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Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

A Report Prepared By The Committee On Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

By: Mary Koppal

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Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

A Report Prepared By The Committee On Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

By: Mary Koppal

In a two-year study, the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Developing Strategies for Rangeland Management examined at length the scientific, political, economic, legal, and social issues arising from the BLM's stewardship role. This book, reporting the findings and recommendations of the NAS committee, contains over eighty professional papers presented at workshops designed to assess forage allocation, inventory of rangeland resources, impact of grazing intensity and specialized grazing systems on the use and value of rangeland, manipulative range improvements, application of socioeconomic techniques to range management decision making, and political and legal aspects of range management.

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CRC Press

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042970531X

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9780429705311

Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith

My Life as a Supreme

By: Mary Wilson

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Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith

My Life as a Supreme

By: Mary Wilson

More than 40 years ago, three girls from the Detroit projects made the world 'Stop!' and take notice of their fresh harmonies and classy style. Cultivated by the Motown star machine, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard popped onto the charts with hits like "Baby Love" and "Where Did Our Love Go" and made the Supremes not only a household name, but rock and roll legends. The story of their journey to fame is one that fairy tales are made of—complete with battles, tragedies, and triumphs. It's a story that only one of the founders of this talented trio is able or willing to share with the world. In Dreamgirls & Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme, Supremes' co-founder Mary Wilson boldly brings to life all the intimate details of the group's struggle to top the charts. This is the first book to tell the complete story of Mary's courageous life from childhood through the height of the Supremes, to the turn of the century. This beautiful paperback edition combines the best-selling Dreamgirls with the sequel, Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together, for the first time in one volume. The new afterword brings Mary's intriguing story up to date with details on. . . · The tragic car accident that claimed her son's life · The death of her mother, Johnnie Mae, and her dear friend, Mary Wells · Becoming a grandmother · Making her peace with Berry Gordy and Diana Ross · Being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Supremes wonderful music isn't the only thing to remain in the public's mind. Diana Ross' push for dominance in the trio has become legendary. Mary Wilson speaks candidly about Ross' tactics to latch onto Berry Gordy, and force her will on the group's activities. For example, while on the early tours, Diana would threaten to call Gordy from the road if the men on the bus didn't behave to her approval. She also openly pushed for Flo's removal from the group. Wilson also openly shares her thoughts on . . .The group's never-ending b

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Cooper Square Press

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1461660947

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9781461660941

Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8

By: Mary Fieser

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Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8

By: Mary Fieser

Reagents for Organic Synthesis This widely respected reference has been brought up to date with the publication of Volume 8. Over 6000 entries abstract the most important information on commonly used reagents from 1966 through mid 1978. Every reagent discussed includes the preparation, properties, uses, sources of supply, critical comments, references, and more. Volume 1 1967 1,457 pp. Volume 2 1969 538 pp. Volume 3 1972 401 pp. Volume 4 1974 660 pp. Volume 5 1975 864 pp. Volume 6 1977 765 pp. Volume 7 1979 487 pp.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471048348

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9780471048343

The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson

By: Mary Ellen Lamb

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The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson

By: Mary Ellen Lamb

By analyzing appropriations of fairies, old wives, and mummers, this project explores the conflicted entanglements of early moderns leaving, or attempting to leave, a once-shared common culture behind.

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Routledge

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1134441118

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The Harvest and the Reapers

Oral Traditions of Kentucky

By: Kenneth Clarke,Mary Washington Clarke

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The Harvest and the Reapers

Oral Traditions of Kentucky

By: Kenneth Clarke,Mary Washington Clarke

The oral tradition of Kentucky is one of the most rich and interesting in the nation and has attracted a number of outstanding men and women—scholars and writers, teachers and singers—who have devoted their energies to Kentucky's folk and their ways. Some have collected examples of the state's unique speech patterns and word usages. Others have recorded local place names and the legends that surround them, or the yarns and tall tales transmitted from one generation to the next. Musicians have sought the authentic mountain folk songs, both old and new, and gifted writers have woven details of their Kentucky upbringing into poems, novels, and stories. The Harvest and the Reapers illuminates the work of those who labor tirelessly to preserve Kentucky's oral history and traditions.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813189039

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9780813189031

Crisis-Ready Teams

Data-Driven Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power, Emergency Medicine, and Mine Rescue

By: Mary Waller,Seth Kaplan

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Crisis-Ready Teams

Data-Driven Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power, Emergency Medicine, and Mine Rescue

By: Mary Waller,Seth Kaplan

Prepare any team for peak performance when crisis comes. Crisis-Ready Teams explains how any team, and any team leader, in any industry or sector, can prepare in advance to manage crises that suddenly pull people together to address high-magnitude events that could seriously harm their organizations. The book is based on extensive, unprecedented research on crisis team dynamics, key success behaviors, and why some teams perform so much better than others. Leading scholars Mary J. Waller and Seth A. Kaplan recorded and statistically analyzed audio and video recordings of hundreds of hours of crisis simulations involving flight crews, nuclear power plant control rooms, mine rescues, emergency room doctors and nurses, etc. Based on this empirical research, and other academic literature on how teams perform in crises, the authors show how crisis teams and leaders can cement crucial behaviors through attention to team composition and communication, especially in the first few minutes of a crisis. The book provides a valuable framework and research data for scholars studying crises and teams in organizations. It is also appropriate for MBA or executive education instruction on crisis management and leadership.

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238

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Stanford University Press

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1503639711

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Hidden History of Plano

By: Mary Jacobs,Jeff Campbell

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Hidden History of Plano

By: Mary Jacobs,Jeff Campbell

Did you know that Plano once had a winning semipro baseball team? And its own university, boasting a pagoda imported from Malaysia? Or that the city once proudly proclaimed itself the "Mule Capital of the World"? Meet the Native American Planoite who walked in space, the African American entrepreneur who prospered in Jim Crow Texas and the man behind the "mystery stone" uncovered in the Collinwood House. Visit a military tank, a five-hundred-year-old tree and the pioneer cemetery started by a smallpox epidemic. From the town's contributions to World War II to the secrets lurking beneath Collin Creek Mall, unlock the astonishingly large storehouse of Plano's hidden history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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143966935X

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Leading Lean Software Development

Results Are not the Point

By: Mary Poppendieck,Tom Poppendieck

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Leading Lean Software Development

Results Are not the Point

By: Mary Poppendieck,Tom Poppendieck

Building on their breakthrough bestsellers Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck’s latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive high-value change throughout a software organization—and make it stick. They go far beyond generic implementation guidelines, demonstrating exactly how to make lean work in real projects, environments, and companies. The Poppendiecks organize this book around the crucial concept of frames, the unspoken mental constructs that shape our perspectives and control our behavior in ways we rarely notice. For software leaders and team members, some frames lead to long-term failure, while others offer a strong foundation for success. Drawing on decades of experience, the authors present twenty-four frames that offer a coherent, complete framework for leading lean software development. You’ll discover powerful new ways to act as competency leader, product champion, improvement mentor, front-line leader, and even visionary. Systems thinking: focusing on customers, bringing predictability to demand, and revamping policies that cause inefficiency Technical excellence: implementing low-dependency architectures, TDD, and evolutionary development processes, and promoting deeper developer expertise Reliable delivery: managing your biggest risks more effectively, and optimizing both workflow and schedules Relentless improvement: seeing problems, solving problems, sharing the knowledge Great people: finding and growing professionals with purpose, passion, persistence, and pride Aligned leaders: getting your entire leadership team on the same page From the world’s number one experts in Lean software development, Leading Lean Software Development will be indispensable to everyone who wants to transform the promise of lean into reality—in enterprise IT and software companies alike.

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530

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Pearson Education

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0321699653

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9780321699657

Crossed Currents

Navy Women in a Century of Change

By: Mary-Beth Hall

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Crossed Currents

Navy Women in a Century of Change

By: Mary-Beth Hall

This new, revised edition of the path-breaking first history of the female members of the U.S. Navy has been updated to include the recent integration of Navy women into the crews of combaant shops and tactical aviation squadrons, and the contributions of Navy women to the space program. It is a comprehensive chronicle of inspirational service spanning nearly the entire century.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612347290

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9781612347295

Pathways to Ancient Shelter

A Sojourn in Langtry, Texas

By: Mary Locke Crofts

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Pathways to Ancient Shelter

A Sojourn in Langtry, Texas

By: Mary Locke Crofts

Mary Locke Crofts graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and for several years taught English. She then completed the graduate program in myth and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. A storyteller, she lives in San Antonio and Langtry and has two grown children.

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1496969316

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Exploring Science and Art

Discovering Connections

By: Mary Kirsch Boehm

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Exploring Science and Art

Discovering Connections

By: Mary Kirsch Boehm

What do Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso have in common? Can we learn about science by studying art There are many connections just waiting to be discovered between the natural world and artistic techniques that have been used for centuries. Mary Kirsch Boehm systematically guides you through a look at science with an artistic eye, introducing an integrated and often overlooked view of the two disciplines. By exploring the materials and techniques of art and the science behind them, Boehm reveals just how interconnected our world really is.

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City of Light Publishing

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1952536138

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9781952536137

The Book of Memory

A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture

By: Mary J. Carruthers

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The Book of Memory

A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture

By: Mary J. Carruthers

The Book of Memory is a magisterial and beautifully illustrated account of the workings and function of memory in medieval society. Memory was the psychological faculty valued above all others in the period stretching from late antiquity through the Renaissance. The prominence given to memory has profound implications for the contemporary understanding of all creative activity, and the social role of literature and art. Drawing on a range of fascinating examples from Dante, Chaucer, and Aquinas to the symbolism of illuminated manuscripts, this unusually wide-ranging book offers new insights into the medieval world.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521429730

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9780521429733

Elizabethan Silent Language

By: Mary E. Hazard

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Elizabethan Silent Language

By: Mary E. Hazard

Elizabethan Silent Language is an anatomy of an alternative or supplementary mode of communication in a culture prized for its literary contributions. Through the use of nonverbal media, Elizabethans coexpressed, enhanced, andøsometimes even subverted the medium of the written or spoken word. Besides written documents and works of art, extant material reveals new referents and deeper meaning for Elizabethan verbal expression. Funeral monuments, jewelry, costume, foodstuffs, protocol, sumptuary laws, portraits, architecture, management of public appearance, absence, and silence?all were forms of a silent language. The main elements of the semantic system of Elizabethan silent language were in many cases those of literal language, with resources in religion, in antiquity as translated through humanist tradition, in custom and law, in the Continental Renaissance, and in Tudor historiography?syntactic elements translated through word and practice and subject to personal inflection. Assumed as given values were the masculine norm, young adulthood, courtly service, discernment of ethical and aesthetic dimensions in all aspects of life, a comprehensive rule of decorum, and the preservation of religious, political, and social hierarchy. Elizabethan Silent Language is a unique book. Although Renaissance scholars have focused their attention on individual components of texts, such as ceremony, costume, architecture, protocol, and portrait, no other source synthesizes these components.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803223978

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9780803223974

From the Frio to Del Rio

Travel Guide to the Western Hill Country and the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

By: Mary S. Black

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From the Frio to Del Rio

Travel Guide to the Western Hill Country and the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

By: Mary S. Black

Each year, more than two million visitors enjoy the attractions of the Western Hill Country, with Uvalde as its portal, and the lower Pecos River canyonlands, which stretch roughly along US 90 from Brackettville, through Del Rio, and on to the west. Amistad National Recreation Area, the Judge Roy Bean Visitors’ Center and Botanical Garden, Seminole Canyon State Park, and the Briscoe-Garner Museum in Uvalde, along with ghost towns, ancient rock art, sweeping vistas, and unique flora and fauna, are just a few of the features that make this distinctive section of the Lone Star State an enticing destination. Now, veteran writer, blogger, and educator Mary S. Black serves up the best of this region’s special adventures and secret treasures. From the Frio to Del Rio is chock-full of helpful maps, colorful photography, and tips on where to stay, what to do, and how to get there. In addition there are details for 10 scenic routes, 3 historic forts and 7 state parks and other recreation areas.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623495083

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St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II

Selected Annotated Abstracts of Marriage Book 1, 1811-1829

By: Sanders, Mary Elizabeth

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St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II

Selected Annotated Abstracts of Marriage Book 1, 1811-1829

By: Sanders, Mary Elizabeth

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II: Selected Annotated Abstracts of Marriage Book 1, 1811-1829 records marriages performed in St. Mary Parish by parish judges, justices of the peace, and Protestant ministers. When possible, information about each bride and groom's family is included, along with names of witnesses.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455612340

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The Character Compass

Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century

By: Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Bill Furlong

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The Character Compass

Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century

By: Mary Crossan,Gerard Seijts,Bill Furlong

A guide to transforming leadership for the 21st century, this is a book about a powerful and practical framework that leaders can use to help their organizations thrive, prosper, and improve the world around them: leader character. Developed through extensive research, teaching, and outreach over the past decade, leader character is the foundation that leaders rely upon to help them make their most critical judgments. This book carries forward the authors’ important work to the implementation stage on both the individual and organizational levels. Based on the authors’ interactions with organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors around the world, they offer practical roadmaps for implementing leader character in such areas as leadership development, strategy, manifesting purpose, culture-building, executive recruitment and HR practices, EDI, risk management, and other key corporate activities. The result of these implementations is nothing less than sustained organizational excellence. Leader character is the compass that helps leaders steer their organizations through real, positive, and lasting change. This actionable book will earn its place on the bookshelves of professionals and students in talent management, leadership development, HR, and organizational development, as well as leaders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000990184

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Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

Developing Strategies For Rangeland Management

Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith

Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith

Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8

Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8

The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson

The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson

The Harvest and the Reapers

The Harvest and the Reapers

Crisis-Ready Teams

Crisis-Ready Teams

Hidden History of Plano

Hidden History of Plano

Leading Lean Software Development

Leading Lean Software Development

Crossed Currents

Crossed Currents

Pathways to Ancient Shelter

Pathways to Ancient Shelter

Exploring Science and Art

Exploring Science and Art

The Book of Memory

The Book of Memory

Elizabethan Silent Language

Elizabethan Silent Language

From the Frio to Del Rio

From the Frio to Del Rio

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series Vol. II

The Character Compass

The Character Compass

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