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Want to Go Out for a Bite?

Marv Albert's Favorite Pick-Up Line and Other Jokes from the Headlines

By: Tim Harrod

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Want to Go Out for a Bite?

Marv Albert's Favorite Pick-Up Line and Other Jokes from the Headlines

By: Tim Harrod

Whitewater. O.J. Simpson. Microsoft. Marv Albert. It takes dedication to seriously follow the day's evolving issues. But crack a joke about current events and you've got everyone's attention! In this first in a series of annual jokefest wrap-ups, editor Tim Harrod has collected some of the funniest gags based on events in the world during the past year. From Michael Jackson to sheep cloning to presidential blunders, "Want to Go Out for a Bite?" delivers timely laughs. Filled with riddles, knock-knocks, clever cracks, and short anecdotes, "Want to Go Out for a Bite?" taps into the American mainstream with some of the best quips and witticisms about some of recent history's most turbulent times. -- If the best gift one can receive is something a child has made, does that mean the best gift is anything from the Kathie Lee Gifford clothing collection? -- What does it mean when the flag at the post office is flying at half-mast? Now hiring! -- How successful was McDonald's $.55 Big Mac promotion? Ronald McDonald recently spent a night in the Lincoln bedroom. With "Want to Go Out for a Bite?", fans and followers of the day's events can take a lighter approach to news. Culled from the giant pool that is today's media, this book is the consummate gift for every American who has been overloaded with information about politics, celebrities, and conspiracy theories -- and needs a way to kick back and guffaw. What better way to make sense of the day's events than to make fun of them?

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1449442439

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Money in a Free Society

Keynes, Friedman, and the New Crisis in Capitalism

By: Tim Congdon

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Money in a Free Society

Keynes, Friedman, and the New Crisis in Capitalism

By: Tim Congdon

In the 15 years to mid-2007 the world economy enjoyed unparalleled stability (the so-called “Great Moderation”), with steady growth and low inflation. But the period since mid-2007 (“the Great Recession”) has seen the worst macroeconomic turmoil since the 1930s. A dramatic plunge in trade, output and employment in late 2008 and 2009 has been followed by an unconvincing recovery. How is the lurch from stability to instability to be explained? What are the intellectual origins of the policy mistakes that led to the Great Recession? What theories motivated policies in the USA and other leading nations? Which ideas about economic policy have proved right? And which have been wrong? Money in a Free Society contains 18 provocative essays on these questions from Tim Congdon, an influential economic adviser to the Thatcher government in the UK and one of the world’s leading monetary commentators. Congdon argues that academic economists and policy-makers have betrayed the intellectual legacy of both Keynes and Friedman. These two great economists believed – if in somewhat different ways – in the need for steady growth in the quantity of money. But Keynes has been misunderstood as advocating big rises in public spending and large budget deficits as the only way to defeat recession. That has led under President Obama to an unsustainable explosion in American public debt. Meanwhile the Fed has ignored extreme volatility in the rate of money growth, contrary to the central message of Friedman’s analytical work. In his 1923 Tract on Monetary Reform Keynes said, “The Individualistic Capitalism of today, precisely because it entrusts saving to the individual investor and production to the individual employer, presumes a stable measuring-rod of value, and cannot be efficient--perhaps cannot survive--without one.” In Money in a Free Society Congdon calls for a return to stable money growth and sound public finances, and argues that these remain the best answers to the problems facing modern capitalism.

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Encounter Books

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159403544X

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REFLECTIONS ON MONETARISM

By: Tim Congdon

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REFLECTIONS ON MONETARISM

By: Tim Congdon

The last 20 years have seen severe macroeconomic instability in Britain, with three extreme and highly damaging boom-bust cycles. Professor Tim Congdon, one of the City's most well-known commentators, has been an influential critic of successive governments' failures in economic policy throughout this period. Reflections on Monetarism brings together his most important academic papers and journalism, including his remarkably prescient series of articles in The Times from 1985 to 1988 forecasting that the Lawson credit boom would wreck the Thatcher Government's reputation for sound financial management. He presents a powerful argument that the root cause of Britain's economic instability has been the volatile growth of credit and the money supply.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788970705

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9781788970709

Bats, Baronets and Battle

A Social History of Cricket and Cricketers from an East Sussex Town

By: Tim Dudgeon

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Bats, Baronets and Battle

A Social History of Cricket and Cricketers from an East Sussex Town

By: Tim Dudgeon

Bats, baronets and Battle is more than just about cricket. This is a history full of colourful characters – eccentric baronets with a fondness for gambling, forthright women who wished to take their role and the game beyond an excuse to wear a pretty dress, and brothers from local villages who played the sport at the highest levels home and abroad. If Sussex was the 'cradle' for the earliest of cricket, the villages around Battle were there at the game's birth. From Georgian times and the murky world of 18th century politics, Tim Dudgeon traces Battle cricket's role from its role in 18th century Georgian gambling though the fear of 19th century rural unrest and the dawn of the professional game to the tragic impact of two world wars and into the modern era. The story he uncovers is an intriguing one that has local people and communities at its heart, but throws light on their links with events and forces that have shaped our world today.

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1481784293

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Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism

By: Tim Congdon

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Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism

By: Tim Congdon

Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism is an intriguing miscellaneous of essays by one of Britain''s leading monetarist economists in the 1980s and in the 1990s. The book indeed brings together the main academic papers written by the author revising and up-to-dating the previous collection titled, Reflections on Monetarism, with the new papers published in the first years of 2000. The book by this "advocate" of monetarism is very often appealing and provocative, covering topics that are fundamental to macroeconomic thinking and policy-making. . . certainly appealing for macroeconomists and researchers. . .'' Lino Sau, History of Economic Ideas ''In the context of the current economic climate, this volume provides an excellent opportunity for reappraising the arguments on both sides of the debate. . . The importance of this volume is that it provides the interested reader with an excellent summary of the monetarist position prior to the current crisis.'' Economic Outlook and Business Review ''Tim Congdon has been Britain''s leading monetarist for about three decades. . . He has a sharp eye for statistics, for history, for the twists and flows of intellectual fads, and for the political arena where debate hardens suddenly into the stone of decision. He is subtle, practical, bellicose and highly articulate. This volume is vintage Congdon in every sense.'' Peter Sinclair, The Business Economist ''Tim Congdon''s book revisits the intellectual battlefields of British monetary theory and policy. A doughty advocate of monetarism, he is stimulating, controversial and entertaining.'' Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ''Whether rescuing Keynes from the "Keynesians" or finding support in his earlier works for a distinctly British version of Monetarism, Tim Congdon writes with engaging and provocative enthusiasm. This is a timely collection too, coming from a long-standing exponent of ideas that policy makers are once again beginning to take seriously. It deserves the careful attention of anyone interested in British monetary policy.'' David Laidler, University of Western Ontario, Canada ''As with all Tim Congdon''s writing, beautifully written and vigorously argued.'' Robert Sidelsky, author of the biography John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism is a major contribution to the continuing debate on macroeconomic policy-making. Tim Congdon has been a strong supporter of monetarist economic principles for over 30 years. His writings in the newspapers and for parliamentary committees, as well as in academic journals played an influential role in the transformation of British macroeconomic policy in the 1980s and 1990s. This book brings together the main papers written by the author since his 1992 collection, Reflections on Monetarism. It challenges several ''conventional wisdoms'' about UK macroeconomic policy (and thinking about policy), arguing for example that the Keynesians'' advocacy of incomes policy and fiscal activism in the immediate post-war decades did not have a clear basis in Keynes''s own writings. The book denies that the UK had a ''Keynesian revolution'', in the sense of a deliberately pursued fiscal activism to promote ''full employment''. Implicit throughout the volume is a distinctive view of how the economy works, with an account of the transmission mechanism (from money to the economy) in which movements in asset prices and aggregate demand are strongly influenced by the quantity of money. Congdon uses this approach to demonstrate that monetary policy has had more powerful effects on macroeconomic activity in the post-war period than fiscal policy. He also suggests that the now fashionable ''New Keynesian'' view of policy-making acknowledges the primacy of monetary policy and would be better termed ''output gap monetarism''. In short, Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism contends that monetarism defeated Keynesianism in the battle of ideas in the 1970s and 1980s. The achievement of greater macroeconomic stability in the last 15 years is largely due to the impact of monetarist thinking on policy-making. The book is clearly and attractively written, and covers topics that are fundamental to macroeconomic thinking and policy-making. It will be a provocative and appealing read for scholars at all levels of economics, macroeconomics and monetary theory. It will also find an audience among policymakers in central banks and finance ministries, business economists working in companies, and financial economists in the City of London and other centres.

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1847206921

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part I Vol 1

Travel Writings on North America, the Far East, North and South Poles and the Middle East

By: Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part I Vol 1

Travel Writings on North America, the Far East, North and South Poles and the Middle East

By: Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs

A collection of work that attempts to reflect the diversity of travel literature from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This literature often reveals something of the cultural and gender difference of the travellers, as well as ideas on colonialism, anthropology and slavery.

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1000559866

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Essentials of Economics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar,Brian Roach,Tim B. Thornton

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Essentials of Economics in Context

By: Neva Goodwin,Jonathan M. Harris,Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar,Brian Roach,Tim B. Thornton

Essentials of Economics in Context is specifically designed to meet the requirements of a one-semester introductory economics course that provides coverage of both microeconomic and macroeconomic foundations. It addresses current economic challenges, paying specific attention to issues of inequality, globalization, unpaid work, technology, financialization, and the environment, making the text a genuinely twenty-first century introduction to economics. Aspects of history, institutions, gender, ethics, and ecology are integrated throughout the text, and economic analysis is presented within broader themes of human well-being, and social and environmental sustainability. Theoretical expositions in the text are kept close to reality by integrating numerous real-world examples and by presenting the material in the recognized accessible and engaging style of this experienced author team. Key features of Essentials of Economics in Context include: • an inclusive approach to economics, where the economy is analyzed within its social and environmental context • an innovative chapter examining data on various economic indicators • focus on goals of human well-being, stability, and sustainability, and inclusion of core and public purpose spheres, instead of solely focusing on market activities a wealth of online materials such as slides, test banks, and answers to exercises in the book This text is the ideal resource for one-semester introductory economics courses globally. The book's companion website is available at: http://www.bu.edu/eci/education-materials/textbooks/essentials-of-economics-in-context/

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1000067084

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Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City in Nineteenth-century Australia

By: Tim Murray,Penny Crook

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Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City in Nineteenth-century Australia

By: Tim Murray,Penny Crook

This book presents research into the urban archaeology of 19th-century Australia. It focuses on the detailed archaeology of 20 cesspits in The Rocks area of Sydney and the Commonwealth Block site in Melbourne. It also includes discussions of a significant site in Sydney – First Government House. The book is anchored around a detailed comparison of contents of 20 cesspits created during the 19th century, and examines patterns of similarity and dissimilarity, presenting analyses that work towards an integration of historical and archaeological data and perspectives. The book also outlines a transnational framework of comparison that assists in the larger context related to building a truly global archaeology of the modern city. This framework is directly related a multi-scalar approach to urban archaeology. Historical archaeologists have been advocating the need to explore the archaeology of the modern city using several different scales or frames of reference. The most popular (and most basic) of these has been the household. However, it has also been acknowledged that interpreting the archaeology of households beyond the notion that every household and associated archaeological assemblage is unique requires archaeologists and historians to compare and contrast, and to establish patterns. These comparisons frequently occur at the level of the area or district in the same city, where archaeologists seek to derive patterns that might be explained as being the result of status, class, ethnicity, or ideology. Other less frequent comparisons occur at larger scales, for example between cities or countries, acknowledging that the archaeology of the modern western city is also the archaeology of modern global forces of production, consumption, trade, immigration and ideology formation. This book makes a contribution to that general literature

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Springer Nature

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3030271692

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9783030271695

Something to Shout About

The History of Forest Green Rovers FC

By: Tim Barnard

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Something to Shout About

The History of Forest Green Rovers FC

By: Tim Barnard

Forest Green Rovers have risen through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of non-League football. Asfounder members of the Mid-Gloucestershire League in 1894 – the rst football league in Gloucestershire outside of Bristol– they have always been forward looking. Their rise has not always been smooth but the ambition of those involved with the club has seen them through and they are now the longest-serving members of the Conference National. This comprehensive history of Forest Green Rovers looks back at the highs and lows of their 125-year existence, right up to the start of the 2014/15 campaign. Taking in the glory of cup wins, promotion campaigns and the drama of several last-minute escapes from relegation– not to mention 1982's FA Vase win– it will delight Rovers fans of all ages and prove just why the Rovers have something to shout about.

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The History Press

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0750962747

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9780750962742

Nugget Coombs

A Reforming Life

By: Tim Rowse

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Nugget Coombs

A Reforming Life

By: Tim Rowse

A 2002 biography of H. C. 'Nugget' Coombs, one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521677831

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Being Alive

Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description

By: Tim Ingold

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Being Alive

Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description

By: Tim Ingold

Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life. Generations of theorists, however, have expunged life from their accounts, treating it as the mere output of patterns, codes, structures or systems variously defined as genetic or cultural, natural or social. Building on his classic work The Perception of the Environment, Tim Ingold sets out to restore life to where it should belong, at the heart of anthropological concern. Being Alive ranges over such themes as the vitality of materials; what it means to make things; the perception and formation of the ground; the mingling of earth and sky in the weather-world; the experiences of light, sound and feeling; the role of storytelling in the integration of knowledge; and the potential of drawing to unite observation and description. Our humanity, Ingold argues, does not come ready-made but is continually fashioned in our movements along ways of life. Starting from the idea of life as a process of wayfaring, Ingold presents a radically new understanding of movement, knowledge and description as dimensions not just of being in the world, but of being alive to what is going on there. This edition includes a new preface by the author.

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1000489469

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9781000489460

Landscapes of Monastic Foundation

The Establishment of Religious Houses in East Anglia C. 650-1200

By: Tim Pestell

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Landscapes of Monastic Foundation

The Establishment of Religious Houses in East Anglia C. 650-1200

By: Tim Pestell

Pre-Conquest monastic foundations, (in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk) in their topographical, social, economic and political environment; evolution of religious devotion in East Anglia since the 7th-century Conversion; the influence of the Anglo-Saxon past on the post-Conquest monastic landscape.

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Boydell Press

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1843830620

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Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560

By: Tim Thornton

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Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560

By: Tim Thornton

The palatinate of Chester survives Tudor centralisation.

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Boydell & Brewer

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086193248X

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Hello, Is This Planet Earth?

My View from the International Space Station

By: Tim Peake

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Hello, Is This Planet Earth?

My View from the International Space Station

By: Tim Peake

The #1 international bestseller: An astronaut's tour of our planet from the heavens, featuring 150 mesmerizing photographs (with commentary) from the International Space Station. During his six-month mission to the International Space Station, astronaut Tim Peake became the first British astronaut to complete a spacewalk -- and, perhaps more astonishingly, the first to run an entire marathon in space. During his historic mission, he captured hundreds of dazzling photographs, the very best of which are collected here. Tim captures the majesty of the cosmos and of the planet we call home: breath-taking aerial photos of the world's cities illuminated at night, the natural beauty of the northern lights, and unforgettable views of oceans, mountains, and deserts. Tim's lively stories about life in space appear alongside these photographs, including the tale from which the title is taken: his famous wrong number dialed from space, when he accidentally called a stranger and asked: "Hello, is this planet Earth?" With this truly unique perspective on the incredible sights of our planet, Tim demonstrates that while in space, hundreds of miles above his friends and family, he never felt closer to home.

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Little, Brown

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0316512761

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Otter Tail Review

More Stories, Essays, and Poems from Minnesota's Heartland

By: Rundquist Tim Rundquist,Tim Rundquist

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More Stories, Essays, and Poems from Minnesota's Heartland

By: Rundquist Tim Rundquist,Tim Rundquist

Otter Tail Review, volume Two continues in the same vein as the first edition: featuring fiction, poetry, and essays from local Minnesota authors. The anthology features the works of such well-known writers as Robert Bly, Eugene McCarthy, Will Weaver, Jessica Lourey, and Lin Enger, as well as a wide and talented array of previously unpublished authors. Focusing on indigenous and immigrant story-telling, the Otter Tail Review, Volume Two is poignant, humorous, thought-provoking, and a genuine Minnesota treasure. Profits from both volumes of the Otter Tail Review are dedicated to library and literacy programs in the Upper Midwest.

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iUniverse

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0595411355

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9780595411351

50 People Who Messed up the World

By: Alexander Parker,Tim Richman

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50 People Who Messed up the World

By: Alexander Parker,Tim Richman

Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place? 'I can't imagine how they whittled it down to just 50 people' - comedian Nik Rabinowitz 'A fantastic thought-provoking book that renews my appreciation for history. It reminds us how we got here and how we can avoid things getting worse' Mandla Shongwe, SAFM Lifestyle 'A fascinating, terrific read' Gareth Cliff, CliffCentral From despotic mass-murderers to sports cheats, and from corrupt politicians to truly dreadful celebrities, who has had the most damaging -- or vexatious -- impact in their particular sphere of modern life? This line-up of the very worst of the twentieth century and beyond includes the obvious candidates: those who have caused extraordinary damage through their murderous paranoia, brutal avarice, or demented self-regard -- Stalin, King Leopold, Idi Amin and the like. But murderous dictators aside, there are plenty of others who deserve recognition for their role in making the world a significantly more dangerous or, at the very least, more annoying place: terrorist Carlos the Jackal; Robert Oppenheimer, the man who gave the world the atomic bomb; notorious sports cheat Lance Armstrong; and the one and only President Donald Trump, who has of course succeeded in making the world both more annoying and more dangerous. This perfectly focused spotlight on infamy is illustrated throughout by award-winning political cartoonist Zapiro.

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Robinson

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1472140702

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9781472140708

The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture

By: Tim Waterman

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The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture

By: Tim Waterman

The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture provides an introduction to the key elements of this broad field. From climate change to sustainable communities, landscape architecture is at the forefront of today's most crucial issues. This book explains the process of designing for sites, calling upon historical precedent and evolving philosophies to discuss how a project moves from concept to realization. It serves as a guide to the many specializations within landscape architecture, such as landscape strategy and urban design.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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2940439230

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The Blue Food Revolution

By: Tim Roux

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The Blue Food Revolution

By: Tim Roux

The Blue Food Revolution' is the story of a young man and a young woman who travel the world in search of adventure, enlightenment, fun, and possibly each other. What they experience astonishes them, terrifies them, enthralls them, saddens them and unexpectedly kills one of them. She was a girl from an alpine village where she tried to murder her sister. He was a bank clerk from Reading whom her sister tried to murder. Theirs was a marriage made in heaven..... ....but would they ever meet?

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Night Publishing

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1452836515

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The World's Weirdest News Stories

By: John A. Torres,Tim Healey

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The World's Weirdest News Stories

By: John A. Torres,Tim Healey

Thanks to the twenty-four-hour news cycle, today we can learn of big news developments in no time at all. But what about the smallerand strangerevents that are often overlooked or ignored? This captivating volume offers readers the oddest stories ever to hit the newspapers. A dog on trial for murder? A man who choked to death on the garlic he used to repel vampires? A torrent of frogs raining from the sky? A lady who picked up broadcasting signals through her teeth? The trouser thief? These crazy news stories will convince readers that truth is often stranger than fiction. Sidebars, a glossary, and books and websites in the further reading section are also included.

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Enslow Publishing, LLC

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0766083772

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9780766083776

The Astronaut Selection Test Book

Do You Have What it Takes for Space?

By: Tim Peake,The European Space Agency

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The Astronaut Selection Test Book

Do You Have What it Takes for Space?

By: Tim Peake,The European Space Agency

_________________________ *The* puzzle book of 2018, as featured in the Times, Daily Telegraph, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Breakfast, and a Guardian Book of the Year pick. Have YOU got what it takes to be an astronaut? This book will help readers of all ages find out. Featuring 100 real astronaut tests and exercises from the European Space Agency's rigorous selection process, ranging from easy to fiendishly hard, The Astronaut Selection Test Book goes where no puzzle book has gone before. Including puzzles and tests on: · visual perception and logic · mental arithmetic and concentration · psychological readiness · teamwork and leadership · survival, physical and medical skills · foreign languages (every astronaut has to know Russian!) and much more, this richly illustrated book draws on Tim Peake's first-hand experience of applying to be an astronaut in 2008, when he and five others were chosen - out of over 8,000 applications! We've all dreamed of being an astronaut, though of the estimated 100 billion people who have ever lived, only 557 people have travelled to space. But with this unprecedented look into real astronaut selection, you might just find out your dreams can become reality... _________________________ HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM SOLVER... _______ 'Engrossing... a brain buster of a book... You'll learn plenty about space and what it takes to be an astronaut, but you'll also sharpen up your broader knowledge. For anyone interested in the space race and the imminent journey to Mars, here's the perfect stocking filler.' - STARBURST 'It's a brain work-out on steroids, stuffed with authentic selection tests... Entertaining and engaging... innovative, earnest, soulful and exhilarating' - BBC SKY AT NIGHT MAGAZINE (5 STARS, Book of the Month) 'It's such a good idea... this is a very good thing for Christmas Day' - GRAHAM NORTON, BBC RADIO 2 'Everybody, get this book... it's a fascinating read' - CHRIS MOYLES, RADIO X 'A fantastic gift... more than just a quiz' - WI LIFE 'The perfect [book] for big thinkers' - BBC ARTS, 2018's Biggest Books

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Random House

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1473561035

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The Chimp Who Loved Me

By: Tim Vandehey,Annie Greer

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The Chimp Who Loved Me

By: Tim Vandehey,Annie Greer

Animal behaviorist Annie Greer and collaborator Tim Vandehey share 26 bawdy, touching and hysterically funny stories from Annie's incredible life with and around animals. Read about Bilbo Baggins, the hung over hamster...Mr. Piggy, the agoraphobic pig, Diva, the special needs turkey and many more in a warm, wry book about sex and lust, pee and poop, death and birth.

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Lulu.com

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0578072637

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part I Vol 4

Travel Writings on North America, the Far East, North and South Poles and the Middle East

By: Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part I Vol 4

Travel Writings on North America, the Far East, North and South Poles and the Middle East

By: Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs

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1000559890

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Europe's Sea Mammals Including the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde

A field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals

By: Robert Still,Hugh Harrop,Luís Dias,Tim Stenton

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Europe's Sea Mammals Including the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde

A field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals

By: Robert Still,Hugh Harrop,Luís Dias,Tim Stenton

A state-of-the-art photographic identification guide to Europe’s whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals This cutting-edge photographic identification guide to Europe’s sea mammals—the only such guide of its kind—covers the 39 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises and 9 species of seals found in the region, which spans the eastern Atlantic from Iceland to Macaronesia, and the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic seas. Written and illustrated by a team of professional tour guides with extensive experience presenting the region’s sea mammals, the guide features more than 180 color photographs, maps and graphics, highlights key identification features and includes information on the range, ecology, behaviour and conservation status of each species. Produced with the marine conservation charity ORCA, the book presents mapping data from a decade of surveys, which shows both current distribution and changes over time. Europe’s Sea Mammals is an essential companion for whale watchers and anyone else who is interested in this enigmatic group of mammals. The only photographic guide dedicated to this popular whale-watching region Features more than 180 color photos, maps and graphics Highlights key identification features and provides essential information on the range, ecology, behaviour and conservation status of each species

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Princeton University Press

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0691190623

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Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?

By: Tim Bradford

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Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?

By: Tim Bradford

A wry and extremely witty travelogue exploring all things Irish (and Oirish).'With Spike Milligan-ish humour, Bradford investigates the Irish psyche: at times he comes close to adding a new mythology of his own.’ Time Out

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HarperCollins UK

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0007394683

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9780007394685

The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present

By: Tim Brooks,Earle F. Marsh

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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present

By: Tim Brooks,Earle F. Marsh

AMERICA’S #1 BESTSELLING TELEVISION BOOK WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT– NOW REVISED AND UPDATED! PROGRAMS FROM ALL SEVEN COMMERCIAL BROADCAST NETWORKS, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CABLE NETWORKS, PLUS ALL MAJOR SYNDICATED SHOWS! This is the must-have book for TV viewers in the new millennium–the entire history of primetime programs in one convenient volume. It’s a guide you’ll turn to again and again for information on every series ever telecast. There are entries for all the great shows, from evergreens like The Honeymooners, All in the Family, and Happy Days to modern classics like 24, The Office, and Desperate Housewives; all the gripping sci-fi series, from Captain Video and the new Battle Star Galactica to all versions of Star Trek; the popular serials, from Peyton Place and Dallas to Dawson’s Creek and Ugly Betty; the reality show phenomena American Idol, Survivor, and The Amazing Race; and the hits on cable, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Top Chef, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Project Runway, and SpongeBob SquarePants. This comprehensive guide lists every program alphabetically and includes a complete broadcast history, cast, and engaging plot summary–along with exciting behind-the-scenes stories about the shows and the stars. MORE THAN 500 ALL-NEW LISTINGS from Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy to 30 Rock and Nip/Tuck UPDATES ON CONTINUING SHOWS such as CSI, Gilmore Girls, The Simpsons, and The Real World EXTENSIVE CABLE COVERAGE with more than 1,000 entries, including a description of the programming on each major cable network AND DON’T MISS the exclusive and updated “Ph.D. Trivia Quiz” of 200 questions that will challenge even the most ardent TV fan, plus a streamlined guide to TV-related websites for those who want to be constantly up-to-date SPECIAL FEATURES! • Annual program schedules at a glance for the past 61 years • Top-rated shows of each season • Emmy Award winners • Longest-running series • Spin-off series • Theme songs • A fascinating history of TV “This is the Guinness Book of World Records . . . the Encyclopedia Britannica of television!” –TV Guide

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0307483207

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The Rough Guide

By: Samantha Cook,Jamie Jensen,Tim Perry,Greg Ward

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The Rough Guide

By: Samantha Cook,Jamie Jensen,Tim Perry,Greg Ward

Now updated, this bestselling travel guide provides complete coverage of all American cities, including reviews of hotels, bars, restaurants, national parks, seaside resorts, highways, byways, and more. Also provided is insightful commentary on the people who have shaped the U.S.--from Abe Lincoln to Elvis Presley. "You'll find the best America has to offer".--Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

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185828161X

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