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The Love Orb The Final Book in the B.E.R. Series & the Dawn of a New Age

By: Michael Stansfield

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The Love Orb The Final Book in the B.E.R. Series & the Dawn of a New Age

By: Michael Stansfield

The Love Orb is the authors evolution beyond constitutional government. It draws heavily on the works that came before it and then passes that evolution on to humanity. Thus, it represents the end of the series, but the beginning of an era.

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0359825109

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9780359825103

Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer- 2

By: Michael Ryan Jones

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Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer- 2

By: Michael Ryan Jones

Between 1455 and 1485, 15th century England was ravaged by war. The dynastic struggle was between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York The "Red" and "White" Roses. These books are of people and places, listing them and trying to locate their situations on maps of the counties ( Shires ).

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1471699366

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Science, the State and the City

Britain's Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology

By: Geoffrey Owen,Michael M. Hopkins

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Science, the State and the City

Britain's Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology

By: Geoffrey Owen,Michael M. Hopkins

The book examines the evolution of one of the most important technologies that has emerged in the last fifty years: biotechnology - the use of living organisms, or parts thereof to create useful products and services. The most important application of biotechnology has been in medicine, in the development of new drugs. The central purpose of the book is to explain how firms based in the US took the lead in commercialising the technology, and why it has been so difficult for firms in other countries to match what the leading American companies have achieved. The book looks at the institutions and policies which have underpinned US success in biotechnology. This is the US innovation "ecosystem," and it is made up of several interlocking elements which constitute a powerful competitive advantage for US biotechnology firms. These include, a higher education system which has close links with industry, massive support from the Federal government for biomedical research, and a financial system which is well equipped to support young entrepreneurial firms in a science-based industry. In the light of US experience the book examines in detail the performance of UK biotechnology firms over the past forty years, starting with the creation of the UK's first dedicated biotech firm, Celltech, in 1980. The book shows how the UK made a promising start in the 1980s and 1990s but failed to build on it. Several leading firms failed, and after an initial burst of enthusiasm investors lost confidence in the British biotech sector. It is only the last few years that the sector has staged a revival, attracting fresh investment from the US as well from the UK. The story told in this book, based on extensive interviews with industry participants, investors, and policy makers in the UK, Continental Europe, and the US, sheds new light on one of the central issues facing governments in the advanced industrial countries - how to create and sustain new science-based industries.

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Oxford University Press

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0191043885

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The Planet of the Ten Kings Part 2 of Enlightenment in the Biblical Evolution Revolution Series

By: Michael Stansfield

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The Planet of the Ten Kings Part 2 of Enlightenment in the Biblical Evolution Revolution Series

By: Michael Stansfield

Part 2 of Enlightenment looks at the dreams of the Capitalist and how to achieve the privatization of government entirely through a completely new form of economic and governmental system. The system itself is centered on local government and empowers it on an unprecedented scale. Solutions are taken from Jefferson's Anti-Federalist arguments against the constitution. The Constitution is also heavily used. One may view it as an evolution of the US Constitution. Arguments are provocative and thought provoking. Anyone who has pondered what the next evolution of government may look like would love this book.

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0359820565

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9780359820566

Johnson City Firefighting

By: Robert G. Blakeslee,Michael J. McCann

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Johnson City Firefighting

By: Robert G. Blakeslee,Michael J. McCann

With compelling photographs dating from 1889 to the present, Johnson City Firefighting portrays not only the spectacular fires that this south-central New York State city has experienced over the years but also the founding, growth, and personnel of the Johnson City Fire Department. This fire history is notable because of the man for whom the community is named: shoe manufacturer George F. Johnson. To keep his factories safe, Johnson paid for fire stations, equipment, advanced alarm systems, and even early sprinkler systems.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738550086

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Hiraeth

By: Michael Stansfield

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Hiraeth

By: Michael Stansfield

As human beings we know what home is, or for some of us the hope or ideal of what home should be: friends, family, nostalgia, all interlaced through love. It is an emotional, spiritual, and physical connection to a place that goes beyond the superficial level. In the broad sense I ask you the reader, ÔIs this world your home?Õ If you are honest with yourself you must confess it doesnÕt always feel like home. This path that you are about embark upon, the journey of my soul, to discover humanityÕs home. Not a home exclusively for one race, religion, or political creed, but a home for all, each accepted as members of one family and one creation.

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1365321371

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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England

By: Michael Lapidge,John Blair,Simon Keynes,Donald Scragg

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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England

By: Michael Lapidge,John Blair,Simon Keynes,Donald Scragg

Widely acknowledged as the essential reference work for this period, this volume brings together more than 700 articles written by 150 top scholars that cover the people, places, activities, and creations of the Anglo-Saxons. The only reference work to cover the history, archaeology, arts, architecture, literatures, and languages of England from the Roman withdrawal to the Norman Conquest (c.450 – 1066 AD) Includes over 700 alphabetical entries written by 150 top scholars covering the people, places, activities, and creations of the Anglo-Saxons Updated and expanded with 40 brand-new entries and a new appendix detailing "English Archbishops and Bishops, c.450-1066" Accompanied by maps, line drawings, photos, a table of "English Rulers, c.450-1066," and a headword index to facilitate searching An essential reference tool, both for specialists in the field, and for students looking for a thorough grounding in key topics of the period

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John Wiley & Sons

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111831610X

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The History of the Harwood Families of Darwen, Lancashire

By: Michael Harwood

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The History of the Harwood Families of Darwen, Lancashire

By: Michael Harwood

This book gives an insight into how our Lancashire ancestors lived and interacted with the environment in which they existed, over the centuries. Apart from a general history of Darwen life, this volume covers not only the very first ancestral tree but follows the story of one particular family branch through to the twentieth century and into living memory. The story includes detailed information of many other families which whom the Harwoods have intermingled over the centuries, and it would be a rare Darwener, who could not find some connection to his own ancestors within these pages. “Enthusiasm, in-depth research, and a unique authorial voice: this book is what genealogy should result in. It locates the Harwood family in a specific historical place and then watches them grow up and move out. Family journeys are explored from the paper mills of Kent to the goldfields of Ballarat and Maori massacres. “The sheer numbers of documents illustrated show both their value as evidence and the breadth of Mike’s research. There are fruitful and informative diversions into work, leisure, and religion, with excursions into the history of education, nonconformity, and workhouses, among many other things. It’s a story of Lancashire, and a Lancashire in the world. And it’s hard to argue with its announcement of itself not as a history but as the history of the Lancashire Harwoods. They are both typical and unique, and in tracing the development of Lancashire from a rural to an industrial economy, Mike never loses focus on his ancestors’ place in it.” —Neil Sayer, archive access manager, Lancashire Archives

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1496994647

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Anthology of the Biblical Revolution Evolution Series

By: Michael Stansfield

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Anthology of the Biblical Revolution Evolution Series

By: Michael Stansfield

As primitive civilization developed, society has established cornerstones in our thought and reasoning. Things we are told repeatedly as fact from birth and are thus believed instinctively. Many of these cornerstones now date back many millennia such as the Bible. The BER Series takes a candid look into the Bible to explore how the theological beliefs within Institutional Religion have affected society in diabolical ways. These books also challenge the church's theological cornerstones to prove that they deviate from the Bible and truly have an obscured understanding of the Divine. Thus, the goal is to bring an overdue debate to organized religion. The hope is to remove the barriers that deny humanity the evolution of our species. No topic is out of bounds. A person could listen to ten lifetimes of sermons and never get even a fraction of the candor of these books. Love them or hate them, you will be unable to put them down and you will never see the World or the Divine the same way again.

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1794889191

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Jews in Britain

By: Michael Leventhal,Richard Goldstein

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Jews in Britain

By: Michael Leventhal,Richard Goldstein

This book tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain's Jewish community, the country's oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive periods of acceptance and toleration. Some Jews came as wealthy traders, others as desperate refugees; some had to lead secret lives, and others in different times stood shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the nation against threats to the British way of life, which included the Nazis. The impact of Jewish culture on daily life – on language, on food, on religion, art and business – has been inestimable, and this book is a fully illustrated introduction and fitting tribute.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0747813612

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia

Scholarship and Critical Assessment

By: Michael D. C. Drout

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia

Scholarship and Critical Assessment

By: Michael D. C. Drout

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J.R.R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements - including his translations of medieval texts - teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: adaptations art and illustrations characters in Tolkien's work critical history and scholarship influence of Tolkien languages biography literary sources literature creatures and peoples of Middle-earth objects in Tolkien's work places in Tolkien's work reception of Tolkien medieval scholars scholarship by Tolkien medieval literature stylistic elements themes in Tolkien's works theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers Tolkien's contemporary history and culture works of literature

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Taylor & Francis

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0415969425

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9780415969420

The Story of England

By: Michael Wood

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The Story of England

By: Michael Wood

In The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defences to the village as it is today. The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. In the thirteenth century the village was bought by William de Merton, who later founded Merton College, Oxford, with the result that documents covering 750 years of village history are lodged at the college. Building on this unique archive, and enlisting the help of the current inhabitants of Kibworth, with a village-wide archeological dig, with the first complete DNA profile of an English village and with use of local materials like family memorabilia, the story of Kibworth is the story of England itself, a 'Who Do You Think You Are?' for the entire nation. 'Better than any historian for decades, [in In Search of England] Wood brings home not just the ways in which buildings, landscapes and written texts may be read, but the sensual beauty of encounters with them' TLS Michael Wood was born and educated in Manchester. He was an open scholar in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford, where he held a Bishop Fraser scholarship in Medieval History as a postgraduate. He has made a number of internationally successful tv series, including In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, and four of his books have been UK non-fiction number one bestsellers. His highly acclaimed book of essays on early English history, In Search of England, was published by Penguin in 1999.

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0670919047

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Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards

Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

By: Michael N. Stanton

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Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards

Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

By: Michael N. Stanton

Middle Earth, Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo: The places and characters that sprang from the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien will live forever in the imaginations of millions of readers. In Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards, Michael Stanton, a scholar of science fiction and fantasy literature, offers an extraordinary encounter with The Lord of the Rings. Believing that there is no epic of contemporary literature to match The Lord of the Rings, Stanton delves critically into the richness of the story. He explores the intricacies of its dialogue and illuminates the idiosyncratic nature of it characters. He looks at places, dreams, notions of time and history. Eschewing academic jargon, Stanton provides an intriguing look at Tolkien's fantasyscape that ultimately shows how all of these parts meld into a singularly compelling work of art that lives and breathes. For those who have read and loved The Lord of the Rings, Stanton embarks on an exploration of Tolkien's genius, painting a rich and wonderful critical portrait of the world he created, a portrait that no one who truly hopes to understand Tolkien's vision will want to be without.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250086647

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The Southern African Environment

Profiles of the SADC Countries

By: Sam Moyo,Michael Sill

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The Southern African Environment

Profiles of the SADC Countries

By: Sam Moyo,Michael Sill

The Southern African Environment provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the countries of the SADC region ? Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The area is one of rapid political, economic and social change, and each of the 10 country profiles in this book provides full and detailed information on the physical and human geography, environmental problems, resource base, institutional structures for environmental management and the issues associated with institutional change. Each profile was drafted by local environmental experts and is based on extensive fieldwork and research originally commissioned by the Dutch government. The report provides a unique synthesis of this richly-endowed but troubled region.

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1134163053

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9781134163052

Who's who in Late Medieval England, 1272-1485

By: Michael Hicks,Michael A. Hicks

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Who's who in Late Medieval England, 1272-1485

By: Michael Hicks,Michael A. Hicks

Spans the period 1272-1485 and includes biographies of 200 individuals from all walks of life.

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Stackpole Books

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0811716384

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The Domesday Quest

In search of the Roots of England

By: Michael Wood

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The Domesday Quest

In search of the Roots of England

By: Michael Wood

In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of judgement, because 'like the day of judgement, its decisions are unalterable'. In Search of the Roots of England is not only a study of the ancient manuscript but an attempt to analyse the world that Domesday Book so vividly portrayed. By skilful use of the Domesday record historian Michael Wood examines Norman society and the Anglo-Saxon, Roman, and even the Iron Age cultures that preceded it. 'Wood is a perceptive, entertaining and enthusiastic companion.' Sunday Times 'Wood is a lively storyteller.' Washington Post

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Random House

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1446417573

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9781446417577

Coin Finds in Britain

A Collector’s Guide

By: Michael Cuddeford

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Coin Finds in Britain

A Collector’s Guide

By: Michael Cuddeford

Over the centuries Britain's soil has yielded countless spectacular hoards of ancient coins and other artefacts, affording us priceless insights into our ancestors' lives – and it is not only such large finds that await discovery but also many thousands of individual pieces. Wonderfully, discoveries both minor and momentous are frequently made not by teams of professionals but by amateur archaeologists and metal-detector enthusiasts, for whom this book is intended as a helpful companion. It provides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0747813493

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Local Planning In Practice

By: Michael Bruton,David Nicholson

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Local Planning In Practice

By: Michael Bruton,David Nicholson

This is a comprehensive review of the actuality of planning in the past few years; as such it is suitable for students of town planning, as well as surveyors, engineers, architects and developers.

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1135883319

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Celestra’s Universe

Stories of Medieval Myth and Metaphysics

By: Michael Barr Mossman

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Celestra’s Universe

Stories of Medieval Myth and Metaphysics

By: Michael Barr Mossman

Celestra’s Universe tells the story of a beautiful, magical princess who transforms the lives of four medieval knights. Celestra is a woman of exceptional grace and beauty. However, there is much more to her; she possesses a hidden metaphysical dimension. Four young men are acquiring knighthood. However, all are lacking in the ability to render compassion toward others. Celestra becomes the main focus. The search for her love turns into a spiritual quest. The four knights must overcome their own personal demons before they receive transformation. In the end, Celestra shows them that there is a greater meaning to life—that there is a spiritual dimension on the other side.

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