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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to racing pigeons, with information on breeding, pigeon types, notable historical fanciers, housing, nutrition, and much more. "The Sport Of Pigeon Racing" is highly recommended for those with a serious interest in the sport, and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Pigeon Racing", "The Armadale Lofts", "My First Visit to Belgium", "Leading Belg...

This major publication sheds new light on one of the most important artworks produced in late fifteenth century Spain. The twenty-six panels of the altarpiece of the cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo (Castile) rank among the most beautiful and ambitious works by two of Castile's gifted late medieval painters, Fernando Gallego and the virtually unknown Master Bartolome. Accompanying a major new exhibition of their work, this extensively illustrated ...

Covering strategic technology management, this book attempts to bridge business and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities. It also includes interesting case studies on biomedical and renewable technologies.

Covering strategic technology management, this book attempts to bridge business and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities. It also includes interesting case studies on biomedical and renewable technologies.

We tend to write about what will not go away, " Doug Anderson says in this candid, darkly humorous journey of self-discovery. Beginning in 1943, in the pre-civil rights South filled with tobacco and war stories, he recalls the difficult childhood that propels him into service in Vietnam. In 1967, having returned home deeply shaken by his experience as a combat medical corpsman, Anderson plunges into the heady freedoms and excesses of the sixti...

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Few pieces of legislation have caused as much public controversy as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This book analyzes the passage of this law, compares it to other federal education policies, and shows that No Child Left Behind is an indicator of how and why conservative and liberal ideologies are gradually transforming.

One of the deadliest firefights in the history of the FBI occurred in 1986 in Miami, Florida. Lasting more than four minutes, the fight claimed the lives of two FBI agents and two extremely violent master criminals and severely injured five other FBI agents. On the 10th anniversary of the shootout, W. French Anderson, M.D., released his seminal study, Forensic Analysis of the April 11, 1986, FBI Firefight. Andersons report the most well-resear...

This book, first published in 2002, discusses the biological basis for a person's use of language.

Following his award-winning work on inner-city violence, Code of the Street, sociologist Elijah Anderson introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy"-the urban island of civility that exists amidst the ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves where segregation is the norm. Under the cosmopolitan canopy, diverse peoples come together, and for the most part practice getting along. Anderson's path-breaking study of this setting provides a new...

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Proceedings of the 14th Long Ashton International Symposium: Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems held in Bristol, UK, 13-15 September 1995

Misfortune and injustice are parts of life, but that doesn't mean we have to be cynical! In Cats Don't Do Geometry, humorist and poet Carl Anderson pokes fun at much of today's prevailing wisdom and presents some alternative ways of looking at things. It all begins with a study of cats and other fuzzy friends and how our relationships with them can improve our lives immensely.Anderson worked in the bureaucratic federal government system for ov...

This collection of mostly humorous verse pokes fun at current prevailing wisdom and presents other ways of looking at things. Its overall message is that we need to overcome cynicism to achieve either our own or higher purposes in life. (Poetry)

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I have done a report of some kind on the Fred Merkle story, whether in print, on radio, or on TV, on or about its anniversary, September 23, virtually every year since I was in college. The saga has always seemed to me to be a microcosm not just of baseball, nor of celebrity, but of life. The rules sometimes change while you're playing the game. Those you trust to tell you the changes often don't bother to. That for which history still mocks y...

Available for the first time in paperback, this classic story features a new colorized cover. Billy and his pony Blaze get lost in the woods with a storm approaching. Can Blaze find the trail and get them safely home again? Illustrations.

Billy and his horse, Blaze, discover the path to an old quarry. There they find not only a great place to go swimming but also a lost dog. Black-and-white illustrations.

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