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The Most Comprehensive Gunsmithing Guide of All Time. Written by
one of the most prolific firearms experts of all time, The Complete
Guide to Gunsmithing is a highly detailed and essential reference
for the gun enthusiast and gunsmith alike. At nearly 500 pages,
Chapel covers everything from the use of proper tools to how to get
a gunsmithing job, and everything in between. In more than forty
chapters of exceptionally clear prose, the book answers every
question a collector, soldier, or home defender could have on
topics such as: Drawings and Blueprints Stock Design Checkering and
Carving Stock Repairs and Alterations Etching and Engraving And
many more Not only is the book an incredible resource for gun
owners and gunsmiths, it's also a wonderful look at the world of
firearms in the first half the twentieth century. Published just
over seventy years ago, the book--and revised by the author two
decades later The Complete Guide to Gunsmithing is fascinating look
at how the nature of firearms has changed. With a thoughtful
introductory note by renowned outdoorsman Dr. Jim Casada and
eighty-five meticulous illustrations, this is the definitive
edition of an enduring and authoritative classic. Skyhorse
Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters
and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles,
handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery,
ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness
survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small
game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck
blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While
not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on
subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
This is the first fully-documented history of Ireland and the Irish from Saint Patrick to the Vikings. Other books cover either a longer period (up to the Anglo-Norman conquests) or do not indicate in detail the evidence on which they are based. The book opens with the Irish raids and settlements in Britain, and the conversion of Ireland to Christianity, and ends as Viking attacks on Ireland accelerated in the second quarter of the ninth century.
An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK. If someone at
work or their partner or close family member dies, managers and
colleagues need to respond appropriately. This book breaks new
ground in placing bereavement on the management agenda. It
addresses some challenging questions such as: What to say and what
not to say? How to balance the needs of the person and the job? How
do you get it right in a diverse, multi-cultural workforce? How do
you decide what time off is reasonable? How can other people at
work help, as well as avoiding making the situation worse? This
book is an essential guide for anyone in an organisation who has to
take responsibility in the event of death. It covers issues such as
what do in the event of a sudden death at work, managing staff who
are terminally ill, and practical help after death including
funerals. It is a unique and constant point of reference for anyone
concerned with one of the most challenging issues to be faced in
the workplace.
An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK. If someone at
work or their partner or close family member dies, managers and
colleagues need to respond appropriately. This book breaks new
ground in placing bereavement on the management agenda. It
addresses some challenging questions such as: What to say and what
not to say? How to balance the needs of the person and the job? How
do you get it right in a diverse, multi-cultural workforce? How do
you decide what time off is reasonable? How can other people at
work help, as well as avoiding making the situation worse? This
book is an essential guide for anyone in an organisation who has to
take responsibility in the event of death. It covers issues such as
what do in the event of a sudden death at work, managing staff who
are terminally ill, and practical help after death including
funerals. It is a unique and constant point of reference for anyone
concerned with one of the most challenging issues to be faced in
the workplace.
This book is about Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda,
widely known as Jose Rizal (June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896). He
was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the
Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by
profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino
Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the
colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial
government for the crime of rebellion after an anti-dd revolution,
inspired in part by his writings, broke out. Though he was not
actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately
approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine
independence.
The Chronicle of Ireland is the principal source for the history of
events not only in Ireland itself but also in what is now Scotland
up to 911. It incorporated annals compiled on Iona up to c. 740 - a
monastery which played a major role in the history of Ireland, of
the Picts to its east and, from 635 to 664, of Northumbria. Up to
c. 740 the Chronicle is thus a crucial source for both Ireland and
Britain; and from c. 740 to 911 it still records some events
outside Ireland. The text of the Chronicle is best preserved in the
Annals of Ulster, but it was also transmitted through chronicles
derived from a version made at the monastery of Clonmacnois in the
Irish midlands. This translation is set out so as to show at a
glance what text is preserved in both branches of the tradition and
what is in only one.
In 451 CE the Council of Chalcedon was called to assert the his
translation of the main Irish annalistic text up to 911 is designed
to make early Irish history more accessible to students of Irish
history. The contents of the text constitutes the principal
narrative source for carly Irish history, providing a fascinating
insight into the religious, social and political evolution of
Ireland and its people during this period. From 431 to 740 this
vital source of early Irish history was written on the small island
of Iona off the west coast of Scotland. From then it was contained
at monastery in the Irish midlands (most probably in Brega). This
new two-volume translation is accompanied by a thorough
introduction that places the annals of Ireland within a larger
historical context. The Chronicle of Ireland is an informative and
accessible introduction to the history of ancient Ireland for both
students and scholars of Irish history. Built up from various
individual writings, The Chronicle of Ireland is a truly unique
book and is as important to the history of Ireland as the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles is to the history of Britain.
This is a volume of collected poems by a man who is considered by
some to rank among such notables as Conrad Aiken, MacLeish, Eliot,
Spender, Auden, and Frost. As a poet he exhibits a fine eye and ear
and a fine mind for an appraisement of the scene around him.
Originally published in 1942. A UNC Press Enduring Edition - UNC
Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to
make available again books from our distinguished backlist that
were previously out of print. These editions are published
unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable
paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural
value.
This edited collection shows how demographic analysis plays a
pivotal role in planning, policy and funding decisions in
Australia. Drawing on the latest demographic data and methods,
these case studies in applied demography demonstrate that
population dynamics underpin the full spectrum of contemporary
social, economic and political issues. The contributors harness a
range of demographic statistics and develop innovative techniques
demonstrating how population dynamics influence issues such as
electoral representation, the distribution of government funding,
metropolitan and local planning, the provision of aged housing,
rural depopulation, coastal growth, ethnic diversity and the
well-being of Australia's Indigenous community. Moving beyond
simple statistics, the case studies show that demographic methods
and models offer crucial insights into contemporary problems and
provide essential perspectives to aid efficiency, equity in public
policy and private sector planning. Together the volume represents
essential reading for students across the social sciences as for
policy makers in government and private industry.
This edited collection shows how demographic analysis plays a
pivotal role in planning, policy and funding decisions in
Australia. Drawing on the latest demographic data and methods,
these case studies in applied demography demonstrate that
population dynamics underpin the full spectrum of contemporary
social, economic and political issues. The contributors harness a
range of demographic statistics and develop innovative techniques
demonstrating how population dynamics influence issues such as
electoral representation, the distribution of government funding,
metropolitan and local planning, the provision of aged housing,
rural depopulation, coastal growth, ethnic diversity and the
well-being of Australia's Indigenous community. Moving beyond
simple statistics, the case studies show that demographic methods
and models offer crucial insights into contemporary problems and
provide essential perspectives to aid efficiency, equity in public
policy and private sector planning. Together the volume represents
essential reading for students across the social sciences as for
policy makers in government and private industry.
Charles Edward Trevelyan (1807 1886) published Education of the
People of India in 1838. The work is a rigorous defence of the
educational reforms that took place in colonial India during the
1830s, which led to a western-based curriculum replacing
traditional Indian learning. The work is a response to the
arguments of orientalists such as H. H. Wilson (1786 1860),
recently retired from government office in India, but still
advocating an orientalist educational policy. In this work
Trevelyan puts forward his arguments for the moral and intellectual
advantages of English as the principle language of instruction and
defends the government's resolution of March 1835 that specified
that Indians should be educated by the study of European
literature, culture and science. It was one of the most influential
Anglicist tracts of the Indian educational debates, and it gives
valuable insight into the ideas behind what became standard
government educational policy.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated.1915 Excerpt: ... THE ELIZABETHAN AGE IN ENGLAND
Section I.--Seneca In England We have seen from our survey of the
medieval drama in England that it achieved a serious and
artistically satisfying method of dealing with the supernatural;
and furthermore, that the tradition thus established lasted until
newer forms of drama were definitely replacing the old, and was
never brusquely abandoned. In tracing the historical sequence of
our subject we are justified in leaving the moralities aside, since
by their very nature they lacked the possibility of attaining that
contrast necessary to the effective use of the supernatural. The
abstractions which take part in the moralities are all on the same
plane; and differentiation only leads to the accentuating of the
human characters, in other words toward comedy of manners.
Considering, then, the miracle-plays as the source of the native
method in the dramatic handling of the supernatural, we have to
note that such material as they afforded for treatment was of
essentially foreign origin, consisting as it did of the hierarchy
of supernatural figures which Christianity had introduced. The
method by which such figures are presented may fairly be called
native, in view of the contrast it offers to similar methods on the
Continent; but the figures themselves are not so. Yet outside the
strictly religious circle lay a great body of lore concerning the
supernatural which must have largely shaped popular conceptions in
such matters, and in time reacted on the drama itself. We cannot,
in the space here available, more than allude to these popular
traditions: but a word on their possible relations to the general
English attitude is in place. In the blending of races which
ultimately produced the England that is an individual nation, two
strains a...
Providing a fresh approach to the social history of the Victorian
era, this book examines the history and development of the tonic
sol-fa sight-singing system, and its impact on British society.
Instead of focusing on the popular classical music canon, McGuire
combines musicology, social history and theology to investigate the
perceived power of music within the Victorian era. Through case
studies on temperance, missionaries, and women's suffrage, the book
traces how John Curwen and his son transformed Sarah Glover's
sight-singing notation from a strictly local phenomenon into an
internationally-used system. They built an infrastructure that
promoted its use within Great Britain and beyond, to British
colonies and other lands experiencing British influence, such as
India, South Africa, and especially Madagascar. McGuire
demonstrates how tonic sol-fa was believed to be of importance
beyond music education - that music could improve the morals of
individual singers and listeners, thus transforming society.
This book provides a fully documented history of Ireland and the
Irish between the fourth and ninth centuries AD, from St Patrick to
the Vikings - the earliest period for which historical records are
available. It opens with the Irish raids and settlements in
Britain, and the conversion of Ireland to Christianity. It ends as
Viking attacks on Ireland accelerated in the second quarter of the
ninth century. The book takes account of the Irish both at home and
abroad, including the Irish in northern Britain, in England and on
the continent. Two principal thematic strands are the connection
between the early Irish Church and its neighbours, and the rise of
Ui Neill and the kingship of Tara.
Recorded at the Globe Theatre in 2011, this stage performance of
Shakespeare's romantic comedy follows the troubles of two couples.
While Claudio (Philip Cumbus) and Hero (Ony Uhiara) prepare for
their wedding, vengeful prince Don John (Matthew Pidgeon) plots a
scheme to slander Hero's name, leaving her to take drastic measures
to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Claudio's friend, Benedick
(Charles Edwards), and Hero's cousin, Beatrice (Eve Best), struggle
to admit their true feelings for each other.
A dramatic, first-hand account of the pioneering life in the
West--steamboating on the Missouri and the gold rush to California.
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Charley, Tie Your Shoes (Hardcover)
Charles Edwards; Edited by Kayla Druce; Illustrated by Amelia Detwiler
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This book is about Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda,
widely known as Jose Rizal (June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896). He
was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the
Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by
profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino
Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the
colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial
government for the crime of rebellion after an anti-dd revolution,
inspired in part by his writings, broke out. Though he was not
actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately
approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine
independence.
For centuries, the sea and those who sail upon it have inspired the
imaginations of British musicians. For centuries, the sea and those
who sail upon it have inspired the imaginations of British
musicians. Generations of British artists have viewed the ocean as
a metaphor for the mutable human condition - by turns calm and
reflective, tempestuous and destructive - and have been influenced
as much by its physical presence as by its musical potential. But
just as geographical perspectives and attitudes on seascapes have
evolved over time, so too have culturalassumptions about their
meaning and significance. Changes in how Britons have used the sea
to travel, communicate, work, play, and go to war have all
irresistibly shaped the way that maritime imagery has been
conceived, represented, and disseminated in British music. By
exploring the sea's significance within the complex world of
British music, this book reveals a network of largely unexamined
cultural tropes unique to this island nation. The essaysare
organised around three main themes: the Sea as Landscape, the Sea
as Profession, and the Sea as Metaphor, covering an array of topics
drawn from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first. Featuring
studies of pieces by thelikes of Purcell, Arne, Sullivan, Vaughan
Williams, and Davies, as well as examinations of cultural
touchstones such as the BBC, the Scottish fishing industry, and the
Aldeburgh Festival, The Sea in the British Musical Imagination will
be of interest to musicologists as well as scholars in history,
British studies, cultural studies, and English literature. ERIC
SAYLOR is Associate Professor of Musicology at Drake University.
CHRISTOPHER M. SCHEER is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Utah
State University. CONTRIBUTORS: Byron Adams, Jenny Doctor, Amanda
Eubanks Winkler, James Brooks Kuykendall, Charles Edward McGuire,
Alyson McLamore, Louis Niebur, Jennifer Oates, Eric Saylor,
Christopher M. Scheer, Aidan J. Thomson, Justin Vickers, Frances
Wilkins
Historians, numismatists and philologists consider fundamental
aspects of 9c political and economic history. The ninth century was
a period of upheaval in England, as the kingdoms of Mercia and
Wessex vied for supremacy, and East Anglia and Kent sought to
regain their independence, with the arrival of the Vikings
introducing a further element of unrest. This interdisciplinary
collection of papers by historians, numismatists and philologists
considers fundamental aspects of the period's political and
economic history. Alliances and treaties are a central theme,
political and monetary. A radical reassesment of events in London
in the later ninth century is presented, prompted by a detailed
examination of the numismatic evidence marshalled here along with
the written sources; it is argued that the Vikings were not in
control of the city prior to Alfred's "reoccupation" in AD 886. The
volume includes an illustrated corpus of the coinage of Berhtwulf
and another for the middle years of Alfred's reign; moneyers are
identified as witnesses to charters, and the forms of their names
are analysed according to the Old English dialects they represent.
A listing of some 500 single coin-finds forms the basis for a
discussion of the nature and extent ofmonetary use in ninth-century
England. The late MARK BLACKBURN was Keeper of Coins and Medals at
the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; DAVID DUMVILLE is Emeritus
Professor at the University of Aberdeen. Contributors: SIMON
KEYNES, THOMAS CHARLES-EDWARDS, JAMES BOOTH, MARK BLACKBURN, LORD
STEWARTBY, PAUL BIBIRE, D.M. METCALF, MICHAEL BONSER
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