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Although this novel is based upon a genuine murder that took place
in the churchyard of Bakewell Parish Church on the 12th September
1973 the characters and events that are described in this book are
entirely fictional. They are a product of the author's imagination
and any similarity to persons living is coincidental. To date the
actual murder has never been solved. It may never be solved even
though there were witnesses to the dreadful crime. They refused to
testify because they feared for their lives.
Grace Manning, a wealthy middle-aged widow, mature sensible and
clever at investing her finances, has a wide circle of friends and
a happy settled life. She is aunt to Justine and Merci Carpentier
whom she raised from the age of four when their parents were killed
in a plane crash in 1990 while flying home to France. In 2011 when
the twins come into their inheritance they decide to take a year
out and explore the world. Six months later in February 2012 Grace
Manning inexplicably commits suicide. Why? Justine and Merci are
deeply traumatised by the news which they learn when they are
finally traced by the police. They resolve to find out the reason
why. Retired police sergeant Edward Decker's first wife was
murdered in 1962. The crime was never solved. Fifty years later DNA
evidence comes to light that finally points to the culprit. But is
it too late for justice to be done? And how will the former police
sergeant react to the news that all along one person knew the
truth?
When the Chief Executive of the North Pennine Health Scheme is
found dead, hanged by the rope of his stable bell, it is generally
regarded as the suicide of a guilty man. One million pounds,
missing from the health scheme's funds, was apparently withdrawn
from the scheme's account by its Chief Executive...and then
disappeared. But Police Sergeant Edward Decker thinks otherwise,
Maxwell Bull, the late unlamented Chief Executive, was not the kind
of man to kill himself. For a start he was much too arrogant and
vain. The problem for Edward Decker is that Bull had so many
enemies that it is difficult to know where to start. And the final
solution is far removed from the one the policeman expected.
Cultivate an interest in the agricultural sector with a three-level
secondary course designed specifically for the Caribbean. - Explore
regional and global practices and developments in agriculture. -
Review career options in an increasingly lucrative and essential
sector. - Enhance understanding of the relevance of agriculture
with a project-based approach to select topics. - Prepare for study
at the CSEC level with a dedicated project-based chapter scalable
to other topics and SBA research at the CSEC level. - Consolidate
learning with a clear chapter objectives and end of chapter
evaluation.
Cultivate an interest in the agricultural sector with a three-level
secondary course designed specifically for the Caribbean. - Explore
regional and global practices and developments in agriculture. -
Review career options in an increasingly lucrative and essential
sector. - Enhance understanding of the relevance of agriculture
with a project-based approach to select topics. - Prepare for study
at the CSEC level with a dedicated project-based chapter scalable
to other topics and the SBA research at the CSEC level. -
Consolidate learning with clear chapter objectives and end of
chapter evaluation.
Cultivate an interest in the agricultural sector with a three-level
secondary course designed specifically for the Caribbean. - Explore
regional and global practices and developments in agriculture. -
Review career options in an increasingly lucrative and essential
sector. - Enhance understanding of the relevance of agriculture
with a project-based approach to select topics. - Prepare for study
at the CSEC level with a dedicated project-based chapter scalable
to other topics and SBA research at the CSEC level. - Consolidate
learning with clear chapter objectives and end of chapter
evaluation.
Reissue from the classic Muirhead Library of Philosophy series
(originally published between 1890s - 1970s).
This book offers new insight into the ways rhetorical educators'
religious motives influenced the shape of nineteenth-century
rhetorical education and invites scholars of writing and rhetoric
to consider what the study of religiously-animated pedagogies might
reveal about rhetorical education itself. The author studies the
rhetorical pedagogy of Austin Phelps, the prominent preacher and
professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary, and
his theologically-motivated adaptation of rhetorical education to
fit the exigencies of preachers at the first graduate seminary in
the United States. In disclosing how Phelps was guided by his
Christian motives, the book offers a thorough examination of how
professional rhetoric was taught, learned, and practiced in
nineteenth-century America. It also provides an enriched
understanding of rhetorical theories and pedagogies in American
seminaries, and contributes deepened awareness of the ways
religious motives can function as resources that enable the
reshaping of rhetorical theory and pedagogy in generative ways.
Exploring the implications of Phelps's rhetorical theory and
pedagogy for future studies of religious rhetoric, histories of
rhetorical education, and twenty-first century writing
pedagogy,this book will be essential reading for scholars and
students of rhetoric, education, American history, religious
education, and writing studies.
"The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the
field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The twenty-first
volume of the Journal of Medieval Military History begins with
three studies examining aspects of warfare in the Latin East: an
archaeological report on the defenses of Jerusalem by Shimon Gibson
and Rafael Y. Lewis; a study of how military victories and defeats
(viewed through the lens of carefully shaped reporting) affected
the reputation, and the flow of funds and recruits to, the Military
Orders, by Nicolas Morton; and an exploration of how the Kingdom of
Jerusalem quickly recovered its military strength after the
disaster of Hattin by Stephen Donnachie. Turning to the other side
of the Mediterranean, Donald J. Kagay analyzes how Jaime I of
Aragon worked to control violence within his realms by limiting
both castle construction and the use of mechanical artillery.
Guilhem Pépin also addresses the limitation of violence, using new
documents to show that the Black Prince's sack of Limoges in 1370
was not the unrestrained bloodbath described by Froissart. The
remaining three contributions deal with aspects of open battle.
Michael John Harbinson offers a large-scale study of when and why
late-medieval men-at-arms chose to dismount and fight on foot
instead of acting tactically as cavalry. Laurence W. Marvin
reconsiders the Battle of Bouvines, concluding that it was far from
being a ritualized mass duel. Finally, Michael Livingston
elucidates some principles for understanding medieval battles in
general, and the battle of Agincourt in particular.
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This book responds to ongoing calls for clarification and consensus
regarding the meaning, scope and interplay of humanitarian law and
human rights law in the 'grey zones' of unconventional operational
environments such as counterterrorism and counterinsurgency
operations. It contributes to the debate in this area by developing
objective criteria for determining where the shift from the legal
framework of law enforcement to that of non-international armed
conflict occurs in relation to targeting law and weaponry law; by
developing improved objective criteria for determining what
constitutes direct participation in hostilities and de facto
membership in an organised armed group; by taking stock of how
existing targeting and weaponry rules are being applied to
unconventional conflicts within civilian populated areas by key
state players as well as by international and regional human rights
mechanisms; by arguing for the progressive realisation of targeting
and weaponry law so that they are more fitting for operational
environments that are increasingly urbanised and civilianised; by
seeking to understand how global networked connectivity may affect
our understanding of the operational theatre of war and the
geographical reach of the legal framework of non-international
armed conflict.
This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators
charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their
A6M2/3 Zero-sens. The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea
has mostly been overstated, with little due being given to the
constraining conditions under which the fighter operated. The air
combats fought over New Guinea in 1942 between Imperial Japanese
Naval Air Force (IJNAF) pilots and their Allied counterparts in
P-39 Airacobras and P-40 Warhawks were often ‘trial and error’
affairs, with both belligerents being caught out by weather. This
study covers the key role played by governing factors including
geography and climatic conditions, and examines the modified
tactics employed by IJNAF Zero-sen pilots to help them cope
in-theatre through the comprehensive analysis of RAAF, USAAF and
Japanese operational after action reports. Using first-hand
accounts from both famous aviators and previously unknown RAAF and
Japanese pilots, and specially commissioned artwork, leading South
Pacific historian and author Michael John Claringbould sheds new
light on the air war fought over the wilds of New Guinea during the
course of 1942.
The continued importance of Christian rhetorics in political,
social, pedagogical, and civic affairs suggests that such rhetorics
not only belong on the map of rhetorical studies, but are indeed
essential to the geography of rhetorical studies in the
twenty-first century. This collection argues that concerning
ourselves with religious rhetorics in general and Christian
rhetorics in particular tells us something about rhetoric
itself-its boundaries, its characteristics, its functionings. In
assembling original research on the intersections of rhetoric and
Christianity from prominent and emerging scholars, Mapping
Christian Rhetorics seeks to locate religion more centrally within
the geography of rhetorical studies in the twenty-first century. It
does so by acknowledging work on Christian rhetorics that has been
overlooked or ignored; connecting domains of knowledge and research
areas pertaining to Christian rhetorics that may remain
disconnected or under connected; and charting new avenues of
inquiry about Christian rhetorics that might invigorate
theory-building, teaching, research, and civic engagement. In
dividing the terrain of Christian rhetorics into four
categories-theory, education, methodology, and civic
engagement-Mapping Christian Rhetorics aims to foster connections
among these areas of inquiry and spur future future collaboration
between scholars of religious rhetoric in a range of research
areas.
This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the
2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both
domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and
the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic,
and social topics. It assesses the political scene both before and
after the election, and discusses the nature of and likely future
of democracy in Russia. The election's impact on the Russian
economy is discussed in detail, as are Russia's relationships with
the United States, the European Union, and other parts of the
world.
The second part of Hegel's Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical
Sciences in outline. Translated, and with an introduction by, MJ
Petry.
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The continued importance of Christian rhetorics in political,
social, pedagogical, and civic affairs suggests that such rhetorics
not only belong on the map of rhetorical studies, but are indeed
essential to the geography of rhetorical studies in the
twenty-first century. This collection argues that concerning
ourselves with religious rhetorics in general and Christian
rhetorics in particular tells us something about rhetoric itself
its boundaries, its characteristics, its functionings. In
assembling original research on the intersections of rhetoric and
Christianity from prominent and emerging scholars, "Mapping
Christian Rhetorics" seeks to locate religion more centrally within
the geography of rhetorical studies in the twenty-first century. It
does so by acknowledging work on Christian rhetorics that has been
overlooked or ignored; connecting domains of knowledge and research
areas pertaining to Christian rhetorics that may remain
disconnected or under connected; and charting new avenues of
inquiry about Christian rhetorics that might invigorate
theory-building, teaching, research, and civic engagement. In
dividing the terrain of Christian rhetorics into four categories
theory, education, methodology, and civic engagement "Mapping
Christian Rhetorics" aims to foster connections among these areas
of inquiry and spur future future collaboration between scholars of
religious rhetoric in a range of research areas.
This book offers new insight into the ways rhetorical educators'
religious motives influenced the shape of nineteenth-century
rhetorical education and invites scholars of writing and rhetoric
to consider what the study of religiously-animated pedagogies might
reveal about rhetorical education itself. The author studies the
rhetorical pedagogy of Austin Phelps, the prominent preacher and
professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary, and
his theologically-motivated adaptation of rhetorical education to
fit the exigencies of preachers at the first graduate seminary in
the United States. In disclosing how Phelps was guided by his
Christian motives, the book offers a thorough examination of how
professional rhetoric was taught, learned, and practiced in
nineteenth-century America. It also provides an enriched
understanding of rhetorical theories and pedagogies in American
seminaries, and contributes deepened awareness of the ways
religious motives can function as resources that enable the
reshaping of rhetorical theory and pedagogy in generative ways.
Exploring the implications of Phelps's rhetorical theory and
pedagogy for future studies of religious rhetoric, histories of
rhetorical education, and twenty-first century writing
pedagogy,this book will be essential reading for scholars and
students of rhetoric, education, American history, religious
education, and writing studies.
"The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the
field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The essays in this
volume of the Journal continue its proud tradition of presenting
cutting-edge research with a wide chronological and geographical
range, from eleventh-century Georgia (David IV's use of the methods
described in De velitatione bellica) to fifteenth-century England
and France (a detailed analysis of the use of the under-appreciated
lancegay and similar weapons). Iberia and the Empire are also
addressed, with a study of Aragonese leaders in the War of the Two
Pedros, a discussion of Prince Ferdinand's battle-seeking strategy
prior to the battle of Toro in 1476, and an analysis and
transcription of a newly-discovered Habsburg battle plan of the
early sixteenth century, drawn up for the war against Venice. The
volume also embraces different approaches, from
cultural-intellectual history (the afterlife of the medieval
Christian Warrior), to experimental archaeology (the mechanics of
raising trebuchets), to comparison of "the face of battle" in a
medieval illuminated manuscript with its depiction in modern films,
to archivally-based administrative history (recruitment among the
sub-gentry for Edward I's armies). Contributors: David S. Bachrach,
Daniel Bertrand, Peter Burkholder, Ekaitz Etxeberria Gallastegi,
Michael John Harbinson, Steven Isaac, Donald J. Kagay, Tomaz Lazar,
Mamuka Tsurtsumia
This book examines the crisis in Ukraine, tracing its development
and analysing the factors which lie behind it. It discusses above
all how the two sides have engaged in political posturing,
accusations, escalating sanctions and further escalating threats,
arguing that the ease with which both sides have reverted to a Cold
War mentality demonstrates that the Cold War belief systems never
really disappeared, and that the hopes raised in the aftermath of
the collapse of the Soviet Union for a new era in East-West
relations were misplaced. The book pays special attention to the
often ignored origins of the crisis within Ukraine itself, and the
permanent damage caused by the fact that Ukrainians are killing
Ukrainians in the eastern parts of the country. It also assesses
why Cold War belief systems have re-emerged so easily, and
concludes by considering the likely long-term ramifications of the
crisis, arguing that the deep-rooted lack of trust makes the
possibility of compromise even harder than in the original Cold
War.
A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation
Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of
the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense
against the Allies' Rabaul raids and Bougainville landings. By the
midpoint of World War II in the Pacific, Japan was on the
defensive. At the end of 1943, after a year of tumultuous air
combat around Rabaul and the Solomons, 173 Japanese aircraft were
sent to Rabaul. The plan was for them to participate in Ro-Go
Sakusen (known as Operation Ro, Ro-Go, or B) to strike Allied air
power and shipping in the Solomons and to slow the American advance
by severing Allied supply chains. However, instead of challenging
Allied air and sea power on their own terms, the operation became
unexpectedly embroiled in defensive combat and counterattacks,
first to defend Rabaul from Allied air raids, and then to challenge
the Allied landings at Bougainville. In one fell swoop, Operation
Ro-Go was turned on its head, and transformed into a defensive
battle for the Japanese. In this book, the first in English to
focus on Operation Ro-Go, Michael John Claringbould uses rare
Japanese primary source material to explain how the Japanese
planned and fought the campaign, and corrects enduring myths often
found in books that rely only on Western sources. He traces the
unexpected and tremendous pressures placed on the operation’s
units at Rabaul as the Japanese dealt with massive, surprise raids
from Fifth Air Force bombers, and later US Navy carrier aircraft,
concluding with the strategic upset of the Bougainville landings.
Packed with previously unpublished photos, spectacular original
illustrations, 3D recreations of specific missions, maps and
explanatory diagrams, this study tells the previously untold but
significant story of Japan's air war in the Solomons.
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The aerial clashes between the iconic Corsair and Zero-sen
translated into a contest of speed and altitude for the former,
versus the latter's outstanding agility and range. Whilst the F4U
Corsair eventually proved to be a superior fighter in Pacific
operations, its introduction into combat in this theatre initially
demonstrated its weaknesses. Indeed, the 'Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre' debacle showcased exemplary Zero-sen fighter tactics, and
American losses were of sufficient magnitude that further daylight
missions toward Bougainville were discontinued until Allied fighter
tactics could be improved. As a result, for the next two months the
Corsair's combat results were much subdued. Indeed, the F4U only
became a superb fighter when both its pilots and their commanders
worked out how to deploy the gull-wing design effectively. Optimum
circumstances for effective engagement did not always occur, and
the Zero-sen remained effective against the Corsair until February
1944 in the South Pacific, after which all IJNAF fighter units
vacated Rabaul. This book closely examines these two different
fighters in the Solomons/Rabaul theatre, and the unique geographic
conditions which shaped their deployment and effectiveness. It
contains rare photographs and digital artwork that accurately
showcases and aligns combats of both types in-theatre with
unprecedented accuracy. Both sides vastly over-claimed. With full
access to IJNAF and US Navy/US Marine Corps records, these numbers
will be presented accurately.
This book reports on cutting-edge modeling techniques,
methodologies and tools used to understand, design and engineer
nanoscale communication systems, such as molecular communication
systems. Moreover, it includes introductory materials for those who
are new to the field. The book's interdisciplinary approach, which
merges perspectives in computer science, the biological sciences
and nanotechnology, will appeal to graduate students and
researchers in these three areas.The book is organized into five
parts, the first of which describes the fundamentals of molecular
communication, including basic concepts, models and designs. In
turn, the second part examines specific types of molecular
communication found in biological systems, such as neuronal
communication in the brain. The book continues by exploring further
types of nanoscale communication, such as fluorescence resonance
energy transfer and electromagnetic-based nanoscale communication,
in the third part, and by describing nanomaterials and structures
for practical applications in the fourth. Lastly, the book presents
nanomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and
biomolecular sensing.
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