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Clearing the Coastline

The Nineteenth-Century Ecological and Cultural Transformations of Cape Cod

By: Matthew McKenzie

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Clearing the Coastline

The Nineteenth-Century Ecological and Cultural Transformations of Cape Cod

By: Matthew McKenzie

A social and ecological history of the rise and demise of Cape Cod's coastal fisheries in the nineteenth century

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UPNE

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1584659459

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9781584659457

Residential Construction Law

By: Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau

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Residential Construction Law

By: Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau

This is the first book to offer a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. In doing so, the book addresses two fundamental questions: Prevention: What assurances can the law give buyers (and later owners and occupiers) of homes that construction work – from building of a complete home to adding an extension or replacing a shower unit – will comply with minimum standards of design, safety and build quality? Cure: What forms of redress - from whom, and by what route - can residents expect, when, often long after completion of construction, they discover defects? The resulting problems pose some big and difficult questions of principle and policy about standards, rights and remedies, which in turn concern justice more generally. This book addresses these key issues in a comparative context across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It is an accessible guide to the existing law for residents and construction professionals (and their legal advisers), but also charts a course to further, meaningful reforms of the legal landscape for residential construction around the world. The book's two co-authors, Philip Britton and Matthew Bell, have taught in the field in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; both have been active in legal practice, as have the book's two specialist contributors, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn and Kim Vernau.

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672

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509939253

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9781509939251

Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960

Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation

By: Matthew R.H. Uttley

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Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960

Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation

By: Matthew R.H. Uttley

This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.

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256

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Routledge

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1135282382

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9781135282387

A Coffin of Stars

By: Matthew Ewald

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A Coffin of Stars

By: Matthew Ewald

In rural Virginia, Liam Bishop, a former Army Ranger with a troubled past, unwittingly discovers a mysterious cosmic force that begins haunting not only the woods beyond his property, but the very starlit skies above. What begins as neighborly concern over a series of bizarre occurrences, becomes an investigation into an endless nightmare in which Liam will not only have to confront the darkness within himself, but dig into the inhuman truths that lie beyond anything he could have ever imagined. As the world braces against the growing fears of extraterrestrial phenomenon, Liam Bishop will come to realize that this isn't an abduction he's facing...it's revenge. Based on the motion picture from star/producer/director Matthew Ewald (Author, Human Nature, Whispers in the Cries, The Coffin Clock)

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Black Bed Sheet Books

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1946874426

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9781946874429

In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida

By: Matthew Kear

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In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida

By: Matthew Kear

Tolomato Cemetery is the oldest remaining cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. It was founded in an era when the grim and grey church graveyard was the cultural norm in the North American colonies. In an act of compassion for a group of unfortunate Catholic refugees in British East Florida, the cemetery was established on the site of an abandoned Franciscan mission, where it remained active through the end of the 19th century. After a century of neglect, it now faces complex material conservation issues and a lack of public involvement in its care and interpretation. It sits silently locked within its gates, unable to share its own stories of St. Augustine's rich history. This book explores how the site evolved over the centuries into its present state and what can be done to ensure its survival and return to a place of prominence among the cultural resources of one of America's oldest cities. "In Reverence" was written as a graduate thesis at Cornell University in 2009 and has been revised for publication.

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Lulu.com

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0557864526

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9780557864522

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

A Biogeographic Approach

By: Matthew Richardson

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Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

A Biogeographic Approach

By: Matthew Richardson

Habitat loss and degradation are currently the main anthropogenic causes of species extinctions. The root cause is human overpopulation. This unique volume provides, for the very first time, a comprehensive overview of all threatened and recently extinct mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes within the context of their locations and habitats. The approach takes a systematic examination of each biogeographic realm and region of the world, both terrestrial and marine, but with a particular emphasis on geographic features such as mountains, islands, and coral reefs. It reveals patterns useful in biodiversity conservation, helps to put it all into perspective, and ultimately serves as both a baseline from which to compare subsequent developments as well as a standardization of the way threatened species are studied.

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2214

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Cambridge University Press

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1108852580

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9781108852586

Downstream

Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia

By: David L. O'Hara,Matthew T. Dickerson

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Downstream

Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia

By: David L. O'Hara,Matthew T. Dickerson

Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia is a mosaic combining nature writing, fly-fishing narrative, memoir, and philosophical and spiritual inquiry. Fly-fishing narratives and fragments of memoir provide the narrative arc for exploring relationships between humans and rivers, and the ways in which our attitudes and philosophies impact our practices and the waters we depend on for life. The authors guide their readers on a journey from Maine's Androscoggin watershed--once one of the ten filthiest rivers in the United States and now home to some of the best wild brook trout fishing in the United States--southward through Kentucky into Tennessee and North Carolina, where a native southern strain of brook trout struggles to survive. Like the rivers themselves, the chapters alternate between flowing narratives and the stiller waters that settle out above dams. While each stone in this mosaic is worth a close look in its own right, seen from a distance the book offers a broader picture of the cold mountain waters of Appalachia and their famous native fish: the brook trout. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1625647271

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9781625647276

Trials of the Monkey

An Accidental Memoir

By: Matthew Chapman

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Trials of the Monkey

An Accidental Memoir

By: Matthew Chapman

When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny." So declares Darwin's great-great grandson Matthew Chapman as he leaves behind his stressful career as a Hollywood screenwriter and travels to Dayton, Tennessee where in 1925 creationist opposition to the teaching of evolution in schools was played out in a famous legal drama, the Scopes Trial. The purpose of this journey is to see if opinions have changed in the seventy- five intervening years. A defiant atheist, Chapman is confronted not only by the fundamentalist beliefs that continue to banish the theory of evolution but by his own spiritual malaise as the outward journey becomes an inward quest, a tragicomic "accidental memoir". "First there was Charles Darwin, two yards long and nobody's fool. Then there was his son, my great-grandfather, Sir Francis Darwin, an eminent botanist. Then came my grandmother Frances, a modest poet who spent a considerable amount of time in rest-homes for depression From her issued my beloved mother, Clare, who was extremely short, failed to complete medical school, and eventually became an alcoholic. Then we get down to me. I'm in the movie business." Trials of the Monkey combines travel writing and reportage, as Chapman records his encounters in the South, with history and the accidental memoir of a man full of mid-life doubts in a genre-breaking first book that is darkly funny, provocative and poignant.

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Picador

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1429971843

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9781429971843

Population Genetics

By: Matthew B. Hamilton

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Population Genetics

By: Matthew B. Hamilton

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual approaches with classical hypotheses and debates, the book equips students to understand a wide array of empirical studies that are based on the first principles of population genetics. Featuring a highly accessible introduction to coalescent theory, as well as covering the major conceptual advances in population genetics of the last two decades, the second edition now also includes end of chapter problem sets and revised coverage of recombination in the coalescent model, metapopulation extinction and recolonization, and the fixation index.

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501

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John Wiley & Sons

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111843689X

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9781118436899

Alternate Killer

By: Matthew Franks

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Alternate Killer

By: Matthew Franks

Sam Floyd leads a normal life until Special Detective Erica Sayles unexpectedly appears one day and asks for his help to catch a killer. But not just any killer. In an alternate universe, Erica’s been pursuing Thomas Weir, Sam’s homicidal other self. Despite Sam’s reservations, Erica convinces him to accompany her to a different version of Earth. Sam soon finds himself in a technologically advanced society where high-ranking police officers can change their appearance at will and the president holds daily televised dance parties. Channeling a unique emotional and psychic connection to Thomas, Sam assists Erica in tracking him. But stopping Thomas doesn’t prove easy. He takes Erica and Sam down an ambitiously twisted trail of murder that ultimately puts both of their worlds in jeopardy.

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Crossroad Press

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1637897251

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9781637897256

The German Soldier in World War II

By: Stephen Hart,Professor Russell A. Hart,Matthew Hughes

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The German Soldier in World War II

By: Stephen Hart,Professor Russell A. Hart,Matthew Hughes

The German Soldier in World War II is a graphic portrait of the life of the private soldier in the army of the Third Reich, containing first-hand accounts from German Army veterans who served in the war. This book is for anyone interested in the history of World War II and the Third Reich.

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Amber Books Ltd

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1782744150

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9781782744153

Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning

Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education

By: Matthew Barr

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Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning

Using Video Games for Employability in Higher Education

By: Matthew Barr

This book explores the efficacy of game-based learning to develop university students’ skills and competencies. While writing on game-based learning has previously emphasised the use of games developed specifically for educational purposes, this book fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on commercial games such as World of Warcraft and Minecraft. Underpinned by robust empirical evidence, the author demonstrates that the current negative perception of video games is ill-informed, and in fact these games can be important tools to develop graduate skills related to employability. Speaking to very current concerns about the employability of higher education graduates and the skills that university is intended to develop, this book also explores the attitudes to game-based learning as expressed by instructors, students and game developers.

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238

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Springer Nature

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3030277860

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9783030277864

If One Uses It Lawfully

The Law of Moses and the Christian Life

By: Matthew E. Ferris

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If One Uses It Lawfully

The Law of Moses and the Christian Life

By: Matthew E. Ferris

Are the Ten Commandments the standard for Christian living? There are many viewpoints on the place of the Mosaic Law today. Some affirm that while we are not saved through keeping the law, it remains our standard for living, a pattern to be followed. Others say we are free from the law. This brief examination of the law affirms all of God’s revelation as Christian Scripture, but acknowledges covenantal differences in God’s dealings with believers. The progress of salvation history, and our identification with Christ, has altered our relationship to the Mosaic Law. Using the Law “lawfully” requires us to recognize the way in which the New Testament, and chiefly the Apostle Paul, treats the law. Paul presents the believer as having died to the law, and serving now in the new way of the Spirit, a way that does not depend on the Mosaic law. The pattern for the New Testament believer remains Jesus himself. While keeping all of God’s law, he went beyond its requirement to demonstrate a love for sinners that the law did not know.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532648979

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9781532648977

The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

By: Matthew P Llewellyn,John Gleaves

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The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

By: Matthew P Llewellyn,John Gleaves

For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic movement. No more. Today's Games present athletes who enjoy open corporate sponsorship and unabashedly compete for lucrative commercial endorsements. Matthew P. Llewellyn and John Gleaves analyze how this astonishing transformation took place. Drawing on Olympic archives and a wealth of research across media, the authors examine how an elite--white, wealthy, often Anglo-Saxon--controlled and shaped an enormously powerful myth of amateurism. The myth assumed an air of naturalness that made it seem unassailable and, not incidentally, served those in power. Llewellyn and Gleaves trace professionalism's inroads into the Olympics from tragic figures like Jim Thorpe through the shamateur era of under-the-table cash and state-supported athletes. As they show, the increasing acceptability of professionals went hand-in-hand with the Games becoming a for-profit international spectacle. Yet the myth of amateurism's purity remained a potent force, influencing how people around the globe imagined and understood sport. Timely and vivid with details, The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism is the first book-length examination of the movement's foundational ideal.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252098773

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9780252098772

Cherringham Box Set: Episodes 1-12

A Cosy Crime Series

By: Matthew Costello,Neil Richards

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Cherringham Box Set: Episodes 1-12

A Cosy Crime Series

By: Matthew Costello,Neil Richards

IT'S HERE... Your Cosy Mystery Summer Reading Box Set! For a limited time - the first TWELVE novellas from the popular cosy mystery series in one BIG BUNDLE! For MORE THAN 1,400 pages you'll be visiting Cherringham - a sleepy English village in the Cotswolds. Here Sarah, a British web designer, and Jack, a retired American cop, pair up in an unlikely partnership to get to the bottom of numerous exciting cases. Stroll the cobblestone streets or chat with the locals at The Spotted Pig. But beware! From mysterious disappearances to unsolved murders, there's always mischief afoot in Cherringham. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained novellas is a quick read for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa. Buy the Cherringham Cosy Mystery Box Set and start solving your next mystery (or twelve) today! This eBox Set contains the first 12 novellas of the series: MURDER ON THAMES MYSTERY AT THE MANOR MURDER BY MOONLIGHT THICK AS THIEVES LAST TRAIN TO LONDON THE CURSE OF MABB'S FARM THE BODY IN THE LAKE SNOWBLIND PLAYING DEAD A DEADLY CONFESSION BLADE IN THE WATER DEATH ON A SUMMER NIGHT Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series Cherringham.

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BASTEI LÜBBE

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3732564258

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9783732564255

Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex

By: Matthew Phelps,Ed Stubbs

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Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex

By: Matthew Phelps,Ed Stubbs

This site guide covers the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey, including sites in southwest Greater London. From the heaths of Surrey to the chalky grassland of the North and South Downs, the great forests of the Weald and the headlands, shingle beaches and river valleys of England's south coast, these three counties are a bird-rich part of the country, with perhaps the most diverse range of habitats in the country, and all within easy distance of London, the southwest part of which contains birding sites such as Barnes wetland centre. This new book by Matthew Phelps and Ed Stubbs is the definitive guide to the birding highlights of the region. It contains a comprehensive review of all the major sites, and many lesser-known ones, with maps, notes on access, and information on target species and when to visit. Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex is indispensable for any birder heading to this bird-rich region, or anyone in London who wants to head south to enjoy some of the best birding England can offer.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1399404210

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9781399404211

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Clearing the Coastline

Clearing the Coastline

Residential Construction Law

Residential Construction Law

Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960

Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960

A Coffin of Stars

A Coffin of Stars

In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida

In Reverence: A Plan for the Preservation of Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

Downstream

Downstream

Trials of the Monkey

Trials of the Monkey

Population Genetics

Population Genetics

Alternate Killer

Alternate Killer

The German Soldier in World War II

The German Soldier in World War II

Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning

Graduate Skills and Game-Based Learning

If One Uses It Lawfully

If One Uses It Lawfully

The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

Cherringham Box Set: Episodes 1-12

Cherringham Box Set: Episodes 1-12

Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex

Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex

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