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Regulating Patient Safety

By: Oliver Quick

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Regulating Patient Safety

By: Oliver Quick

This illuminating study explores the role of professionals, patients, regulation and law in improving patient safety.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521190991

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9780521190992

Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900

The Changing Enemy

By: Oliver Buckton

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Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900

The Changing Enemy

By: Oliver Buckton

Espionage in British Fiction and Film Since 1900 traces the history and development of the British spy novel from its emergence in the early twentieth century, through its growth as a popular genre during the Cold War, to its resurgence in the early twenty-first century. Using an innovative structure, the chapters focus on specific categories of fictional spying (such as the accidental spy or the professional) and identify each type with a vital period in the evolution of the spy novel and film. A central section of the book considers how, with the creation of James Bond by Ian Fleming in the 1950s, the professional spy was launched on a new career of global popularity, enhanced by the Bond film franchise. In the realm of fiction, a glance at the fiction bestseller list will reveal the continuing appeal of novelists such as John le Carré, Frederick Forsyth, Charles Cumming, Stella Rimington, Daniel Silva, Alec Berenson, Christopher Reich—to name but a few—and illustrates the continued fascination with the spy novel into the twenty-first century, decades after the end of the Cold War. There is also a burgeoning critical interest in spy fiction, with a number of new studies appearing in recent years. A genre that many believed would falter and disappear after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet empire has shown, if anything, increased signs of vitality. While exploring the origins of the British spy, tracing it through cultural and historical events, Espionage in British Fiction and Film Since 1900 also keeps in focus the essential role of the “changing enemy”—the chief adversary of and threat to Britain and its allies—in the evolution of spy fiction and cinema. The book concludes by analyzing examples of the enduring vitality of the British spy novel and film in the decades since the end of the Cold War.

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Lexington Books

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1498504841

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9781498504843

Madman's Dance

Time Rovers Book 3

By: Jana Oliver

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Madman's Dance

Time Rovers Book 3

By: Jana Oliver

Book Three of the award-winning Time Rovers series History is melting down courtesy of a multi-century plot to bring the Transitive shapeshifters to power. Only Time Rover Jacynda Lassiter can stop them, but first she must escape from Bedlam, the infamous insane asylum. Her Victorian allies are facing equal difficulties. Dr. Alastair Montrose is caught between his duty to uncover the truth, and powerful foes who wish it buried. And though once lauded as a hero, Detective-Sergeant Jonathon Keats is on trial for murder, facing an almost certain date with the hangman. If their enemies’ ingenious plot is successful, a stolen cache of explosives will ignite the biggest conflagration since the Great Fire of 1666. If London burns, the future will change. Forever.

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506

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Magespell LLC

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0970449054

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9780970449054

100 Years

Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008

By: John Oliver Coffey,Bernie Wood

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100 Years

Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008

By: John Oliver Coffey,Bernie Wood

100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 tells the story of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Team from its origins in 1908 to the present day. The book covers major matches, along with biographies of prominent players and administrators. A rich collection of stories and interviews with former players tells the reader what really happened off and on the field. The book has been thoroughly researched with information coming from England, France, Australia and throughout New Zealand, and it is illustrated with over 200 images. There have been no books specifically written on Maori involvement with rugby league, until now. 100 Years: Maori Rugby League 1908-2008 is about players, administrators and whanau. It's about the fabulous moments, the glories of victory and the agonies of defeat, and it gives a comprehensive story of Maori participation in rugby league.

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361

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Huia Publishers

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1869693310

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9781869693312

The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

A Cartographic Analysis and County-by-County Catalogue

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Richard R. Oliver

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The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

A Cartographic Analysis and County-by-County Catalogue

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Richard R. Oliver

A reference work on the tithe maps of England and Wales for historians, geographers and lawyers.

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1050

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Cambridge University Press

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0521441919

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9780521441919

Early Netherlandish Painting

By: National Gallery of Art (U.S.),John Oliver Hand,Martha Wolff

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Early Netherlandish Painting

By: National Gallery of Art (U.S.),John Oliver Hand,Martha Wolff

The volume contains entries for paintings in the National gallery that were produced in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by artists from the Netherlands. The entries are arranged alphabetically by artist; a short biography and bibliography for each artist is followed by individual entries on the paintings, each in order of acquisition. The authors address traditional questions of attributes and iconography; in addition, they examine the social, economic, and religious context in which the individual work of art functioned. The volume is also probable the first museum catalogue to include the results of examination by infrared reflectography and dendrochronological analysis.

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Cambridge University Press

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0894680935

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9780894680939

The Concise Untold History of the United States

By: Oliver Stone,Peter Kuznick

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The Concise Untold History of the United States

By: Oliver Stone,Peter Kuznick

Text in this work is taken from the transcript from the author's documentary on Showtime, which was based on the Gallery Books publication titled The untold history of the United States"--Title page verso.

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336

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Simon and Schuster

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147679166X

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9781476791661

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

By: Oliver Ramsbotham,Hugh Miall,Tom Woodhouse

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Contemporary Conflict Resolution

By: Oliver Ramsbotham,Hugh Miall,Tom Woodhouse

Offering an assessment of the theory and practice of conflict resolution in post-Cold War conflicts, this book addresses a number of questions. It explores the nature of contemporary conflict and the development of conflict resolution.

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536

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Polity

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0745649734

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9780745649733

Virtual Art

From Illusion to Immersion

By: Oliver Grau

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Virtual Art

From Illusion to Immersion

By: Oliver Grau

An overview of the art historical antecedents to virtual reality and the impact of virtual reality on contemporary conceptions of art. Although many people view virtual reality as a totally new phenomenon, it has its foundations in an unrecognized history of immersive images. Indeed, the search for illusionary visual space can be traced back to antiquity. In this book, Oliver Grau shows how virtual art fits into the art history of illusion and immersion. He describes the metamorphosis of the concepts of art and the image and relates those concepts to interactive art, interface design, agents, telepresence, and image evolution. Grau retells art history as media history, helping us to understand the phenomenon of virtual reality beyond the hype. Grau shows how each epoch used the technical means available to produce maximum illusion. He discusses frescoes such as those in the Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii and the gardens of the Villa Livia near Primaporta, Renaissance and Baroque illusion spaces, and panoramas, which were the most developed form of illusion achieved through traditional methods of painting and the mass image medium before film. Through a detailed analysis of perhaps the most important German panorama, Anton von Werner's 1883 The Battle of Sedan, Grau shows how immersion produced emotional responses. He traces immersive cinema through Cinerama, Sensorama, Expanded Cinema, 3-D, Omnimax and IMAX, and the head mounted display with its military origins. He also examines those characteristics of virtual reality that distinguish it from earlier forms of illusionary art. His analysis draws on the work of contemporary artists and groups ART+COM, Maurice Benayoun, Charlotte Davies, Monika Fleischmann, Ken Goldberg, Agnes Hegedues, Eduardo Kac, Knowbotic Research, Laurent Mignonneau, Michael Naimark, Simon Penny, Daniela Plewe, Paul Sermon, Jeffrey Shaw, Karl Sims, Christa Sommerer, and Wolfgang Strauss. Grau offers not just a history of illusionary space but also a theoretical framework for analyzing its phenomenologies, functions, and strategies throughout history and into the future.

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MIT Press

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0262572230

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9780262572231

Mapping Mars

Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World

By: Oliver Morton

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Mapping Mars

Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World

By: Oliver Morton

Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton shows us the complex and beguiling role that mapping will play in our understanding of the red planet, and more deeply, what it means for humans to envision such heroic landscapes. Charting a path from the 19th century visionaries to the spy-satellite pioneers to the science fiction writers and the arctic explorers -- till now, to the people are taking us there -- Morton unveils the central place that Mars has occupied in the human imagination, and what it will mean to realize these dreams. A pioneering work of journalism and drama, Mapping Mars gives us our first exciting glimpses of the world to come and the curious, bizarre, and amazing people who will take us there.

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Picador

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0312707932

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9780312707934

A Read For The Train

By: Oliver Buckle

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A Read For The Train

By: Oliver Buckle

A collection of short stories, flash fiction and verse. A read for the train I called it, but it could as well be a read for the plane, the bus or the waiting room. Here is a collection to take you somewhere else, from the reaches of the universe, to a suburban Christmas. Something to savour in the odd moments of life.

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Lulu.com

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1447820975

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9781447820970

Cosmic Humanism and World Unity

By: Oliver L. Reiser

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Cosmic Humanism and World Unity

By: Oliver L. Reiser

First published in 1975 Cosmic Humanism and World Unity presents a comprehensive overview of the world view, a theory of knowledge, a cosmology and a possible universal religion termed as cosmic humanism. It aims to discover and formulate some of the main principles that may help mankind integrate the world ethically, aesthetically, and spiritually, as science and technology have integrated the planet in its physical relationships. It discusses themes like mental pattern for the planet; language and world order; grand strategy of evolution; Helium Psychosphere; cosmic humanism and the "space age"; and existentialist cosmology and harmony. This is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of philosophy.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003804543

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9781003804543

Hype Machine: How Greed, Fraud and Free Money Crashed Crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the fraud of the century

By: Joshua Oliver

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Hype Machine: How Greed, Fraud and Free Money Crashed Crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the fraud of the century

By: Joshua Oliver

A gripping real-life financial thriller.' CLAER BARRETT, AUTHOR OF WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU ABOUT MONEY 'Anybody who wants to understand the cryptocurrency mania should read Hype Machine.' LIONEL BARBER, FORMER EDITOR OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES On 2 November 2023, in one of the largest fraud trials in history, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of stealing billions of dollars from the customers of his crypto-exchange, FTX. How did this 31-year-old Californian in shorts and a T-shirt manage to become one of the most famous CEOs in the world? How did greed, fear and free money inflate the crypto bubble until it finally popped with devastating consequences for millions of people who lost money in the crash? Who were the enablers, investors and innovators who transformed the original promise of crypto into a digital Wild West? Hype Machine is the definitive story of the boom and bust of crypto, written by award-winning Financial Times journalist Joshua Oliver. Expansive, nuanced and eminently entertaining, it demystifies the crypto circus by following the journeys of its most influential participants and the trajectory of SBF, its enigmatic ringmaster. Oliver, who reported on the crypto crash with extensive access to SBF himself, introduces readers to the people and ideas that shaped crypto's wild rise and fall, including Arthur Hayes, Changpeng Zhao and the coterie of acolytes who surrounded FTX. Through exclusive interviews, compelling research and with ringside seats at the trial of the decade, he paints a vivid, detailed and tragi-comic picture of this defining financial moment of our times.

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Heligo Books

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1785120980

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9781785120985

The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2

Young Readers Edition, 1945-1962

By: Oliver Stone,Peter Kuznick

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The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2

Young Readers Edition, 1945-1962

By: Oliver Stone,Peter Kuznick

Discover America’s secrets in this second of two volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Eric Singer. There is history as we know it. And there is history we should have known. Complete with poignant photos and little-known but vitally important stories, this second of two volumes traces how people around the world responded to the United States’s rise as a superpower from the end of World War II through an increasingly tense Cold War and, eventually, to the brink of nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This is not the kind of history taught in schools or normally presented on television or in popular movies. This riveting young readers volume challenges prevailing orthodoxies to reveal uncomfortable realities about the US role in heightening Cold War tensions. It also humanizes the experiences of diverse people, at home and abroad, who yearned for a more just, equal, and compassionate world. This volume will come as a breath of fresh air for students, teachers, and budding young historians hungry for different perspectives—which makes it a crucial counterpoint to today’s history textbooks. Adapted by high school and university educator Eric S. Singer from the bestselling book and companion to the documentary The Untold History of the United States by Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick, this volume gives young readers a powerful and provocative look at the US role in the Cold War. It also provides a blueprint for those concerned with shaping a better and more equitable future for people across the world.

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Simon and Schuster

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1481421786

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9781481421782

Popular Music Autobiography

The Revolution in Life-Writing by 1960s' Musicians and Their Descendants

By: Oliver Lovesey

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Popular Music Autobiography

The Revolution in Life-Writing by 1960s' Musicians and Their Descendants

By: Oliver Lovesey

The 1960s saw the nexus of the revolution in popular music by a post-war generation amid demographic upheavals and seismic shifts in technology. Over the past two decades, musicians associated with this period have produced a large amount of important autobiographical writing. This book situates these works -- in the forms of formal autobiographies and memoirs, auto-fiction, songs, and self-fashioned museum exhibitions -- within the context of the recent expansion of interest in autobiography, disability, and celebrity studies. It argues that these writings express anxiety over musical originality and authenticity, and seeks to dispel their writers' celebrity status and particularly the association with a lack of seriousness. These works often constitute a meditation on the nature of postmodern fame within a celebrity-obsessed culture, and paradoxically they aim to regain the private self in a public forum.

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265

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501355848

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9781501355844

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Regulating Patient Safety

Regulating Patient Safety

Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900

Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900

Madman's Dance

Madman's Dance

100 Years

100 Years

The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

Early Netherlandish Painting

Early Netherlandish Painting

The Concise Untold History of the United States

The Concise Untold History of the United States

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Virtual Art

Virtual Art

Mapping Mars

Mapping Mars

A Read For The Train

A Read For The Train

Cosmic Humanism and World Unity

Cosmic Humanism and World Unity

Hype Machine: How Greed, Fraud and Free Money Crashed Crypto

Hype Machine: How Greed, Fraud and Free Money Crashed Crypto

The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2

The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2

Popular Music Autobiography

Popular Music Autobiography

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