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Running Unconscious

By: Peter McPhee

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Running Unconscious is the first collection of poetry by Toronto poet and poetry promoter Peter McPhee. 'Never Trust a Polar Bear in Shades,' 'Leaning against a lamppost at the corner of King and Diversity,' and, of course, 'Why the Stegosaurus is my favourite dinosaur' – Running Unconscious assembles all the McPhee classics in one goodlookin' volume.

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Coach House Books

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1552450783

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9781552450789

A Social History of France, 1789-1914

Second Edition

By: Peter McPhee

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A Social History of France, 1789-1914

Second Edition

By: Peter McPhee

This volume provides an authoritative synthesis of recent work on the social history of France and is now thoroughly revised and updated to cover the 'long nineteenth century' from 1789-1914. Peter McPhee offers both a readable narrative and a distinctive, coherent argument about this century. McPhee explores themes such as peasant interaction with the environment, the changing experience of work and leisure, the nature of crime and protest, changing demographic patterns and family structure, the religious practices of workers and peasants, and the ideology and internal repercussions of colonisation.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0333997514

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9780333997512

The French Revolution

By: Peter McPhee

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The French Revolution

By: Peter McPhee

On 14 July 1789 thousands of Parisians seized the Bastille fortress in Paris. This was the most famous episode of the Revolution of 1789, when huge numbers of French people across the kingdom successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the subsequent struggle over what social and political system should replace the 'Old Régime' was to divide French people and finally the whole of Europe. The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in history. It continues to fascinate us, to inspire us, at times to horrify us. Never before had the people of a large and populous country sought to remake their society on the basis of the principles of liberty and equality. The drama, success and tragedy of their project have attracted students to it for more than two centuries. Its importance and fascination for us are undiminished as we try to understand revolutions in our own times. There are three key questions the book investigates. First, why was there a revolution in 1789? Second, why did the revolution continue after 1789, culminating in civil war, foreign invasion and terror? Third, what was the significance of the revolution? Was the French Revolution a major turning-point in French, even world history, or instead just a protracted period of violent upheaval and warfare which wrecked millions of lives?

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522866972

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9780522866971

Robespierre

A Revolutionary Life

By: Peter McPhee

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Robespierre

A Revolutionary Life

By: Peter McPhee

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous Reign of Terror in 1793-94. This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierre's dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man, his passions, and his tragic shortcomings. Peter McPhee gives special attention to Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock and on the margins of polite provincial society. Exploring how these experiences formed the young lawyer who arrived in Versailles in 1789, the author discovers not the cold, obsessive Robespierre of legend, but a man of passion with close but platonic friendships with women. Soon immersed in revolutionary conflict, he suffered increasingly lengthy periods of nervous collapse correlating with moments of political crisis, yet Robespierre was tragically unable to step away from the crushing burdens of leadership. Did his ruthless, uncompromising exercise of power reflect a descent into madness in his final year of life? McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of "the Terror," what Robespierre intended, and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice.

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Yale University Press

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0300118112

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9780300118117

Out of Time

By: Peter McPhee

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Out of Time

By: Peter McPhee

Some of Eileen's tight-knit circle of friends have made a suicide pact. When her best friend's body is found, another missing teen must be found fast to prevent another tragedy from happening.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1550287966

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9781550287967

An Environmental History of France

Making the Landscape, 1770-2020

By: Peter McPhee

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An Environmental History of France

Making the Landscape, 1770-2020

By: Peter McPhee

The French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people themselves. But it has not always looked like it does today. An Environmental History of France instead presents the countryside in which people live and work and through which they travel as a human creation across 250 years of economic and cultural change, war and revolution. It is a book about the 'making' of the French landscape and an engrossing story linking human geography, history, agriculture and culture. Showing an awareness of the origins and nature of current ecological and social challenges, Peter McPhee uses a blend of environmental and cultural approaches to paint a vivid picture of rural France's modern history. From the aristocratic control of agrarian resources in the 1770s, to widespread mechanisation in the 19th century, through to the impact of the World Wars and an intriguing discussion about the uncertain future of French rural communities, McPhee provides a nuanced, detailed and absorbing account of a distinctive version of France that is essential to the country's identity.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350267813

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9781350267817

The Guilty Abroad: The Mark Twain Mysteries #4

By: Peter J. Heck

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The Guilty Abroad: The Mark Twain Mysteries #4

By: Peter J. Heck

Mark Twain is in merry old England to see his family. Wentworth Cabot, Twain's assistant, is looking forward to seeing the sights, and hopefully finding some peace and quiet -- when not helping his boss with a new lecture series. But peace is the last thing they find when they bump into Slippery Ed, a con man from New Orleans and an acquainatnce of Twain's. Ed convinces Twain and his family to attend a seance. The famed author is skeptical of "spooks." But when another attendee is murdered, Twain must discover whether the killer is one of the flesh-and-blood members of the audience -- or a specter from the beyond!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479428884

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9781479428885

The River

A novel

By: Peter Heller

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The River

A novel

By: Peter Heller

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Guide and The Dog Stars comes the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip—a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. "A fiery tour de force … I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful."—The Denver Post Wynn and Jack have been best friends since college orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. One night, with the fire advancing, they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank; the next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the same man they heard? And if he is, where is the woman? From this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival. Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!

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Vintage

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0525521887

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9780525521884

Every Hill a Burial Place

The Peace Corps Murder Trial in East Africa

By: Peter H. Reid

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Every Hill a Burial Place

The Peace Corps Murder Trial in East Africa

By: Peter H. Reid

On March 28, 1966, Peace Corps personnel in Tanzania received word that volunteer Peppy Kinsey had fallen to her death while rock climbing during a picnic. Local authorities arrested Kinsey's husband, Bill, and charged him with murder as witnesses came forward claiming to have seen the pair engaged in a struggle. The incident had the potential to be disastrous for both the Peace Corps and the newly independent nation of Tanzania. Because of the high stakes surrounding the trial, questions remain as to whether there was more behind the final "not guilty" verdict than was apparent on the surface. Peter H. Reid, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania at the time of the Kinsey murder trial, draws on his considerable legal experience to expose inconsistencies and biases in the case. He carefully scrutinizes the evidence and the investigation records, providing insight into the motives and actions of both the Peace Corps representatives and the Tanzanian government officials involved. Reid does not attempt to prove the verdict wrong but examines the events of Kinsey's death, her husband's trial, and the aftermath through a variety of cultural and political perspectives. Meticulously researched and replete with intricate detail, this compelling account sheds new light on a notable yet overlooked international incident involving non-state actors in the Cold War era.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813180007

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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown,Henry L. Roediger III,Mark A. McDaniel

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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown,Henry L. Roediger III,Mark A. McDaniel

The international bestseller that has helped millions of students, teachers, and lifelong learners use proven approaches to learn better and remember longer. “We have made Make It Stick a touchstone for our instructors ... to gain a real advantage for our learners as they tackle some of the toughest work in the world.” —Carl Czech, former Senior Instructional Systems Specialist/Advisor, US Navy SEALs Are you tired of forgetting what you learn? This groundbreaking book, based on the latest research in cognitive science, offers powerful strategies to boost memory and learning. To most of us, learning something “the hard way” means wasted time and effort. Good teaching, many believe, should be tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and a ten-year collaboration among some of the world’s leading experts on human learning and memory, the authors explain what really drives successful learning. With clear, real-world examples, they show how we can confidently hone our skills and learn more effectively. Many common study habits simply don’t work. Underlining, highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. Science shows that more durable learning comes from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has occurred, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Make It Stick breaks down these proven approaches in compelling ways and offers concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Full of eye-opening and inspiring stories for students, educators, and parents, Make It Stick is an indispensable guide for all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.

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Harvard University Press

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0674419375

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Death on the Mississippi: The Mark Twain Mysteries #1

By: Peter J. Heck

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Death on the Mississippi: The Mark Twain Mysteries #1

By: Peter J. Heck

There was a ghastly murder in New York City, and Mark Twain's address was in the dead man's pocket. But even more alarming was that Twain had just received a message sent by anold friend from his riverboat days -- and the handwriting matched the note found on the corpse. So with his new secretary, Wentworth Cabot, Twain caught a steamboat bound for New Orleans. On board were all matter of people -- wealthy tourists and old river rats, literary amateurs and high-stakes gamblers . . . and a determined killer whose only goal was to bring Mark Twain's celebrated career to a stop!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479428892

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9781479428892

The Red Hand

Stories, Reflections and the Last Appearance of Jack Irish

By: Peter Temple

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The Red Hand

Stories, Reflections and the Last Appearance of Jack Irish

By: Peter Temple

The unpublished, unfinished and unmissable writings of the unforgettable Peter Temple

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Text Publishing

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1925774988

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9781925774986

The Naked God

By: Peter F. Hamilton

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The Naked God

By: Peter F. Hamilton

The Naked God is the brilliant climax to Peter F. Hamilton's awe-inspiring Night's Dawn Trilogy, a space opera that is “big, boisterous, and has something for everyone” (Science Fiction Weekly). As the Confederation begins to collapse politically and economically, the “possessed” insidiously infiltrate more and more worlds. Meanwhile, Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goals don’t quite match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind which hasn't been seen by humankind for six hundred years. And finally, Joshua Calvert and Syrinx race to fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God — which an alien race believes holds the key to overthrowing the possessed. "Elements of space opera, Straubesque horror and adrenaline-laced action make this a demanding, rewarding read." —Publishers Weekly on The Reality Dysfunction The Night’s Dawn Trilogy The Reality Dysfunction The Neutronium Alchemist The Naked God

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Orbit

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0316069981

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9780316069984

The Neutronium Alchemist

By: Peter F. Hamilton

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The Neutronium Alchemist

By: Peter F. Hamilton

The Neutronium Alchemist is the second novel in the Night's Dawn Trilogy from Peter F. Hamilton, an extraordinary feat of storytelling on a truly epic scale. The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. On planets and asteroids, individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces unleashed upon the universe. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy, the Confederation Navy is dangerously over-stretched, and a dark messiah prepares to invoke his own version of the final Night. In such desperate times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new and terrifyingly powerful weapon. Yet Dr. Alkad Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist — so she can complete her thirty-year-old vendetta to slay a star. But Joshua Calvert is not alone in the chase to find and stop her, and there are people on both sides who have their own ideas about how to use the ultimate doomsday device. "A space opera that is big, boisterous, and has something for everyone." —Science Fiction Weekly The Night’s Dawn Trilogy The Reality Dysfunction The Neutronium Alchemist The Naked God

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Orbit

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0316086568

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Obstacles to Environmental Progress

By: Peter C. Schulze

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Obstacles to Environmental Progress

By: Peter C. Schulze

Why, when so many people understand the severity of environmental problems, is progress so slow and sustainability such a distant goal? What gets in the way? Perhaps you have immediately thought of several barriers. In Obstacles to Environmental Progress, Peter Schulze identifies 18 practical obstacles that routinely and predictably hinder U.S. progress on existing environmental problems. The obstacles apply to problems small and large and, in most cases, regardless of whether an issue is controversial. Though the book focuses on the U.S., most of the obstacles pertain elsewhere as well. The obstacles fall into three categories: scientific challenges to anticipating and detecting problems; political and economic factors that interfere with responding; and obstacles to effective responses. While all the obstacles are predictable and common, they have not been systematically studied as related phenomena, perhaps because they span a wide range of academic disciplines. In practice, they often arise as surprises that are then addressed in an ad hoc manner. Might they be better understood and thus more readily anticipated and overcome or avoided? The book seeks to hasten environmental progress by forewarning and thus forearming those who are striving or will soon be striving for environmental progress, and by drawing scholarly attention to the obstacles as a set of related phenomena to systematically understand and more quickly overcome. Praise for Obstacles to Environmental Projects ‘I have never come across another book that gives students such an accessible and helpful guide to the broad scope of the challenges facing an environmentally sound and sustainable future.’ – Al Wurth, Lehigh University

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UCL Press

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180008207X

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9781800082076

Chou Wen-Chung

The Life and Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer

By: Peter M. Chang

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Chou Wen-Chung

The Life and Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer

By: Peter M. Chang

A comprehensive account of the life of composer Chou Wen-Chung, including biographical information, cultural and musical analysis of his approach and compositions, and ethnomusicological insights.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810852969

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National Health

By: Nicklas,Peter Nichols

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National Health

By: Nicklas,Peter Nichols

Circle in the Square, Joseph E. Levine Theatre, Circle in the Square, Inc., non-profit institution devoted to the living theatre, Theodore Mann, artistic director, Paul Libin, managing director presents The Long Wharf Theatre Production of Peter Nichols' "The National Health," setting by Virginia Dancy Webb, lighting by Ronald Wallace, costumes by Whitney Blausen, original music by Terrence Sherman, directed by Arvin Brown.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573612935

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9780573612930

Bliss

By: Peter Carey

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Bliss

By: Peter Carey

For thirty-nine years Harry Joy has been the quintessential good guy. But one morning Harry has a heart attack on his suburban front lawn, and, for the space of nine minutes, he becomes a dead guy. And although he is resuscitated, he will never be the same. For, as Peter Carey makes abundantly clear in this darkly funny novel, death is sometimes a necessary prelude to real life. Part The Wizard of Oz, part Dante's Inferno, and part Australian Book of the Dead, Bliss is a triumph of uninhibited storytelling from a writer of extravagan gifts.

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Vintage

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0307787222

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9780307787224

Benjamin Britten

A Guide to Research

By: Peter J. Hodgson

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Benjamin Britten

A Guide to Research

By: Peter J. Hodgson

This work constitutes the largest and most comprehensive research guide ever published about Benjamin Britten. Entries survey the most significant published materials relating to the composer, including bibliographies, catalogs, letters and documents, conference reports, biographies, and studies of Britten's music.

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Routledge

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1135580375

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Neil Simon on Screen

Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television

By: Peter Shelley

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Neil Simon on Screen

Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television

By: Peter Shelley

Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright on Broadway, and the winner of many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement. Many of his plays have been adapted into films and made-for-television movies, and he has written original screenplays and television specials. This book provides a catalogue of Simon's screen work with cast and crew information, synopses, release dates, reviews, awards and DVD availability. Notes on each film cover his narrative subjects and themes as well as adaptation, direction and performance.

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McFarland

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0786471980

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9780786471980

Ice in the Ocean

By: Peter Wadhams

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Ice in the Ocean

By: Peter Wadhams

Ice in the Ocean examines sea ice and icebergs and their role in the global climate system. It is comprehensive textbook suitable for students, pure and applied researchers, and anyone interested in the polar regions, the oceans, and climate. The author examines the distribution of sea ice, its mechanisms of growth, development and decay, the thermodynamics and dynamics of sea ice, sea ice deformation and ridge-building, the role of marginal ice zones, the characteristics of icebergs, and the part played by sea ice in the climate system and in the transport of pollutants. An extensive reference list, recommendations for further reading and numerous illustrations add to the value of the text.

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CRC Press

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1482283085

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Seminar in Physical Education

From Student Teaching to Teaching Students

By: Susan Lynn,Darla M. Castelli,Peter H. Werner,Stephen L. Cone

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Seminar in Physical Education

From Student Teaching to Teaching Students

By: Susan Lynn,Darla M. Castelli,Peter H. Werner,Stephen L. Cone

Seminar in Physical Education: From Student Teaching to Teaching Students is a concise and complete text that addresses all 10 NASPE Standards and offers a fresh approach to preparing preservice teachers for today's teaching and employment challenges. This book helps preservice teachers reflect on their experiences in the school setting." "Seminar in Physical Education is a text with real-world applications, grounding students in the realities of today's teaching as offered through the expertise and insights of an author team with a combined century of experience in physical activity and PETE instruction."--BOOK JACKET.

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Human Kinetics

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0736056092

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Politics and Awe in Rudyard Kipling's Fiction

By: Peter Havholm

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Politics and Awe in Rudyard Kipling's Fiction

By: Peter Havholm

There has been a resurgence of interest in Kipling among critics who struggle to reconcile the multiple pleasures offered by his fiction with the controversial political ideas that inform it. Peter Havholm takes up the challenge, piecing together Kipling's understanding of empire and humanity from evidence in Anglo-Indian and Indian newspapers of the 1870s and 1880s and offering a new explanation for Kipling's post-1891 turn to fantasy and stories written to be enjoyed by children. By dovetailing detailed contextual knowledge of British India with informed and sensitive close readings of well-known works like 'The Man Who Would Be King',' Kim', 'The Light That Failed', and 'They', Havholm offers a fresh reading of Kipling's early and late stories that acknowledges Kipling's achievement as a writer and illuminates the seductive allure of the imperialist fantasy.

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Routledge

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1351910248

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Images of Voting/Visions of Democracy

By: Peter Natchez

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Images of Voting/Visions of Democracy

By: Peter Natchez

When survey research, statistics, and electronic data processing were first introduced, they held out promise that a new level of political knowledge would be created. Applied to the study of voting behavior, survey research promised an understanding of the factors determining the outcome of an election, that political history could be based on rich and current data, and that we could begin to understand the role of elections in constitutional democracy. The truth as Peter B. Natchez shows, is that despite the opportunity provided by this revolution, voting studies have failed to make significant contributions to democratic theory or political history.The findings of voting studies have spread from the universities into the political system with a rather grim message. In its simplest form the message is this: the electorate does not measure up to the task thrust upon it by democracy. The studies conclude that voters choose candidates for reasons having little relevance to the success of the political system, and little relevance even to politics. Thus political science, in shifting from an optimistic focus on theory to a strong emphasis on empiricism, became a source of pessimism.One cannot study democracy or the democratic process without a point of view on democracy. The scientific method requires a point of view: science is not only a method for discovering reality, but for addressing well-structured questions. Natchez identifies goals for democracy, freedom and tolerance, and consciousness in decision making. Elections serve two functions; one, filling constitutional offices, and two, a symbolic function rooted in democratic experience that is more ambiguous, but no less vital as a part of regime analysis. A political science that connects these two aspects of voting will require an analysis of why voters vote the way they do to fill offices; but, more importantly, it will also require an understanding of the symbolic function of elections.

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Routledge

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1351513516

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9781351513517

Ike's Mystery Man

The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler

By: Peter Shinkle

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Ike's Mystery Man

The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler

By: Peter Shinkle

The Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. Cutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI. This gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved.

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Steerforth

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158642243X

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Murder Your Darlings

And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

By: Roy Peter Clark

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Murder Your Darlings

And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

By: Roy Peter Clark

From one of America's most influential teachers, a collection of the best writing advice distilled from fifty language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White. With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Stephen King would be more appropriate. Then again, what about the classics -- Strunk and White, or even Aristotle himself? Thankfully, your search is over. In Murder Your Darlings, Roy Peter Clark, who has been a beloved and revered writing teacher to children and Pulitzer Prize winners alike for more than thirty years, has compiled a remarkable collection of more than 100 of the best writing tips from fifty of the best writing books of all time. With a chapter devoted to each key strategy, Clark expands and contextualizes the original author's suggestions and offers anecdotes about how each one helped him or other writers sharpen their skills. An invaluable resource for writers of all kinds, Murder Your Darlings is an inspiring and edifying ode to the craft of writing.

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0316481866

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A Catalogue of Greek Vases in the Collection of the University of Melbourne at the Ian Potter Museum of Art

By: Peter Connor,Heather Jackson,Ian Potter Museum of Art

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A Catalogue of Greek Vases in the Collection of the University of Melbourne at the Ian Potter Museum of Art

By: Peter Connor,Heather Jackson,Ian Potter Museum of Art

The catalogue of the University of Melbourne's superb collection of Greek vases is now published as a sumptuous, fully colour-illustrated, cloth-covered volume which will suit the needs of students, researchers and interested readers. This richly illustrated book is a collectors' item, designed and produced to library specifications. It offers the complete scholarly apparatus for study of the vase collection, one of the finest in the country and comparable with others around the world. It will prove valuable as a reference text wherever classics, archaeology or art are studied. The book is a product of one of the most outstanding Classical Studies departments in Australia and is destined for libraries throughout the world. It is the first volume in a series planned to feature various aspects of the University's wider collection. Each vase, fully described and documented, appears in rich colour and detail. Styles and periods are introduced by contextualising photographs presented as dramatic double-page spreads. No effort has been spared to publish this collection as beautifully as these unique artifacts deserve.

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Macmillan Education AU

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187683207X

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Internet All In One Desk Reference For Dummies

By: John R. Levine,Arnold Reinhold,Margaret Levine Young,Doug Lowe,Greg Harvey,Viraf D. Mohta,Kelly Ewing,Jennifer Kaufeld,Peter Weverka,Brad Hill,Lee Musick

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Internet All In One Desk Reference For Dummies

By: John R. Levine,Arnold Reinhold,Margaret Levine Young,Doug Lowe,Greg Harvey,Viraf D. Mohta,Kelly Ewing,Jennifer Kaufeld,Peter Weverka,Brad Hill,Lee Musick

The Internet is a big topic, and an intimidating one to a new user. Not only do you need to find and connect to a service provider to go online, but you also have to figure out how to use communications software before you even begin reaping the benefits of being online. The Internet 9 In 1 For Dummies Desk Reference reduces the intimidation by giving simple and helpful instruction on going online, using e-mail, reading newsgroups, chatting, browsing the Web, and creating Web pages. This book also helps readers understand popular Internet activities like shopping on the Web and electronic investing. The Internet 9 In 1 For Dummies Desk Reference features an Internet directory that points readers to the tried and true sites on the Web that deliver great content and service. The book also includes special section-specific indexes as well as a general index to better help readers find the information they want right away.This Desk Reference also includes a CD-ROM that includes many of the tools mentioned in the book that an Internet user needs to enhance their experience including Internet Explorer 5, Netscape Communicator 4.5, Outlook Express, a variety of Web building tools, and a page of links to Web sites referenced throughout the book.

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For Dummies

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0764506765

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The French Revolution, 1789-1799

By: Peter McPhee

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The French Revolution, 1789-1799

By: Peter McPhee

In this reliable and succinct introduction to the French Revolution, Peter McPhee tackles the questions which are central to an understanding of this crucial period of French history. Why was there a revolution in France in 1789? Was France fundamentally changed as a result of it? And what effects did it have on everyday life? As well as providing an accessible interpretation of the events and consequences of the Revolution, it also provides an up-to-date guide to the main historiographical debates.

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OUP Oxford

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0199244146

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The Everyday Internet All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

By: Peter Weverka

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The Everyday Internet All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

By: Peter Weverka

The Internet made its way into everyday life as a tool people used occasionally to keep in touch with friends and gather information for personal or business needs. Now, thanks to high-speed connections, wireless access, and safe and powerful Web sites, the Internet has become the main means for handling personal finance, shopping for big-ticket items, and communicating with people around the world. It's to the point where many people can't get through the day without turning to the Internet to get things accomplished. The Everyday Internet All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the complete resource for casual Internet users who are looking to make the jump to becoming experienced navigators of the wired world. Written by Internet guru Peter Weverka, this book walks readers through the basics of going online before heading into the realms of online bargain shopping, bill paying, personal finance, keeping up with hobbies, and even setting up an online business. * The material is broken into mini-books that make it easier to find an answer and keep moving along the online highway * This book clarifies all the mysteries of how to use the Internet to make everyday life simpler * Covers key Internet properties like eBay, Google, and Yahoo! as well as favorite tasks like playing games, tracing family roots, and keeping a diary online

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764599380

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Strange Stones

Dispatches from East and West

By: Peter Hessler

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Strange Stones

Dispatches from East and West

By: Peter Hessler

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions. This unusual perspective distinguishes Strange Stones, which showcases Hessler’s unmatched range as a storyteller. “Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves. While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.

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