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Oscar's Favorite Actors

The Winningest Stars (and More Who Should Be)

By: Roger Leslie

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Oscar's Favorite Actors

The Winningest Stars (and More Who Should Be)

By: Roger Leslie

Just as the Academy Awards have an impact upon stars and their careers, their filmic achievements influence the Academy and contribute to the rich history of the Oscars. Upset wins, jarring losses and glaring oversights have helped define the careers of Hollywood icons, while unknown actors have proven that timing sometimes beats notoriety or even talent. With detailed discussion of their performances and Awards night results, this book describes how 108 actors earned the Academy's favor--and how 129 others were overlooked.

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McFarland

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1476628424

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9781476628424

The History of Bacup Football Club

By: Roger Hindle

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The History of Bacup Football Club

By: Roger Hindle

The history of Bacup Football club 1879 - 2014. The 160 page book charts the clubs history and development as a non league football club in Lancashire. It captures the clubs highs and lows and features photographs and stories through the years.

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Lulu.com

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129199307X

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9781291993073

Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007

By: Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007

By: Roger Ebert

Presents a collection of the critic's most positive film reviews of the last four decades, arranged alphabetically from "About Last Night" to "Zodiac.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740771795

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9780740771798

Sports Law

By: Simon Gardiner,Roger Welch,Simon Boyes,Urvasi Naidoo

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Sports Law

By: Simon Gardiner,Roger Welch,Simon Boyes,Urvasi Naidoo

Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context, this refocused edition is divided into four core parts: Governance & Sport; Commercial Regulation; Sports Workplace; and Safety in Sport. Recent developments covered in this edition include: EU competition law interaction with sport under arts. 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; the current World Anti-Doping Agency code; analysis of the recent Court of Arbitration for Sport Jurisprudence; reforms of the transfer system in team sports; anti-discrimination provisions in sport; engagement with match fixing; a focus on the legal context of 2012 London Olympics. Essential reading for students studying sports law or sports-related courses, this textbook will also prove useful to sports law practitioners and sports administrators in need of a clear companion to the field.

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Routledge

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1136588132

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9781136588136

William Powell

The Life and Films

By: Roger Bryant

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William Powell

The Life and Films

By: Roger Bryant

Actor William Powell is perhaps best known for his roles as charming Nick in The Thin Man films and blustery Clarence Day in Life with Father. As diverse as those characters are, they don't begin to reveal the full scope of talent demonstrated by one of Hollywood's most intelligent leading men. Elegant, witty and dignified, Powell created accessible and human characters in a great variety of roles. His talent was such that Powell has a large and growing fan base 50 years after his last film was released, evidenced by the popularity of DVD rereleases and the frequent appearance of his films on cable television. The focus of this book is Powell's work in more than 90 films, from the silent era to the age of CinemaScope, woven into the dramatic and touching story of the actor's life. It begins by leaping into how Powell and actress Myrna Loy were launched to stardom as husband and wife Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man. The next chapter sets the stage for the baby Powell's entry into the world in 1892 and details his childhood and upbringing. Following chapters trace Powell's journey into the film industry, his early career as a popular villain, and his transition to talkies in the late 1920s aided by his stage training. The book details his work at Warner Bros., which turned him into a leading man, and his years of stardom at MGM. The book describes turning points in Powell's life--the death of lover Jean Harlow, a 21-month hiatus from films while the actor battled cancer, and a new leap to the top in Life with Father. Concluding chapters detail another flurry of films and the actor's retirement. A filmography lists Powell's films from 1922 to 1955, including those believed to be lost.

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McFarland

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0786454938

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9780786454938

Personal Capitalism and Corporate Governance

British Manufacturing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

By: Myrddin John Lewis,Roger Lloyd-Jones,Mark David Matthews

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Personal Capitalism and Corporate Governance

British Manufacturing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

By: Myrddin John Lewis,Roger Lloyd-Jones,Mark David Matthews

This book is specifically aimed at addressing a gap in the study of the evolution of corporate governance in Britain. In particular its key theme, the relationship between corporate governance and personal capitalism in British manufacturing in the first half of the twentieth century, provides the means for a systematic and critical examination of the dominant Chandlerian paradigm that the long-running persistence of personal capitalism shaped the governance of British manufacturing firms well into the twentieth century and acted to erode their competitive performance. The book helps to identify those aspects of corporate governance that have undergone change, with some critical observations on the magnitude of change and those aspects which have displayed characteristics of continuity. The empirical spine of this book is set out in a series of case studies which provide the basis for the examination of corporate governance in Britain during the period c. 1900 to 1950. By focusing particularly on the responses of a range of businesses to the turbulent environment of the inter-war years, this volume offers an insight into a much neglected, yet vital, area of business and economic history.

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Routledge

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1317081978

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9781317081975

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010

By: Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010

By: Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 is the ultimate source for movies, movie reviews, and much more. For nearly 25 years, Roger Ebert's annual collection has been recognized as the preeminent source for full-length critical movie reviews, and his 2010 yearbook does not disappoint. The yearbook includes every review Ebert has written from January 2007 to July 2009. It also includes interviews, essays, tributes, and all-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns. Fans get a bonus feature, too, with new entries to Ebert's Little Movie Glossary. This is the must-have go-to guide for movie fanatics.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740792180

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My Life, Our Lives

By: Roger Molina

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My Life, Our Lives

By: Roger Molina

This autobiography is about a young man growing up during the great depression, who fought in WW2, came home and started a family, retired from the military, and pursued a second civilian career. You hear his frustration and joy in his own words as if he was speaking to us.

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iUniverse

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1450296491

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9781450296496

Knight Light

The Powerful Story of Virgin Mary's Husband

By: Roger L. Bennett

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Knight Light

The Powerful Story of Virgin Mary's Husband

By: Roger L. Bennett

Knight Light is narrated by star-crossed lovers quaintly identified as HE and SHE. He is the author, fate-appointed Knight on a Kings quest. She is the Queen Mother, Virgin Mary in contemporary guise. What they did after their church wedding in 1982 is told in sizzling detail as a Royal romp in the hay. But it wasnt until the Immaculate Conception of 1986 that Roger Bennetts second wife chose to reveal Her eternal self for that ONE night only. Thats when his silver seed was gathered for a mysterious purpose known only to Her and (perhaps, perhaps not) to that Black African race Gods evolutionary plan determined to be first-in and last-out. Afterward his wife vanished, never to be seen or heard from again. Out of respect for the Virgin Mary (not Her earthly name) Bennett waited over two decades before writing the most intimate sexual details of their lives together. But how else to tell this incredible story so readers have the facts on which to form their own conclusions? His respect for Her was further shown by remaining the faithful husband ever since.

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AuthorHouse

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1456721380

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Blacklisting Myself

Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror

By: Roger Lichtenberg Simon

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Blacklisting Myself

Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror

By: Roger Lichtenberg Simon

Blacklisting Myself details Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Roger L. Simon's odyssey from financier of the Black Panther Breakfast Program to darling of the political right. In this tale of Hollywood radical chic run amuck, Simon relates his adventures with Richard Pryor, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and real-life Hollywood KGB officers. Among the topics covered along the way: the new blacklist for conservatives in tinseltown and how new media will destroy Hollywood as we know it.

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Encounter Books

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1594032475

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The Other Side of Notting Hill

From Wartime to the Westway

By: Roger Rogowski

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The Other Side of Notting Hill

From Wartime to the Westway

By: Roger Rogowski

Notting Hill has inspired a large number of books and has often made national news – though not always for the right reasons. It has forever been an area of contrast between rich and poor, and has undergone almost constant change since it was developed from farmland in the mid-nineteenth century to today's urban landscape. Roger Rogowski's book records the memories of people who lived in working-class Notting Hill in their own words, before the substantial changes of the 1960s, including the mass demolition of slums, the construction of the Westway, the growth of the Notting Hill Carnival and the area's enthusiastic embrace of the swinging sixties. The Other Side of Notting Hill delves into everyday urban, working-class life as it was, which in many respects is almost unrecognisable today, and how people began to be affected by the changes taking place around them.

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The History Press

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0750990260

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Improving Democracy Through Constitutional Reform

Some Swedish Lessons

By: Roger D. Congleton

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Improving Democracy Through Constitutional Reform

Some Swedish Lessons

By: Roger D. Congleton

Do constitutions matter? Are constitutions simply symbols of the political times at which they were adopted, or do they systematically affect the course of public policy? Are the policy crises of failing democracies the result of bad luck or of fundamental problems associated with the major and minor constitutional reforms adopted during their recent histories? The purpose of the present study is to address these questions using a blend of theory, history, and statistical analysis. The Swedish experience provides a nearly perfect laboratory in which to study the effects of constitutional reform. During the past 200 years, Swedish governance has shifted from a king-dominated system with an unelected four-chamber parliament to a bicameral legislature elected with wealth-weighted voting in 1866, and then to a new electoral system based on proportional representation and universal suffrage in 1920, and finally to a unicameral parliamentary system in 1970. All these radical reorganizations of Swedish governance were accomplished peacefully using formal amendment procedures established by previous constitutions. By focusing on constitutional issues rather than Sweden's political history, this book extends our understanding of constitutional reform and parliamentary democracy in general.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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146150421X

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9781461504214

Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice

A Systems Approach

By: Sam Willis,Roger Dalrymple

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Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice

A Systems Approach

By: Sam Willis,Roger Dalrymple

An essential text for the aspiring student paramedic, Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice makes paramedic science and pre-hospital care accessible, straightforward and exciting. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, presenting the must-have information that students need about both the theory and practice of what it means to be a paramedic. With extensive full-colour illustrations throughout, as well as activities and scenarios, this user-friendly textbook will support paramedic students throughout their course.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118486277

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9781118486276

Awake in the Dark

The Best of Roger Ebert: Second Edition

By: Roger Ebert,David Bordwell

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Awake in the Dark

The Best of Roger Ebert: Second Edition

By: Roger Ebert,David Bordwell

Arriving fifty years after Ebert published his first film review in 1967, this second edition of Awake in the Dark collects Ebert's essential writings. Featuring new Top Ten Lists and reviews of the years' finest films through 2012, this edition allows both fans and film buffs to bask in the best of an extraordinary lifetime's work."--Provided by publisher.

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University of Chicago Press

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022646086X

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9780226460864

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2011

By: Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2011

By: Roger Ebert

Reviews originally appeared in the Chicago sun-times.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740797697

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9780740797699

Surgery for Urinary Incontinence E-Book

Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series: Expert Consult: Online

By: Roger R. Dmochowski,Mickey M. Karram,W. Stuart. Reynolds

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Surgery for Urinary Incontinence E-Book

Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series: Expert Consult: Online

By: Roger R. Dmochowski,Mickey M. Karram,W. Stuart. Reynolds

Surgery for Urinary Incontinence, by Drs. Roger Dmochowski, Mickey M. Karram, and W. Stuart Reynolds, is the ideal way to sharpen your skills in the diagnosis and management of this condition. In this volume in the Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series, edited by Mickey Karram, MD, detailed discussions and illustrations, case studies, and video footage clarify how to most effectively select and perform a variety of procedures and manage complications. - Case-based presentations and videos, narrated by the authors, take you step by step through a variety of procedures, including synthetic biologic slings, suspensions, botox injections, the use of neuromodulation devices, and more - Heavily illustrated, quick-reference chapters - Discuss all of the possible diagnoses and management options for urinary incontinence problems - Case studies describe the clinical history surrounding each case featured in the videos, and demonstrate how to manage a variety of recurrent cases as well as how to avoid and manage complications - Online access at; www.expertconsult.com places the full text, videos, and more at your fingertips on any computer or mobile device

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455733911

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Immunology of the Liver

Proceedings of an International Meeting Held at King's College Hospital Medical School London, on 6th and 7th July, 1970

By: Martin Smith,Roger Williams

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Immunology of the Liver

Proceedings of an International Meeting Held at King's College Hospital Medical School London, on 6th and 7th July, 1970

By: Martin Smith,Roger Williams

Immunology of the Liver contains the proceedings of an International Meeting held at King's College Hospital Medical School in London on July 6-7, 1970. The meeting provided a forum for discussing progress made in understanding the immunology of the liver and tackled topics ranging from the pathology of chronic hepatitis to the occurrence and distribution of tissue antibodies in liver diseases. Cell-mediated responses and manifestations of immunological damage are also explored. Comprised of 33 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to the clinical, morphological, and virological aspects of liver disease. In particular, the clinical spectrum of autoimmune liver disease is considered, along with the pathology of chronic hepatitis. Morphological and immunological studies on chronic aggressive hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis are presented. Subsequent chapters focus on antibodies related to mitochondria; leukocyte migration in active chronic hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis; immunologic observations and electron microscopy of halothane-induced hepatic injury; and humoral and delayed hypersensitivity in chronic hepatitis. The final sections deal with results of immunosuppressive therapy and the immunology of liver transplantation. This monograph will be of interest to immunologists, pathologists, physiologists, clinicians, and research workers in the field of medicine.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483162818

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9781483162812

Mind Seeing Mind

Mahamudra and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

By: Roger R. Jackson

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Mind Seeing Mind

Mahamudra and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

By: Roger R. Jackson

A definitive study of one of the most important practices in Tibetan Buddhism, with translations of a number of its key texts. Mahamudra, the “great seal,” refers to the ultimate nature of mind and reality, to a meditative practice for realizing that ultimate reality, and to the final fruition of buddhahood. It is especially prominent in the Kagyü tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, so it sometimes comes as a surprise that mahamudra has played an important role in the Geluk school, where it is part of a special transmission received in a vision by the tradition’s founder, Tsongkhapa. Mahamudra is a significant component of Geluk ritual and meditative life, widely studied and taught by contemporary masters such as the Dalai Lama. Roger Jackson’s Mind Seeing Mind offers us both a definitive scholarly study of the history, texts, and doctrines of Geluk mahamudra and masterful translations of its seminal texts. It provides a skillful survey of the Indian sources of the teaching, illuminates the place of mahamudra among Tibetan Buddhist schools, and details the history and major textual sources of Geluk mahamudra. Jackson also addresses critical questions, such as the relation between Geluk and Kagyü mahamudra, and places mahamudra in the context of contemporary religious studies. The translation portion of Mind Seeing Mind includes ten texts on mahamudra history, ritual, and practice. Among these are the First Panchen Lama’s root verses and autocommentary on mahamudra meditation, his ritual masterpiece Offering to the Guru, and a selection of his songs of spiritual experience. Mind Seeing Mind adds considerably to our understanding of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality and shows how mahamudra came to be woven throughout the fabric of the Geluk tradition.

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Simon and Schuster

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1614296014

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9781614296010

Drop Zone Borneo

Life and Times of an RAF Co-Pilot Far East, 1962-65

By: Roger Annett

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Drop Zone Borneo

Life and Times of an RAF Co-Pilot Far East, 1962-65

By: Roger Annett

In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964, British troops and their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo—these operations were codenamed "Claret". Taken into account the confrontational nature of the campaign, casualties sustained in Borneo were surprisingly light. That in the whole of the Borneo campaign there were no fatalities among the RAF supply-dropping transports was extraordinary. The border area between the Indonesian and Malaysian parts of Borneo was one of the most inaccessible areas of mountainous jungle anywhere in the world—an entire army was kept supplied in the field for the complete campaign. This is the exciting account from a pilot who flew the dangerous flying missions and relates the tenseness and stresses of Jungle life in those dangerous days.

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Pen and Sword

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1781596115

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9781781596111

Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry

An Economic and Business History, 1870–1960

By: Roger Lloyd-Jones,M. J. Lewis

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Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry

An Economic and Business History, 1870–1960

By: Roger Lloyd-Jones,M. J. Lewis

In addition to the story of Raleigh, the business activities of other leading bicycle firms, such as Rudge-Whitworth, Hercules, BSA, J.A. Phillips and BCC, the bicycle division of Tube Investments, are examined, to inform our understanding of the business evolution of the industry."--Jacket.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351906801

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9781351906807

The Outer Banks Gazetteer

The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle

By: Roger L. Payne

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The Outer Banks Gazetteer

The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle

By: Roger L. Payne

The rich history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is reflected in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over twenty years in the making, The Outer Banks Gazetteer is a comprehensive reference guide to the region's place names—over 3,000 entries in all. Along the way, Roger L. Payne has cataloged an incredible history of beaches, inlets, towns and communities, islands, rivers, and even sand dunes. There are also many entries for locations that no longer exist—inlets that have disappeared due to erosion or storms, abandoned towns, and Native American villages—which highlight important and nearly forgotten places in North Carolina's history. Going beyond simply recounting the facts behind the names, Payne offers information-packed and entertainingly written stories of North Carolina, its coastal geography, and its people. Perfect for anyone interested in the North Carolina coast, this invaluable reference guide uncovers the history of one of the most-visited areas in the Southeast.

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UNC Press Books

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1469662299

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9781469662299

Numbers in Graphic Design

By: Roger Fawcett-Tang

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Numbers in Graphic Design

By: Roger Fawcett-Tang

Focusing on how graphic designers tackle the ordering of number-heavy information, this book shows how the best design minds around grapple with timetables, annual reports and other data-rich documents. It also includes a chapter outlining the basic typographic and detailing rules relating to numbers. Featuring the work of such names as Stefan Sagmeister, Karin von Ompteda, Joost Grootens, Socket Studio, Stapelberg & Fritz, Form, Willi Kunz, Helmut Schmid, Build and Cartlidge Levene, Numbers in Graphic Design is bursting with inspirational examples of how to approach almost any design situation featuring numbers. Numbers in Graphic Design is the sourcebook for any designer who wants to be able to work with numbers creatively and with confidence.

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Laurence King Publishing

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1780673973

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9781780673974

Dangerous Liaisons

A Social History of Venereal Disease in Twentieth-Century Scotland

By: Roger Davidson

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Dangerous Liaisons

A Social History of Venereal Disease in Twentieth-Century Scotland

By: Roger Davidson

This book explores the role of Venereal Disease in shaping perceptions of sexuality in twentieth-century Scotland, and in defining the response of the Modern State to patterns of sexual behaviour.

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BRILL

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9004333312

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9789004333314

The Mammoth Book of CSI

By: Roger Wilkes

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The Mammoth Book of CSI

By: Roger Wilkes

Using the latest modern technology available to forensic science, crime scene investigators answer questions others never even thought to ask. This book contains more than thirty fascinating modern cases of forensic detective work. Genetic fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, laser ablation, toxicology, ballistics analysis - the whole range of forensic techniques is featured. The investigators trust only the evidence to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves: the victims. The cases featured include: - Tommie Lee Andrews, the first person to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence, for raping a woman during a burglary; - Jeffrey Gafoor, convicted of murder in 2003 when crime scene evidence collected twelve years previously resulted in a match with his nephew; - Richard W. Rogers, convicted of the murder of two of his numerous gay male victims, through vacuum metal deposition, technology which saves fingerprints from plastic bags; - Dr. Sam Sheppard, the murder trial based on blood evidence that inspired the TV series The Fugitive; - Edwin Bush, the first murderer in Britain to be brought to book thanks to an identikit picture; - Derrick Todd Lee, the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, only nailed by DNA evidence after a flawed FBI profile led big-shot investigators astray. These cases - usually successful, but also sometimes dangerously flawed - offer a remarkable insight into real-life scene-of-crime investigation.

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C & R Crime

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1849015317

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9781849015318

Shooting 007

And Other Celluloid Adventures

By: Alec Mills,Roger Moore

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Shooting 007

And Other Celluloid Adventures

By: Alec Mills,Roger Moore

In Shooting 007, beloved cameraman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his twenty years of filming cinema’s most famous secret agent. Among many humorous and touching anecdotes, Mills reveals how he became an integral part of the Bond family as a young camera operator on 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, how he bore the brunt of his old friend Roger Moore’s legendary on-set bantering, and how he rose to become the director of photography during Timothy Dalton’s tenure as 007. Mills also looks back on a career that took in Return of the Jedi on film and The Saint on television with wit and affection, and Shooting 007 contains many of his and Eon Productions’ unpublished behind-the-scenes photographs compiled over a lifetime of filmmaking. Featuring many of the film industry’s biggest names, this book will be a must-have for both the James Bond and British film history aficionado.

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The History Press

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0750957409

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9780750957403

One Lucky Bastard

Tales from Tinseltown

By: Roger Moore

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One Lucky Bastard

Tales from Tinseltown

By: Roger Moore

In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, he’s an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but he’s also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is well known as one of the nicest guys in the business, on and off the screen he has always been up for some fun. In this fabulous collection of true stories from his stellar career, Moore lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood. One Lucky Bastard features outrageous tales from his own life and career as well as those told to him by a host of stars and filmmakers including, Tony Curtis, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, David Niven, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, John Mills, Peter Sellers, Michael Winner, Cubby Broccoli, and many more. Wonderfully entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny, these extraordinary tales from the world of the movies is vintage Moore at his very best.

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