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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In 1909, young William F. Buckley Sr. (1881-1958), who grew up in
the dusty South Texas town of San Diego, graduated from the
University of Texas law school and headed for Mexico City. Fluent
in Spanish, familiar with Mexican traditions, and soon fit to
practice law south of the border, Buckley was headed up the aisle
to vast wealth and cultural power. On the way, he took a front-row
seat at the Mexican Revolution and played a key role in steering
the nascent oil industry through tumultuous and dangerous times.
This book for the first time tells the story of the man behind the
family that would become nothing short of a conservative
institution, reaching its apogee in the career of William F.
Buckley Jr., arguably the most prominent conservative commentator
of the twentieth century. Buckley witnessed the overthrow and exit
of President Porfirio DIaz, the rise of Madero, and the coup of
General Victoriano Huerta, all while building the Pantepec Oil
Company, the most profitable small petroleum producer in Mexico. He
faced down Pancho Villa, survived encounters with hired assassins,
evaded snipers in the streets of Veracruz, gambled and won in many
a business venture-and ultimately was expelled from the country. As
the narrative follows Buckley from his small-town Texas beginnings
to the founding of a family dynasty, the streak of independence and
distrust of government that would become the Buckley hallmark can
be seen in the making. An eventful chapter in the life and career
of a singular character, this dramatic account of a man and his
moment is a document of political and historical significance-but
it is also a remarkable story, told with irresistible brio.
A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’s beloved story of a group of rabbits on an epic journey in search of home.
Watership Down is a classic tale of survival, hope, courage, and friendship that has delighted and inspired readers around the world for more than fifty years.
Masterfully adapted by award-winning author James Sturm and gorgeously illustrated by bestselling artist Joe Sutphin, this spectacular graphic novel will delight old fans and inspire new ones, bringing the joy of Watership Down to a new generation of readers.
The ideal resource for those preparing for licensed practical
nursing, medical assisting and other allied health careers,
Colbert/James/Katrancha's ESSENTIALS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONS, 9th Edition, delivers "need to know" drug information
in a reader-friendly format that empowers students with the
confidence to master pharmacology. A bestseller, it stresses
clinical application to ensure readers understand the relevancy of
the material and why it's important to learn. Giving instructors
ultimate flexibility, Part I offers a comprehensive review of
pharmacologic principles, while Part II covers specific drug
classifications and their medical uses. Chapters organize drugs by
classifications and include the purpose, side effects, interactions
and cautions or contraindications. Medication preparation, supplies
and route of administration are thoroughly covered as well. Also
available: MindTap.
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Tim Burton directs this biographical drama starring Christoph Waltz
and Amy Adams. The film follows the story of American artist
Margaret Keane (Adams), who, in the 1960s, allowed her husband
Walter (Waltz) to claim credit for her artwork, believing that a
female artist could not find success through painting. The Keanes
acquired huge amounts of wealth through Margaret's work and the
paintings were in high demand throughout their time living together
as husband and wife. However, when they later became separated,
Margaret announced to the world that she was in fact the true
author of the paintings, sparking a long-drawn-out legal battle
between her and her estranged husband... Adams won a Golden Globe
Award for her performance.
Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period
illuminates the diverse ways that people in the British regional
print trades exerted their agency through interventions in regional
and national politics as well as their civic, commercial, and
cultural contributions. Works printed in regional communities were
a crucial part of developing narratives of local industrial,
technological, and ideological progression. By moving away from
understanding of print cultures outside of London as 'provincial',
however, this book argues for a new understanding of 'region' as
part of a network of places, emphasising opportunities for
collaboration and creation that demonstrate the key role of regions
within larger communities extending from the nation to the emerging
sense of globality in this period. Through investigations of the
men and women of the print trades outside of London, this
collection casts new light on the strategies of self-representation
evident in the work of regional print cultures, as well as their
contributions to individual regional identities and national
narratives.
After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, no state fought
longer or harder to preserve segregated schools than Mississippi.
This massive resistance came to a crashing halt in October 1969
when the Supreme Court ruled in Alexander v. Holmes Board of
Education that ""the obligation of every school district is to
terminate dual school systems at once and to operate now and
hereafter only unitary schools."" Thirty of the thirty-three
Mississippi districts named in the case were ordered to open as
desegregated schools after Christmas break. With little guidance
from state officials and no formal training or experience in
effective school desegregation processes, ordinary people were
thrown into extraordinary circumstances. However, their stories
have been largely ignored in desegregation literature. Based on
meticulous archival research and oral history interviews with over
one hundred parents, teachers, students, principals,
superintendents, community leaders, and school board members,
Natalie G. Adams and James H. Adams explore the arduous and complex
task of implementing school desegregation. How were bus routes
determined? Who lost their position as principal? Who was assigned
to what classes? Without losing sight of the important macro forces
in precipitating social change, the authors shift attention to how
the daily work of ""just trying to have school"" helped shape the
contours of school desegregation in communities still living with
the decisions made fifty years ago.
In the wake of what has come to be called the 'cultural turn', it
is often asked how the state should respond to the different and
sometimes conflicting justice claims made by its citizens and what,
ultimately, is the purpose of justice in culturally diverse
societies. Building upon the work of a diversity of theorists, this
book demonstrates that there is a distinct 'epistemic' tradition of
liberalism that can be used to critique contemporary responses to
cultural diversity and their underlying principles of justice. It
critically examines multicultural, nationalist and liberal
egalitarian approaches and argues that an epistemic account of
liberalism, that emphasises social complexity rather than cultural
diversity or homogeneity, is the most appropriate response to the
question of justice in modern culturally diverse societies.
Epistemic Liberalism will be of interest to students and scholars
of contemporary political theory and philosophy, liberal political
theory and the politics of culture and identity.
How should the State respond to the different identity-based
justice claims made by its citizens? To what extent should majority
societies accede to the claims of immigrant groups whose values are
so different to, and sometimes in conflict with, their own? Drawing
on the work of economist and political theorist Friederich Hayek,
the author builds a major critique of contemporary responses to
cultural diversity and their underlying principles of justice.
Critically examining multicultural, nationalist and liberal
egalitarian approaches, the author claims that in their differing
ways these schools of thought fail to recognise the proper task of
cultural justice. Tebble claims one of the principal tasks of
justice is to go beyond the provision of institutions that assume a
particular conception of the good, or of an idealised vision of
relations between different communities and the values they
endorse. Instead, the book emphasises the need for strictly neutral
institutions, founded upon the commitment to individual freedom and
equality, that permit the discovery of what cultural justice
requires. Epistemological Liberalism seeks to defend an
epistemological' account of liberalism that emphasises social
complexity rather than cultural diversity or homogeneity and which,
it is claimed, is the most appropriate response to the challenge
facing modern, culturally diverse societies. An invaluable
contribution to contemporary debates about justice, this book will
be of interest to students and scholars of culture and identity,
contemporary political theory/philosophy and liberal political
theory.
Manual flight control system design for fighter aircraft is one of
the most demanding problems in automatic control. Fighter aircraft
dynamics generally have highly coupled uncertain and nonlinear
dynamics. Multivariable control design techniques offer a solution
to this problem. Robust Multivariable Flight Control provides the
background, theory and examples for full envelope manual flight
control system design. It gives a versatile framework for the
application of advanced multivariable control theory to aircraft
control problems. Two design case studies are presented for the
manual flight control of lateral/directional axes of the VISTA-F-16
test vehicle and an F-18 trust vectoring system. They demonstrate
the interplay between theory and the physical features of the
systems.
Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period
illuminates the diverse ways that people in the British regional
print trades exerted their agency through interventions in regional
and national politics as well as their civic, commercial, and
cultural contributions. Works printed in regional communities were
a crucial part of developing narratives of local industrial,
technological, and ideological progression. By moving away from
understanding of print cultures outside of London as
‘provincial’, however, this book argues for a new understanding
of ‘region’ as part of a network of places, emphasising
opportunities for collaboration and creation that demonstrate the
key role of regions within larger communities extending from the
nation to the emerging sense of globality in this period. Through
investigations of the men and women of the print trades outside of
London, this collection casts new light on the strategies of
self-representation evident in the work of regional print cultures,
as well as their contributions to individual regional identities
and national narratives.
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