Peter Sharp's Books

Gallows View

By: Peter Robinson

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The first “devilishly good” (The New York Times Book Review) book in the thrilling bestselling crime series featuring British inspector Alan Banks as he seeks to catch a Jack the Ripper-like killer who is prowling the countryside. Chief Inspector Alan Banks moved away from London to the quaint village of Eastvale to find some peace, but trouble can be found in a village as well as in the city. Soon Banks must contend with a Peeping Tom, a group of thieving young thugs, and the brutal murder of an elderly woman in her home. A growing friendship with psychologist Jenny Fuller and tension with wife Sandra complicate matters, particularly when Jenny and Banks’s family are threatened. Ultimately, as the story builds to a surprising and terrifying climax, Banks must make some hard decisions.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476745226

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9781476745220

The Shadow President

The Truth About Mike Pence

By: Michael D'Antonio,Peter Eisner

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The Shadow President

The Truth About Mike Pence

By: Michael D'Antonio,Peter Eisner

It presents an entirely damning portrait of Pence. You've seen his colors before, but not so vividly and in this detail." —Frank Bruni, The New York Times "Producing a biography of a living, controversial politician is always difficult. D'Antonio and Eisner have succeeded in this well-documented, damning book. Cue the outrage from Sean Hannity et al."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In this well-rounded, deeply-investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence. Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence—who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third—has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high school. Pence’s drive for power, perhaps inspired by his belief that God might have big plans for him, explains why he shocked his allies by lending Christian credibility to a scandal-plagued candidate like Trump. In this landmark biography, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael D’Antonio and Emmy-nominated journalist Peter Eisner follow the path Pence followed from Catholic Democrat to conservative evangelical Republican. They reveal how he used his time as rightwing radio star to build connections with powerful donors; how he was a lackluster lawmaker in Congress but a prodigious fundraiser from the GOP’s billionaire benefactors; and how, once he locked in his views on the issues—anti-gay, pro-gun, anti-abortion, pro big-business—he became laser-focused on his own pursuit of power. As THE SHADOW PRESIDENT reveals, Mike Pence is the most important and powerful Christian Right politician America has ever seen. Driven as much by theology as personal ambition, Pence is now positioned to seize the big prize—the presidency—and use it to fashion a nation more pleasing to his god and corporate sponsors.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250301203

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9781250301208

Progressive Acoustic Guitar

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

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Progressive Acoustic Guitar

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

For beginner acoustic guitarists. Covers strumming, picking, fingerpicking, chords, scales and reading music. Contains a wide variety of styles including Blues, Country, Rock, Folk and Classical.

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LearnToPlayMusic.com

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9825328819

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9789825328810

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky

By: Lillian Hoddeson,Peter Garrett

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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky

By: Lillian Hoddeson,Peter Garrett

The first full-length biography of a brilliant, self-taught inventor whose innovations in information and energy technology continue to shape our world. The Economist called Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922–2012) “the Edison of our age,” but this apt comparison doesn't capture the full range of his achievements. As an independent, self-educated inventor, Ovshinsky not only created many important devices but also made fundamental discoveries in materials science. This book offers the first full-length biography of a visionary whose energy and information innovations continue to fuel our post-industrial economy. In The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, Lillian Hoddeson and Peter Garrett tell the story of an unconventional genius with no formal education beyond high school who invented, among other things, the rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries that have powered everything from portable electronics to hybrid cars, a system for mass-producing affordable thin-film solar panels, and rewritable CDs and DVDs. His most important discovery, the Ovshinsky effect, led to a paradigm shift in condensed matter physics and yielded phase-change memory, which is now enabling new advances in microelectronics. A son of the working class who began as a machinist and toolmaker, Ovshinsky focused his work on finding solutions to urgent social problems, and to pursue those goals, he founded Energy Conversion Devices, a unique research and development lab. At the end of his life, battered by personal and professional losses, Ovshinsky nevertheless kept working to combat global warming by making solar energy “cheaper than coal”—another of his many visions of a better tomorrow.

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MIT Press

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0262552647

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9780262552646

Fake Or Fortune

By: Peter Maidens

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Fake Or Fortune

By: Peter Maidens

AUTHOR'S NOTE Most good stories come easily for authors who understand, fi rst hand, the fragility of values when pastoral holdings are overburdened with debt, or when the provenance of fi ne art is in question. So it is, also, when a farming woman is at her wits end, burdened with debt, abuse and the desperation to be loved. Born in the Australian outback, Peter Sharp spent his early working years as a talented livestock auctioneer. Some years later, a far cry from the dust and fl ies of country livestock saleyards, he makes a name for himself as an outstanding auctioneer and valuer of fi ne art in London. In 1965, when Sharp arrives at the prestigious out-back pastoral holding known as Morgan Plains, he is ready to value a small art collection. It's possible that all the paintings are fakes, but then again, maybe they are worth a fortune. However, there are some things he is not ready for and Malcolm Morgan is one of them. Quite by accident the background to this arrogant and enigmatic man lies with the young farming woman sitting next to Sharp at Morgan's dinner table that fi rst night. Morgan Plains covers an area 13% the size of Sicily, but there are closer ties to Sicily than that, as Sharp will soon fi nd out. His long time friend and mentor, Austin Yates unknowingly becomes the lynch-pin as this intriguing story unfolds. Quite apart from the intrigue surrounding the Morgan Collection, Fake or Fortune is a powerful love story; one that would never have happened had it not been for this chance assignment out on the vast black-soil plains of New South Wales. Ten years and several countries later Peter Sharp is more involved than ever with the Morgan Collection, and the love of this truly extraordinary country woman.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479715638

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9781479715633

British Maritime Enterprise in the New World

From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-eighteenth Century

By: Peter T. Bradley

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British Maritime Enterprise in the New World

From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-eighteenth Century

By: Peter T. Bradley

This is a survey of the voyages of English navigators, from the pioneers of the late 15th century to the scientific expeditions of the early 19th century, not only in South American waters, but also the Caribbean and North America.

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Peter Bradley

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0773478663

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9780773478664

Progressive Complete Learn To Play Guitar Manual

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

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Progressive Complete Learn To Play Guitar Manual

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

For beginner guitarists. Takes the student from beginner to professional level in all styles and techniques as well as teaching music theory and improvisation in an interesting and practical way. This excellent method represents an essential guide for guitarists at any level.

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LearnToPlayMusic.com

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9825325720

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9789825325727

Jubilee

By: Peter Barnes

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Jubilee

By: Peter Barnes

An RSC commission to commemorate the first celebration of Shakespeare's life and works A mischievous satire on the foundation of the Shakespeare industry: In 1769, when David Garrick staged the first theatre festival to celebrate the life of Stratford's most famous son, little did he realise the impact it would have on the future livelihood of the small Warwickshire market town. Peter Barnes' ironic and irreverent new comedy dissects the cult of the theatrical personality, with guest appearances from the Bard himself, Ben Jonson, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Peter Hall and Peter Barnes."Peter Barnes is one of the unrecognised geniuses of the English theatre" (Plays and Players)

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A&C Black

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1472537122

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9781472537126

Delphi Masterworks of Frédéric Chopin (Illustrated)

By: Peter Russell

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Delphi Masterworks of Frédéric Chopin (Illustrated)

By: Peter Russell

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Delphi Classics

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1786561247

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9781786561244

Architects' Data

By: Ernst Neufert,Peter Neufert

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Architects' Data

By: Ernst Neufert,Peter Neufert

Neufert's Architects' Data is an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. It provides, in one concise volume, the core information needed to form the framework for the more detailed design and planning of any building project. Organised largely by building type, it covers the full range of preliminary considerations, and with over 6200 diagrams it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/ imperial conversion tables are included. Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 39 editions and many translations. This fourth English language edition is translated from the 39th German edition, and represents a major new edition for an international, English speaking readership. Reviews of the Previous Edition: "Neufert's Architects' Data was the first book I bought when I started my studies in architecture. It was invaluable for me then and it is still a useful aid in my designs." —Cesar Pelli "With this thorough rewrite Neufert has produced yet again an invaluable reference book." —The Architects' Journal

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405192534

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9781405192538

The Quantum Theory of Measurement

By: Paul Busch,Pekka J. Lahti,Peter Mittelstaedt

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The Quantum Theory of Measurement

By: Paul Busch,Pekka J. Lahti,Peter Mittelstaedt

The amazing accuracy in verifying quantum effects experimentally has recently renewed interest in quantum mechanical measurement theory. In this book the authors give within the Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics a systematic exposition of the quantum theory of measurement. Their approach includes the concepts of unsharp objectification and of nonunitary transformations needed for a unifying description of various detailed investigations. The book addresses advanced students and researchers in physics and philosophy of science. In this second edition Chaps. II-IV have been substantially rewritten. In particular, an insolubility theorem for the objectification problem has been formulated in full generality, which includes unsharp object observables as well as unsharp pointers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540613552

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9783540613558

Staying Power

The History of Black People in Britain

By: Peter Fryer

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Staying Power

The History of Black People in Britain

By: Peter Fryer

‘For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain Mr Fryer has my deep gratitude. An invaluable book.’ --Salman Rushdie

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University of Alberta

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0861047494

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9780861047499

Digital Typefaces

Description and Formats

By: Peter Karow

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Digital Typefaces

Description and Formats

By: Peter Karow

Summary his book was written primarily for people who intend or wish to develop new machines for the output of typefaces. It is practical to categorize equipment into three groups for which digital alphabets are required - 1) display devices, 2) typesetting machines and 3) numerically controlled (NC) machines. Until now, development of typefaces has been overly dependent upon the design of the respective machine on which it was to be used. This need not be the case. Digitization of type should be undertaken in two steps: the preparation of a database using hand-digitization, and the subsequent automatic generation of machine formats by soft scanning, through the use of a computer-based program. Digital formats for typefaces are ideally suited to system atic ordering, as are coding techniques. In this volume, various formats are investigated, their properties discussed and rela tive production requirements analyzed. Appendices provide readers additional information, largely on digital formats for typeface storage introduced by the IKARUS system. This book was composed in Latino type, developed by Hermann Zapf from his Melior for URW in 1990. Compo sition was accomplished on a Linotronic 300, as well as on an Agfa 9400 typesetter using PostScript. v Preface Preface his book was brought out by URW Publishers in 1986 with the title «Digital Formats for Typefaces;). It was translated into English in 1987, Japanese in 1989 and French in 1991.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642781055

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9783642781056

Maxillofacial Surgery

2-Volume Set

By: Peter A. Brennan,Henning Prof Dr Schliephake,G.E. Dr. Ghali,Luke Cascarini

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Maxillofacial Surgery

2-Volume Set

By: Peter A. Brennan,Henning Prof Dr Schliephake,G.E. Dr. Ghali,Luke Cascarini

Now in full color, Maxillofacial Surgery, 3rd Edition covers the entire specialty of maxillofacial surgery, including craniofacial deformity, oral surgery, trauma, and oncology. Unlike other OMFS texts where the contributors are singly boarded in oral surgery, this richly illustrated text boasts OMFS contributors who are all dual boarded in both oral surgery and medicine. Thoroughly updated with evidence-based content, it addresses the advances in technology and procedures providing oral and maxillofacial surgeons with new and exciting treatment options. And with print and digital formats, it is easy to use in any setting. - Authoritative guidance on oral and maxillofacial surgery by internationally recognized experts in the field. - 2,800 illustrations, including radiographs and full color artwork and clinical photos, provide clinicians and OMS residents with a clear visual guide to diagnoses, key concepts, and surgical techniques, as well as examples of preoperative and postoperative results. - A multidisciplinary approach reflects the best practices in the disciplines of oral and maxillofacial surgery, head and neck surgery, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology. - Covers contemporary techniques and technological advances at the forefront of maxillofacial surgery. - Evidence-based content supports the newest, most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic options available for a wide variety of clinical problems. - Key Points and Pitfalls boxes clearly identify the most important information, as well as potential problem areas that can arise when treating patients. - Available in print and digital formats that can be easily accessed via mobile tablets and smart phones in any setting, making it perfect for the modern student of surgery. - NEW! Full-color images clearly depict pathologies, concepts, and procedures. - EXPANDED and UPDATED! Expanded from 82 to 111 chapters with thoroughly revised content that reflects current information and advances in OMS, so clinicians and students can depend on this text as their go-to resource on oral maxillofacial surgery. - NEW! 29 new state-of-the-art chapters covering new topics, including the salivary glands, thyroid and parathyroid glands, tissue engineering, navigational surgery, 3D modeling, and lasers in OMFS. - NEW! Two new editors, Professors Brennan and Schliephake, and new section editors and contributors have helped bring advances in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery and offer a fresh perspective. - UPDATED! Expanded chapter on cancer keeps you in the know.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702060593

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9780702060595

Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries

By: Peter A. Burrough,A. Frank

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Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries

By: Peter A. Burrough,A. Frank

Current geographical information systems GIS deal almost exclusively with well-defined, static geographical objects ranging from physical landscapes to towns and transport systems. Such objects, exactly located in space, can easily be handled by modern GIS, yet form only a small proportion of all the possible geographical objects.; This book challenges the assumption that the world is compsed of exactly defined and bounded geographic objects such as land parcels, rivers and countries. ignoring the essential complexity of the world, current GIS do not adequately address problems as diverse as the resolution of crime between national boundaries, or the interpretation of views of people from different cultures. This work, bringing together a range of specialists from fields such as linguistics, computer science, land surveying, cartography and soil science, examines current research into the challenges of dealing with geographical phenomena that cannot easily be forced into one of the two current standard data models.

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CRC Press

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0748403876

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Child Soldiers, Adult Interests

The Global Dimensions of the Sierra Leonean Tragedy

By: John-Peter Pham

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Child Soldiers, Adult Interests

The Global Dimensions of the Sierra Leonean Tragedy

By: John-Peter Pham

This book weaves a narrative of the history of Sierra Leone, from its foundation as a settlement for black slaves who fought for the British Crown during the American Revolution through the events of the civil war, with a discussion of more general geopolitical lessons to be learned from the recent conflict, its origins, and settlement. In addition, the book contains six appendices that render the present work -- the first comprehensive history of Sierra Leone since the classic studies published more than a generation ago by Christopher Fyfe and John Peterson -- an invaluable reference on conflict resolution in general as well as the West African country in particular, including a chronology of select events in the history of Sierra Leone and the texts of the peace agreements and other post-conflict documents.

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Nova Publishers

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1594546711

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9781594546716

Phraseological Dictionary English - German

General Vocabulary in Technical and Scientific Texts

By: Roland Kraus,Peter Baumgartner

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Phraseological Dictionary English - German

General Vocabulary in Technical and Scientific Texts

By: Roland Kraus,Peter Baumgartner

The dictionary lists the general vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives - which occurs in practically all technical texts. This vocabulary should be mastered by all those who actively or passively work with technical texts since it provides the structures into which the technical terms of various fields of technology are embedded. The keywords are provided with numerous model sentences illustrating their usage and offering the user a variety of suggestions for his / her own formulations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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364222282X

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9783642222825

Domination in Graphs

Volume 2: Advanced Topics

By: TeresaW. Haynes

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Domination in Graphs

Volume 2: Advanced Topics

By: TeresaW. Haynes

Presents the latest in graph domination by leading researchers from around the world-furnishing known results, open research problems, and proof techniques. Maintains standardized terminology and notation throughout for greater accessibility. Covers recent developments in domination in graphs and digraphs, dominating functions, combinatorial problems on chessboards, and more.

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Routledge

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1351454641

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9781351454643

Progressive Guitar - Left Handed Edition

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Video & Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

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Progressive Guitar - Left Handed Edition

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Video & Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

For beginner left handed guitarists. This course covers notes on all six strings, lead guitar picking technique, rhythm guitar chords and strumming patterns, reading music and basic music theory. Includes many well-known pop, rock, folk and blues songs.

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LearnToPlayMusic.com

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9825326115

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9789825326113

Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies

An Introduction

By: Peter O'Donoghue

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Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies

An Introduction

By: Peter O'Donoghue

Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies guides the student through the full research process, from selecting the most appropriate statistical procedure, to analysing data, to the presentation of results, illustrating every key step in the process with clear examples, case-studies and data taken from real sport and exercise settings. Every chapter includes a range of features designed to help the student grasp the underlying concepts and relate each statistical procedure to their own research project, including definitions of key terms, practical exercises, worked examples and clear summaries. The book also offers an in-depth and practical guide to using SPSS in sport and exercise research, the most commonly used data analysis software in sport and exercise departments. In addition, a companion website includes more than 100 downloadable data sets and work sheets for use in or out of the classroom, full solutions to exercises contained in the book, plus over 1,300 PowerPoint slides for use by tutors and lecturers. Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies is a complete, user-friendly introduction to the use of statistical tests, techniques and procedures in sport, exercise and related subjects. Visit the companion website at: www.routledge.com/cw/odonoghue

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Taylor & Francis

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1136479279

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9781136479274

Progressive Violin Method for Young Beginners - Book 1

Teach Your Kids How to Play Violin (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

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Progressive Violin Method for Young Beginners - Book 1

Teach Your Kids How to Play Violin (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

For young violinists. Introduces violin basics such as pizzicato, bowing technique and music reading. Understand musical terms such as incidentals, repeat signs and lead-in notes. All the new notes and techniques are then included in a repertoire of well-known children's songs.

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The Battle of Long Tan

By: Peter FitzSimons

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The Battle of Long Tan

By: Peter FitzSimons

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the afternoon of 18 August 1966, hot, humid with grey monsoonal skies. D Company, 6RAR were four kilometres east of their Nui Dat base, on patrol in a rubber plantation not far from the abandoned village of Long Tan. A day after their base had suffered a mortar strike, they were looking for Viet Cong soldiers. Then - just when they were least expecting - they found them. Under withering fire, some Diggers perished, some were grievously wounded, the rest fought on, as they remained under sustained attack. For hours these men fought for their lives against the enemy onslaught. The skies opened and the rain fell as ferocious mortar and automatic fire pinned them down. Snipers shot at close quarters from the trees that surrounded them. The Aussie, Kiwi and Yankee artillery batteries knew it was up to them but, outnumbered and running out of ammunition they fired, loaded, fired as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces just kept coming. And coming. Their only hope was if Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) could reach them before they were wiped out. The APCs did their best but low cloud and thunderstorms meant air support was stalled. A daring helicopter resupply mission was suggested but who would want to fly that? The odds against this small force were monumental... By far the deadliest battle for Australian forces in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan has a proud place in the annals of Australian military history - and every ANZAC who fought there could hold his head high. Peter FitzSimons, Australia's greatest storyteller, tells the real story of this classic battle. He reveals the horror, the bravery, the wins and the losses that faced our soldiers. He brings to life the personal stories of the men who fought, the events leading up to that memorable battle and the long war that followed, and the political decisions made in the halls of power that sealed their fates. The Battle of Long Tan is an engrossing and powerful history that shows the costs of war never end.

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Hachette Australia

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0733646638

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Bernard Shaw and Beatrice Webb on Poverty and Equality in the Modern World, 1905–1914

By: Peter Gahan

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Bernard Shaw and Beatrice Webb on Poverty and Equality in the Modern World, 1905–1914

By: Peter Gahan

This book investigates how, alongside Beatrice Webb’s ground-breaking pre-World War One anti-poverty campaigns, George Bernard Shaw helped launch the public debate about the relationship between equality, redistribution and democracy in a developed economy. The ten years following his great 1905 play on poverty Major Barbara present a puzzle to Shaw scholars, who have hitherto failed to appreciate both the centrality of the idea of equality in major plays like Getting Married, Misalliance, and Pygmalion, and to understand that his major political work, 1928’s The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism had its roots in this period before the Great War. As both the era’s leading dramatist and leader of the Fabian Society, Shaw proposed his radical postulate of equal incomes as a solution to those twin scourges of a modern industrial society: poverty and inequality. Set against the backdrop of Beatrice Webb’s famous Minority Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law 1905-1909 – a publication which led to grass-roots campaigns against destitution and eventually the Welfare State – this book considers how Shaw worked with Fabian colleagues, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and H. G. Wells to explore through a series of major lectures, prefaces and plays, the social, economic, political, and even religious implications of human equality as the basis for modern democracy.

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3319484427

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9783319484426

Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life

By: Peter Horton

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life

By: Peter Horton

Peter Horton paints a detailed picture of the life and career of this remarkable man whose output includes such favourites as 'Blessed be the God and Father' and 'The wilderness'. Born into one of England's best-known families, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76) was not only the foremost organist and church musician of his generation, but a vigorous campaigner for higher standards in cathedral music. He was also a troubled, difficult character, and accounts of his abrasive personality or anecdotes about his fishing exploits have tended to obscure his very real achievements as a composer. Peter Horton has drawn on a wide range of source material to produce a detailed account of Wesley's life and career as he moved from cathedral to cathedral in search of an unattainable ideal, his youthful idealism gradually giving way to the cynicism and disillusion familiar to those who encountered him late in life. He also examines his development as a composer and presents a study of his complete output (including the many non-church works) against the background of his restless career and in a wider European context. The book is illustrated by a generous selection of musical examples and plates, and includes the most detailed list of works to appear in print.

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OUP Oxford

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0191513210

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Progressive Guitar

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Video & Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

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Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Online Video & Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Gary Turner,Peter Gelling

For beginner guitarists. This course covers notes on all six strings, lead guitar picking technique, rhythm guitar chords and strumming patterns, reading music and basic music theory. Includes many well-known pop, rock, folk and blues songs.

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9825326085

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9789825326083

Progressive Mandolin

Teach Yourself How to Play Mandolin (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

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Progressive Mandolin

Teach Yourself How to Play Mandolin (Free Online Audio)

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

For beginner mandolin players. Covers picking, strumming, left hand techniques, chords, scales and reading music. Contains examples in a variety of styles including Folk, Country, Blues, Rock and Classical.

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LearnToPlayMusic.com

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9825328754

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9789825328759

Buchanan-Smith's Axe Handbook

Knowing, Buying, Using, Hanging, Restoring & Adorning

By: Peter Buchanan-Smith,Ross McCammon,Nick Zdon,Michael Getz

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Buchanan-Smith's Axe Handbook

Knowing, Buying, Using, Hanging, Restoring & Adorning

By: Peter Buchanan-Smith,Ross McCammon,Nick Zdon,Michael Getz

A must-have compendium for the axe-wielding adventurer by one of the industry’s leading tastemakers Buchanan-Smith’s Axe Handbook is a trusted resource for anyone looking to reconnect with handcraft and the outdoors. Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated, this handbook will inspire readers to rediscover the great outdoors. Peter Buchanan-Smith founded Best Made Co. in 2009 because he loved making things with his hands and wanted to start a company that would not only celebrate the inherent beauty of timeless, utilitarian tools, but would also inspire people to get out from behind their screens and experience the natural world. From the basics and fundamentals of handling and owning an axe to the details on how to find the right axe to everything a reader must know about use and maintenance, this stylish, informative axe guide is ideal for anyone interested in the outdoors. .

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250

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Abrams

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1647000114

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Muzician Mandolin for Absolute Beginners

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

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Muzician Mandolin for Absolute Beginners

By: Muzician.com,Peter Gelling

A great introduction to the fundamentals of Mandolin playing. Covers picking, strumming, left hand techniques, chords, scales and reading music. Contains lots of great sounding examples in a variety of styles including Folk, Country, Blues, Rock and Classical.

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1646520874

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