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The Broken Parachute Man

A Novel of Medical Intrigue

By: Robert B. Bolin

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The Broken Parachute Man

A Novel of Medical Intrigue

By: Robert B. Bolin

After middling pharmaceutical company executive Clyde Young boards an airplane to attend a national meeting to make a presentation concerning his employers premium drug, his schedule is thrown into a curve when terrorists hijack the plane. After refusing to keep his head down, he is hurled out with a parachute that barely functions. He is able to survive in the wilderness, but upon his arrival back to civilization, no one believes his story. They assume he is one of the terrorists that hijacked the airplane, so Young escapes to Las Vegas to determine why he was targeted and who was responsible for his ordeal. He lives as a street person and meets four people who believe his story: a sociopath, a prostitute, an alcoholic doctor and a pickpocket. These people become his allies. They travel with him to the east coast and then to Europe. As Young continues his investigation, he discovers abuses on the part of his employer that could result in mortal danger for innumerable innocent patients. He must act quickly to expose the danger by staying one step ahead of the unknown criminals who are closing in on him and his allies.

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0595601383

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Promoting Risk

Constructing the Earthquake Threat

By: Robert A. Stallings

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Promoting Risk

Constructing the Earthquake Threat

By: Robert A. Stallings

According to Stallings, the earthquake threat has failed to achieve the status of a fully constructed social problem, owing to the nature of the resources available to risk promoters and the strategy and tactics they have used to promote the risk of earthquakes. The results of his examination of a "partially" constructed social problem will prove useful not only to those exploring the dynamics of the social problems process, but also to those who study risk, public policy making, and environmental issues where risk is involved.

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Transaction Publishers

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0202368289

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9780202368283

A Particular Darkness

By: Robert E. Dunn

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A Particular Darkness

By: Robert E. Dunn

From the author of A Living Grave comes a gripping police procedural featuring sheriff's detective Katrina Williams as she exposes the dark underbelly of the Missouri Ozarks . . . DREDGING UP THE TRUTH Still recovering from tragedy and grieving a devastating loss, Iraq war veteran and sheriff's detective Katrina Williams copes the only way she knows how—by immersing herself in work. A body's just been pulled from the lake with a fish haul, but what seems like a straightforward murder case over the poaching of paddlefish for domestic caviar quickly becomes murkier than the depths of the lake. Soon a second body is found—an illegal Peruvian refugee woman linked to a charismatic tent revival preacher. But as Katrina tries to investigate the enigmatic evangelist, she is blocked by antagonistic FBI agents and Army CID personnel. When more young female refugees disappear, she must partner with deputy Billy Blevins, who stirs mixed feelings in her, to connect the lake murder to the refugees. Katrina is no stranger to darkness, but cold-blooded conspirators plan to make sure she'll never again see the light of day . . .

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Lyrical Underground

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1601838107

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9781601838100

Modelling Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data: A Bayesian Approach

A Bayesian Approach

By: Robert P. Haining,Guangquan Li

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Modelling Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data: A Bayesian Approach

A Bayesian Approach

By: Robert P. Haining,Guangquan Li

Modelling Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data: A Bayesian Approach is aimed at statisticians and quantitative social, economic and public health students and researchers who work with spatial and spatial-temporal data. It assumes a grounding in statistical theory up to the standard linear regression model. The book compares both hierarchical and spatial econometric modelling, providing both a reference and a teaching text with exercises in each chapter. The book provides a fully Bayesian, self-contained, treatment of the underlying statistical theory, with chapters dedicated to substantive applications. The book includes WinBUGS code and R code and all datasets are available online. Part I covers fundamental issues arising when modelling spatial and spatial-temporal data. Part II focuses on modelling cross-sectional spatial data and begins by describing exploratory methods that help guide the modelling process. There are then two theoretical chapters on Bayesian models and a chapter of applications. Two chapters follow on spatial econometric modelling, one describing different models, the other substantive applications. Part III discusses modelling spatial-temporal data, first introducing models for time series data. Exploratory methods for detecting different types of space-time interaction are presented followed by two chapters on the theory of space-time separable (without space-time interaction) and inseparable (with space-time interaction) models. An applications chapter includes: the evaluation of a policy intervention; analysing the temporal dynamics of crime hotspots; chronic disease surveillance; and testing for evidence of spatial spillovers in the spread of an infectious disease. A final chapter suggests some future directions and challenges.

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CRC Press

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1482237431

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9781482237436

Earth System Science

From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes

By: Michael Jacobson,Robert J. Charlson,Henning Rodhe,Gordon H. Orians

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Earth System Science

From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes

By: Michael Jacobson,Robert J. Charlson,Henning Rodhe,Gordon H. Orians

Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant. This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises.The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts.* First edition was widely adopted* Authors are highly respected in their field* Global climate change, integral to the book, is now one of the most important issues in atmospheric sciences and oceanography

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Academic Press

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0080530648

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9780080530642

Soil Genesis and Classification

By: Stanley W. Buol,Randal J. Southard,Robert C. Graham,Paul A. McDaniel

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Soil Genesis and Classification

By: Stanley W. Buol,Randal J. Southard,Robert C. Graham,Paul A. McDaniel

Soil Genesis and Classification, Sixth Edition, builds on the success of the previous editions to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification. Featuring a color plate section containing multiple soil profiles, this text also includes information on new classification systems and emerging technologies and databases with updated references throughout. Covering the diverse needs of both the academic and professional communities, this classic text will be a must have reference for all those in soil science and related fields.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470960604

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9780470960608

Eyewitness

Evolution of the Atmospheric Sciences

By: Robert Fleagle

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Eyewitness

Evolution of the Atmospheric Sciences

By: Robert Fleagle

In this book, Robert Fleagle describes the transformations occurring in the atmospheric sciences in the span of his professional career. The author observes a shift from the science’s primitive origins in weather forecasting to a focus on numerical modeling of environmental change. The book presents the author’s observations of the role science of the atmosphere has progressively played in climate change, as well as social and political policy.

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Springer

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1935704087

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Level of Detail for 3D Graphics

By: David Luebke,Martin Reddy,Jonathan D. Cohen,Amitabh Varshney,Benjamin Watson,Robert Huebner

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Level of Detail for 3D Graphics

By: David Luebke,Martin Reddy,Jonathan D. Cohen,Amitabh Varshney,Benjamin Watson,Robert Huebner

Level of detail (LOD) techniques are increasingly used by professional real-time developers to strike the balance between breathtaking virtual worlds and smooth, flowing animation. Level of Detail for 3D Graphics brings together, for the first time, the mechanisms, principles, practices, and theory needed by every graphics developer seeking to apply LOD methods. Continuing advances in level of detail management have brought this powerful technology to the forefront of 3D graphics optimization research. This book, written by the very researchers and developers who have built LOD technology, is both a state-of-the-art chronicle of LOD advances and a practical sourcebook, which will enable graphics developers from all disciplines to apply these formidable techniques to their own work.* Is a complete, practical resource for programmers wishing to incorporate LOD technology into their own systems.* Is an important reference for professionals in game development, computer animation, information visualization, real-time graphics and simulation, data capture and preview, CAD display, and virtual worlds.* Is accessible to anyone familiar with the essentials of computer science and interactive computer graphics.* Covers the full range of LOD methods from mesh simplification to error metrics, as well as advanced issues of human perception, temporal detail, and visual fidelity measurement.* Includes an accompanying Web site rich in supplementary material including source code, tools, 3D models, public domain software, documentation, LOD updates, and more. Visit http://LODBook.com.

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Elsevier

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0080510116

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9780080510118

Universal Foreigner

The Individual and the World

By: Robert W. Cox

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Universal Foreigner

The Individual and the World

By: Robert W. Cox

The book shows one individual''s (the author) experience of the world, through contacts with government officials and scholars in the Middle East and Asia, Europe and Latin America during the post-Second World War years up to the later 1960s; and then that individual''s reflections and study during the succeeding decades, up to and including the first decade of the 21st century, concerning the future of the world and the critical choices that confront the world both in inter-state relations and in maintaining the security of the biosphere.

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World Scientific

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9814452718

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Regression Modelling wih Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data

A Bayesian Approach

By: Robert P. Haining,Guangquan Li

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Regression Modelling wih Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Data

A Bayesian Approach

By: Robert P. Haining,Guangquan Li

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0429529104

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Where Pittsburgh Played

Oakland’s Historic Sports Venues

By: David Finoli,Tom Rooney,Robert Edward Healy III,Douglas Cavanaugh,Chris Fletcher

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Where Pittsburgh Played

Oakland’s Historic Sports Venues

By: David Finoli,Tom Rooney,Robert Edward Healy III,Douglas Cavanaugh,Chris Fletcher

The Epicenter of Steel City Sports From Forbes Field to Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood has been home to some of the most iconic moments in sports history. Including the Fitzgerald Field House and the Duquesne Gardens, Oakland has drawn in both professional and college sports fans alike. Local authors and sports historians David Finoli, Tom Rooney, Robert Healy III, Douglas Cavanaugh and Chris Fletcher celebrate the glorious victories and heartbreaking losses throughout the history of Pittsburgh's Oakland section, the epicenter of Steel City Sports.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439675678

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Methods of Disaster Research

By: Robert A. Stallings

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Methods of Disaster Research

By: Robert A. Stallings

The methods of disaster research are indistinguishable from those used throughout the social sciences. Yet these methods must be applied under unique circumstances. Researchers new to this field need to understand how the disaster context affects the application of the methods of research. This volume, written by some of the worlds leading specialists in disaster research, provides for the first time a primer on disaster research methods. Among the topics covered are qualitative field studies and survey research; underutilized approaches such as cross-national studies, simulations, and historical methods; and newer tools utilizing geographic information systems, the Internet, and economic modeling.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469121077

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Why?

Stories and Poems

By: Robert Motley

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Stories and Poems

By: Robert Motley

Short stories and poems by Robert Motley, who grew up in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania stories: a traumatic first day at school, a temperance tale by a loving elderly aunt, the death of the author's father in a bootleg coal mine, a beloved, retarded man who fantasized that he was a relief pitcher for the Yankees, a man who took his stepchildren to an orphanage. Other stories: an aborted affair between an expatriate Irish woman and her former fiancee, a CEO's desperate efforts to save her failing internet company, a man's fantasies triggered by his appearance in a student film, a fiftieth high school reunion where everyone is a stranger.

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iUniverse

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0595267521

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A Dark Path

By: Robert E. Dunn

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A Dark Path

By: Robert E. Dunn

Sheriff's detective Katrina “Hurricane” Williams confronts deep-rooted hate and greed in the Missouri Ozarks in this riveting police procedural... What at first appears to be a brush fire in some undeveloped bottom land yields the charred remains of a young African-American man. As sheriff’s Katrina Williams conducts her inspection of the crime scene, she discovers broken headstones and disturbed open graves in a forgotten cemetery. As Katrina attempts to sort out a complex backwoods criminal network involving the Aryan Brotherhood, meth dealers, and the Ozarks Nightriders motorcycle gang, she is confronted by the sudden appearance of a person out of her own past who may be involved. And what seems like a clear-cut case of racially motivated murder is further complicated by rumors of hidden silver and dark family histories. To uncover the ugly truth, Katrina will need to dig up past crimes and shameful secrets that certain people would kill to keep buried . . .

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Lyrical Press

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1516106547

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

By: Robert F Dorr

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force

By: Robert F Dorr

The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. This is their fully-illustrated history. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions. Featuring photography and illustrations throughout, Robert F Dorr's account of these units is ideal for aviation and World War Two enthusiasts.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782008330

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Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina

Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

By: Robert D. Bullard

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Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina

Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

By: Robert D. Bullard

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving death and destruction across the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Gulf Coast counties. The lethargic and inept emergency response that followed exposed institutional flaws, poor planning, and false assumptions that are built into the emergency response and homeland security plans and programs. Questions linger: What went wrong? Can it happen again? Is our government equipped to plan for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural and manmade disasters? Can the public trust government response to be fair? Does race matter? Racial disparities exist in disaster response, cleanup, rebuilding, reconstruction, and recovery. Race plays out in natural disaster survivors' ability to rebuild, replace infrastructure, obtain loans, and locate temporary and permanent housing. Generally, low-income and people of color disaster victims spend more time in temporary housing, shelters, trailers, mobile homes, and hotels - and are more vulnerable to permanent displacement. Some 'temporary' homes have not proved to be that temporary. In exploring the geography of vulnerability, this book asks why some communities get left behind economically, spatially, and physically before and after disasters strike.

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Routledge

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0429977484

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101 More Games for Trainers

Another Collection of the Best Activities from Creative Training Techniques Newsletter

By: Robert W. Pike,Bob Pike,Christopher Busse

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101 More Games for Trainers

Another Collection of the Best Activities from Creative Training Techniques Newsletter

By: Robert W. Pike,Bob Pike,Christopher Busse

101 more and better games from Bob Pike. This volume includes 26 openers, 32 energizers, 15 games that improve communication, 25 team building games, and games that address resistance to change, trainer training, diversity, conflict customer service and much more.

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Human Resource Development

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0943210445

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Nuclear Authority

The IAEA and the Absolute Weapon

By: Robert L. Brown

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Nuclear Authority

The IAEA and the Absolute Weapon

By: Robert L. Brown

Once dismissed as ineffectual, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has in the past twenty years emerged as a powerful international organization. Member states allow the IAEA to render judgment on matters vital to peace and security while nations around the globe comply with its rules and commands on proliferation, safety, and a range of other issues. Robert L. Brown details the IAEA’s role in facilitating both control of nuclear weapons and the safe exploitation of nuclear power. As he shows, the IAEA has acquired a surprising amount of power as states, for political and technological reasons, turn to it to supply policy cooperation and to act as an agent for their security and safety. The agency’s success in gaining and holding authority rests in part on its ability to apply politically neutral expertise that produces beneficial policy outcomes. But Brown also delves into the puzzle of how an agency created by states to aid cooperation has acquired power over them.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626161836

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9781626161832

Hidden History of Kentucky Political Scandals

By: Robert Schrage and John Schaaf

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Hidden History of Kentucky Political Scandals

By: Robert Schrage and John Schaaf

At various points in history, Kentucky's politics and government have been rocked by scandal, and each episode defined the era in which it happened. In 1826, Governor Desha pardoned his own son for murder. In a horrific crime, Governor Goebel was assassinated in 1900. James Wilkinson was branded a traitor against Kentucky and the nation. "Honest Dick Tate" ran away with massive amounts of money from the state treasury. In modern times, Operation BOPTROT resulted in perhaps the biggest scandal in the state. Authors Robert Schrage and John Schaaf offer a fascinating account of Kentucky's history and its many unique and scandalous characters." -- Page 4 of cover.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467145823

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The Wrong Complexion for Protection

How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities

By: Robert Doyle Bullard,Beverly Wright (Ph. D.)

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The Wrong Complexion for Protection

How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities

By: Robert Doyle Bullard,Beverly Wright (Ph. D.)

Normal0MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name: "Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-parent: "; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";} When the images of desperate, hungry, thirsty, sick, mostly black people circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became apparent to the whole country that race did indeed matter when it came to government assistance. In The Wrong Complexion for Protection, Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright place the government response to natural and human-induced disasters in historical context over the past eight decades. They compare and contrast how the government responded to emergencies, including environmental and public health emergencies, toxic contamination, industrial accidents, bioterrorism threats and show that African Americans are disproportionately affected. Bullard and Wright argue that uncovering and eliminating disparate disaster response can mean the difference between life and death for those most vulnerable in disastrous times.

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NYU Press

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0814799930

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9780814799932

A Cherokee Encyclopedia

By: Robert J. Conley

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A Cherokee Encyclopedia

By: Robert J. Conley

Conley has compiled a guide to historical and contemporary members of the Cherokee tribe and their roles in their clans and nations.

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UNM Press

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0826339514

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Hand Made, Hand Played

The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars

By: Robert Shaw

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Hand Made, Hand Played

The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars

By: Robert Shaw

Feast your eyes on more than 300 of today s most creative, imaginative, and gorgeous hand-made guitarsall illustrated in full color and featuring information about the innovative artisans who created them. Meet guitar-making legends, such as C.F. Martin, Les Paul, and Leo Fender, who revolutionized the instrument s design. Discover why the past 25 years have seen an explosion of craftspeople who build guitars by hand, employing an attention to detail factories can t afford and using higher quality materials and more technical skill than in any previous era. Explore the various guitar styles used in a range of musical traditions, from blues to classical. Detailed information about each guitar s specifications, plus personal statements and anecdotes from the artisans about their work and techniques complete each entry. Rounding out the book is a Web directory and an index of luthiers. Players, craftspeople, collectors, and those who are simply fans of this popular instrument will find this volume irresistible

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1579907873

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Animal Brucellosis

By: Klaus Nielsen,J. Robert Duncan

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Animal Brucellosis

By: Klaus Nielsen,J. Robert Duncan

This timely publication updates and standardizes currently used diagnostic procedures for this widespread, economically costly livestock disease. It includes state-of-the-art technology, now in limited use, which will replace the conventional methodology in the near future. The volume covers research done on improved diagnostic techniques, vaccines, taxonomy, epidemiology, pathology, and basic immunology. It is an important literature review for those more established in this field and serves as a guide to researchers or diagnosticians becoming involved with this disease.

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CRC Press

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0849358787

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Supervision

A Guide to Instructional Leadership

By: Peter Burke,Robert D. Krey

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Supervision

A Guide to Instructional Leadership

By: Peter Burke,Robert D. Krey

The first edition of this book, titled A DESIGN FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION, provided a structural framework for an effective program of instructional supervision. The basic cognitive thrust of this second edition, SUPERVISION: A Guide to Instructional Leadership, remains the same as the first. What has changed is the attention to the detail surrounding the design components. References have been updated and streamlined, activities have been modified, and examples of structure have been created using the current national policy situation as a base. Philosophical and historical definitions of supervision are maintained and expanded in this edition. It will help professionals with responsibilities for instructional leadership design a supervisory program that fits a local situation by taking advantage of the foundation provided herein. Attention is given to the selection of and the interrelationships between those assumptions, principles, objectives, criteria, and procedures so that planners of supervisory programs will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to create that structure from this book. It also provides a means for schools to have a well-conceived, carefully designed, properly implemented, and continuously evaluated plan for the supervision of instruction in order to reply competently to state and federally mandated assessments for students. In addition, personal perspectives of the authors are presented in each part of the text. The book will serve as a guide and provide direction to instructional supervisors, directors of services, principals, administrators at all levels, teachers, grade level or department chairs, and others interested in the management of instruction in the school setting.

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398075840

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9780398075842

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