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IN THE DARK

By: Stuart Harrison

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As he rode in the boat traveling in False Bay, South Africa, he continued to look at the mountainous region that circled the coastline. Floating up and down, the mist of the ocean water sprayed around the sides of the boat as the hull pounded the waves against the vessel. Two men were up front driving the boat, they were both Wade’s men that he had served with in the military. Wade was in the rear of the boat with a special guest sitting across from him. This distinct guest had his hands tied behind his back, his feet were bound, and under the black hood that shrouded his head was a ball gag placed into his mouth in order to keep things silent and peaceful. There was nothing that this special individual had to say that would change anything anyways, he was here for one reason, to die. Wade was good at his job, that is why the DIA used him as a contract killer. His work as an assassin evolved around being a savage, methodical, and heartless man. Wade let the cool air hit his face, a few thoughts ran through his mind as he looked around at his environment. The most prominent thought was the operation at hand. As the boat plowed through the rough waters Wade felt a calmness that he had not felt in a long time. This mission was not a tough one, but it was one that he had never done before, so Wade had to admit to himself that there was a level of excitement. The man wearing the black hood sitting across from Wade was a very important man, and not for his good deeds, but evil. The planned mission would overall involve enormous sea creatures, and the disposal of an animal of a man into the natural environment. The boat would travel to the hunting grounds of Great White’s, located near a seal colony. Once the boat reached its destination it would drop anchor and the person with the black hood would step off the rear of the boat into the black water, and this is where the struggle for survival would begin for the former warlord. Normally, Wade would keep things simple and use a silenced pistol and put a bullet into the cranial plate of the person identified for execution. But, every once in a while, a special request for a little extra heavy-handed torture is requested on a target by the agency. This was one of those times.

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1977269079

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Virginia Baron

The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax

By: Stuart E. Jr. Brown

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Virginia Baron

The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax

By: Stuart E. Jr. Brown

Margaret Motes' third book derived from the 1850 census specifies about 2,600 persons of New England or Mid-Atlantic birth who were living in SouthCarolina in that census year, two-thirds of them from the Mid-Atlanticregion. She has arranged those findings in alphabetical order by surname.Each individual is identified by age, sex, occupation, country of birth, county of residence, and household enumeration number. The volume concludes with indexes to names, places, and occupation

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0806352183

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Civil-Military Relations during the War of 1812

By: Reginald C. Stuart

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Civil-Military Relations during the War of 1812

By: Reginald C. Stuart

Civil-military relations in the era of the War of 1812 must be seen as a broad theme, not just the particular relationships between officers, military organizations, and civil government and civilians. Civil-military attitudes were interwoven in the lives of Americans and must be seen as ideological and social in character with political expressions. Secondarily, the War of 1812 was a transition period from the matrix of ideas inherited from English history and the War of Independence experience with an Atlantic orientation toward the national experience and continental orientation of the 19th Century. This book is a thematic exploration of civil-military themes in the era of the War of 1812. It begins with the immediate post-American Revolutionary era, the Constitutional Founding, and works through events in the 1790s and 1800s that illustrated how the Founding Fathers used the military as an aid to the civil power to maintain political order; how republican ideology colored the kind of military system American leaders in this era believed their country should have: in particular the heavy reliance upon the militia as an ideological ideal that failed in practice; the first glimmerings of volunteerism as an alternate, and later substitute for the militia idea; and an episodic use of military power to enforce civil political authority. The evolution of these civil-military themes occurred within the larger evolution of the United States as a small country with an Atlantic orientation perched along the eastern seaboard of North American into a continental country after 1815 because of the defeat of Indian tribes, the eclipse and elimination of Spanish territorial control in the Gulf of Mexico littoral and the trans-Mississippi West, and the rapprochement with Great Britain on sharing upper North America.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313381542

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United States Expansionism and British North America, 1775-1871

By: Reginald C. Stuart

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United States Expansionism and British North America, 1775-1871

By: Reginald C. Stuart

This sweeping study surveys nearly a century of diverse American views on the relationship between the United States and the Canadian provinces, filling out a neglected chapter in the history of aggressive U.S. expansionism. Until the mid-nineteenth century, many believed that Canada would ultimately join the United States. Stuart provides an insightful view of the borderland, the Canadian-American frontier where the demographics, commerce, and culture of the two countries blend. Originally published in 1988. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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0807864099

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Fab Four FAQ

Everything Left to Know about the Beatles-- and More!

By: Stuart Shea,Robert Rodriguez

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Fab Four FAQ

Everything Left to Know about the Beatles-- and More!

By: Stuart Shea,Robert Rodriguez

(FAQ). 40 years after the release of the iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the Beatles continue to captivate music fans of all ages. There's something always more to discuss about the Fab Four. What were their greatest live performances? Their worst moments? Stories still unknown by most music fans, trends still unseen, history still uninterpreted are all revealed in Fab Four FAQ . Pop culture authors Stuart Shea and Rob Rodriguez provide must-know fan trivia and offer obscure Beatles facts and stories in an easy-to-read, provocative format that will start as many arguments as will end them. With more than sixty chapters of stories, history, observation, and opinion, Fab Four FAQ lays bare the whys and wherefores that made the Beatles so great, giving credit where credit is due and maybe bursting some bubbles along the way.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1423421388

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The Bloodless Revolution

A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times

By: Tristram Stuart

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The Bloodless Revolution

A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times

By: Tristram Stuart

How Western Christianity and Eastern philosophy merged to spawn a political movement that had the prohibition of meat at its core.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393052206

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Parables for Life in the 21st Century

By: Stuart Gustafson

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Parables for Life in the 21st Century

By: Stuart Gustafson

Modern stories that evoke memories of fables from Aesop. Each modern story has a moral that is applied to business and personal situations.

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0615126294

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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Revenge from the Grave

By: David Stuart Davies

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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Revenge from the Grave

By: David Stuart Davies

A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang... When Professor James Moriarty plunged over the Reichenbach Falls the world believed that Sherlock Holmes was also dead. Three years later, Holmes has returned – but so, too, has a deadly threat. With Moriarty’s criminal empire still very much alive, Holmes and Watson are forced to ask themselves if their greatest foe really did perish…

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1789097932

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Defending the Old Dominion

Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812

By: Stuart Lee Butler

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Defending the Old Dominion

Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812

By: Stuart Lee Butler

Defending the Old Dominion describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, examining how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. The book discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance and arms, and how that affected its ability to defend the state against British incursions during the war. Political activities of the Virginia legislature and the U.S. Congress are examined with special reference to how the state financed the war and its relationship with the U.S. government. The book includes the fascinating story of nearly two thousand former slaves who fled to British ships to fight in Virginia with British forces.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761860398

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9780761860396

Sherlock Holmes

The Game's Afoot

By: David Stuart Davies

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Sherlock Holmes

The Game's Afoot

By: David Stuart Davies

Once more, the game's afoot as Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street returns in twenty new adventures specially commissioned for Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series. The celebrated detective, along with his friend and biographer, Dr Watson, investigate a variety of baffling mysteries that will delight fans of the famous sleuth.

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1840220716

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A London Merchant 1695-1774

By: Lucy Stuart Sutherland

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A London Merchant 1695-1774

By: Lucy Stuart Sutherland

First published in 1962. This volume is a collection of the papers from the Mercantile College that preserved as examples of the 'accounts of many distinguished and eminent merchants deceased ... who trod the Royal Exchange with supreme credit and dignity'. They bring together the commercial pride which was reached in the eighteenth century, before the challenge of industry and an economic interpretation based on its predominance brought its sobering influence to bear on 'the great mercantile classes of England'.

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Routledge

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1136244255

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American Glass

By: John Stuart Gordon

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American Glass

By: John Stuart Gordon

Glass can be decorative or utilitarian, and its forms often reflect technological innovations and social change. Drawing on an insightful selection from the Yale University Art Gallery and other collections at Yale, American Glass illuminates the vital and often intimate roles that glass has played in the nation's art and culture. Spectacularly illustrated, the publication showcases eighteenth-century mold-blown vessels, nineteenth-century pressed glass, innovative studio work, and luminous stained-glass windows by John La Farge and Louis Comfort Tiffany, the latter reproduced as a lush gatefold. These are considered alongside beguiling objects that broaden our expectations of glass and speak to the centrality of the medium in American life, including one of the oldest complex microscopes in the United States, an early Edison light bulb, glass-plate photography, jewelry, and more. With an essay on the history of collecting American glass and discussions of each object that present new scholarship, this engaging book tells the long and rich history of glass in America--from prehistoric minerals to contemporary sculptures"--Dust jacket front flap.

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0300226691

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Gudinski

The Godfather of Australian Rock

By: Stuart Coupe

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Gudinski

The Godfather of Australian Rock

By: Stuart Coupe

The real story of the man behind the bands - and a backstage pass to forty years of Australian rock music.Known to many as GODinski, Michael Gudinski is unquestionably the most powerful and influential figure in the Australian rock'n'roll music business - and has been for the last four decades.Often referred to as 'the father of the Australian music industry', he has nurtured the careers of many artists - Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Skyhooks, Split Enz, Yothu Yindi, to name just a few. But his reach isn't limited to Australian artists. With his Frontier Touring Company, Gudinski has toured The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Sting ... pretty much a who's who of the arena level international music scene.A self-made multi-millionaire, Gudinski is the Australian equivalent of Richard Branson or David Geffen, but who is this tough, inspired, flamboyant and impassioned businessman who has shaped Australian popular culture? Where did he come from, and how has he stayed relevant for so long in an industry notorious for its fickleness? Rock journalist Stuart Coupe delves into Gudinski's life to find the answers - and in doing so gives us a backstage pass to forty years of Australian rock.

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0733633110

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Shark!

Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths

By: H C Stuart Professor Emeritus Robert Reid, PhD,Robert Reid

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Shark!

Killer Tales from the Dangerous Depths

By: H C Stuart Professor Emeritus Robert Reid, PhD,Robert Reid

SHARK! The cry that strikes fear into the hearts of beach lovers around the world. It carries a chill of terror, that death is nearby and waiting. Or injuries so shocking that the mind recoils from the thought. This book chronicles shark attacks both on Australia's fatal shores and overseas. It also records miraculous escapes - some so bizarre they defy belief, and some that display extraordinary courage in the face of extreme peril. Robert Reid interviews famous shark hunters and other adventurers who speak for the first time about their dangerous encounters with these fearsome predators. Reid investigates the phenomenon of the so-called 'rogue' sharks, those that stalk and kill humans in numbers, in the same place, at the same time. These are gripping stories that will both fascinate and frighten, stories that will take the reader into the realm of these strange but terrible creatures. They have ruled the oceans with ruthless efficiency for more than 400 million years. They are the silent killers of the deep.

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1459613287

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Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters

Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes

By: Stuart A. Welsh

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Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters

Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes

By: Stuart A. Welsh

A collection of essays on nature, naturalists, and the natural history of fishes in central Appalachia. A nature lover’s paradise, central Appalachia supports a diversity of life in an extensive network of waterways and is home to a dazzling array of fish species. This book focuses not only on the fishes of central Appalachia but also on the fascinating things these fishes do in their natural habitats. An ecological dance unfolds from a species and population perspective, although the influence of the community and the ecosystem also figures in the text. Stuart A. Welsh’s essays link central Appalachian fishes with the complexities of competition and predation, species conservation, parasitic infections, climate change, public attitudes, reproductive and foraging ecology, unique morphology, habitat use, and nonnative species. The book addresses a selection of the families of central Appalachian fishes, including lampreys, gars, freshwater eels, pikes, minnows, suckers, catfishes, trouts, trout-perches, sculpins, sunfishes, and perches. These essays often refer to the works of naturalists who contributed to our knowledge of nature during previous centuries and who recorded their discoveries when science writing was less concise than it is today. Although many of these works are nearly forgotten, these early naturalists built a strong knowledge base that supports much of our current science and thus merits reexamination. Most people are not scientists, but many have an interest in nature and are, in their own way, naturalists. This book is for those people willing to peer beneath the water’s surface.

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Ohio University Press

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0821426117

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I NEED A WORD

By: Paul Stuart

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I NEED A WORD

By: Paul Stuart

We are a product of our genes and experience; nature and nurture. Thankfully, most of us have the right balance, but Quentin Legard's life is a mess. His criminal past is laid bare in this novel as he is forced to look in the mirror. He doesn't know that the highest authority in the land has decreed that he must face his demons and justice. Ray Quinn is on his tail and the climax is as stunning as it is unexpected.

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1326444735

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What is Environmental Sociology?

By: Diana Stuart

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What is Environmental Sociology?

By: Diana Stuart

Given the escalating and existential nature of our current environmental crises, environmental sociology has never mattered more. We now face global environmental threats, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as local threats, such as pollution and household toxins. The complex interactions of such pervasive problems demand an understanding of the social nature of environmental impacts, the underlying drivers of these impacts, and the range of possible solutions. Environmental sociologists continue to make indispensable contributions to this crucial task. This compact book introduces environmental sociology and emphasizes how environmental sociologists do “public sociology,” that is, work with broad public application. Using a diversity of theoretical approaches and research methods, environmental sociologists continue to give marginalized people a voice, identify the systemic drivers of our environmental crises, and evaluate solutions. Diana Stuart shines a light on this work and gives readers insight into applying the tools of environmental sociology to minimize impacts and create a more sustainable and just world.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509544402

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THE EXMOOR TRILOGY

By: Paul Stuart

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THE EXMOOR TRILOGY

By: Paul Stuart

Paul Stuart's 3 Exmoor novels are presented in one superb hardback collection. This is a limited edition of only 100 copies. Experience the magic of Exmoor and be prepared for huge surprises along the way. The plot races along and almost every page raises an eyebrow.

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1326835289

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The Prisoner's Dilemma

By: Sean Stuart O'Connor

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The Prisoner's Dilemma

By: Sean Stuart O'Connor

The far north coast of Scotland. Spring 1745. It begins with a murder. But is it a murder when someone is forced to kill his brother, so that he might save his own life? The guilty man is a nobody, a poor fisherman. The person who arrogantly and unthinkingly makes him commit this terrible act, simply to see how he behaved, is the richest man in Scotland, the Earl of Dunbeath. Dunbeath invents his game of life the Prisoner s Dilemma. He invites his old friend, David Hume, to Caithness to play the new game with him. But into their planned discussions blow two survivors from a shipwreck - the beautiful and brilliant Sophie Kant and the calm, charismatic captain, Alexis Zweig. What follows is a claustrophobic and fast-moving game of cat and mouse, as the characters drive relentlessly towards their destinies in life and death, love and betrayal and the passion they each have to achieve their different ambitions. Under the game-playing, the deceits and feints, the science and the philosophy, is a simple tale of three utterly determined and ruthless men struggling to the death to succeed in the race for an extraordinary woman. Which of them will win? How? And why? ,

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John Hunt Publishing

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178099740X

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The Halloween Mask

And Other Strange Tales

By: David Stuart Davies,Mark Gatiss

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The Halloween Mask

And Other Strange Tales

By: David Stuart Davies,Mark Gatiss

Sherlock cocreator Mark Gatiss lends a foreword to this collection of short ghost stories, each with a shocking sting in the tail. Prepare to have your blood chilled and your nerves tingled. This collection of 18 short stories specially designed to shock and surprise takes you into the misty world of the supernatural where all kinds of dark mischief takes place. What is the secret of "The Dolls' House," what horror lies behind "The Halloween Mask," and what is the terrible secret of "The Fly House?" David Stuart Davies, a modern master of the unsettling narrative, provides a feast of ghoulish, ghostly, and gripping tales guaranteed to unsettle even the hardiest soul.

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The History Press

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0750959789

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9780750959780

The Life of Charles Ives

By: Stuart Feder

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The Life of Charles Ives

By: Stuart Feder

Charles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed these influences within an innovative and modern musical style of composition. Stuart Feder's account of Ives's life clarifies the complexities of the man and his music, while his straightforward discussion of this uniquely autobiographical music in turn illuminates the narrative.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521599318

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9780521599313

Plant Variation and Evolution

By: David Briggs,Stuart Max Walters

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Plant Variation and Evolution

By: David Briggs,Stuart Max Walters

Considers how the study of variation in plants has developed over the last 300 years.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521459184

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Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa

Including Angola, Zambia & Malawi

By: Chris Stuart,Mathilde Stuart

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Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa

Including Angola, Zambia & Malawi

By: Chris Stuart,Mathilde Stuart

Greater southern Africa has a wealth of mammal species, almost 400 – all of which are covered in this fully updated, comprehensive field guide. Now expanded to include species found in Angola, Zambia and Malawi, it has also been extensively revised to include: • the most recent research and taxonomy • revised distribution maps and many new images • colour-coded grouping of families • spoor and size icons • skull photographs, grouped for easy comparison • detailed descriptions of each species, offering insight into key identification characters, typical behaviour, preferred habitat, food choice, reproduction and longevity.

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1775842665

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Reinventing India

Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy

By: Stuart Corbridge,John Harriss

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Reinventing India

Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy

By: Stuart Corbridge,John Harriss

When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Nehru's India never quite fulfilled this promise, but more recently his vision of India has been challenged by two "revolts of the elites": those of economic liberalization and Hindu nationalism. These revolts have been challenged, in turn, by various movements, including those of India's "Backward Classes". These movements have exploited the democratic spaces of India both to challenge for power and to contest prevailing accounts of politics, the state and modernity. Reinventing India offers an analytical account of the history of modern India and of its contemporary reinvention. Part One traces India's transformation under colonial rule, and the ideas and social forces which underlay the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly in 1946 to consider the shaping of the post-colonial state. Part Two then narrates the story of the making and unmaking of this modern India in the period from 1950 to the present day. It pays attention to both economic and political developments, and engages with the interpretations of India's recent history through key writers such as Francine Frankel, Sudipta Kaviraj and Partha Chatterjee. Part Three consists of chapters on the dialectics of economic reform, religion, the politics of Hindu nationalism, and on popular democracy. These chapters articulate a distinct position on the state and society in India at the end of the century, and they allow the authors to engage with the key debates which concern public intellectuals in contemporary India. Reinventing India is a lucid and eminently readable account of the transformations which are shaking India more than fifty years after Independence. It will be welcomed by all students of South Asia, and will be of interest to students of comparative politics and development studies.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745666043

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9780745666044

Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society

By: Stuart Gibbs

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Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society

By: Stuart Gibbs

Charlie Thorne, along with former agents Dante Garcia and Milana Moon, race to find an immensely powerful discovery of Isaac Newton's and face challenges and enemies along the way.

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Simon and Schuster

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1665934891

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9781665934893

On Liberty – Ed. Kahn

By: John Stuart Mill

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On Liberty – Ed. Kahn

By: John Stuart Mill

In this work, Mill reflects on the struggle between liberty and authority and defends the view that “the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.” He questions attempts to limit freedom of conscience and religion, freedom to pursue one’s own interests, and freedom to unite, and he defends a liberal political and social order in which there is considerable room for personal development and freedom of association. This new Broadview Edition demonstrates the ways in which Mill’s intellectual landscape differed markedly from our own, while also drawing attention to the reasons why the work remains relevant and essential reading in the present day. Appendices include antecedents to Mill’s work, critical discussions by his contemporaries, and related writings by Mill. Please note: Broadview offers two separate editions of On Liberty. The Kahn edition is particularly relevant to readers who are interested in how the work is situated in the history of political philosophy, whereas the Alexander edition is recommended to those most interested in the work’s Victorian literary and social contexts.

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1770485074

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Protein and Energy Supply for High Production of Milk and Meat

Proceedings of a Symposium of the Committee on Agricultural Problems of the Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agriculture Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-15 January 1981

By: Sam Stuart

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Protein and Energy Supply for High Production of Milk and Meat

Proceedings of a Symposium of the Committee on Agricultural Problems of the Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agriculture Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-15 January 1981

By: Sam Stuart

Protein and Energy Supply for High Production of Milk and Meat covers the proceedings of a Symposium of the Committee on Agricultural Problems of the Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The book presents studies that are relevant in producing more milk and meat products. The text presents 10 papers that discuss the advances in understanding the significance of rumen fermentation; protein/energy relationships in the intermediary metabolism of ruminants; and protein/energy relationships in the practical feeding of dairy and fattening cattle. The book will be of great use to researchers and professionals concerned with procuring more cattle products.

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1483150704

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