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The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

By: Roy Geoffrey Waters

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The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

By: Roy Geoffrey Waters

Yes, that’s me, Roy Geoffrey Waters. Well actually it’s a photograph of a painting of me by me. But I don’t just paint myself ; I also write about myself. This book is a sort of autobiography ; it’s a collection of thoughts related to events in my life. I hope it will make you smile a bit and even think a bit every so often. I never intended to publish what I’ve written over several years but when I came to realise that I’d written so much I thought that sending it to a printer / publisher would be the simplest way to pull it all together. It’s my first and, I expect, only publication. You can see that I call myself Roy Geoffrey Waters. That’s a little unusual isn’t it, at least in the UK ? Most people would simply use one christian name and one surname. So why the Geoffrey ? Well I started including my second christian name many years ago when I opened my e-mail account with hotmail. I found that my name was not available – another Roy Waters was using it. I thought I’d get in contact with this Roy Waters and did. I live near Barcelona, Spain and the other Roy Waters ( of which there seem to be hundreds – I’m glad my name is not John Smith) lives, or at least then lived, in Dorset so, when I was in London to support my third child running the marathon, I managed to meet up with my name sake. I suppose this blurb should be encouraging you to read the book. Well I can only think of two basic reasons to read it and I’ve mentioned them above – to smile a bit and to think a bit. If you read it then enjoy it ! If you don’t read it, then be happy anyway – that’s what life is all about.

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The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

By: Roy Geoffrey Waters

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The Elizabethan Image

An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558 to 1603

By: Roy Strong

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The Elizabethan Image

An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558 to 1603

By: Roy Strong

Fifty years after his seminal Tate gallery London exhibition, 'The Elizabethan Image', leading authority Roy Strong returns with fresh eyes to the subject closest to his heart, The Virgin Queen, her court and our first Elizabethan age From celebrated portraits of the Queen and paintings of knights and courtiers, to works depicting an aspiring 'middle class', Strong presents a detailed and authoritative examination of one of the most fascinating periods of British art. Enriching previous perceptions and ways of seeing the Elizabethans in their world, he reveals an age parallel in many ways to our own--a country aspiring professionally and changing socially. The gaze is from the inside, capturing the knights, melancholy lovers, poets (including Sidney, Donne and Sir John Davies), court favourites and their 'Gloriana'--as they mirrored and made themselves. Beginning with the great portrait of the Queen in grand procession with her Garter Knights, Strong pinpoints the characters and key motifs that run through the rest of the book: chivalry, changes to the social order, emblems and imagery - the full richness of the Elizabethan imagination. These pictures were intimate--personal commissions by private individuals, and not necessarily for public view. As such they are a glimpse into private worlds and sentiments and speak eloquently for the people who paid for, painted and lived amongst them, reversing an academic tendency to treat the portraits as if they had a life of their own, not grounded by the real people who commissioned them. Roy Strong concludes this richly illustrated volume with the famous and complex Rainbow Portrait, unpicking the iconography of this final painting of an ageless Elizabeth in her 'Mask of Youth'. Within a year of its completion the queen was dead--her portraits increasingly demoted and replaced by Mary Stuart's--as the splendour of the Elizabethan age and 'the cult of the queen' made way for new monarch James VI, who was to rule over a united England and Scotland.

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Yale University Press

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0300244290

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9780300244298

The Economy of South Asia

From 1950 to the Present

By: Tirthankar Roy

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The Economy of South Asia

From 1950 to the Present

By: Tirthankar Roy

This book explores the historical roots of rapid economic growth in South Asia, with reference to politics, markets, resources, and the world economy. Roy posits that, after an initial slow period of growth between 1950 and the 1980s, the region has been growing rapidly and fast catching up with the world on average levels of living. Why did this turnaround happen? Does it matter? Is it sustainable? The author answers these questions by drawing connections, comparisons, and parallels between the five large countries in the region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. It shows why, despite differences in political experience between these countries, similarities in resources and markets could produce similar trajectories. Home to a fifth of the world’s population, South Asia’s transformation has the power to change the world. Most accounts of the process focus on individual nations, but by breaking out of that mould, Roy takes on the region as a whole, and delivers a radical new interpretation of why the economy of South Asia is changing so fast.

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356

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Springer

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3319547208

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9783319547206

Marcus Off Duty

The Recipes I Cook at Home

By: Roy Finamore,Marcus Samuelsson

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Marcus Off Duty

The Recipes I Cook at Home

By: Roy Finamore,Marcus Samuelsson

Unwind with 150 relaxed, multicultural dishes from the award-winning celebrity chef and New York Times–bestselling author! Born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, and trained in European kitchens, Marcus Samuelsson is a world citizen turned American culinary icon—the youngest chef ever to receive three stars from the New York Times, a five-time James Beard Award recipient, a winner of Top Chef Masters, and a judge on Chopped. He was even chosen to cook President Obama’s first state dinner. In Marcus Off-Duty, the chef former president Bill Clinton says “has reinvigorated and reimagined what it means to be American” serves up the dishes he makes at his Harlem home for his wife and friends. The recipes blend a rainbow of the flavors he has experienced in his travels: Ethiopian, Swedish, Mexican, Caribbean, Italian, and Southern soul. With these recipes, you too can enjoy his eclectic, casual food—including Dill-Spiced Salmon; Coconut-Lime Curried Chicken; Mac, Cheese, and Greens; Chocolate Pie Spiced with Indian Garam Masala; and for kids, Peanut Noodles with Slaw . . . and much more. “Highly recommended for adventurous and well-traveled home cooks, as well as fans of Susan Feniger’s Street Food.” —Library Journal

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HMH

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0544309278

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9780544309272

Gout

The Patrician Malady

By: Roy Porter,George Sebastian Rousseau

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Gout

The Patrician Malady

By: Roy Porter,George Sebastian Rousseau

Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class.

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Yale University Press

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0300082746

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9780300082746

Suez

The Double War

By: Roy Fullick,Geoffrey Powell

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Suez

The Double War

By: Roy Fullick,Geoffrey Powell

The events that followed President Nasser of Egypts nationalisation of the Suez Canal on 26 July 1956 were as dramatic as they were painful to Britains standing in the world. The authors of this fascinating book describe the unfolding disaster in detail and explain why lack of success was almost inevitable. In military terms not only were there misunderstandings between the British and French but serious equipment shortages and outdated attitudes. Most damaging of all were the political constraints, which led to continual prevarication and affected planning and operations on the ground. Drawing on official documents, and personal accounts of politicians and military men, the authors reveal the depths of deception that were employed to defy the UN, keep key allies (notably the USA) and Parliament in the dark and face down the service chiefs and public hostility

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Pen and Sword

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1473818729

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9781473818729

The Strike Wings

Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45

By: Roy Conyers Nesbit

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The Strike Wings

Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45

By: Roy Conyers Nesbit

In November 1942, the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germanys vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series sea/air battles at close quarters, fought with increasing ferocity until the last days of the war. The Germans tried everything against the Beaufighters and Mosquitos of the Strike Wings fighters, intense flak, parachute mines and even flame-throwers and the casualties were appallingly heavy on both sides. In this classic account of one of the neglected, yet crucial theaters of the air war Roy Nesbit, himself a survivor of strike aircraft of Coastal Command, describes these complex battles from British and German records, assisted by first-hand accounts from some of the brave airmen who took part. He also analyzes the effects of the tactics employed on the German war economy, with some startling conclusions. The result is a fascinating, clearly written and vivid history of events that were little publicized during the war for reasons of security. His book includes detailed diagrams of some of the key attacks and features some astonishing photographs taken in action.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783378603

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9781783378609

Reengineering Software

How to Reuse Programming to Build New, State-of-the-art Software

By: Roy Rada

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Reengineering Software

How to Reuse Programming to Build New, State-of-the-art Software

By: Roy Rada

Reengineering software addresses the state-of-the-art principles, approaches, support systems, underlying methodologies, and real case examples in reusing (and thus building on) previously existing software. The theme is that reengineering is fundamental to software development.

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Global Professional Publishi

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188899861X

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The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

By: James Charles Roy

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The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

By: James Charles Roy

Queen Elizabeth’s bloody rule over Ireland is examined in this “richly-textured, impressively researched and powerfully involving” history (Roy Foster, author of Modern Ireland, 1600–1972). England’s violent subjugation of Ireland in the sixteenth century under Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most consequential chapters in the long, tumultuous relationship between the two countries. In this engaging and scholarly history, James C. Roy tells the story of revolt, suppression, atrocities, and genocide in the first colonial “failed state”. At the time, Ireland was viewed as a peripheral theater, a haven for Catholic heretics, and a potential “back door” for foreign invasions. Tormented by such fears, lord deputies sent by the queen reacted with an iron hand. These men and their subordinates—including great writers such as Edmund spencer and Walter Raleigh—would gather in salons to pore over the “Irish Question”. But such deliberations were rewarded by no final triumph, only debilitating warfare that stretched across Elizabeth’s long rule.

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Pen and Sword Military

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1526770733

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9781526770738

Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: a Boy Amongst Men

By: Roy Martin Haines

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Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: a Boy Amongst Men

By: Roy Martin Haines

The registers of Archbishop Mepham and his successor Stratford were apparently lost, or more likely stolen, in the later Middle Ages. Stratford had been bishop of Winchester for some ten years, consequently much more is known about his activity in the episcopal office. Mepham by contrast is somewhat of an enigma. He came into office with an academic training in the wake of Walter Reynolds, who did not attend a university but was experienced in secular affairs and had been a confidant of the king when Prince of Wales. Unusually Mepham was elected by the Christ Church chapter and not provided by the pope. Bereft of political experience, he was unlucky in the time of his promotion, a period of struggle between the Mortimer/Isabella and Lancastrian factions, with the young Edward III a pawn, virtually powerless to influence events. It was only towards the end of 1330 that the king came into his own thanks to a coup dtat. Thereafter Mephams attempts to exert his metropolitan authority and his lack of wisdom in avoiding conflict led to his sad denouement. Fortunately we know quite a lot about his more combative activities thanks to the chroniclers, particularly Dene, the reputed author of the Historia Roffensis, and the St. Augustines chronicler Thorne. In the eighteenth century Ducarel collected a large number of documents relating to the archiepiscopates of Mepham and Stratford, while others have come to light with the publication of the Episcopal registers of his contemporaries. In 1997 my article An Innocent Abroad: The Career of Simon Mepham, Archbishop of Canterbury 1328-1333, was published in the English Historical Review. The Release of Ornaments in the Archbishops chapel and some other arrangements following Simon Mephams elevation, appeared in Archaeologia Cantiana in 2002. Since that time I have examined the Canterbury Act Books relative to that period and prepared an edition of Stratfords Winchester register, which has made it possible considerably to expand the study of Mepham. R.M.H. Clare Hall, Cambridge.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465302379

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9781465302373

Indian Army and the First World War

1914–18

By: Kaushik Roy

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Indian Army and the First World War

1914–18

By: Kaushik Roy

Accustomed to conducting low-intensity warfare before 1914, the Indian Army learnt to engage in high-intensity conventional warfare during the course of World War I, thereby exhibiting a steep learning curve. Being the bulwark of the British Empire in South Asia, the ‘brown warriors’ of the Raj functioned as an imperial fire brigade during the war. Studying the Indian Army as an institution during the war, Kaushik Roy delineates its social, cultural, and organizational aspects to understand its role in the scheme of British imperial projects. Focusing not just on ‘history from above’ but also ‘history from below’, Roy analyses the experiences of common soldiers and not just those of the high command. Moreover, since society, along with the army, was mobilized to provide military and non-military support, this volume sheds light on the repercussions of this mass mobilization on the structure of British rule in South Asia. Using rare archival materials, published autobiographies, and diaries, Roy’s work offers a holistic analysis of the military performance of the Indian Army in major theatres during the war.

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Oxford University Press

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0199093679

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9780199093670

The Park and the People

A History of Central Park

By: Roy Rosenzweig,Elizabeth Blackmar

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The Park and the People

A History of Central Park

By: Roy Rosenzweig,Elizabeth Blackmar

Delineate the politicians, business people, artists, immigrant laborers, and city dwellers who are the key players in the tale. In tracing the park's history, the writers also give us the history of New York. They explain how squabbles over politics, taxes, and real estate development shaped the park and describe the acrimonious debates over what a public park should look like, what facilities it should offer, and how it should accommodate the often incompatible.

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Cornell University Press

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0801497515

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9780801497513

Nautilus

The Story of Man Under the Sea

By: Roy Davies

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Nautilus

The Story of Man Under the Sea

By: Roy Davies

Nautilus' tells the story of the submarine, a vessel which revolutionized naval warfare in the course of 50 years, and the men who designed them and worked on them. In their short history submarines and submersible craft have played a decisive role in two world wars and today they roam the oceans, bearers of nuclear arsenals, ready to surface anywhere and strike any target.

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0563370432

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9780563370437

Almost Wednesday

By: James Roy

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Almost Wednesday

By: James Roy

Charlie loves Beck. The thing is, her never told her and now after her bizarre disappearance he's left wondering why.And then his dad returns home from gaol to discover that everything has changed.Charlie can't take any more. He's got to get away from the oppression of a small fishing village.This sensitive novel captures the insecurities experienced during the transition from childhood to adulthood.

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0702232726

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9780702232725

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The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

The Last Letter......life, what's it all about?

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The Elizabethan Image

The Economy of South Asia

The Economy of South Asia

Marcus Off Duty

Marcus Off Duty

Gout

Gout

Suez

Suez

The Strike Wings

The Strike Wings

Reengineering Software

Reengineering Software

The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: a Boy Amongst Men

Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: a Boy Amongst Men

Indian Army and the First World War

Indian Army and the First World War

The Park and the People

The Park and the People

Nautilus

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