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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.
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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.
A captivating and wonderfully illustrated chronicle of one of the
most influential and legendary names in gunsmithing history. John
M. Browning was born in Ogden, Utah, in 1855, into a world of
gunsmithing. His father was a gunsmith who was already well known
for a number of innovations in the field. As a young boy, John
spent hours in his father's shop and allegedly knew the name of
every part of a gun before he could read. It's hardly surprising
that at age twenty-three, he was filing his first patent for the
"J. M. Browning Single-Shot Rifle." Browning inherited his father's
gun making shop, and with funds of less than a thousand dollars,
developed it into a highly successful business that developed
several iconic firearms including the Colt Peacemaker. Browning
also cooperated with Winchester to develop a whole range of small
arms including semi-automatic pistols, single-shot rifles, repeater
rifles, and machine guns. His enthusiasm and creativity have led
many to believe he is the greatest firearm designer of all time.
This fascinating book describes the Browning history, and in
addition to covering the full range of inventions and designs, also
shows various gun-making artifacts, copies of designers' drawings,
and interesting photographs of the weapons in the hands of users.
The History of Browning Firearms makes a perfect addition to the
libraries of Wild West buffs and firearms enthusiasts.
A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology
collection of the 100 finest short stories ever written. Profound,
lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost
anything. This collection of 100 of the finest stories ever written
ranges from the essential to the unexpected, the traditional to the
surreal. Wide in scope, both beautiful and vast, this is the
perfect companion for any fiction lover. Here are childhood
favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and
national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson,
Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton,
Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert,
Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S.
Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Toibin, That
Glimpse of Truth is the biggest, most handsome collection of short
fiction in print today.
This original approach to value provides a foundation for a new
imaginative landscape in philosophy of law. "Value essentialism"
identifies value formations such as a sacred cow and scapegoat
tandem and the intensification of "oughtness" as it approaches
sacred zenith values. Readers learn how Occam's razor has been
responsible for the death of many ideas; how the celebrated Other
gains nuance as near and remote; and where a spectral assessment of
probability and necessity leads. Analyses of Supreme Court cases
grow out in different and exciting directions. Bell was not about
eugenics, but another iteration of the value of efficiency and Yo
Wick was as much about classism as it was about racism. Lochner
involved not an ideological binary but three distinct value
schemes. "Separate but equal" was refined as parallelism and
exploitative tangents. In Brown, the Fourteenth Amendment took a
significant subjective turn. In Heller, the communitarian position
of stopping violence before it could start could be contrasted with
the individualistic position of waiting until you see the whites of
their eyes in your bedroom. Citizens United represented the best
example of this axiological approach, raising the question: was the
First Amendment designed to maximize participation or maximize
democracy?
During the summer of 2018, numerous members of the Labour Party
were accused of anti-Semitic behaviour by their detractors. The
controversy reached fever pitch amid claims that the Labour Party
had become 'institutionally racist' under the leadership of Jeremy
Corbyn, and that the prospect of a Corbyn-led government posed an
'existential threat' to Jewish life in Britain. Shrouded in
confusion, hyped by the media, whether these accusations were true
or not got lost in the mix. This book clears the confusion by
drawing on deep and original research on public beliefs and media
representation of antisemitism and the Labour Party, revealing
shocking findings of misinformation spread by the press, including
the supposedly impartial BBC, and the liberal Guardian. Bringing in
discussions around the IHRA definition, anti-Zionism and
Israel/Palestine, as well as including a clear chronology of
events, this book is a must for anyone wanting to find out the
reality behind the headlines.
The book explores the regional governing of metropolitan America in
a comprehensive and systematic fashion. It reviews the financial
system of state and local government at the broadest possible
level?the national level?and explores the relationships between the
federal government, the 50 state governments, and the 86,000 local
governments that con
Regions are difficult to govern - coordinating policies across
local jurisdictional boundaries in the absence of a formal regional
government gives rise to enormous challenges. Yet some degree of
coordination is almost always essential for local governments to
effectively fulfill their responsibilities to their citizens. State
and local governments have, over time, awkwardly, and with much
experimenting, developed common approaches to regional governance.
In this revolutionary new book, authors David Miller and Jen Nelles
offer a new way to conceptualize those common approaches: Regional
Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) that bring together local
governments to coordinate policies across jurisdictional
boundaries. RIGOs are not governments themselves, but as Miller and
Nelles demonstrate, they do have a measure of political authority
that allows them to quietly and sometimes almost invisibly work to
further regional interests and mitigate cross-boundary irritations.
Providing a new conceptual framework for understanding how regional
decision-making has emerged in the U.S., this book will provoke a
new and rich era of discussion about American regionalism in theory
and practice. Discovering American Regionalism will be a future
classic in the study of intergovernmental relations, regionalism,
and cross-boundary collaboration.
In 2007, scientists estimated the direct cost of diseases
associated with mould and dampness on the US population to be in
the range of 4 billion dollars, and the indirect costs of lost work
and school days are gauged even higher. The US Centers for Disease
Control recently concluded that elimination of moisture and mouldy
materials in the home definitively results in improved health.
Unfortunately, problems of accurate assessment and precise
identification plague the full understanding of the effects of
mould on human health. Addressing exposure assessment and
identification, Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work
Environments: Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation, and
Control, Second Edition discusses the methodology for conducting
investigations on indoor environments, including details on key
fungi and actinobacteria, and reflects advances in predicting their
occurrence in buildings in various parts of the world. Beginning
with a review of types of microorganisms in outdoor and indoor air,
their growth and control in home and work environments, and their
role in respiratory disease, this second edition presents new
studies on pollen and its allergenic effects, the mechanistic basis
for the effects of toxins and inflammatory agents on lung biology,
and the use of molecular methods for determining microbial
contaminants. On the practical side, this edition examines
remediation, control, and quality assurance; occupational exposures
in a wide range of environments; and infectious fungi and bacterial
endotoxins in the built environment. Bringing together the
state-of-the-science in this health-critical field, this accurate
and timely book offers researchers, public health officials, and
industrial hygienists crucial information on specific
microorganisms in the built environment, along with current
measurement and assessment solutions to clean up indoor air and
keep residents and workers healthy in the future.
If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in
1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist
theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still
widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the
magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the
logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism (as did
some irrationalists), but instead of pretending that they are
readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism (as do
postmodernists), he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist
alternative. This book promotes, defends, criticizes, and refines
this alternative. David Miller is the foremost exponent of the
purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature
views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the
growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of
argument as an instrument of justification, persuasion or discovery
and instead advocating the critical rationalist view that only
criticism matters. Miller patiently and thoroughly undoes the
damage done by those writers who attack critical rationalism by
invoking the sterile mythology of induction and justification that
it seeks to sweep away. In addition his new material on the debate
on verisimilitude is essential reading for all working in this
field.
This book covers the most important aspects of these essential
issues, such as: how and when to budget how to audit your school's
facilities how to manage, maintain and improve your premises ways
to gain extra funding for your premises what are the main Health
and Safety issues, what are the common pitfalls, and what are the
policies you really need.
Find real-world, clinically useful information on all aspects of
electronic fetal monitoring! Written by clinicians for clinicians,
Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring: A Multidisciplinary
Approach, 9th Edition provides an evidence-based, collaborative
approach to fetal heart monitoring during labor and in the
antepartum period. It covers the physiologic basis for FHR
monitoring, methods and instrumentation, standardized terminology,
pattern recognition and interpretation, and management of care.
Authored by a nurse-midwife, a perinatologist, and a nurse, this
compact guide prepares you for success on the EFM certification
exam and for success in today's clinical practice. Pocket-sized
format makes this guide ideal to carry and use in the clinical
setting, and a colorful design makes information easier to find.
Coverage of fetal heart rate assessment, evaluation,
interpretation, and management is supported by evidence-based
practice and literature, helping you prioritize care and make
clinical decisions. Patient safety and risk management strategies
include case studies and legal commentary, plus guidelines for
providing safe and competent care. Information on the relationship
between fetal heart rate patterns and neonatal outcomes provides a
guide to the correct use of fetal monitoring. Illustrations,
tables, and fetal monitor tracings highlight critical information.
Coverage of innovative practices supports patient safety and
improved outcomes through the use of a common language for fetal
heart rate patterns, a standardized approach to interpretation, a
discussion of emergency preparedness, and a discussion of human
factor issues such as improved communication, situational
awareness, no-fault/just culture, and teamwork. Practical
appendices offer a guide to FHR tracings and interpretation as well
as self-assessment questions for credentialing and certification
exam preparation. Expert author team provides clinical insight
along with international presence. NEW information on Category II
tracing management is included. NEW! Expanded section on common
misconceptions and myths includes evidence supporting factual EFM
characteristics. NEW! Detailed information on documentation and
legal issues is added. NEW EFM tracings with interpretation are
added.
The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip.
This book shows how, whenever big business is threatened, spin
doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to
push the corporate interest, often at the public's expense. Written
by leading activists and writers, this book reveals the secrets of
the PR trade including deception, the use of fake 'institutes',
spying and dirty tricks. The impact can be devastating -- when the
public is denied access to the truth, the results are rising
inequality and environmental catastrophe. Exposing the misdeeds of
famous companies including Coca Cola, British Aerospace, Exxon and
Monsanto, and revealing information about the covert funding of
various apparently independent thinks tanks and institutes, the
authors offer a guide to campaigns that can help us roll back
corporate power and resist deceptive PR.
If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in
1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist
theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still
widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the
magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the
logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism (as did
some irrationalists), but instead of pretending that they are
readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism (as do
postmodernists), he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist
alternative. This book promotes, defends, criticizes, and refines
this alternative. David Miller is the foremost exponent of the
purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature
views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the
growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of
argument as an instrument of justification, persuasion or discovery
and instead advocating the critical rationalist view that only
criticism matters. Miller patiently and thoroughly undoes the
damage done by those writers who attack critical rationalism by
invoking the sterile mythology of induction and justification that
it seeks to sweep away. In addition his new material on the debate
on verisimilitude is essential reading for all working in this
field.
This book shows how the release of the free market in the last
part of the twentieth century produced a rise in inequality and
violence, the development of a huge criminal economy and the
degradation of social and cultural life. It questions the silence
of academics in the face of these changes and asks how much they
have been incorporated into the priorities of commerce and
governments. Many academics in the social sciences, media and
cultural studies have avoided critical issues and become occupied
in obscure theoretical debates such as post-modernism. The effect
was to draw inellectuals and students away from the engaged and
empirical work needed to identify key social problems and
possibilities for change. The authors of this book point to the
need for independent research which can criticise political
policies and reveal their effects. They show, for example, why
contemporary policies on drugs and education are creating more
problems than they solve. The book features contributions from a
wide range of academic disciplines including mass communications,
sociology, politics, geography, philosophy and economics, and
points to new directions for radical science. It also examines the
possibilities for a free and democratic media and calls for the
development of critical and open debate.
Based on major multi-centre research in the UK, Dying to Care
identifies why work stress is a problem in health care generally,
and in HIV health care in particular. The similarities and
differences between work stress experienced in general health care
settings and in HIV/AIDS are explored in a state-of-the-art review
of research and experience in the field to date.
The book has a practical focus, and goes on to explore ways in
which the unique stresses of patient advocacy in HIV/AIDS can be
addressed, identifying the best approaches for management.
Highlighting the practical importance of a clear distinction
between the burnout and work stress for design of strategies for
burnout prevention, the emergence of the concept of burnout is
described and the general historical confusion between work stress
and burnout examined. This will be a key handbook for managers,
physicians, nurses, social workers, health advisors and counsellors
working in or alongside healthcare.
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