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Why We Go Out

By: Robert Elms

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ABC', as perfect as anything I've ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine delirium. In 1972, when Robert Elms was thirteen years old, he saw the Jackson 5 play live at the Empire Pool. At some point during the performance, he found himself in a state of otherworldly perfect synchronicity with everything happening around him. This single event would set him off on an endless pursuit for that same height of pleasure. Since then, Robert has lived his life through live music, from pub rock to jazz funk, punk to country, and everything in between. Each gig is memorable in its own way, and his snapshots of musicians past and present are both evocative and startlingly concise: Tom Waits showboating with an umbrella, Grace Jones vogueing with a mannequin, Amy shimmying shamelessly like a little girl at a wedding, Gil Scott-Heron rapping with a conga drum. While in our changed times, Robert notes that we have found new ways of listening – of being part of something special by uniting fans with their favourite performers online – there is not, nor can there ever be, anything quite like the live experience. Live!: Why We Go Out is a memoir and a musing on why experiencing live music really matters.

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180018283X

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9781800182837

The Craft and Art of Scenic Design

Strategies, Concepts, and Resources

By: Robert Klingelhoefer

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The Craft and Art of Scenic Design

Strategies, Concepts, and Resources

By: Robert Klingelhoefer

The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources explores how to design stage scenery from a practical and conceptual perspective. Discussion of conceptualizing the design through script analysis and research is followed by a comprehensive overview of execution: collaboration with directors and other designers, working with spaces, developing an effective design process, and the aesthetics of stage design. This book features case studies, key words, tip boxes, definitions, and chapter exercises. Additionally, it provides advice on portfolio and career development, contracts, and working with a union. This book was written for university-level Scenic Design courses.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317384385

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9781317384380

Barn Club

A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit

By: Robert Somerville

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Barn Club

A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit

By: Robert Somerville

“In today’s ego-techno-centred world, Robert Somerville’s . . . Barn Club approach is a way forward that utilizes local traditions, local materials, and local hands to create a built environment that is more harmonious with the natural world and of course more beautiful.”—Jack A. Sobon, architect, timber framer, and author of Hand Hewn “Somerville knows more about wooden barn construction than almost anyone alive.”—The Telegraph Natural history meets traditional hand craft in this celebration of the elm tree and community spirit. When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved to Hertfordshire in southern England, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London’s commuter belt, this wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns. Barn Club follows the building of Carley Barn over the course of one year. Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from the local woods. The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance, and remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of forgotten trees, a local landscape, and an ancient craft. This book includes sixteen pages of color photographs, and black and white line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns feature throughout. Perfect for fans of Norwegian Wood and The Hidden Life of Trees.

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Chelsea Green Publishing

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160358966X

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9781603589666

Nuclear Fusion Research

Understanding Plasma-Surface Interactions

By: Robert E. H. Clark

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Nuclear Fusion Research

Understanding Plasma-Surface Interactions

By: Robert E. H. Clark

It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in turn, are sufficiently powerful to damage the vessel structures over its lifetime. This book reviews current understanding and concepts to deal with this remaining critical design issue for fusion reactors. It reviews both progress and open questions, largely in terms of available and sought-after plasma-surface interaction data and atomic/molecular data related to these "plasma edge" issues.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540230386

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9783540230380

The Clinical Use of the Dream in Psychotherapy

By: Robert C. Lane

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The Clinical Use of the Dream in Psychotherapy

By: Robert C. Lane

Dreams have captivated human imagination throughout the time. However, in the year 1900, dreams also gained an important place in psychotherapy when Sigmund Freud proposed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious. The following book presents an overview of the history of dreams and discusses the shift from the use of latent content to that of the manifest content during dream analysis. Additionally, various methods of dream interpretation, the functions of dreams, differing schools of thought on the utility of dreams, typical dreams, and the biological challenge to dream theory are discussed. From antiquity, the universal phenomena of dreaming has captivated human imagination, confused human logic, and controlled human endeavors. Dreams have been regarded as very important, as messages from the gods, predictive of the future, expiatory of guilt, and the voice of conscience. Shamans, seers, and saints have used dreams to discern the source of sickness or to set the course of nations. Poets, philosophers, and playwrights have sought to plumb the depths of dreams in order to lure audience or readers into the world of fantasy, to play the strings of the emotions, and to recall the unthinkable. Cognitive, information processing, and neuroscientists find in dreams brain activity that can help understand REM, memory consolidation, and the "unconscious" state.

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Trafford Publishing

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1426993293

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9781426993299

Between Fathers and Sons

Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives

By: Robert J Pellegrini,Theodore R Sarbin

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Between Fathers and Sons

Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives

By: Robert J Pellegrini,Theodore R Sarbin

Explore the tensions and tenderness between fathers and sons in this masterpiece of narrative psychology! “We live in a story-shaped world,” as the editors say, and Between Fathers and Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives shows how the stories we construct come to shape our perceptions of the world and of ourselves. The incidents recounted here are more than just moving, funny, or painful stories of fathers and sons. Each is a myth that helped form the authors’social and moral identity. This blend of feeling and intellect, story and analysis makes Between Fathers and Sons a work of art as well as a work of psychology. The contributors--many of them pioneers of narrative therapy--bring unique insight to bear on their own stories. Using a broad array of narrative forms, from the soliliquy to the multiple narrator, they explore and analyze themes of silence, mystery, respect, sports, self-reliance, and longing for continuity. In the stories you will find in Between Fathers and Sons: a father's disappointed silence is transformed as it resonates through four generations a Korean immigrant faces the differences between his ideals of fatherhood and his son's American view a father-son fishing trip ends with the biggest fish ever--or no fish at all betrayed by his stepfather, a boy seeks guidance from stories of his dead father a Baptist preacher helps his son make an agonizing choice a grown man's memory of a childhood event gives him new insight into his father's identity and their relationship Between Fathers and Sons is a landmark volume in father-son relationships and in narrative therapy. It is destined to become a classic in the field.

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Routledge

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1317788532

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9781317788539

Waterloo Station

A History of London's busiest terminus

By: Robert Lordan

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Waterloo Station

A History of London's busiest terminus

By: Robert Lordan

London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With over 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms; the expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century; how Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and the Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.....

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The Crowood Press

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1785008692

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9781785008696

Tyburn

The Story of London's Gallows

By: Robert Bard

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Tyburn

The Story of London's Gallows

By: Robert Bard

The history of the 'hanging tree' at Tyburn

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445615711

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9781445615714

Land Use Planning, Environmental Protection and Growth Management

The Florida Experience

By: Robert A Catlin

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Land Use Planning, Environmental Protection and Growth Management

The Florida Experience

By: Robert A Catlin

This book examines the history and impact of Florida's Comprehensive Planning legislation. Topics include coastal zone management, solid waste planning, land use impacts, planning strategies, and more.

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CRC Press

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1000724425

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9781000724424

Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology

By: Robert O. Blanchard,Terry A. Tattar

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Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology

By: Robert O. Blanchard,Terry A. Tattar

The Second Edition of this classic text is completely up-to-date with new chapters, new information on diseases, updated citations, and revised taxonomy and terminology of the fungi, bacteria, and other organisms that affect trees. Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology presents field and laboratory techniques as well as basic information for students, foresters, plant scientists, and arboriculturalists on tree disease pathology. The revised edition includes expanded historical documentation, updated taxonomy and terminology for both pests and diseases, an entirely new introduction, new chapters on tree biology, general control strategies, and diagnostic techniques. A new section of color plates will help readers in the identification of tree pathogens. All the references have been comprehensively updated, and the exercises included for students have been revised, making this guide a useful tool for students, teachers, and practitioners interested in tree disease. - Contains new chapters on tree biology, general control strategies, and diagnostic techniques - Includes additional information on the histories of disease - Provides thoroughly updated citations - Contains comprehensively revised taxonomy and terminology

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Elsevier

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1483288196

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9781483288192

Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set

By: Robert M. Dowling

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Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set

By: Robert M. Dowling

This study explores the personal, historical, and artistic influences that combined to form such dark and influential American masterpieces as 'The Iceman Cometh', 'The Emperor Jones', 'Mourning Becomes Electra', 'Hughie', and - arguably the finest tragedy ever written by an American - 'Long Day's Journey into Night'.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438108729

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9781438108728

Digging For Gold; Or, Adventures in California

By: Robert Michael Ballantyne

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Digging For Gold; Or, Adventures in California

By: Robert Michael Ballantyne

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Read Books Ltd

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1528780027

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9781528780025

The Nature of Disease in Plants

By: Robert P. Scheffer

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The Nature of Disease in Plants

By: Robert P. Scheffer

This book is about how plants get diseases, from the origins and evolution of parasites to how the great plant epidemics developed. The basic premise of the book is that the conditions favouring disease are inherent in agriculture and that diseases become destructive because of human activities. It also deals with how people have dealt with plant diseases in history. Included in the book are the natural histories of some of the most damaging plant diseases, worldwide, with discussions of why each became destructive. Diseases are grouped according to the most significant factors in the development of epidemics: in every case this is due to a human factor. Discussion of each model disease proceeds from observable facts to more complex concepts; thus, the reader with little knowledge of plant pathology should find the book easily understandable.

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Cambridge University Press

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052148247X

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9780521482479

Hedges

By: Robert Wolton

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Hedges

By: Robert Wolton

An absorbing celebration of the ecology, biology and cultural history of the rich hedgerow heritage in the British Isles. Much of the UK is intensively farmed, and in such landscapes hedges are often the only refuge for wildlife. In addition to providing shelter, protection and food for animals, they also connect and bind together the patches of habitat that do remain, as well as playing vital roles in soil conservation and flood prevention – in short, they are vital for nature's recovery. In Hedges, Robert Wolton brings together decades of research, while also incorporating personal experiences from his farm in Devon, to explore the ecology, nature conservation and wider environmental values of our hedges. From improving water quality and producing wood fuel as a renewable energy source to the use of hedges in boosting crop pollination, this engaging and authoritative book will help to inspire people to value and look after the remarkably rich hedgerow heritage we have in the British Isles. Containing more than 300 photographs and figures, this latest addition to the British Wildlife Collection is a comprehensive commentary on hedges and our relationship with them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1399411721

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9781399411721

The Ecological Eugene O'Neill

Nature's Veiled Purpose in the Plays

By: Robert Baker-White

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The Ecological Eugene O'Neill

Nature's Veiled Purpose in the Plays

By: Robert Baker-White

The dramas of Eugene O'Neill--often called America's first "serious" playwright--exhibit an imagining of the natural world that enlivens the plays and marks the boundaries of the characters' fates. O'Neill's figures move within purposefully animated natural environments--ocean, dense forest, desert plains, the rocky soil of New England. This new approach to O'Neill's dramas explores these ecological settings as crucial to his characters' ability to carry out their conscious and unconscious desires. O'Neill's career is covered, from his youthful one-acts, to the middle years experimental dramas, to the mature tragedies of his late period. Special attention is paid to the connection of ecology and theological quest, and to O'Neill's persistent evocation of an exotic, natural "other." Combining an ecocritical approach with an examination of Classical and philosophical influences on the playwright's creative process, the author reveals a new, less hermetic O'Neill.

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McFarland

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1476622191

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9781476622194

Milpitas

By: Robert L. Burrill

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Milpitas

By: Robert L. Burrill

The grass-carpeted hills of Milpitas, on the southeast shore of San Francisco Bay, were home to the Ohlone Indians for at least 1,300 years before they became a landmark for Spanish padres who rested at nearby Penitencia Creek on the long day's journey between two missions. When the area became a Mexican cattle ranch in 1835 it was called Rancho Milpitas, meaning a thousand flowers or gardens. Later adopted by the town that grew up there, the name accurately described the many farms laid out on rich soil honeycombed with clear springs. The produce of Milpitas, shipped by rail and water, once supplied San Jose and San Francisco, and its hay and grain fed the cities' horses. As the agricultural era waned, Milpitas, with its picturesque hills, attracted new residents and industries and is now home to businesses like Cisco and Sun Microsystems.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738529109

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9780738529103

Lost But Found

An Upcountry Life

By: Robert Kimber

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Lost But Found

An Upcountry Life

By: Robert Kimber

Robert Kimber has led a largely rural life as a farmer, writer, and woodsman. The essays gathered in this wide-ranging collection reflect a lifetime of adventures and misadventures. Kimber writes of canoeing and fishing, stubborn sheep and old tractors, and the joys of roaming the woods with his dog. Seasoned with a dash of wit and self-irony, this paean to the upcountry life is as fresh and bracing as it is affectionate.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1684750954

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9781684750955

The Meaning of Language, second edition

By: Heidi Savage,Melissa Ebbers,Robert M. Martin

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The Meaning of Language, second edition

By: Heidi Savage,Melissa Ebbers,Robert M. Martin

A new edition of a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of language, substantially updated and reorganized. The philosophy of language aims to answer a broad range of questions about the nature of language, including “what is a language?” and “what is the source of meaning?” This accessible comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of language begins with the most basic properties of language and only then proceeds to the phenomenon of meaning. The second edition has been significantly expanded and reorganized, putting the original content in a contemporary context and offering substantial new material, with extended discussions and entirely new chapters. After establishing the basics, the book discusses general criteria for an adequate theory of meaning, takes a first pass at describing meaning at an abstract level, and distinguishes between meaning and other related phenomena. Building on this, the book then addresses various specific theories of meaning, beginning with early foundational theories and proceeding to more contemporary ones. New to this edition are expanded discussions of Chomsky's work and compositional semantics, among other topics, and new chapters on such subjects as propositions, Montague grammar, and contemporary theories of language. Each chapter has technical terms in bold, followed by definitions, and offers a list of main points and suggested further readings. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in philosophy and linguistics. Some background in philosophy is assumed, but knowledge of philosophy of language is not necessary.

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MIT Press

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0262348624

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9780262348621

Halloween Ghost Stories A Paranormal Journey

By: Robert Manton

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Halloween Ghost Stories A Paranormal Journey

By: Robert Manton

Step into the eerie and enigmatic world of Halloween Ghost Stories A Paranormal Journey. This captivating anthology beckons you to embark on a spine-tingling adventure, where the line between the living and the supernatural blurs, inviting you into the heart of the most mystifying and enduring enigmas that have haunted human history. Our journey begins within the ancient walls of Denmark's Dragsholm Castle, where the echoes of centuries past still resonate, and the Mermaid Inn in England whispers with ghostly secrets. As we traverse the ominous Château de Brissac in France, we'll delve deep into history, where specters have etched their haunting marks. Explore the chilling annals of the Tower of London, the enigmatic Hampton Court Palace, and other haunted palaces and castles that come to life on Halloween night. But it's not just grandeur and history that hold these dark secrets. Even the most unassuming places have concealed extraordinary mysteries. The Ostrich Inn, Ballygally Castle, Hotel Provincial, and others unveil spine-tingling tales that will send shivers down your spine. Prepare to be captivated, disturbed, and awestruck as you journey through the realms of the paranormal. This gripping anthology is a voyage through time and space, where the unknown becomes your constant companion. Beware—once you open this book, you may find that the inexplicable has entered your life. Welcome to a world where the supernatural thrives, the unexplained awaits, and restless spirits bridge the past and present. Halloween Ghost Stories A Paranormal Journey awaits, where Halloween's spectral magic comes to life.

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Varton Publications

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