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Psychological Management of Stroke

By: Nadina B. Lincoln,Ian I. Kneebone,Jamie A. B. Macniven,Reg C. Morris

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Psychological Management of Stroke

By: Nadina B. Lincoln,Ian I. Kneebone,Jamie A. B. Macniven,Reg C. Morris

Psychological Management of Stroke presents a review and synthesis of the current theory and data relating to the assessment, treatment, and psychological aspects of stroke. Provides comprehensive reviews of evidence based practice relating to stroke Written by clinical psychologists working in stroke services Covers a broad range of psychological aspects, including fitness to drive, decision making, prevention of stroke, and involvement of carers and families Reviews and synthesizes new data across a wide range of areas relevant to stroke and the assessment, treatment, and care of stroke survivors and their families Represents a novel approach to the application of psychological theory and principles in the stroke field

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470684267

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9780470684269

Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man

The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850

By: Reg Ankrom

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Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man

The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850

By: Reg Ankrom

It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.

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McFarland

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1476642281

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9781476642284

Giving a Lecture

From Presenting to Teaching

By: Kate Exley,Reg Dennick

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Giving a Lecture

From Presenting to Teaching

By: Kate Exley,Reg Dennick

The second edition of Giving a Lecture builds upon the reputation and success of the Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education series. It is an excellent resource for those new to teaching at the University and College level and for those who just want to reflect upon and refresh their lecturing practice. The best selling first edition has been fully revised, and this edition continues to cover all the basics on how to go about lecturing while maintaining its jargon-free and accessible style. New lecturers will find the second edition equips them with the essential tools and guidance for delivering a successful lecture, and explains exciting new developments along with the fundamentals of lecturing. Addressing a number of rapid developments that have occurred since its first publication in 2004, the second edition provides: A new chapter on podcasting and e-lecturing Much more on the effective use of PowerPoint Guidance on using interactive handsets to promote active learning and engagement Consideration of the role of Lectures in problem based learning (PBL) courses An expanded chapter that addresses current diversity/inclusivity issues A fresh look with new Illustrations Updated 'Recommended Reading and Web-Resource' sections This handy guide uses a multi-disciplinary approach based on sound educational theory to provide clear guidance and engaging ideas on giving a memorable and motivational lecture. Readers will find its straightforward approach is both readable and very practical, and new University and College Teachers, Graduate Teaching Assistants, Part-time Tutors, Teaching Clinicians and Practitioners, together with those interested in educational and staff development, will find this book provides them with all the guidance they need to lecture with confidence and skill.

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Routledge

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1134029926

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An Old Contemptible and An Irish Pasha

A Biography of Lt. Colonel T W Fitzpatrick, Pasha, C.B.E., O.B.E., D.C.M.

By: Reg Fitzpatrick

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An Old Contemptible and An Irish Pasha

A Biography of Lt. Colonel T W Fitzpatrick, Pasha, C.B.E., O.B.E., D.C.M.

By: Reg Fitzpatrick

This is a true story of the adventurous times and heroism of Lt Colonel T W Fitzpatrick, a latter-day hero of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is a mixture of Lawrence of Arabia, Sharpe and Hornblower but with much, much more! There are numerous different facets to his adventures, including his army experiences, police exploits, handling of riots, assassinations, terrorism and murder, along with his interactions with kings, popes, prime ministers and parliaments. This biography takes the reader on a thrilling journey, packed with adventure, from rural Ireland to India, back to Ireland, to England, to France during World War I, and then onto the Middle East: Palestine, Transjordan and Egypt in World War II. He has blood-curdling adventures in Alexandria, Cairo and Eritrea. Finally it's back to Britain and ministerial shenanigans in the corridors of power.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398440043

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9781398440043

The Golden Age of Speedway

By: Philip Dalling,Reg Pearman

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The Golden Age of Speedway

By: Philip Dalling,Reg Pearman

The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times.A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity.A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension.Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.

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The History Press

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0752494619

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9780752494616

The Ferris Conspiracy

By: Paul Ferris,Reg McKay

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The Ferris Conspiracy

By: Paul Ferris,Reg McKay

On Glasgow's meanest streets life started well for the young Paul Ferris. How did he become Glasgow's most feared gangster, deemed a risk to national security? Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young Ferris as a bagman, debt collector and equaliser. Feared for his capacity for extreme violence, respected for his intelligence, Ferris was the Godfather's heir apparent. But when gang warfare broke, underworld leaders traded in flesh, colluding with their partners - the police. Disgusted, Ferris left the Godfather and stood alone. They gave him weeks to live. While Ferris was caged in Barlinnie Prison's segregation unit accused of murdering Thompson's son, Fatboy, his two friends were shot dead the night before the funeral and grotesquely displayed in a car on the cortége's route. Acquitted against all the odds, Ferris moved on, determined to make an honest living. They would not let him. The National Crime Squad, MI5, the police and two of the country's most powerful gangsters saw to that. A maximum-security prisoner, Ferris is known as 'Lucky' because he is still alive. This is one man's unique insight into Britain's crime world and the inextricable web of corruption - a revealing story of official corruption and unholy alliances.

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1780577141

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9781780577142

Goodbye to the Working Class

By: Reg Race

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Goodbye to the Working Class

By: Reg Race

After 1979, Labour lost eight of the next eleven general elections. Working-class voters deserted, starting in 1970 when widespread abstention began, and the Conservatives won a majority of the working-class vote in 2019. Brexit was a consequence, and not the cause, of these massive changes.The number of manual workers, Labour's heartland vote, has collapsed and Britain is now a nation where the biggest occupational groups are shopworkers, education and NHS staff. Demographics have challenged Labour's ability to win.But that's not all. Labour's Parliamentary Party is now overwhelmingly middle class, and Labour has left the working class as the working class has left Labour. It is now a Party of Councillors and Special Advisers, with a membership dominated by the public sector middle class. Labour has been the author of its own troubles too. It failed to adapt to change in the 1970s and 80s, attacked the low paid and appeased the powerful, and at a local level is disorganised and sometimes sleazy. Its failures are structural. There is no strategic plan, sectarianism is rife, it has regular financial crises, fragile or unelectable leaders are appointed, and disastrous rule changes are made in an age when social media and the internet can disrupt politics on a daily basis. Power has been turned upside down as a consequence.Political parties matter. Badly organised, ineffective leaderships create policy failures in government, and Labour has failed to ensure a supply of its own working-class or capable candidates too. 'Goodbye to the Working Class' explains why and how this happened. It is a human story of significant consequence for our politics.

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eBook Partnership

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183978394X

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Vermin

By: Bill Graham,Reg McKay

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Vermin

By: Bill Graham,Reg McKay

Meet Allan Linton ... a detective with a difference. It’s not exactly L.A. But dead bodies are the same wherever they turn up. Allan Linton became a private detective by pure chance. He may not follow the rules, but he always gets the job done. Until he's hired to track down a missing girl. All he's got to go on is an old photo and the help – and hindrance – of the city's biggest drug dealer and his eccentric associate Niddrie. Linton's investigation yields no trace of Tina Lamont. He's ready to throw in the towel – after all, some people want to be missing. But when a dead body turns up in London, it's clear there’s something sinister going on. And now others are on Tina's trail ... Tina ran away for a reason – and that reason will stop at nothing to find her.

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1785302108

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9781785302107

Stephen A. Douglas

The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

By: Reg Ankrom

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Stephen A. Douglas

The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843

By: Reg Ankrom

When newly elected Illinois State Representative Abraham Lincoln first saw 5'4" Stephen A. Douglas, he sized him up as "the least man I ever saw." With the introduction of Douglas's first bill in 1834, Lincoln soon thought differently. The General Assembly not only passed the bill, it appointed the 21-year-old Douglas State's Attorney of Illinois' largest judicial district, replacing John J. Hardin, one of Lincoln's most powerful political allies. It was the first of many Douglas-Lincoln contests in the decade ahead. Struggles over banking, internal improvements, party organizations, the seat of government and slavery--even romantic rivalry--put them on opposing sides long before the 1860 presidential election. These battles were Douglas's political apprenticeship and he would use what he learned to obstruct Lincoln--his friend and nemesis--while becoming the most powerful Democrat in the nation.

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0786498072

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Pacific Star

3NZ Division in the South Pacific in World War II

By: Reg Newell

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Pacific Star

3NZ Division in the South Pacific in World War II

By: Reg Newell

The war in the South Pacific saw some of the most gruelling fighting of World War Two. Conditions were unpleasant – fetid heat, torrential downpours and hostile flora and fauna – while the Japanese enemy were ruthless and would often fight to the last man. Amphibious warfare, jungle warfare and the need to co-operate with our American ally all meant that new demands were made on New Zealand soldiers. Yet the war in the South Pacific came to be seen as an easy war, generally overlooked (with the exception of Guadalcanal) by historians. From ignorance of what the soldiers were called upon to endure, the notion arose that service in the South Pacific was somehow less worthy than the ‘real war’ in Europe against the Nazis. This attitude continued in the post-war world and today the soldiers of 3NZ Division are all but forgotten. Pacific Star sets the record straight, shedding new light on the sacrifices and tribulations which the soldiers of 3NZ Division had to endure in the service of the Allied cause. The book covers their initial deployment in Fiji and New Caledonia, and describes the major battles the division fought in the Solomons: Vella Lavella, the Treasury Islands and the Green Islands, as well as their sometimes strained relationship with the US military. Reg Newell has interviewed veterans for this book, which includes new maps and previously unpublished photographs.

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Exisle Publishing

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1775592510

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9781775592518

Hartwell Road

By: Reg Darling

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Hartwell Road

By: Reg Darling

We've all traveled Hartwell Road but most of us have not explored it as deeply and thoughtfully as Reg Darling. Hartwell Road is an internal place, a touchstone that centers and nourishes us - a place that contains our experience and provides a route to our own true nature. Darling's journey wends though a terrain rich in folk wisdom and communion with the real world (minus all the consumerist crap); it meanders through the philosophy of art and the sublime act of creation; it traverses the wonders of sexual passion and the ultimate solace of true love; it cuts back into a maze of drug-induced insights and the pristine clearing of deep spiritual conviction; it climbs through the bonds we build with the people around us and the inevitable physical end of those connections; and it plows headlong into the necessity of political activism and the bravery of standing against popular notions about what it means to "be free." This book will likely induce tears as it transports you through reflections on the connections and losses in your own life - a process at once painful and glorious. This is a book that will speak directly to the non-conforming spirits of the baby-boom generation - especially as we navigate the mounting upheavals and uncertainties of the 21st Century and come to grips with our own impending mortality. While Hartwell Road sometimes seems exotic and foreign, we round the bend and realize it is the same road that we too have been walking, only seen from a slightly different and meticulously well-rendered point of view. Dan R. Talley is an arts administrator, curator, and critic who has been involved in the making, exhibiting, and analysis of contemporary art for over 30 years. He is a practicing vegetarian and a long-time animal rights advocate who, nonetheless, finds Darling's sensitive and deeply felt philosophy about the order of nature strangely compatible with his own.

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1440114366

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9781440114366

Service Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry

By: Eduardo G. Pereira,Reg Fowler,Nima Nasrollahi Shahri,Rafael Baleroni

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Service Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry

By: Eduardo G. Pereira,Reg Fowler,Nima Nasrollahi Shahri,Rafael Baleroni

This book is written and edited by experts and academics already active in the oil and gas industry, and addresses students and practitioners alike. It aims to familiarize them with salient features of oil and gas service contracts. The book provides a concise description and, to a lesser extent, analysis of the main features of service contracts of the types commonly used in the oil and gas industry. Writers and editors come from different legal traditions and practice in different jurisdictions, including UK, Iran, Brazil and Mexico. Service contracts are as broad as their name suggests, comprising a wide array of contracts. However, a clear distinction exists between contracts where one party to the contract is a sovereign state or neither is. This has been the basis for organizing the present book in two parts.

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Editora Dialética

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6527016131

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9786527016137

The Last Godfather

The Life and Crimes of Arthur Thompson

By: Reg McKay

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The Last Godfather

The Life and Crimes of Arthur Thompson

By: Reg McKay

It used to be thought that no single person could rule the mean streets of Glasgow. Arthur Thompson proved this to be wrong. From an ordinary working-class family, Thompson started out as a bouncer and minder. Hard yet bright, he learned quickly. Cross him and you'd be scarred. Cheat him and he nailed you to the floor, crucifixionstyle. The gangsters of Glasgow thought it couldn't get any worse - it did. For forty years, Thompson ruled Glasgow and there came a time when his capacity for violence became so boundless that people would pray to be crucified. This fully revised edition of The Last Godfather visits places no law-abiding person has been. The gunrunning, murders, drug dealing and torture are all still there but there's much more - atrocities like how he improved on crucifixion as a means of revenge, how he created Europe's Tartan Mafia, how he invented concrete boots as a failsafe way of disposing of enemies' corpses. Then there are the ways he has had an impact on the lives and, more importantly, deaths of others - one man killed by a sniper, another kidnapped in London and tortured for days in Glasgow. Thompson died of natural causes but his influence didn't stop at his grave - which, incidentally, was deliberately left unmarked in case someone he'd had a run-in with decided to dig him up and wreak some kind of horrible revenge. This new edition includes previously unexplored aspects of Thompson's legacy and investigates the reasons there could never be another gang lord as all-powerful as Arthur Thompson - why he was destined to become The Last Godfather.

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1845025229

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9781845025229

Telling Stories to Touch the Heart

How to use Stories to Communicate God's Truth

By: Reg Grant,John Reed

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Telling Stories to Touch the Heart

How to use Stories to Communicate God's Truth

By: Reg Grant,John Reed

Discover one of the oldest--and most effective--communication tools : storytelling. How can stories improve your teaching, public speaking, and communicating? Jesus Himself demonstrated through His parables that telling stories is a dynamic way to reach a listener's heart with ideas. Stories can make a point while evoking laughter or tears, and stories can make messages memorable.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1579107303

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9781579107307

Killers, Crooks and Cons

Scotland's Crimes of the Century

By: Reg McKay

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Killers, Crooks and Cons

Scotland's Crimes of the Century

By: Reg McKay

KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS chronicles the astonishing crimes that horrified 20th-century Scotland. Taking each decade in turn, Reg McKay tells the true tales of the crimes that shook the nation, often the world. And these crimes will shock you still. From serial killers to armed mobsters and poisoners to cops who killed, KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS takes you from Glasgow to Edinburgh, Aberdeen to Dundee and from the Highlands to the Borders. As well as well-known cases like the world's first serial killer Peter Manuel who was hanged for the murder of seven people, wealthy landowner Max Garvie whose kinky parties led to his murder and the strange case of the death of SNP activist Willie McRae, Reg McKay tells the story of many of Scotland's less well-known but equally fascinating cases - including a police showdown with armed members of the IRA, the murder of a wealthy socialite and a committed Christian who went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his part in the brutal murder of his wife. KILLERS, CROOKS AND CONS is Scotland's very own criminal record from a century of shame.

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1845025547

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9781845025540

An Under-whatter?

By: Reg Higgins

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An Under-whatter?

By: Reg Higgins

A collection of memories from Reg Higgins, a retired insurance underwriter.

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Lulu.com

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1291110585

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9781291110586

Secret Service

Political Policing in Canada From the Fenians to Fortress America

By: Reg Whitaker,Gregory S. Kealey,Andrew Parnaby

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Secret Service

Political Policing in Canada From the Fenians to Fortress America

By: Reg Whitaker,Gregory S. Kealey,Andrew Parnaby

Secret Service provides the first comprehensive history of political policing in Canada – from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, through two world wars and the Cold War to the more recent 'war on terror.' This book reveals the extent, focus, and politics of government-sponsored surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations. Drawing on previously classified government records, the authors reveal that for over 150 years, Canada has run spy operations largely hidden from public or parliamentary scrutiny – complete with undercover agents, secret sources, agent provocateurs, coded communications, elaborate files, and all the usual apparatus of deception and betrayal so familiar to fans of spy fiction. As they argue, what makes Canada unique among Western countries is its insistent focus of its surveillance inwards, and usually against Canadian citizens. Secret Service highlights the many tensions that arise when undercover police and their covert methods are deployed too freely in a liberal democratic society. It will prove invaluable to readers attuned to contemporary debates about policing, national security, and civil rights in a post-9/11 world.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442662387

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9781442662384

MV Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War

From North Sea Ferry to Task Force Assault Ship

By: Reg Kemp,Michael Wood

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MV Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War

From North Sea Ferry to Task Force Assault Ship

By: Reg Kemp,Michael Wood

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam. Requisitioned as a troop ship to take the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment to the Falklands, the 'volunteer' merchant navy crew were told they would only go as far as the Ascension Island and that they should think of it as an extended North Sea booze-cruise run. However, without notice Norland's role was changed and it became the first vessel to enter San Carlos Water, ending up a sitting duck in 'Bomb Alley' air raids while disembarking troops and carrying out resupply runs. Narrowly escaping sinking, the ship was used as a shelter for survivors and for collecting the Gurkhas from the QE2 in South Georgia, ready for disembarking in San Carlos Bay, before repatriating Argentine POWs. Long after the surrender, MV Norland provided a ferry service between the Falklands and Ascension Island. While many in the war served an average of 100 days, for the crew of the Norland it was ten months; indeed, they were considered the first in and the last out. This is a gripping account of non-combatant volunteers railroaded into serving in a war they hadn't signed up for.

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The History Press

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0750998288

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9780750998284

The Battle for Vella Lavella

The Allied Recapture of Solomon Islands Territory, August 15-September 9, 1943

By: Reg Newell

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The Battle for Vella Lavella

The Allied Recapture of Solomon Islands Territory, August 15-September 9, 1943

By: Reg Newell

During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces. After their victory on Guadalcanal, Americans advanced into the New Georgia Group with horrendous casualties. Admiral Halsey then implemented an "island hopping" strategy, bypassing Japanese strongpoints. The first was an obscure island called "Vella Lavella." This book is the first detailed examination of the struggle for Vella Lavella, covering the ground, air and sea battles and the involvement of American and New Zealand soldiers, the coastwatchers, South Pacific Scouts and the Islanders.

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1476619840

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Survivor on the River Kwai

The Incredible Story of Life on the Burma Railway

By: Reg Twigg

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Survivor on the River Kwai

The Incredible Story of Life on the Burma Railway

By: Reg Twigg

Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of Reg Twigg, one of the last men standing from a forgotten war. Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the worst military defeat in modern British history - the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. What followed were three years of hell, moving from one camp to another along the Kwai river, building the infamous Burma railway for the all-conquering Japanese Imperial Army. Some prisoners coped with the endless brutality of the code of Bushido by turning to God; others clung to whatever was left of the regimental structure. Reg made the deadly jungle, with its malaria, cholera, swollen rivers, lethal snakes and exhausting heat, work for him. With an ingenuity that is astonishing, he trapped and ate lizards, harvested pumpkins from the canteen rubbish heap and with his homemade razor became camp barber. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Reg's story is unique. Reg Twigg was born at Wigston (Leicester) barracks on 16 December 1913. He was called up to the Leicestershire Regiment in 1940 but instead of fighting Hitler he was sent to the Far East, stationed at Singapore. When captured by the Japanese, he decided he would do everything to survive. After his repatriation from the Far East, Reg returned to Leicester. With his family he returned to Thailand in 2006, and revisited the sites of the POW camps. Reg died in 2013, at the age of ninety-nine, two weeks before the publication of this book.

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0241965101

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9780241965108

Born Fighter

By: Reg Kray

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Born Fighter

By: Reg Kray

_______ The shocking, gripping autobiography from one of the UK's most infamous criminals and gang leaders, and one half of the legendary Kray Twins, Reggie Kray. Reggie Kray is one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Together with his brother Ronnie, he rose through the ranks of London's East End gangland to run an evil empire of vice and villainy. But, after half a lifetime behind bars, Reg wants to set the record straight. Here, in his own words, is the true story of his life as one half of a criminal double act with his brother Ronnie, the chilling career of two street-wise kids who became standard-bearers of violence - from fire-bombings to shootings and cold-blooded murder. But here too is the inner voice of a one-time mobster who learned compassion through his own struggle to come to terms with a life sentence.

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Random House

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1446457923

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That Wasn’t the Plan

A Memoir

By: Reg Sherren

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That Wasn’t the Plan

A Memoir

By: Reg Sherren

Many Canadians will remember Reg Sherren as host of the popular CBC TV program Country Canada, when he criss-crossed the nation sniffing out amazing but little-known stories of life in small towns and rural areas. Others will recall his many years as feature reporter for CBC’s flagship news program, The National, collecting stories like that of Montreal inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru magically soaring above the earth on his home-made hoverboard to set a new Guinness World Record. In the course of his eventful career, Sherren did everything from guest hosting network radio shows like Cross Country Checkup to reporting from war zones, and his experiences make for a book bristling with memorable characters, unbelievable events and provocative reflection. Breaking news, politics, crime, economics—Sherren covered it all, and always with what Peter Mansbridge called “his unique ability to weave fascinating detail into the fabric of the people and places that make our nation so diverse and so interesting.” In this memoir, Sherren shares behind-the-scenes stories of his career in television journalism and the many Canadians he met along the way, from the time he rode on the back of a humpback whale to a journey down the world’s longest ice road in a solar-powered car. Sherren also provides insight into the changing business of broadcasting, having witnessed up-close how the industry has evolved, and why it is more important now than ever. That Wasn’t the Plan will appeal to industry insiders, CBC fans, history buffs and anyone who simply enjoys a good rollicking read.

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Douglas & McIntyre

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1771622555

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Handbook of Indices of Food Quality and Authenticity

By: R S Singhal,Pushpa R. Kulkarni,D V Reg

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Handbook of Indices of Food Quality and Authenticity

By: R S Singhal,Pushpa R. Kulkarni,D V Reg

The area of food adulteration is one of increasing concern for all those in the food industry. This book compares and evaluates indices currently used to assess food authenticity.

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1855732998

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Airlines of the Jet Age

A History

By: R.E.G. Davies

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Airlines of the Jet Age

A History

By: R.E.G. Davies

Airlines of the Jet Age provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airlines from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with an informative introductory chapter on the infancy of flight and the development of air-transport craft used during the First and Second World Wars, and then wings into the "first" Jet Age--the advent of jet airlines. It continues through the "second" Jet Age of wide-bodied aircraft, such as the Boeing 747 and DC-10, and closes with the introduction of the "third" Jet Age, which begins with the giant double-decked Airbus A380. This reference book is an unparalelled reference for aviation buffs, covering airlines around the globe and throughout the modern eras of human flight. The last book written by renowned airline historian R.E.G. Davies, Airlines of the Jet Age is the ultimate resource for information and insight on modern air transport.

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Smithsonian Institution

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194446607X

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The SHINOBI Black Ops On the BLACK DRAGON: Shurik'en II

By: Reg. D. Lyons

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The SHINOBI Black Ops On the BLACK DRAGON: Shurik'en II

By: Reg. D. Lyons

The biggest Black Ops mission in history goes down in the South China Sea, after a high security Nuclear Facility in Kazakhstan is breached and all the Guards and Personnel are either taken out or taken hostage!... Commander Shurik'en and his Black Ops on Terrorists move into immediate action! They must recover a Nuclear Kit small enough to fit in a suit case and capable of untold carnage!.The Mission now becomes personal when the Black Ops Commander's Grandfather is also sanctioned by an Army of Ninja! Shurik'en and his Black Ops with the aid of a Highly trained Black Alsatian and the World's Top female, a Beautiful Assassin must race against time to uncover the truth and recover the Nuclear package before it is transferred into the hands of Mega Terrorist Countries starting World War III! . The Stakes are incredibly high when Shurik'en and his Black Ops must also fight against Powerful mind-boggling Paranormal Forces and Mysterious Powers to obtain their ultimate objective!

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Lulu.com

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0359315968

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9780359315963

Small Group Teaching

Tutorials, Seminars and Beyond

By: Kate Exley,Reg Dennick

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Small Group Teaching

Tutorials, Seminars and Beyond

By: Kate Exley,Reg Dennick

This indispensable guide for new university or college teachers brings together straightforward and practical advice on small group teaching as well as examples of practice across disciplines and a sprinkling of sound educational theory. Written in a highly accessible jargon-free style, this book comprehensively covers critical areas such as: the underpinning foundations and dynamics of small group teaching the role and skills of the effective tutor tried and tested small group teaching methods and techniques guidance on problem-based learning, student-led and tutor-less tutorials up-to-date advice on inclusive and non-discriminatory practice a review of assessment criteria and methods. The book offers much needed support and guidance for new and part-time teachers in further and higher education, covering a wide range of teaching scenarios. It will also be critical reading for all those who wish to refresh or invigorate their teaching.

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Routledge

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1134398549

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9781134398546

Equine Stud Farm Medicine & Surgery E-Book

By: Derek C. Knottenbelt,Reg R. Pascoe,Michelle LeBlanc,Cheryl Lopate

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Equine Stud Farm Medicine & Surgery E-Book

By: Derek C. Knottenbelt,Reg R. Pascoe,Michelle LeBlanc,Cheryl Lopate

This practical, hands-on guide addresses all aspects of equine reproduction and breeding. Introductory chapters review key aspects of stud farm design and equine nutrition, evaluating how these factors affect the health of horses and foals. Detailed chapters discuss the stallion and mare, conception, parturition, the health of the foal, and other essential topics. Both medical care and surgery are covered in detail, with extensive full-color illustrations designed to help the veterinarian diagnose and treat all conditions relevant to equine reproduction. - Fully international perspective on equine reproduction from North American, European and Australasian authors and contributorAll aspects of equine stud farm medicine covered, from clinical examination and diagnosis to medical and surgical treatment - practical, hands-on guidance of surgical procedures and treatment optionsComprehensive chapters on stallion, mare and foal - All common and most rare conditions discussed in detailUseful appendix of drugs used in equine stud medicine - Full of colour and black and white illustrations

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702058432

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9780702058431

Thread of Fate

By: Reg W. Selfe

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Thread of Fate

By: Reg W. Selfe

A friendship first made on a 1950s holiday, a document unsigned at the last moment, the suggestion made by a stranger, a photograph taken in Spain, all elements in a chain of events leading to a totally unexpected romantic encounter quite late in life. This is the story of a childhood in the 1930s, taking us through carefree days at the seaside, when it is never too young to fall in love. An account of wartime on the east coast and day-to-day work behind a pharmacy counter in those long, dark years, is interlaced with notes on severe winters from a daily 80-year record kept by a dedicated amateur weatherman. Along the way there are accounts of incidents of a supernatural nature, how a smoking habit may have saved a life which it took away in later years, encounters with fire, in one case a little too close for comfort. Readers can form their own opinion as to whether the happenings set down in these pages are just a matter of random chance, or is there indeed a guiding thread of predestination leading to a totally unexpected change of lifestyle.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398471453

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9781398471450

Ingram Mountain

A Journey to Enlightenment

By: Melanie Zachoda,Reg Johnston

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Ingram Mountain

A Journey to Enlightenment

By: Melanie Zachoda,Reg Johnston

Is there yet time to reverse these deadly trends, or is it already too late? This is the question posed by millionaire businessman Adam Finlay, who has just joined an environmental group comprised of a physicist, a biologist, spiritual practitioners, and a psychic. During the first meeting, they reveal some of the most shocking news Adam has ever heard. The answer to his question comes from a most unlikely source. Through a series of strange events, he ultimately connects with a mysterious mountain woman who takes him on a journey of self-discovery that permanently changes his direction in life. The group was formed to explore ways to salvage what they describe as a seriously ill planet. But what this group learns is that the dire state of environmental affairs is matched by a conspiracy at the highest levels of government and big business. The group races to find steps that can be taken today, in all areas of the world, to avoid what appears to be inevitable. The environmental situation is much more serious than most people are aware of, the group reports. The Earth is facing a crisis unprecedented in our history and if it continues unabated, the result could be the extinction of human life. Can Earth be saved from its manmade fate?

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iUniverse

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1462006817

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9781462006816

Wild Things They Don't Tell Us - Aliens, Alchemy, Government Denials - The Truth is in Here!

By: Reg Presley

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Wild Things They Don't Tell Us - Aliens, Alchemy, Government Denials - The Truth is in Here!

By: Reg Presley

Are you one of those people who, when someone tells you they've seen a UFO, think that they must be one can short of a six pack? Do you still believe there has been no proof in all these years as to their existence? If so, then think again! One summer's day, Reg Presley, whose band The Troggs shot to fame in the sixties with unforgettable songs such as 'Wild Thing' and 'Love Is All Around Us' walked into a crop formation that changed his life forever. Through remarkable meetings with crop circle and UFO investigators, eyewitnesses, military personnel, scientists, astronomers and astronauts, among others, Reg was to discover a world behind anything he had ever experienced - a world of strange patterns in corn fields, inexplicable craft shooting through our skies, alien abduction, historical anomalies, suppressed information, establishment denial and disinformation.Never one to resist a puzzle, Reg has spent the past twelve years researching this phenomena. No stone has been left unturned, no dark corner left unexplored.'Rock star and visionary - reg is the man who really knows the truth...' - The Sunday Times

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782195041

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I Flew For MMA

An Airline Pilot's Life

By: Reg Adkins

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I Flew For MMA

An Airline Pilot's Life

By: Reg Adkins

Reg Adkins was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1926, went to Inglewood State School and after three years at Guildford Grammar School completed his education at the age of 16. From the time he was 11 years old his ambition was to be a pilot. Joining the RAAF in October 1944 he was too late for pilot training but spent four and a half years as an Armourer in the service he loved. Learning to fly at the Royal Aero Club of W.A. at Maylands Aerodrome in 1948 was the first step up the ladder towards achieving his ambition. Following an instructor rating and employment at the club for eighteen months he was well on his way when he stepped out of a Tiger Moth into a DC-3 to become one of the first post-war Aero Club trained pilots to be accepted into the airlines. In 1955 he joined MacRobertson Miller Airlines. After a career spanning 33 years, flying DC-3s, F.27s and F.28s all over W.A. and the Northern Territory and amassing a total of 21,000 hours he retired in 1986 at the top of the ladder as Senior Captain. To use his own words, “How could anyone have been so lucky?” I Flew For MMA is a rollicking story covering the massive change in Western Australia’s aviation history, from the days of post-World War Two flying unpressurised piston-engined DC-3s with virtually no navigation aids and the most basic of equipment and accommodation to the introduction of the comfortable and fast F.27 turboprop, then to the magical jet era and the state of the art F.28. Reg and his colleagues really were the trail-blazers of post-war flying up to the modern age. But I Flew For MMA is more than just a terrific historical record of flying in W.A. and the N.T. It lays bare the highs and the lows of being an airline pilot. The personalities, the family aspects, the industrial battles, and the emotional trials and tribulations that go with being responsible for the lives of the passengers in sometimes trying and stressful conditions, all the while being mindful of the desire to “get the job done”.

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Reg Adkins

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1393442625

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9781393442622

The Death of the Irish Language

By: Reg Hindley

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The Death of the Irish Language

By: Reg Hindley

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention. He puts Irish into a broader European context as a European minority language, and assesses its present position and prospects.

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Routledge

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113508419X

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9781135084196

Operation Squarepeg

The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944

By: Reg Newell

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Operation Squarepeg

The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944

By: Reg Newell

In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The New Zealand Army's largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruiser USS St. Louis. After landing, the New Zealanders pushed inland and encountered fanatical Japanese defenders entrenched in thick jungle. Allied engineers--including the famed Seabees--then built airfields, roads and shipping facilities. The seizure of the Green Islands completed the encirclement of the main Japanese base in the South Pacific at Rabaul. A memorable but overlooked action of the Pacific War, "Operation Squarepeg" involved a diverse force of Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen that included Charles Lindbergh and future U.S. president Richard Nixon.

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McFarland

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1476628327

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9781476628325

Education in Edge City

Cases for Reflection and Action

By: Reg Hinely,Karen Ford,Alexandra Leavell

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Education in Edge City

Cases for Reflection and Action

By: Reg Hinely,Karen Ford,Alexandra Leavell

This volume is an extended case study of a hypothetical school district--its residential communities, a middle school and secondary school, its students, teachers, administrators, parents and board members. An integrated series of cases, all dealing with characters and situations within the school district, it offers a realistic picture of what teaching is really about. Case activities increase readers' awareness of the professional aspects of teaching, and provide opportunities for teacher reflection and decision making and for dealing with the consequences of teacher actions. Chapters 2-15 include "Questions for Reflection and Discussion," "Class and Individual Projects," and "Questions Based on Activities." Most chapters conclude with "Additional Teaching and Learning Skills" and "Suggestions For Further Reading.

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Routledge

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1135706875

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9781135706876

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