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In recent years the effort devoted to assuring both the safety and reliability of commercial nuclear fission power reactors has markedly increased. The incentives for performing this work are large since the resulting im­ provement in plant productivity translates into lower fuel costs and, more importantly, reduced reliance on imported oil. Reliability and availability of nuclear power plants, whether fission or fusion, demand that more atten...

A SMOKING GUNThe gold bug never bit Clint Adams, but he's not against providing protection to prospectors looking to strike it big-so long as the price is right. But when George Oswalt's treasure map leads him and Clint to the mother lode, the Gunsmith finds himself digging up more trouble than it's worth.The hoard isn't just overflowing with gold coins-whoever hid the treasure also stowed away some customized rifles, ones Clint recognizes as ...

It is a tribute to the vigour of research and development in aquaculture that we are able, in a relatively short time, to provide readers with a second volume in this series, which has such a diversity of high calibre research and developments to report. That the first volume was so well received has been a source of great satisfaction to the editors and supported their conviction as to the need for links to join the research laboratory to the...

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This book shows how a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of Human Rights.

The success of the previous volumes in this series attests to the buoyancy of the current expansion of the aquaculture industry, and the importance which it is beginning to achieve in the rural economies of many developed countries as well as those less favoured. In the last volume, emphasis was given to certain specialist areas which had become more important as the industry had acquired a more sophisti­ cated scientific base. This emphasis i...

A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO A LONG NIGHT Danger greets Clint Adams on the winding streets of the mysterious town of Larga Noche. After stable owner Danielle Hagerty loses control of one of her horses, it's up to the Gunsmith to subdue the beast before it does anyone harm. But while Clint can think of more than a few ways for Danielle to repay him, he doesn't have time for pleasure just yet. Because the Gunsmith has a special delivery for Leo Parker, ...

The Color Of My Sky is an intimate journey through the poetry of a Muslim-American woman who struggled with identity and depression from youth into adulthood. It is a unique look into the heart and mind of a young woman whose experiences in life are universal, despite religion, and hopes to touch others who are searching for truth, spirituality, meaning and fulfillment through God in a troubled world. The Color of My Sky is at once touching an...

Stephen Maddocks is an ordinary man who, following a couple of innocuous misdemeanours, is exposed to the political correctness and bureaucratic madness of the society around him. He is brought into contact with a string of larger than life characters, from the officious PC Harden to the suave but mercenary barrister Grayson-Hayes. His experience holds up a mirror to the values of the modern world, where the unscrupulous, the feckless and thos...

Stephen Maddocks is an ordinary man who, following a couple of innocuous misdemeanours, is exposed to the political correctness and bureaucratic madness of the society around him. He is brought into contact with a string of larger than life characters, from the officious PC Harden to the suave but mercenary barrister Grayson-Hayes. His experience holds up a mirror to the values of the modern world, where the unscrupulous, the feckless and thos...

The aim of this volume is to present to researchers and engineers working on problems concerned with the mechanics of solids and structures, the current state of the development and application to procedures for assessing the reliability of a system. Particular attention is paid to their use in the analysis of complex engineering systems. The topics covered reflect the need to integrate, within the overall methodology, statistical methods for ...

BYE-BYE, BABY Clint Adams has always tried to do the right thing. But when he finds a toddler roaming a trail in Wyoming, he makes a choice that leads him down a path toward his toughest challenge yet-and possibly his last. With the child in one hand and his gun near the other, Clint rides into a nearby town, where he finds a mysterious mayor, a sheriff who's had one hard night too many, and a madam who'd be happy to start a home with the Guns...

CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD Trouble is in the cards for Clint Adams when he saunters into a saloon to quench his thirst. After hearing Clint's name, two shady customers look to improve their standing with their prospector boss, Mr. Torquelan, by greeting the Gunsmith with guns drawn. But they quickly feel the sting of regret… When Clint learns the gruesome twosome were motivated by a local fortune-teller named Madame Giselle, he visits the s...

BURY THE LEAD Two years ago, a killer stalked the streets of Boston, and reporter Harry Temple covered the case. After an informant gave Harry the criminal's identity, the police ordered him not to run the story-but he did anyway. The killer fled the city, and Harry has been on his trail ever since, hunting for a chance at redemption. Now, Harry is in Abilene, Kansas, with a burden on his shoulders and a news clipping in his pocket. A woman ha...

In his monumental History of the World, J. M. Roberts delivered a powerful vision of human history as a story of change, a deliberate shaping of experience and environment. This revised and updated edition takes into account the great range of events and discoveries that have altered our views on everything from early civilizations to post-Cold War globalism. Large portions of the text have been rewritten. Roberts' view of history is exception...

Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children. Children appear to have only two advantages over adults in learning a language: they acquire a native accent more easily, and they do not suffer from self-defeating anxiety about learning a language. Adults, on the other hand, have the greater advantages¿gained from experience¿of an understanding of their own mental processes and knowing how t...

In the Black Mountains of Wales wild animals are disappearing. A strange figure is roaming the peaks, calling them into the deep caves beneath the rocks. Joe has moved to the area from the city and is trying to get used to his new life with his family. But now, together with his friend Gwen, he must risk his life trying to bring the animals back.

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Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. Anti-slavery, temperance, charity, cruelty prevention and "social purity" advocates promoted their causes through mobilization of citizen volunteer support. M.J.D. Roberts explores the world of these volunteer networks--their concerns, patterns of recruitment, methods of operation, and responses aroused--to provide an acc...