Tony Boyle's Books

The Last Witch Craze

John Aubrey, the Royal Society and the Witches

By: Tony McAleavy

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The Last Witch Craze

John Aubrey, the Royal Society and the Witches

By: Tony McAleavy

A fascinating account of man of letters John Aubrey’s investigation into the witch craze in 17th century England and the remarkable witch trials in Wiltshire. John Aubrey and other leading figures in the Royal Society promoted belief in witchcraft. Aubrey also had a dark secret. He personally practised a form of black witchcraft.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445698439

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Orrery

A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and English Nobility

By: Tony Buick

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Orrery

A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and English Nobility

By: Tony Buick

“Orrery” appeals to almost anyone interested in popular astronomy, astronomical mechanical devices, scientific instruments, the history of clocks - and even the history of aristocratic and prestigious families! Many people these days – not only astronomers – have a good idea of the main components of the Solar System. They might also know about the orrery, a mechanical model that shows the movements of the Moon and planets. But not too many know why it was so named and who it was named after. The Boyle family – the Earls of Orrery –include the famous Boyle of Boyle’s Law. But others were key in the history of the orrery, not the least being clockmakers. Aware of the lunar and planetary content of the sky, they strove to make scientific instruments to demonstrate their movements and introduced measuring devices to predict their positions. In antiquity, their lives on occasion depended on the accuracy; upsetting kings and lords was dangerous business! Orreries are found everywhere. They can be made of wood or metal, and are even available today as home-assembly kits and children’s toys. They appear in paintings, on computers, on the side of royal clocks, in stately home hallways, and of course, in museums all over the world. This book contains illustrations of orreries to give a guide as to what is and was available and where to see the best examples. It also contains information and references to help readers who want to make (or buy) their own orrery. The story of the Boyles is not just relevant to a tiny corner of Ireland, but spans the world. “Orrery” highlights the process of discovery and humankind’s universal fascination with the heavens. Provides a fascinating example of the relationship between innovative thinking (invention) and precision engineering (execution).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461470439

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9781461470434

Orreries, Clocks, and London Society

The Evolution of Astronomical Instruments and Their Makers

By: Tony Buick

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Orreries, Clocks, and London Society

The Evolution of Astronomical Instruments and Their Makers

By: Tony Buick

Orreries—mechanical models of the Solar System and its motions—are found everywhere. They appear in paintings, on computers, across natural landscapes, and in museums all over the world. The more you look, the more you find, yet their significance is often overlooked aside other great astronomical inventions. This book reclaims the history of the orrery, offering a fascinating look into its evolution over the centuries. With a particular focus on London society and clockmakers, it weaves together historical narrative with practical know-hows and scientific fact, showing how the orrery changed from a fanciful toy to a high-tech instrument to a vessel for art and education. The first edition, Orrery, explained what an orrery is and how it got its name. This revised edition goes several steps further, tracing the instrument back to the time of Ptolemy and forward to planetariums and star projectors. In addition, it features new sections on how to construct your own orrery at home. This book will appeal to anybody interested in astronomical mechanical devices, scientific instruments, horology, or the history of clocks.

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Springer Nature

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3030617777

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9783030617776

Outlaws

One Man's Rise Through the Savage World of Renegade Bikers, Hell's Angels and Gl obal Crime

By: Tony Thompson

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Outlaws

One Man's Rise Through the Savage World of Renegade Bikers, Hell's Angels and Gl obal Crime

By: Tony Thompson

The shocking inside story of life in a biker gang, from one of Britain’s top true-crime writers As a member of the international motorcycle club known as the Pagans, Daniel “Snake Dog” Boone had a ringside seat to some of the most violent biker battles ever fought. When he joined his small-town club in the early 1980s, Boone could never have imagined that the ragtag group would one day grow to become a part of the Outlaws, a major gang that would challenge the Hell’s Angels for supremacy around the globe in a battle lasting decades. Through Boone’s eyes, true-crime master Tony Thompson takes us into the fray, and into the heart of a shocking subculture. Outlaws is filled with outrageous stories that will have you gasping with equal parts laughter and horror.

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Penguin

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1101613661

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9781101613665

Steel

A Design, Cultural and Ecological History

By: Tony Fry,Anne-Marie Willis

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Steel

A Design, Cultural and Ecological History

By: Tony Fry,Anne-Marie Willis

Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material, examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and macro level – in terms of both what it has been used to design and how it has functioned as a 'world-making force'. The research for the book is informed by diverse sources including industry journals, contemporary accounts and technical literature – all framed by rich, early accounts of iron and steel making from the middle ages to the opening of the industrial age, and most notably, the crucial works of Vannoccio Biringuccio, Georgius Agricola, Andrew Ure and Harry Scrivenor. In contrast, trans-cultural accounts of the history of metallurgy from eminent sinologists and cultural historians like Joseph Needham and G.E.R. Lloyd are used. Readings on the pre-history and history of science, as well as histories and philosophies technology from scholars such as Siegfried Giedion, Merritt Roe Smith, L.T.C Rolt, Robert B. Gordon inform the analysis. Social and economic history from historians such as Eric Hobsbawn, William T. Hogan and David Brody are consulted; labour process theory is also examined, particularly the influential writings of F.W. Taylor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and his contemporary critics, like David Nobel and Harry Braverman. Many other disciples also inform the account: histories of urban design and architecture, transport and military history, environmental history and geography.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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085785481X

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9780857854810

Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards

By: Tony Lee Moral

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Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards

By: Tony Lee Moral

A one-of-a-kind historical document and celebration of the artwork behind several of the Master of Suspense’s greatest films. This stunning coffee table book focuses on the storyboards for nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movies – Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Torn Curtain, Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound. It includes never before-published images and incisive text putting the material in context and examining the role the pieces played in some of the most unforgettable scenes in cinema. Hitchcock author and aficionado Tony Lee Moral provides a fascinating and illuminating insight into the directorial mind of the Master of Suspense.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1835411185

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9781835411186

Science in Nursing and Health Care

By: Tony Farine,Mark A. Foss

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Science in Nursing and Health Care

By: Tony Farine,Mark A. Foss

The basic scientific principles underlying health care become clear with this straightforward, engaging and applied book. The authors of Science in Nursing and Health believe that in order to provide the best patient care, its necessary to understand the diverse areas of science that inform it. Written in a question and answer format, this book will show you how science concepts relate to nursing and health care. Its packed with applications and real-life examples that show how relevant a good understanding of science is to your everyday practice.

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Routledge

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1317904370

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Home Rule from a Transnational Perspective: The Irish Parliamentary Party and the United Irish League of America, 1901-1918

By: Tony King

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Home Rule from a Transnational Perspective: The Irish Parliamentary Party and the United Irish League of America, 1901-1918

By: Tony King

When John Redmond declared ‘No Irishman in America living 3,000 miles away from the homeland ought to think he has a right to dictate to Ireland’ the Irish leader unwittingly made a rod for his own back. In denying the newly-established United Irish League of America any input into party policy formulation, Redmond risked alienating the nation’s largest diaspora should a home rule crisis ever occur. That such a situation developed in 1914 is an established fact. That it was the product of Redmond’s own naivety is open to conjecture. ‘Home Rule from a Transnational Perspective: The Irish Parliamentary Party and the United Irish League of America, 1901-1918’ explores the Irish Party’s subordination of its American affiliate in light of the ultimate demise of constitutional nationalism in Ireland. This book fills a void in Irish American studies. To date, research in this field has been dominated by Clan na Gael and the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, particularly the transatlantic links that underpinned the Easter Rising in 1916. Little attention has been paid to the Irish party’s efforts to manage the diaspora in the years preceding the insurrection or to the individuals and organisations that proffered a more moderate solution to the age-old Irish Question. Breaking new ground, it offers a fresh and interesting perspective on the fall of the Home Rule Party and helps to explain the seismic shift towards a more radical approach to gaining independence. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Irish America, diaspora studies, Irish independence, and/or home rule. It complements the existing historiography and enhances our knowledge of a largely understudied aspect of Irish nationalism.

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Vernon Press

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1648890857

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9781648890857

The Mexican Mafia

By: Tony Rafael

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The Mexican Mafia

By: Tony Rafael

It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of public awareness and has flourished beneath a deep cover of secrecy. Members are forbidden even to acknowledge its existence. For the first time in its history, the Mexican Mafia is now getting the attention it has been striving to avoid. In this briskly written and thoroughly researched book, Tony Rafael looks at the birth and the blood-soaked growth of this criminal enterprise through the eyes of the victims, the dropouts, the cops and DAs on the front lines of the war against the Mexican Mafia. The first book ever published on the subject, Southern Soldiers is a pioneering work that unveils the operations of this California prison gang and describes how it grew from a small clique of inmates into a transnational criminal organization. As the first prison gang ever to project its power beyond prison walls, the Mexican Mafia controls virtually every Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California and is rapidly expanding its influence into the entire Southwest, across the East Coast, and even into Canada. Riding a wave of unchecked immigration and seemingly beyond the reach of law enforcement, the Mexican Mafia is poised to become the Cosa Nostra of twenty-first-century America.

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Encounter Books

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1594032734

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9781594032738

Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie

By: Tony Lee Moral

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Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie

By: Tony Lee Moral

After a decade of successful films that included Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock produced Marnie, an apparent artistic failure and an unquestionable commercial disappointment. Over the decades, however, the film’s reputation has undergone a reevaluation, and both critics and fans alike have come to appreciate Marnie’s many qualities. In Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie, Tony Lee Moral investigates the cultural and political factors governing the 1964 film’s production, the causes of its critical and commercial failure, and Marnie’s relevance for today’s artists and filmmakers. Hitchcock’s style, motivation, and fears regarding the film are well-documented in this examination of one of his most undervalued efforts. Moral uses extensive research, including personal interviews with Tippi Hedren and Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano—as well as unpublished excerpts from interviews with Hitchcock himself—to delve into the issues surrounding the film’s production and release. This revised edition features four new chapters that provide even more fascinating insights into the film’s production and Hitchcock’s working methods. Biographies of Winston Graham—the author of the novel on which the film is based—and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen provide clues into how they brought a feminist viewpoint to Marnie. Additional material addresses Hitchcock’s unrealized project Mary Rose and his efforts to bring it to the screen, the director’s visual style and subjective approach to Marnie, and an exploration of the “real” Alfred Hitchcock. The book also addresses criticisms of the director following the HBO television movie The Girl, which depicted the filming of Marnie. With newly obtained access to the Hitchcock Collection Production Archives at the Margaret Herrick Library, the files of Jay and Lewis Allen, and the memoirs of Winston Graham—as well as interviews in 2012 with the Hitchcock crew—this new edition of Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie provides an invaluable look behind the scenes of a film that has finally been recognized for its influence and vision. It contains more than thirty photos, including a storyboard sequence for the film.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810891085

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9780810891081

The Irish War

The Hidden Conflict Between the IRA and British Intelligence

By: Tony Geraghty

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The Irish War

The Hidden Conflict Between the IRA and British Intelligence

By: Tony Geraghty

Military veteran and historian Geraghty draws on public and covert sources to reveal the sinister patterns of action and reaction in the hidden conflict in Northern Ireland between the IRA and British Intelligence in the late 1960s. 28 photos.

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JHU Press

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0801864569

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9780801864568

Criminal Law

By: Tony Storey,Alan Lidbury

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Criminal Law

By: Tony Storey,Alan Lidbury

This textbook covers the Criminal Law option of the A-level law syllabus, and provides an ideal introduction for anybody coming to the subject for the first time. Criminal Law covers all A-level syllabuses/specification requirements, and is written by the principal examiner and principal assistant examiner in Criminal Law for one of the major examination boards. It contains extensive case illustration, and a range of examination related questions and activities. There is a special focus on key skills, and on the new synoptic assessment syllabus requirements. This fully updated third edition builds upon the success of the first two editions. It: provides coverage of OCR and AQA specifications is endorsed by OCR for use with the Criminal Law option includes new OCR synoptic assessment source materials (for use in examinations in June 2005) with additional guidance discusses new legislation and cases including Sexual Offences Act 2003, Andrews, Bollom, G and R, Rowland, Safi and others, Weller, Z.

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Routledge

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113589955X

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9781135899554

1St & Dead

By: Tony A. Powers

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1St & Dead

By: Tony A. Powers

It's the year after Dan Kawowski and Jane Dockery had eliminated an al-Qaeda terror cell in Des Moines County, Colorado. Kawowski is now the county sheriff and she's an FBI agent specializing in counterterrorism. Dockery's first assignment is to help counter an al-Qaeda threat in the desert southwest. She's teamed with an ancient desert tracker, Old Joe Gannon, and his monster dog, Laddie. Once in the desert, Dockery and her patrol, discover that an al-Qaeda assassination team has made Kawowski, the love of her life, its main target.

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Author House

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1456737406

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Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema

By: Roddy Flynn,Tony Tracy

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Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema

By: Roddy Flynn,Tony Tracy

From capsule descriptions/assessments of individual feature films to extended essays on areas such as Irish animation, short film, experimental film and documentary production along with discussion of a wide range of key creative and administrative personnel, the Dictionary combines a breath of existing scholarship with extensive new information and research carried out especially for this volume. It is the definitive guide to Irish cinema in the 21st century. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on key Irish actors, directors, producers and other personnel from over a century of Irish film history. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Irish Cinema.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538119587

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9781538119587

Making Sense of Journals in the Physical Sciences

From Specialty Origins to Contemporary Assortment

By: Tony Stankus

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Making Sense of Journals in the Physical Sciences

From Specialty Origins to Contemporary Assortment

By: Tony Stankus

The author lays out the patterns of subject specialization within chemistry and physics in non-technical language, emphasizing the often colourful people and events that influenced the founding of new areas of research and their journals.

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Psychology Press

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1560241802

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9781560241805

Competing Spectacles

Treasuring Christ in the Media Age

By: Tony Reinke

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Competing Spectacles

Treasuring Christ in the Media Age

By: Tony Reinke

We live in a world full of shiny distractions, faced with an onslaught of viral media constantly competing for our attention and demanding our affections. These ever-present visual “spectacles” can quickly erode our hearts, making it more difficult than ever to walk through life actively treasuring that which is most important and yet invisible: Jesus Christ. In a journalistic style, Tony Reinke shows us just how distracting these spectacles in our lives have become and calls us to ask critical questions about what we’re focusing on. The book offers us practical steps to redirect our gaze away from the addictive eye candy of the world and onto the Ultimate Spectacle—leading to the joy and rest our souls crave.

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Crossway

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1433563827

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Instant Physics

By: Tony Rothman

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Instant Physics

By: Tony Rothman

For all of you who break out in a sweat at the thought of thermodynamics, or freeze up at the mention of quantum mechanics, like a bolt from the blue, INSTANT PHYSICS will zap you through the fascinating history of our most basic, yet baffling, science. From the thousand-year search for proof of the existence of the ever-elusive atom to the varied and heated arguments behind the big bang theory, INSTANT PHYSICS answers all the heavy questions with a light touch. You'll learn:* How the Greek philosophers used the sledgehammer of mathematics to break apart the mysteries of the physical universe.* Why gravity is a "romantic" force.* How to tell the difference between a gluon, a meson, and a quark, even if you can't see them.INSTANT PHYSICS is crammed with special features, including chapter summaries, who's who lists, biographical and historical tidbits, and a host of illustrations, photos, equations, diagrams, and drawings.

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ibooks

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1596877561

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9781596877566

Lolly Scramble

By: Tony Martin

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Lolly Scramble

By: Tony Martin

Comedian Tony Martin has strip-mined his often unremarkable life to tell sixteen small tales fraught with laughter and detail. Choosing to ignore his many dubious achievements in the world of Australian show business (Martin/Molloy, The Late Show, a short-lived but torrid affair with Sharon on Kath & Kim), New Zealand-born Martin instead recalls dozens of tiny life-changing moments that, frankly, could have happened to anybody. In damning personal testimony spanning nearly forty years on both sides of the Tasman, Martin wreaks havoc as an apprentice props man in amateur theatre, attempts to corrupt his school's 'weird religious kid', tries vainly to seduce an unwilling babysitter, turns an entire tour bus against him, battles an addiction to Donkey Kong, seeks to master the art of 'kerning' under the tutelage of a tyrannical Geordie, and is forced to donate an unfeasible amount of blood in an attempt to save his own life. Lolly Scramble is a light but flavoursome assortment from a man who appears to have learnt very little from his many mistakes. Tuck right in, but don't eat them all at once or you'll spoil your dinner.

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Pan Australia

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1742623921

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9781742623924

The Rough Guide to New Zealand

By: Laura Harper,Tony Mudd,Paul Whitfield

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The Rough Guide to New Zealand

By: Laura Harper,Tony Mudd,Paul Whitfield

Combining the most extraordinary aspects of both wild and cosmopolitan New Zealand, this Rough Guide offers unparalleled coverage of activities and accommodations. of color photos. 80 maps.

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Rough Guides

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1858288967

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Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology - E-Book

A South Asian Edition

By: Mario Vaz,Tony Raj

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Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology - E-Book

A South Asian Edition

By: Mario Vaz,Tony Raj

The main aim of the Second South Asia Edition is to meet the needs of the undergraduate medical students and faculty on South Asia by aligning the book to the teaching menthods in the subcontinent.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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8131246655

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9788131246658

Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology_3rd SAE-E-book

Third South Asia Edition

By: Mario Vaz,Anura Kurpad,Tony Raj

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Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology_3rd SAE-E-book

Third South Asia Edition

By: Mario Vaz,Anura Kurpad,Tony Raj

- Chapters have been rearranged and often split to work towards one chapter-one lecture model so that the text is linked to curriculum objectives which appeals to both students and faculty. - Narrative length has been reduced while ensuring the original flow and explanation of concepts is not affected. - Updated Learning Objectives (e.g. Applied physiology of the Renal System) and Glossary of Terms in the beginning of every chapter. - Short, easy-to-read, masterfully edited chapters and a user-friendly full-color design facilitates better learning and retention. - Features expanded clinical coverage including obesity, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and other degenerative diseases. - Complex Concepts/Processes are summarized in flowcharts/flow diagram for better understanding. - Contains more than 1000 carefully crafted diagrams and drawings ensures better understanding of Physiology. - Offers Clinically Oriented perspective - bridging basic physiology with pathophysiology, including cellular and molecular mechanism important for Clinical medicine. - Updated throughout based on the Guyton and Hall Textbook of Physiology 14th edition to reflect the latest knowledge in the field. - The information of the book has been updated to include all areas of the new MCI curriculum (these are either embedded within the existing chapters or as several new chapters at the end of the book).

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8131257746

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Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex

Race, Madness, Activism

By: Tony Perucci

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Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex

Race, Madness, Activism

By: Tony Perucci

Actor and singer Paul Robeson's performances in Othello, Show Boat, and The Emperor Jones made him famous, but his midcentury appearances in support of causes ranging from labor and civil rights to antilynching and American warmongering made him notorious. When Robeson announced at the 1949 Paris Peace Conference that it was "unthinkable" for blacks to go to war against the Soviet Union, the mainstream American press declared him insane. Notions of Communism, blackness, and insanity were interchangeably deployed during the Cold War to discount activism such as Robeson's, just a part of an array of social and cultural practices that author Tony Perucci calls the Cold War performance complex. Focusing on two key Robeson performances---the concerts in Peekskill, New York, in 1949 and his appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956---Perucci demonstrates how these performances and the government's response to them are central to understanding the history of Cold War culture in the United States. His book provides a transformative new perspective on how the struggle over the politics of performance in the 1950s was also a domestic struggle over freedom and equality. The book closely examines both of these performance events as well as artifacts from Cold War culture---including congressional documents, FBI files, foreign policy papers, the popular literature on mental illness, and government propaganda films---to study the operation of power and activism in American Cold War culture.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472028200

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9780472028207

London Live

From the Yardbirds to Pink Floyd to the Sex Pistols : the Inside Story of Live Bands in the Capital's Trail-blazing Music Clubs

By: Tony Bacon

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London Live

From the Yardbirds to Pink Floyd to the Sex Pistols : the Inside Story of Live Bands in the Capital's Trail-blazing Music Clubs

By: Tony Bacon

Featuring eyewitness accounts and rare photos, "London Live" offers a celebration of the musicians, venues, and performances that put live rock music in the spotlight of London's 1950s-1970s cultural scene. 100 color photos.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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087930572X

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Power Performance

Multimedia Storytelling for Journalism and Public Relations

By: Tony Silvia,Terry Anzur

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Power Performance

Multimedia Storytelling for Journalism and Public Relations

By: Tony Silvia,Terry Anzur

This book is a unique and definitive guide to the skills necessary for on-camera journalism and offers an invaluable behind-the-scenes look at the profession. Tailors the traditional skills of writing, reporting, and producing to the needs of journalists working in front of the camera Includes chapters devoted to the role of the storyteller, reporting the story across multiple platforms, and presenting the story on-camera Incorporates profiles of leading multimedia journalists and public relations practitioners Addresses the key ethical issues for the profession Offers practical advice for putting presentation skills to work Storytelling skills covered can be applied to a variety of traditional and new media formats including television news, radio, and podcasts

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John Wiley & Sons

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144434062X

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9781444340624

The Anglo-Florentines

The British in Tuscany, 1814-1860

By: Diana Webb,Tony Webb

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The Anglo-Florentines

The British in Tuscany, 1814-1860

By: Diana Webb,Tony Webb

This book looks at the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350136026

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9781350136021

Migration in Britain

Paradoxes of the Present, Prospects for the Future

By: Tony Fielding

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Migration in Britain

Paradoxes of the Present, Prospects for the Future

By: Tony Fielding

This landmark book sets new standards in the analysis of internal migration in the UK. With a focus on the "drivers of migration", knowledge of economic, social, demographic, political, and environmental factors is advanced. Identifying the impacts of environmental change and future trends of migration, the book delivers impressive, original, up-to-date findings of UK internal migration. The book is an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners grappling with the complexities of emergent and entrenched patterns and processes of migration.' Darren P. Smith, Loughborough University, UK 'Fielding's book on contemporary internal migration in Britain comprises a magisterial review of a complex topic. It moves very logically from the description of the migration patterns through discussion of the key drivers onto policy-oriented speculation about future developments in the light of alternative scenarios of economic, social and environmental change. The author has a refreshingly direct and authoritative style that puts his own personal stamp on the book, making for a compelling but also thought-provoking read.' Tony Champion, Newcastle University, UK 'Fielding provides us with a fascinating, authoritative and up-to-date picture of internal migration in the UK, together with a masterful synthesis of the explanations that underpin the spatial patterns of migration at regional and sub-regional scales. He exposes some of the paradoxes apparent in historical migration behaviour and he also speculates creatively on what might be the impacts of environmental vis à vis socio-economic drivers on internal migration in the future under different scenarios.' John Stillwell, University of Leeds, UK Those who need to migrate the most perhaps due to low paid or insecure jobs tend to actually migrate the least, while those who need to migrate the least for example those who have secure, well-paid jobs tend to actually migrate the most. This is one of the many paradoxes about internal migration in Britain that are explored in this topical and timely book by Tony Fielding. Migration in Britain takes a fresh look at the patterns of migration at both the regional and local levels and develops new theoretical frameworks and novel methods to explain these patterns. It anticipates British society and its internal migration flows fifty years hence in the absence of climate change, and comes to judgments about how and in what ways these migration flows might be affected by climate change. Developing new approaches to explain migration patterns, this book will appeal to academics, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students of population migration, as well as businesses concerned with housing and utilities. Anyone with a general interest in migration issues including the impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, will find much to interest them in this insightful book.

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Edmonton

Stories from the River City

By: A. W. Cashman,Tony Cashman

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Edmonton

Stories from the River City

By: A. W. Cashman,Tony Cashman

Whether the edge of the frontier or the centre of the oil boom, Edmonton has been a vibrant city for nearly a century. In Edmonton: Stories from the River City, Tony Cashman tells the tales of the people who built the Alberta capital. Meet John Rowand, Edmonton's first Hawaiian tourist; George Thomson, the postmaster of Old Strathcona; Amer Stimmel, Edmonton's most popular, if least successful, mayoral candidate; Tom Campbell, Edmonton's Mr. Scotland; J.C. Noel, a judge who brought an unusual sensibility to northern justice; John "Mike" Michaels, founder of a downtown landmark; and dozens of other characters who made Edmonton the dynamic, culturally diverse city it is today. Writing with an easy, light-hearted touch, Tony Cashman presents forty vignettes of life in a simpler era. Whether you're a visitor to the city or an Albertan born and bred, these Edmonton stories will charm you again and again.

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University of Alberta

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0888643926

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A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering

By: Tony Atkins,Marcel Escudier

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A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering

By: Tony Atkins,Marcel Escudier

A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering is one of the latest additions to the market leading Oxford Paperback Reference series. In over 8,500 clear and concise A to Z entries, it provides definitions and explanations for mechanical engineering terms in the core areas of design, stress analysis, dynamics and vibrations, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Topics covered include heat transfer, combustion, control, lubrication, robotics, instrumentation, and measurement. Where relevant, the dictionary also touches on related subject areas such as acoustics, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, environmental engineering, and materials science. Useful entry-level web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website to expand the coverage of the dictionary. Cross-referenced and including many line drawings, this excellent new volume is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of its kind. It is an essential reference for students of mechanical engineering and for anyone with an interest in the subject.

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OUP Oxford

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0191044962

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A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering

By: Marcel Escudier,Tony Atkins

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A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering

By: Marcel Escudier,Tony Atkins

This new edition of A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering provides clear and concise definitions and explanations for over 8,000 mechanical-engineering terms in the core areas of design, stress analysis, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, together with newly extended coverage of materials engineering. More than 550 new entries have been incorporated into the text, including alloy steels, biomaterials, ceramics, continuum mechanics, conventional drilling, graphene, metallic glasses, superconductivity, and vapour deposition, alongside over 25 additional line drawings and updated web links. It continues to be an indispensable reference for students of mechanical engineering and related disciplines such as aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering, practising engineers, and other professionals needing to understand engineering terms.

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Oxford University Press

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0192568051

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The Drum Book

By: Geoff Nicholls,Miki Slingsby,Tony Bacon

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The Drum Book

By: Geoff Nicholls,Miki Slingsby,Tony Bacon

Reveals the history of the rock drum kit, its leading manufacturers, and the drummers who inspired innovation in its making

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879304766

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Ireland

A Travel Survival Kit

By: John Murray,Sean Sheehan,Tony Wheeler

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Ireland

A Travel Survival Kit

By: John Murray,Sean Sheehan,Tony Wheeler

Ireland is green, pleasant and relaxed, but behind the smiling faces and noisy pubs lies a long and tragic history. Lonely Planet provides solid travel information on where to stay, what to see and how to get around for varying schedules along with realistic background on history, culture, and politics. Color insert.

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Lonely Planet

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086442194X

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9780864421944

Voices From the Air

The ABC war correspondents who told the stories of Australians in the Second World War

By: Tony Hill

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Voices From the Air

The ABC war correspondents who told the stories of Australians in the Second World War

By: Tony Hill

With the outbreak of the Second World War, a new breed of reporters joined the ranks of war correspondents - and through the reach and power of radio Australians back home heard their voices and their stories shaped from the sounds of battle, out of the white noise of the ether. Australian forces defended our long shoreline against the threat of invasion and more than 500,000 Australians went into battle overseas. They fought on the dusty soil of the Middle East and North Africa, in the snow-topped hills of Greece, on the beaches of the Pacific and in the sweltering jungles of Malaya and New Guinea. And the first ABC war correspondents were on the frontlines with them. The story of these correspondents is a story of Australians at war and a tale of personal struggle, humour, tragedy and achievement. From Chester Wilmot's gripping accounts of the Siege of Tobruk to Dudley Leggett trekking with the diggers through the mud of the Kokoda Trail, Haydon Lennard helping to free Australian nurses from a Japanese prison camp and John Elliott's shocking death in the final campaign in Borneo, ABC correspondents shared the highs, lows and the dangers of the frontline with the troops. And the photographs of the correspondents in the field and the ephemera that has survived: the torn pages, blotted, crossed out and hastily typed scripts that are reproduced in the book bring these experiences to life. Tony Hill's own experience as a foreign correspondent led him in search of the first ABC war correspondents and to a compelling and largely untold story. He is passionate about telling this story of the war; about a remarkable group of men and how they reported from the warfront; how they changed the reporting of war and how the war changed their lives.

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HarperCollins Australia

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1460706374

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9781460706374

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