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'All Because of a Horse' is the story of a young woman veterinary
surgeon and her adventures after moving to North Yorkshire to
practice her profession. Her clients include a local zoo, racing
stables and private animal owners. There is a great variety of work
and personalities she has to deal with.
Through the lens of an economist's notion of public goods, David J.
O'Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and
polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities.
This macro-level institutional approach requires a precise
definition of the specific ways in which community-level challenges
can negatively affect a larger voting public. The author describes
in detail how seemingly intractable community-level problems and
inter-community conflicts have been substantially reduced by
framing them in terms of the self-interest of a larger polity.
Examples include The Federalist Papers, written in defense of the
US Constitution, New Deal institutions created during the Great
Depression, the post-World War II European Union, and more recent
macro-level institutional changes that are assisting, in varying
degrees, rural community sustainability in the US, Kenya, Rwanda
and Russia. O'Brien's extensive community-level research experience
in urban and rural communities that covers multiple historical
periods, will appeal to inter-disciplinary social scientists,
development specialists and persons looking for a hopeful,
practical approach to solving the challenges of globalization.
Shortly after the end of World War II, the world is still trying to
put itself back together, Europe most of all. Within the chaos, a
French heroin cartel takes advantage and begins successfully
trafficking drugs into the United States, via New York City,
utilizing a covert Latin American organization. The DEA is on the
hunt. Meanwhile, Israeli Intelligence struggles to pin down the
location of ex-Nazi war criminals. Their investigation collides
with that of the DEA, and two very unlikely parties become allies.
As the agencies work together, they soon come to a shocking
revelation. The Latin American connection, sneaking heroin onto
U.S. soil, is linked to the ex-Nazis hunted by the Mossad. Now more
than ever, two countries must share confidential information to
stop not only a drug epidemic but also bring to justice hateful men
who tortured and murdered thousands.
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Inherited Land (Hardcover)
Whitney A. Bauman, Richard R. Bohannon, Kevin J. O'Brien
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R1,175
Discovery Miles 11 750
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political
influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the
Catholic Church in Ireland now faces collapse. Devastated by a
series of reports on clerical sexual abuse, challenged publicly
during several political battles, and painfully aware of plunging
Mass attendance, the Irish Church today is confronted with the loss
of its institutional legitimacy. This study is the first
international and interdisciplinary attempt to consider the scope
of the problem, analyze issues that are crucial to the Irish
context, and identify signs of both resilience and renewal. In
addition to an overview of the current status and future directions
of Irish Catholicism, The Catholic Church in Ireland Today examines
specific issues such as growing secularism, the changing image of
Irish bishops, generational divides, Catholic migrants to Ireland,
the abuse crisis and responses in Ireland and the United States,
Irish missionaries, the political role of Irish priests, the 2012
Dublin Eucharistic Congress, and contemplative strands in Irish
identity. This book identifies the key issues that students of
Irish society and others interested in Catholic culture must
examine in order to understand the changing roles of religion in
the contemporary world.
The story is about a specialist detctive agency illegally
located in an art gallery through the good will of the caretaker,
Roy Jenkins, who has ambitions to be a vet. The characters
comprising the agency are, Ambrose Bonnyweather, a self-centered
Scotsman, his secretary, Beatrice Thompson and a 17 year old
trainee, Errol Billington.The caretaker is madly in love with
Beatrice, who dislikes him. The visits to a client Josie Hanson
regarding the loss of her cat Norma create many misconceptions,
confusions and cross purposes, particularly in conversations and
make up a story of a total comedy of errors with a froth of
sexuality culminating in total confusion and new discoveries within
themselves by all the characters.
Now in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores
relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and
practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in
which religion shapes human-earth relations, surveying a series of
questions about how the religious world influences and is
influenced by ecological systems. Case studies, discussion
questions, and further reading enrich students' experience. This
second edition features updated content, including revisions of
every chapter and new material on natural disasters, gender and
sexuality, race and ethnicity, climate change, food, technology,
and hope and despair. An excellent text for undergraduates and
graduates alike, it offers an expansive overview of the academic
field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past fifty
years.
The Powers Phase Project was a multiyear archaeological program
undertaken in southeastern Missouri by the University of Michigan
in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The project focused on the
occupation of a large Pleistocene-age terrace in the Little Black
River Lowland-a large expanse of lowlying land just east of the
Ozark Highland-between roughly A. D. 1250 and A. D. 1400. The
largest site in the region is Powers Fort-a palisaded mound center
that - ceived archaeological attention as early as the late
nineteenth century. Archa- logical surveys conducted south of
Powers Fort in the 1960s revealed the pr- ence of numerous smaller
sites of varying size that contained artifact assemblages similar
to those from the larger center. Collectively the settlement
aggregation became known as the Powers phase. Test excavations
indicated that at least some of the smaller sites contained burned
structures and that the burning had sealed household items on the
floors below the collapsed architectural e- ments. Thus there
appeared to be an opportunity to examine a late prehistoric
settlement system to a degree not possible previously. Not only
could the s- tial relation of communities in the system be
ascertained, but the fact that str- tures within the communities
had burned appeared to provide a unique opp- tunity to examine such
things as differences in household items between and among
structures and where various activities had occurred within a
house. With these ideas in mind, James B. Griffin and James E.
Brandon O'Brien helps pastors and church leaders understand that a
smaller church is sometimes better than a big one. He demonstrates
the strengths of small congregations, including that today's church
"shoppers" want services that are local, personal, and intimate.
Also, small churches provide space to nurture close relationships
across age and lifestyle barriers, and they facilitate a higher
level of commitment from laypeople. And small church budgets are
often more effective because of greater efficiency. The
Strategically Small Church will encourage small-church pastors in
their ministries and challenge them to play to their strengths.
'Lore Lust & Mushrooms' is about a few people the writer knew
in Oxford. It is meant to be amusing, and at times thrilling. Sir
Hugo Wilkinson has attempted to prove the existence of other
'beings' who see the Earth as heir 'land'. The professor's studies
have attracted a number of intellectuals for various reasons. They
have formed an organisation to study the metaphysical
possibilities. Their meetings at the home ofTeddy Lascelles, Sir
Hugo's successor, is sent into some confusion by Hugo's spiking
their drinks. Rather Elysian.
It is difficult for today's students of archaeology to imagine an
era when chronometric dating methods were unavailable. However,
even a casual perusal of the large body of literature that arose
during the first half of the twentieth century reveals a battery of
clever methods used to determine the relative ages of
archaeological phenomena, often with considerable precision.
Stratigraphic excavation is perhaps the best known of the various
relative-dating methods used by prehistorians. Although there are
several techniques of using artifacts from superposed strata to
measure time, these are rarely if ever differentiated. Rather,
common practice is to categorize them under the heading
stratigraphic excavation'. This text distinguishes among the
several techniques and argues that stratigraphic excavation tends
to result in discontinuous measures of time - a point little
appreciated by modern archaeologists. Although not as well known as
stratigraphic excavation, two other methods of relative dating have
figured important in Americanist archaeology: seriation and the use
of index fossils. The latter (like stratigraphic excavation)
measures time discontinuously, while the former - in various guises
- measures time continuously. Perhaps no other method used in
archaeology is as misunderstood as seriation, and the authors
provide detailed descriptions and examples of each of its three
different techniques. Each method and technique of relative dating
is placed in historical perspective, with particular focus on
developments in North America, an approach that allows a more
complete understanding of the methods described, both in terms of
analytical technique and disciplinary history. This textwill appeal
to all archaeologists, from graduate students to seasoned
professionals, who want to learn more about the backbone of
archaeological dating.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to
cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short
stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual
selection of the best American short stories, I had not realized
that at the end of my arduous task, which has involved the reading
of many hundreds of stories in the English magazines of an entire
year, I should find myself asking the simple question: What is a
short story? I do not suppose that a hundred years ago such a
question could have occurred to any one. Then all that a story was
and could be was implied in the simple phrase: "Tell me a
story...." We all know what that means. How many stories published
today would stand this simple if final test of being told by word
of mouth? I doubt whether fifty per cent would. Surely the
universality of the printing press and the linotype machine have
done something to alter the character of literature, just as the
train and the telephone have done not a little to abolish polite
correspondence. Most stories of today are to be read, not told.
Hence great importance must be attached to the manner of writing;
in some instances, the whole effect of a modern tale is dependent
on the manner of presentation. Henry James is, possibly, an extreme
example.
Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships
between the environment and religious beliefs and practices.
Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes
and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key
issues and questions with particular attention to issues of
environmental degradation, social justice, ritual practices, and
religious worldviews. Case studies, discussion questions, and
further readings enrich students’ experience. This third edition
features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and
new material on religion and the environmental humanities,
sexuality and queer studies, class, ability, privilege and power,
environmental justice, extinction, biodiversity, and politics. An
excellent text for undergraduates and graduates alike, it offers an
expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as
it has emerged in the past fifty years and continues to develop
today.
The new edition of O'Brien's Construction Inspection Handbook,
Fourth Edition systematically reinstates the importance of quality
control by providing you with a comprehensive quality assurance
plan. At the same time, this new Fourth Edition helps ensure that
your construction projects meet contract specifications, comply
with Construction Specification Institute standards, and conform
with legal codes. The book first provides you with the quality
assurance plan - a systematic outline of all the procedures you
must perform to evaluate project quality. The book's clear, concise
explanations of each procedure enable you to conduct thorough
inspections in the shortest possible time. Not only does this
fourth edition show you how the QA plan is correlated with codes
and standards, contract documents, and various legal aspects, it
also offers an array of new material on quality trend setters from
Frederick Taylor (1885) to W. Edwards Deming (1960's); ISO 9000 -
describes the process and discusses how it may or may not serve as
the TQM plan; partnering - incorporates a formal process to
encourage a win-win cooperative effort to benefit all the
stakeholders involved with a construction project; and Total
Quality Management - discusses TQM mission statement,
implementation plan and specific means of measuring performance.
Highly revised and updated the fourth section of the book describes
the concept of quality control through which the plan is
practically applied. Special aspects of quality control include
field testing and field administration as well as a new section on
contractor prepared quality control plans. In describing
characteristics of the typical construction project, the third
section of the text is conveniently organized according to the 16
divisions of the CSI categories. This format enables field
inspectors and resident engineers to correlate the handbook
directly with a portion of the building contract. In addition, the
handbook offers extensive appendices, offering a list of the ASTM
standards, legends and abbreviations, and names of organizations
relevant to the construction process.
Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships
between the environment and religious beliefs and practices.
Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes
and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key
issues and questions with particular attention to issues of
environmental degradation, social justice, ritual practices, and
religious worldviews. Case studies, discussion questions, and
further readings enrich students’ experience. This third edition
features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and
new material on religion and the environmental humanities,
sexuality and queer studies, class, ability, privilege and power,
environmental justice, extinction, biodiversity, and politics. An
excellent text for undergraduates and graduates alike, it offers an
expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as
it has emerged in the past fifty years and continues to develop
today.
This book is a direct result of the NATO Advanced Study Institute
held in Banyuls-sur-mer, France, June 1985. The Institute had the
same title as this book. It was held at Laboratoire Arago. Eighty
lecturers and students from almost all NATO countries attended. The
purpose was to review the state of the art of physical
oceanographic numerical modelling including the parameterization of
physical processes. This book represents a cross-section of the
lectures presented at the ASI. It covers elementary mathematical
aspects through large scale practical aspects of ocean circulation
calculations. It does not encompass every facet of the science of
oceanographic modelling. We have, however, captured most of the
essence of mesoscale and large-scale ocean modelling for blue water
and shallow seas. There have been considerable advances in
modelling coastal circulation which are not included. The methods
section does not include important material on phase and group
velocity errors, selection of grid structures, advanced methods to
conservation in highly nonlinear systems, inverse methods and other
important ideas for modern ocean modelling. Hopefully, this book
will provide a foundation of knowledge to support the growth of
this emergent field of science. The NATO Advanced Study Institute
was supported by many organi zations. The seed money, of course,
was received from the NATO Science Commi ttee. Many national
organizations provided travel money for partiCipants. In France,
CNES, IFREMER, and CNRS provided funds to support the French
participants. In the U. S."
"Governing the Corporation" is a unique forum combining the
insights of some of the most influential minds involved in the
governance of global financial markets with internationally
recognised academics and practitioners.
Divided into three sections, the book first examines changes to
the regulation of markets and assesses the global implications of
the export of Sarbanes-Oxley for financial sector governance. The
second section examines the challenges facing the professions with
critical analysis from leading lawyers and accountants. The final
section calculates the effectiveness of state and self-regulatory
policy and posits the importance of institutionalising an ethical
framework tied to incentives. Each section of the book features
contributions from regulators, practitioners and academics from a
range of disciplines, including finance, political science,
criminology, law and philosophy.
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