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McKay's Building Construction

By: William Barr McKay

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McKay offers conservation practitioners an essential understanding of the traditional forms of construction, covering the use of masonry and brickwork, carpentry and joinery, slating, plumbing and drainage. The book includes: the author's extensive, highly detailed drawings to illustrate the text; useful material on traditional craft practice - essential for undertaking repairs; and explanations of terminology and techniques - simply described.

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1559

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Routledge

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1317341082

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9781317341086

John Rae, Arctic Explorer

The Unfinished Autobiography

By: John Rae,William Barr

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John Rae, Arctic Explorer

The Unfinished Autobiography

By: John Rae,William Barr

John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae’s accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic’s greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae’s unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae’s previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae’s reports and correspondence—including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr’s meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae’s life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration.

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689

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University of Alberta

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1772123323

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9781772123326

From Barrow to Boothia

The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839

By: William Barr

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From Barrow to Boothia

The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839

By: William Barr

Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea ice, Dease and Simpson, in some of the longest small-boat voyages in the history of the Arctic, mapped the remaining gaps in a model operation of efficient, economical, and safe exploration. Thomas Simpson's narrative, the standard source on the expedition, claimed the expedition's success for himself, stating "Dease is a worthy, indolent, illiterate soul, and moves just as I give the impulse." In From Barrow to Boothia William Barr shows that Dease's contribution was absolutely crucial to the expedition's success and makes Dease's sober, sensible, and modest account of the expedition available. Dease's journal, reproduced in full, is supplemented by a brief introduction to each section and detailed annotations that clarify and elaborate the text. By including relevant correspondence to and from expedition members, Barr captures the original words of the participants, offering insights into the character of both Dease and Simpson and making clear what really happened on this successful expedition.

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356

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077356957X

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9780773569577

The 1950s

By: William H. Young

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The 1950s

By: William H. Young

Have the 1950s been overly romanticized? Beneath the calm, conformist exterior, new ideas and attitudes were percolating. This was the decade of McCarthyism, Levittowns, and men in gray flannel suits, but the 1950s also saw bold architectural styles, the rise of paperback novels and the Beat writers, Cinema Scope and film noir, television variety shows, the Golden Age of the automobile, subliminal advertising, fast food, Frisbees, and silly putty. Meanwhile, teens attained a more prominent role in American culture with hot rods, rock 'n' roll, preppies and greasers, and—gasp—juvenile delinquency. At the same time, a new technological threat, the atom bomb, lurked beneath the surface of the postwar decade. This volume presents a nuanced look at a surprisingly complex time in American popular culture.

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372

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313052956

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9780313052958

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature

Vol. III

By: William Wait

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A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature

Vol. III

By: William Wait

Reprint of the original, first published in 1878.

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990

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385559243

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9783385559240

Book's by William Barr McKay

McKay's Building Construction

McKay's Building Construction

John Rae, Arctic Explorer

John Rae, Arctic Explorer

From Barrow to Boothia

From Barrow to Boothia

The 1950s

The 1950s

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature

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