SURGING AHEAD BRILLIANTLY: Using Time Tested Ideas of the 20th Century's Best Business Gurus

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SURGING AHEAD BRILLIANTLY: Using Time Tested Ideas of the 20th Century's Best Business Gurus
Marjory S. Eggleton
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1410713695

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While the valuation of standard American option contracts has now achieved a fair degree of maturity, much work remains to be done regarding the new contractual forms that are constantly emerging in response to evolving economic conditions and regulations. Focusing on recent developments in the field, American-Style Derivatives provides an extensive treatment of option pricing with an emphasis on the valuation of American options on dividend-paying assets. The book begins with a review of valuation principles for European contingent claims in a financial market in which the underlying asset price follows an Ito process and the interest rate is stochastic and then extends the analysis to American contingent claims. In this context the author lays out the basic valuation principles for American claims and describes instructive representation formulas for their prices. The results are applied to standard American options in the Black-Scholes market setting as well as to a variety of exotic contracts such as barrier, capped, and multi-asset options. He also reviews numerical methods for option pricing and compares their relative performance. The author explains all the concepts using standard financial terms and intuitions and relegates proofs to appendices that can be found at the end of each chapter. The book is written so that the material is easily accessible not only to those with a background in stochastic processes and/or derivative securities, but also to those with a more limited exposure to those areas.

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Site unseen, but I know the author as a student.......2005-12-13

As a former student of Professor Detemple and a former professor, he is simply one of the best organized, most articulate, and without hesitation, one of the truly talented teachers and authors I have ever met.

I just bought the book, and eagerily await its delivery. If his book is as wonderful as he is, I expect a truly outstanding book.

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Edited by a renowned psychiatrist and sleep expert together with a specialist in medical law, this book describes normal and abnormal patterns of sleep, its importance for effective human functioning, dissociative states, alertness and drug-related sleepiness.

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A most interesting treatmnet of a new and important area........1999-04-14

Sleep deprivation has a considerable impact on our society. This book is the first of its kind, I understand, to look at the legal implications of this fascinating subject. It is extremely well-written and is quite accessible to the lay reader. A remarkable book.

Introduction to Social Dreaming: Transforming Thinking (Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series)

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Introduction to Social Dreaming: Transforming Thinking (Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series)
W. Gordon Lawrence
Manufacturer: Karnac Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1855753421

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"In social dreaming the dreamers tell their dreams to others. Although individuals are necessary to dream, the dream is not just a personal possession for it also captures the political and institutional aspects of the dreamers' social context and how these are present or laced into their struggles for creativity, meaning and ordinariness. The meaning of the dream is expanded and developed through free association, amplification and systemic thinking to give voice to the echoes of thinking and thought that exist in the space between individuals' minds in the shared environment." -- W. Gordon Lawrence

This introductory text explores the phenomenon of social dreaming, a concept first introduced at the Tavistock Institute in 1982. Social dreaming gives an opportunity to share a dream with others and the dream is then further developed by free association and discussion. The focus is on the dream and the social context of the dreamers, rather than the individual dreamers. Dreams often reflect the social environment of the dreamer and thus prove to be a useful tool when examining the group dynamics.
It can be used to identify possible problems within that group and to create common ground among the participants. Solutions can be found in unexpected ways when a person's inner thoughts are discussed in the social context he/she belongs to. Social dreaming has been used in business organiations, churches, hospitals and even schools.
The author offers various examples of dreams narrated and explored in groups and their applications in the social setting. His extensive experience and knowledge on the subject are combined with an easy-to-understand language in this important text on social dreaming.

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FORENSIC ASPECTS OF SLEEP
Colin Shapiro
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6CZFY

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Renewing nature's wealth;: A centennial history of the public management of lands, forests & wildlife in Ontario, 1763-1967,
Richard Stanton Lambert
Manufacturer: Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006BRJA2

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How much do you know about the rocks beneath your feet--the basic materials of our planet? Their variety and beauty is astounding, especially when viewed through the microscope, where crystals of different minerals and in various arrangements are revealed in exquisite detail. While surface rocks seem so solid, they flow deep inside the earth, and, in this spectacular book, you'll see what rocks that have flowed actually look like. Eminent geologist Ron Vernon reveals the incredible beauty and variety of earth rocks, both under and on the surface. Through breathtaking photographs he captures rocks formed by heating and melting inside the earth, rocks ejected from volcanoes, rocks formed by erosion on the earth's surface, and extraterrestrial rocks that have crashed into our planet. These stunning images are accompanied by clear, nontechnical explanations of the processes underlying the creation of rocks and minerals. No other current book so cogently explains the nature and origin of rocks for nonscientists. Beneath Our Feet: The Rocks of Planet Earth is destined to be a must-have purchase for a wide-ranging audience from professional scientists to amateur rock collectors--indeed anyone interested in natural history.

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A really great inroduction to the mysteries of rocks.......2006-01-29

This is really a book of great photographs with explanations rather than a text book. Still it gives an easy introduction to what geology is all about and a complete novice or maybe a teenager thinking of choosing to study geology at university level would get a lot out of this book. Any lack of text actually makes the book a more relaxing read! What's suprising is that it makes looking at the microscopic view of rocks accessible to the layman and I think in itself that makes the book a good buy.

Looking beyond our feet.......2004-10-23

This book is as much about the beauty of the Earth as it is about how the Earth is formed. It is not a classic-style text book, but a book that illustrates the more spectacular aspects of the Earth while providing a clear and well written explanation of how these rocks are formed.

It is a perfect gift for anybody with a passing interest in geology, and in my case the family of a geologist, who often ask, "Just what is it about rocks that you like so much?" This book provides an elegant and beautifully illustrated answer to their question. Last year I bought a copy for each member of my family and they loved it.

a great little book.......2004-04-04

I'm very puzzled by the reviewer who said he hid the book because he was embarrassed that he bought it. Actually this is not a bad book at all. It is a very pretty account of the rock cycle, of the formation of rocks and landforms. It is not for the academic geologist, but for the hobbyist and amateur, well-written, well-explained and very well illustrated. Actually it is a wonderful book, perfect for rock collectors and so on.

Besides its general coverage of standard geology, it is unique for its microscopic photos of rocks and minerals. You will see rocks in a new way, and in these photos you can really see the processses that created the rocks. You can see details that you can't see macroscopically.

Anyway, I suspect that reviewer was being dishonest. This book is certainly no field guide to rocks, but it never claims to be. It really is wonderful for rock hounds and hikers and people who are curious about geology.

Beneath Our Feet.......2001-11-27

As an avid amateur, I found this book delightful. Beautiful photographs, and easy to understand explanations. In particular, the detailed descriptions of the thin sections were extremely educational. Most texts that include photographs of thin sections are way over my head. This book was easy to comprehend, and afforded me an insight to thin sections, and why petrologists use them. If you have ever been puzzled by what a thin section actually reveals, buy this book. That answer alone is worth it.

By far the best introduction to geology.......2001-11-24

Beautifully organized and exceptionally clear explanations, at the microscopic level, of how the various kinds of rocks are formed, and of their mineral grain structure. Many photographs with full and lucid analysis. The coordination of text and illustration are superb. Truly a masterpiece for the interested layman.

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A unique, much-needed introduction to molecular symmetry and group theory Elements of Molecular Symmetry takes the topic of group theory a step further than most books, presenting a quantum chemistry treatment useful for computational, quantum, physical, and inorganic chemists alike. Clearly explaining how general groups and group algebra describe molecules, Yngve Öhrn first develops the theory, then provides coverage not only for point groups, but also permutation groups, space groups, and Lie groups. With over three decades of teaching experience, Dr. Öhrn brings to the discussion unprecedented depth and clarity, incorporating rigorous topics at a level accessible to anyone with basic knowledge of calculus and algebra. This unique and timely book:
* Extends coverage to molecular orbital theory,
* Utilizes powerful examples to illustrate basic concepts
* Contains introductory material on space groups and continuous groups, including point-group character tables
* Provides a solid background for exploring the theoretical literature

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Super Book!.......2000-04-22

Ohrn is one of today's most respectable ab initio quantum chemists. In his newest book he precisely directs the reader from the rigorous mathematics of groups and group algebras to the application of simplifying problems in quantum chemistry. This book contains much more mathematics than any other book on this subject and is a must for anyone who cares to know the nuts and bolts of group theory as applied to chemistry. I highly recommend Yngve's book and know that most practitioners of quantum chemistry will benefit much more from this text than from any other watered-down and inadequate text on the subject such as that written by Cotton.

Spherical Tensor Operators: Tables of Matrix Elements and Symmetries

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Spherical Tensor Operators: Tables of Matrix Elements and Symmetries
J. A. Tuszynski
Manufacturer: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9810202830

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For himself, beyond doubt, the thing we were all so blank about was vividly there. It was something, I guessed, in the primal plan, something like a complex figure in a Persian carpet. He highly approved of this image when I used it, and he used another himself. "It's the very string," he said, "that my pearls are strung on!" The reason of his note to me had been that he really didn't want to give us a grain of succor -- our density was a thing too perfect in its way to touch. He had formed the habit of depending on it, and if the spell was to break it must break by some force of its own. He comes back to me from that last occasion -- for I was never to speak to him again -- as a man with some safe preserve for sport. I wondered as I walked away where he had got _his_ tip.

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RETURNING to town I feverishly collected them all; I picked out each in its order and held it up to the light. This gave me a maddening month, in the course of which several things took place. One of these, the last, I may as well immediately mention, was that I acted on Vereker's advice: I renounced my ridiculous attempt. I could really make nothing of the business; it proved a dead loss.

The Figure in the Carpet" and Other Stories

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The Figure in the Carpet" and Other Stories
James Henry
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJATL2

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This book represents a new way of thinking about Australian cinema by asking where the origins of the new film lie. It begins by tracing the indebtedness of Australian cinema to the classical narrative style of Hollywood filmmaking, with its firm grasp of melodrama. Several films are studied in detail within this framework, including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Blood Oath, The Empty Beach, and Shame. The book continues by comparing the problems faced by "high" British cinema of the 1940s and 1950s with those faced by Australian cinema of the 1970s and the 1980s in the attempts by both countries to establish national film industries. Many parallels are drawn between the responses of British and Australian cinema to the overall dominance of Hollywood, despite the thirty-year gap between these two periods of filmmaking.

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A Source Book of Australian History
Unknown author
Manufacturer: Hard Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1406914398
Release Date: 2006-11-03

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A SOURCE BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
G. H. SWINBURNE
Manufacturer: BELL
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RZA81Y

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A Source Book of Australian History

Manufacturer: IndyPublish
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1428069577

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A Source Book of Australian History
Gwendolen H. Swinburne
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1426485689

'Daddy: we hardly knew you'.(two books on family history)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal

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'Daddy: we hardly knew you'.(two books on family history)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal
Helen Dunford
Manufacturer: Australian Library and Information Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 450 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 'Daddy: we hardly knew you'.(two books on family history)(Book Review)
Author: Helen Dunford
Publication: The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Page: 205(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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Resourceful.(Uncovering Our History: Teaching With Primary Sources)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal

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Resourceful.(Uncovering Our History: Teaching With Primary Sources)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal
John MacRitchie
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 434 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Resourceful.(Uncovering Our History: Teaching With Primary Sources)(Book Review)
Author: John MacRitchie
Publication: The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Page: 98(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Sources of reform in Britain: a review article.(History of Suffrage 1760-1867; The Chartist Movement in Britain 1838-1850)(Book Review) (book review): ... Australian Journal of Politics and History

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Sources of reform in Britain: a review article.(History of Suffrage 1760-1867; The Chartist Movement in Britain 1838-1850)(Book Review) (book review): ... Australian Journal of Politics and History
Michael T. Davis
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2310 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sources of reform in Britain: a review article.(History of Suffrage 1760-1867; The Chartist Movement in Britain 1838-1850)(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Michael T. Davis
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 49 Issue: 1 Page: 110(4)

Article Type: Book Review

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Checklist of nineteenth century Australian colonial statistical sources: Censuses, blue books, and statistical registers (Historical bibliography monograph)

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Checklist of nineteenth century Australian colonial statistical sources: Censuses, blue books, and statistical registers (Historical bibliography monograph)

Manufacturer: History Project Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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Select documents in Australian education, 1788-1900 (Pitman Pacific books)

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Select documents in Australian education, 1788-1900 (Pitman Pacific books)
Albert Gordon Austin
Manufacturer: Pitman
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Instructor's guide to accompany Western civilization, an urban perspective, third edition by F. Roy Willis
Rosemary Wakeman
Manufacturer: D.C. Heath
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0669033669

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Instructor's Manual to Accompany Western Civilization, an Urban Perspective
F. Roy Willis
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ASIN: 0669849138

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Instructor's manual to accompany Western civilization, an urban perspective, second edition [by] F. Roy Willis
Rosemary M Southard
Manufacturer: D.C. Heath
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0669004715

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Western Civilization An Urban Perspective (Volume I)
E. Roy Willis
Manufacturer: D. C. Heath & Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0669892351

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Volume I - From the Rise of Athens through the Late Middle Ages

WESTERN CIVILIZATION, An Urban Perspective, Volume 1, From Ancient Times Through The Seventeenth Century

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION, An Urban Perspective, Volume 1, From Ancient Times Through The Seventeenth Century

Manufacturer: Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GBN14K

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION, An Urban Perspective, Volume 1, From Ancient Times Through The Seventeenth Century, 684 pages.

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Western civilization: An urban perspective
F. Roy Willis
Manufacturer: D.C. Heath
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0669033642

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Western civilization: An urban perspective
F. Roy Willis
Manufacturer: Heath
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ASIN: 0669004553

Western Civilization: An Urban Perspective Vol. 2 from the Seventeenth Century to the Contemporary Age

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Western Civilization: An Urban Perspective Vol. 2 from the Seventeenth Century to the Contemporary Age

Manufacturer: D.C. Heath and Company
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ASIN: B000HMERBE

Western Civilization: An Urban Perspective Volume II From 1300 to 1815

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Western Civilization: An Urban Perspective Volume II From 1300 to 1815
F. Roy Willis
Manufacturer: D. C. Heath and Company
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0669892432

Western Civilization an Urban Perspective 1815 to the Contemporary Age

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Western Civilization an Urban Perspective 1815 to the Contemporary Age
F. Roy Willis
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J4XLVW

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Everglades: Selections from the writings of Peter Matthiessen (Sierra Club exhibit format series)
Patricia Caulfield
Manufacturer: Sierra Club-Ballantine Book
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ASIN: 0345023536

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Everglades
Patricia (with selections from the writings of Peter Matthiessen) Caufield
Manufacturer: Sierra Club / Ballantine
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JN5VI4

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Everglades. Selections from the writings of Peter Matthiessen.
Patricia CAULFIELD
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ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MXAHH6

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 578 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New strategy speeds weapons site cleanup. (News And Departments).(Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, Colorado)
Author: Louis Jacobson
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 68 Issue: 9 Page: 36(1)

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