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The Asian Vigna

Genus Vigna subgenus Ceratotropis genetic resources

By: Norihiko Tomooka,D. Vaughan,Helen Moss,Nigel Maxted

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The Asian Vigna

Genus Vigna subgenus Ceratotropis genetic resources

By: Norihiko Tomooka,D. Vaughan,Helen Moss,Nigel Maxted

The Asian beans and grams, the species of Vigna (subgenus Ceratotropis), include several legumes that are an essential component in the diets of a large proportion of Asia's population, and interest in these legumes is growing as ethnic cuisine spreads worldwide. However, this important group of legumes is little known compared to the closely related Phaseolus beans and soybean. That deficiency is addressed for the first time in this fully illustrated comprehensive conservation, genetics, taxonomic, and agricultural monograph on the genetic resources of the Asian Vigna. The book deals with the phylogeny of the group from the perspectives of morphological and molecular analyses, ex situ and in situ conservation, eco-geographical analyses, and research. In addition, morphological descriptions, keys, and eco-geographic details of each species in the group are provided. This genetic resources handbook and guide to the Asian Vigna will be a valuable reference for agriculturists, conservationists, taxonomists, other scientists, and students interested in the legumes and plant genetic resources.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401003149

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9789401003148

Transforming Education through the Arts

By: Brian Caldwell,Tanya Vaughan

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Transforming Education through the Arts

By: Brian Caldwell,Tanya Vaughan

This timely book takes up the challenge of maintaining programs in the arts in the face of unrelenting pressure from two directions; the increasing focus on literacy and numeracy in schools, teamed with the cut-backs in public funding that often affect the arts most severely. Drawing on the wealth of evidence already available on the impact of the

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Routledge

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1136519408

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9781136519406

The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition

The Inside Story

By: Joel D. Vaughan

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The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition

The Inside Story

By: Joel D. Vaughan

Christian Coalition experienced a meteoric rise in American politics in the 1990s only to see its profile and impact vanish into embarrassing irrelevancy at the end of the decade, leaving many to ask, "Whatever happened to the Christian Coalition?" Joel Vaughan offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Christian Coalition, once the pre-eminent, conservative grassroots political organization in America. Working closely with founder Pat Robertson, President Don Hodel, and wunderkind Executive Director Ralph Reed, the author reveals in a captivating manner the factors that caused the rapid growth of this astonishingly successful organization, and the internal strife that led to its tragic and rapid decline. Containing useful insights for leaders about organizational dynamics and grassroots movements of any kind, The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition shows how people of faith can become more effective at making their voice heard in local, state, and national elections, as well as many obstacles and ambitions to avoid. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a song about a young man who went to work for the British Admiralty and "polished up the handles so carefully" that he became ruler of Queen Victoria's Navy. Joel Vaughan rose from volunteer to Deputy Field Director and, ultimately, to the dual positions of Assistant to the President and Director of Administration. He brings an insider's intimate knowledge of the explosive growth and the ultimate crisis in leadership of Christian Coalition. Full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and revelations, this book is a "must read" for every person interested in American politics who wants a better idea of the pro-family movement and its foremost organization, as well as those interested in the Do's and Don'ts of running a nonprofit organization.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621892123

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9781621892120

Give Me Liberty

The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry

By: David J. Vaughan

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Give Me Liberty

The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry

By: David J. Vaughan

Historians speak of the shot heard 'round the world, but the American Revolution might better be described in terms of the speech heard 'round the world. For more than two hundred years, the impassioned speech of Patrick Henry - I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death - has resounded in the hearts and minds of freedom-loving people everywhere. Henry's life embodied the spirit of American courage and patriotism. Give Me Liberty goes beyond the oratory and eloquence to portray this remarkable man, his family, his ideas, and his times.

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Cumberland House Publishing

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1581823231

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9781581823233

Play

How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

By: Stuart Brown M.D.,Christopher Vaughan

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Play

How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

By: Stuart Brown M.D.,Christopher Vaughan

From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play. Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six-thousand "play histories" of humans from all walks of life-from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.

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Penguin

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110101623X

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9781101016237

Stand, Speak, Deliver!

How to survive and thrive in public speaking and presenting

By: Vaughan Evans

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Stand, Speak, Deliver!

How to survive and thrive in public speaking and presenting

By: Vaughan Evans

Public speaking and presenting rank in the top ten of people's greatest fears. Yet being able to speak coherently and persuasively in a speech, seminar or meeting room is important when progressing our careers and living our lives to the fullest. In this book, 37 pithy, lively and witty mini-speeches tell us how to construct and deliver a speech or presentation. Each example speech follows a simple, perfect structure which will soon become imprinted in your mind. Each focuses on one facet of speaking and gives you the very essentials picked up by the author over 25 years of experience. And each speech will entertain as much as inform you. Stand, Speak, Deliver! will enable you to learn how to use your eyes, vary your voice and move your body. It will also look at how to inform, entertain, humour, persuade, motivate or inspire the audience; how to present, to colleagues or clients; how to introduce a speaker; and how to wow as best man. And you will discover the ultimate secret...! Read the book, enjoy it and you will survive as a speaker. Follow it and you will thrive!

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189

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Robinson

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1472135814

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9781472135810

Mapping Society

The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography

By: Laura Vaughan

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Mapping Society

The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography

By: Laura Vaughan

From a rare map of yellow fever in eighteenth-century New York, to Charles Booth’s famous maps of poverty in nineteenth-century London, an Italian racial zoning map of early twentieth-century Asmara, to a map of wealth disparities in the banlieues of twenty-first-century Paris, Mapping Society traces the evolution of social cartography over the past two centuries. In this richly illustrated book, Laura Vaughan examines maps of ethnic or religious difference, poverty, and health inequalities, demonstrating how they not only serve as historical records of social enquiry, but also constitute inscriptions of social patterns that have been etched deeply on the surface of cities.

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UCL Press

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1787353079

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9781787353077

A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators

Vol. III

By: Edward Vaughan Williams

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A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators

Vol. III

By: Edward Vaughan Williams

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385534070

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9783385534070

The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit

'Madness' in Britain, 1450–1950

By: David J. Vaughan

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The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit

'Madness' in Britain, 1450–1950

By: David J. Vaughan

For over 500 years, women have suffered claims of mental decay solely on account of their gender. Frigid, insane, not quite there, a witch in sheep's clothing, labels that have cast her as the fragile species and destroyer of Man.This book reveals attitudes, ideas and responses on what was to be done with 'mad women' in Britain.Journey back into the unenlightened Middle Ages to find demonic possession, turbulent humours and the wandering womb. In the Puritan Age, when the mad were called witches and scolds ducked for their nagging. The age of Austen and a sense and sensibility created from her fragile nerves. Then descend into Victorian horrors of wrongful confinement and merciless surgeons, before arriving, just half a century past, to the Viennese couch and an obligation to talk.At the heart of her suffering lay her gynaecological make-up, driving her mad every month and at every stage of her life. Terms such as menstrual madness, puerperal insanity and 'Old Maid's Insanity' poison history's pages.An inescapable truth is now shared: that so much, if not all, was a male creation. Though not every medic was male, nor every male a fiend, misogynist thought shaped our understanding of women, set down expectations and 'corrected' the flawed.The book exposes the agonies of life for the 'second class' gender; from misdiagnosis to brutal oppression, seen as in league with the Devil or the volatile wretch. Touching no less than six centuries, it recalls how, for a woman, being labelled as mad was much less a risk, more her inevitable burden.

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Casemate Publishers

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1526732300

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9781526732309

God in Jesus of Nazareth

A New Interpretation

By: Thomas Ronald Vaughan

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God in Jesus of Nazareth

A New Interpretation

By: Thomas Ronald Vaughan

Christianity’s bold claim is that the Lord God Almighty mysteriously and miraculously became incarnate in a single individual, in an obscure land, in an ancient time. Why would God do that, and what did God accomplish? How does the Second Person relate intrapersonally to and with Jesus of Nazareth? This book offers suggestive, provocative new answers. It also explores long neglected topics in this never to be repeated event, the most important in the history of the world.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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166672338X

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9781666723380

Some Were Giants

By: R. K. VAUGHAN

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Some Were Giants

By: R. K. VAUGHAN

A grandfathers trips with his grandchildren to baseball parks around the country is the backdrop for the light-hearted but instructional telling of stories about some stellar baseball players. These stars also provided off-the-field examples for young people to follow in the way they lived their lives. The kids learn why these men are part of baseball lore and why they should be remembered as more than ballplayers. Courage, charity and concern for others pop up in the lives of all of these men who, except for one, are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And, as Grandpa says, He could have been.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453546480

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9781453546482

Book's by Vaughan Robinson

The Asian Vigna

The Asian Vigna

Transforming Education through the Arts

Transforming Education through the Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition

The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition

Give Me Liberty

Give Me Liberty

Play

Play

Stand, Speak, Deliver!

Stand, Speak, Deliver!

Mapping Society

Mapping Society

A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators

A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators

The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit

The Suffering of Women Who Didn't Fit

God in Jesus of Nazareth

God in Jesus of Nazareth

Some Were Giants

Some Were Giants

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