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Wildland Fire Behaviour

Dynamics, Principles and Processes

By: Mark A. Finney,Sara S. McAllister,Jason M. Forthofer,Torben P. Grumstrup

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Wildland Fire Behaviour

Dynamics, Principles and Processes

By: Mark A. Finney,Sara S. McAllister,Jason M. Forthofer,Torben P. Grumstrup

Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific understanding of their behaviour, we can develop the tools to reliably use and manage fires across landscapes in ways that are compatible with the constraints of modern society while benefiting the ecosystems. The science of wildland fire is incomplete, however. Even the simplest fire behaviours – how fast they spread, how long they burn and how large they get – arise from a dynamical system of physical processes interacting in unexplored ways with heterogeneous biological, ecological and meteorological factors across many scales of time and space. The physics of heat transfer, combustion and ignition, for example, operate in all fires at millimetre and millisecond scales but wildfires can become conflagrations that burn for months and exceed millions of hectares. Wildland Fire Behaviour: Dynamics, Principles and Processes examines what is known and unknown about wildfire behaviours. The authors introduce fire as a dynamical system along with traditional steady-state concepts. They then break down the system into its primary physical components, describe how they depend upon environmental factors, and explore system dynamics by constructing and exercising a nonlinear model. The limits of modelling and knowledge are discussed throughout but emphasised by review of large fire behaviours. Advancing knowledge of fire behaviours will require a multidisciplinary approach and rely on quality measurements from experimental research, as covered in the final chapters.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486309100

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Discourses of Difference

An Analysis of Women's Travel Writing and Colonialism

By: Sara Mills

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Discourses of Difference

An Analysis of Women's Travel Writing and Colonialism

By: Sara Mills

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1134947429

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Hilda

By: Sara Jeannette Duncan

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Hilda

By: Sara Jeannette Duncan

Reproduction of the original: Hilda by Sara Jeannette Duncan

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3752310928

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9783752310924

Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically

By: Sara Asu Schroer,Susanne B. Schmitt

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Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically

By: Sara Asu Schroer,Susanne B. Schmitt

The notion of atmosphere has always been part of academic discourse, but often refers to something vague and diffuse - a phenomenon connected with our affective engagement with the world that is difficult to grasp. This volume develops and refines the concept of atmosphere, seeking to render it productive for anthropological and social scientific research by bringing together a range of original ethnographic studies in combination with investigation of the use of the term in language. The chapters examine dimensions of atmosphere through topics of interdisciplinary concern, such as learning and the acquisition of skills, the experience of place, affect and mood, multi-species relations and the perception of weather and environment - whether in natural landscapes, medical and educational settings, homes or creative contexts - Exploring Atmospheres Ethnographically analyses the relational and transformational processes through which people perceive, experience and live in a moving atmospheric world. As such, it will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, geography and cultural studies with interests in space and place, sensory ethnography and affect.

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Routledge

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1317137493

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Kwame Bediako and African Christian Scholarship

Emerging Religious Discourse in Twentieth-Century Ghana

By: Sara J. Fretheim

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Kwame Bediako and African Christian Scholarship

Emerging Religious Discourse in Twentieth-Century Ghana

By: Sara J. Fretheim

In a departure from current theologically-focused scholarship on Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako, this book places him within the wider historical continuum of twentieth-century Ghana and reads him as a leading Christian scholar within the African study of African religions. The book traces a variety of influences and figures within this emerging African discourse in Ghana, including aspects of missions and colonial history and the voices of poets, politicians, prophets, and priests. Locating Bediako within this complex twentieth-century matrix, this intellectual history draws upon his published and key unpublished works, including his first masters and doctoral dissertations on Negritude literature, an abiding influence on his later Christian thought and an essential foundation for interpreting this scholar. This book also "reads" the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission, and Culture as "text" by Bediako, revealing essential components of his intellectual and spiritual itinerary revealed in the Institute's community and curriculum. This approach challenges narrowly-focused theological scholarship on Bediako, while highlighting critical methodological divisions between African, Western, confessional, and non-confessional approaches to the study of religion in Africa. In doing so, it highlights the rich complexity of this emerging African discourse and identifies Bediako as a pioneering African Christian intellectual within this wider field.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498299059

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Reading Like a Girl

Narrative Intimacy in Contemporary American Young Adult Literature

By: Sara K. Day

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Reading Like a Girl

Narrative Intimacy in Contemporary American Young Adult Literature

By: Sara K. Day

How novels targeted at teens engage narrator and reader in intimate dramas of friendship, love, identity, and sexuality

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1617038113

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Starring Women

Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1850

By: Sara E. Lampert

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Starring Women

Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1850

By: Sara E. Lampert

Women performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. Sara E. Lampert examines the lives, careers, and fame of overlooked figures from Europe and the United States whose work in melodrama, ballet, and other stage shows shocked and excited early U.S. audiences. These women lived and performed the tensions and contradictions of nineteenth-century gender roles, sparking debates about women's place in public life. Yet even their unprecedented wealth and prominence failed to break the patriarchal family structures that governed their lives and conditioned their careers. Inevitable contradictions arose. The burgeoning celebrity culture of the time forced women stage stars to don the costumes of domestic femininity even as the unsettled nature of life in the theater defied these ideals. A revealing foray into a lost time, Starring Women returns a generation of performers to their central place in the early history of American theater.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252052234

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More Sales Please

Promote your small business online, make consistent sales, grow without the grind

By: Sara Nasser Dalrymple

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More Sales Please

Promote your small business online, make consistent sales, grow without the grind

By: Sara Nasser Dalrymple

‘The ultimate companion for any small business owner’ - Holly Tucker, Founder of notonthehighstreet and Holly & Co ‘I dare you to read this book and NOT make more sales - you couldn’t have a better guide!’ - Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Coach ‘Filled with straightforward advice that will help your business grow’ - Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation Have you ever: Told yourself you’re not a natural salesperson... Procrastinated on promoting your business because it feels awkward, or... Launched something new, only to be met with deafening silence? If you answered yes to any of these, then More Sales Please is for you! Most business owners have never been taught how to promote what they do with ease - until now. Say goodbye to guesswork and discover the step by step process to effortless sales in just 30 minutes a day. Sara Nasser Dalrymple is a business mentor, strategist and educator and the go-to sales expert in the small business community. Her 20 years of sales and marketing experience and simple, actionable advice has helped hundreds of business owners transform the way they feel about selling and achieve long lasting success through confident, sleaze-free self promotion.

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Practical Inspiration Publishing

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1788604679

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The Secrets of Blythswood Square

The gripping and scandalous new 2024 Scottish historical novel from the acclaimed author of The Fair Botanists

By: Sara Sheridan

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The Secrets of Blythswood Square

The gripping and scandalous new 2024 Scottish historical novel from the acclaimed author of The Fair Botanists

By: Sara Sheridan

LONGLISTED FOR SCTOLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2024. THE ENCHANTING NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2022 WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE FAIR BOTANISTS. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping 'Secrets discovered, ruinous rumours scotched, happiness regained and friendships founded' Daily Mail 'A novel of feeling and intellect which will surely and deservedly be a great success' Allan Massie, The Scotsman You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Blythswood Square... 1846. Glasgow is a city on the cusp of great social change, but behind the curtains, neighbours are watching, and rumours of improper behaviour spread like wildfire on the respectable Blythswood Square. When Charlotte Nicholl discovers that the fortune she has been bequeathed by her father is tied up in a secret collection of erotic art, she is faced with a terrible dilemma: sell it and risk shaming her family's good name or lose her home. An encounter with Ellory Mann, a talented working-class photographer newly arrived in Glasgow, leads Charlotte to hope she has found not only someone who might help her, but also a friend. Yet Ellory is hiding secrets of her own - secrets that become harder to conceal as she finds herself drawn into Charlotte's world. As the truth begins to catch up with both women, will it destroy everything they've fought to build - or set them both free? Readers love Sara Sheridan's storytelling! 'I absolutely love Sara Sheridan's books. They're so easy to get into and so hard to put down. The Secrets of Bythwood Square is no exception. It's a great story populated with excellent, believable characters and woven with rich historical detail' 5* reader review, NetGalley 'A fascinating, atmospheric story which I greatly enjoyed' 5* reader review, NetGalley 'I absolutely loved it, finished it within 2 days' 5* reader review, NetGalley 'Wonderful characters and a beautifully interwoven story.' 4* reader review, NetGalley PRAISE FOR THE FAIR BOTANISTS: 'Sheridan creates an evocative, enjoyable portrait of two women determined to lead independent lives' SUNDAY TIMES 'Completely enchanting and fascinating . . . a rollicking and immensely readable tale' SCOTSMAN 'Lush, seductive and scandalous, this is a gorgeous read' DAILY MAIL 'A cracking good read' VAL MCDERMID 'Dazzling, original, full of wonderful characters' KATIE FFORDE 'What a beautiful, immersive gem of historical fiction' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'An absolute treat for fans of historical fiction and rich storytelling' RED

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1399701606

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Fearless and Free

The Adventures of Frances Forrester-Brown

By: Sara Richardson

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Fearless and Free

The Adventures of Frances Forrester-Brown

By: Sara Richardson

This is the story of a nineteenth century American girl who moved with her husband to the jungles of Central America in 1898. There she helped to manage mahogany and banana plantations, hunted, fished, kept a small jungle zoo, and cared for the sick and injured, whatever their nationality. When widowed after almost 20 years, she returned to the States and made a new life for herself, working and playing in early 20th century New York, San Francisco and Miami.

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1496925629

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Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior

By: Sara J. Shettleworth

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Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior

By: Sara J. Shettleworth

Integrating research from psychology, behavioural ecology, and ethology in a wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research about animal cognition in the broadest sense, this book deals with species-specific adaptations in fish to cognitive mapping in rats and honeybees to theories of mind for chimpanzees.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019511048X

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Translation and Language Education

Pedagogic Approaches Explored

By: Sara Laviosa

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Translation and Language Education

Pedagogic Approaches Explored

By: Sara Laviosa

The revival of translation as a means of learning and teaching a foreign language and as a skill in its own right is occurring at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities. In this book, Sara Laviosa proposes a translation-based pedagogy that is grounded in theory and has been applied in real educational contexts. This volume draws on the convergence between the view of language and translation embraced by ecologically-oriented educationalists and the theoretical underpinnings of the holistic approach to translating culture. It puts forward a holistic pedagogy that harmonizes the teaching of language and translation in the same learning environment. The author examines the changing nature of the role of pedagogic translation starting with the Grammar Translation Method and concluding with the more recent ecological approaches to Foreign Language Education. Translation and Language Education analyses current research into the revival of translation in language teaching and is vital reading for translators, language teachers and postgraduate students working in the areas of Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics.

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Routledge

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1317654617

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Inside the Secondary Classroom

By: Sara Delamont

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Inside the Secondary Classroom

By: Sara Delamont

Focusing on pupils moving from primary to middle or secondary school, it gives a rich and detailed account of the first months of life in new schools.

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1135794731

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9781135794736

The Dictionary of British Women Artists

By: Sara Gray

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The Dictionary of British Women Artists

By: Sara Gray

The most comprehensive volume of its kind, Gray's Dictionary of British Women Artists offers extensively-researched biographies of some of the most significant female contributors to British art.This volume will make a valuable contribution to the study of art history. It will also provide readers with significant insight into a long-neglected aspect of history - the lives and achievements of women artists. Each entry provides key biographical information, as well as (where possible) commentaryon the artist's studies, lifestyle, travels and family. Entries also detail significant works, exhibitions and membership of societies. Gray's introduction provides a useful context to the biographies.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718840038

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9780718840037

Too Close to the Sun

The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton

By: Sara Wheeler

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Too Close to the Sun

The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton

By: Sara Wheeler

Denys Finch Hatton was adored by women and idolized by men. A champion of Africa, legendary for his good looks, his charm, and his prowess as a soldier, lover, and hunter, Finch Hatton inspired Karen Blixen to write the unforgettable stories in Out of Africa. Now esteemed British biographer Sara Wheeler tells the truth about this extraordinarily charismatic adventurer. Born to an old aristocratic family that had gambled away most of its fortune, Finch Hatton grew up in a world of effortless elegance and boundless power. Tall and graceful, with the soul of a poet and an athlete’s relaxed masculinity, he became a hero without trying at Eton and Oxford. In 1910, searching for novelty and danger, Finch Hatton arrived in British East Africa and fell in love–with a continent, with a landscape, with a way of life that was about to change forever. Wheeler brilliantly conjures the mystical beauty of Kenya at a time when teeming herds of wild animals roamed unmolested across pristine savannah. No one was more deeply attuned to this beauty than Finch Hatton–and no one more bitterly mourned its passing when the outbreak of World War I engulfed the region in a protracted, bloody guerrilla conflict. Finch Hatton was serving as a captain in the Allied forces when he met Karen Blixen in Nairobi and embarked on one of the great love affairs of the twentieth century. With delicacy and grace, Wheeler teases out truth from fiction in the liaison that Blixen herself immortalized in Out of Africa. Intellectual equals, bound by their love for the continent and their inimitable sense of style, Finch Hatton and Blixen were genuine pioneers in a land that was quickly being transformed by violence, greed, and bigotry. Ever restless, Finch Hatton wandered into a career as a big-game hunter and became an expert bush pilot; his passion that led to his affair with the notoriously unconventional aviatrix Beryl Markham. But Markham was no more able to hold him than Blixen had been. Mesmerized all his life by the allure of freedom and danger, Finch Hatton was, writes Wheeler, “the open road made flesh.” In painting a portrait of an irresistible man, Sara Wheeler has beautifully captured the heady glamour of the vanished paradise of colonial East Africa. In Too Close to the Sun she has crafted a book that is as ravishing as its subject.

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Random House

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1588365999

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9781588365996

Mathematics for Sustainability

By: John Roe,Russ deForest,Sara Jamshidi

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Mathematics for Sustainability

By: John Roe,Russ deForest,Sara Jamshidi

Designed for the 21st century classroom, this textbook poses, refines, and analyzes questions of sustainability in a quantitative environment. Building mathematical knowledge in the context of issues relevant to every global citizen today, this text takes an approach that empowers students of all disciplines to understand and reason with quantitative information. Whatever conclusions may be reached on a given topic, this book will prepare the reader to think critically about their own and other people’s arguments and to support them with careful, mathematical reasoning. Topics are grouped in themes of measurement, flow, connectivity, change, risk, and decision-making. Mathematical thinking is at the fore throughout, as students learn to model sustainability on local, regional, and global scales. Exercises emphasize concepts, while projects build and challenge communication skills. With no prerequisites beyond high school algebra, instructors will find this book a rich resource for engaging all majors in the mathematics classroom. From the Foreword No longer will you be just a spectator when people give you quantitative information—you will become an active participant who can engage and contribute new insights to any discussion.[...] There are many math books that will feed you knowledge, but it is rare to see a book like this one that will help you cultivate wisdom.[...] As the authors illustrate, mathematics that pays attention to human considerations can help you look at the world with a new lens, help you frame important questions, and help you make wise decisions. Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College

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Springer

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3319766600

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9783319766607

Mencken and Sara

A Life in Letters : the Correspondence of H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt

By: Henry Louis Mencken,Sara Haardt

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Mencken and Sara

A Life in Letters : the Correspondence of H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt

By: Henry Louis Mencken,Sara Haardt

Cover title: Mencken & Sara."Originally published in hardcover by McGraw-Hill in 1987"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-531) and index.

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0385419805

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