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Boardwalks and decks seldom fail because the designer has
miscalculated member size. Rather premature degrade is usually
associated with the failure to attend to many small points of
detail. This book explains these details and illustrated what
happens when best practice is not followed. This work includes over
100 images and a number of case histories. Also included is a step
by step explanation of how to lay out a commercial deck
"These are some notes," his father said shortly before he died,
"about a few things I don't want you to forget." Those life lessons
became the substance of Low Country Soul and, when placed along
side an account the life and times of an amazing man, the book
becomes a compelling read. The Bailey family was steeped in the
savory sauce of the Carolina low-country. Set on the islands of
Charleston County, South Carolina, the story opens a window on life
and culture during the war years of the1940's. It also gives
entrance into the soul of the man. The Songs My Father Sang are
like the Biblical psalms in which the writer praises God for life
in whatever form it came to him.
The Warrior Prince of Antioch
Bohemond-nicknamed because of his large size as a child-was a
Norman soldier and adventurer who became a pivotal figure among the
committee of nobleman leaders of the First Crusade. He learnt his
military craft at the side of his father Robert Guiscard, Duke of
Apulia and Calabria. Upon the death of his father, Bohemond went to
war with his half-brother, Roger and his mother to reclaim what he
considered his lost birthright. The outcome was a partial victory
in the award of the principality of Taranto, but it was clearly not
enough for a man of his enormous ambition, intellect and military
prowess. The First Crusade in 1096 provided the opportunity he
required. Irrespective of his religious convictions, which may have
been inconsiderable from the outset, Bohemond all but led the
crusade with more military success than were achieved in the two
subsequent crusades. He defeated and ejected his Muslim enemies
from the principal object of his ambitions-Antioch-and then held it
in defiance of the claims to it by Alexius of Byzantium. This was a
fascinating man was-quite literally-a giant figure of the Norman
period in every sense. Available in soft cover and hard back with
dust jacket.
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research,
offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history
of the southeastern United States. Building on the 1991 publication
What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this
new edited collection from Shannon Chappell Hodge and Kristrina A.
Shuler marks steady advances over the past three decades in the
theory, methodology, and purpose of bioarchaeology in the
southeastern United States and across the discipline. With a
geographic scope that ranges from Louisiana to South Carolina and a
temporal span from early prehistory through the nineteenth century,
the coverage aims to be holistic. Bioarchaeology of the American
Southeast: Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
is organized into two main parts. The first, "Context and Culture
History in Bioarchaeology," focuses on the fundamentals of
archaeology-figuring out who lived at an archaeological site, when
they lived there, what they did, and how they lived their lives.
This builds the framework that allows archaeologists to answer
deeper questions, such as the ones addressed in the second part,
"Social Identities in Bioarchaeology." Here contributors explore
questions of identity, ethnicity, gender and the status of women,
social status, class, power and exploitation, migration, and
conflict. These chapters implement and contribute to
anthropological theory and showcase improved methods, such as
innovative statistical analyses, and incorporate newer technology,
including a DNA and geographic information system applications.
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