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A-Z of Leeds

Places-People-History

By: Paul Chrystal

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A-Z of Leeds

Places-People-History

By: Paul Chrystal

Explore the city of Leeds in this fully illustrated handy A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445689146

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TATTOO ZOO

By: Paul Avallone

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A novel of the Afghan War, authentic, boots-on-the-ground, TATTOO ZOO comes from a veteran of three-plus years in the war--first as a Green Beret, then later years as a freelance writer/photographer embedded with US Army infantry units. This is the story of the courage, camaraderie and sacrifice of the men of the fictional platoon of the title, as these GIs fight a fierce Taliban in a nowhere piece of picturesque real estate called Wajma Valley, while battling a politically correct four-star command determined to prosecute the Zoosters for war crimes or simply leave them in the valley to die.

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iUniverse

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1491725001

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9781491725009

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GUN

By: Paul Bennett aka Cralion

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GUN

By: Paul Bennett aka Cralion

It’s the late 1870’s and Trace Jackson, AKA Doc Shadow is a gunfighter with a deadly reputation that plagues him. There’s always another gun hawk trying to boost his reputation, or another white man believing he’s better, just because he’s white! Many died with surprise on their face. Trace is a man living on the edge where life and death is measured by the fastest draw, deadly accuracy and ice-cold nerves. Trace stops for supplies in the town of Colter Junction, a town owned by Aaron Colter and his two sons who ride rough shod over its citizens. A gunfight is unavoidable and death inevitable as Colter’s two sons push Trace until he has no choice but to fight. Aaron Colter tries to avenge his sons and dies in the attempt. Trace is wounded while fleeing town with a posse hot on his trail. Mitch Colter, older brother of Aaron Colter is a merciless killer who leads the toughest gang in Arizona. He is ruled by hate, greed and lust. Hearing of his brother’s death he goes to Colter Junction seeking revenge. When he discovers the town let the killer escape he hangs the sheriff and sets off in pursuit of his brother’s killer. The trail leads him to the quiet village of the Jicarilla Apache while the warriors are away on a buffalo hunt. The massacre of innocent men, women and children only serves to fuel Mitch Colter’s blood-thirst for revenge. Tela, is a young Apache maiden who, while returning home from the local mission, is pursued by two men intent on having their way with her. Trace saves her, but this time sustains a near fatal wound. Tela saves his life, takes him to her village and gives him the hope of a new life filled with happiness. However, Colter’s raid on the village appears to wipe out any future at all. Trace sets out in pursuit of the gang filled with hate and bent on revenge. His path leads him back to Colter Junction and his rendezvous Mitch Colter. Destiny has determined these two men should meet, and the life of an entire town hangs in the balance!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462836801

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9781462836802

Field Guide to the Birds of Bangladesh

By: Richard Grimmett,Paul Thompson,Tim Inskipp

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Field Guide to the Birds of Bangladesh

By: Richard Grimmett,Paul Thompson,Tim Inskipp

Birds of Bangladesh is the definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of this fascinating and beautiful country. Despite being one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, Bangladesh boasts a diverse range of natural habitats, including forests, wetlands and grasslands, and supports a wide range of species including a number of sought after regional specialities. This book covers all 705 species that occur in Bangladesh, including vagrants. It includes 103 superb colour plates, with text on facing pages for quick and easy reference, as well as concise species accounts describe key identification features, voice, habitats, distribution and status.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472992482

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9781472992482

Fundamentals of Optomechanics

By: Daniel Vukobratovich,Paul Yoder

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Fundamentals of Optomechanics

By: Daniel Vukobratovich,Paul Yoder

When Galileo designed the tube of his first telescope, optomechanics was born. Concerned with the shape and position of surfaces in an optical system, optomechanics is a subfield of physics that is arguably as old as optics. However, while universities offer courses on the subject, there is a scarcity in textbook selections that skillfully and properly convey optomechanical fundamentals to aspiring engineers. Complemented by tutorial examples and exercises, this textbook rectifies this issue by providing instructors and departments with a better choice for transmitting to students the basic principles of optomechanics and allowing them to comfortably gain familiarity with the field’s content. Practicing optical engineers who engage in self-study and wish to enhance the extent of their knowledge will also find benefit from the vast experience of the authors. The book begins with a discussion of materials based on optomechanical figures of merit and features chapters on windows, prisms, and lenses. The authors also cover topics related to design parameter, mounting small mirrors, metal mirrors with a discussion of infrared applications, and kinematic design. Overall, Fundamentals of Optomechanics outfits students and practitioners with a stellar foundation for exploring the design and support of optical system surfaces under a wide variety of conditions. Provides the fundamentals of optomechanics Presents self-contained, student-friendly prose, written by top scientists in the field Discusses materials, windows, individual lenses and multiple lenses Includes design, mounting, and performance of mirrors Includes homework problems and a solutions manual for adopting professors

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CRC Press

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1498770762

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A World of Local Voices

Poetry in English Today

By: Klaus Martens,Paul Duncan Morris,Arlette Warken

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A World of Local Voices

Poetry in English Today

By: Klaus Martens,Paul Duncan Morris,Arlette Warken

The present volume contains papers and poems presented at Saarland University's international conference "A World of Local Voices: Poetry in English Today" (October 22-23, 1999), and the "Day of International Poetry" (October 24, 1999), both organised by the university's Department of North American Literature and Culture. The conference set out to explore how the modernist tendency towards overarching concepts and a "poetry of ideas" is slowly being superseded by a more modest "poetry of place", which at the same time seems to be loosely subsumed within the unifying medium of English in its various forms. The "Day of International Poetry" was meant to put into operation some of the poetic issues discussed during the conference by asking poets from several English-speaking countries (Canada, India, Jamaica, and the USA) to contribute their individual voices to an international reading of poetry. This volume comprises critical contributions which deal with the interplay of aesthetic, cultural, and political forces in comtemporary poetry. The common reference of this collection is poetry written in varieties of the English language, including translations. The essays show awareness of the current critical debates concerning postcolonialism and intercultural literary relations while also suggesting new paradigms of critical understanding, based on the analyses of individual poetic expression. As a supplement, selected poets and translators have submitted individual poetic texts with accompanying commentaries

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Königshausen & Neumann

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3826026357

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9783826026355

Birds of Western North America

A Photographic Guide

By: Paul Sterry,Brian E. Small

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Birds of Western North America

A Photographic Guide

By: Paul Sterry,Brian E. Small

The finest, most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the birds of western North America Combining informative and accessible text, up-to-date maps, and—above all—stunning color photographs, this is the best and most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the birds of western North America. All of the images have been carefully selected to convey both the sheer beauty and the key identification features of each bird, and many of the photos are larger than those found in other guides. Wherever possible, a variety of plumages are pictured, providing visual coverage and usefulness matching any artwork-illustrated field guide. And many of the images are state-of-the-art digital photographs by Brian Small, one of North America's finest bird photographers. These pictures, many seen here for the first time, reproduce a previously unimaginable level of detail. Finally, the ranges of nearly all species are shown on maps from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, the authority on North American birding. New and experienced birders alike will find this guide indispensable: the clear layout will help novices easily identify the birds they see, while the superb photographs will help seasoned birders confirm identifications. The best, most lavishly illustrated photographic guide to the region's birds Larger color photos than most other field guides Fresh contemporary design—clear, easy-to-use, and attractive Informative, accessible, and authoritative text Range maps from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Covers entire western half of mainland North America (excluding Mexico) and the arctic and subarctic territorial islands of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Hawaii)

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Princeton University Press

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0691134286

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9780691134284

Mounting Optics in Optical Instruments

By: Paul R. Yoder

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Mounting Optics in Optical Instruments

By: Paul R. Yoder

Entirely updated to cover the latest technology, this Second Edition gives optical designers and optomechanical engineers a thorough understanding of the principal ways in which optical components - lenses, windows, filters, shells, domes, prisms, and mirrors of all sizes - are mounted in optical instruments.Along with new information on tolerancing, sealing considerations, elastomeric mountings, alignment, stress estimation, and temperature control, two new chapters address the mounting of metallic mirrors and the alignment of reflective and catadioptric systems.The updated accompanying CD-ROM offers a convenient spreadsheet of the many equations that are helpful in solving problems encountered when mounting optics in instruments.

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SPIE Press

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0819471291

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First Words

Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

By: Paul Mandelbaum

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First Words

Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

By: Paul Mandelbaum

Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, detective in John Updike's hard-boiled mystery, written at fourteen. Before Jurassic Park, there was young Michael Crichton's story about the mysteriously wounded man lying unattended in the street. Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded our most popular American authors to share their childhood writings and their treasured photographs. What he's gathered is a fascinating, delightful collection of writing and early snapshots that reveal young minds at work, wrestling with early versions of ideas that were to take hold of their writings in later years. Of course, the young Madeline L'Engle would wonder about space and the meaning of eternity. Of course, Margaret Atwood would question conventional female behavior, arguing for the right to smoke cigars. First Words is an inspiration to budding writers and enthusiastic teachers, and a revelation for readers everywhere. This revised and condensed edition includes the following writers: Margaret Atwood Roy Blount, Jr. Paul Bowles Pat Conroy Michael Crichton Rita Dove Clyde Edgerton Gail Godwin Allan Gurganus Charles Johnson Stephen King Maxine Hong Kingston Ursula LeGuin Madeleine L'Engle Jill McCorkle Norman Mailer Joyce Carol Oates William Styron Amy Tan John Updike Gore Vidal Tobias Wolff

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Algonquin Books

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1565127366

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9781565127364

Artificial Love

A Story of Machines and Architecture

By: Paul Shepheard

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Artificial Love

A Story of Machines and Architecture

By: Paul Shepheard

A vision of architecture that includes sculpture, machines, and technology and encapsulates the history of the human species. According to Paul Shepheard, architecture is the rearranging of the world for human purposes. Sculpture, machines, and landscapes are all architecture-every bit as much as buildings are. In his writings, Shepheard examines old assumptions about architecture and replaces the critical theory of the academic with the active theory of the architect-citizen enamored of the world around him. Artificial Love weaves together three stories about architecture into one. The first, about machines as architecture, leads to speculations about technology and the human condition and to the assertion that machines are the sculptures of today. The second story is about the ways that architecture reflects the tribal and personal desires of those who make it. In the West, ideas of community, multiculturalism, and globalization compete furiously, leaving architecture to exist as it always has, as the past in the present. The third story features individual people experiencing their lives in the context of architecture. Here, Shepheard borrows the rhetorical device of Shakespeare's seven ages of man to propose that each person's life imitates the accumulating history of the human species. Shepheard's version of the history of humans is a technological one, in which machines become sculpture and sculpture becomes architecture. For Shepheard, our machines do not separate us from nature. Rather, our technology is our nature, and we cannot but be in harmony with nature. The change that we have wrought in the world, he says, is a wonderful and powerful thing.

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MIT Press

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0262264692

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9780262264693

European Intellectual Property Law

By: Justine Pila,Paul Torremans

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European Intellectual Property Law

By: Justine Pila,Paul Torremans

European Intellectual Property Law offers a full account of the main areas of substantive European IP law and a discussion of their wider context and effect. The amount and reach of European law, and decision-making in the field of intellectual property has grown exponentially since the 1960's, making it increasingly difficult to treat European law as an adjunct to domestic intellectual property regimes. European Intellectual Property Law responds to this reality by presenting a clear and detailed account of each of the main areas of substantive EU intellectual property law, situated in the context of both the EU legal system and international IP law, including EU constitutional law, the law of the European Patent Convention 1973/2000, and private international law. It draws selectively on examples from domestic IP regimes to illustrate substantive differences between those regimes and to demonstrate the impact of European law, and decision-making on EU Member States. This unique, thoroughly modern approach goes beyond a discussion of the provisions of European legal instruments to consider their wider context and effect. European Intellectual Property Law is the ideal guide for any student wishing to gain a full and critical understanding of the substantive European law of intellectual property.

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Oxford University Press

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019872991X

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Writing Picture Books Revised and Expanded Edition

A Hands-On Guide From Story Creation to Publication

By: Ann Whitford Paul

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Writing Picture Books Revised and Expanded Edition

A Hands-On Guide From Story Creation to Publication

By: Ann Whitford Paul

Master the Art of Writing Enthralling Tales for the Youngest pre-and emerging readers! Fully updated and thoroughly revised, Writing Picture Books Revised and Expanded Edition is the go-to resource for writers crafting stories for children ages two to eight. You'll learn the unique set of skills it takes to bring your story to life by using tightly focused text and leaving room for the illustrator to be creative. Award-winning author Ann Whitford Paul helps you develop the skills you need by walking you through techniques and exercises specifically for picture book writers. You'll find: • Instruction on generating ideas, creating characters, point-of-view, beginnings and endings, plotting, word count, rhyme, and more • Unique methods for using poetic techniques to enrich your writing • Hands-on revision exercises (get out your scissors, tape, and highlighters) to help identify problems and improve your picture book manuscripts • Updated tips for researching the changing picture book market, approaching publishers, working with an agent, and developing a platform • All new quizzes and examples from picture books throughout • New chapters cover issues such as page turns, agents, and self-publishing Whether you're just starting out as a picture book writer or have tried unsuccessfully to get your work published, Writing Picture Books Revised and Expanded Edition is just what you need to craft picture books that will appeal to young children and parents, and agents and editors.

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Penguin

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1440353751

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9781440353758

That Nothing May Be Lost

Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion

By: Fr. Paul Scalia

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That Nothing May Be Lost

Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion

By: Fr. Paul Scalia

Fr. Paul Scalia reveals a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart in these inspiring reflections on a wide range of Catholic teachings and practices. Rooted in Scripture, the beauty and truth of these insights places the reader on a path to a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God. While keeping the focus on the theology and teachings of the Church, Fr. Scalia also covers these topics: shows the unity that comes from the seven sacramentsprovides a road map to a life of graceencourages a strong devotion to our Blessed Motherprovides guidance on how to develop a continuous conversation with God These ponderings are coupled with powerful and moving introductory essays penned by highly regarded Catholics, each offering a glimpse into the Catholic faith realized. Rev. Paul Check, Jim Towey, Dr. Scott Hahn, Mary Ellen Bork, Gloria Purvis, Raymond Arroyo, Lizz Lovett and Helen Alvare each open a section of the book with a personal account of his or her interaction with the faith. Fr. Scalia's writings then offer insight into developing and growing one's faith and relationship with God. Additionally, Archbishop Charles Chaput offers a thought provoking foreword to help the reader with a meaningful journey through the many aspects of the Catholic faith presented throughout this book.

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Ignatius Press

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1621641503

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Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis

Friends in Co-Inherence

By: Paul Fiddes

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Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis

Friends in Co-Inherence

By: Paul Fiddes

This study of the literary relationship between Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis during the years 1936-1945 focuses on the theme of 'co-inherence' at the centre of their friendship. The idea of 'co-inherence' has long been recognized as an important contribution of Williams to theology, and had significant influence on the thought of Lewis. This account of the two writers' conviction that human persons 'inhere' or 'dwell' both in each other and in the triune God reveals many inter-relationships between their writings that would otherwise be missed. It also shows up profound differences between their world-views, and a gradual, though incomplete, convergence onto common ground. Exploring the idea of co-inherence throws light on the fictional worlds they created, as well as on their treatment (whether together or separately) of a wide range of theological and literary subjects: the Arthurian tradition, the poetry of William Blake and Thomas Traherne, the theology of Karl Barth, the nature of human and divine love, and the doctrine of the Trinity. This study draws for the first time on transcriptions of Williams' lectures from 1932 to 1939, tracing more clearly the development and use of the idea of co-inherence in his thought than has been possible before. Finally, an account of the use of the word 'co-inherence' in English-speaking theology suggests that the differences that existed between Lewis and Williams, especially on the place of analogy and participation in human experience of God, might be resolved by a theology of co-inherence in the Trinity.

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Oxford University Press

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0192845462

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9780192845467

Six Days of Genesis

A Scientific Appreciation of Chapters 1-11

By: Paul F. Taylor

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Six Days of Genesis

A Scientific Appreciation of Chapters 1-11

By: Paul F. Taylor

Discover the five powerful truths within the phrase "In the beginning God?." Learn just how closely evolutionists and creationists agree on the division of land and water on the earth. Uncover the biblical clue to where energy came from to explore life processes on an earth without form and void. Explore whether there is any truth to the recolonization theory. Can we really trust Genesis as the literal history of the world? Many modern scholars and scientists would have you believe that you can't, but this fascinating expository study by Paul F. Taylor lays all doubts about the authenticity of the Bible to rest. Follow this spellbinding, verse-by-verse study Taylor takes you on from the Garden of Eden to the Fall to the Table of Nations. Many Christians are alarmed by the disappearance of true biblical teachings in churches and even in many seminaries across America and Britain, but this much-needed resource for teaching prospective clergy and professors will help to battle the disturbing departure from biblical truth. This exciting new tool is a wonderful aid for those who wish to defend against the evolutionary attacks leveled at them by society and sometimes even by the church.

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New Leaf Publishing Group

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1614580979

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9781614580973

On the Wapiti Range

By: Paul Lederer

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On the Wapiti Range

By: Paul Lederer

Desperate for a kill, a mysterious hunting party invades a settler’s land Years ago, Lee Trent did a favor for the Cheyenne, who rewarded him by setting aside a parcel of land where no man but he could hunt, trap, or homestead. He lived quietly in the shadow of the snowcapped mountains for years—until the day that a hunting party arrived from the East and turned his peaceful world upside down. The party is led by the bloodthirsty Baron Stromberg, a European aristocrat who has come to hunt all manner of Western game. He has killed buffalo, mountain lions, moose, and deer, and all that he needs to complete his collection is a wapiti, the fabled elk of the mountains. Against his better judgment, Trent agrees to let the baron hunt. But when the shoot becomes a bloodbath, he finds himself caught between the killers from the east and the Cheyenne whom he saved long ago.

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Open Road Media

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1480487910

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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

By: Jonathan K. Alderfer,Paul Hess

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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

By: Jonathan K. Alderfer,Paul Hess

In North America alone, 60 million people identify themselves as bird-watchers, and most hone their skills right in their own backyards. This handy guide covers all aspects of birding in an easy, accessible way. Vivid illustrations of 150 common species make identification a snap.

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National Geographic Books

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1426207204

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Sacrificed (SA Uitgawe)

By: Chanette Paul

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Sacrificed (SA Uitgawe)

By: Chanette Paul

Caz Colijn receives a phone call from Belgium that tears her out of her reclusive life. In Belgium, where she tries to trace her and her daughter’s family origins, it becomes clear that that country’s colonial past has had as much impact on her life as the Apartheid years in South Africa did.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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0799381861

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Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue

Barbecue Your Way to Greatness With 575 Lip-Smackin' Recipes from the Baron of Barbecue

By: Paul Kirk

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Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue

Barbecue Your Way to Greatness With 575 Lip-Smackin' Recipes from the Baron of Barbecue

By: Paul Kirk

Chef Paul explains it all: the differences between barbecuing and grilling; how to build different kinds of fires and what kind of fuel to use; setting up the pit or grill; what tools are needed to how to prepare the food.

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Harvard Common Press

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1558322426

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Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Two Volume Set

By: Paul Yoder,Daniel Vukobratovich

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Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Two Volume Set

By: Paul Yoder,Daniel Vukobratovich

Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Fourth Edition is different in many ways from its three earlier editions: coauthor Daniel Vukobratovich has brought his broad expertise in materials, opto-mechanical design, analysis of optical instruments, large mirrors, and structures to bear throughout the book; Jan Nijenhuis has contributed a comprehensive new chapter on kinematics and applications of flexures; and several other experts in special aspects of opto-mechanics have contributed portions of other chapters. An expanded feature—a total of 110 worked-out design examples—has been added to several chapters to show how the theory, equations, and analytical methods can be applied by the reader. Finally, the extended text, new illustrations, new tables of data, and new references have warranted publication of this work in the form of two separate but closely entwined volumes. The first volume, Design and Analysis of Opto-Mechanical Assemblies, addresses topics pertaining primarily to optics smaller than 50 cm aperture. It summarizes the opto-mechanical design process, considers pertinent environmental influences, lists and updates key parameters for materials, illustrates numerous ways for mounting individual and multiple lenses, shows typical ways to design and mount windows and similar components, details designs for many types of prisms and techniques for mounting them, suggests designs and mounting techniques for small mirrors, explains the benefits of kinematic design and uses of flexures, describes how to analyze various types of opto-mechanical interfaces, demonstrates how the strength of glass can be determined and how to estimate stress generated in optics, and explains how changing temperature affects opto-mechanical assemblies. The second volume, Design and Analysis of Large Mirrors and Structures, concentrates on the design and mounting of significantly larger optics and their structures, including a new and important topic: detailed consideration of factors affecting large mirror performance. The book details how to design and fabricate very large single-substrate, segmented, and lightweight mirrors; describes mountings for large mirrors with their optical axes in vertical, horizontal, and variable orientations; indicates how metal and composite mirrors differ from ones made of glass; explains key design aspects of optical instrument structural design; and takes a look at an emerging technology—the evolution and applications of silicon and silicon carbide in mirrors and other types of components for optical applications.

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CRC Press

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1439839786

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Changing by Degrees

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the East Midlands

By: Simon Shackley,Jim Kersey,Paul Fleming

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Changing by Degrees

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the East Midlands

By: Simon Shackley,Jim Kersey,Paul Fleming

It is now accepted that the world’s climate has warmed by about 0.5°C over the past one hundred years and will continue to warm by as much as 6°C by the end of the current century. What, however, do such fundamental changes actually mean for life and the economy at the local and regional scales for the industrialized nations? This extensive study represents a state-of-the-art regional assessment of the impacts of climate change in an industrialized European nation. Providing a comprehensive set of tools, techniques and strategies, it explores the potential impacts of climate change upon key landscapes, economic and social sectors.

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Routledge

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1351952692

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9781351952699

East of the Shadows

By: Paul Hutchens

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East of the Shadows

By: Paul Hutchens

The first full-length novel in sixteen years by the creator of the fabulous Sugar Creek Gang series! Joe Cardinal, 27-year-old bachelor and columnist during the darkening pre-World War II days, finds two women deeply involved in his life—the girl he loves and his secretary, who have both fallen in love with him. But ambitions and romance are suspended when Cardinal’s draft deferment is dropped, and he sets off to war, to return a different man. East of the Shadows is a story of life—a story of the struggle to overcome the obstacles, to pass through the shadow of the valleys in our lives, and to come back alive, having conquered. It’s a story of true love that trusts and forgives, that has a small cemetery in which to bury all the faults of our friends. And it’s a story of faith, of a man’s struggle to know his Creator, and the difficult road he has to trod before he can. East of the Shadows is a book that will become a part of you as you live it through Joe Cardinal!

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Moody Publishers

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0802491294

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9780802491299

Opto-Mechanical Systems Design

By: Paul R. Yoder Jr.

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Opto-Mechanical Systems Design

By: Paul R. Yoder Jr.

After nearly two decades, Paul Yoder's Opto-Mechanical Systems Design continues to be the reference of choice for professionals fusing optical and mechanical components into advanced, high-performance instruments. Yoder's authoritative systems-oriented coverage and down-to-earth approach fosters the deep-seated knowledge needed to continually push

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CRC Press

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1420027239

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9781420027235

Corporate Responsibility

By: Paul A Argenti

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Corporate Responsibility

By: Paul A Argenti

This is the cutting-edge textbook on a managerial approach to corporate responsibility. Students and executives will benefit a great deal by studying the cases and best practices that are here. It’s a terrific book." —Ed Freeman, Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Corporate Responsibility offers a concise and comprehensive introduction to the functional area of corporate responsibility. Readers will learn how corporate responsibility is good for business and how leaders balance their organization’s needs with responsibilities to key constituencies in society. Author Paul A. Argenti engages students with new and compelling cases by focusing on the social, reputational, or environmental consequences of corporate activities. Students will learn how to make difficult choices, promote responsible behavior within their organizations, and understand the role personal values play in developing effective leadership skills.

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SAGE Publications

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1483383113

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Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash

Volume 1, Matthew

By: Hermann Strack,Paul Billerbeck

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Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash

Volume 1, Matthew

By: Hermann Strack,Paul Billerbeck

Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck's Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash is an important reference work for illustrating the concepts, theological background, and cultural assumptions of the New Testament. The commentary walks through each New Testament book verse by verse, referencing potentially illuminating passages from the Talmud and Midrash and providing easy access to the rich textual world of rabbinic material. Volume 1 comments on the Gospel of Matthew. Originally published between 1922 and 1928 as Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, Strack and Billerbeck's commentary has been unavailable in English until now.

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Lexham Academic

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168359665X

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Singing Games in Early Modern Italy

The Music Books of Orazio Vecchi

By: Paul Schleuse

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Singing Games in Early Modern Italy

The Music Books of Orazio Vecchi

By: Paul Schleuse

In Italy during the late cinquecento, printed music could be found not only in the homes of the wealthy or the music professional, but also in lay homes, courts, and academies. No longer confined to the salons of the elite, music took on the role of social play and recreation. Paul Schleuse examines these new musical forms through a study of the music books of Italian priest, poet, and composer, Orazio Vecchi. Composed for minor patrons and the wider music-buying public, Vecchi's madrigals took as their subjects game-playing, drinking, hunting, battles, and the life of the street. Schleuse looks at how music and game-playing allowed singers and performers to play the roles of exemplary pastoral characters and also comic, foreign, and "rustic" others in ways that defined and ultimately reinforced social norms of the times. His findings reposition Orazio Vecchi as one of the most innovative composers of the late 16th century.

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Indiana University Press

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0253015049

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Love’s Shadow

By: Paul A. Bové

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Love’s Shadow

By: Paul A. Bové

A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love. Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melancholy. What if, instead, we dared to love poetry, to choose comedy over Hamlet’s tragedy, or to pursue romance over Benjamin’s suicide on the edge of France, of Europe, and of civilization itself? Paul A. Bové challenges young lit critters to throw away their shades and let the sun shine in. Love’s Shadow is his three-step manifesto for a new literary criticism that risks sentimentality and melodrama and eschews self-consciousness. The first step is to choose poetry. There has been since the time of Plato a battle between philosophy and poetry. Philosophy has championed misogyny, while poetry has championed women, like Shakespeare’s Rosalind. Philosophy is ever so stringent; try instead the sober cheerfulness of Wallace Stevens. Bové’s second step is to choose the essay. He praises Benjamin’s great friend and sometime antagonist Theodor Adorno, who gloried in writing essays, not dissertations and treatises. The third step is to choose love. If you want a Baroque hero, make that hero Rembrandt, who brought lovers to life in his paintings. Putting aside passivity and cynicism would amount to a revolution in literary studies. Bové seeks nothing less, and he has a program for achieving it.

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