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Local Civil Society

Place, Time and Boundaries

By: Robin Mann,David Dallimore,Howard Davis,Graham Day,Marta Eichsteller

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Local Civil Society

Place, Time and Boundaries

By: Robin Mann,David Dallimore,Howard Davis,Graham Day,Marta Eichsteller

Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Drawing on place-based field investigations and new empirical analysis, this original book investigates civil society at local level. The concept of civil society is contested and multifaceted, and this text offers assessment and clarification of debates concerning the intertwining of civil society, the state and local community relations. Analysing two Welsh villages, the authors examine the importance of identity, connection with place and the impact of social and spatial boundaries on the everyday production of civil society. Bringing into focus questions of biography and temporality, the book provides an innovative account of continuities and changes within local civil society during social and economic transformation.

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Policy Press

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1447356497

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9781447356493

The Poverty of Strategy

Organization in the Shadows of Technology

By: Robin Holt,Mike Zundel

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The Poverty of Strategy

Organization in the Shadows of Technology

By: Robin Holt,Mike Zundel

In challenging the world to show itself as a measured site of resources, opportunities, distinctions and goals, strategy leaves no pause for thought, it has become a small science of imposed patterns. This book rescues strategy from the boundless sway of technology and thoughtlessness.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107150329

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9781107150324

Measurement of Productivity and Efficiency

By: Robin C. Sickles,Valentin Zelenyuk

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Measurement of Productivity and Efficiency

By: Robin C. Sickles,Valentin Zelenyuk

Provides a comprehensive approach to productivity and efficiency analysis using economic and econometric theory.

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Cambridge University Press

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110703616X

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9781107036161

What Is an Event?

By: Robin Wagner-Pacifici

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What Is an Event?

By: Robin Wagner-Pacifici

We live in a world of breaking news, where at almost any moment our everyday routine can be interrupted by a faraway event. Events are central to the way that individuals and societies experience life. Even life’s inevitable moments—birth, death, love, and war—are almost always a surprise. Inspired by the cataclysmic events of September 11, Robin Wagner-Pacifici presents here a tour de force, an analysis of how events erupt and take off from the ground of ongoing, everyday life, and how they then move across time and landscape. What Is an Event? ranges across several disciplines, systematically analyzing the ways that events emerge, take shape, gain momentum, flow, and even get bogged down. As an exploration of how events are constructed out of ruptures, it provides a mechanism for understanding eventful forms and flows, from the micro-level of individual life events to the macro-level of historical revolutions, contemporary terrorist attacks, and financial crises. Wagner-Pacifici takes a close look at a number of cases, both real and imagined, through the reports, personal narratives, paintings, iconic images, political posters, sculptures, and novels they generate and through which they live on. What is ultimately at stake for individuals and societies in events, Wagner-Pacifici argues, are identities, loyalties, social relationships, and our very experiences of time and space. What Is an Event? provides a way for us all—as social and political beings living through events, and as analysts reflecting upon them—to better understand what is at stake in the formations and flows of the events that mark and shape our lives.

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University of Chicago Press

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022643981X

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9780226439815

Death at Epsom Downs

By: Robin Paige

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Death at Epsom Downs

By: Robin Paige

Lord Charles Sheridan has launched an investigation into a jockey's recent (and mysterious) death-while his wife, Kate, puzzles over the long-ago theft of an actress's jewels. But soon the Sheridans can't help wondering if the two strange events are, somehow, connected.

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Penguin

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1101204087

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Software and Organisations

The Biography of the Enterprise-Wide System or How SAP Conquered the World

By: Neil Pollock,Robin Williams

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Software and Organisations

The Biography of the Enterprise-Wide System or How SAP Conquered the World

By: Neil Pollock,Robin Williams

This is the first book that addresses the genesis and career of the modern day enterprise system in a comprehensive and robust manner. It does so through setting out a new approach for the study of packaged solutions and presents novel empirical studies based on in-depth ethnographic and longitudinal research conducted within supplier organisations

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Routledge

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1134139470

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Clinical Supervision in the Medical Profession: Structured Reflective Practice

By: David Owen,Robin Shohet

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Clinical Supervision in the Medical Profession: Structured Reflective Practice

By: David Owen,Robin Shohet

Doctors reading this book will not only be convinced of the need for medical supervison (for all doctors - even pathologists and coroners); they will also be given a handy smorgasbord of different types of medical supervision from which to choose ... There may not be many ways of rekindling the spark of compassion and loving kindness that made us want to become health professionals at the start of our careers, but Owen and Shohet have demonstrated that empathic supervision, whether this is from fellow professionals or from peers, is certainly one way of achieving this." Brian Kaplan, MD With a foreword by Iona Heath, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. This book helps trainee and practicing doctors to develop a broader understanding of supervision. Written by doctors and other medical specialists experienced in clinical supervision it gives the reader the means to enable, structure and develop their reflective practice. It provides practical tools to engage positively with regulatory challenges, increase satisfaction at work and improve quality of care. Clinical Supervision in the Medical Profession considers the reasons for clinical supervision and how it can support doctors and even transform how they engage with challenging issues. The authors outline a range of ways that they have put clinical supervision into practice and how it has benefitted their work. Contributors Christine Dunkley, Helen Halpern, Anita Houghton, Sue Morrison, David Owen, Patricia Ridsdale, Paul Sackin, John Salinsky, Robin Shohet, Maggie Stanton, Guy Undrill and Sonya Wallbank.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335242944

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A Soul on Trial

A Marine Corps Mystery at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Robin R. Cutler

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A Soul on Trial

A Marine Corps Mystery at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Robin R. Cutler

You must clear my name -- Full of animal life and spirit -- Sister coming for remains -- We are not sleeping -- That no injustice may be done -- A wider forum -- A serious and grave affair -- An officer said it -- Sutton mystery deeper -- The best of my recollection -- Sacred reputations -- Every scrap of evidence -- The ferocity of a tigress -- The court, the corps and public opinion -- Jimmie Sutton's body and soul -- Politics and the paranormal.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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074254849X

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Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work

By: John Cherrie,Robin Howie,Sean Semple

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Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work

By: John Cherrie,Robin Howie,Sean Semple

Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work has become an essential companion for students and professionals in occupational hygiene, offering a concise account of the dangers faced in a wide variety of work environments and giving practical, step-by-step guidance to gauge exposure. It includes: Coverage of most major health hazards: airborne dust, fibres, gases, vapours, noise, radiation, and biological agents Accounts of the latest equipment and techniques required to monitor such hazards Full guidance on how to undertake risk assessments Now thoroughly revised and restructured by an eminent new team of authors, the fourth edition brings this valuable handbook right up to date.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444325124

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Autumn Bay

By: Robin Michelle Zachery

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Autumn Bay

By: Robin Michelle Zachery

A suspense novel about a small town in Kentucky with more than secrets of the past. Murder, love, hate, suspense all wrapped up in a web of secrets and lies. The truth is too cruel to know.

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Lulu.com

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1105621464

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The Literary Career of Mark Akenside

Including an Edition of His Non-medical Prose

By: Robin Dix

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The Literary Career of Mark Akenside

Including an Edition of His Non-medical Prose

By: Robin Dix

This book offers the fullest critical account to date of the literary career of Mark Akenside (1721-1770). In the course of the discussion, Akenside's literary achievements and his contributions to the vibrant cultural scene of the mid-eighteenth century are amply demonstrated, as well as his intellectual originality, his inventive use of source material, and his influence on poets and philosophers in the late eighteenth century and the Romantic period."--Publisher's website.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838640974

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Insuring the Industrial Revolution

Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850

By: Robin Pearson

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Insuring the Industrial Revolution

Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850

By: Robin Pearson

Fire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of research, this book is the definitive work on early British fire insurance. It also provides a foundation for future comparative international studies of this important financial service, and for a greater level of theorising by historians about the relationship between insurance, perceptions of risk, economic development and social change. Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 - virtually all the records currently available - together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performance and markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service. As well as measuring the size, market structure and growth rate of insurance, and the extent to which the first industrial revolution was insured, it also demonstrates ways in which insurance can be linked into wider issues of economic and social change in Britain. These range from an examination of the joint-stock company form of organization - to an analysis of changing attitudes towards fire hazard during the course of the eighteenth century. The book concludes by emphasising the ambivalent character of fire insurance in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, contrasting the industry's dynamic long-run rate of growth with its more conservative attitude to product design and diversification.

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Routledge

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1351927310

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9781351927314

Macroeconomics

By: Paul R. Krugman,Robin Wells

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Macroeconomics

By: Paul R. Krugman,Robin Wells

Paul Krugman is one of the leading economic thinkers of our time. The examples he uses in this book include international experiences, so will appeal to a European audience and give students a more realistic view of how economics works in the real world.

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Macmillan

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0716771616

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9780716771616

Cannabis Policy

Moving Beyond Stalemate

By: Robin Room,Benedikt Fischer,Wayne Hall,Peter Reuter,Simon Lenton

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Cannabis Policy

Moving Beyond Stalemate

By: Robin Room,Benedikt Fischer,Wayne Hall,Peter Reuter,Simon Lenton

It looks at the experience of a number of countries which have tried reforming their regimes and softening prohibition, exploring the kinds of changes or penalties for use for possession: including depenalization, decriminalization, medical control, and different types of legalization. It evaluates such changes and draws on them to assess the effects on levels and patterns of use, on the market, and on adverse consequences of prohibition. For policymakers willing to look outside the box of the global prohibition regime, the book examines the options and possibilities for a country or group of countries to bring about change in, or opt out of, the global control system. Throughout, the book examines cannabis within a global frame, and provides in accessible form information which anyone considering reform will need in order to make decisions on cannabis policy (much of which is new or has not been readily available).

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199581487

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9780199581481

A Bibliography of Higher Education in Canada Supplement 1981 / Bibliographie de l'enseignement supérieur au Canada Supplément 1981

By: Robin S. Harris,Marcel de Grandpre,Hazel Roberts,Hugh Smith

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A Bibliography of Higher Education in Canada Supplement 1981 / Bibliographie de l'enseignement supérieur au Canada Supplément 1981

By: Robin S. Harris,Marcel de Grandpre,Hazel Roberts,Hugh Smith

The 1981 Supplement adds more than 3000 entries to the approximately 10,500 listed in the original volume and in the 1965 and 1971 Supplements. Like its predecessors, this volume provides a full list of the secondary sources related to Canadian higher education – books, articles, theses ,dissertations, and reports published from 1971 to 1980. The reporting, arrangement of entries, and overall organization of the material remains the same as in the 1971 Supplement.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487589794

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9781487589790

Istvan Anhalt

Pathways and Memory

By: Robin Elliott,Gordon Smith

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Istvan Anhalt

Pathways and Memory

By: Robin Elliott,Gordon Smith

Istvan Anhalt, born into a Jewish family in Budapest in 1919, studied with Zoltán Kodály before being conscripted into a forced labour camp during World War II. In the late 1940s he studied under Nadia Boulanger and Soulima Stravinsky before emigrating to Canada in 1949, where he has been an important figure in the Canadian music scene for the last fifty years.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773568751

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9780773568754

Infertility

Tracing the History of a Transformative Term

By: Robin E. Jensen

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Infertility

Tracing the History of a Transformative Term

By: Robin E. Jensen

This book explores the arguments, appeals, and narratives that have defined the meaning of infertility in the modern history of the United States and Europe. Throughout the last century, the inability of women to conceive children has been explained by discrepant views: that women are individually culpable for their own reproductive health problems, or that they require the intervention of medical experts to correct abnormalities. Using doctor-patient correspondence, oral histories, and contemporaneous popular and scientific news coverage, Robin Jensen parses the often thin rhetorical divide between moralization and medicalization, revealing how dominating explanations for infertility have emerged from seemingly competing narratives. Her longitudinal account illustrates the ways in which old arguments and appeals do not disappear in the light of new information, but instead reemerge at subsequent, often seemingly disconnected moments to combine and contend with new assertions. Tracing the transformation of language surrounding infertility from “barrenness” to “(in)fertility,” this rhetorical analysis both explicates how language was and is used to establish the concept of infertility and shows the implications these rhetorical constructions continue to have for individuals and the societies in which they live.

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Penn State Press

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0271078197

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9780271078199

Impacts of Incarceration on the African American Family

By: R. Robin Miller

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Impacts of Incarceration on the African American Family

By: R. Robin Miller

The criminal justice system has driven a wedge between black men and their children. African American men are involved in the criminal justice system, whether through incarceration, probation, or parole, at near epidemic levels. At the same time, the criminal justice system has made little or no institutional efforts to maintain or support continuing relationships between these men and their families. Consequently, African American families are harmed by this in countless ways, from the psychological, physical, and material suffering experienced by the men themselves, to losses felt by their mates, children, and extended family members. The volume opens with an introduction and brief review by R. Robin Miller, Sandra Lee Browning, and Lisa M. Spruance, outlining the impacts of incarceration on the African American family. Brad Tripp, explores changes in family relationships and the identity of incarcerated African American fathers. Mary Balthazar and Lula King discuss the loss of the protective effect of marital and nonmarital relationships and its impact on incarcerated African American men, and the implications for African American men and those who work with them in the helping professions. Theresa Clark explores the relationship between visits by family and friends and the nature of inmate behavior. In a research note, Olga Grinstead, Bonnie Faigeles, Carrie Bancroft, and Barry Zack investigate the actual costs families incur to maintain contact with family members, be it emotional, social, or financial. Patricia E. O'Connor uses data from sociolinguistic interviews of male inmates from a maximum security prison to study how some of these men manage to continue to fulfill the fatherhood role long-distance. In a concluding chapter, Sandra Lee Browning, Robin Miller, and Lisa Spruance focus on actions of the criminal justice system that undermine the black family, on reasons that black male inmate fathers are studied so rarely, and discuss the role restorative justice may play. This insightful volume fills a void in the literature on the role of African American men in the functioning of families. It will be of interest to students of African American studies, social workers, and policy makers.

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Routledge

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1351513303

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The Age of Em

Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth

By: Robin Hanson

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The Age of Em

Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth

By: Robin Hanson

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. In this new economic era, the world economy may double in size every few weeks. Some say we can't know the future, especially following such a disruptive new technology, but Professor Robin Hanson sets out to prove them wrong. Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science, and economics, he uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by ems. While human lives don't change greatly in the em era, em lives are as different from ours as our lives are from those of our farmer and forager ancestors. Ems make us question common assumptions of moral progress, because they reject many of the values we hold dear. Read about em mind speeds, body sizes, job training and career paths, energy use and cooling infrastructure, virtual reality, aging and retirement, death and immortality, security, wealth inequality, religion, teleportation, identity, cities, politics, law, war, status, friendship and love. This book shows you just how strange your descendants may be, though ems are no stranger than we would appear to our ancestors. To most ems, it seems good to be an em.

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Oxford University Press

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0191069655

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Industrial Reformers in Republican China

By: Robin Porter

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Industrial Reformers in Republican China

By: Robin Porter

This is the story of a dedicated group of foreign and Chinese reformers who tried, but failed, to solve China's intractable industrial problems over the three decades prior to 1949. It explores the complex rivalries of Chinese and foreigners against a backdrop of extreme nationalism.

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Routledge

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1315483475

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The Mansion of Happiness

Poems

By: Robin Ekiss

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The Mansion of Happiness

Poems

By: Robin Ekiss

Robin Ekiss's meditations on memory and mortality are a canary in the coal mine of imagination. With disembodied dolls, dank Parisian catacombs, the gilded interior of a Fabergé egg, and the unfathomable edge of Niagara Falls as the dominion of these poems, reading Ekiss's work is like peering into the perfectly still world of a diorama or daguerreotype: an experience both uncanny and uncompromising.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820334081

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9780820334080

Death In Hyde Park

By: Robin Paige

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Death In Hyde Park

By: Robin Paige

Coronation Day, 1902. Charles and Kate Sheridan are pleased to be at the crowning of their king. But when an anarchist accidentally blows himself up with a bomb meant for their monarch, Charles and Kate turn up a number of intriguing--and disturbing--questions. For example, what is mysterious, beautiful Charlotte Conway--editor of the anarchist newspaper where the dead man was employed--doing in the arms of expatriate author Jack London?

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Penguin

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1440621969

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Introduction to Object ID

Guidelines for Making Records that Describe Art, Antiques, and Antiquities

By: Robin Thornes,Peter G. Dorrell,Henry Lie

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Introduction to Object ID

Guidelines for Making Records that Describe Art, Antiques, and Antiquities

By: Robin Thornes,Peter G. Dorrell,Henry Lie

The illicit trade in art and other cultural objects now constitutes one of the most prevalent categories of international crime. Law-enforcement agencies have long recognized that documentation is critical to the protection and recovery of these objects. Standards were needed that would make it possible for information on stolen objects to move easily across electronic networks and, at the same time, that would be intelligible to law enforcement and art communities alike. Developed through the collaboration of museums, police and customs agencies, the art trade, the insurance industry, and appraisers of art and antiques, Object ID is an international standard that defines the minimal information needed to identify art, antiques, and antiquities. Introduction to Object ID summarizes the evolution of Object ID, explains its nine categories, and offers guidelines for using them. The book provides suggestions for writing descriptions of objects and includes a brief discussion of five additional categories that some institutions opt to employ. The second part of the book sets out guidelines for choosing viewpoints, selecting backgrounds, and positioning lighting when documenting cultural objects with photography. The Introduction to series acquaints professionals and students with the complex issues and technologies in the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.

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Getty Publications

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0892365722

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Industrial DevOps

Build Better Systems Faster

By: Dr. Suzette Johnson,Robin Yeman

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Industrial DevOps

Build Better Systems Faster

By: Dr. Suzette Johnson,Robin Yeman

The benefits of adopting agile ways of working are well-understood in the digital world. But those in cyber-physical systems (combining software, hardware, and firmware) think it is risky. But with today's speed of change, maybe the risk is in not changing. Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster shows readers how applying Agile and DevOps ways of working into cyber-physical systems presents the opportunity to reap huge rewards, including increased adaptability, shorter delivery schedules, reduced development cost, increased quality, and higher transparency into delivery. This book shows you how to couple the results of Agile and DevOps implementation in development with Lean and Agile in manufacturing. Through a successful application of 9 key principles, Industrial DevOps provides the foundational success patterns for the development of cyber-physical systems in the digital age. The benefits that have been obtained across industries can be transferred to the cyber-physical domain and they have the potential to provide an even greater impact in the delivery of products.

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IT Revolution

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1950508803

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9781950508808

Wild Places of Greater Melbourne

By: Robin Taylor

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Wild Places of Greater Melbourne

By: Robin Taylor

Within the Greater Melbourne region there are a remarkable number of places where you can lose yourself in a forest, walk on a deserted beach or watch wildlife in their native environment. This 224-page full colour guide introduces 30 of Melbourne's magnificent 'wild places' selected from national parks, state forests and conservation reserves, all within an hour-and-a-half drive of the centre of Melbourne. Co-produced by CSIRO Publishing and Museum Victoria, Wild Places of Greater Melbourne provides authoritative information on natural habitats and the animals and plants that live there. The book is written at a level that everyone can understand and is stunningly illustrated with more than 200 colour photos, many specially commissioned by some of our leading photographers. Wild Places of Greater Melbourne is designed both for people who live in Melbourne, as well as those who are just visiting for a short while. Every reader will find a wealth of useful information that will help them enjoy greater Melbourne's wonderful natural heritage.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643102884

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9780643102880

Death at Rottingdean

By: Robin Paige

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Death at Rottingdean

By: Robin Paige

For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of hundred-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected to plying its illicit trades of the past. And with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, they're about to discover something rotten in Rottingdean...

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0425167828

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Women on Southern Stages, 1800-1865

Performance, Gender and Identity in a Golden Age of American Theater

By: Robin O. Warren

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Women on Southern Stages, 1800-1865

Performance, Gender and Identity in a Golden Age of American Theater

By: Robin O. Warren

Women played an integral role in the theater of the Antebellum and Civil War South. Yet their contributions have largely been overlooked by history. Southern actresses were important public figures who helped mold gender identity through their theatrical performances. Although cast in parts written by men, they subverted the norms of femininity in their public personas and in their personal lives. Educated and often wealthy but never accepted by the landed elite, women distinguished themselves by carving out an in-between class status, and many proved to be sophisticated entrepreneurs. Southern actresses also helped shape racial perceptions and regional politics as the South entered the Civil War.

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McFarland

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0786499273

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9780786499274

The Sunlit Summit

The Life of W. H. Murray

By: Robin Lloyd-Jones

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The Sunlit Summit

The Life of W. H. Murray

By: Robin Lloyd-Jones

William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy he wrote his first classic book, Mountaineering in Scotland, on rough toilet paper which was confiscated and destroyed by the Gestapo. The rewritten version was published in 1947 and followed by the, now, equally famous, Undiscovered Scotland. In 1951 he was depute leader to Eric Shipton on the Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, which discovered the eventual successful route which would be climbed by Hilary and Tensing. From the 1960s onwards he was heavily involved in conservation campaigns and his book, Highland Landscape, commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland, identified areas of outstanding beauty that should be protected. It proved to be extremely influential. In 1966 he was awarded an OBE as he pursued a life of service, as is well illustrated by the various posts he held: Commissioner for the Countryside Commission for Scotland (1968-1980); President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (1962-1964) and of the Ramblers Association Scotland (1966-82); Chairman of Scottish Countryside Activities Council (1967-82); Vice-President of the Alpine Club (1971-72); President of Mountaineering Council of Scotland (1972-75). He was a prolific author but a proper understanding of his life and work requires that we appreciate that his driving force was a quest to achieve inner purification that would lead him to oneness with Truth and Beauty. For many years the climber, author and teacher, Robin Lloyd-Jones (above) has been researching the life and work of Bill Murray and working steadily on this biography. It is not only a triumph of fine writing and interest, but a worthy accolade for this great man.

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A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960

By: Robin S. Harris

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A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960

By: Robin S. Harris

This book traces the development of higher education in Canada, through a detailed description and analysis of what was being taught and of the research opportunities available to professors in the years from 1860 to 1960. Background is provided in the opening chapters of Part I, which outline the origins of post-secondary education in both French and English Canada from 1635 to 1860, and in the parallel chapters of Parts II to V which describe the establishment of new and the growth of existing institutions during the period 1861-90, 1891-1920, 1921-40, and 1941-60. The remaining chapters of each of the book's main divisions present an examination of the curricula in arts and science, professional education, and graduate studies in 1860, 1890, 1920, 1940, and 1960, as well as the conditions pertaining to scholarship and research in these years. The concluding chapter identifies the characteristics which differentiate Canadian higher education from that of other countries. The book includes a full bibliography, an extensive index, and statistical appendices providing data on enrolment and degrees granted. A History of Higher Education in Canada 1663-1960 will be the definitive work in its field, valuable both for the wealth of information and the historical insights it contains.

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1487589808

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Operation Dragoon

By: Robin Cross

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Operation Dragoon

By: Robin Cross

Forgotten Victory is the story of “Operation Dragoon,” the Allied invasion of the South of France on August 15, 1944. It was, in effect, the second D-Day, launched two months after “Overlord,” the Allied invasion of Normandy. As such, it has often been overshadowed by its predecessor, but it significance cannot be underestimated. Forgotten Victory provides for the first time a complete overview of the liberation of the South of France—from strategic decisions made from the Allied and German high commands to the intelligence war waged by Allied code-breakers; from the German defeat of French resistance forces on the Vergers to the exploits of individual OSS agents on the ground as they strove to keep pace with a fast-moving battlefield. This is the story of the Allies inflicting on the Germany Army a Blitzkrieg-style defeat, expunging the lingering memories of the catastrophe of 1940.

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Simon and Schuster

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1643131028

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Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens

Icons on Screen in Nevada

By: Robin Holabird

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Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens

Icons on Screen in Nevada

By: Robin Holabird

Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and space aliens like the Transformers share a surprising connection along with James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Rocky Balboa. These beloved icons played active roles in movie and television projects set in the state of Nevada. Long time state film commissioner and movie reviewer Holabird explores the blending of icons and Nevada, along with her personal experiences of watching movies, talking with famous people, and showing off a diverse range of stunning and iconic locations like Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Area 51. Holabird shows how Nevada’s flash, flair, and fostering of the forbidden provided magic for singers, sexpots, and strange creatures from other worlds. She also gives readers an insider’s look into moviemaking in Nevada by drawing on her extensive experience as a film commissioner. This is a unique take on film history and culture, and Holabird explores eighteen film genres populated by one-of-a-kind characters with ties to Nevada. Along with being a film history of the state of Nevada written by a consummate insider, the book is a fun mixture of research, personal experiences, and analysis about how Nevada became the location of choice for a broad spectrum of well-known films and characters.

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0874174651

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Economics

By: Paul R. Krugman,Robin Wells

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Economics

By: Paul R. Krugman,Robin Wells

Offering an accessible and thorough introduction to economics, this text offers real-world examples to bring theory to life. Students and lecturers will benefit from the vast array of supplements, including a companion website with extra material and resources

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The Cytokine Factsbook and Webfacts

By: Katherine A. Fitzgerald,Luke A.J. O'Neill,Andy J.H. Gearing,Robin E. Callard

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The Cytokine Factsbook and Webfacts

By: Katherine A. Fitzgerald,Luke A.J. O'Neill,Andy J.H. Gearing,Robin E. Callard

Completely revised and expanded, this second edition of The Cytokine FactsBook is the most up-to-date reference manual available for all current well-characterized interleukins, cytokines, and their receptors. An additional 52 cytokines are included, doubling the number of entries from the previous edition. The key properties of each cytokine are described and presented in a very accessible format with diagrams for each of the receptors. The Cytokine FactsBook includes free online access to the regularly updated Cytokine Webfacts. Cytokine Webfacts is a web-based comprehensive compendium of facts about cytokines and their receptors that includes a variety of data representations, such as text, signal pathway diagrams and 3D images. This exciting resource is integrated into other databases via hypertext links to provide a unique network, and contains a web-enabled version of RasMol for viewing structures.

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0080530206

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