Streams And Ground Waters (Aquatic Ecology)

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Streams around the world flow toward the sea in floodplains. All along this transit, there is exchange of water between the stream itself and the surrounding sediments which form the floodplain. Many chemical, biological, and geological processes occur when water moves back and forth between streams and these flood plain sediments. Streams and Groundwaters focuses on the consequences of water flow between streams, their underlying sediments, and surrounding landscapes. Certain to appeal to anyone interested in stream ecology, the management of stream ecosystems, or landscape ecology, this volume should become a oft-opened reference.

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Adaptive Wavelet Transforms via Lifting

Manufacturer: Storming Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423540867

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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A493273. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Wavelet transforms have proven very useful for a variety of signal and image processing tasks. The wedgelet transform also shows promise for certain edge-dominated images. However, in many applications we desire to introduce adaptivity and nonlinearities into the transforms. These are powerful extensions, but difficult to control within the wavelet framework. The lifting scheme provides a new, spatial intuition into the wavelet transform that simplifies the introduction of adaptivity. In this thesis, we develop several new adaptive wavelet transforms and adaptive multiresolution wedgelet transforms. The lifting construction permits control over the multiresolution properties of these transforms despite the adaptivity. We demonstrate the power of our new adaptive lifted transforms with successful applications to signal denoising and compression problems.

Analysis of Network Traffic and Bandwidth Capacity: Load Balancing and Rightsizing of Wide Area Network Links

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Analysis of Network Traffic and Bandwidth Capacity: Load Balancing and Rightsizing of Wide Area Network Links

Manufacturer: Storming Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423574540

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A732223. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The purpose of this thesis is to provide a process model to assist organizations in analyzing their Wide Area Network communication lines. The Naval Medical Information Management Center (NMIMC), in Bethesda, Maryland, is used as the model site, due to its imminent deployment of World Wide Web (WWW) servers to Navy Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF's). To model the typical MTF, an analysis of the data traffic transmitted from the existing WAN links managed and monitored by NMIMC will be performed. These WAN links are critical for the delivery of health care related information transmitted between MTF's. The WAN links must be analyzed to ensure that adequate bandwidth is available to allow unobstructed traffic flow between destinations. The data traffic will be plotted to illustrate problematic conditions caused by high utilization rates. Corrective actions will be recommended that should help to reduce or eliminate the bottlenecks and increase network bandwidth, such as: load balancing, rightsizing of the WAN links, and increasing operational availability. The hypothesis is that the WWW servers should be installed after the WAN links are analyzed and either balanced or properly sized. The load balancing and rightsizing of the WAN links will ensure that adequate bandwidth is available for the proper and timely transmission and access of vital WWW server information.

Base flow and ground water in upper Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Water-resources investigations)

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Base flow and ground water in upper Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Water-resources investigations)
R. D Evaldi
Manufacturer: Open-File Services Section, Western Geological Survey
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Effects of the Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, & Biological Characteristics of Surface & Ground Water, & Precipitation in the Western U.S.

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Effects of the Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, & Biological Characteristics of Surface & Ground Water, & Precipitation in the Western U.S.

Manufacturer: Diane Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0788174444

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This sourcebook addresses the breadth of the effects of the volcanic eruptions of Mount St. Helens in 1980 on lakes, rivers, streams, the Columbia River Estuary, ground water, & precipitation in the Western U.S. Data & conclusions from scores of reports & scientific papers are reviewed, covering the myriad of subjects involved in characterizing the Geological Survey, other Federal & State agencies, & individual researchers are summarized. Extensive references are cited. Tables & map in pocket.

Ensuring a C2 Level of Thrust and Interoperability in a Networked Windows NT Environment

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Ensuring a C2 Level of Thrust and Interoperability in a Networked Windows NT Environment

Manufacturer: Storming Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A824913. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: With the progression of computer systems to local and wide area networks, the scope of computer security has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Now, more than ever, the use of trusted systems is needed to ensure the secrecy, integrity, and availability of computer resources. However, attaining the levels of trust required has been difficult for a variety of reasons. This paper provides an in-depth look at the government's Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) and its current applicability. An analysis of a military network running Windows NT version 3.51 as the network operating system is provided as a case study. The paper concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the TCSEC criterion. Although products have been certified as meeting the various class requirements, existing problems are preventing the attainment of trusted system from becoming a reality for many government organizations.

Evaluation of surface-water/ground-water interactions in the Santa Clara River Valley, Ventura County, California (SuDoc I 19.42/4:98-4208)

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Evaluation of surface-water/ground-water interactions in the Santa Clara River Valley, Ventura County, California (SuDoc I 19.42/4:98-4208)
U.S. Geological Survey
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Information Services [distributor]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Ground-water and stream-water interaction in the Owl Creek Basin, Wyoming (SuDoc I 19.42/4:96-4253)

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Ground-water and stream-water interaction in the Owl Creek Basin, Wyoming (SuDoc I 19.42/4:96-4253)
Kathy Muller Ogle
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Information Services [distributor]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Ground-water and surface-water relations along the Mojave River, southern California (SuDoc I 19.42/4:95-4189)

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Ground-water and surface-water relations along the Mojave River, southern California (SuDoc I 19.42/4:95-4189)
Gregory C. Lines
Manufacturer: Earth Science Information Center [distributor]
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Ground-water supplies in Kansas available for national defense industries, (Kansas. University. Geological Survey. Bulletin)

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Ground-water supplies in Kansas available for national defense industries, (Kansas. University. Geological Survey. Bulletin)
Stanley William Lohman
Manufacturer: University of Kansas
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Castles, chateaux, churches, walled towns, and caves where history comes alive.

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Best historical book on Southern France on the market........1999-01-27

Having read all the Peter Mayle books,I was looking for something different regarding the South of France.This gem,written by a well travelled former Member of Congress and his wife,more than met my hopes.I would no more consider another visit to Southern France without this very readable reference for my evening reading than I would think of going down a river in a canoe without a paddle.The book is an absolute delight.

Used it in South of France and loved it.......1998-01-25

I took this with me to Gascogne and Langedoc and even the French Guide loved it. It gives the historical background of the areas and minimum of stuff like where to stay or eat (which is unnecessary when you're with a group). Even used it when on my own in Carcassone and Toulouse. Bonus: printed on lightweight paper. Why do so many guidebooks weigh a ton?

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Equivalence testing has grown significantly in importance over the last two decades, especially as its relevance to a variety of applications has become understood. Yet published work on the general methodology remains scattered in specialists' journals, and for the most part, it focuses on the relatively narrow topic of bioequivalence assessment. With a far broader perspective, Testing Statistical Hypotheses of Equivalence provides the first comprehensive treatment of statistical equivalence testing. The author addresses a spectrum of specific, two-sided equivalence testing problems, from the one-sample problem with normally distributed observations of fixed known variance to problems involving several samples and multivariate data. The treatment includes a concise review of basic mathematical results on optimal tests for equivalence, and the author makes available on the Internet a collection of computer programs that allow easy implementation of the methods presented. In a field as complex and rich in potential applications as equivalence testing, Testing Statistical Hypotheses of Equivalence stands alone as a coherent reference that furnishes both the theoretical and practical tools needed for dealing with equivalence trials of any complexity and in any phase.

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This book brings together the contributions of leading researchers in the field of machine intelligence, covering areas such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation and hybrid systems.

There is wide coverage of the subject — from simple tools, through industrial applications, to applications in high-level intelligent systems which are biologically motivated, such as humanoid robots (and selected parts of these systems, like the visual cortex). Readers will gain a comprehensive overview of the issues in machine intelligence, a field which promises to play a very important role in the information society of the future.

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Downhill Skier.......2003-03-21

If you ski downhill, be willing to walk back uphill. That's one of my two favorite Russian sayings. Can one meaning be not forgetting the gophers and grunts when you have a specialized skill? That in a way is what NIHILIST GIRL is all about.

Higher education, like downhill skiing, was for people with money, during Sofya Vasilevna Kovalevskaya's lifetime, 1850-1891. Women had such chances because of wealth and family connections. Some, such as the author and her older sister Anyuta Korvin-Krukovskaya Jaclard, wanted schooling for peasants and workers.

Kovalevskaya grew up on nursery walls papered, because of a run on wallpaper, with lithographed lectures of Professor Mikhail Ostrogradsky on differential and integrated calculus! Also, in the late 1850s, women got into higher educational institutions, until a decree against this narrow window of opportunity in 1863. At 18, she found a husband ahead of his times in paleontologist Vladimir Kovalevsky. Then as the daughter of a landowning, moneyed noble family and as a married woman, she got a hard-to-get passport, for study and travel abroad.

In fact, Kovalevskaya was among the first women to study at European universities, at Heidelberg, Germany. Then she became the first European woman doctor in mathematics. She got it summa cum laude, at only 24, from the University of Gottingen, Sweden. Then she became the first 19th-century woman with a tenured teaching appointment at a European university, in mathematics at Stockholm. And the first woman member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. And the first woman editorial board member of the leading European scientific journal, Acta Mathematica. And the winner of a much sought-after prize from the French Academy, for a ground-breaking solution to a problem in mathematical physics. And the writer of highly regarded, widely known studies in theoretical mathematics.

Basically what makes her one and only finished novel interesting and lasting is the middle child who had it all, but wanted to share. This comes through loud and clear on every page. And by reading about her in Don Kennedy's LITTLE SPARROW and Joan Spicci's BEYOND THE LIMIT.

For Kovalevskaya took up fiction writing, to tell both what was wrong with Russian life under the tsarist rulers and how it could be bettered. The idea came from having read Ivan Turgenev's FATHERS AND SONS of 1862 and Nikolay Chernyshevsky's WHAT IS TO BE DONE? of 1863. Kovalevskaya's spin was getting women educated, employed and independent. If only Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA had been as lucky.

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Insights into the Life of a Very Private Woman

Engrossing

Killing a Mockingbird

Interesting. but...

The story behind the story

Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
Charles J. Shields
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 080507919X
Release Date: 2006-05-30

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To Kill a Mockingbird, the twentieth-centurys most widely read American novel, has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. Yet despite the books perennial popularity, its creator, Harper Lee has become a somewhat mysterious figure. Now, after years of research, Charles J. Shields has brought to life the warmhearted, high-spirited, and occasionally hardheaded woman who gave us two of American literatures most unforgettable charactersAtticus Finch and his daughter, Scoutand who contributed to the success of her lifelong friend Truman Capotes masterpiece, In Cold Blood. At the center of Shieldss lively book is the story of Lees struggle to create her famous novel. But her life contains many other highlights as well: her girlhood as a tomboy in overalls in tiny Monroeville, Alabama; the murder trial that made her beloved fathers reputation and inspired her great work; her journey to Kansas as Capotes ally and research assistant to help report the story of the Clutter murders; the surrogate family she found in New York City. Drawing on six hundred interviews and much new information, Mockingbird is the first book ever written about Harper Lee. Highly entertaining, filled with humor and heart, this is an evocative portrait of a writer, her dream, and the place and people whom she made immortal.

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Insights into the Life of a Very Private Woman.......2007-08-11

Charles J. Shields got off to a slow start in Mockingbird but readers who suffered through the rather mind-numbing first chapter were rewarded with an intriguing Nelle Harper Lee biography that got stronger and stronger as each chapter unfolded. Shields managed to give insights into Harper Lee, the woman, despite the fact that her public life and career have been limited to relatively few milestones, events that her admirers find interesting even today.

Nelle grew up in the small Alabama town of Monroeville where she was much like the tomboyish character Scout who was the central figure in her masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird. After high school she went on to Huntingdon College and, under pressure from her father, later studied law at the University of Alabama but did not graduate. Nelle was determined to become a writer and left law school to move to New York so that she could concentrate on that.

The events that define the public Harper Lee all started to happen around 1960 and they make up the heart of the book:

* Publication and immediate success of To Kill a Mockingbird

* Her intimate involvement in the research for In Cold Blood with her oldest friend in the world, Truman Capote

* Filming of To Kill a Mockingbird, starring Gregory Peck

* Her disappearance from public view and lack of a second novel

Nelle Harper Lee was very fortunate to find, early on, a gifted and patient editor in the person of Tay Hohoff who worked with her through the numerous drafts required to transform Nelle's stories into the unified novel that they ultimately became. Within just a few weeks of publication, To Kill a Mockingbird was on the top ten lists of both the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune and had become a Reader's Digest Condensed Book (considered quite an honor in those days).

While all this was happening, Nelle was helping her childhood friend and neighbor, Truman Capote, do the Kansas research required for the creation of his own masterpiece, In Cold Blood. In fact, it is unlikely that Capote would have been able to write such a groundbreaking work if Nelle Lee had not made herself available to serve as his "assistant" in Garden City, Kansas. Truman Capote did not have the kind of personality or presence that went over well in rural Kansas and without Nelle there to open doors for him with her graceful southern personality and temperament he would have been unable to gather the inside information that makes In Cold Blood so special. Sadly enough, all of the help that Nelle gave Capote did not exempt her in later years from being treated with the same contempt and lack of respect with which he treated all of his supposed friends.

The chapter on the filming of To Kill a Mockingbird provides interesting insights into the personality of Gregory Peck and how he came to truly love Nelle Lee, remaining a friend of hers for the rest of his life, and is filled with stories and bits of gossip regarding most of the key members of the cast. Monroeville, Alabama, of the 1960s looked little like the Monroeville of the 1930s but such great care was taken to recreate the older version of Monroeville (even to taking exact measurements in the old court room) that many casual viewers of the movie assume that it was shot on location there.

The last chapters offered up by Shields attempt to explain the great mystery of why Nelle never wrote even a second book. In Shields' estimation, the lack of succeeding books was caused by circumstances as much as anything else. To Kill a Mockingbird became such a money-making machine that Nelle lost several years in nurturing it as she traveled the country making personal appearances, working on the movie and winning prizes for the book, including the Pulitzer. As she once said, before she knew it, she had lost a decade. More importantly, she seemed to feel the pressure of trying to measure up to the quality of her first novel to such an extent that she lost confidence in her ability to ever do so. She was a slow writer, by nature, and that in combination with the pressure to top one of the most popular books in the history of world literature may have been too much for her. After losing her agents and editor to death or retirement, she finally resigned herself to the fact that it was not going to happen and decided to return to the simple life she most preferred anyway.

Considering the fact that Nelle Harper Lee refused to participate in the writing of Mockingbird (as she has refused all interviews for the last several decades), Charles Shields has done a remarkable job of providing some perspective to a writer who has done her best to avoid publicity for most of her life.

Engrossing.......2007-08-06

Nelle Harper Lee is perhaps one of the most influential people in the 20th century (it's a little early to call on the 21st, but one can hope). This biography was thorough and well-written, but limited by the fact that Miss Lee truly wants to be left alone. Not only did she not participate in the creation of this book, but most of her closest friends, family and confidantes closed ranks and refused to talk as well. It is still well worth reading, as even a limited view is fascinating.

Killing a Mockingbird.......2007-07-25

I read this well-written and often engrossing book in a single weekend. Less, if you consider that I got it on Saturday afternoon and was done with it Sunday night. I read it because Nelle Harper Lee (I had no idea her first name was Nelle; not Harper) created To Kill A Mockingbird. Because To Kill Mockingbird is a book that stayed with me all this time even though my then-English teacher used it (in part) to teach us what the subject and object of a sentence was. But when I read this book, gulped it down really, I felt guilty. Because this act of reading it--like the act of writing and researching and publishing it--is so contrary to what To Kill A Mockingbird is about. At least to me.

At one point, Atticus tells Jem to "shoot at bluejays all you want, if you can hit `em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Charles Shields didn't listen. Because as he himself admits (not in so many words maybe but it's there) Nelle Harper Lee has become the literary equivalent of Boo Radley. A lady who treasures her past and friends as jealously as she treasures her privacy. A lady who stays at home because she does not want to come out. And so I have no doubt that by digging up her old skeletons and exposing them for all to see (and incidentally demonstrating that in the age of the Internet there is no such thing as privacy) Charles Shields caused her much pain. And was it worth it?

Do I think any less of Atticus (A.C. Lee) because he is not as perfect? Do I need to know all the less-than-pleasant details of what happened to Dill (Truman Capote) before, during and after? And do I need to see the old (and not-so-old) gossip about Harper Lee herself? For what, finally, emerges from this biography in the end? What is the Harper Lee story for whose sake Charles Shields invaded Harper Lee's privacy, friends, and family?

At the end, what emerges is the story of a decent lady who loves her family and friends, lives in the little Southern town of Monroeville and (maybe because she loves books) has a modest little apartment in New York. What emerges is a lady quick to laugh and quick of temper; a lady who wrote her book not because she believes in Causes but because she loves real people. A lady who is "just folks". But then anyone who had read To Kill A Mockingbird already knew that.

So why cause Nelle Harper Lee pain to tell us what we already knew? Because it was a challenge, maybe. But that's not a good enough reason - even if the end is a well-written, well-crafted, and very respectful book. It's not good enough because researching and publishing that book (and probably reading it too) was a bit like killing a mockingbird.

It was wrong.

Interesting. but..........2007-06-13

A lot of research went into this biography. For fans of TKAM, it is amazing and fun to get the backstory of the book and movie. If, however, you are looking for a biography of a woman who's values reflect the book she wrote, you will be disappointed. My disappointment was that Harper Lee did not cooperate with this biography. That was not Shield's fault. He writes about Lee with a great deal of respect. For me, a great fan of TKAM, it was a marvelous read and a page turner.

The story behind the story.......2007-02-26

Reading biography is not always my cup of tea, but I've loved TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD since junior high, and I felt compelled to read this biography of the enigmatic author. I was pleasantly surprised; the biography is nicely written and very readable. I finished it in a couple of days, which is unusual for someone who generally finds non-fiction reading slow going.

The book traces the life of Nelle Harper Lee from her beginnings in Monroeville, Alabama through the writing of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and her now-famous work with Truman Capote on the research of IN COLD BLOOD. Details of the post-Mockingbird phase of Lee's life become somewhat sketchy, but, given Lee's studied attempt to remain well out of the literary limelight, I think we can assume that Mr. Shields does the best he can with the material available to him.

As a fan of the novel, I found most interesting the parallels between the real-life Monroeville and the fictional Maycomb, Alabama. Shields does a good job of ferreting out possible models for the characters in the novel, and, yes, there apparently really was a Boo Radley.

This look at Lee's life also reminds us that good writing is hard work and that sometimes success can carry a hefty price tag.

I highly recommend MOCKINGBIRD for all fans of Harper Lee's novel.

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Mockingbird A Portrait of Harper Lee
Charles Shields
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The Day Of The Fox

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The English Civil War Day By Day
Wilfrid Emberton
Manufacturer: Alan Sutton
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Binding: Hardcover
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Good coverage of the events of the Civil War.

English Civil War Day By Day
W. Emberton
Manufacturer: Grange Books
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Forward by John Adair. From the minutiae of daily life in wartime to the tactics of the great battles, this diary of major battles and annual summaries of events provides a remarkable source book for historians and enthusiasts.

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Good coverage of the events of the Civil War........1999-09-24

The hardback volume is filled with contemporary prints of officers and events of the ECW. This book not only coves the military events of the wars, but also the political and religious. The major battles are called out into sidebars, providing a reasonable description of the fighting. Unfortunately, a few minor events are recorded that are somewhat trivial. The book also includes a section of thimbnail bios of the major commanders on each side of the conflict. On the whole, a book that no serious student of the ECW can be without.

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THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY.

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The English Civil War: Day By Day
Wilfrid Emberton
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Personal Memories of the Days of the Spanish Civil War, in Catalan and English (Spanish Studies, 5)

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Personal Memories of the Days of the Spanish Civil War, in Catalan and English (Spanish Studies, 5)

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Batman Shadow of the Bat #22 : A Day in the Death of an English Village (Knightquest - DC Comics)

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The drama of eight days, June 22nd to June 29th, 1922: How war was waged on Ireland with an economy of English lives

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The drama of eight days, June 22nd to June 29th, 1922: How war was waged on Ireland with an economy of English lives
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The English Civil War Day By Day
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The English Civil War Day by Day
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Good brief introduction to comparative politics

The best answer to understand political systems

Comparative Politics: A Theoretical Framework, Fourth Edition
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Almond, Gabriel A.; Powell, Jr., G. Bingham; Strom, Kaare; Dalton, Russell J.; Comparative Politics: A Theoretical Framework, 3rd Edition*\ In this new edition, the rich theoretical framework pioneered by Gabriel Almond and G. Bingham Powell has been streamlined by new co-editors Kaare Strom and Russell Dalton and features a shift toward exploring the purpose of government. Retained and enriched, the three-part analytic framework examining system, process, and policy offers readers a coherent and accessible means to exploring how different political systems are formed, maintained, and changed. For those interested in comparative politics.

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Good brief introduction to comparative politics.......2005-10-22

The book is a must for anyone beginning the study of politics. It is very comprehensive, well structured and not too long (compared with other ones that I have been "forced" to read). On the other hand it can get pretty dense and boring in some chapters and it is just a "basic" reading. I mean that it only explains concepts, why they are important and gives examples but that is not always enough to give an extended answer to a question such as "Why are presidential systems predominant in Latin America and what are their advantages and disadvantages." or stuff like that.

In the overall it is probably the most useful book on the list of recommended readings for a course in Politics, in fact, it is the typical "backbone" for such a course.

The best answer to understand political systems.......1998-09-02

This book explains how a political systems works. Democratic and non-democratic political systems are analysed deeply in their structures, processes, forms and institutions, and afterwards are compared in order to check the main diferences between them. A fantastic book!

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This study is the first global assessment of coral reefs to map areas at risk from overfishing, coastal development, and other human activity. The study finds that nearly 60 percent of the earth's coral reefs are threatened by human activity -- ranging from coastal development and overfishing to inland and marine pollution -- leaving much of the world's marine biodiversity at risk. The report concludes that, while reefs provide billions of people and hundreds of countries with food, tourism revenue, coastal production, and new medications for increasingly drug-resistant diseases -- worth about $375 billion each year -- they are among the least monitored and protected natural habitats in the world. Produced by the World Resources Institute in collaboration with International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Worthwhile Buy!!.......2003-09-01

This book is a completely worthwhile buy! It gives ofcourse statistical information, mainly in a map form about the threats and about the risk which the world's reefs face. It doesn't catalog the amount or rate of degradation, since this is not fully known. However the book gives information on the types of reefs, real case studies of reefs and of problems faced by reefs.
The book is an easy read and the information presented in both map and picture form is very inviting.
I reccommend this book for students studying reefs/ conservation, or anyone just interested in reefs. A good addition to this book as well is Coral Reefs, ecology, threats and conservation by Charles Sheppard.

Worthwhile Buy!!.......2003-09-01

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