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The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving

How to Get the Most Out of Your Modern Performance Car

By: Ross Bentley

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The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving

How to Get the Most Out of Your Modern Performance Car

By: Ross Bentley

In Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving, Ross Bentley explains in plain language how you can train yourself to become a true performance driver. With the promise of autonomous vehicles in our near future, and current cars equipped with "driver aides," it's not hard to feel like the art (and science) of performance driving has been all but lost. Don't lose hope! For every device designed to take the act of driving out of your hands, the desire to actively participate in driving a car becomes even stronger for driving enthusiasts. In Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving, you will learn exactly how to become an even better performance-oriented driver; whether it's to enjoy a twisty mountain highway, to take that secret back-road route to work, or even participate in a track day on a racing circuit. From how to best use your car's controls, to cornering, to dealing with adverse driving conditions, The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving will make you a better performance driver. Along the way, you'll learn what ABS, traction and stability control, self-braking systems, and semi-automatic transmissions do, and how best to incorporate them into your driving. This is the true guide to speed, and it will help you understand your car more intimately than ever. Most importantly, it will fuel your passion for driving!

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Motorbooks

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0760359520

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The Big Sad

By: Lyndell Clark,Taylor Ross

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The Big Sad

By: Lyndell Clark,Taylor Ross

The Big Sad is heartfelt story about Bentley Bunny’s growing struggle with anxiety and childhood depression, which he refers to as “the Big Sad.” It addresses the very real emotional and social impacts of anxiety and depression and offers reassurance through the lessons taught by those closest to Bentley. This book is based on my son, who has had a real journey with the Big Sad, and the impact it has on his daily life. As a mother, this is my gift to other mums living with stressed-out, anxious bunnies.

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166410173X

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Educating the Romantic Poets

Life and Learning in the Anglo-Classical Academy, 1770-1850

By: Catherine E. Ross

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Educating the Romantic Poets

Life and Learning in the Anglo-Classical Academy, 1770-1850

By: Catherine E. Ross

Educating the Romantic Poets: Life and Learning in the Anglo-Classical Academy, 1770-1850 explores how the public and endowed grammar schools and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge trained some of the most important writers, critics, and public figures of the Romantic period. These institutions are recognized here as intentional partners and are discussed collectively as the “Anglo-classical academy”. The book shows how they not only schooled students in “classics, maths, and divinity” but also in accepted social behaviours, cultural values, political beliefs, and literary tastes. In so doing, this academy gave shape to the literature and spirit of the age. By discussing the schools and the universities together and by focusing upon pedagogies and daily life as well as the texts and topics studied, this book shows as no other has done how writers and readers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries became such fluent linguists, skilled prosodists, and perceptive critics. As each chapter explores and comments upon the relational, intellectual, and cultural aspects of the Anglo-classical educational experience, it directs readers’ attention to the ways in which this information can be used to reread texts, reassess certain Romantics’ literary careers, and launch new lines of research.

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Liverpool University Press

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1835534090

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Cougar's Crossing

A Canadian Historical Novel of Pioneer Adventure: Second Edition Revised

By: Lillian Ross

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Cougar's Crossing

A Canadian Historical Novel of Pioneer Adventure: Second Edition Revised

By: Lillian Ross

The real story of Frank (Cougar) Wright tells of a loud, brash, irreverent, pioneer to the Canadian Northwest from Wisconsin and the forests of Washington. Cougar swore like a trooper, and didn't believe in a higher power than his own strength, but he loved his family and wanted them to join him in his struggle to tame the wilderness in Canada. The book is filled with romance, adventure, even a ghost story, and there is a thread of mystery winding through its pages. Tempers run high in a drama of wounded love and jealousy in this rugged era. Cougar's family's dance with destiny would shake his world and theirs.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1628573023

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9781628573022

Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil

The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage

By: Ross Coen

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Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil

The Epic Voyage of the SS Manhattan through the Northwest Passage

By: Ross Coen

In 1969, an icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned by Humble Oil to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the logistical and economic feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. Proposed as an alternative to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan successfully navigated the Northwest Passage—closing a five-hundred-year chapter of Arctic exploration by becoming the first commercial vessel to do so—the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using icebreaking ships. Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602231702

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The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children

3rd Edition Revised and Updated

By: Eden Ross Lipson

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The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children

3rd Edition Revised and Updated

By: Eden Ross Lipson

The Classic Guide That Helps You Select the Books the Child You Know Will Love In this third, fully revised and updated edition of The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children, the children's book editor of The New York Times Book Review personally selects and recommends books for children of every age. The most comprehensive and authoritative book of its kind has been completely updated for the new millennium. It contains hundreds of new entries, many expanded descriptions, and notations of additional companion and related titles -- more than l,700 in all. The best-loved classics of the twentieth century are included, as well as a thoughtful selection of outstanding titles from the last decade. Six sections are organized according to reading level: Wordless, Picture, Story, Early Reading, Middle Reading, and Young Adult. In addition to a summary of the book, each entry provides the essential bibliographic information you need to find a book in your local library or bookstore, including title author and/or illustrator hardcover and/or paperback publisher and publication year major awards related titles The unique and most popular feature of the guide is its system of special indexes -- more than sixty in all. They make it easy for parents and grandparents, teachers and librarians, even children themselves, to match the right book to the right child. Browse through the indexes and find titles for every interest and mood: picture books about cats, mice, or dinosaurs for babies; funny books to read aloud to toddlers; series about family life or school or fantasy adventures for a middle-grade child; books on divorce or death; and coming-of-age novels just right for someone starting junior high school. There are also indexes for books about minorities and religion, an age-appropriate reading-level index, and much more. Lavishly decorated with more than three hundred illustrations from representative titles, the guide also features extra-wide margins for notes on which of your children liked which book, at what age, and why. Thus the guide becomes a family reading record as well as an invaluable resource you'll use again and again.

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Harmony

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0812930185

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Operas in German

A Dictionary

By: Margaret Ross Griffel

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Operas in German

A Dictionary

By: Margaret Ross Griffel

With nearly three thousand new entries, the revised edition of Operas in German: A Dictionary is the most current encyclopedic treatment of operas written specifically to a German text from the seventeenth century through 2016. Musicologist Margaret Ross Griffel details the operas’ composers, scores, librettos, first performances, and bibliographic sources. Four appendixes then list composers, librettists, authors whose works inspired or were adapted for the opera librettos, and a chronological listing of the entries in the A–Z section. The bibliography details other dictionaries and encyclopedias, performance studies, collections of plot summaries, general studies on operas, sources on locales where opera premieres took place, works on the history of operas in German, and selective volumes on individual opera composers, librettists, producers, directors, and designers. Finally, two indexes list the main characters in each opera and the names of singers, conductors, producers, composers, directors, choreographers, and arrangers. The revised edition of Operas in German provides opera historians, musicologists, performers, and opera lovers with an invaluable resource for continued study and enjoyment. As the most current encyclopedic collection of German opera from the seventeenth century through the twenty-first, Operas in German is an invaluable resource for opera historians, musicologists, performers, and opera lovers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442247975

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Operas in English

A Dictionary

By: Margaret Ross Griffel

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Operas in English

A Dictionary

By: Margaret Ross Griffel

Although many opera dictionaries and encyclopedias are available, very few are devoted exclusively to operas in a single language. In this revised and expanded edition of Operas in English: A Dictionary, Margaret Ross Griffel brings up to date her original work on operas written specifically to an English text (including works both originally prepared in English, as well as English translations). Since its original publication in 1999, Griffel has added nearly 800 entries to the 4,300 from the original volume, covering the world of opera in the English language from 1634 through 2011. Listed alphabetically by letter, each opera entry includes alternative titles, if any; a full, descriptive title; the number of acts; the composer’s name; the librettist’s name, the original language of the libretto, and the original source of the text, with the source title; the date, place, and cast of the first performance; the date of composition, if it occurred substantially earlier than the premiere date; similar information for the first U.S. (including colonial) and British (i.e., in England, Scotland, or Wales) performances, where applicable; a brief plot summary; the main characters (names and vocal ranges, where known); some of the especially noteworthy numbers cited by name; comments on special musical problems, techniques, or other significant aspects; and other settings of the text, including non-English ones, and/or other operas involving the same story or characters (cross references are indicated by asterisks). Entries also include such information as first and critical editions of the score and libretto; a bibliography, ranging from scholarly studies to more informal journal articles and reviews; a discography; and information on video recordings. Griffel also includes four appendixes, a selective bibliography, and two indexes. The first appendix lists composers, their places and years of birth and death, and their operas included in the text as entries; the second does the same for librettists; the third records authors whose works inspired or were adapted for the librettos; and the fourth comprises a chronological listing of the A–Z entries, including as well as the date of first performance, the city of the premiere, the short title of the opera, and the composer. Griffel also include a main character index and an index of singers, conductors, producers, and other key figures.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810883252

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Culture Shock

Based on the True Story of the Tragic Murder of Gisela Pfleger

By: Ross R. Koepp

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Culture Shock

Based on the True Story of the Tragic Murder of Gisela Pfleger

By: Ross R. Koepp

Lieutenant Ross Randall Koepps compelling first hand account of the events of a horrific murder case takes you well behind the chaotic walls of a detective bureau in motion. Based on the true story of the brutal murder of German tourist, Gisela Pfleger, "Culture Shock" brings this harrowing story to life in a way that only a true cop-author can tell it. The book captures every riveting detail of this investigation, from the moment the first bullet strikes its unsuspecting victim, through the barrier of the gangs code of silence, to the exhaustive search and arrest of the last remaining suspect. "Culture Shock" allows you to enter the minds of those unsung heroes known as detectives, who, you will discover, are actually ordinary people doing exceptional and extraordinary work. You are invited to witness first hand and to discover with the detectives how the separate paths of people so different could lead them to collide at a refuge on a mountain, where so many things go wrong in a place so right. What began as just another robbery-murder in our crime plagued society, ends up anything but ordinary. One lost culture in our society, and one culture lost in our society. What happens when the two meet? "Culture Shock" will leave you searching for answers. This compelling story is about Gisela and Klaus Pfleger of Germany who came to visit their daughter, Birte in Southern California. Birte was preparing to graduate from college and embark on her new career as a teacher. Birte and her parents had much to celebrate. In addition to celebrating Birtes success, Gisela was here to share great news with her daughter. She had been given a new lease on life. After months of treatment, her cancer had finally gone in remission. It was spring in California and unlike the weather back home, it was dry and warm. The fast pace of LA had already taken its toll. Their trip to Universal Studios was exhilarating, yet exhausting. "Oh, those gunfights, they are so real! These Americans are so clever," thought the Pflegers. But Klaus and Gisela needed to get away from the assault of LA, if only just for a day. Birte had classes to attend. She pondered skipping to be with her parents but was so close to graduation. Birte recalled a peaceful and tranquil place she had visited-it would be perfect for them. Birte had provided detailed directions so that her parents would not get lost. Though only an hour drive to the east of LA, the tiny spot near Idyllwild seemed like an escape to another world. Her parents would feel much at home in the forest. There they could relax. Klaus and Gisela admired the many plants and flowers in bloom. They had never seen plants like this back in Germany, or in any other place they had traveled for that matter. As they explored the Indian Vista Viewpoint, and soaked in the sights, both Gisela and Klaus were oblivious to the danger closing in on them. They were not from here and had not been schooled in Street Survival 101. Without warning, suddenly everything changed forever. Gisela lay dead in a pool of blood, while Klaus staggered about mortally wounded. He had to get Gisela help. How could they have gotten so lost? So begins the harrowing account of how an unimposing elderly couple from Germany would become the victims of a horrific crime: a crime that with the arrival of the mornings papers, and the evening news would shock a nation and the world. Maneuvering in and out of consciousness, Klaus desperately sought help for his wife... Nestled in the valley, below, Detective Sergeant Ross Koepp was winding down, preparing to take a much-needed vacation. Sergeant Koepp and his crew of detectives had been, for as long as one could remember, working in overdrive with no off ramp in sight. The anticipated break was as much deserved as it was needed. With the events unfolding in the nearby forest, their plans would yet again be put on hold. Though in full swing,

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1462801749

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Adaptive Data Compression

By: Ross N. Williams

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Adaptive Data Compression

By: Ross N. Williams

Following an exchange of correspondence, I met Ross in Adelaide in June 1988. I was approached by the University of Adelaide about being an external examiner for this dissertation and willingly agreed. Upon receiving a copy of this work, what struck me most was the scholarship with which Ross approaches and advances this relatively new field of adaptive data compression. This scholarship, coupled with the ability to express himself clearly using figures, tables, and incisive prose, demanded that Ross's dissertation be given a wider audience. And so this thesis was brought to the attention of Kluwer. The modern data compression paradigm furthered by this work is based upon the separation of adaptive context modelling, adaptive statistics, and arithmetic coding. This work offers the most complete bibliography on this subject I am aware of. It provides an excellent and lucid review of the field, and should be equally as beneficial to newcomers as to those of us already in the field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461540461

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A Snowflake Dream

By: Christine Johanson Ross

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A Snowflake Dream

By: Christine Johanson Ross

If you''re interested in purchasing the audio CD of the story and songs from the book, A Snowflake Dream, contact the author, Christine, at hiphop530@comcast.net. The price for each CD is $10 plus shipping. Have you ever wished that a magic wand could make your dreams come true? Have you ever wondered "where snowflakes live, what they think or if they giggle?" Share a young girl?s imaginative dream journey, as she seeks to find answers to these and other wondering questions in the heartwarming story of . . . A Snowflake Dream It is the eve of Hannah?s 7th birthday and still her special dream has not come true. After a lonely discouraging first day at her new school in the north, Hannah falls asleep and dreams of taking a mysterious journey to a glistening ice-kingdom, where whimsical snow-crystal characters inspire her to keep believing and lead her to discover the magic of snowflakes and dreams! Following the story, children will learn more about snowflakes, share a special lesson on signing with Hannah''''s new deaf friend, Miguel and enjoy an inspiring collection of children?s special dreams and wishes for the world! Children are then invited to share their own dreams remembering that . . . "dreams may only come true for those who dare to imagine, dream and believe." "A delightful book & lovely C.D. of story & songs . . . all with an uplifting message for children of all ages!" Pat Fuhs, Children?s Editorial Specialist "Children will thoroughly enjoy this unique shimmering winter tale and the inspiring snowflake/ dream activity journal that follows!" Victoria Burns Taylor, Easton, Ma. *A portion of the proceeds from this book will help benefit: Icoda . . . International center on deafness & the arts, Northbrook, IL Mercy Home for boys and girls, Chicago, IL The Satellite Happiness Clubs, Chicago & Wheeling IL

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075963131X

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Long Valley Road

By: Ross Richdale

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Long Valley Road

By: Ross Richdale

This fast paced novel combines human emotions of love, empathy, revenge and greed with the sheer force of Mother Nature. The inhabitants of Long Valley Road have their lives changed forever by the events happening around them. Join them and see, through their eyes, how one family grows and blossoms through the good times and bad. Julie tries to cope with a new country, Fiona discovers she is not just a mother-in-law and a young schoolteacher and lonely widower fall in love. But is this love strong enough to surmount the problems about to descend upon them all?

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Lulu.com

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187743809X

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Sentenced to Cross the Raging Sea

The Story of Sam Johnson, Victim of Oldham's Bankside Riot of 1834

By: Ross Johnson

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Sentenced to Cross the Raging Sea

The Story of Sam Johnson, Victim of Oldham's Bankside Riot of 1834

By: Ross Johnson

In many North of England towns, like Manchester and Oldham, violence was never far below the surface during the disturbed times of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century, with cotton mill owners pitted against their operatives and worker against worker. Sam Johnson was a 17-year- old cotton spinner apprenticed to his father at Greenbank Mill when three over-zealous Oldham constables raided a union meeting and arrested two union men. The end result was a huge riot involving thousands of Oldham workers and a partly successful attempt to demolish the Bankside Mill on Manchester Street and adjacent workers' homes. One onlooker was shot dead. The subsequent random arrests when the militia arrived and regained control resulted in five of the rioters, including Sam Johnson, being sentenced to death by hanging at the Lancaster Assizes of 1834. These sentences were commuted to transportation for life. This thoroughly researched true story describes the life of Sam Johnson, convict no. 13841, from the Chatham hulks to the transport ship, to Botany Bay, the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, his later assignment to his Scottish master Archibald Macleod, his travels over the Australian Alps with his sheep and cattle to pioneer in Gippsland in 1844. It traces his emancipation, marriage and life in Gippsland following a successful petition and Queen's Pardon after he served his 20-year sentence. The book includes previously unpublished material from the handwritten notes of an Oldham reporter present at the riot reproduced by kind permission of Oldham Local Studies and Archives.

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Wild and Woolley

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0646440039

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9780646440033

Sound: A Reader in Theatre Practice

By: Ross Brown

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Sound: A Reader in Theatre Practice

By: Ross Brown

Brown explores relationships between sound and theatre, focusing on sound's interdependence and interaction with human performance and drama. Suggesting different ways in which sound may be interpreted to create meaning, it includes key writings on sound design, as well as perspectives from beyond the discipline.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137217650

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9781137217653

Anna Halprin

Experience as Dance

By: Janice Ross

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Anna Halprin

Experience as Dance

By: Janice Ross

This comprehensive biography examines Halprin's fascinating life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation from the Beats through the Hippies to the present.

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Univ of California Press

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0520260058

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9780520260054

The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province

By: Stephen P. Reidel,Victor E. Camp,Martin E. Ross,John A. Wolff,Barton S. Martin,Terry L. Tolan,Ray E. Wells

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The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province

By: Stephen P. Reidel,Victor E. Camp,Martin E. Ross,John A. Wolff,Barton S. Martin,Terry L. Tolan,Ray E. Wells

The Miocene Columbia River flood basalt province covers ~210,000 km2 of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and forms part of a larger volcanic region that also includes contemporaneous silicic centers in northern Nevada, the basaltic and time-transgressive rhyolitic volcanic fields of the Snake River Plain and Yellowstone plateau, and the High Lava Plains of central Oregon. The Columbia River flood basalt province is accessible and well exposed, making it one of the best-studied flood basalt provinces worldwide, and it serves as a model for understanding the stratigraphic development and petrogenesis of large igneous provinces through time. This volume details our current knowledge of the stratigraphy and physical volcanology; extent, volume, and age of the lava flows; the tectonic setting and history of the province; the petrogenesis of the lavas; and hydrogeology of the basalt aquifers.

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Geological Society of America

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081372497X

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Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving

By: Bob Bondurant Ross Bently

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Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving

By: Bob Bondurant Ross Bently

All the vital techniques such as selecting the best lines, and using braking and reference points are covered in fine detail. The book explains the specific principles of kart driving. It illustrates the differences between decreasing, constant, and increasing radius turns, as well as positive, flat, and negative camber turns. Mental preparation, previsualization, dieting, training, racing in the rain, testing, passing, and many other facets are explained.

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1610608321

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9781610608329

Puppy Preschool, Revised Edition

Raising Your Puppy Right---Right from the Start!

By: John Ross,Barbara McKinney

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Puppy Preschool, Revised Edition

Raising Your Puppy Right---Right from the Start!

By: John Ross,Barbara McKinney

This should be a prerequisite for any potential puppy owner. AuthorsJohn Ross and Barbara McKinney provide essential information on the preparationand selection of your puppy, as well as the best way to care for and train yournew pet. Puppy Preschool traces the puppy development process from birththrough the age of 18 months. In this thorough guide, the authors--dog trainingexperts--explain all the details of making the most of your puppy experience.Sections include Ten Best Breeds for the Home, Safe (and Fun)Toys, and Introducing Basic Obedience Commands. Also includedare chapters on health and grooming, housebreaking, and preventing unwantedchewing. Full of photographs and written by obvious dog lovers, this easy-to- follow, straightforward instruction book gives potential puppy owners a lot toconsider before purchasing a furry little friend for the family.

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Macmillan

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0312375913

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9780312375911

American Body Snatchers

Merchandising the Dead in 19th Century New England and Washington, D.C.

By: Richard S. Ross III

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American Body Snatchers

Merchandising the Dead in 19th Century New England and Washington, D.C.

By: Richard S. Ross III

At the beginning of the 19th century, physicians teaching anatomy in New England medical schools expected students to have hands-on experience with cadavers. As the only bodies that could be dissected legally were convicted murderers, this led to a lack of sufficient bodies for study. These doctors and their students turned to removing the dead from graveyards and cemeteries for dissection. The first medical school in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1825, headed by a Massachusetts physician convicted of body snatching, and made the practice commonplace in the area. This history of body snatching in the 19th century focuses on medical schools in New England and Washington, D.C., along with the religious, moral, and social objections during the time. With research from contemporary newspapers, medical articles, and university archives, topics such as state anatomy laws and their effects on doctors, students, and the poor--who were the usual victims--are covered, as are perceptions of physicians and medical schools by the local communities.

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McFarland

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1476695016

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9781476695013

The Origins of American Social Science

By: Dorothy Ross

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The Origins of American Social Science

By: Dorothy Ross

Examines how American social science modelled itself on natural science and liberal politics.

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Cambridge University Press

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052142836X

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English Language and Literature for AQA B

By: Alison Ross

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English Language and Literature for AQA B

By: Alison Ross

Revised and updated to cover the set texts in the AQA B specification, this second edition focuses on the assessment objectives - showing students how to achieve maximum marks - and offers exam and coursework tips throughout to help students get good grades.

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Heinemann

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0435109855

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9780435109851

The Riefenstahl Legacy

By: Ross Wilson

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The Riefenstahl Legacy

By: Ross Wilson

Betrayed by his superiors, branded an outcast, his daughter murdered. Khris Modahl is forced from his dark world and thrust into one even darker. Driven by the uncontrollable need to avenge his daughter's death he is drawn into the shadowy world of the "Bruderschaft," a secret brotherhood of Neo-Nazis, uncovering a plot that has been in the making since the early days of the Third Reich. He has become an unwitting player in a deadly game, hunted by both sides. He must track down all those responsible for his daughter's death and destroy them. Not only for the sake of his daughter; But for the very existence of the free world. "The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes" Benjamin Disraeli

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1291816984

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9781291816983

Fifty Years Sober

An Alcoholic's Journey

By: Ross Fitzgerald

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Fifty Years Sober

An Alcoholic's Journey

By: Ross Fitzgerald

The reality is that if I hadn't stopped drinking and drugging at twenty-five years of age, I wouldn't have made twenty-six." This is Ross Fitzgerald's 42nd book, an updated edition of his 2010 book My Name is Ross. Although he has now succeeded in not drinking alcohol or using drugs for 50 years, in this revised edition the author still calls himself an alcoholic, and pays extended tribute to the role of Alcoholics Anonymous in keeping him on the wagon. His involvement in AA has become a way of life; he still attends two or three meetings a week. A key aspect of AA's therapeutic process involves what can be termed the mechanism of surrender. Instead of telling alcoholics to use their willpower, control their drinking or pull up their socks, AA suggests that a much more efficacious strategy is to admit that, at least in relation to alcohol, they are beaten. With his insight into the scourge of numerous kinds of addiction, Fitzgerald traces the journey of many alcoholics and drug addicts. In this brutally honest and intimate portrayal of his fascinating life - his struggles as well as his successes - Fitzgerald doesn't shy away from his difficult times and regrets, but ultimately has written an uplifting and inspiring book. With the prevalence of alcohol in our daily lives for every celebration or sad occasion, a book like this is needed more than ever.

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Cycling in Surrey

21 Hand-picked Rides

By: Ross Hamilton

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21 Hand-picked Rides

By: Ross Hamilton

Bradt’s new cycling guide to Surrey – part of a growing series designed for the saddle bag – offers 21 routes, each including comprehensive directions plus contextual exploration of history, wildlife and culture, written by avid cyclist and historian Ross Hamilton. Each route links to OS Explorer maps and, where relevant, National Cycle Network routes, while QR codes connect with downloadable GPX maps via the komoot app, enabling navigation by smartphone. With a dedicated bike-hire section (so you have an alternative if your bicycle isn’t suitable for a particular ride) and accommodation suggestions, this book is an indispensable travel companion for two-wheeled adventures. Once a relatively sparsely populated and rustic area despite its proximity to London, present-day Surrey is prime commuter-belt territory. Even so, the county has not lost its rural charm. As well as boasting many Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is England’s most wooded county and is riddled with rivers including England’s longest, the mighty Thames. Moreover, Surrey has a long connection with cycling. When the riding craze first hit Britain in the 1800s, the ride between the Surrey towns of Thames Ditton and Ripley was quickly dubbed the ‘Mecca of all good cyclists’. Surrey roads once made up much of the annual RideLondon event, itself an extension of the 2012 Olympic road-cycling route. This handpicked selection of rides is perfect for a series of half-day outings. Many are looped circuits, and most begin and end at railway stations, making travel hassle-free. Most are aimed at beginners and leisure cyclists, while some offer adventurous riders a more challenging experience. So whether you fancy riding Surrey’s numerous tree-cloaked country lanes or off-road networks, cycling between medieval churches, visiting Guildford Castle or Waverley Abbey on two wheels, doffing your helmet to a venerable yew tree, biking between nature reserves and vineyards, or having a drink at the UK’s smallest pub, Surrey is a superb cycling destination with something for everyone. Bradt’s Cycling in Surrey brims with inspiration for cyclists of all ages and energy levels.

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The Lancaster Law Review

Vol. VIII

By: Henry Clay Brubaker,Charles Israel Landis,George Ross Eshleman,Isaac Clinton Arnold

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The Lancaster Law Review

Vol. VIII

By: Henry Clay Brubaker,Charles Israel Landis,George Ross Eshleman,Isaac Clinton Arnold

Reprint of the original, first published in 1891.

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Personal Injury Limitation Law

By: Andrew Roy KC,Nina Ross

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Personal Injury Limitation Law

By: Andrew Roy KC,Nina Ross

How can you avoid the common pitfalls when navigating the complexities of personal injury limitation periods? This is a guide to the law of limitation periods in personal injury actions. Pitfalls and problems are highlighted and the limitation periods and service rules are clearly explained, ensuring that you never issue or serve proceedings outside the legal time limits. Each chapter is supplemented by summaries of the key cases for that topic and Part 2 contains all the relevant legislation. New coverage includes landmark cases, explaining and analysing their impact on practice: - Collins v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Court of Appeal, 2014) – an asbestos-related lung cancer case of 'seminal importance in relation to long tail industrial disease claims' - Platt v BRB (Residuary) Ltd (Court of Appeal, 2014) – examination of constructive knowledge in the context of limitation in disease cases - RE v GE (2015) – consideration of the court's discretion, conferred by section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 in the context of a sexual abuse case - Abela v Baadarani (Supreme Court, 2013) – highlights an important shift of emphasis away from the traditional approach to service out of the jurisdiction and considerations of national sovereignty, and towards a more practical and pragmatic approach - Barton v Wright Hassall (Supreme Court, 2018) – a crucial judgment regarding whether litigants in person should be granted a special status in civil litigation

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1526508621

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The British Partisan

Capture, Imprisonment and Escape in Wartime Italy

By: Michael Ross

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The British Partisan

Capture, Imprisonment and Escape in Wartime Italy

By: Michael Ross

An exciting, evocative memoir of combat in North Africa, danger behind enemy lines, and two daring escapes. In this action-packed account, a Welch Regiment officer describes his remarkable Second World War experiences. These include his baptism by fire in the Western Desert against Rommel’s armor in 1942; the spontaneous help of nomad Arabs when he was on the run for ten days behind enemy lines; and his capture and life as a POW in Italy. Michael Ross and a fellow officer made the first escape from Fontanellato POW camp only to be recaptured on the Swiss border. During his second escape, Ross fought against the occupying German forces in north Italy alongside the Italian partisans, who nearly executed him initially. He avoided recapture for over a year before finally reaching Allied lines. The reader learns of the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of local Italians helping and hiding Allied soldiers. Ross’s story has a poignant conclusion as, while on the run, he fell in love with a prominent anti-fascist’s daughter whom he married after the war. Originally published as From Liguria With Love, this superbly written and updated memoir is a powerful and inspiring tribute to all those who risked their lives to help him and his comrades.

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Pen and Sword

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1526750368

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Black Money

By: Ross Macdonald

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Black Money

By: Ross Macdonald

When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts. Black Money is Ross Macdonald at his finest, baring the skull beneath the untanned skin of Southern California's high society.

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0307759563

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An Archaeology of Asian Transnationalism

By: Douglas E. Ross

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An Archaeology of Asian Transnationalism

By: Douglas E. Ross

In the early twentieth century, an industrial salmon cannery thrived along the Fraser River in British Columbia. Chinese factory workers lived in an adjoining bunkhouse, and Japanese fishermen lived with their families in a nearby camp. Today the complex is nearly gone and the site overgrown with vegetation, but artifacts from these immigrant communities linger just beneath the surface. In this groundbreaking comparative archaeological study of Asian immigrants in North America, Douglas Ross excavates the Ewen Cannery to explore how its immigrant workers formed a new cultural identity in the face of dramatic displacement. Ross demonstrates how some homeland practices persisted while others changed in response to new contextual factors, reflecting the complexity of migrant experiences. Instead of treating ethnicity as a bounded, stable category, Ross shows that ethnic identity is shaped and transformed as cultural traditions from home and host societies come together in the context of local choices, structural constraints, and consumer society.

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0813048451

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Erasing Kane

By: Derek Ross

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Erasing Kane

By: Derek Ross

Lee Kane isn't your everyday police detective. He isn't the ideal husband and he wasn't a favourite son.And yet to all intents and purposes he is all of these things to those who love and know him.The only problem is that nobody really knows him at all because nobody knows Kane's past and nobody can ever be allowed to know it.Lee Kane is a box of contradictions, but like ageing, his past is slowly but surely catching up with him.

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1913227197

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Youth Culture and the Post-War British Novel

From Teddy Boys to Trainspotting

By: Stephen Ross

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Youth Culture and the Post-War British Novel

From Teddy Boys to Trainspotting

By: Stephen Ross

From the Teddy Boys of the post-war decade to the heroin chic of “Cool Britannia,” the many subcultures of Britain's teenagers have often been at the forefront of social change. Youth Culture and the Post-War British Novel is the first book to chart that history through the work of some of the most influential contemporary British writers. In this vivid work of cultural history, Stephen Ross explores: · The manic teenage vision of Absolute Beginners · The Angry Young Men of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning · Skinheads and Burgess's A Clockwork Orange · Irony and authenticity in the 1980s – from Amis to Kureishi · Heroin chic, disaffection and Trainspotting Examining the cultural contexts of some of the most important and popular post-1945 British novels, the book covers such themes as crises of masculinity, multiculturalism and inter-generational conflict, and in doing so casts new light on British writing today.

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1350067873

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As for Me and My House

Penguin Modern Classics Edition

By: Sinclair Ross

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As for Me and My House

Penguin Modern Classics Edition

By: Sinclair Ross

As For Me and My House is an essential Canadian work--a precise and compelling portrait of our culture, our psyche, and the nature of contemporary art itself, now available as a Penguin Modern Classic. In the windswept town of Horizon, an unamed diarist paints a vivid and enthralling picture of prairie life in the Depression era. Atmospheric, intimate, and richly observed, As For Me and My House is a moving meditation on the bittersweet nature of human relationships, on the bonds that tie people together and the undercurrents of feeling that can tear them apart. It is one of Canada's great novels and a landmark in modern fiction.

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0735252882

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