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The Duke Manual of Oculoplastic Surgery

By: Michael Richard,Jason Liss,Nicholas Ramey

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The Duke Manual of Oculoplastic Surgery

By: Michael Richard,Jason Liss,Nicholas Ramey

Concise, authoritative, and easy to navigate, The Duke Manual of Oculoplastic Surgery offers a step-by-step, highly illustrated approach to the most commonly performed oculoplastic procedures. Ideal for oculoplastic specialists, ophthalmic surgeons, residents, and fellows, it contains practical guidance from experts at Duke University, making it an unparalleled “how-to” manual for the wide variety of cases and operative scenarios you may encounter.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975157095

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Hidden Warbirds

The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering & Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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Hidden Warbirds

The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering & Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

“If you only have room in your collection for one book on WWII-era warbird wreck histories and recoveries, then it should be this one. . . . Fascinating.” —Alan Griffith, author of Consolidated Mess Aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico has been investigating and writing about aircraft wrecks for many years. His website, wreckchasing.com, is the go-to source for enthusiasts who want to know more about how to locate vintage airplane wrecks and then tell their stories. In this engaging new book, Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II Warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the “Swamp Ghost” (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and “Glacier Girl” (a P-38, part of “The Lost Squadron,” which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations. Hidden Warbirds is aviation history at its best.

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Quarto Publishing Group USA

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1610588118

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IQ and Human Intelligence

By: Nicholas Mackintosh

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IQ and Human Intelligence

By: Nicholas Mackintosh

What is intelligence?' may seem like a simple question to answer, but the study and measurement of human intelligence is one of the most controversial subjects in psychology. IQ and Human Intelligence provides an authoritative overview of the main issues surrounding this fascinating area.

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American Chemical Society

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0199585598

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Deleuze's Political Vision

By: Nicholas Tampio

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Deleuze's Political Vision

By: Nicholas Tampio

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist-activist Félix Guattari’s 1980 book A Thousand Plateaus is widely recognized as a masterpiece of twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Until now, however, few scholars have dared to explain the book’s political importance. Deleuze’s Political Vision reconstructs Deleuze’s conception of pluralism, human nature, the social contract, liberalism, democracy, socialism, feminism, and comparative political theory. Unlike scholars who read Deleuze as a Marxist, author Nicholas Tampio argues that Deleuze was a cutting-edge liberal, concerned about protecting difference from what John Stuart Mill called the tyranny of the majority. The book brings Deleuze into conversation with other contemporary political theorists such as Hannah Arendt, William E. Connolly, Jürgen Habermas, Bruno Latour, Charles Mills, Martha Nussbaum, Carole Pateman, Abdolkarim Soroush, Leo Strauss, and Charles Taylor. Deleuze’s Political Vision translates Deleuze’s ideas into popular vernaculars to realize his political vision and reveal his work as essential to modern discussions of political theory and philosophy.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442253169

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Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology

By: John M. Nicholas,Herman Steyn

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Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology

By: John M. Nicholas,Herman Steyn

Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology is a highly regarded textbook that addresses project management across all industries. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the bulk of the book is dedicated to concepts and techniques for practical application. Coverage includes project initiation and proposals, scope and task definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, control, project selection and portfolio management, program management, project organization, and all-important "people" aspects—project leadership, team building, conflict resolution, and stress management. The systems development cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually any kind of project, program, or task force. The authors focus on the ultimate purpose of project management—to unify and integrate the interests, resources and work efforts of many stakeholders, as well as the planning, scheduling, and budgeting needed to accomplish overall project goals. This sixth edition features: updates throughout to cover the latest developments in project management methodologies; a new chapter on project procurement management and contracts; an expansion of case study coverage throughout, including those on the topic of sustainability and climate change, as well as cases and examples from across the globe, including India, Africa, Asia, and Australia; and extensive instructor support materials, including an instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, answers to chapter review questions and a test bank of questions. Taking a technical yet accessible approach, this book is an ideal resource and reference for all advanced undergraduate and graduate students in project management courses, as well as for practicing project managers across all industry sectors.

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Routledge

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1000092569

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Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems

Cases, Statutes, and Problems

By: David W. Barnes,Arthur Best,Nicholas Kahn-Fogel

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Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems

Cases, Statutes, and Problems

By: David W. Barnes,Arthur Best,Nicholas Kahn-Fogel

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Basic Tort Law is a comprehensive introduction to intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability including the fundamental issues of duty, breach, causation, and compensation. Offering comprehensive coverage that is suitable for one or two semester torts courses,Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems, Sixth Edition’s flexible organization accommodates courses that begin either with coverage of intentional torts in Chapter 2 or negligence, beginning with Chapter 3. Chapters 9-16 allow teachers to select additional topics that fit best with their curriculum and interests. New to the Sixth Edition: Thoroughly updated with new cases, problems, and notes, including: a new subsection on potential strict products liability for online marketplaces like Amazon that facilitate sales by third-party vendors; a new subsection comparing liability under trespass and nuisance theories; a contemporary case on but-for causation; two recent cases addressing market share liability; two new cases and a problem on the Restatement (Third) approach to duty; and a new case on the economic loss doctrine. Professors and students will benefit from: These general features help first-year teachers and students achieve their goals: Cases are edited to moderate length, so professors can help students analyze judicial reasoning and treatment of policy implications. Many statutes are included to allow students to learn to read statutes and to see how important statutes are in tort issues. Students find the book easy to learn from, because each case has clear introductory text and is followed by clear, and not too numerous, notes. There are many problems, mostly in essay format, to test student understanding of every topic in the book. For each topic, there is at least one practice-oriented problem designed to illustrate the variety of contexts in which lawyers confront doctrinal issues. Problems are usually drawn from reported decisions and include citations to those decisions.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543838758

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Hidden Warbirds II

More Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Nick Veronico

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Hidden Warbirds II

More Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

By: Nicholas A. Veronico,Nick Veronico

The second installment in a series exploring the stories of famous wrecks and recoveries of World War II-era aircraft. Features over 150 photographs depicting more than 20 warbird stories around the world"--

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Zenith Press

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0760346011

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Stan Getz

An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography, with Song and Session Information for Albums

By: Nicholas Churchill

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Stan Getz

An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography, with Song and Session Information for Albums

By: Nicholas Churchill

Some may only know the jazz legend Stan Getz, tenor saxophonist, for his bossa nova hits "Desafinado" and "The Girl from Ipanema." However, Getz, born in 1927, began to play professionally at age 15, and his rich musical career lasted until shortly before his death on June 6, 1991. He played in a wide variety of musical settings such as big band, orchestral, quartet, and duo. The incredible beauty of his sound sparked the late jazz great John Coltrane to say, "We would all play like Stan Getz, if we could." When Getz died, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie said, "He was sheer genius. And there's one thing about this man, he was the most melodic player on the jazz scene." This bibliography, the first of its kind, contains a total of 2,576 bibliographic citations with 2,292 of them annotated. It includes references to periodical literature, articles from news wire services, books, dissertations, films, videos, television programs, radio broadcasts, and Web sites. The citations are primarily from English-language sources. Materials in English and French as well as a handful of items from other languages are annotated. This work includes a preface that contains the scope of the work, a user's guide, and a list of more than 340 periodicals cited. The main body of the work is divided into the following sections: album reviews, performance reviews, discographies and discographical information, transcriptions, biographical and critical works, filmography, and appendix. Album reviews are provided for 240 albums, along with the discographical details for each of these albums. The appendix contains unannotated citations to materials in Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish.

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McFarland

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0786419490

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Life in the Universe, 5th Edition

By: Jeffrey Bennett,Seth Shostak,Nicholas Schneider,Meredith MacGregor

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Life in the Universe, 5th Edition

By: Jeffrey Bennett,Seth Shostak,Nicholas Schneider,Meredith MacGregor

The world’s leading textbook on astrobiology—ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updated Are we alone in the cosmos? How are scientists seeking signs of life beyond our home planet? Could we colonize other planets, moons, or even other star systems? This introductory textbook, written by a team of four renowned science communicators, educators, and researchers, tells the amazing story of how modern science is seeking the answers to these and other fascinating questions. They are the questions that are at the heart of the highly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology, the study of life in the universe. Written in an accessible, conversational style for anyone intrigued by the possibilities of life in the solar system and beyond, Life in the Universe is an ideal place to start learning about the latest discoveries and unsolved mysteries in the field. From the most recent missions to Saturn’s moons and our neighboring planet Mars to revolutionary discoveries of thousands of exoplanets, from the puzzle of life’s beginning on Earth to the latest efforts in the search for intelligent life elsewhere, this book captures the imagination and enriches the reader’s understanding of how astronomers, planetary scientists, biologists, and other scientists make progress at the cutting edge of this dynamic field. Enriched with a wealth of engaging features, this textbook brings any citizen of the cosmos up to speed with the scientific quest to discover whether we are alone or part of a universe full of life. An acclaimed text designed to inspire students of all backgrounds to explore foundational questions about life in the cosmos Completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field, including recent exploratory space missions to Mars, frontier exoplanet science, research on the origin of life on Earth, and more Enriched with helpful learning aids, including in-chapter Think about It questions, optional Do the Math and Special Topic boxes, Movie Madness boxes, end-of-chapter exercises and problems, quick quizzes, and much more Supported by instructor’s resources, including an illustration package and test bank, available upon request

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Princeton University Press

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0691258139

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UK Business and Financial Cycles Since 1660

Volume I: A Narrative Overview

By: Nicholas Dimsdale,Ryland Thomas

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UK Business and Financial Cycles Since 1660

Volume I: A Narrative Overview

By: Nicholas Dimsdale,Ryland Thomas

This book is the first of two volumes that aim to provide an up-to-date overview of the key data and techniques necessary for analysing the historical behaviour of business and financial cycles in the United Kingdom. Drawing on an extensive secondary literature and the considerable body of historical macroeconomic and financial time series data that exist for the United Kingdom, the two volumes will review the key features of historical recessions and recoveries over the course of three and a half centuries. Volume 1 provides an overview of UK business cycles since 1660. The first part of the book considers old and new theories of the business cycle, looking at the impulses that generate business cycles and the propagation mechanisms that determine their duration and amplitude. The second part of the book uses the latest historical estimates of GDP to look at different ways of measuring and estimating business cycle fluctuations within a simple univariate framework. Finally, the book provides a narrative of UK economic fluctuations since 1660 using a whole range of economic data to shed light on the main drivers of cyclical behaviour. It concludes by highlighting areas for future research especially with regard to the link between business and financial cycles, some of which will be explored in Volume 2.

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Springer Nature

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3030263460

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The Finance Curse

How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer

By: Nicholas Shaxson

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The Finance Curse

How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer

By: Nicholas Shaxson

An “artfully presented [and] engaging” look at the insidious effects of financialization on our lives and politics by the author of Treasure Islands (The Boston Globe). How didthe banking sector grow from a supporter of business to the biggest business in the world? Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson takes us on a terrifying journey through the world economy, exposing tax havens, monopolists, megabanks, private equity firms, Eurobond traders, lobbyists, and a menagerie of scoundrels quietly financializing our entire society, hurting both business and individuals. Shaxson shows how we got here, telling the story of how finance re-engineered the global economic order in the last half-century, with the aim not of creating wealth but extracting it from the underlying economy. Under the twin gospels of “national competitiveness” and “shareholder value,” megabanks and financialized corporations have provoked a race to the bottom between states to provide the most subsidized environment for big business, encouraged a brain drain into finance, fostered instability and inequality, and turned a blind eye to the spoils of organized crime. From Ireland to Iowa, he shows the insidious effects of financialization on our politics and on communities who were promised paradise but got poverty wages instead. We need a strong financial system—but when it grows too big it becomes a monster. The Finance Curse is the explosive story of how finance got a stranglehold on society, and reveals how we might release ourselves from its grasp. Revised with new chapters “[Discusses] corrupt financiers in London and New York City, geographically obscure tax havens, the bizarre realm of wealth managers in South Dakota, a ravaged newspaper in New Jersey, and a shattered farm economy in Iowa . . . A vivid demonstration of how corruption and greed have become the main organizing principles in the finance industry.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Grove Press

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0802146384

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9780802146380

Encountering Islam on the First Crusade

By: Nicholas Morton

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Encountering Islam on the First Crusade

By: Nicholas Morton

The First Crusade (1095–9) has often been characterised as a head-to-head confrontation between the forces of Christianity and Islam. For many, it is the campaign that created a lasting rupture between these two faiths. Nevertheless, is such a characterisation borne out by the sources? Engagingly written and supported by a wealth of evidence, Encountering Islam on the First Crusade offers a major reinterpretation of the crusaders' attitudes towards the Arabic and Turkic peoples they encountered on their journey to Jerusalem. Nicholas Morton considers how they interpreted the new peoples, civilizations and landscapes they encountered; sights for which their former lives in Western Christendom had provided little preparation. Morton offers a varied picture of cross cultural relations, depicting the Near East as an arena in which multiple protagonists were pitted against each other. Some were fighting for supremacy, others for their religion, and many simply for survival.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316721027

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9781316721025

The Lifeboat Service in South East England

Station by Station

By: Nicholas Leach

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The Lifeboat Service in South East England

Station by Station

By: Nicholas Leach

The history of the lifeboat service from East Anglia to East Sussex. Covering both daring rescues and the boats in service.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445617579

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Pearl Harbor Air Raid

The Japanese Attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, December 7, 1941

By: Nicholas Veronico,Nicholas A. Veronico

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Pearl Harbor Air Raid

The Japanese Attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, December 7, 1941

By: Nicholas Veronico,Nicholas A. Veronico

Just in time for 75th anniversary commemorations of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this latest addition offers a complete visual history of the attack, its aftermath, and the salvage efforts that followed. Over 300 photos, with detailed captions—complete with information such as aircraft serial numbers—document aircraft, ships, submarines, and key locations. Text sidebars highlight President Roosevelt’s famous speech, the little known failed Japanese attack that followed in March 1942, and more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811765490

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Montmartre: A Cultural History

By: Nicholas Hewitt

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Montmartre: A Cultural History

By: Nicholas Hewitt

Montmartre: A Cultural History offers an engaging tour of one of the most fascinating areas of Paris, exploring a rich history from the Belle Epoque to the Occupation. The work explores many iconic areas of Paris, such as the Moulin-Rouge and Sacré-Coeur.

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Liverpool University Press

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1786948117

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9781786948113

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

By: Nicholas Carr

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

By: Nicholas Carr

New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "This is a book to shake up the world." —Ann Patchett Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioral effects of smartphones and social media.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393358003

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9780393358001

D-Day

The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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D-Day

The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

Those who witnessed it never forgot it: the great armada of Allied ships that filled the English Channel on D-Day, June 6, 1944. From battleships, cruisers, and destroyers down to the much smaller landing ships and landing craft, these nearly 7,000 vessels bombarded the Normandy coast, ferried men, tanks, and equipment across the channel, and landed 150,000 troops—under withering German fire—on Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches in a single day. In numbers and scope, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Meanwhile, some 12,000 aircraft flew above the sea, a dizzying assortment of fighters and bombers, transports, recon craft, and gliders. Taking off from air fields in England, they dropped thousands of paratroopers and even vehicles, bombed roads and German positions miles inland, provided vital intelligence, and attacked any German planes that were able to take to the skies. It was the largest single-day aerial operation in history. And yet these important—and impressive—aspects of D-Day haven’t received the coverage they deserve, having been overshadowed by the fighting on the beaches. Veronico assembles photos of both the air and sea components of the D-Day invasion, giving the sailors and airmen their due and giving modern readers a vivid sense of what this monumental day was like in the air and at sea.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811768139

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Orientalism and the Operatic World

By: Nicholas Tarling

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Orientalism and the Operatic World

By: Nicholas Tarling

Western opera is a globalized and globalizing phenomenon and affords us a unique opportunity for exploring the concept of “orientalism,” the subject of literary scholar Edward Said’s modern classic on the topic. Nicholas Tarling’s Orientalism and the Operatic World places opera in the context of its steady globalization over the past two centuries. In this important survey, Tarling first considers how the Orient appears on the operatic stage in Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States before exploring individual operas according to the region of the “Orient” in which the work is set. Throughout, Tarling offers key insights into such notable operas as George Frideric Handel’s Berenice, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, Giacomo Puccini’s MadamaButterfly, Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, and others. Orientalism and the Operatic World argues that any close study of the history of Western opera, in the end, fails to support the notion propounded by Said that Westerners inevitably stereotyped, dehumanized, and ultimately sought only to dominate the East through art. Instead, Tarling argues that opera is a humanizing art, one that emphasizes what humanity has in common by epic depictions of passion through the vehicle of song. Orientalism and the Operatic World is not merely for opera buffs or even first-time listeners. It should also interest historians of both the East and West, scholars of international relations, and cultural theorists.

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1442245441

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9781442245440

The Right of Hot Pursuit in International Law

By: Nicholas M Poúlantzas

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The Right of Hot Pursuit in International Law

By: Nicholas M Poúlantzas

In three Parts the author examines the right of hot pursuit on land, in the international law of the sea, and in international air law. He critically analyzes the development of the right, its present status and position in the future. Hence, solutions are proposed to present problems of international law in connection with the right of hot pursuit, as well as to problems which may arise in the future. Thus, the doctrine of hot pursuit is placed within the framework of modern international law and examined in the light of recent developments. These extensively discussed developments include not only consideration of the right of hot pursuit in connection with guerilla warfare techniques and conflicts not amounting to war, but also all recent evolutions in the international law of the sea, including, inter alia, problems appertaining to fisheries, exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf, pirate radiostations, and pollution of the sea. In addition, the right of hot pursuit in international air law is examined in connection with all modern situations, for instance, recent interception techniques of intruding aircraft, contiguous air space limits, hi-jacking of aircraft and air piracy. This work is an extended and updated edition of the book first published in 1969.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9041117865

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9789041117861

Violence in the Hill Country

The Texas Frontier in the Civil War Era

By: Nicholas Keefauver Roland

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Violence in the Hill Country

The Texas Frontier in the Civil War Era

By: Nicholas Keefauver Roland

In the nineteenth century, Texas’s advancing western frontier was the site of one of America’s longest conflicts between white settlers and native peoples. The Texas Hill Country functioned as a kind of borderland within the larger borderland of Texas itself, a vast and fluid area where, during the Civil War, the slaveholding South and the nominally free-labor West collided. As in many borderlands, Nicholas Roland argues, the Hill Country was marked by violence, as one set of peoples, states, and systems eventually displaced others. In this painstakingly researched book, Roland analyzes patterns of violence in the Texas Hill Country to examine the cultural and political priorities of white settlers and their interaction with the century-defining process of national integration and state-building in the Civil War era. He traces the role of violence in the region from the eve of the Civil War, through secession and the Indian wars, and into Reconstruction. Revealing a bitter history of warfare, criminality, divided communities, political violence, vengeance killings, and economic struggle, Roland positions the Texas Hill Country as emblematic of the Southwest of its time.

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University of Texas Press

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1477321772

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9781477321775

North Carolina Civil Trial Practice

By: G. Nicholas Herman

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North Carolina Civil Trial Practice

By: G. Nicholas Herman

North Carolina Civil Trial Practice is North Carolina's only and leading practitioner treatise on civil trial practice and procedure (with application of the N.C. Rules of Evidence). There are a number of books for practitioners in North Carolina in various, distinct subjects (e.g. in torts, workers' compensation, real property law, family law, North Carolina corporations, North Carolina evidence, Employment Law and North Carolina Criminal Procedure). However, there is currently no civil trial practice book available in North Carolina; and this work fills that gap and is designed to be used by all civil trial lawyers in North Carolina, whether plaintiff or defense-oriented. North Carolina Civil Trial Practice comprehensively covers (1) the procedural, and (2) substantive law of, and (3) practice techniques for the trial of any North Carolina civil case -- from pre-trial procedure, mediation, and all stages of a trial (jury selection, open statement, direct and cross-examination, the jury charge conference, and closing argument). In addition, the book covers a detailed application of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence as they relate to the foregoing and to making objections and offers of proof, conducting direct and cross-examinations (including impeachment and rebuttal), introducing exhibits, and preserving the record for appeal. No current book in North Carolina addresses these matters. The book is thus distinct from any other North Carolina practitioner treatise, and is designed (1) as the definitive resource for civil practitioners preparing for any trial (bench trial or jury trial in any civil proceeding ) and (2) for ready use in court when counsel needs to quickly find out how to introduce a particular matter or item of evidence at trial or otherwise how to deal with any other matter occurring at trial. In sum, North Carolina Civil Trial Practice is the standard "bible" for all civil trial practitioners.

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Juris Publishing, Inc.

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1578233682

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9781578233687

Bloody Skies

U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

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Bloody Skies

U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II

By: Nicholas A. Veronico

A visual history of the US Eighth Air Force in World War II • Hundreds of photos of American aircraft damaged or shot down by the German Luftwaffe • Photos of damaged bomber and fighter planes, plus information on their crews and missions • Perfect complement to the narrative accounts in the Stackpole Military History Series • Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, and modelers

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Stackpole Books

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0811714551

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Politics and Suicide

The philosophy of political self-destruction

By: Nicholas Michelsen

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Politics and Suicide

The philosophy of political self-destruction

By: Nicholas Michelsen

Politics and Suicide argues that whilst the historical lineage of suicidal politics is recognised, the fundamental significance of autodestruction to the political remains under examined. It contends that practices like suicide-bombing do not simply embody a strange or abnormal ‘suicidal’ articulation of the political, but rather, that the existence of suicidal politics tells us something fundamental about the political as such and thinking about political violence more broadly. Recent world events have emphatically shown our need for tools with which to develop better understandings of the politics of suicide. Through the exploration of several arresting case-studies, including the ‘Kamikaze’ bombers of World War Two, Jan Palach’s self-immolation in 1969, Cold War nuclear deterrence, and the suicide-terrorist attacks of 9/11 Michelsen asks how we might talk of a political suicide in any of these contexts. The book charts how political processes ‘go suicidal’, and asks how we might still consider them to be political in such a case. It investigates how suicide can function as ‘politics’. A strong contribution to the fields of philosophy and international relations theory, this work will also be of interest to students and scholars of political theory and terrorism & political violence.

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Boneyard Nose Art

U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork

By: Jim Dunn,Ron Strong,Nicholas A. Veronico

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U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork

By: Jim Dunn,Ron Strong,Nicholas A. Veronico

Photos of retired American military aircraft, emphasizing their nose art.

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Stackpole Books

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Health Care Law and Ethics

By: Mark A. Hall,Mary Anne Bobinski,David Orentlicher,I. Glenn Cohen,Nicholas Bagley,Nadia N. Sawicki

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Health Care Law and Ethics

By: Mark A. Hall,Mary Anne Bobinski,David Orentlicher,I. Glenn Cohen,Nicholas Bagley,Nadia N. Sawicki

Health Care Law and Ethics, Tenth Edition offers a relationship-oriented approach to health law—covering the essentials, as well as cutting-edge and controversial subjects. The book provides thoughtful and teachable coverage of all major aspects of health care law, including medical liability. Current and classic cases build logically from the fundamentals of the patient/provider relationship to the role of government and institutions in health care. The book is adaptable to both survey courses and courses covering portions of the field. New to the Tenth Edition: Length: Trimmed by 20% to enhance teachability New author: Nadia N. Sawicki Thoroughly revised coverage of: Medical liability Reproductive rights and justice Public health law Extensive coverage of issues relating to COVID-19 Supreme Court decisions on abortion and the Affordable Care Act Discussion of emerging topics, such as: Gender reassignment Artificial intelligence Revising “brain death” and the “dead donor” rule for organ transplants Work requirements under Medicaid Medical price transparency Vertical integration and cross-market mergers Benefits for instructors and students: The organization vividly presents the entwined roles of patient, provider, and state in understanding and resolving private and public health care dilemmas Scope includes all major areas of health care law and policy Coverage of classic medical liability topics remains substantial Coverage of all major emerging and conventional issues in bioethics, public health, health care finance and reform, and corporate and regulatory law More streamlined editing facilitates coverage of multiple areas or use in survey courses “The strength of the editors and the evolution of the book over a substantial period has allowed the book to become the best from which I have ever taught.” Roy Spece, University of Arizona

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Progress in Colorectal Surgery

By: John Beynon,Nicholas D. Carr

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Progress in Colorectal Surgery

By: John Beynon,Nicholas D. Carr

- Takes a problem oriented approach to discuss the key concepts in the field of colorectal surgery. - Includes recent progress in imaging techniques and how they are useful to the surgeon. - Highlghts not only the medical apsects of coloproctology, but the legal concerns for the physician as well.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1852336773

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Object of Virtue

A Novel

By: Nicholas B.A. Nicholson

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Object of Virtue

A Novel

By: Nicholas B.A. Nicholson

A dazzling debut about the power of family and the pain of betrayal set within Manhattan's Fifth Avenue apartments, the opulent mansions of the new Moscow, and the pre-revolutionary palaces of Saint Petersburg. Sasha Ozerovsky is a young expert in Russian art at Leighton's, an exclusive Manhattan auction house. When a dealer arrives from Moscow with an exquisite 1913 Fabergé figurine, Sasha immediately recognizes a rare masterpiece. But in the high stakes art world, the price of an object is tied to its history. If Sasha can determine for whom the bejeweled piece was made and where it has been hiding for the past century, its value -- and Sasha's career -- will soar. But as Sasha moves between New York's high society and Russia's new rich, he discovers that the piece once belonged to his family, and he must face questions about their past that he never dared to ask. Superbly plotted and evoking the elegance of Russia's gilded age, Object of Virtue is an enthralling tale that explores what happens to a family torn between vanity and virtue.

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Simon and Schuster

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The Company He Keeps

A History of White College Fraternities

By: Nicholas L. Syrett

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The Company He Keeps

A History of White College Fraternities

By: Nicholas L. Syrett

Tracing the full history of traditionally white college fraternities in America from their days in antebellum all-male schools to the sprawling modern-day college campus, Nicholas Syrett reveals how fraternity brothers have defined masculinity over the course of their 180-year history. Based on extensive research at twelve different schools and analyzing at least twenty national fraternities, The Company He Keeps explores many factors--such as class, religiosity, race, sexuality, athleticism, intelligence, and recklessness--that have contributed to particular versions of fraternal masculinity at different times. Syrett demonstrates the ways that fraternity brothers' masculinity has had consequences for other students on campus as well, emphasizing the exclusion of different groups of classmates and the sexual exploitation of female college students.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807888702

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The Mama Chronicles

A Memoir

By: Teresa Nicholas

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The Mama Chronicles

A Memoir

By: Teresa Nicholas

Winner of the 2022 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Life Writing Growing up in the Delta town of Yazoo City, Mississippi, Teresa Nicholas believed that she and her country-born and -bred mother weren’t close. She knew little of her mother’s early life as a sharecropper during the Great Depression, but whenever she brought up the subject, her taciturn mother would snap, “You ask too many questions, young’un.” Nicholas left Mississippi to attend college, then settled in New York to work in the hard-driving world of commercial book publishing. Twenty-five years later, eager for a change, she and her husband decided to shift careers to writing, trading their home in the New York suburbs for a casita in the Mexican Highlands. But as her mother’s health deteriorated, Nicholas found herself spending more time in the small town she thought she had left behind. Over long afternoons in front of Turner Classic Movies, she grew closer to her mother, coaxing stories from her about her hardscrabble past—until a major stroke threatened to silence her mother's newfound voice. Torn between her new home in Mexico and her old home in Mississippi, Nicholas struggled to find her place in the world. She discovered that the past isn’t always the way we remember it, and as the years ticked by, that she and her mother could grow closer still. The Mama Chronicles: A Memoir is a funny and poignant account of a mother-daughter relationship and, ultimately, a meditation on acceptance and what it means to call a place home.

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1496835271

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The Shallows

What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains

By: Nicholas Carr

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The Shallows

What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains

By: Nicholas Carr

As we enjoy the Net's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr explores the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, thid book explains how the Net is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher. Presents a gripping story of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval.

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0393072223

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Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: David W. Day,Jeremy R. Jass,Ashley B. Price,Neal A. Shepherd,James M. Sloan,Nicholas J. Talbot,Geraint T. Williams,Bryan F. Warren

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Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: David W. Day,Jeremy R. Jass,Ashley B. Price,Neal A. Shepherd,James M. Sloan,Nicholas J. Talbot,Geraint T. Williams,Bryan F. Warren

Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology is one of the 'Gold Standards' of pathology textbooks. It has been completely revised to incorporate the latest advances in this rapidly evolving field including the developments in gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori and the revised classification of other common gastrointestinal conditions. This new edition features a wealth of new material presented in full colour for the first time.

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047075530X

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Critical Companion to William Faulkner

By: A. Nicholas Fargnoli,Michael Golay

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Critical Companion to William Faulkner

By: A. Nicholas Fargnoli,Michael Golay

As I Lay Dying; Light in August; The Sound and the Fury; Absalom, Absalom!; "The Bear"; and many others.

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1438108591

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A Conversation about Healthy Eating

By: Nicholas A. Lesica

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A Conversation about Healthy Eating

By: Nicholas A. Lesica

What constitutes a healthy diet? Mainstream media and advertisers would like you to think that the answer to this question is complicated and controversial. But science, fortunately, tells us otherwise. A Conversation about Healthy Eating brings together all the relevant science about healthy eating in one place, and it’s exactly that – a conversation; an informal discussion between a scientist and a friend about their eating habits,keeping the science firmly rooted in everyday life. The conversation moves from topics such as metabolism and digestion to gut bacteria, hormones, neuroscience and the immune system. All of these concepts are explained in accessible terms to help you understand the roles they play in maintaining a healthy diet. The conversation leads to the conclusion that staying lean and healthy simply requires avoiding the overconsumption of processed foods. While this is, of course, easier said than done, science also provides clear recommendations for how you can adapt your environment and lifestyle to make it possible. Rather than simply presenting you with the principles of healthy eating, this book will help you to develop a comprehensive understanding of the science behind the principles, including the evolutionary facts that affect the way we eat today. This understanding will allow you to ignore the noise in the media and to move forward with a healthy lifestyle that work for you.

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1911576755

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