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Ultimate Gardening
Nancy J Hajeski; Gardening Know How; Edited by Nancy J Hajeski
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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.
For the first time, fans of Sarah J. Maas's sweeping New York Times
bestselling Throne of Glass saga can experience the vivid imagery
of her expansive world. Celaena battling the ridderak in the
catacombs, Chaol in the gardens of the glass castle, Manon riding
her wyvern through the Crossing, and many other favourite moments,
characters and objects come to life as readers explore the
vibrantly detailed realm of Throne of Glass. Stunning original
black and white drawings will bring fans deeper into the series
than ever before - making this a must-have companion to Sarah J.
Maas's beloved books.
Hospitality is something of a modern paradox. On the one hand,
hospitality connotes a nicety or pleasantry easily undervalued as a
ritual or formality devoid of epistemological or ethical content.
On the other hand, the rise in international conflict and violence,
the decline of civil speech, and the increased hostility toward
immigrants points to the dire need for hospitable responses to
mitigate tensions. Hospitality represents a further paradox for
feminism. Historically, women have been saddled with
disproportionate responsibility for hospitality and have also been
treated as unwelcome guests in so many arenas. For these reasons,
feminists have good reason to be wary of addressing hospitality.
Yet, feminist theory has taken the lead on developing ontological,
epistemological, and ethical approaches to connectedness and
relationality such that addressing hospitality appears to be an
appropriate extrapolation. Feminism and Hospitality is a collection
that negotiates amidst these intriguing paradoxes. Feminism and
Hospitality: Gender in the Host/Guest Relationship is the first
collection of original works to bring a feminist analysis to issues
and theories of personal, political, economic, and artistic
hospitality. Furthermore, because feminist theorists have brought
so much attention to the nature of human relationships, this volume
employs a fresh analysis beyond the tradition in political theory.
This book improves understanding of the nature of the transport
needs of rural people in developing countries. It contributes to
the development of practical policies to provide transport
facilities which will better meet the needs of rural communities.
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Augustine and Apocalyptic (Hardcover)
John Doody, Kari Kloos, Kim Paffenroth; Contributions by Jeff Olsen Biebighauser, J.Kevin Coyle, …
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Apocalyptic thought pervaded Augustine s time even more than our
own, where it still resurfaces with frequency and intensity.
Augustine s handling of this topic captures him at the height of
his powers, exercising his substantial skills at Biblical exegesis
and rhetoric, as well as his abilities to deal with the social
upheaval that followed on the Fall of Rome in 410. The essays in
this book look at Augustine s thought on apocalyptic, as well as
trace Augustine s influence through the Middle Ages and into modern
times.
This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a
research project and considers their implications for public
policy. The project was designed to find out what effect the 1956
Restrictive Trade Practices Act (and the subsequent legislation of
1968) had on British industry. The Act was a decision in favour of
competition against a background of well-entrenched and widespread
restrictive agreements, and this book examines in depth its impact
in eighteen selected industries.
Originally published in 1993, the starting place for this book is
the notion, current in the literature for around 30 years at that
time, that children could not learn their native language without
substantial innate knowledge of its grammatical structure. It is
argued that the notion is as problematic for contemporary theories
of development as it was for theories of the past. Accepting this,
the book attempts an in-depth study of the notions credibility.
Central to the book's argument is the conclusion that the
innateness hypothesis runs into two major problems. Firstly, its
proponents are too ready to treat children as embryonic linguists,
concerned with the representation of sentences as an end in itself.
A more realistic approach would be to regard children as
communication engineers, storing sentences to optimize the
production and retrieval of meaning. Secondly, even when the
communication analogy is adopted, it is glibly assumed that the
meanings children impute will be the ones adults intend. One of the
book's major contentions is that a careful reading of contemporary
research suggests that the meanings may differ considerably.
Identifying such problems, the book considers how development
should proceed, given learning along communication lines and a more
plausible analysis of meaning. It makes detailed predictions about
what would be anticipated given no innate knowledge of grammar.
Focusing on English but giving full acknowledgement to
cross-linguistic research, it concludes that the predictions are
consistent with both the known timescale of learning and the
established facts about children's knowledge. Thus the book aspires
to a serious challenge to the innateness hypothesis via, as its
final chapter will argue, a model which is much more reassuring to
psychological theory.
Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S.
legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function
brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct
and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors?
Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage
in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to
"nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? Under what
conditions might jurors make a valid choice to hold out against or
capitulate to their fellow jurors? Is it acceptable to form
alliances? After trial, are there problems with entering into
publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have
received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention
to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and
insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the
field of jury studies. Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in
after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify"
the outcome to express disapproval of the law? After trial, are
there problems with entering into publishing contracts?
Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant
attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and
other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays
along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury
studies. Contributors: Jeffrey Abramson, B. Michael Dann, Shari
Seidman Diamond, Norman J. Finkel, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P.
Hans, Julie E. Howe, Nancy J. King, John Kleinig, James P. Levine,
Candace McCoy, G. Thomas Munsterman, Maureen O'Connor, Steven
Penrod, Alan W. Scheflin, Neil Vidmar
Featuring the original primary research of a number of leading
scholars, this innovative volume integrates gender and sexuality
into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning
Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather
than simply supplementing existing explanations of political,
social, cultural, and economic phenomena-are central to
understanding these processes. Focusing on subjects as varied as
murder, motherhood and the death penalty in early Republican
Venezuela, dueling in Uruguay, midwifery in Brazil, youth culture
in Mexico, and revolution in Nicaragua, contributors explore the
many ways that gender and sexuality have been essential to the
operation of power in Latin America over the last two hundred
years. The linked questions of agency, identity, the body, and
ethnicity are woven throughout their analysis. By analyzing a rich
array of medical, criminological, juridical, social scientific, and
human rights discourses throughout Latin America, the authors
challenge students as well as scholars to reconsider our
understanding of the past through the lenses of gender and
sexuality. Making the case for the centrality of gender and
sexuality to any study of political and social relations, this
volume also will help chart the future direction of research in
Latin American history since Independence.
Featuring the original primary research of a number of leading
scholars, this innovative volume integrates gender and sexuality
into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning
Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather
than simply supplementing existing explanations of political,
social, cultural, and economic phenomena-are central to
understanding these processes. Focusing on subjects as varied as
murder, motherhood and the death penalty in early Republican
Venezuela, dueling in Uruguay, midwifery in Brazil, youth culture
in Mexico, and revolution in Nicaragua, contributors explore the
many ways that gender and sexuality have been essential to the
operation of power in Latin America over the last two hundred
years. The linked questions of agency, identity, the body, and
ethnicity are woven throughout their analysis. By analyzing a rich
array of medical, criminological, juridical, social scientific, and
human rights discourses throughout Latin America, the authors
challenge students as well as scholars to reconsider our
understanding of the past through the lenses of gender and
sexuality. Making the case for the centrality of gender and
sexuality to any study of political and social relations, this
volume also will help chart the future direction of research in
Latin American history since Independence.
Trial by jury is one of the most important aspects of the U.S.
legal system. A reflective look at how juries actually function
brings out a number of ethical questions surrounding juror conduct
and jury dynamics: Do citizens have a duty to serve as jurors?
Might they seek exemptions? Is it acceptable for jurors to engage
in after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to
"nullify" the outcome to express disapproval of the law? Under what
conditions might jurors make a valid choice to hold out against or
capitulate to their fellow jurors? Is it acceptable to form
alliances? After trial, are there problems with entering into
publishing contracts? Unfortunately, questions such as these have
received scant attention from scholars. This book revives attention
to these and other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and
insightful essays along with responses from leading scholars in the
field of jury studies. Is it acceptable for jurors to engage in
after-hours research? Might a juror legitimately seek to "nullify"
the outcome to express disapproval of the law? After trial, are
there problems with entering into publishing contracts?
Unfortunately, questions such as these have received scant
attention from scholars. This book revives attention to these and
other issues of jury ethics by collecting new and insightful essays
along with responses from leading scholars in the field of jury
studies. Contributors: Jeffrey Abramson, B. Michael Dann, Shari
Seidman Diamond, Norman J. Finkel, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P.
Hans, Julie E. Howe, Nancy J. King, John Kleinig, James P. Levine,
Candace McCoy, G. Thomas Munsterman, Maureen O'Connor, Steven
Penrod, Alan W. Scheflin, Neil Vidmar
For more than three decades investment in the transport sector has
been a priority for developing country governments. With a few
exceptions, roads have accounted for the major part of these
investments. The explicit, and often articulated, assumption upon
which the decision to allocate such large sums of money to road
transport has been made is that road transport and development are
inextricably linked. The implicit, and rarely articulated
assumption is that the provision of suitable roads will lead to the
operation of an adequate level of road transport services. If roads
do not actually produce economic development, it has been argued,
they certainly play a major role. This belief in the ben-eficial
effects of roads is not wholly unsubstantiated. Clearly the
provision of some form of access is vital for the development of
the rural economy. Nevertheless, the studies carried out over the
last 10-15 years on the impact of highway investment have sounded a
cautionary note. George W. Wilson, writing in the concluding
chapter of the Brookings Institution studies on transport and
development, suggested that* 'A much more sceptical attitude
towards transport appears essential and far more attention needs to
be devoted to the set of circumstances surrounding expansion of
transport capacity'. 1 The suggestion of a more restrained attitude
reflected a growing concern that transport, and in particular
roads, was only one factor amongst a large number that needed to be
integrated for effective development. The concern to see road
transport in a wider context partly explains the move towards the
evaluation of the social, as well as strictly economic, benefits of
road construction.
The updated third edition of the definitive guide to water
treatment engineering, now with all-new online content Stantec's
Water Treatment: Principles and Design provides comprehensive
coverage of the principles, theory, and practice of water treatment
engineering. Written by world-renowned experts in the field of
public water supply, this authoritative volume covers all key
aspects of water treatment engineering, including plant design,
water chemistry and microbiology, water filtration and
disinfection, residuals management, internal corrosion of water
conduits, regulatory requirements, and more. The updated third
edition of this industry-standard reference includes an entirely
new chapter on potable reuse, the recycling of treated wastewater
into the water supply using engineered advanced treatment
technologies. QR codes embedded throughout the book connect the
reader to online resources, including case studies and high-quality
photographs and videos of real-world water treatment facilities.
This edition provides instructors with access to additional
resources via a companion website. Contains in-depth chapters on
processes such as coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, ion
exchange, adsorption, and gas transfer Details membrane filtration
technologies, advanced oxidation, and potable reuse Addresses
ongoing environmental concerns, pharmacological agents in the water
supply, and treatment strategies Describes reverse osmosis
applications for brackish groundwater, wastewater, and other water
sources Includes high-quality images and illustrations, useful
appendices, tables of chemical properties and design data, and more
than 450 exercises with worked solutions Stantec's Water Treatment:
Principles and Design, Updated Third Edition remains an
indispensable resource for engineers designing or operating water
treatment plants, and is an essential textbook for students of
civil, environmental, and water resources engineering.
Much has been written about the pace of change facing the legal
industry - how certain law firm functions are being replaced by
artificial intelligence and new types of service providers, how
accounting firms are looking to absorb and replace law firms, and
how merging into worldwide mega firms of 3,000 to 10,000 lawyers is
the only way to survive. Steve Jobs and others have called this
evolution "creative destruction". Richard Susskind referred to it
years ago as "the end of lawyers". It is true that the legal market
is facing massive change. Technology, new ways of working,
alternative methods of billing, and highly disruptive new entrants
have all made their mark on the traditional legal business model.
The Future of Law Firm Business Models takes a look at all these
trends and more, horizon-scanning for future developments, and the
ways in which these issues will fundamentally change the market.
The need to improve the mathematical proficiency of elementary
teachers is well recognized, and it has long been of interest to
educators and researchers in the U.S. and many other countries. But
the specific proficiencies that elementary teachers need and the
process of developing and improving them remain only partially
conceptualized and not well validated empirically. To improve this
situation, national workshops were organized at Texas A&M
University to generate focused discussions about this important
topic, with participation of mathematicians, mathematics educators
and teachers. Developing Mathematical Proficiency for Elementary
Instruction is a collection of articles that grew out of those
exciting cross-disciplinary exchanges. Developing Mathematical
Proficiency for Elementary Instruction is organized to probe the
specifics of mathematical proficiency that are important to
elementary teachers during two separate but inter-connected
professional stages: as pre-service teachers in a preparation
program, and as in-service teachers teaching mathematics in
elementary classrooms. From this rich and inspiring collection,
readers may better understand, and possibly rethink, their own
practices and research in empowering elementary teachers
mathematically and pedagogically, as educators or researchers.
Originally published in 1993, the starting place for this book is
the notion, current in the literature for around 30 years at that
time, that children could not learn their native language without
substantial innate knowledge of its grammatical structure. It is
argued that the notion is as problematic for contemporary theories
of development as it was for theories of the past. Accepting this,
the book attempts an in-depth study of the notions credibility.
Central to the book's argument is the conclusion that the
innateness hypothesis runs into two major problems. Firstly, its
proponents are too ready to treat children as embryonic linguists,
concerned with the representation of sentences as an end in itself.
A more realistic approach would be to regard children as
communication engineers, storing sentences to optimize the
production and retrieval of meaning. Secondly, even when the
communication analogy is adopted, it is glibly assumed that the
meanings children impute will be the ones adults intend. One of the
book's major contentions is that a careful reading of contemporary
research suggests that the meanings may differ considerably.
Identifying such problems, the book considers how development
should proceed, given learning along communication lines and a more
plausible analysis of meaning. It makes detailed predictions about
what would be anticipated given no innate knowledge of grammar.
Focusing on English but giving full acknowledgement to
cross-linguistic research, it concludes that the predictions are
consistent with both the known timescale of learning and the
established facts about children's knowledge. Thus the book aspires
to a serious challenge to the innateness hypothesis via, as its
final chapter will argue, a model which is much more reassuring to
psychological theory.
Inland Waterway Transportation explores how tools of economic
analysis can improve the efficiency of both public and private
investment in inland waterway transportation. Originally published
in 1969, this study investigates how waterway transportation has
been affected by public operating policy, costs and charges for the
use of waterways in the United States as well as the impact of
relationships central to waterway policy and individual firms such
as the effect of the waterway environment on a firm's efficiency.
This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies
and professionals.
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