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A Quiet Belief in Angels

A Novel

By: R.J. Ellory

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In this acclaimed psychological thriller, a man is haunted by a killer who terrorized his rural Southern hometown: “a tour de force” (Michael Connelly). Georgia, 1939. In the small community of Augusta Falls, twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughn is devastated to learn of a female classmate’s brutal murder. She had been his friend—someone Joseph loved—and she was far from the killer’s last victim. A few years later, Joseph is determined to protect his town, but he is powerless in preventing more murders—and no one is ever caught. Ten years later, a neighbor is found hanging from a rope, surrounded by belongings of the dead girls. The killings cease. The nightmare appears to be over. Plagued by everything he has witnessed, Joseph sets out to forge a new life in New York. But even there the past won’t leave him alone—for it seems that the murderer still lives and is killing again, and that the secret to his identity lies in Joseph’s own history.

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1590203496

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The President's Men: Special Projects

By: RJ Sand

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The President's Men: Special Projects

By: RJ Sand

They work directly for the President of the United States although they have never met him. They handle special projects too sensitive for the CIA, FBI, NSA or other intelligence services. Most end in someone's death by various means. Yet if they are ever discovered, no one in the White House knows of their existence or has ever heard of them, until something really bad happens.

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1329943481

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The R. J. Ellory Collection

By: R.J. Ellory

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The R. J. Ellory Collection

By: R.J. Ellory

Comprises: CANDLEMOTH GHOSTHEART A QUIET VENDETTA CITY OF LIES A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS A SIMPLE ACT OF VIOLENCE THE ANNIVERSARY MAN SAINTS OF NEW YORK

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Orion

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1409139840

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9781409139843

Backseat Tragedies : Hot Car Deaths

By: RJ Parker,JJ Slate

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Backseat Tragedies : Hot Car Deaths

By: RJ Parker,JJ Slate

When we hear about these cases of children forgotten in their car seats, left alone in the hot sun to die, our first reaction is to instinctively blame the parent or caregiver. We think, how could anyone forget about their own child for a moment, let alone hours? But the awful reality is that these tragedies happen to people from all walks of life. Many of the parents detailed in this book never thought such a thing could ever happen to them. They were wrong. On average, thirty-seven U.S. children die each year after becoming trapped or forgotten in a hot vehicle. Between the years 1998 and 2014, 636 children perished inside a hot car in the United States. The numbers are staggering. The stories are heartbreaking. But what can we do about it? In Backseat Tragedies: Hot Car Deaths, bestselling true crime authors RJ Parker and JJ Slate explore the circumstances that led to the deaths of over twenty children who died of hyperthermia, or heatstroke, in a car. They explore the science of how quickly a car can heat to deadly temperatures and why the human brain can so easily be tricked into forgetting something as important as a child. They also highlight important steps we can take as a community to prevent future casualties. Spreading awareness about the reality of hot car deaths is the first step toward eliminating these tragedies. ●●WITH PHOTOS●●

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RJ PARKER PUBLISHING, INC.

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1500504831

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UNLOCKING THE DREAM VISION

The secret history of creation

By: R.J. von-Bruening

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UNLOCKING THE DREAM VISION

The secret history of creation

By: R.J. von-Bruening

Unlocking the Dream Vision: The secret history of creation will take you on a profound journey into the mysterious mystical esoteric symbolism of the largely forgotten Dream Vision that is buried deep within the ancient Book of Enoch. It is a unique and captivating journey that reveals one of the most heretical, blasphemous, and controversial accounts of creation ever told, for both believer and skeptic. Within its pages you will learn of the ancient system of mystical symbolism and initiation that was born in the religious temples that ruled the city-states of the first civilizations. You will also be introduced to the radical 2,000-year-old theory from the legendary Library of Alexandria that the true story of our own mysterious origins lays within the system of allegories and mystical symbolism of the mythologies and sacred writings of the ancient world. A system that was first created by the professional class of writers known as the scribes, in order to conceal and protect the forbidden knowledge of the gods and the secret history of creation itself. By using this non-traditional approach, you will discover how the highly symbolic Dream Vision, written by the righteous scribe and mysterious lost prophet of the Bible, Enoch, is the key to unlocking this ancient system of mystical symbolism and the secret history of humanity. It is the same secret that is still hidden within the symbolism of the mysterious esoteric brotherhoods, secret societies, and hidden orders of the world. It is through this exceptional system of mystical symbolism created by the ancient scribes that the origin and true meaning to all the mystical symbols, like the pentagram, the all-seeing-eye, and the unfinished pyramid, are revealed. You will also learn the answers to some of the greatest mysteries concerning the biblical story. For you will find that the mystical symbolism of the Dream Vision contains the secrets of the Watchers, the Giants, the great Flood of Noah, and so many more mysteries, which are uncovered for the first time. Not only are the hidden secrets of the Bible uncovered through the mystical symbolism, but it will also reveal the greatest secrets of mythology and the ancient world. You will understand the secret meaning to the ever-famous symbol of the Bull, the Twin Brothers of legend, and even the monsters of myth like the terrible Hydra. You will even learn the real reason why the Great Pyramid was built, the real secret of the Pleiades cluster, the lost city of Atlantis, and the other mysterious lost civilizations of the Ice Age; moreover, with the conclusive evidence of the terrible cataclysm that befell them all. You will also be presented with an entirely new theory on the identity and true origins of the mysterious figures our ancient ancestors worshiped as the 'gods' without invoking ancient aliens or endless religious speculation.

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R.J. VON-BRUENING

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1732909636

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Mycobacteria

I Basic Aspects

By: Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam,P.A. Jenkins

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Mycobacteria

I Basic Aspects

By: Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam,P.A. Jenkins

Mycobacteria is divided into two volumes. The first volume deals with the basic biology of mycobacteria. With its emphasis on the state of the art outlook, this volume includes taxonomy and molecular biology of mycobacteria, modern approaches for detection of mycobacteria, and immunology and immunization against tuberculosis. The second volume covers drug trestments for mycobacteria anad tuberculosis. It outlines trends of discovery and development of chemotherapy, starting from the mid-50's to present day uses of chemotherapy in treating AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and other non-tuberculosis mycobacterial diseases.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0412054515

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9780412054518

Outsourced

A Novel

By: R. J. Hillhouse

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Outsourced

A Novel

By: R. J. Hillhouse

In the 21st Century war and espionage have been transformed. With the CIA on the ropes, the armed forces stretched thin, and the need for special operations capabilities at an all-time high, the United States government has turned to private corporations to help shoulder the load. Companies such as Blackwater USA, Triple Canopy and Abraxas field over 50,000 private soldiers and spies who conduct missions formerly restricted to the military and the CIA. National security has been outsourced. In Outsourced Camille Black, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, has left the Agency to create Black Management, a private corporation that specializes in providing former Special Forces operators and CIA case officers for covert operations. Active in the volatile Middle East, it competes heavily in the cutthroat counterterrorism business. One day, the CIA contracts Camille to track down and eliminate her ex-fiancé Hunter Stone, a Pentagon spy accused of selling arms to terrorist cells. Battling her old feelings, but fueled by Stone's disloyalty to both his country and to her, Camille slips into the shadows of the War on Terror to track him down. Dodging death with each step, she finds herself in the crossfire of the Pentagon and the CIA, where good and evil blur and trust is bought and sold. Outsourced exposes the headlines of tomorrow. Impeccably researched and masterfully crafted, Outsourced is an edge-of-your seat thriller with a rare glimpse behind the scenes into how private corporations conduct and profit from the multi-billion dollar War on Terror. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1466807350

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Havoc

A Thriller

By: R. J. Pineiro

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Havoc

A Thriller

By: R. J. Pineiro

When CIA Officer Tom Grant was pulled out of early retirement to investigate a recent high-tech robbery at United States Nanotechnologies, America's government-run agency for the development of nanoweapons, he had no idea that he would be propelled into the middle of a conspiracy that could threaten the survival of our species. Teaming up with young Rachel Muratani, a rising star in the agency, and Karen Frost, an old hand from the FBI, Grant tracks the cyber thieves to CyberWerke, a German conglomerate run by Rolf Hartman. Hartman has stretched his high-tech empire across Europe, and now plans to use the newly acquired nanotechnology to take his empire global. Among the stolen USN hardware is a prototype nanoassembler, a highly intelligent and self-propelled machine with the capability of creating and destroying any object allowed by the laws of physics, including itself---though it needs access to radioactive material in order to mine the fuel required to power its clones. When the nanoassembler breaks free from its relatively unsophisticated captors, it finds itself no longer restricted by the software shackles imposed on it while at USN. While the megalomaniacal Hartman races to recapture it, Grant and his team must not only stop Hartman, but find away to combat the nanoassembler as it embarks on its own mission to ensure the survival of its species---even if that means the eradication of the human race! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1429932961

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Eagle Creek

A Mystery Novel

By: R.J. Bales

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Eagle Creek

A Mystery Novel

By: R.J. Bales

Cody Crosby grew up as a Boy Scout who was awarded the Eagle Scout rank and inducted into the honorary Boy Scout Order of the Arrow. He became a responsible adult who had no use for anyone who would commit senseless crimes--such as raping, brutalizing, and killing his best friend's fiancee. Cody uncovered clues that led to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator, but several murders followed, although the killer was still in jail, eventually dying of cancer. Cody thought the murders were related to the convict. But then Cody received a note. He was next--unless he could solve the mystery of who the murderer was.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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163710216X

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All for Money

By: R. J. Burgess

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All for Money

By: R. J. Burgess

More cackling laughter rang out from the four women as Ramie threw his hands in the air and moved away to where I was standing. 'You put me in shits, he said pointing at me; telling Annie I want to do bonking with her. It was just jokes between men, don't you understand?' 'But you told me to send her down here Ramie, don't you remember?' I replied grinning. 'Yes but number one wife not understand english funnies and...'He was suddenly cut short as Mrs Ramie flicked his ear with her fingers and then tugged it sharply. 'I NOT NUMBER ONE WIFE; I ONLY BLINKIN WIFE, she shouted; then let go of his ear and flicked it again; UNDERSTAND.

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1445777517

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A Simple Act of Violence

By: R.J. Ellory

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A Simple Act of Violence

By: R.J. Ellory

Washington has a new menace... a serial killer whose victims don't exist... Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people that could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case, and rapidly uncover a complication. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems. And as Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts to face truths so far-removed from his own reality that he begins to fear for his life.

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Orion

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1409106470

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Unholy Ground

By: R.J. Burroughs

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Unholy Ground

By: R.J. Burroughs

Life in small-town Chickasha, Oklahoma, could only be described as calm, peaceful, and tranquil living at its very best. That tranquility was suddenly broken when the city police detective Dusty started to find bodies in local graveyards. Dusty was completely stumped, trying to find any answers to who killed these people and why they were being killed and their bodies discarded in city cemeteries, until an old gypsy recluse shows up at the station with an outlandish tale her mother passed on to her many years from the pasta tale of an entity that rests in the graves of those who have passed on from this life yet not making the kingdom of love and happiness. These souls have only made it to the kingdom of hate, despair, and the kingdom of evilthe kingdom called hell. Follow Dusty and Olga as they confront this evil in this frightening tale by author R. J. Burroughs in the style of writing Mr. Burroughs has become a master at.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543414567

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9781543414561

Voices; Tormented to Life; A True Story

By: R. J. Donnelly

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Voices; Tormented to Life; A True Story

By: R. J. Donnelly

Voices, tells of a world where lives are adrift in a sea of flames. Such an atmosphere of dancing human remains may be hard to imagine unless it's been lived. Like firebrands streaking through a black night sky, Spirit things can seem a fantasy to a casual eye. As for the telling's in this book: they're not a glimpse aEUR| but a deep gaze and the encounters of a human soul. Born far apart, Sue and Bob's lives began as fairytales aEUR| but as fairytales will do, their dreams bled-out and soaked the ground! Broken homes, drugs, alcohol, and a confused moral compass led them down treacherous paths. Then in 1973, while drifting through the universe, their twisting paths collided one day in the dark. Bob was a violent atheist, who professed he was god; Sue, who once aspired to be a Nun, now dabbled in mysticism in her parched thirst for truth. Then came the days of the Valiant ones who laid siege to our Kingdom for four months. Two months in, Sue prayed through the nightaEUR| and when I learned of it, I threatened her life. God then showed her in a dream, my soul, now completely void of light - and as she watched, giant, soulless birds began devouring me. Two weeks later and close to death, alone in my room I prayed, and once I asked for forgiveness, a voice above me spoke. So the days of my dying ended aEUR| for the days of miracles had now begun! This is a true story

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1645597067

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Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics

By: H. A. Harfi,H. Nazer,William Oh,F. B. Stapleton,R. J. Whitley

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Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics

By: H. A. Harfi,H. Nazer,William Oh,F. B. Stapleton,R. J. Whitley

The new edition of this classic reference offers a problem-based approach to pediatric diseases. It encompasses almost all pediatric subspecialties and covers every pediatric disease and organ system. It includes case studies and over 750 lavish illustrations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642022022

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9783642022029

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Volume 28

By: R. J. Ferrier

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Carbohydrate Chemistry

Volume 28

By: R. J. Ferrier

Carbohydrate Chemistry provides review coverage of all publications relevant to the chemistry of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a given year. The amount of research in this field appearing in the organic chemical literature is increasing because of the enhanced importance of the subject, especially in areas of medicinal chemistry and biology. In no part of the field is this more apparent than in the synthesis of oligosaccharides required by scientists working in glycobiology. Clycomedicinal chemistry and its reliance on carbohydrate synthesis is now very well established, for example, by the preparation of specific carbohydrate- based antigens, especially cancer-specific oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Coverage of topics such as nucleosides, amino-sugars, alditols and cyclitols also covers much research of relevance to biological and medicinal chemistry. Each volume of the series brings together references to all published work in given areas of the subject and serves as a comprehensive database for the active research chemist Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by teams of leading authorities in the relevant subject areas, the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, with regular, in-depth accounts of progress in particular fields of chemistry. Subject coverage within different volumes of a given title is similar and publication is on an annual or biennial basis.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0854042083

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9780854042081

Generalized Additive Models

By: T.J. Hastie,R.J. Tibshirani

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Generalized Additive Models

By: T.J. Hastie,R.J. Tibshirani

This book describes an array of power tools for data analysis that are based on nonparametric regression and smoothing techniques. These methods relax the linear assumption of many standard models and allow analysts to uncover structure in the data that might otherwise have been missed. While McCullagh and Nelder's Generalized Linear Models shows how to extend the usual linear methodology to cover analysis of a range of data types, Generalized Additive Models enhances this methodology even further by incorporating the flexibility of nonparametric regression. Clear prose, exercises in each chapter, and case studies enhance this popular text.

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0412343908

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9780412343902

Chuck Berry

An American Life

By: RJ Smith

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Chuck Berry

An American Life

By: RJ Smith

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like “Johnny B. Goode,” “Maybellene,” “You Never Can Tell” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions, whose motives and motivations were often shrouded in mystery. After all, how did a teenage delinquent come to write so many songs that transformed American culture? And, once he achieved fame and recognition, why did he put his career in danger with a lifetime’s worth of reckless personal behavior? Throughout his life, Berry refused to shed light on either the mastery or the missteps, leaving the complexity that encapsulated his life and underscored his music largely unexplored—until now. In Chuck Berry, biographer RJ Smith crafts a comprehensive portrait of one of the great American entertainers, guitarists, and lyricists of the 20th century, bringing Chuck Berry to life in vivid detail. Based on interviews, archival research, legal documents, and a deep understanding of Berry’s St. Louis (his birthplace, and the place where he died in March 2017), Smith sheds new light on a man few have ever really understood. By placing his life within the context of the American culture he made and eventually withdrew from, we understand how Berry became such a groundbreaking figure in music, erasing racial boundaries, crafting subtle political commentary, and paying a great price for his success. While celebrating his accomplishments, the book also does not shy away from troubling aspects of his public and private life, asking profound questions about how and why we separate the art from the artist. Berry declined to call himself an artist, shrugging that he was good at what he did. But the man's achievement was the rarest kind, the kind that had social and political resonance, the kind that made America want to get up and dance. At long last, Chuck Berry brings the man and the music together.

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Hachette Books

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0306921618

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9780306921612

Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling

By: R. J. McKinlay Gardner,Grant R. Sutherland

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Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling

By: R. J. McKinlay Gardner,Grant R. Sutherland

Chromosomal abnormalities can cause disability in children, and reproductive difficulty in parents. Many parents and couples seek genetic counseling in order to learn why they, or a relative, may have had a child with a particular collection of medical problems and/or intellectual disability. There may have been a history of multiple miscarriage, or infertility. They may want to know the outlook for a pregnancy, and what the risks might be. These and other questions concerning chromosome abnormalities are addressed in this standard text, which will be of interest to genetic counselors, medical geneticists, pediatricians and obstetricians, infertility specialists, and laboratory cytogeneticists. This third edition has been thorougly updated, and is richly illustrated and fully referenced. New chapters have been written on preimplantation diagnosis and on reproductive risks due to environmental agents. The practical applications of recent advances in molecular cytogentics are noted. The book will give counselors the information that will enable them to help concerned parents accommodate to their particular "chromosomal situation", and to determine what may be, for them, the best course of action.

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Oxford University Press

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0199725241

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9780199725243

Pressuremeter Testing

Methods and Interpretation

By: R. J. Mair,D. M. Wood

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Pressuremeter Testing

Methods and Interpretation

By: R. J. Mair,D. M. Wood

Pressuremeter Testing: Methods and Interpretation the history, applications, and development of pressumeter devices and related test procedures. The book covers topics such as the general principles of pressuremeter testing; types of pressuremeters and their installation and calibration; and the estimation of soil from pressuremeter tests in clays, sands, and weak rocks. Also included are topics such as the application of pressuremeter testing to design and research in the improvement of the use of pressuremeters. An appendix is also included; Appendix A covers the analysis of pressuremeter tests, and Appendix B contains guidance notes for the specifications of pressuremeter tests. The text is recommended for engineers and geologists who would like to know more about the applications of the pressuremeter and the interpretation of its results.

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Elsevier

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1483102254

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9781483102252

The History of Allelopathy

By: R.J. Willis

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The History of Allelopathy

By: R.J. Willis

With a claim to be the first work to document in detail the history of allelopathy, Willis’s text provides an account of the concept of allelopathy as it has occurred through the course of botanical literature from the earliest recorded writings to the modern era. A great deal of information is presented here in a consolidated and accessible form for the first time. The book offers a unique insight into the historical factors which have influenced the popularity of allelopathy.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402040938

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9781402040931

Killing with Prejudice

Institutionalized Racism in American Capital Punishment

By: R.J. Maratea

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Killing with Prejudice

Institutionalized Racism in American Capital Punishment

By: R.J. Maratea

A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital cases In 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia. He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death. Although McCleskey’s lawyers were able to prove that Georgia courts applied the death penalty to blacks who killed whites four times as often as when the victim was black, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in McCleskey v.Kemp, thus institutionalizing the idea that racial bias was acceptable in the capital punishment system. After a thirteen-year legal journey, McCleskey was executed in 1991. In Killing with Prejudice, R.J. Maratea chronicles the entire litigation process which culminated in what has been called “the Dred Scott decision of our time.” Ultimately, the Supreme Court chose to overlook compelling empirical evidence that revealed the discriminatory manner in which the assailants of African Americans are systematically undercharged and the aggressors of white victims are far more likely to receive a death sentence. He draws a clear line from the lynchings of the Jim Crow era to the contemporary acceptance of the death penalty and the problem of mass incarceration today. The McCleskey decision underscores the racial, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in modern American capital punishment, and the case is fundamental to understanding how the death penalty functions for the defendant, victims, and within the American justice system as a whole.

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1479888605

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