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Escaping with His Life

From Dunkirk to D-Day & Beyond

By: Nicholas Young

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Escaping with His Life

From Dunkirk to D-Day & Beyond

By: Nicholas Young

“A fitting tribute . . . exceptional in covering the duration of WWII as a soldier, commando, POW, escaper, and on through D-Day to Victory.” —Firetrench Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He went on the run before his POW camp at Fontanellato was taken over by the Nazis after the September 1943 Italian armistice. He spent six months on the run in the Apennine mountains aided by brave and selfless Italians. Many of whom were actively fighting their occupiers. He eventually reached Allied lines but not before several of his companions were tragically killed by both German and American fire. On return to England, he immediately signed up for the invasion of North West Europe and despite being wounded eventually fought through to Germany. It is thanks to his son’s research that Major Young’s story can now be told. It is an inspiring and thrilling account which demands to be read. “Nicely retold by his son, Nicholas, this memoir ticks all the boxes . . . An incredible story of one man’s war. It’s excellent.” —WW2Talk “This wonderful account of the military life of Leslie Young is pure Boys’ Own Paper stuff, a tale of heroism and daring, of courage and fortitude. An amazing story, brilliantly told.” —Books Monthly

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Pen and Sword

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1526746646

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Suspiria

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Suspiria

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Considers the complex ways that Sergio Argento weaves together light, sound, and cinema history to construct one of the most breathtaking horror movies of all time, a film as fascinating as it is ultimately unfathomable.

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Liverpool University Press

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1800346824

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Before the Nation

Muslim-Christian Coexistence and Its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia

By: Nicholas Doumanis

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Before the Nation

Muslim-Christian Coexistence and Its Destruction in Late-Ottoman Anatolia

By: Nicholas Doumanis

Before the Nation' argues that there is more than a grain of truth to nostalgic traditions following genocide. It points to the fact that intercommunality, a mode of everyday living based on the accommodation of cultural difference, was a normal and stabilizing feature of multi-ethnic societies.

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Oxford University Press

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0199547041

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HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

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HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

In H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Harbour, an old sloop, homeward bound, is torpedoed, leaving her guns out of action, more than three-quarters of her crew dead, and radio contact impossible. But her valiant captain steadfastly refuses to surrender his ship... Two other stories make up this collection.

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House of Stratus

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0755128990

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Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War

By: Nicholas Smart

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Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War

By: Nicholas Smart

The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army. A number are household names (Montgomery, Slim, Wavell) and others well known to historians (Horrocks, Dempsey, Leese). But the vast majority are forgotten except by their families and regiments. Yet there were a number of extraordinary characters, ranging from highly competent to downright inadequate. The Author has researched and written entries on all, varying in length, according to the subjects importance.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783460369

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Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876

By: Nicholas Guyatt

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Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876

By: Nicholas Guyatt

Nicholas Guyatt offers a completely new understanding of a central question in American history: how did Americans come to think that God favored the United States above other nations? Tracing the story of American providentialism, this book uncovers the British roots of American religious nationalism before the American Revolution and the extraordinary struggles of white Americans to reconcile their ideas of national mission with the racial diversity of the early republic. Making sense of previously diffuse debates on manifest destiny, millenarianism, and American mission, Providence and the Invention of the United States explains the origins and development of the idea that God has a special plan for America. This conviction supplied the United States with a powerful sense of national purpose, but it also prevented Americans from clearly understanding events and people that could not easily be fitted into the providential scheme.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139466283

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Ms. 45

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Ms. 45

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Despite its association with the broadly disparaged rape-revenge category, Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 is today considered one of the most significant feminist cult films of the 1980s. Straddling mainstream, arthouse, and exploitation film contexts, Ms. 45 is a potent case study for cult film analysis. At its heart lies two figures: Ferrara himself, and the movie's star, the iconic Zoe Lund, who would further collaborate with Ferrara on later projects such as Bad Lieutenant. This book explores the entwining histories and contexts that led to Ms. 45's creation and helped establish its enduring legacy, particularly in terms of feminist cult film fandom, and the film's status as one of the most important, influential, and powerful rape-revenge films ever made.

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Columbia University Press

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0231851057

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Oscan in the Greek Alphabet

By: Nicholas Zair

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Oscan in the Greek Alphabet

By: Nicholas Zair

By examining Greek-alphabet Oscan inscriptions, this book shines light on the linguistics, bilingualism and epigraphy of ancient Southern Italy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107068924

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The Physical World

An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics

By: Nicholas Manton,Nicholas Mee

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The Physical World

An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics

By: Nicholas Manton,Nicholas Mee

The Physical World offers a grand vision of the essential unity of physics that will enable the reader to see the world through the eyes of a physicist and understand their thinking. The text follows Einstein's dictum that 'explanations should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler', to give an honest account of how modern physicists understand their subject, including the shortcomings of current theory. The result is an up-to-date and engaging portrait of physics that contains concise derivations of the important results in a style where every step in a derivation is clearly explained, so that anyone with the appropriate mathematical skills will find the text easy to digest. It is over half a century since The Feynman Lectures in Physics were published. A new authoritative account of fundamental physics covering all branches of the subject is now well overdue. The Physical World has been written to satisfy this need. The book concentrates on the conceptual principles of each branch of physics and shows how they fit together to form a coherent whole. Emphasis is placed on the use of variational principles in physics, and in particular the principle of least action, an approach that lies at the heart of modern theoretical physics, but has been neglected in most introductory accounts of the subject.

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Oxford University Press

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0192515659

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The Lifeboat Service in England: The North West and Isle of Man

Station by Station

By: Nicholas Leach

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The Lifeboat Service in England: The North West and Isle of Man

Station by Station

By: Nicholas Leach

Explores the lifeboat stations of the north-west of England and the Isle of Man.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445660016

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The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills

Paul's Apocalyptic Vision of Entire Sanctification

By: Nicholas Rudolph Quient

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The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills

Paul's Apocalyptic Vision of Entire Sanctification

By: Nicholas Rudolph Quient

“Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” What does it mean to be perfect? Is entire sanctification possible in this life? Such words evoke worry and wonder in this time. In this introductory resource, pastor Nick Quient carefully explores the relevant questions surrounding Pauline theology and the journey toward perfect holiness in Christ. Addressing topics like sin, heaven, marriage, and the work of Jesus Christ in relation to sanctification, this book is a helpful resource for the church and for pastor-theologians who are seeking to live out the life of the Spirit.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532656238

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Cognitive Behavioural Prevention of Suicide in Psychosis

A treatment manual

By: Nicholas Tarrier,Patricia Gooding,Daniel Pratt,James Kelly,Yvonne Awenat,Janet Maxwell

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Cognitive Behavioural Prevention of Suicide in Psychosis

A treatment manual

By: Nicholas Tarrier,Patricia Gooding,Daniel Pratt,James Kelly,Yvonne Awenat,Janet Maxwell

This practical and informative text lays out the product of a number of years of clinical research into suicide behaviour and its prevention. While the focus is on non-affective psychosis and the schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, the mechanisms underlying suicide behaviour in this group may well underlie or at least influence suicide behaviour in other disorders. The authors describe methods of assessment through individual formulation, and a cognitive behavioural intervention through case studies, to reduce the risk of suicide. This book argues that: · Suicide behaviour lies on a cognitive-behavioural continuum from ideation, through intention to action. · Mechanisms based on biased information processing systems, the development of suicide schema, and appraisal styles are likely to be fruitful in explaining suicidal thoughts and behaviours. · A psychological theory of suicide behaviour is needed in order to develop a mechanism of suicide and to understand the components of suicidal thoughts and behaviours. · Suicide risk can be reduced through the use of the intervention methods described within the text Cognitive Behavioural Prevention of Suicide in Psychosis evaluates practical applications of contemporary research on this topic, and will therefore be of interest to practitioners, post-graduates in training, and researchers studying suicide and/or psychosis.

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Routledge

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1135076804

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Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Ben McFarlane,Nicholas Hopkins,Sarah Nield

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Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Ben McFarlane,Nicholas Hopkins,Sarah Nield

An authoritative course text designed to provide a standalone resource for students. It contains a blend of carefully selected key cases, legislation and academic debate linked by substantial author commentary.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199693595

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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

By: Nicholas Zair

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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

By: Nicholas Zair

Explores the history of spelling in Latin to reveal that sophisticated education in literacy was not restricted to the elite.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009327666

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Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back

British Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisis

By: Nicholas Crafts

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Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back

British Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisis

By: Nicholas Crafts

Highlights the interactions between institutions and policy choices, as well as the importance of historical constraints on Britain's relative economic decline.

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1108424406

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Research Methods

The Basics

By: Nicholas Walliman

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Research Methods

The Basics

By: Nicholas Walliman

Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is structured in two parts – the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project. This book covers: • Reasons for doing a research project • Structuring and planning a research project • The ethical issues involved in research • Different types of data and how they are measured • Collecting primary and secondary data • Analysing qualitative and quantitative data • Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research • Devising a research proposal and writing up the research • Motivation and quality of work. Complete with student learning tasks at the end of each section, a glossary of key terms and guides to further reading, Research Methods: The Basics is the essential text for anyone coming to research for the first time. New to this edition is free access to a set of digital resources. This contains case studies, to- do lists, quizzes on aspects of research related to the chapters in the book and useful PowerPoint presentations for lecturers. To access the online material, go to www.routledge.com/9780367694081 and click on ‘Support Material’ beneath the illustration of the front cover.

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1000512975

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Nonprofit Organizations and Corporate Responsibility

Three Essays on Collaborative and Confrontational NPO Approaches Towards Companies, Their Effects and Their Interaction

By: Nicholas A. Arnold

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Nonprofit Organizations and Corporate Responsibility

Three Essays on Collaborative and Confrontational NPO Approaches Towards Companies, Their Effects and Their Interaction

By: Nicholas A. Arnold

Within three individual essays, this thesis deals with collaborative and confrontational approaches by NPOs towards companies, and the role these play with respect to corporate responsibility. By drawing on social movement theory, nonprofit-business collaboration literature as well as legitimacy theory, it advances our knowledge regarding two topics: First, this thesis provides answers to the question how successful collaborative and confrontational approaches are individually at influencing households' judgements of companies and of NPOs themselves. Second, it extends our knowledge of interactions between these approaches. With respect to individual effects, this thesis demonstrates that both collaborative and confrontational approaches by NPOs exert a significant effect on households' legitimacy evaluations of companies and subsequently their consumption intentions. Legitimacy also appears as important underlying factor influencing households' support for NPOs, with collaborative NPOs enjoying higher legitimacy and thus support from households than confrontational ones. Concerning interactions between these two types of approaches, this thesis finds confirmation for previous suggestions that contrasting NPO approaches interplay - but demonstrates that such interactions clearly present a double-edged sword. By simultaneously focusing their approach on the same company, both types of NPO suffer a loss in their ability to influence households' perceptions of companies in the way they envision as well as their capability of attaining resources. However, if such approaches are applied sequentially, the picture of these interaction-effects become more positive. These results indicate that NPOs with different approaches towards companies are well advised to work together in a strategic manner in order to maximize their success.

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3756282880

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Advanced System Modelling and Simulation with Block Diagram Languages

By: Nicholas M. Karayanakis

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Advanced System Modelling and Simulation with Block Diagram Languages

By: Nicholas M. Karayanakis

Advanced System Modelling and Simulation with Block Diagram Languages explores and describes the use of block languages in dynamic modelling and simulation. The application of block diagrams to dynamic modelling is reviewed, not only in terms of known components and systems, but also in terms of the development of new systems. Methods by which block diagrams clarify the dynamic essence of systems and their components are emphasized throughout the book, and sufficient introductory material is included to elucidate the book's advanced material. Widely used continuous dynamic system simulation (CDSS) languages are analyzed, and their technical features are discussed. This self-contained resource includes a review section on block diagram algebra and applied transfer functions, both of which are important mathematical subjects, relevant to the understanding of continuous dynamic system simulation.

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CRC Press

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0849394791

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Commandos in Exile

The Story of 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, 1942–1945

By: Nicholas van der Bijl

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Commandos in Exile

The Story of 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, 1942–1945

By: Nicholas van der Bijl

Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course at Achnacarry in Scotland and the book begins by describing this training. With no less than six national troops, plus X Troop drawn from exiled Jews, 10 Commando never fought as an entity but loaned troops for specific operations, such as One Troop (French) taking part in the Dieppe Raid, 2 Troop (Dutch) fighting at Arnhem, 5 Troop (Norwegian) raiding the Lofoten Islands etc. At other times groups played a key intelligence role questioning POWs, translating captured documents, conducting reconnaissance patrols and intelligence gathering on the D-Day beaches. The history of X Commando, made up of escaped Jewish individuals is especially interesting.The book also reviews the growth of post-war national Commando forces.

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Casemate Publishers

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184468640X

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9781844686407

Advertising and Consumer Society

A Critical Introduction

By: Nicholas Holm

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Advertising and Consumer Society

A Critical Introduction

By: Nicholas Holm

This critical introductory text explores the role of advertising in contemporary culture and its connections to larger economic, social, and political forces. Written in an engaging and accessible style and incorporating a wide range of examples from around the world, the chapters introduce the key concepts, methods, and debates needed to analyse and understand advertising. From an investigation of advertising’s crucial function in media economics and our wider capitalist system to a consideration of the people who both make and watch advertising, this insightful text enables students to: make sense of advertising’s powerful influence as both an economic force and an artistic form; assess the various claims of these two perspectives on advertising; and understand how they challenge and complicate one another. This revised second edition includes a new chapter on branding and promotional culture, and substantially updated content on topics like digital and online advertising, surveillance and empowerment, as well as brand new topics like self-branding/influencers and using technology to evade advertising. Equipping students with the skills needed to partake in this lively discourse, the text is an invaluable resource for studying advertising critically. It is essential reading for students of advertising, media studies and communication studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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100085471X

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9781000854718

The Last Lingua Franca

English Until the Return of Babel

By: Nicholas Ostler

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The Last Lingua Franca

English Until the Return of Babel

By: Nicholas Ostler

English is the world's lingua franca-the most widely spoken language in human history. And yet, as historian and linguist Nicholas Ostler persuasively argues, English will not only be displaced as the world's language in the not-distant future, it will be the last lingua franca, not replaced by another. Empire, commerce, and religion have been the primary raisons d'etre for lingua francas--Greek, Latin, Arabic have all held the position--and Ostler explores each through the lens of civilizations spanning the globe and history, from China and India to Russia and Europe. Three trends emerge that suggest the ultimate decline of English and other lingua francas. Movements throughout the world towards equality in society will downgrade the status of elites--and since elites are the prime users of non-native English, the language will gradually retreat to its native-speaking territories. The rising wealth of Brazil, Russia, India, and China will challenge the dominance of native-English-speaking nations--thereby shrinking the international preference for English. Simultaneously, new technologies will allow instant translation among major languages, enhacing the status of mother tongues and lessening the necessity for any future lingua franca. Ostler predicts a soft landing for English: It will still be widely spoken, if no longer worldwide, sustained by America's continued power on the world stage. But its decline will be both symbolic and significant, evidence of grand shifts in the cultural effects of empire. The Last Lingua Franca is both an insightful examination of the trajectory of our own mother tongue and a fascinating lens through which to view the sweep of history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802778704

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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

Sport Psychology, 2nd Edition provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance. After exploring the history of sport psychology, human motivation, and the role of exercise, there are three main sections to the text: Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, and Individuals and Teams. The first of these sections covers topics such as anxiety, routines, mental imagery, self-talk, enhancing concentration, relaxation, goals, and self-confidence. The section on Performance Inhibition includes chapters on choking under pressure, self-handicapping, procrastination, perfectionism, helplessness, substance abuse, and disruptive personality factors. While much of the information presented is universally applicable, individual differences based on gender, ethnicity, age, and motivation are emphasized in the concluding section on Individuals and Teams. Throughout, there are case studies of well-known athletes from a variety of sports to illustrate topics that are being explored.

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Psychology Press

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1134641648

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The Alphabet of Galen

Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages : a Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation and Commentary

By: Nicholas Everett

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The Alphabet of Galen

Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages : a Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation and Commentary

By: Nicholas Everett

The Alphabet of Galen is a critical edition and English translation of a text describing, in alphabetical order, nearly three hundred natural products - including metals, aromatics, animal materials, and herbs - and their medicinal uses. A Latin translation of earlier Greek writings on pharmacy that have not survived, it circulated among collections of 'authorities' on medicine, including Hippocrates, Galen of Pergamun, Soranus, and Ps. Apuleius. This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nicholas Everett provides a window onto the medieval translation of ancient science and medieval conceptions of pharmacy. With a comprehensive scholarly apparatus and a contextual introduction, The Alphabet of Galen is a major resource for understanding the richness and diversity of medical history.

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University of Toronto Press

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080209550X

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The Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space

By: Nicholas Birns

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The Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space

By: Nicholas Birns

This book examines literary representations of hyperlocal spaces that subvert the idea of grounded and organic spatial identities. Figures such as the pond, the scientific particle, and Wedgwood creamware often go unnoticed, but they exemplify important shifts in culture and aesthetics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space argues that these objects, as well as locations such as alcoves in remote shires, city inns, and mountain retreats, were portrayed by writers in the late eighteenth and early-to-mid nineteenth centuries as gambits that challenged cultural hegemonies. It shows that the hyperlocal space or object, though particular, reaches beyond itself, affording an elasticity that can allow those things that seem beneath notice to reveal broader cultural significance.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498599532

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9781498599535

Hyperreality and Global Culture

By: Nicholas Perry

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Hyperreality and Global Culture

By: Nicholas Perry

This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred, a world where LA Law is used to train lawyers. Drawing on examples from around the globe, Nick Perry presents a fascinating and entertaining analysis of both familiar objects and situations as well as the more unusual and absurd. Meals served in British pubs, motor-cycle gangs in downtown Tokyo, Australian movies, are just some examples used by the author in his engaging exploration of modern sense of the 'unreal'. Hyperrealities also engages with well known theorists of contemporary culture, from Baudrillard and Umberto Eco to Jameson and Sartre.

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1134846762

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Research Methods: The Basics

By: Nicholas Walliman

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Research Methods: The Basics

By: Nicholas Walliman

Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. Structured in two parts, the first covering the nature of knowledge and the reasons for research, and the second the specific methods used to carry out effective research, this book covers:structuring and planning a research projectthe ethical issues involved in researchdifferent types of data and how they are measuredcollecting and analyzing data in order to draw sound conclusionsdevising a rese.

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1136860991

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Modern Molecular Photochemistry

By: Nicholas J. Turro

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Modern Molecular Photochemistry

By: Nicholas J. Turro

During the last two decades the photochemistry of organic molecules has grown into an important and pervasive branch of organic chemistry. In Modern Molecular Photochemistry, the author brings students up to date with the advances in this field - the development of the theory of photoreactions, the utilization of photoreactions in synthetic sequences, and the advancement of powerful laser techniques to study the mechanisms of photoreactions.

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University Science Books

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0935702717

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The Demographic Imagination and the Nineteenth-Century City

By: Nicholas Daly

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The Demographic Imagination and the Nineteenth-Century City

By: Nicholas Daly

Provocative account exploring how a population explosion transformed nineteenth-century European and American culture, creating shared narratives of urban life.

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Cambridge University Press

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110709559X

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Greek Tragedy, a First Reading

Selections from the Electra plays of Euripides and Sophocles

By: Nicholas Baechle

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Greek Tragedy, a First Reading

Selections from the Electra plays of Euripides and Sophocles

By: Nicholas Baechle

This is an intermediate to advanced textbook for first reading of Greek tragedy. This book draws from selections from both Euripides’ and Sophocles’ Electra. It is designed to provide students with a structured access to reading interesting Greek at the advanced level, and as it appears in works of Greek tragedy. It provides a careful introduction to the language of tragedy, Greek poetry as found in Electra, and to the nature and forms of Greek tragedy. The book focuses on material relevant for translation and understanding the unique form of drama through translation.

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Hackett Publishing

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1585108685

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Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain

By: Nicholas Freeman

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Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain

By: Nicholas Freeman

Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry and its disastrous repercussions dominated British newspapers during the spring of 1895, but as this innovative study reveals, the Wilde scandal was by no means the only event to capture the public's imagination. Freak weather, a flu epidemic, a General Election, industrial unrest, 'sex novels' and New Women, trials of murderers and fraudsters, accidents, anarchists, bombers, balloonists and bicyclists were all topics of interest and alarm. Drawing on strikingly diverse primary sources, Nicholas Freeman examines the recurrent preoccupations of a turbulent year, showing how 1890s' Britain is at once far removed from our own day and yet strangely familiar.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748650849

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Australia's Liquid Gold

By: Nicholas Faith

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Australia's Liquid Gold

By: Nicholas Faith

How did Australia achieve such phenomenal success in its wine business? Historian and critically acclaimed wine writer Nicholas Faith gives an indepth account of the growth and international boom of Australia's wine industry and describes how these wines have risen to the point of becoming the world's number one choice. This is the first book to chart the success story of Austalia's wine trade.

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Mitchell Beazley

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1845336097

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9781845336097

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