the essential book for anyone entering the event management field.

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Routledge

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1136364471

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Book's by Lorne Dixon

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

Canna

Canna

This Round's On Me

This Round's On Me

Close Relations

Close Relations

Cults in Context

Cults in Context

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures

Peabody and Squires

Peabody and Squires

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

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