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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.
The introductory chapter of this book presents the concepts of the
bene?ts inherent in the study of comparative approach for an
effective counterterrorism response on the local law enforcement
level and overviews the inception of the project. Throughout the
twentieth century and into the twenty-?rst century, especially
after the events of September 11, 2001, the legitimacy of law
enforcement practices has been cited as a major concern for
international criminal justice. As policing pr- titioners and
scholars throughout the world shifted focus from a traditional
reactive, crime control stance to the need for accountability
mechanisms to ensure the s- port of citizenry in combating crime
and terrorism, the democratization of policing was seen as the best
mechanism for achieving long-term gains in public order at the same
time as protecting human rights. While the need to maintain human
rights remains an important issue, balancing these concerns with
the important public safety interests of societies is paramount.
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The Deserter (Hardcover)
King Charles King, Charles King; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R620
Discovery Miles 6 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Far up in the Northwest, along the banks of the broad, winding
stream the Sioux call the Elk, a train of white-topped army-wagons
is slowly crawling eastward. The October sun is hot at noon-day,
and the dust from the loose soil rises like heavy smoke and powders
every face and form in the guarding battalion so that features are
wellnigh indistinguishable. Four companies of stalwart, sinewy
infantry, with their brown rifles slung over the shoulder, are
striding along in dispersed order, covering the exposed southern
flank from sudden attack, while farther out along the ridge-line,
and far to the front and rear, cavalry skirmishers and scouts are
riding to and fro, searching every hollow and ravine, peering
cautiously over every "divide," and signalling "halt" or "forward"
as the indications warrant.
Under the willows at the edge of the pool a young girl sat
daydreaming, though the day was nearly done. All in the valley was
wrapped in shadow, though the cliffs and turrets across the stream
were resplendent in a radiance of slanting sunshine. Not a cloud
tempered the fierce glare of the arching heavens or softened the
sharp outline of neighboring peak or distant mountain chain. Not a
whisper of breeze stirred the drooping foliage along the sandy
shores or ruffled the liquid mirror surface. Not a sound, save
drowsy hum of beetle or soft murmur of rippling waters, among the
pebbly shallows below, broke the vast silence of the scene. The
snow cap, gleaming at the northern horizon, lay one hundred miles
away and looked but an easy one-day march. The black upheavals of
the Matitzal, barring the southward valley, stood sullen and
frowning along the Verde, jealous of the westward range that threw
their rugged gorges into early shade.
The major commanding looked up from the morning report and surveyed
the post adjutant with something of perturbation, if not annoyance,
in his grim, gray eyes. For the fourth time that week had
Lieutenant Field requested permission to be absent for several
hours. The major knew just why the junior wished to go and where.
The major knew just why he wished him not to go, but saw fit to
name almost any other than the real reason when, with a certain
awkward hesitancy he began: "W-ell, is the post return ready?" "It
will be, sir, in abundant time," was the prompt reply. "You know
they sent it back for correction last month," hazarded the
commander.
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Ray's Daughter (Hardcover)
King Charles King, Charles King; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R597
Discovery Miles 5 970
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The long June day was drawing to its close. Hot and strong the
slanting sunbeams beat upon the grimy roofs of the train and threw
distorted shadows over the sand and sage-brush that stretched to
the far horizon. Dense and choking, from beneath the whirring
wheels the dust-clouds rose in tawny billows that enveloped the
rearmost coaches and, mingling with the black smoke of the
"double-header" engines, rolled away in the dreary wake. East and
west, north and south, far as the eye could reach, hemmed by low,
dun-colored ridges or sharply outlined crests of remote mountain
range, in lifeless desolation the landscape lay outspread to the
view. Southward, streaked with white fringe of alkali, the flat
monotone of sand and ashes blended with the flatter, flawless
surface of a wide-spreading, ash-colored inland lake, its shores
dotted at intervals with the bleaching bones of cattle and ridged
with ancient wagon-tracks unwashed by not so much as a single drop
from the cloudless heavens since their first impress on the sinking
soil. Here and there along the right of way-a right no human being
would care to dispute were the way ten times its width-some
drowsing lizards, sprawling in the sunshine along the ties, roused
at the sound and tremor of the coming train to squirm off into the
sage-brush, but no sign of animation had been seen since the
crossing of the big divide near Promontory.
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From the Ranks (Hardcover)
King Charles King, Charles King; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R597
Discovery Miles 5 970
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A strange thing had happened at the old fort during the still
watches of the night. Even now, at nine in the morning, no one
seemed to be in possession of the exact circumstances. The officer
of the day was engaged in an investigation, and all that appeared
to be generally known was the bald statement that the sentry on
"Number Five" had fired at somebody or other about half after
three; that he had fired by order of the officer of the day, who
was on his post at the time; and that now he flatly refused to talk
about the matter. Garrison curiosity, it is perhaps needless to
say, was rather stimulated than lulled by this announcement. An
unusual number of officers were chatting about head-quarters when
Colonel Maynard came over to his office. Several ladies, too, who
had hitherto shown but languid interest in the morning music of the
band, had taken the trouble to stroll down to the old quadrangle,
ostensibly to see guard-mounting. Mrs. Maynard was almost always on
her piazza at this time, and her lovely daughter was almost sure to
be at the gate with two or three young fellows lounging about her.
This morning, however, not a soul appeared in front of the
colonel's quarters.
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Foes in Ambush (Hardcover)
King Charles King, Charles King; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R595
Discovery Miles 5 950
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The sun was just going down, a hissing globe of fire and torment.
Already the lower limb was in contact with the jagged backbone of
the mountain chain that rimmed the desert with purple and gold. Out
on the barren, hard-baked flat in front of the corral, just where
it had been unhitched when the paymaster and his safe were dumped
soon after dawn, a weather-beaten ambulance was throwing unbroken a
mile-long shadow towards the distant Christobal. The gateway to the
east through the Santa Maria, sharply notched in the gleaming
range, stood a day's march away, -a day's march now only made by
night, for this was Arizona, and from the rising of the sun to the
going down of the same anywhere south of that curdling mud-bath,
the Gila, the only human beings impervious to the fierceness of its
rays were the Apaches. "And they," growled the paymaster, as he
petulantly snapped the lock of his little safe, "they're no more
human than so many hyenas."
The intense current interest in the development of solar energy as
a viable energy alternative comes as no surprise in view of the
widespread awareness of impending world-wide energy shortages.
After all, the magnitude of energy available from the sun is
impressive, its diffuseness and intermittent nature
notwithstanding. The fact that, as a source, it represents a
constant and inex haustible supply of energy is alluring. The fact
that most solar application schemes are nonpolluting in nature is
an attractive bonus. In spite of these impressive attributes,
research and development in the area of solar energy is in its
infancy, owing largely to the prior lack of any need to exploit
such diffuse sources. Indeed efforts in this area have
traditionally been within the province of solid-state physics and
engineering. The problems associated with efficient light
harvesting and storage, however, are not simply technological ones.
Effec tive solutions to these problems appear to lie beyond the
current forefront of the chemical sciences. Consequently input fr9m
scientists previously engaged in fundamental chemistry has begun to
emerge. Thus many of the contributions in this volume represent
input from research groups with a relatively short history of
involvement in solar energy. On the other hand, the long-standing
and perceptive commitment of Professor Melvin Calvin to research
involving solar energy represents the other extreme. This volume
covers a variety of approaches to the problem of efficiently
converting and storing solar energy."
The introductory chapter of this book presents the concepts of the
bene?ts inherent in the study of comparative approach for an
effective counterterrorism response on the local law enforcement
level and overviews the inception of the project. Throughout the
twentieth century and into the twenty-?rst century, especially
after the events of September 11, 2001, the legitimacy of law
enforcement practices has been cited as a major concern for
international criminal justice. As policing pr- titioners and
scholars throughout the world shifted focus from a traditional
reactive, crime control stance to the need for accountability
mechanisms to ensure the s- port of citizenry in combating crime
and terrorism, the democratization of policing was seen as the best
mechanism for achieving long-term gains in public order at the same
time as protecting human rights. While the need to maintain human
rights remains an important issue, balancing these concerns with
the important public safety interests of societies is paramount.
The intense current interest in the development of solar energy as
a viable energy alternative comes as no surprise in view of the
widespread awareness of impending world-wide energy shortages.
After all, the magnitude of energy available from the sun is
impressive, its diffuseness and intermittent nature
notwithstanding. The fact that, as a source, it represents a
constant and inex haustible supply of energy is alluring. The fact
that most solar application schemes are nonpolluting in nature is
an attractive bonus. In spite of these impressive attributes,
research and development in the area of solar energy is in its
infancy, owing largely to the prior lack of any need to exploit
such diffuse sources. Indeed efforts in this area have
traditionally been within the province of solid-state physics and
engineering. The problems associated with efficient light
harvesting and storage, however, are not simply technological ones.
Effec tive solutions to these problems appear to lie beyond the
current forefront of the chemical sciences. Consequently input fr9m
scientists previously engaged in fundamental chemistry has begun to
emerge. Thus many of the contributions in this volume represent
input from research groups with a relatively short history of
involvement in solar energy. On the other hand, the long-standing
and perceptive commitment of Professor Melvin Calvin to research
involving solar energy represents the other extreme. This volume
covers a variety of approaches to the problem of efficiently
converting and storing solar energy."
When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000
of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of
the letters will contain material that has hitherto been published.
Comments on earlier volumes: "William Cowper is one of the very
greatest of letter-writers in English.... To read them is to be in
touch with a mind of civilised humor and a style of healthy
clarity.... The completed set will become an indispensable work of
scholarship."--Critical Quarterly. Volume V completes this
definitive edition of Cowper's letters and prose. It contains a
cumulative index for the set.
When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000
of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of
the letters will contain material that has hitherto been
unpublished.
When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000
of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of
the letters will contain material that has hitherto been
unpublished.
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