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Geodesy (Paperback)
Clarke Alexander Ross 1828-1914
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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.
""Not an armchair narrative,"" Alexander Ross's ""Adventure's of
the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River"" describes a
three-year period, between 1810 and 1813, during which Ross was a
""commercial adventurer"" as part of an expedition ""fitted out""
by John Jacob Astor with an aim to establishing the ""Pacific Fur
Company."" Published in 1846, Ross's recollections of his
adventures with Astor's company are supplemented with his
experiences ""having spent fifteen years of my life traveling among
the savage tribes west of the Rocky Mountains."" His narrative is
full of descriptions of his encounters with Native Americans, as
well as encounters between the members of the crew themselves.
Describing the ""trials and misfortunes"" of these adventurers,
providing an account of the trade and commerce of the region, and
detailing ""Indian life,"" Ross's narrative ""embod ies} the
history of the Pacific Fur Company"" and provides insight into the
human and natural worlds that these explorers encountered.
Little and Falace's Dental Management of the Medically Compromised
Patient, 10th Edition, is thoroughly revised to provide the
information needed to assess common problems and make safe dental
management decisions. This new edition contains revised content on
Cancer and Women's Health and includes an enhanced ebook plus
patient-based practice questions with print purchase. Also, each
chapter features informative illustrations and well-organized
tables to provide you with in-depth details and overall summaries
required for understanding and applying medical concepts in
dentistry. NEW! Thoroughly revised content provides the most
current, evidence-based information you need to make dental
management decisions. UPDATED! Information correlating to the
revised INBDE exam prepares you for the boards. NEW! An ebook
version is included with print purchase. The ebook allows you to
access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to
search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have
content read aloud. Plus, patient-based questions are included.
UPDATED! Revised coverage of Women's Health addresses issues
specific to women that can impact dental management. NEW!
Completely revised chapter on Cancer discusses essential
considerations for the oral care of these patients. NEW! Key Points
at the beginning of each chapter highlight important content to
guide study efforts.
In this book, Alexander Ross highlights how creative entrepreneurs
saved the Hollywood studios in the 1970s by establishing the
calculated blockbuster, consisting of key replicable markers of
success, as Hollywood's preeminent business model. Ross
demonstrates how visionary individuals such as Coppola, Spielberg,
Lucas, and Zemeckis helped create the modern, calculated
blockbuster business model (BBM). However, with the rise of
streaming giants such as Netflix and the studios struggling to
compete, many consumers of entertainment now elect to partake from
the comfort of their homes, making the difference between
“cinema” and “television” anachronistic. Revisiting the
history of those pioneering 1970s blockbusters, Ross offers
distinct analysis about whether or not the calculated blockbuster
can continue to lead, or whether the streamers will continue to
generate their own content and, eventually, fully control the
dissemination process. Scholars of film studies, screenwriting, and
popular culture will find this book of particular interest
Sociology and Catholic Social Teaching: Contemporary Theory and
Research contains essays by key scholars in the territory where
Catholic social thought and secular sociology meet, and offers a
much needed alternative to the relativism and individualism that so
often characterize social scientific analysis today. Contributors
to this volume argue that Catholic social teaching, as articulated
so powerfully today in recent papal encyclicals and major
summations such as the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the
Church, offers a powerful moral framework for addressing today s
pressing social problems. This is especially true since many of its
tenets find solid support in social scientific research on the
nature of the person and the workings of culture and social
institutions. Sponsored by the Society of Catholic Social
Scientists, and including work by sociologists from both the
Society and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, this volume
is offered in the spirit of Pope John Paul II s exhortation to draw
from contemporary social science whatever can help the Church
better understand contemporary social issues and trends and thus
better serve humanity. Specific articles address such topics as the
Church as a virtual nation in the international arena; changing
cultural norms regarding deviance; the historical and contemporary
relationship between Catholicism and mainstream academic sociology;
empirical support for a natural law perspective on family
relations; the social psychology of happiness and moral behavior
among emerging adults; the sociology of knowledge from a
distinctively Catholic perspective; and how the principles of
subsidiarity and solidarity can be used to analyze and evaluate the
functioning of institutions like the family, education and the
state. Each author also offers some autobiographical reflections on
how they relate sociology and their life of Faith. This anthology
will interest scholars in both sociology and Catholic social
thought, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in
these areas."
For at least the past two decades, international Anglicanism has
been gripped by a crisis of identity: what is to be the dynamic
between autonomy and interdependence? Where is authority to be
located? How might the local relate to the international? How are
the variously diverse national churches to be held together 'in
communion'? "A Still More Excellent Way" presents a comprehensive
account of the development and nature of metropolitical authority
and the place of the 'province' within Anglican polity, with an
emphasis on the contemporary question of how international
Anglicanism is to be imagined and take shape. The first
comprehensive historical examination of the development of
metropolitical authority and provincial polity within international
Anglicanism, the book offers hope to those wearied by the deadlock
and frustration around questions of authority which have dogged
Anglicanism.
Title: The Red River Settlement: its rise, progress, and present
state: with some account of the native races and its general
history, to the present day.Author: Alexander RossPublisher: Gale,
Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed
bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926
contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works
about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early
1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery
and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil
War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02906000CollectionID:
CTRG99-B624PublicationDate: 18560101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Advertising material included in
pagination.Collation: xvi, 416, 16 p., 1] leaf of plates: ill.; 20
cm
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Neil Gall - Drawing (Hardcover)
Lexi Lee Sullivan, Alexander Ross, George Newall; Introduction by David Nolan, Aurel Scheibler
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R773
Discovery Miles 7 730
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This publication brings together over 60 works on paper created
from 2005 to the present day by London-based artist Neil Gall (born
1967, Aberdeen), whose works balance the profound with the absurd.
In works that buzz with art historical reference, Gall has
consistently explored matters of perception and mimesis through the
visual language of household detritus. He translates the visceral
and psychological interactions between materials and their surfaces
- corrugated cardboard and pressed tinfoil, ping-pong balls
enshrouded in black tape - to an unsettling, surreal and sometimes
erotic effect. Essays by art historian Lexi Lee Sullivan and artist
Alexander Ross are augmented by thoughtful insights from gallerist
George Newall and an introduction from Gall's dealers David Nolan
and Aurel Scheibler.
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