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The Real Wild West

The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West

By: Michael Wallis

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The Real Wild West

The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West

By: Michael Wallis

Chronicles the history of the 101 Ranch and discusses how the ranch's traveling show embodied the spirit of the American frontier.

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0312263813

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The Forty-Sixth Indiana Regiment:

A Tactical Analysis Of Amphibious Operations And Major Combat Engagements During The American Civil War

By: Major Michael S. Beames

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The Forty-Sixth Indiana Regiment:

A Tactical Analysis Of Amphibious Operations And Major Combat Engagements During The American Civil War

By: Major Michael S. Beames

This thesis is an historical analysis of the amphibious operations of the 46th Indiana. The primary research question is whether the amphibious operations of the 46th Indiana were effective towards the Union’s success in the Mississippi River valley. Using Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1-3, Tactics, this thesis will compare the 46th Indiana’s employment of tactics to the Marine Corps’ current use of tactics according to doctrine. Tactical concepts that achieve success on the battlefield are achieving a decision, gaining an advantage, being faster, adapting, cooperating, and exploiting success. These six concepts form the foundation of the analysis of the 46th Indiana’s operations and tactics during the Civil War. Secondary research areas to determine the effectiveness of the 46th Indiana’s amphibious operations are training, command and control, casualty statistics, unit cohesion and morale.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1782896260

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9781782896265

John Joseph Mathews

Life of an Osage Writer

By: Michael Snyder

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John Joseph Mathews

Life of an Osage Writer

By: Michael Snyder

John Joseph Mathews (1894–1979) is one of Oklahoma’s most revered twentieth-century authors. An Osage Indian, he was also one of the first Indigenous authors to gain national renown. Yet fame did not come easily to Mathews, and his personality was full of contradictions. In this captivating biography, Michael Snyder provides the first book-length account of this fascinating figure. Known as “Jo” to all his friends, Mathews had a multifaceted identity. A novelist, naturalist, biographer, historian, and tribal preservationist, he was a true “man of letters.” Snyder draws on a wealth of sources, many of them previously untapped, to narrate Mathews’s story. Much of the writer’s family life—especially his two marriages and his relationships with his two children and two stepchildren—is explored here for the first time. Born in the town of Pawhuska in Indian Territory, Mathews attended the University of Oklahoma before venturing abroad and earning a second degree from Oxford. He served as a flight instructor during World War I, traveled across Europe and northern Africa, and bought and sold land in California. A proud Osage who devoted himself to preserving Osage culture, Mathews also served as tribal councilman and cultural historian for the Osage Nation. Like many gifted artists, Mathews was not without flaws. And perhaps in the eyes of some critics, he occupies a nebulous space in literary history. Through insightful analysis of his major works, especially his semiautobiographical novel Sundown and his meditative Talking to the Moon, Snyder revises this impression. The story he tells, of one remarkable individual, is also the story of the Osage Nation, the state of Oklahoma, and Native America in the twentieth century.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806158832

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9780806158839

Earth System Science

From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes

By: Michael Jacobson,Robert J. Charlson,Henning Rodhe,Gordon H. Orians

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Earth System Science

From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes

By: Michael Jacobson,Robert J. Charlson,Henning Rodhe,Gordon H. Orians

Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant. This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises.The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts.* First edition was widely adopted* Authors are highly respected in their field* Global climate change, integral to the book, is now one of the most important issues in atmospheric sciences and oceanography

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Academic Press

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0080530648

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Technologies for a Greenhouse-Constrained Society

By: Michael A. Kuliasha,Alexander Zucker

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Technologies for a Greenhouse-Constrained Society

By: Michael A. Kuliasha,Alexander Zucker

This timely book presents strategies for mitigation of the greenhouse effect. It provides practical counter measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Key substitute technologies discussed include energy efficiency and conservation, biomass, and nuclear energy. These technologies are both mature and can be applied on a large scale. Important concepts can apply to other technologies as well. Technologies for a Greenhouse-Constrained Society will help scientists and engineers identify the technological and policy actions needed to counteract the greenhouse effect. Solutions are aimed at both developed and developing countries. Technologies for a Greenhouse-Constrained Society will appeal to environmental engineers and scientists, meteorologists, social scientists, geologists, educators, fuel engineers, energy engineers, economists, and others interested in this field.

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CRC Press

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087371797X

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9780873717977

Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39

A difficult homecoming

By: Michael Robinson

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Shell-shocked British Army veterans in Ireland, 1918-39

A difficult homecoming

By: Michael Robinson

This study provides the first exclusive analysis of disabled First World War veterans who returned to Ireland. With a case study of mental illness, it foregrounds how the treatment and experiences of disabled communities in past societies is shaped by the existing socio-economic, cultural and political context.

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Manchester University Press

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1526140071

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9781526140074

Nancy Hanks

An Intimate Portrait : the Creation of a National Commitment to the Arts

By: Michael Whitney Straight

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Nancy Hanks

An Intimate Portrait : the Creation of a National Commitment to the Arts

By: Michael Whitney Straight

Nancy Hanks, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 1969 to 1977, turned this fledgling organization into a major instrument for government support of the arts—accomplishing thereby a virtual revolution in the public arts policy of the United States. She died of cancer on January 7, 1983; later that year, at the request of Congress, President Ronald Reagan designated the building complex at Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street (the "Old Post Office") in Washington, D.C., as the Nancy Hanks Center. This biography captures the spirit and the flavor of Ms. Hanks's remarkable life, above all during the eight years in which she led the Endowment. Tracing her childhood in Florida and North Carolina through her achievements as a student leader at Duke University, Straight makes clear her conscious effort to find a path with more scope than the usual marriage-and-a-family when expected of Southern women. Nancy Hanks went to Washington and found a job with the Office of War Mobilization. She later worked with Nelson Rockefeller, who became governor of New York, a Republican party luminary, and vice president under Gerald Ford, in addition to being an heir to one of America's greatest fortunes. Her relationship with Rockefeller was crucial to her personal life, and his conception of government and its role and a lasting influence on her career. Straight examines Nancy Hanks's leadership of the NEA and takes particular note of the intense debate over the role of government in fostering American artistic expression, an issue with roots running back through the New Deal to the early history of the United States. Nancy Hanks took a strong and activist role in the formulation and administration of a national arts policy, and her accomplishments have left an indelible mark on public support for arts in the United States. Straight, who worked closely with Ms. Hanks and admired her despite frequent policy disagreements, deals honestly with both the successes and failures of her efforts. His biography imparts a sense of the reasons why her many friends felt such loyalty to this complex and gifted woman.

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Duke University Press

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082230869X

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9780822308690

Raising Champions

A Parent Handbook for Nurturing Gifted Children

By: Michael Sayler,Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented

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Raising Champions

A Parent Handbook for Nurturing Gifted Children

By: Michael Sayler,Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented

Educational title for gifted and advanced learners.

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PRUFROCK PRESS INC.

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1882664809

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Oil Man

The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum

By: Michael Wallis

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Oil Man

The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum

By: Michael Wallis

This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created. Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In Oil Man, Michael Wallis, a best-selling historian of the West, presents Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers, Harry Truman, Edna Ferber, J. Paul Getty, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars, Oil Man is a bold, colorful biography of an original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988, the book captures the life and times of an American hero.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806146974

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Next Steps in Teaching

A Guide to Starting Your Career in the Secondary School

By: Michael Hammond

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Next Steps in Teaching

A Guide to Starting Your Career in the Secondary School

By: Michael Hammond

Chart your next steps in teaching from finishing your teacher training programme, your probationary year, and then into the settled routine of the second and third years of teaching, with practical guidance and descriptions of other teachers' experiences.

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Routledge

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113437125X

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Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change

A Guide for Policymakers

By: Ruud A. de Mooij,Mr.Michael Keen,Ian W.H. Parry

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Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change

A Guide for Policymakers

By: Ruud A. de Mooij,Mr.Michael Keen,Ian W.H. Parry

Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy. Although the IMF is not an environmental organization, environmental issues matter for its mission when they have major implications for macroeconomic performance and fiscal policy. Climate change clearly passes both these tests.

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International Monetary Fund

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1616353937

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9781616353933

Draw the Lightning Down

Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Michael Brian Schiffer

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Draw the Lightning Down

Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment

By: Michael Brian Schiffer

Annotation A lively and entertaining study of early electrical technology, this book brings to life the technologies and inventors--most notably Benjamin Franklin--who forged the way for our modern electrical world.

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Univ of California Press

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0520248295

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The Spicer Diaries

By: Michael Spicer

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The Spicer Diaries

By: Michael Spicer

Lord Michael Spicer has enjoyed a varied and remarkable political career by anyone's standards. Now, in this revealing, insightful, and engaging book, Lord Spicer shares never-before-heard stories of his time in British politics. During three and a half decades as a Conservative Member of Parliament, Spicer has held a plethora of essential political roles both within the party and in government, including Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and chair of the highly influential 1922 committee. As an influential member of the Tory party, Lord Spicer worked closely with both Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, among other leaders in British politics, including Tony Blair and John Major, and his diary takes readers behind the scenes to witness the close elections and tough decisions that have characterized Spicer's political life. Part political diary, part cautionary tale, and part commentary, The Spicer Diaries is a charming, witty, and insightful memoir.

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Macmillan

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1466841052

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A Sixth Sense

The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor

By: Michael Oristaglio,Alexander Dorozynski

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A Sixth Sense

The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor

By: Michael Oristaglio,Alexander Dorozynski

The true story of the French engineer and inventor who developed a mine detector for the US Army during WWII—and then went on to transform the oil industry. In March 1940, with Europe at war, French army lieutenant Henri-Georges Doll came to the U.S. embassy in Paris to give a deposition. Doll was an artillery commander, a graduate of France’s grandes écoles of science, engineering, and service. He had been mobilized to the front at the start of the war, then quickly recalled to Paris to work on a secret device for detecting the deadly land mines being planted by the German army on a vast new scale. But Doll’s deposition that day had nothing to do with the war. He had come to testify in a patent lawsuit pending in Houston, Texas. The case was Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company: it marked one of the first great industrial battles for control of the technology of oil and gas exploration. When the German army marched into Paris three months later, Doll escaped to America, where he developed his new mine detector for the U.S. army, then settled in a small Connecticut town to become one of the most prolific inventors of the twentieth century. His sixth sense for applied science would help create the modern technology of seeing underground using electrical signals and sound waves—technology that would enable the explosive growth of oil production, and of Schlumberger, after the war. This biography tells his remarkable story.

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Abrams

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1683359054

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9781683359050

On the British Narrow Gauge

By: Michael Harris

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On the British Narrow Gauge

By: Michael Harris

A look at the fascinating history of the narrow gauge, including as passenger carrier, industrial motive power and on preserved tourist lines.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445694662

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9781445694665

Unsolved Civil Rights Murder Cases, 1934-1970

By: Michael Newton

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Unsolved Civil Rights Murder Cases, 1934-1970

By: Michael Newton

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 called for review and reinvestigation of "violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death." The U.S. Attorney General's review observed that date, while examining cases from 1936 (a date not specified in the Till Act) onward. In selecting violations for review, certain "headline" cases were included while others meeting the same criteria were not considered. This first full-length survey of American civil rights "cold cases" examines unsolved racially motivated murders over nearly four decades, beginning in 1934. The author covers all cases reviewed by the federal government to date, as well as a larger number of cases that were ignored without official explanation.

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McFarland

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0786498951

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9780786498956

Handbook of Religion and Health

By: Harold G. Koenig,Michael E. McCullough,David B. Larson

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Handbook of Religion and Health

By: Harold G. Koenig,Michael E. McCullough,David B. Larson

What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health related behaviors such as smoking and substance abuse. The authors examine the positive and negative effects of religion on health throughout the life span, from childhood to old age. Based on their findings, they build theoretical models illustrating the behavioral, psychological, social, and physiological pathways through which religion may influence health. The authors also review research on the impact of religious affiliation, belief, and practice on the use of health services and compliance with medical treatment. In conclusion, they discuss the clinical relevance of their findings and make recommendations for future research priorities. Offering the first comprehensive examination of its topic, this volume is an indispensable resource for research scientists, health professionals, public policy makers, and anyone interested in the relationship between religion and health.

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Oxford University Press

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0199880662

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Street Gang

The Complete History of Sesame Street

By: Michael Davis

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Street Gang

The Complete History of Sesame Street

By: Michael Davis

Now an acclaimed documentary from Screen Media, the New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, and beloved shows in the history of television: Sesame Street. “Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book . . . Finally, we get to touch Big Bird's feathers.” —The New York Times Book Review Sesame Street is the longest-running-and arguably most beloved- children's television program ever created. Today, it reaches some six million preschoolers weekly in the United States and countless others in 140 countries around the world. Street Gang is the compelling, comical, and inspiring story of a media masterpiece and pop-culture landmark. Television reporter and columnist Michael Davis-with the complete participation of Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the show's founders-unveils the idealistic personalities, decades of social and cultural change, stories of compassion and personal sacrifice, and miraculous efforts of writers, producers, directors, and puppeteers that together transformed an empty soundstage into the most recognizable block of real estate in television history.

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Penguin

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1440658757

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9781440658754

Talent Development for English Language Learners

Identifying and Developing Potential

By: Michael S. Matthews,Jaime A. Castellano

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Talent Development for English Language Learners

Identifying and Developing Potential

By: Michael S. Matthews,Jaime A. Castellano

Talent Development for English Language Learners offers concrete guidance to teachers, schools, and administrators seeking to maximize the potential of all of their students. Each chapter will focus thematically on an issue relevant to developing the talents and potential of gifted English language learners (ELLs) in inclusive educational settings. Examples of how schools or educators might conventionally conceptualize and handle the issues related to ELLs and what the concerns or unintended negative outcomes are for gifted ELLs are provided. The authors focus on what an “ideal” response might be from the lens of both the gifted education and the language education field, and how collaborative efforts across these perspectives yield effective interventions in schools and related educational settings for students who are both English language learners and highly academically able.

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Routledge

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100050378X

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9781000503784

Regimes of Description

In the Archive of the Eighteenth Century

By: John B. Bender,Michael Marrinan

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Regimes of Description

In the Archive of the Eighteenth Century

By: John B. Bender,Michael Marrinan

Regimes of Description responds to the perceptionhowever imprecisethat forms of knowledge in every sector of contemporary culture are being fundamentally reshaped by the digital revolution: music, speech, engineering diagrams, weather reports, works of visual art, even the words most of us write are now subject, as Lyotard points out in The Inhuman, to a logic of the bit, the elemental unit of electronic information. It is now possible to slice, graft, and splice this knowledge in ways never before imagined using technologies that treat vast bodies of information as a stream of data bits. Programs and technical algorithms specify the criteria for discriminating between the data stream of a Mozart string quartet and the CAT scan of a diseased organ. But are these machine instructions and design parameters descriptions, or merely mechanical filters? And if the latter, what constitutes a description of digitally encoded knowledge? As a group, the essays in this volume pose that question as a first attempt to write the archaeology of the nature and history of description in the digital age.

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Stanford University Press

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0804747423

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9780804747424

Negative Emissions Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation

By: Steve A. Rackley,Tingzhen Ming,Wei Li,Michael Tyka,Adrienne Sewel,Diarmaid Clery,George Dowson,Peter Styring,Graham Andrews,Stephen McCord,Pol Knops,Renaud de Richter

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Negative Emissions Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation

By: Steve A. Rackley,Tingzhen Ming,Wei Li,Michael Tyka,Adrienne Sewel,Diarmaid Clery,George Dowson,Peter Styring,Graham Andrews,Stephen McCord,Pol Knops,Renaud de Richter

Negative Emissions Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation provides a comprehensive introduction to the full range of technologies that are being researched, developed and deployed in order to transition from our current energy system, dominated by fossil fuels, to a negative-carbon emissions system. After an introduction to the challenge of climate change, the technical fundamentals of natural and engineered carbon dioxide removal and storage processes and technologies are described. Each NET is then discussed in detail, including the key elements of the technology, enablers and constraints, governance issues, and global potential and cost estimates.This book offers a complete overview of the field, thus enabling the community to gain a full appreciation of NETs without the need to seek out and refer to a multitude of sources. - Covers the full spectrum of technologies to underpin the transition to a negative emissions energy system, from technical fundamentals to the current state of deployment and R&D - Critically evaluates each technology, highlighting advantages, limitations, and the potential for large scale environmental applications - Combines natural science and environmental science perspectives with the practical use of state-of-the-art technologies for sustainability

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Elsevier

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012823167X

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9780128231678

Slipware

Contemporary Approaches

By: Michael Eden,Victoria Eden

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Slipware

Contemporary Approaches

By: Michael Eden,Victoria Eden

A renewed interest in its techniques and appreciation of its rich, vibrant qualities has today brought slipware to the forefront as a pottery of choice.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812234804

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The Dispensaries

Healthcare for the Poor Before the Nhs

By: Michael Whitfield

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The Dispensaries

Healthcare for the Poor Before the Nhs

By: Michael Whitfield

Dispensaries were created in cities to look after poor sick people from about 1770 until the beginning of the NHS in 1948. They were created by relatively wealthy citizens who became subscribers to these institutions. They saw this as an act of philanthropy, and each subscriber was given a book of tickets that could be given to sick people to enable them to access the dispensary. Many doctors gave their services to the dispensaries freely, but an apothecary or, later on, a medical officer was employed in addition to run the dispensary and to visit the sick in their homes if they were unable to visit the dispensary. This is the first book to have been written that gives an overview of the creation of dispensaries and the reason they totally disappeared in 1948, although there are several booklets describing individual dispensaries. The dispensary system was supported by the majority report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law in 1909 but rejected on questionable grounds by the Minority Report upon which our welfare state has been based. Currently, the NHS is in crisis, and this book about a former health-care system suggests ways in which our health service could be remodelled for the better.

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1504997174

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Our Osage Hills

Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Michael Snyder,John Joseph Mathews

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Our Osage Hills

Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Michael Snyder,John Joseph Mathews

This revealing book presents a selection of lost articles from “Our Osage Hills,” a newspaper column by the renowned Osage writer, naturalist, and historian, John Joseph Mathews. Signed only with the initials “J.J.M.,” Mathews’s column featured regularly in the Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital during the early 1930s. While Mathews is best known for his novel Sundown (1934), the pieces gathered in this volume reveal him to be a compelling essayist. Marked by wit and erudition, Mathews’s column not only evokes the unique beauty of the Osage prairie, but also takes on urgent political issues, such as ecological conservation and Osage sovereignty. In Our Osage Hills, Michael Snyder interweaves Mathews’s writings with original essays that illuminate their relevant historical and cultural contexts. The result isan Osage-centric chronicle of the Great Depression, a time of environmental and economic crisis for the Osage Nation and country as a whole. Drawing on new historical and biographical research, Snyder’s commentaries highlight the larger stakes of Mathews’s reflections on nature and culture and situate them within a fascinating story about Osage, Native American, and American life in the early twentieth century. In treating topics that range from sports, art, film, and literature to the realities and legacies of violence against the Osages, Snyder conveys the broad spectrum of Osage familial, social, and cultural history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611463025

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9781611463026

Dirty Politics, Dirty Times

By: Michael Ashcroft

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Dirty Politics, Dirty Times

By: Michael Ashcroft

This is a newly revised and updated paperback edition of the former Conservative Party Treasurer's personal account of his battle over unsubstantiated claims concerning his business affairs which culminated in a libel action against "The Times" newspaper. The book reveals the dirty tricks that were used to destabilise the Conservative Party, including the newspaper's alleged bribery of US government officials, and the abuse of parliamentary privileges by New Labour MPs. This is Lord Ashcroft's compelling account of the attacks on his reputation by New Labour spin-doctors out to slander the Conservative Party and journalists seeking to create a story. This new edition also sheds new light on Michael Ashcroft's private life; his childhood and love of Belize, his business career and his many and varied interests.

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184954297X

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The Securitization of Climate Change: Australian and United States' Military Responses (2003 - 2013)

By: Michael Durant Thomas

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The Securitization of Climate Change: Australian and United States' Military Responses (2003 - 2013)

By: Michael Durant Thomas

This book examines how the armed forces of the United States and Australia have responded to the threat posed by climate change to national security. Drawing on established securitisation frameworks (‘Copenhagen’ and ‘Paris’ Schools), the author uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques to systematically examine more than 3,500 speeches, policies and doctrinal articles since 2003. Importantly, the author undertakes an examination of the intersection between the political and the military spheres, probing the question of how ideology has influenced the military’s uptake on the issue. In this context, the author identifies the difficulty of an ostensibly apolitical institution responding to what has become both a hyper-political issue and an unprecedented security threat. A close examination of the key political actors – their intent, outlook and political mandate for broader climate action – is therefore crucial to understanding the policy freedom and constraints within which military leaders operate. The book consists of eight chapters divided into four parts, focusing on: perspectives and methodological insights; empirical case studies; case study comparison; and concluding observations. • Offers a rare and systematic examination of military climate policy by a military officer from Australia• Identifies a divergence of Australian military climate policy from that of the US military during the Obama Administration• Develops a unique method that quantifies climate security, enabling a graphical representation for quick and ready reference ideally suited to policy-makers

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Springer

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3319496581

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Legal Executions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Including the Indian Territory

A Comprehensive Registry

By: R. Michael Wilson

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Legal Executions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Including the Indian Territory

A Comprehensive Registry

By: R. Michael Wilson

Since colonial days, administration of the death penalty--whether by hanging, firing squad, electrocution, or lethal injection--has persisted as one of the most controversial ethical and practical issues of American jurisprudence. This volume chronicles every legal execution in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, including Indian Territory, through December 2010. Each case history includes a detailed description of the crime, the pursuit and capture of the suspect, his or her pre-trial experiences, the trial, sentencing, incarceration, execution, and its aftermath.

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McFarland

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078648909X

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A History of American Music Education

By: Michael Mark,Charles L. Gary

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A History of American Music Education

By: Michael Mark,Charles L. Gary

A History of American Music Education covers the history of American music education, from its roots in Biblical times through recent historical events and trends. It describes the educational, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the subject, always putting it in the context of the history of the United States. It offers complete information on professional organizations, materials, techniques, and personalities in music education.

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R&L Education

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1461647827

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9781461647829

United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952

The Official Results by State and County

By: Michael J. Dubin

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United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952

The Official Results by State and County

By: Michael J. Dubin

This book is the definitive record of election results in all states' gubernatorial races from 1932 to 1952 for every candidate who received at least one percent of the total vote. It offers the reader both state and county level voting details of the highest directly elected office in the nation. Virtually all candidates are identified by party affiliation. The returns are presented in two parts. The first section provides an annual summary of gubernatorial votes by year, organized alphabetically by state. The second section provides returns by county for all candidates receiving at least one percent of the state vote. State totals are given for all candidates. Data are based on official election returns.

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McFarland

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0786470348

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9780786470341

The American Promise, Volume I: To 1877

A History of the United States

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

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The American Promise, Volume I: To 1877

A History of the United States

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

The American Promise if more teachable and memorable than any other U.S. survey text. The balanced narrative braids together political and social history so that students can discern overarching trends as well as individual stories. The voices of hundreds of Americans - from Presidents to pipe fitters, and sharecroppers to suffragettes - animate the past and make concepts memorable. The past comes alive for students through dynamic special features and a stunning and distinctive visual program. Over 775 contemporaneous illustrations - more than any competing text - draw students into the text, and more than 180 full - color maps increase students' geographic literacy. A rich array of special features complements the narrative offering more points of departure for assignments and discussion. Longstanding favorites include Documenting the American Promise, Historical Questions, The Promise of Technology, and Beyond American's Boders, representing a key part of a our effort to increase attention paid to the global context of American history.

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Macmillan

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0312663137

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The American Promise, Volume II: Since 1865

A History of the United States

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

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A History of the United States

By: James L. Roark,Michael P. Johnson,Patricia Cline Cohen,Sarah Stage,Susan M. Hartmann

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Macmillan

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0312663145

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Energy Policies and the Greenhouse Effect

By: Michael Grubb

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Energy Policies and the Greenhouse Effect

By: Michael Grubb

In this book the situation in five countries, the UK, US, Japan, China, and the Soviet Union, is considered in detail. These countries are chosen for the range of conditions and economic circumstances which they represent as well as their diverse energy balances and importance in global energy terms. For each country, the study presents an overview of current energy balances and associated GHG emissions: official and (where available) other supply and demand projections: and primary energy resources. From this basis the potential for reducing GHG emissions is discussed, together with the practical prospects and costs entailed in trying to meet specific reduction targets.

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Dartmouth Publishing Company

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185521198X

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9781855211988

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