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John Oxley

A New Perspective

By: Rob Tickle

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This immaculately and painstakingly researched book, through its biographies of Oxley, Evans, Fraser and Harris explains the impulses that drove these men to explore and map the colony, to collect, identify and categorise its flora. But it succeeds in doing more than that because it also elucidates the motivations that drove them to become colonial entrepreneurs, farmers and businessmen, who in the pursuit of individual wealth advanced colonial prosperity. This important book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Australia's European origins. - Emeritus Professor Richard Waterhouse

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ETT Imprint

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1925706842

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John Cage

By: Rob Haskins

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John Cage

By: Rob Haskins

American writer, composer, artist, and philosopher John Cage (1912–92) is best known for his experimental composition 4’33,” a musical score in which the performer does not play an instrument during the duration of the piece. The purpose, Cage said, was for the audience to listen to the sounds of the environment around them while the piece was performed. Groundbreaking pieces such as 4’33”, as well as Sonatas and Interludes not only established Cage as a leading figure in the postwar avant-garde movement, but also cemented the enduring controversy surrounding his work. In this new biography, Rob Haskins explores Cage’s radical approach to art and aesthetics and his belief that everyday life and art are one and the same. Scrutinizing Cage’s emphasis on chance over intention, which rejected traditional artistic methods and caused an uproar among his peers, Haskins elucidates the ideas that lay behind these pillars of Cage’s work. Haskins also demystifies the influence of Eastern cultures, particularly Zen Buddhism, on Cage, including his use of the Chinese text I Ching as his standard composition tool in all his work after 1951. Adding to our understanding of the art, music, and ideas of the twentieth century, this book provides an engaging look at a man who continues to challenge and inspire artists worldwide.

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Reaktion Books

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1861899432

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9781861899439

Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

By: Kris Wilson,Dave McElfatrick,Rob DenBleyker

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Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades)

By: Kris Wilson,Dave McElfatrick,Rob DenBleyker

A fresh collection of fan-favorite webcomics have made their way to print for the very first time, along with brand-new, never-before-seen strips. But this is no mere collection of comic strips! Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted (A Questionable Recollection Of The First Two Decades) also features the mostly-true history of Cyanide & Happiness as told by its creators – Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick. Reverently assembled with firsthand commentary, never-before-seen internal documents, insights into their creative process, and, yes, even incriminating photographs. Kris, Rob, and Dave will walk down memory lane, stopping at twenty different Cyanide & Happiness strips that tell the story of their history thus far.

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Boom! Studios

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1637969627

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9781637969625

Ripper Notes

Death in London's East End

By: Dan Norder,Wolf Vanderlinden,Rob Clack

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Ripper Notes

Death in London's East End

By: Dan Norder,Wolf Vanderlinden,Rob Clack

Ripper Notes: Death in London's East End" is a collection of essays about the famous unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper and related topics. Jennifer Pegg starts things off by documenting some of the major errors and discrepancies in the book "Uncle Jack" by Tony Williams and Humphrey Price, including a Victorian era document which appears to have been altered to try to implicate their suspect. Wolf Vanderlinden explores whether Inspector Walter Andrews of Scotland Yard really did go to America to chase Dr. Francis Tumblety in connection with the Whitechapel murders or if he was actually there to try to collect evidence for the Parnell Commission, which was trying link Irish leader Charles Parnell with terrorists. Robert Clack follows with a comprehensive look into the 1901 murder of prostitute Mary Ann Austin in the same lodging house that Ripper victim Annie Chapman was kicked out of 13 years earlier; this essay includes copious police reports, inquest testimony, a number of period illustrations and a suspect who may be linked to the earlier killings. Don Souden then debunks a number of tall tales that grew up around the case, including the ideas that victim Mary Kelly had a son living with her and that Catherine Eddowes knew who the Ripper was. Bernard Brown comes next with a short piece on a man called Inspector Death who worked in the East End. Andrew J. Spallek closes the main section by providing readers with directions on finding the burial sites of Jack the Ripper's victims. In addition, there is a look at some other possible victims of the killer, coverage of the 2006 Ripper conference, book reviews, news briefs and more. Ripper Notes is a nonfiction anthology series covering all aspects of the Jack the Ripper case.

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Inklings Press

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097591295X

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9780975912959

Farmhand Vol. 2: Thorne in the Flesh

By: Rob Guillory

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Farmhand Vol. 2: Thorne in the Flesh

By: Rob Guillory

Jedidiah Jenkins is a simple farmer. But his cash crop isn't corn or soy. Instead, he grows fast-healing, highly customizable human organs a miracle cure for all manner of ailments and injuries. Or they were, until his former patients began to transform into something not quite human. Now, these pour souls are coming to the Jenkins Farm searching for answers. But a dark figure lurks in their collective shadow one with sinister plans for Jedidiah, his family, and the world. Collects FARMHAND #6-10

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Image Comics

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1534315748

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Pearl S. Buck’s Novels of China and America

The Battle of Life

By: Rob Hardy

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Pearl S. Buck’s Novels of China and America

The Battle of Life

By: Rob Hardy

This book, the first single-authored book-length study of Buck’s fiction for over twenty years, shows how Buck’s thought developed through the medium of her fiction - from her early turbulent years in China to her last lonely days in the United States, with chapters examining her loss of faith in Christianity, her reflections on Chinese life during and after the breakdown of Old China, her voluminous reading, her confrontation with the horrors of American racism and sexism after her return to the United States, and her final metaphorical search for home as she approached death. The book argues that Buck, the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes for literature, was a heroic forerunner of those who, while occupying a place in the world, never feel fully at home there; in Buck’s case because her Chinese identity throughout her life struggled with her American. For this reason Pearl S. Buck’s fiction deserves to be considered alongside that of writers such as Anchee Min, Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan. The book’s central claim is that Buck is a major novelist, capable of speaking to the distress of our times, richly deserving the honor she has received in China, and deserving greater recognition in the United States.

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Springer Nature

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9811635560

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A Terrifying Grace

Sexuality, Romance and Marriage in Christian History

By: Rob Yule

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A Terrifying Grace

Sexuality, Romance and Marriage in Christian History

By: Rob Yule

Romance and sexual intimacy are among lifes highest joys. How we handle our sexuality is an ultimate challenge, particularly in todays sexualised global culture. Rob Yule looks at a fascinating selection of romantic relationships from throughout Christian history, from Augustine, Abelard and Helose, and the Luthers to Billy and Ruth Graham and Pope Saint John Paul II. Illustrating how challenging and far-from-straightforward the relationship of men and women is in real life, he draws many insights for relationships and marriage today. A Terrifying Grace explores the romantic relationships of leading Christians throughout history and how they handled sex and marriage. What were their relationships and marriages like? What did they believe or teach about sexuality and marriage? Did their marriages or celibate lives live up to their professed beliefs? How did they handle the joys, pains, temptations, and responsibilities of their intimate relationships, alongside their public life and witness? Even great Christians have struggled to handle their intimate relationships. We can learn much from them how to live with integrity in todays hypersexualised culture.

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WestBow Press

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151278088X

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9781512780888

The Rough Guide to Prague

By: Rob Humphreys,Tim Nollen

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The Rough Guide to Prague

By: Rob Humphreys,Tim Nollen

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO PRAGUE is the insider's handbook to the Czech capital. Features include: Entertaining accounts of all the sights, from the vast castle complex to the modern art museum - plus excursions outside the city. Extensive listings of the best places to stay, eat and drink, and the last word on the city's nightlife. Incisive background on Prague's culture and history, ranging from new wave cinema to the story of the Velvet Revolution. Full-colour map section plus 20 other maps and plans.

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Rough Guides

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1858289009

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9781858289007

The English Studies Book

An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture

By: Rob Pope

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The English Studies Book

An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture

By: Rob Pope

The English Studies Book is uniquely designed to support students and teachers working across the full range of language, literature and culture. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, it has rapidly established itself as a core text on a wide variety of degree programmes nationally and internationally. Revised and updated throughout, features of the second edition include: * a new prologue addressing changes and challenges in English Studies * substantial entries on over 100 key critical and theoretical terms, from 'absence' and 'author' to 'text' and 'versification' - with new entries on 'creative writing', 'travel writing' and 'translation' * practical introductions to all the major theoretical approaches, with new sections on aesthetics, ethics, ecology and sexuality * a rich anthology of literary and related texts from Anglo-Saxon to Afro-Caribbean, with fresh selections representing the sonnet, haiku, slave narratives and science fiction, and with additional texts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Darwin, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan and others * handy frameworks and checklists for close reading, research, essay writing and other textual activities, including use of the Internet.

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Routledge

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1134795440

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9781134795444

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups

A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues

By: Rob Neyer

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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups

A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues

By: Rob Neyer

Presents a series of lineups from each baseball franchise and explores the careers of baseball players both famous and obscure.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743241746

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9780743241748

Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with Visual Basic.NET

By: Chris Goode,John Kauffman,Christopher L. Miller,Neil Raybould,Rob Birdwell,S. Srinivasa Sivakumar,Dave Sussman,Ollie Cornes,Matt Butler,Gary Johnson,Ajoy Krishnamoorthy,Juan T. Llibre,Chris Ullman

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Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with Visual Basic.NET

What is this book about? ASP.NET 1.0 is the final release of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP). It is a powerful server-based technology designed to create dynamic, interactive, HTML pages for web sites and corporate intranets. ASP.NET is a core element of Microsoft's exciting .NET vision, building on the strengths of the .NET Framework to provide many new features not seen in previous versions of ASP. This book, entirely revised and updated for the final release, will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET using VB.NET, with plenty of worked examples to help you to gain a deep understanding of what ASP.NET is all about, and how you can harness it to build powerful web applications. What does this book cover? In this book, you will learn how to Create basic ASP.NET pages with VB .NET Understand the concepts of Object Oriented Programming Work with data and XML Debug and handling errors in your code Use ASP.NET Server Controls Create user controls and components Explore the world of Web services Optimize performance Secure your application Who is this book for? This book is aimed at relatively inexperienced web builders who are looking to enrich their sites with dynamically-generated content, and want to learn how to start building web applications using ASP.NET. Developers who have a little experience with previous versions of ASP (and are looking to move over to ASP.NET), may also find this book helpful in getting a simple grasp on what ASP.NET is, what it does, and how it can be used. Experience of basic HTML is required, but previous experience of ASP or VBScript is not essential. We'll be teaching the basics of VB .NET in this book, so prior experience of the language is not required.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764543695

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Dreaming the Beatles

The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World

By: Rob Sheffield

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Dreaming the Beatles

The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World

By: Rob Sheffield

An NPR Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism “This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them. Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles, or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn’t another exposé about how they broke up. It isn’t a history of their gigs or their gear. It is a collection of essays telling the story of what this ubiquitous band means to a generation who grew up with the Beatles music on their parents’ stereos and their faces on T-shirts. What do the Beatles mean today? Why are they more famous and beloved now than ever? And why do they still matter so much to us, nearly fifty years after they broke up? As he did in his previous books, Love is a Mix Tape, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, and Turn Around Bright Eyes, Sheffield focuses on the emotional connections we make to music. This time, he focuses on the biggest pop culture phenomenon of all time—The Beatles. In his singular voice, he explores what the Beatles mean today, to fans who have learned to love them on their own terms and not just for the sake of nostalgia. Dreaming the Beatles tells the story of how four lads from Liverpool became the world’s biggest pop group, then broke up—but then somehow just kept getting bigger. At this point, their music doesn’t belong to the past—it belongs to right now. This book is a celebration of that music, showing why the Beatles remain the world’s favorite thing—and how they invented the future we’re all living in today.

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HarperCollins

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0062207679

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9780062207678

Bird Atlas 2007-11: The Breeding and Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland

By: Dawn Balmer,Simon Gillings,Brian Caffrey,Bob Swann,Iain Downie,Rob Fuller

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Bird Atlas 2007-11: The Breeding and Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland

By: Dawn Balmer,Simon Gillings,Brian Caffrey,Bob Swann,Iain Downie,Rob Fuller

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 is the definitive statement on breeding and winter bird distributions in Britain and Ireland.

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0007593015

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The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today

By: Rob Dunn

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The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today

By: Rob Dunn

“Extraordinary. . . . takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition.” —Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Anthill and The Future of Life We evolved in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists, and pathogens, but we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature. In the name of progress and clean living, we scrub much of nature off our bodies and try to remove whole kinds of life—parasites, bacteria, mutualists, and predators—to allow ourselves to live free of wild danger. Nature, in this new world, is the landscape outside, a kind of living painting that is pleasant to contemplate but nice to have escaped. The truth, though, according to biologist Rob Dunn, is that while “clean living” has benefited us in some ways, it has also made us sicker in others. As Dunn reveals, our modern disconnect from the web of life has resulted in unprecedented effects that immunologists, evolutionary biologists, psychologists, and other scientists are only beginning to understand. Diabetes, autism, allergies, many anxiety disorders, autoimmune diseases, and even tooth, jaw, and vision problems are increasingly plaguing bodies that have been removed from the ecological context in which they existed for millennia. In this eye-opening book, Dunn considers the crossroads at which we find ourselves. Through the stories of visionaries, Dunn argues that we can create a richer nature, one in which we choose to surround ourselves with species that benefit us, not just those that, despite us, survive. “A pleasure to read.” —Boston Globe “[Dunn’s] sure use of language, scientific research, and humor . . . keep the reader highly engaged.” —New York Journal of Books “Not merely interesting but gripping.” —Booklist, starred review

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0062092278

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Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Burning Down the House

By: John Ostrander,Rob Williams

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Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Burning Down the House

By: John Ostrander,Rob Williams

Bursting from DCÕs blockbuster Rebirth event, the saga of the worldÕs most dangerous super-team continues in SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 3: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE! Uniting acclaimed writer Rob Williams with superstar artists John Romita Jr. and Eddy Barrows, this volume also includes a bonus tale of international intrigue from legendary SUICIDE SQUAD writer John Ostrander and artist Gus Vazquez! Deep within the world is a hidden flameÑan inferno of hatred and vengeance that consumes everything it touches. In the aftermath of the war between the Suicide Squad and the Justice League, one of Amanda WallerÕs greatest foes has seized that flame, and now heÕs going to use it to burn down everything she holds dearÑstarting with her home base, the Belle Reve Penitentiary. The result is one of the SquadÕs greatest challenges yet: holding together as a unit while fighting to keep their fellow super-villains behind bars. When faced with the chance to escape WallerÕs control, however, one member of the team will seize the opportunityÑand launch a bloody betrayal in the process. Can an enraged Harley Quinn track down the traitorÑand take down the mastermind behind the mutinyÑbefore Task Force X is terminally disbanded? Collects SUICIDE SQUAD #11-15 and the SUICIDE SQUAD SPECIAL: WAR CRIMES #1.

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DC Comics

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1401281834

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Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

By: Teresa Hennig,Rob Cooper,Geoffrey L. Griffith,Armen Stein

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Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference

By: Teresa Hennig,Rob Cooper,Geoffrey L. Griffith,Armen Stein

Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference covers a wide spectrum of programming topics relevant to Access. Although it assumes the reader has some familiarity with VBA programming language, it begins with a brief introduction to VBA. And to help you leverage the tools that Access provides, a chapter highlights the new features in Microsoft Office Access 2007 — including new wizards and GUI (graphical user interface) elements that previously required VBA code, as well as new VBA features. The book also discusses how to create and name variables, how to use Data Access Object (DAO) and ActiveX Data Object (ADO) to manipulate data both within Access and within other applications, proper error handling techniques, and advanced functions such as creating classes and using APIs. Key new objects such as using Macros and the Ribbon are explored, too, as are forms and reports, the two most powerful tools for working with and displaying data. Working with other applications is covered extensively both in a general nature and for working specifically with Microsoft Office applications, Windows SharePoint Services, and SQL Server. Of course, this book wouldn’t be complete without discussing security issues and the Developer Extensions.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118058526

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9781118058527

Corporations Law in Australia

By: Roman Tomasic,Stephen Bottomley,Rob McQueen

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Corporations Law in Australia

By: Roman Tomasic,Stephen Bottomley,Rob McQueen

The second edition of this text incorporates the latest changes to Australian corporations law, up to and including the Corporations Act 2001 and the Financial Services Reform Act 2001. Like the 1st edition, this text is written particularly for undergraduate law students. The book introduces students to Australian corporate law in a way that is informed by theory and policy. Throughout the book the authors draw upon materials from fields such as economics, sociology and politics to provide a contextually relevant account of modern corporate law. Ample references and pointers are provided to policy debates, contemporary issues, and to further reading. The authors bring considerable experience in interdisciplinary corporate law teaching and research. The authors aim to stimulate the reader into further critical analysis of corporate law issues, and to equip them with the capacity to respond in an informed way to future changes and developments. The book also encourages the reader to independently pursue further research in areas of corporate law. Each of the 25 chapters has been revised and updated. The book deals with: Introduction - the history of corporate law, and key themes and perspectives. Corporate Structures and Regulation - including the structure of Australian corporate law; ASIC's role and powers; and the role of auditors. Corporate Obligations - including corporate capacity; contractual and criminal liability. Corporate Governance - membership and meetings; directors' duties; shareholders' rights. Corporate Finance - including share and debt capital, the Managed Investments Act 1998, and fundraising. Securities and Takeovers Corporate Rescues and Winding Up

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Federation Press

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1862873143

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9781862873148

Photoshop Elements 10 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks

By: Rob Sheppard

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Photoshop Elements 10 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks

By: Rob Sheppard

Instructions for one hundred and five tasks for Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, covering such topics as adjusting images, working with RAW photographs, choosing local control features, creating adjustment layers, sizing and sharpening photographs, and using plug-ins.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118161580

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Photoshop Elements 11 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks

By: Rob Sheppard

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Photoshop Elements 11 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks

By: Rob Sheppard

If you understand the basics of Photoshop Elements and are eager to try out some unique tips and techniques, then you'll love this collection of 100 must-know tips and tricks.

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1118380851

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The Last Eyewitness

The Final Week

By: Chris Seay,Rob Pepper,Brian D. McLaren,Greg Garrett,Lauren F. Winner

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The Last Eyewitness

The Final Week

By: Chris Seay,Rob Pepper,Brian D. McLaren,Greg Garrett,Lauren F. Winner

A beautiful retelling of the last week in the life of Jesus Christ (from John 13-21), including 17 dramatic illustrations by Rob Pepper. This unique work captures the urgency of the last living disciple telling his students about the most significant event in history. It includes first person commentary told in John's voice with comments from Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The compelling story gives the reader the sense of being around a campfire with first century believers, hearing the story directly from John. So come into the story, smell the mixture of the salty air and billows of smoke floating from the bonfire and hear the Last Eyewitness.

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Thomas Nelson

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0529123452

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9780529123459

Love Wins Companion

A Study Guide for Those Who Want to Go Deeper

By: Rob Bell

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Love Wins Companion

A Study Guide for Those Who Want to Go Deeper

By: Rob Bell

For anyone who wants to delve deeper into Rob Bell’s bestselling Love Wins, the expansive and accessible Love Wins Companion offers scholarly support and critiques, resources for individuals, groups, and classes, and brand new material by Rob Bell himself. As Love Wins continues to become a touchstone for thousands of readers worldwide, controversy surrounds the book’s arguments. Author Brian D. McClaren wrote that with Love Wins “thousands of readers will find freedom and hope and a new way of understanding the biblical story," yet USA Today observed that “Bell has stuck a pitchfork in how Christians talk about damnation." Here, in The Love Wins Companion, Rob Bell offers commentary on the positive and negative attention his groundbreaking book is receiving, delivering a crucial supplement to one of the most talked-about books in recent memory.

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Harper Collins

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0062136380

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Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land

By: Rob Mundle

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Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land

By: Rob Mundle

The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain Cook Rob Mundle is back on the water with another sweeping and powerful account of Australian maritime history. It is the story of 17th-century European mariners - sailors, adventurers and explorers - who became transfixed by the idea of the existence of a Great South Land: ‘Terra Australis Incognita'. Rob takes you aboard the tiny ship, Duyfken, in 1606 when Dutch navigator and explorer, Willem Janszoon, and his 20-man crew became the first Europeans to discover Australia – on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. In the decades that followed, more Dutch mariners, like Hartog, Tasman, and Janszoon (for a second time), discovered and mapped the majority of the coast of what would become Australia. Yet, incredibly, the Dutch made no effort to lay claim to it, or establish any settlements. This process began with British explorer and former pirate William Dampier on the west coast in 1688, and by the time Captain Cook arrived in 1770, all that was to be done was chart the east coast and claim what the Dutch had discovered.

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HarperCollins Australia

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1460705602

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9781460705605

Beginning HTML and CSS

By: Rob Larsen

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Beginning HTML and CSS

By: Rob Larsen

Everything you need to build websites with the newest versions of HTML and CSS If you develop websites, you know that the goal posts keep moving, especially now that your website must work on not only traditional desktops, but also on an ever-changing range of smartphones and tablets. This step-by-step book efficiently guides you through the thicket. Teaching you the very latest best practices and techniques, this practical reference walks you through how to use HTML5 and CSS3 to develop attractive, modern websites for today's multiple devices. From handling text, forms, and video, to implementing powerful JavaScript functionality, this book covers it all. Serves as the ultimate beginners guide for anyone who wants to build websites with HTML5 and CSS3, whether as a hobbyist or aspiring professional developer Covers the basics, including the different versions of HTML and CSS and how modern websites use structure and semantics to describe their contents Explains core processes, such as marking up text, images, lists, tables, forms, audio, and video Delves into CSS3, teaching you how to control or change the way your pages look and offer tips on how to create attractive designs Explores the jQuery library and how to implement powerful JavaScript features, such as tabbed content, image carousels, and more Get up to speed on HTML5, CSS3, and today's website design with this practical guide. Then, keep it on your desk as a reference!

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1118340183

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Professional JQuery

By: Cesar Otero,Rob Larsen

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Professional JQuery

By: Cesar Otero,Rob Larsen

A complete, in-depth look at jQueryIf you're looking for a single resource that completely encompasses jQuery and related technologies, then look no further. This authoritative guide dives right into exploring jQuery, the leading framework used for standards-based, client-side web development. You'll discover how jQuery is structured so that it can be used to accomplish a wide range of tasks and you'll learn how to integrate jQuery into your web pages. The authors provide helpful lessons and valuable examples so that you can get a firm grasp on how best to maximize the capabilities of jQuery. B.

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Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting

By: Christian Bolton,Justin Langford,Glenn Berry,Gavin Payne,Amit Banerjee,Rob Farley

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Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting

By: Christian Bolton,Justin Langford,Glenn Berry,Gavin Payne,Amit Banerjee,Rob Farley

Hands-on troubleshooting methods on the most recent release of SQL Server The 2012 release of SQL Server is the most significant one since 2005 and introduces an abundance of new features. This critical book provides in-depth coverage of best practices for troubleshooting performance problems based on a solid understanding of both SQL Server and Windows internals and shows experienced DBAs how to ensure reliable performance. The team of authors shows you how to master the use of specific troubleshooting tools and how to interpret their output so you can quickly identify and resolve any performance issue on any server running SQL Server. Covers the core technical topics required to understand how SQL Server and Windows should be working Shares best practices so that you know how to proactively monitor and avoid problems Shows how to use tools to quickly gather, analyze, and effectively respond to the source of a system-wide performance issue Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting helps you to quickly become familiar with the changes of this new release so that you can best handle database performance and troubleshooting.

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1118177657

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Windows 8 Bible

By: Jim Boyce,Rob Tidrow

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Windows 8 Bible

By: Jim Boyce,Rob Tidrow

The first and last word on the feature-packed new Windows 8 Windows 8 is an exciting new version of Microsoft's flagship operating system and it's packed with exciting new features.

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1118203887

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Suicide Squad: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2

By: Rob Williams

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Suicide Squad: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2

By: Rob Williams

ThereÕs something rotten in Belle Reve Penitentiary, and itÕs not just the swamp water leaking into the basement. Someone in the Suicide Squad has turned traitor, leaving AmericaÕs deadliest super-team open to attack from a vast international conspiracy bent on destroying everything that Task Force X director Amanda Waller has built. Considering that ÒThe WallÓ relies less on loyalty and trust and more on brain-implanted bombs to control her crew of conscripts, finding the culprit is going to be a tall order. Any one of the rogues in this gallery-including Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Enchantress and Killer Croc-would almost certainly climb over a pile of their teammatesÕ corpses for the chance to escape. But even when sheÕs down for the count, Waller has a few aces up her sleeve, including 1) the deranged Kryptonian war criminal, General Zod, and 2) her own unequaled, bloody-minded ruthlessness. Bending Zod to her will, however, means striking a bargain with one of SupermanÕs deadliest enemies-and one of the only people on the planet smarter and more tenacious than Waller herself. But no matter how powerful the leverage she finds to use against him, in the end Zod kneels for no one. Will WallerÕs plan to make this living weapon of mass destruction a full-fledged member of the Suicide Squad live up to its enormous potential? Or will it literally and figuratively blow up in her face? Acclaimed author Rob Williams is joined by artists John Romita Jr., Tony S. Daniel, Riley Rossmo, Giuseppe Cafaro and Stjepan Sejic in Suicide Squad: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2. Collects Suicide Squad #9-20 as well as the one-shot Suicide Squad Special: War Crimes, written by the SquadÕs own original gangster, John Ostrander!

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DC Comics

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1401290280

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Lightroom 5

Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process

By: Rob Sylvan,Nat Coalson

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Lightroom 5

Streamlining Your Digital Photography Process

By: Rob Sylvan,Nat Coalson

Image management can soak up huge amounts of a photographer's time. Lightroom lets you effectively manage, edit, and present large quantities of images, and this book teaches you the skills that make it work. The authors, both photographers and Lightroom experts, walk you through Lightroom 5 step by step. Learn to streamline image management tasks and get back to doing what you love - taking photographs... Index your photos with Lightroom catalogs -- Optimize every photo with powerful, easy image adjustments -- Design and order photo books -- Make your own professional prints -- Use the map to plot locations where your photos were taken -- Create a professional-looking slideshow -- Publish your photos to Facebook, burn them to a DVD, or export them for further editing in Photoshop. [back cover]

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1118645219

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Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming

By: Bill Sheldon,Billy Hollis,Rob Windsor,David McCarter,Gastón C. Hillar,Todd Herman

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Professional Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5 Programming

By: Bill Sheldon,Billy Hollis,Rob Windsor,David McCarter,Gastón C. Hillar,Todd Herman

Helping you to master the tools and techniques you need in order to make the most of Visual Basic 2012 and .NET 4.5, this text discusses all the skills and concepts you need to be aware of.

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Complete Book of Law Schools 2001

By: Eric Owens,Ian Van Tuyl,David Ada Hollander,Rob Tallia

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Complete Book of Law Schools 2001

By: Eric Owens,Ian Van Tuyl,David Ada Hollander,Rob Tallia

The Buyer's Guide to Law Schools "What makes "The Complete Book of Law Schools" the leading law school guide? All the information one needs to make a crucial decision The Complete Book of Law Schools advises applicants of the attributes and possible drawbacks of all U.S. ABA-accredited schools, plus select California Bar Association (CBA)-accredited schools and Canadian schools. It also provides all the practical information readers need to apply: What is the student/faculty ratio? What are the average GPA and LSAT scores for students who are accepted? What is the job placement rate for graduates? How much financial aid is available? What is the bar passage rate for each school? Plus: campus and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, admissions deadlines, tuition, and more "Includes: Complete and up-to-date information on 202 accredited law schools All the tools one needs to choose and apply: addresses, websites, deadlines, tuition, employment profiles, bar-exam pass rates, and more Tips on how to succeed in law school: special advice from Wentworth Miller Special tips to help readers crack the LSAT

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