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Urban Regeneration in the UK

Boom, Bust and Recovery

By: Phil Jones,James Evans

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Urban Regeneration in the UK

Boom, Bust and Recovery

By: Phil Jones,James Evans

A thorough update of what was already an excellently written, accessible and well-used book. Coverage of the key issues to impact on regeneration in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis is comprehensive, and ensures that this latest edition will remain a key reference work for students and practitioners alike. - Dr David Jarvis, Coventry University and Deputy Director, Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE) "An accessible text for students that provides an excellent summary of the challenges facing the UK regeneration sector up to and including the present age of austerity." - Dr Lee Pugalis School of Built Environment, Northumbria University An engaging, systematic guide to the most dramatic transformation of our urban landscape since post-war reconstruction. This new edition has been fully revised to include: Improved pedagogical features, including an expanded glossary and increased visuals, as well as key learning points, useful websites and suggestions for further reading More content on local sustainability and issues linked to climate change A new chapter, ′Scaling Up′, which examines how regeneration operates when considering very large schemes, such as the London 2012 Olympics. Jones and Evans draw together a mass of information around key themes in governance, sustainability, competition and design - from policy reports to academic studies - into a single coherent text, making this essential reading for anyone studying or working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.

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1446291448

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 2007–2017

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 2007–2017

By: Phil Edmonston

Steers buyers through the the confusion and anxiety of new and used vehicle purchases like no other car-and-truck book on the market. “Dr. Phil,” along with George Iny and the Editors of the Automobile Protection Association, pull no punches.

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1459736982

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The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids

90 Days to Raising Healthy Children

By: Phil Parham,Amy Parham

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The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids

90 Days to Raising Healthy Children

By: Phil Parham,Amy Parham

Childhood obesity and diabetes are on the rise. Many kids would rather play video games than run around a playground or in their backyard. Yet they can’t engage fully in life when their physical well-being is less than what God intended. Using principles and practices they’ve used successfully in their own family, Phil and Amy Parham equip parents with the tools they need to help their children become healthier and happier. This book is an inspirational and easy-to-follow guide that teaches parents basic principles to raise fit kids the importance of setting a good example simple ways to prepare nutritious meals and snacks creative ways to be physically active as a family how to make a healthy lifestyle fun and rewarding The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids informs parents not only how to raise fit kids, but it also provides a roadmap to the rewards that come from sharing a healthy lifestyle together—stronger and healthier kids and more closely knit families.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736941894

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The Battle for the High Street

Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

By: Phil Hubbard

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The Battle for the High Street

Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

By: Phil Hubbard

This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and austerity. High streets are shown to have long been regarded as the heart of many communities, but have declined to a state where boarded-up and vacant retail units are a familiar sight in many British cities. The book argues that the policies deemed necessary to revive the fortunes of high streets are often thinly-veiled attacks on the tastes and cultures of the working class. Policy-makers often promote boutiques, art galleries and upmarket cafés at the expense of some of the outlets frequented by less affluent populations, including betting shops, fast food takeaways, discount stores and bargain booze outlets. Highlighting the social and cultural roles that so-called 'dying' high streets continue to play in the lives of working class and disadvantaged populations, this book provides a powerful argument against retail gentrification, and a timely analysis of class conflict in austerity Britain. It will be of great interest to scholars of geography, social policy and cultural studies.

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Springer

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1137521538

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City

By: Phil Hubbard

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City

By: Phil Hubbard

Locates the concept of 'the city' within traditions of social thought, providing a basis for understanding its varying usages and meanings. Spelling out the importance of a geographical perspective on the city, this book suggests that it is only by bringing different ways of mapping it together that we can begin to make sense of it.

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Routledge

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1134329814

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Planning for Community

By: Phil Heywood

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Planning for Community

By: Phil Heywood

Planning for Community A comprehensive exploration of community planning that integrates today’s social and economic issues with policy and governance considerations In Planning for Community, distinguished regional and local planner Phil Heywood delivers an insightful examination of the accelerating impacts of social, environmental, and economic changes on community life and organization. He explores the ways in which these changes can be anticipated, planned for, and managed as he reviews and evaluates the nature and challenges of place and interaction faced by traditional and emerging local communities. The book includes discussions of the values, aims, and methods of community planning and the key operations in each of the fields of housing, work, transport, health, and environment. It should also inspire and assist readers to become more involved and influential in the lives of their local and wider communities. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to methods of inclusion and empowerment enabling effective community management Comprehensive explorations of the ways the values of prosperity, liberty, social justice, and sustainability link to practical community problem-solving Practical discussions of the values, methods, activities, design, and governance shaping community planning Comprehensive, well-grounded, and effective treatments of policy development and practice Planning for Community is an excellent resource for professionals, activists, academics, and students seeking a comprehensive and readable guide to community planning.

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John Wiley & Sons

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139417571X

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After the New Atheist Debate

By: Phil Ryan

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After the New Atheist Debate

By: Phil Ryan

Drawing on the social sciences, philosophy, and theology, Ryan examines the claims of the New Atheists and of their various religious and secular opponents and finds both sides wanting.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442626879

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The Future of Energy Use

By: Phil O'Keefe,Nicola Pearsall,Geoff O'Brien

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The Future of Energy Use

By: Phil O'Keefe,Nicola Pearsall,Geoff O'Brien

Following the success of its predecessor, this second edition of The Future of Energy Use provides essential analysis of the use of different forms of energy and their environmental and social impacts. It examines conventional, nuclear and renewable sources and technologies, using relevant case studies and providing a vital link between technology and related policy issues. The new edition has been comprehensively developed and updated, including new text, diagrams and tables, with entire new sections that reflect the significant changes that have occurred since the first edition. New material includes: a stronger focus on climate change policy and energy security; a discussion of the long run marginal costs of oil; coverage of the biofuels debate in both the developed and developing worlds; an outline of developments in the built environment (including transport issues); and the relationship between behaviour and energy use. It reviews policy shifts with relation to energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, combined heat and power, and combined cycle gas turbines. There is new coverage of nuclear waste, storage and proliferation, and new material on microgeneration and biofuels, as well as essential new information on carbon markets and the hydrogen economy. The result is a unique introduction and guide to all the vital issues within energy for students, academics and professionals new to the field.

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Routledge

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1136543422

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Capital: Abey's Saga - A Course For War

By: Phil Roberts

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Capital: Abey's Saga - A Course For War

By: Phil Roberts

Over one hundred and fifty thousand cycles in the past the Phoer Federation won their freedom from the oppressive Upmanc Conglomerate. In celebration, the Federation Environmental Awareness Course was created. Abey Doris along with her fellow students from Retros Academy compete against the other Academies from across the Federation to see which will take first place on the Course. Unbeknownst to all, the Upmanc have returned, and their arrival will alter Abey's life forever!

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Lulu.com

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1483483118

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Mountains to Sea

Solving New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis

By: Mike Joy,Tina Ngata,Nick Kim,Vanessa Hammond,Alison Dewes,Paul Tapsell,Peter Fraser,Kyleisha Foote,Catherine Knight,Steve Carden,Phil McKenzie,Chris Perley

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Mountains to Sea

Solving New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis

By: Mike Joy,Tina Ngata,Nick Kim,Vanessa Hammond,Alison Dewes,Paul Tapsell,Peter Fraser,Kyleisha Foote,Catherine Knight,Steve Carden,Phil McKenzie,Chris Perley

It strikes me with great clarity that if you look at the problems in isolation they each seem intractable; but when you grasp that there could be one single solution, then suddenly there is a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. The state of New Zealand’s freshwater has become a pressing public issue in recent years. From across the political spectrum, concern is growing about the pollution of New Zealand’s rivers and streams. We all know they need fixing. But how do we do it? In Mountains to Sea, leading ecologist Mike Joy teams up with thinkers from all walks of life to consider how we can solve New Zealand’s freshwater crisis. The book covers a wide range of topics, including food production, public health, economics and Māori narratives of water. Mountains to Sea offers new perspectives on this urgent problem. Contributors Mike Joy; Tina Ngata; Nick Kim; Vanessa Hammond; Alison Dewes; Paul Tapsell, Peter Fraser; Kyleisha Foote; Catherine Knight; Steve Carden; Phil McKenzie; Chris Perley.

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Bridget Williams Books

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1988545404

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Reboot!

What to Do When Your Career Is Over But Your Life Isn't

By: Phil Burgess

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Reboot!

What to Do When Your Career Is Over But Your Life Isn't

By: Phil Burgess

Reboot to work; retirement is a disease. It 's better to wear out than rust out. That is the message of Reboot! While American culture glamorizes the Golden Years of endless leisure and amusement, Phil Burgess rejects retirement, as he makes the case for returning to work in the post-career years, a time he calls later life. Based on solid research from the social and medical sciences, the author says, It is better to die with your boots on, fully engaged in helping others and repairing the world. Reboot! is partly autobiographical. Indeed, the author is working well into his own post-career years, following two failed retirements. He is also convincing in his eye-opening, historically rooted, and hope-filled arguments for engaging in life-long work that is productive and satisfying. Reboot! identifies five different types of work: in-kind, volunteer, Samaritan, enrichment, and paid work. Booters who incorporate one or more of these types of work into their post-career lifestyle will, according to Burgess, live longer, live better, and die faster avoiding boredom, aimless busy-ness, diminished self-worth and the anguish (and cost) of lingering death. With America 's 78 million boomers turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day for the next 18 years, Reboot! provides a timely and provocative alternative to the conventional idea of retirement. With the promises of Social Security and Medicare about to be broken, Reboot! provides an upbeat and constructive way to deal with new financial realities. For men and women navigating life 's transitions, striving to finish well, Reboot! provides a roadmap for living a life of meaning, challenging the reader to be a booter, not a retiree. Burgess boldly asserts that retirement is a deadly disease, and that work after a life of work is the best option for post-career years that are meaningful, productive, healthy, and satisfying. See www.BooterNation.comExcerpts: On retirement: Not all ideas are good ideas. Some are bad ideas. Retirement is one of those bad ideas it makes no sense Retirement is not natural. It is not historic. It is not healthy. It is not, for most people, fulfilling. For many, retirement is a widow maker. On the value of work: The social engagement and satisfaction that come from working in later life are keys to successful aging There is much work to do in this world where we are but temporary inhabitants. We should find it and do it at least for as long as we re able. In many ways, our life depends on it. On work and money: Work is not only about money. Even if you don t need the money and your financial situation is stable and comfortable, returning to work in your post-career life is the smart thing to do at least until sidelined by frailty or disability. It 's smart because good health and satisfaction in later-life are most likely to come from working. On different types of work: For most of us, post-career work will be tailored work, work customized to reflect our needs, our deepest desires, and the highest and best use of our gifts especially time, talent, and treasure. Work tailored to our gifts will be productive and satisfying.

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FriesenPress

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1770672982

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Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists

How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life

By: Phil Davignon

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Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists

How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life

By: Phil Davignon

The task of living faithfully within today’s secular culture is one of the most important issues facing Christians. Yet many misunderstand what culture is and how it shapes their hearts, minds, and souls. This book extends the work of James K. A. Smith by revealing how the secularizing influence of modern culture is not only transmitted through “cultural liturgies,” but has become embedded within the seemingly harmless practices everyday practices of education, work, consumption, and leisure. As a result, even practicing Christians may become practical atheists who have thoroughly internalized secular dispositions of mind and heart. This deeper understanding of cultural formation calls into question many of the dominant approaches to ministry and formation. Rather than merely offering information and inspiration, congregations must become sites of counter-formation that enable their members to fully embody the Christian faith within everyday life.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666737364

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Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2012

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2012

By: Phil Edmonston

Phil Edmonston, Canada's automotive "Dr. Phil," pulls no punches. He says there's never been a better time to buy a new car or truck, thanks to a stronger Canadian dollar and an auto industry offering reduced prices, more cash rebates, low financing rates, bargain leases, and free auto maintenance programs. In this all-new guide he says: Audis are beautiful to behold but hell to own (biodegradable transmissions, "rodent snack" wiring, and mind-boggling depreciation Many 2011-12 automobiles have "chin-to-chest head restraints, blinding dash reflections, and dash gauges that can't be seen in sunlight, not to mention painful wind-tunnel roar if the rear windows are opened while underway Ethanol and hybrid fuel-saving claims have more in common with Harry Potter than the Society of Automotive Engineers GM's 2012 Volt electric car is a mixture of hype and hypocrisy from the car company that "killed" its own electric car more than a decade ago You can save $2,000 by cutting freight fees and "administrative" charges Diesel annual urea fill-up scams cancost you $300, including an $80 "handling" charge for $25 worth of urea Lemon-Aid's 2011-12 Endangered Species List: the Chinese Volvo, the Indian Jaguar and Land Rover, the Mercedes-Benz Smart Car, Mitsubishi, and Suzuki

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Dundurn

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1459701305

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Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2012-2013

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2012-2013

By: Phil Edmonston

A guide to buying a used car or minivan features information on the strengths and weaknesses of each model, a safety summary, recalls, warranties, and service tips.

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Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2013

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2013

By: Phil Edmonston

Canada’s automotive "Dr. Phil" says there’s never been a better time to buy a new car or truck. For deals on wheels, 2013 will be a "perfect storm." There’s never been a better time to buy a new car or truck, thanks to a stronger Canadian dollar, a worldwide recession driving prices downward, and a more competitive Japanese auto industry that’s still reeling from a series of natural disasters. In addition to lower prices and more choices, 2013 car buyers will see more generous cash rebates, low financing rates, bargain leases, and free auto maintenance programs. Buy, sell, or hold? Which cars and trucks are "wallet-friendly" and can easily last 15 years? Which vehicles offer the most features to best accommodate senior drivers? Do ethanol and hybrid fuel-saving claims have more in common with Harry Potter than the Society of Automotive Engineers? Is GM’s 2013 Volt electric car destined to become an electric Edsel? These questions and more are answered in this informative guide.

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Dundurn

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1459705750

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Finish Forty and Home

The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific

By: Phil Scearce

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Finish Forty and Home

The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific

By: Phil Scearce

The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574413163

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The Thames Tideway Tunnel

Preventing Another Great Stink

By: Phil Stride

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The Thames Tideway Tunnel

Preventing Another Great Stink

By: Phil Stride

In 1858 the 'Great Stink of London' made much of the city along the Thames uninhabitable. Between 1848 and 1854 nearly 25,000 Londoners died of cholera, a disease borne by foul water. Joseph Bazalgette saved the city, building sewers that would serve 4 million people and stop waste water emptying into the Thames. These sewers are still the backbone of London's sewerage system today, but the city's population is now approaching 10 million; the old sewers can't cope and action needs to be taken to ensure that 'The Great Stink' never happens again. This is where the Thames Tideway Tunnel comes in: a £4.2 billion, 25km-long, 7.2m-diameter tunnel that will stop virtually all of the sewer overflows into the Thames and give us a cleaner and healthier river and city. This is the inside story on the tunnel, from the very start to breaking ground and all the steps along the way. Written by Phil Stride, a leading civil engineer, it is a unique chance both to see behind the scenes of an incredible civil engineering project and to meet the people who've taken it forward over the last ten years.

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The History Press

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0750991089

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The Fall and Rise of the Market in Sandinista Nicaragua

By: Phil Ryan

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The Fall and Rise of the Market in Sandinista Nicaragua

By: Phil Ryan

The Fall and Rise of the Market in Sandinista Nicaragua is an insightful look at the difficulties that arise when a particular vision of socialism is applied in a country such as Nicaragua. Phil Ryan argues that the Sandinistas pursued a project of social transformation inspired by a Marxism much more orthodox than has been widely recognized. He maintains that tensions between this project and other factors such as war and external debt led to the severe economic crisis of the mid-1980s.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773513590

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9780773513594

The Worst Medieval Monarchs

By: Phil Bradford

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The Worst Medieval Monarchs

By: Phil Bradford

Stephen. John. Edward II. Richard II. Richard III. These five are widely viewed as the worst of England’s medieval kings. Certainly, their reigns were not success stories. Two of these kings lost their thrones, one only avoided doing so by dying, another was killed in battle, and the remaining one had to leave his crown to his opponent. All have been seen as incompetent, their reigns blighted by civil war and conflict. They tore the realm apart, failing in the basic duty of a king to ensure peace and justice. For that, all of them paid a heavy price. As well as incompetence, some also have reputations for cruelty and villainy, More than one has been portrayed as a tyrant. The murder of family members and arbitrary executions stain their reputations. All five reigns ended in failure. As a result, the kings have been seen as failures themselves, the worst examples of medieval English kingship. They lost their reputations as well as their crowns. Yet were these five really the worst men to wear the crown of England in the Middle Ages? Or has history treated them unfairly? This book looks at the stories of their lives and reigns, all of which were dramatic and often unpredictable. It then examines how they have been seen since their deaths, the ways their reputations have been shaped across the centuries. The standards of their own age were different to our own. How these kings have been judged has changed over time, sometimes dramatically. Fiction, from Shakespeare’s plays to modern films, has also played its part in creating the modern picture. Many things have created, over a long period, the negative reputations of these five. Today, they have come to number among the worst kings of English history. Is this fair, or should they be redeemed? That is the question this book sets out to answer.

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Pen and Sword History

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1399083082

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China, State Sovereignty and International Legal Order

By: Phil C.W. Chan

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China, State Sovereignty and International Legal Order

By: Phil C.W. Chan

China’s rise has aroused apprehension that it will revise the current rules of international order to pursue and reflect its power, and that, in its exercise of State sovereignty, it is unlikely to comply with international law. This book explores the extent to which China’s exercise of State sovereignty since the Opium War has shaped and contributed to the legitimacy and development of international law and the direction in which international legal order in its current form may proceed. It examines how international law within a normative–institutional framework has moderated China’s exercise of State sovereignty and helps mediate differences between China’s and other States’ approaches to State sovereignty, such that State sovereignty, and international law, may be better understood.

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Hotei Publishing

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9004288376

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Contested Natures

By: Phil Macnaghten,John Urry

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Contested Natures

By: Phil Macnaghten,John Urry

Demonstrating that all notions of nature are inextricably entangled in different forms of social life, the text elaborates the many ways in which the apparently natural world has been produced from within particular social practices. These are analyzed in terms of different senses, different times and the production of distinct spaces, including the local, the national and the global. The authors emphasize the importance of cultural understandings of the physical world, highlighting the ways in which these have been routinely misunderstood by academic and policy discourses. They show that popular conceptions of, and attitudes to, nature are often contradictory and that there are no simple ways of prevailing upon people to `save the environment′.

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SAGE

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1848609310

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Modeling Coastal And Offshore Processes

By: Phil Dyke

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Modeling Coastal And Offshore Processes

By: Phil Dyke

Modeling is now a major tool for important environmental strategies. This book allows the non-specialist reader to understand and criticize current models of the shallow sea and coastal environments. Sufficient background on mathematics and statistics is covered, but readers disinclined to spend time on this may use the book as a reference guide in modeling. Topics include the numerical schemes used, modeling the sea bed, modeling shallow sea dynamics and, unusually for this type of book, modeling ecosystems and animals.

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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1911298402

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 1990–2016

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 1990–2016

By: Phil Edmonston

This book steers buyers through the the confusion and anxiety of new and used vehicle purchases unlike any other car-and-truck book on the market. “Dr. Phil,” Canada’s best-known automotive expert for more than forty-five years, pulls no punches.

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1459732588

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 1990–2015

By: Phil Edmonston

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Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 1990–2015

By: Phil Edmonston

Lemon-Aid New and Used Cars and Trucks 1990-2015 steers the confused and anxious buyer through the purchase of new and used vehicles unlike any other car-and-truck book on the market. "Dr. Phil," Canada's best-known automotive expert for more than 42 years, pulls no punches.

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1459719425

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Busted

By: Phil Bildner

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Busted

By: Phil Bildner

An invaluable Bible Atlas for the Bible reader and student, with 79 original, full-colour maps of Bible lands. Maps are carefully annotated to show the routes of the great travellers such as Abraham, Moses and Paul; major battles, migrations and invasions; and include explanatory captions detailing the significance of each noted location. Richly illustrated in full-colour throughout e" with photographs, charts and diagrams e" the text clearly chronicles the story of God's people from the call of Abraham to the early spread of the Christian church.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416924248

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Yes, You Can Get a Financial Life!

Your Lifetime Guide to Financial Planning

By: Ben Stein,Phil Demuth

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Yes, You Can Get a Financial Life!

Your Lifetime Guide to Financial Planning

By: Ben Stein,Phil Demuth

Life is not lived all at once—it’s lived in moments, days, months, years, and decades. This means that the financial plans and actions we all have to take to meet our responsibilities sensibly must be organized by years and decades. Ben Stein wrote the original guide to this subject almost a quarter century ago. Now, Ben, along with Phil DeMuth, the eminent financial planner and writer, have gotten together to update the book, incorporating the massive changes that have occurred in the economy in the past 25 years. This book tells you what and when to save, how much to save, what to save it in, when to spend, and when to say no to your present and yes to your future. Yes, You Can Get A Financial Life! is a time-traveling guidebook on how to organize the money side of your life for all of the decades of your life.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401921124

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How to Build with Grid Beam

A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

By: Phil Jergenson,Richard Jergenson,Wilma Keppel

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How to Build with Grid Beam

A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

By: Phil Jergenson,Richard Jergenson,Wilma Keppel

Build almost anything!

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0865716137

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Conservative’s Handbook

Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z

By: Phil Valentine

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Conservative’s Handbook

Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z

By: Phil Valentine

WARNING: This book may inform you, humor you, or enrage you With today's fractious political environment and a splintered Republican party, the time is ripe for an updated edition of popular radiotalk show host Phil Valentine's powerful conservative manifesto. The Conservative's Handbook redefines the Right's stance on fiscal and social issues, and serves as a rallying cry for Americans to fight for the preservation of the traditional values of this great country. This essential guide covers a full array of issues from A Z, including belief in God, military strength, zero tolerance for crime, the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, and much more...

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1492622370

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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Equilibrium by Entropy Maximisation

By: Phil Attard

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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Equilibrium by Entropy Maximisation

By: Phil Attard

The account of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics is based on entropy and its maximization. Building from first principles, it gives a transparent explanation of the physical behaviour of equilibrium thermodynamic systems, and it presents a comprehensive, self-contained account of the modern mathematical and computational techniques of statistical mechanics. This field of study is of vital importance to researchers, lecturers and students alike. Dr Attard is a well-known researcher in statistical mechanics who has made significant contributions to this field. His book offers a fresh perspective on the foundations of statistical thermodynamics. It includes a number of new results and novel derivations, and provides an intriguing alternative to existing monographs. Especially of note are the simple graphs and figures that illustrate the text throughout and the logical organization of the material. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics will be an invaluable and comprehensive reference manual for research scientists. This text can be used as a complement to existing texts and for supplementary reading. - Offers a fresh perspective on the foundations of statistical thermodynamics - Includes a number of new results and novel derivations, and provides an intriguing alternative to existing monographs - Simple graphs and figures illustrate the text throughout - Logical organization of material - An invaluable and comprehensive reference manual for research scientists - Can be used as a complement to existing texts and for supplementary reading

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Elsevier

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0080519180

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The Halo Effect

... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

By: Phil Rosenzweig

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The Halo Effect

... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

By: Phil Rosenzweig

With two new chapters and a new preface, the award-winning book The Halo Effect continues to unmask the delusions found in the corporate world and provides a sharp understanding of what drives business success and failure. Too many of today’s most prominent management gurus make steel-clad guarantees based on claims of irrefutable research, promising to reveal the secrets of why one company fails and another succeeds, and how you can become the latter. Combining equal measures of solemn-faced hype and a wide range of popular business delusions, statistical and otherwise, these self-styled experts cloud our ability to think critically about the nature of success. Central among these delusions is the Halo Effect—the tendency to focus on the high financial performance of a successful company and then spread its golden glow to all its attributes—clear strategy, strong values, brilliant leadership, and outstanding execution. But should the same company’s sales head south, the very same attributes are universally derided—suddenly the strategy was wrong, the culture was complacent, and the leader became arrogant. The Halo Effect not only identifies these delusions that keep us from understanding business performance, but also suggests a more accurate way to think about leading a company. This approach—focusing on strategic choice and execution, while recognizing the inherent riskiness of both—clarifies the priorities that managers face. Brilliant and unconventional, irreverent and witty, The Halo Effect is essential reading for anyone wanting to separate fact from fiction in the world of business.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416538585

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Responsive Mobile Design

Designing for Every Device

By: Phil Dutson

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Responsive Mobile Design

Designing for Every Device

By: Phil Dutson

Create Web Designs That Work Perfectly on Any Device--Simply and Beautifully! Billions of people access the web via smartphones, tablets, and devices of all types, using every imaginable interface and display. But they all want the same thing: the right information, right now, delivered in the most aesthetically pleasing way possible. Give them what they want with Responsive Mobile Design . Whether you're a developer, designer, or manager, Phil Dutson teaches you principles, techniques, and best practices for delivering a successful experience to all users on all devices. Dutson shows how to design sites that are responsive "from the start," while keeping development simple and flexible. Next, he delivers complete technical know-how for transforming responsive designs into responsive sites. You'll find coverage of key issues such as integrating media content, optimizing performance, and serving Retina or high-density displays. Throughout, he combines detailed and practical explanations with functional, easy-to-reuse code snippets. Coverage includes * Demonstrating why "mobile first" is still a best practice * Fusing content, structure, and beauty to deliver experiences users love * Using responsive images to improve speed and convey visual messages more effectively * Using grid systems without making it feel like your design is "locked in a box" * Mastering measurement values such as px, em, rem, and viewport units--and understanding their crucial differences * Improving the finer details of your design with web fonts * Retrofitting current websites to prepare them for the future * Introducing web components into your HTML markup * Using built-in browser development tools to streamline debugging and "in-browser" prototyping

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Pearson Education

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0133888215

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9780133888218

Analytic Perturbation Theory and Its Applications

By: Konstantin E. Avrachenkov,Jerzy A. Filar,Phil G. Howlett

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Analytic Perturbation Theory and Its Applications

By: Konstantin E. Avrachenkov,Jerzy A. Filar,Phil G. Howlett

Mathematical models are often used to describe complex phenomena such as climate change dynamics, stock market fluctuations, and the Internet. These models typically depend on estimated values of key parameters that determine system behavior. Hence it is important to know what happens when these values are changed. The study of single-parameter deviations provides a natural starting point for this analysis in many special settings in the sciences, engineering, and economics. The difference between the actual and nominal values of the perturbation parameter is small but unknown, and it is important to understand the asymptotic behavior of the system as the perturbation tends to zero. This is particularly true in applications with an apparent discontinuity in the limiting behavior?the so-called singularly perturbed problems. Analytic Perturbation Theory and Its Applications includes a comprehensive treatment of analytic perturbations of matrices, linear operators, and polynomial systems, particularly the singular perturbation of inverses and generalized inverses. It also offers original applications in Markov chains, Markov decision processes, optimization, and applications to Google PageRank? and the Hamiltonian cycle problem as well as input retrieval in linear control systems and a problem section in every chapter to aid in course preparation.

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SIAM

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1611973139

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Criminology

By: Steve Case,Phil Johnson,David Manlow,Roger Smith,Kate Williams

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Criminology

By: Steve Case,Phil Johnson,David Manlow,Roger Smith,Kate Williams

Criminology is a textbook with a new approach, both student-focused and research-engaged. Written for today's students, it provides the framework of knowledge core to exploring, understanding, and explaining crime. The goal is simple and bold - to help the next generation of criminologists to be switched-on, excited, and critical.

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Oxford University Press

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0198736754

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Mass Moralizing

Marketing and Moral Storytelling

By: Phil Hopkins

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Mass Moralizing

Marketing and Moral Storytelling

By: Phil Hopkins

Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling examines the narratives of today’s brand marketing, which largely focuses on creating an emotional attachment to a brand rather than directly promoting a product’s qualities or features. Phil Hopkins explores these narratives’ influence on how we think about ourselves and our moral possibilities, our cultural ideas about morality, and our relations to each other. He closely studies the relationship between three interrelated dynamics: the power of narrative in the construction of identity and world, the truth-telling pretenses of mass marketing, and the growth of moralizing as the primary moral discourse practice in contemporary consumer culture. Mass Moralizing scrutinizes the way marketing speaks to us in explicitly moralistic terms, significantly influencing how we think about ourselves and our moral possibilities.

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Lexington Books

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0739188526

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Strategic Communication, Corporatism, and Eternal Crisis

The Creel Century

By: Phil Graham

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Strategic Communication, Corporatism, and Eternal Crisis

The Creel Century

By: Phil Graham

This book traces a century of militarised communication that began in the US in April, 1917 with the institution of the Committee on Public Information (CPI), headed by George Creel and tasked with persuading a divided US public to enter World War I. The book argues that the CPI’s influence extends unbroken into the present day, as it provided the communicative and attitudinal bases for a new form of political economy, a form of corporatism, that would come to its fullest flower in the "globalisation" project of the mid-1990s.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351795813

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Tree and Forest Measurement

By: Phil West

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Tree and Forest Measurement

By: Phil West

Everyone who works with forests must measure them, foresters, forestry students, scientists or forest owners. This book summarises modern forest measurement techniques for all those people. It describes how to measure forests, why they are measured and the basis of the science behind the measurements. Trees and forests are large and complex, but even something as difficult as the amount of wood they contain can be measured with quite unsophisticated equipment. This is a book written for all, from professional foresters to the lay person, in fact anyone who needs to measure forests anywhere in the world.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662054361

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9783662054369

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