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All About Weeds

By: Edwin R. Spencer

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This book might be called a Who's Who among Weeds as it covers 102 of the most common weeds found throughout the United States. Weeds of lawn and yard, weeds that are sometimes used for food, weeds that are the bane of hayfever sufferers, weeds that can ruin cow's milk, poisonous weeds, and even the real desperadoes that can totally overtake a field in one season are all covered. The author, Edwin R. Spencer, was a farmer and biology professor; his text is both a practical and an authoritative guide to weeds, able to speak to nature lovers, farmers, and scientists alike. Pigweed … Dogbane … Carpet Weed … Crab Grass … Wild Garlic … Spiderwort … Chicory … Ragweed … Poison Ivy … Yellow Dock … each weed is listed under its most common name, but since one man's Moneywort is another man's Creeping Jenny, its scientific and alternative common names are also given. Then follows a delightful description of each weed, full of information and good humor as well. Details for controlling the weed are given in this section. To aid in identification each weed is multiply keyed at the front of the text as to its place and season of growth, the type of soil it prefers, and physical characteristics. Even if you know nothing about botany, you will most likely be able to identify your find through these keys or just by flipping through the 102 first-rate illustrations. To the gardener and farmer weeds are something to be hoed out and plowed under, but weeds are also a fascinating group of plants, as this thoroughly readable book will point out. They are the plants you are most likely to come upon in nature jaunts and the ones you are going to have to come to terms with if you do any gardening of your own. "A most fascinating book." — Garden Club of America.

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0486144429

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UNIFORMS OF THE U.S. STATE POLICE & HIGHWAY PATROLS

By: R Spencer Kidd

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UNIFORMS OF THE U.S. STATE POLICE & HIGHWAY PATROLS

By: R Spencer Kidd

This book gives an historical overview of all the fifty State Police and Highway Patrol organisations, together with the uniform and badge descriptions and state law enforcement museums where they exist. Includes 218 black & white, 226 coloured illustrations and 81 colour paintings of uniforms and badges.

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1471777294

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Io After Galileo

A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon

By: Rosaly M.C. Lopes,John R. Spencer

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Io After Galileo

A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon

By: Rosaly M.C. Lopes,John R. Spencer

This is the only book solely about Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most remarkable characteristics: its active volcanism.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540488413

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The Rise of Nuclear Fear

By: Spencer R. Weart

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The Rise of Nuclear Fear

By: Spencer R. Weart

After a tsunami destroyed the cooling system at Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a meltdown, protesters around the world challenged the use of nuclear power. Germany announced it would close its plants by 2022. Although the ills of fossil fuels are better understood than ever, the threat of climate change has never aroused the same visceral dread or swift action. Spencer Weart dissects this paradox, demonstrating that a powerful web of images surrounding nuclear energy holds us captive, allowing fear, rather than facts, to drive our thinking and public policy.Building on his classic, Nuclear Fear, Weart follows nuclear imagery from its origins in the symbolism of medieval alchemy to its appearance in film and fiction. Long before nuclear fission was discovered, fantasies of the destroyed planet, the transforming ray, and the white city of the future took root in the popular imagination. At the turn of the twentieth century when limited facts about radioactivity became known, they produced a blurred picture upon which scientists and the public projected their hopes and fears. These fears were magnified during the Cold War, when mushroom clouds no longer needed to be imagined; they appeared on the evening news. Weart examines nuclear anxiety in sources as diverse as Alain Resnais's film Hiroshima Mon Amour, Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road, and the television show The Simpsons.Recognizing how much we remain in thrall to these setpieces of the imagination, Weart hopes, will help us resist manipulation from both sides of the nuclear debate.

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Harvard University Press

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0674065069

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Politics, Agricultural Development, and Conflict Resolution

An In-depth Analysis of the Moyen Bani Programme in Mali

By: Chuku-Dinka R. Spencer

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Politics, Agricultural Development, and Conflict Resolution

An In-depth Analysis of the Moyen Bani Programme in Mali

By: Chuku-Dinka R. Spencer

Using the Moyen Bani Programme as an example, External Assistance or External Interference gives an analysis of a grassroots conflict which, not foreseen at project design, lasted six years in Mali. This book provides the historical, economic, and political backgrounds that influenced the design and the conflict resolution. Concepts of perception, emotion, and identity explain the frames of the actors in the conflict. Notions including static and dynamic frames are used to explain their positions at different times during the conflict resolution. It explores the need of protagonists in rural conflicts to increase the political and economic resources they possess to achieve their goals. This need brought the intervention into the conflict of an international NGO. The book examines the "whys" and "wherefores" of the intervention by the NGO. The effects of the conflict on the project results are examined. The book contributes to the development of paradigms for conflict resolution as well as for project planning and analysis.

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0761856870

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New Heavens, New Earth

By: John R. Spencer

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New Heavens, New Earth

By: John R. Spencer

What's Going To Happen When I Die? Ever wonder? Ever wonder, Why is the Bible so hard to understand? Would you like to know: What is heaven like? Is heaven the end? Why does the Bible talk about a new heaven and a new earth? Does hell exist? Will I really be raised from the dead? Barraged by today's Christian media blitz, our cups overflow with conflicting ideas. Can everything advertised as Christian "truth" be trusted? Or has Truth become a purchased commodity, a slave to popularity? New Heavens, New Earth will carry you beyond the confusion to a confident faith and help you to understand the Bible as never before. Uncover the hidden jewels of biblical faith. Discover your true destiny as a child of God!

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iUniverse

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0595262279

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The Root of Fear & the Anchor of Faith

By: Evangelist Crystal R. Spencer

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The Root of Fear & the Anchor of Faith

By: Evangelist Crystal R. Spencer

Why live in fear? When faith is just a prayer away. I believe that we are living in a time where God is challenging us to see past our fears and failures and draw closer to Him. Faith gives us the courage to stand and the ability to press forward; we must dare to be more than what statistics have implied that we shall be, and become all that He has intended for us. Faith is the key! NOW, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen! Hebrews 11:1

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The Big Bleep: the Mystery of A Different Universe

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

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The Big Bleep: the Mystery of A Different Universe

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

The Big Bleep is a satirical tribute to Raymond Chandler's classic American noir detective story, The Big Sleep, that became the standard for crime stories featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak, noir scenarios. The principle characters in his book were portayed in film noir by Humphrey Bogart and Laren Bacall. The Big Bleep is the story of hard-boiled, Harley riding detective Sam Shovel, digging up the truth on a comedic, existential journey of self-realization. It's an investigation into a universe where a fictional character can become self-aware -- just like in real life! And, it's the only book that tells the truth about what REALLY happened to the Earth dinosaurs... (really).

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0557044421

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LOUD ZOO - THE TAO TE TERRA

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

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LOUD ZOO - THE TAO TE TERRA

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

Earth is a Loud Zoo. It's not our home. Billions of sentient beings are screaming for release and the right to be themselves. although blinded and confined within biological bodies we never forget our origins and the eternal power within. This small book is a cry for freedom and return to who we truly are.The Tao Te Terra is a collection of brief verses which may be used as guides to meditation upon the subject of existence or "being". Each verse is independent of the others, but may be viewed as an interconnected whole, just as individual spiritual beings may consider themselves and others to be related or separated.

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1365665135

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Western Financial Assistance to the Developing World

Perceptions of the Power Imbalance and its Impact on Fiscal Terms

By: Chuku-Dinka R. Spencer

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Western Financial Assistance to the Developing World

Perceptions of the Power Imbalance and its Impact on Fiscal Terms

By: Chuku-Dinka R. Spencer

This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions that population segments of recipient countries have of the power plays inherent in giving and receiving financial assistance, delving deep into the factors that affect these perceptions to examine how and why developed countries wield power over countries receiving financial assistance. While the text focuses primarily on African countries, it also addresses the broader power imbalance between developed countries in the global north and developing countries in the global south. It also examines perceptions of development assistance and power imbalance between the global south in general and the BRICS countries which provide assistance to the global south in particular. This book is an ideal tool for those studying the socioeconomic impacts of international financial assistance to developing countries.

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1137583991

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Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature

By: R. Spencer

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Cosmopolitan Criticism and Postcolonial Literature

By: R. Spencer

Via readings of novels by J.M. Coetzee, Timothy Mo and Salman Rushdie and the later poetry of W.B. Yeats, this book reveals how postcolonial writing can encourage the enlarged sense of moral and political responsibility needed to supplant ongoing forms of imperial violence with cosmopolitan institutions, relationships and ways of thinking.

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0230305903

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The Oz Factors

"The Wizard of Oz" as an Analogy to the Mysteries of Life

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

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The Oz Factors

"The Wizard of Oz" as an Analogy to the Mysteries of Life

By: Lawrence R. Spencer

The Mexican Chubasco is an epic novel about the Mexican Revolution as seen through the eyes of Ruben Valderano, the middle son of a wealthy Sonora landowner. A clash with his older brother leads to schooling in Spain and France. After returning to Mexico, Ruben becomes a military leader and a key ally of Alvaro Obregon, Mexico's future president. Ruben becomes a military observer during WWI and has romantic liaisons with several women in Europe, eventually marrying and divorcing. He returns to Mexico with his young son and helps Obregon become president, and is at his side when the president elect is assassinated. Later he is shot by would be killers and leaves Mexico and relocates to the U.S. He becomes an international authority and successful writer on modern warfare, and through his American wife befriends Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. He returns to Mexico in 1936 at the request of President Lazaro Cardenas and meets Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Through Ruben's experiences the reader enjoys a rich world of events, fascinating characters and important insights into critical events in Mexico, Europe and the U.S. It is a whirlwind of adventure, drama and romance that is not to be missed.

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Tell El-Hesi

The Muslim Cemetery in Fields V and VI/IX (Stratum II)

By: J. Kenneth Eakins

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Tell El-Hesi

The Muslim Cemetery in Fields V and VI/IX (Stratum II)

By: J. Kenneth Eakins

The Tell el-Hesi site comprises a 25-acre walled city from the Early Bronze III period. It is located on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean coastal plain, 26 km northeast of Gaza in Israel. Tell el-Hesi was the first Palestinian site at which the principles of ceramic chronology and of stratigraphic excavation were applied and at which the relationship between pottery and stratigraphy was shown to be significant. In 1890 W.M. Flinders Petrie excavated at Hesi and produced a general picture of its occupational history. In 1891-92, F.J. Bliss excavated stratigraphically through each successive level of the mound and identified eleven occupational levels which he grouped into eight strata or "cities". In 1970, The Joint Archaeological Expedition to Tell el-Hesi, sponsored by the American Schools of Oriental Research and a consortium of educational institutions, entered the site with the objectives of investigating in greater detail and with more refined methods the stratigraphic divisions identified by Petrie and Bliss. This book appears as the fifth volume in the Joint Expedition's series of final publications regarding their field experience and findings. The Joint Expedition had its first field season in June 1970 and returned to the site for further excavation in the summers of odd-numbered years. The first four seasons (1970-75) have been designated Phase One, and were largely limited to the later occupation levels on the summit and southern slope of the site's northeast hill or acropolis, although there were also probes and limited exploration of the larger Early Bronze (EB) city. The next four seasons (1977-93) were designated Phase Two, with work continuing in the Iron Age levels of the acropolis and also extending to the southern EB city wall and associated domestic structures. This volume is primarily devoted to Phase Two of the expedition and details the burials unearthed during this excavation period when a large number of graves overlying Early Bronze Age strata were found in Fields V and VI

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Eisenbrauns

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0931464781

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9780931464782

Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2017 Volume Three

By: R. Spencer Kidd

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Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2017 Volume Three

By: R. Spencer Kidd

A comprehensive record of the police uniforms worn in Europe from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century. Each country has an overview history of the police force, badges, current ranks and insignia. 146 full colour paintings within Volume Three, illustrating uniforms and badges of seven western European countries. Each entry is accompanied by a history and description. Volume Three includes seven countries: England, Channel Islands, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Eire, Ulster.

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Drawing Borders

The American-Canadian Relationship during the Gilded Age

By: David R. Spencer

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Drawing Borders

The American-Canadian Relationship during the Gilded Age

By: David R. Spencer

Canada has not always had the role of 'friendly neighbor to the north.' In fact, the seemingly peaceful history of relations between the United States and Canada is punctuated with instances of border disputes, annexation manifestos and trade disagreements. David R. Spencer reveals the complexity of this relationship through a fascinating examination of political cartoons that appeared both in the U.S. and Canada from 1849 through the 1990s. By first examining both the cultural and political differences and similarities between the two nations, Spencer lays the groundwork for the main focus of his study - deeper analysis of the political perspectives of the editorial cartoons. Including 141 actual cartoons of the time, Spencer provides meaningful references to the historical material covered. An intriguing study by a leading Canadian-American scholar, this work is sure to interest many across the disciplines of journalism history, cartoons, media studies, communication and international relations.

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1441109129

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MILITARY UNIFORMS IN EUROPE 1900 - 2000 Volume One

By: R Spencer Kidd

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MILITARY UNIFORMS IN EUROPE 1900 - 2000 Volume One

By: R Spencer Kidd

This book (Volume One) gives an historical overview of 36 countries whose armed forces served in Europe 1900-2000, together with uniform descriptions. Includes 200 full colour paintings of the regular armies, marines, airforce and para-military troops engaged in land exercises, operations and warfare in Europe, including non-European troops serving in Europe. Each entry is accompanied by a history and description of the uniforms illustrated. The author and illustrator Ron Kidd, has been interested in both police and military history, uniforms and insignia since he was a school boy in the 1950's. He has visited over 300 police and military museums world-wide, and has written and illustrated a number of magazine articles on both police and military history and uniforms. He is a member of both the Military Heraldry Society and the Military Historical Society. It is anticipated that Volume Two will be published in 2013.

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1291187448

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The War in Florida

By: Woodburne Potter

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The War in Florida

By: Woodburne Potter

The book discusses events prior to and during the early states of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842).

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Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2015 Volume Two

By: R Spencer Kidd

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Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2015 Volume Two

By: R Spencer Kidd

A comprehensive record of the police uniforms worn in Europe from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-first Century. Each country has an overview history of the police force, badges, current ranks and insignia. 212 full colour paintings illustrating uniforms and badges of France, Monaco, Belgium and the Netherlands. Each entry is accompanied by a history and description.

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0244667705

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Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2015 Volume One

By: R Spencer Kidd

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Police Uniforms of Europe 1615 - 2015 Volume One

By: R Spencer Kidd

A comprehensive record of the police uniforms worn in Europe from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-first Century. Each country has an overview history of the police force, badges, current ranks and insignia. 124 full colour illustrations within Volume One, illustrating uniforms and badges of the five Scandinavian countries. Each entry is accompanied by a history and description. Volume One includes five European countries, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

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