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When a Chinese cargo ship is rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals to be used by a rogue nation to create new biological weapons, the president enlists Covert-One Agent Jon Smith to uncover the truth. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.

Readership: Researchers and engineers in applied acoustics.

This book is the result of more than 6 years of work in schools in Hertfordshire, helping children make the transition from primary education to the big school. The 6 sessions are based on a Circle Time approach and supplemented by follow-up activities. Each session has comprehensive teacher instructions with the necessary worksheets. A memory map technique provides a unifying element to the programme. Issues covered include: - bullying - fr...

In 1966 and 1969 Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky contested two epic battles for the world crown. In the first of these Petrosian became the only world champion to actually win a title defence for 32 years when his inspired defensive technique thwarted all of Spassky's aggressive intentions. In the second of these two ferocious fights Spassky eventually broke through to seize the world title. En route the two great players created some of th...

A three-volume set of selected papers from the landmark Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, "The Romanow Papers" comprises the most influential discussion papers on the fiscal sustainability of public health care in the future, the problem of change in health care and health systems, and a detailed analysis of the governance of health care in Canada.Presenting divergent diagnoses and policy prescriptions, the papers coll...

The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care" - the first of a three-volume set of selected papers from the Romanow Commission - comprises the most influential discussion papers on the fiscal sustainability of public health care in the future. The subjects covered include the current and potential cost drivers of the system, the financing and delivery of health care, fiscal federalism, and international trade regimes. While some of the contributor...

The second in a series of three volumes presenting a selection of the best studies prepared for the Romanow Commission, this volume focuses on the problem of change in health care and health systems. Combining the talents of experienced health policy experts with innovative researchers, the resulting studies provide unique perspectives on the difficult issues under scrutiny, including complexity in health systems, management of human resources...

The twelve papers in this third volume of the research program for the Romanow Commission offer a detailed analysis of the governance of health care in Canada from the perspective of constitutionalism, intergovernmental relations, and societal context.In the first section, the authors deal with the formal division of powers regarding health care as outlined in the Canadian constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The second section...

A misunderstood and sometimes maligned figure, Vincent Massey was one of Canada's most influential cultural policy-makers and art patrons. Best known as Canada's first native-born Governor General, he chaired the landmark Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences that led to the creation of the Canada Council. The Force of Culture examines Massey's notion of culture, its conflicted roots in late nineteenth-cen...