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Now in its fifth edition, this guide to project work continues to be an indispensable resource for all students undertaking research.Guiding the reader right through from preliminary stages to completion, "The Research Project "sets out in clear and concise terms the main tasks involved in doing a research project, covering: * choosing a topic* using the library effectively* taking notes* shaping and composing the project* providing footnotes,...

Lucifer, a paranoid young man, believes that he is Satan and has a remarkable psychic ability to predict death by natural causes. Lucifer's ability is used by Seff's gang to extract ransom from their rich victims. Seff selects the victims and warns them of their impending death, any who do not pay the ransom seemingly dies from natural causes, helped on their way by Seff's executioner, Jack Wish.By what means are the victims being killed? How ...

Heavily influenced by Max Weber's definition of the state, political scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimization struggles of non-state actors who resort to violence. This book constitutes an attempt to redress that imbalance by examining a series of controversies concerning the State of Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent the violence of others. Separate chapters deal with the public dis...

Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem. Finding ways of dealing with this problem is a major platform of government policy and a great deal has been made of the impact of treatment on drug users. Drug Treatment: What Works? is a cutting edge survey of the latest developments in these treatments, and it sets out to ask some of the crucial questions in the treatment of drug abusers, including: * Which treatments work...

This accessible and thought-provoking book considers what beginning teachers need to know about learning, teaching, assessment, curriculum, and professional development, in the context of teaching mathematics to 11-19 year olds. It is part of a new series of books that has as its starting point the fact that PGCE students are already subject specialists. The authors show how mathematics teachers can communicate their own enthusiasm for the sub...

Mass Spectrometry: A Foundation Course is a textbook covering the field of mass spectrometry across the chemical, physical, biological, medical and environmental sciences. Sufficient depth is provided for the reader to appreciate the reasons behind and basis for particular experiments. It is uniquely and logically organised to enable the book to form the basis for a university course in mass spectrometry at the undergraduate or postgraduate le...

New concepts and technologies are being introduced continuously for application development in the World-Wide Web. Selecting the right implementation strategies and tools when building a Web application has become a tedious task, requiring in-depth knowledge and significant experience from both software developers and software managers. The mission of this book is to guide the reader through the opaque jungle of Web technologies. Based on th...

Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena bey...

A collection of articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio, includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in Fry's novel "The Liar" and the best of Fry's weekly column for the "Daily Telegraph".

Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarde...

Classic socialist literature centring on the lives of a group of working men who are joined by a visionary prophet with ideas on a just society. "A brilliant and very funny book" "Spectator

They started as little more than a gang of extremists and thugs, yet in a few years the Nazis had turned Germany into a one-party state and led one of Europe's most advanced nations into moral, physical and cultural ruin and despair. This title explores how the First World War, the Weimar Republic and Great Depression paved the way for Nazi rule.

Francis E. Miller began his memoirs at the age of 77, several years after his retirement. Born in 1909 in Belmont County, Ohio, his life spanned the 20th Century. At fifteen, he left Barnesville, Ohio for the big city, Canton, Ohio. His memoirs record his struggles and triumphs and provide insights into the times he experienced. This is the story of a not so common man, but a story similar to many of his generation. He wrote of his childhood, ...

THE MAUI TRAVELER is a sweeping, historical adventure with rugged characters who go fishing in Florida and Hawaii then get caught by both the raging beauty of the sea and the spectacular history of Maui. Within the tropical splendor of the islands, there is depicted the courageous struggle, against all odds, to preserve the unique life of Hawaii.

Dixie Dandy is the tale of a young woman's journey to live a normal life after an accident early in her young life leaves her reliant on a wheelchair. She manages endure many trials from her wheelchair, ultimately learning the most important of life's lessons. "No matter what happens, never give up hope." As her story unfolds we learn that sometimes limits are not set by our tragedy, God can still perform miracles. Just when she thinks life ha...

Does this sound like you? Are you repeatedly looked over for promotions? Do you work hard and no one seems to notice? Do your contributions to the company continuously go unnoticed? Are you a superstar but nobody knows it but you? Do you frequently feel like someone else's shadow but never the shining star? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions "THE PLAN" is for you. This book is unique because it benefits everyone. From the yo...

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Whatever happened to Sacagawea's son? His mother became a legend. But the infant boy who also made the hazardous 1, 900-mile journey to Oregon with the Lewis and Clark Expedition nearly disappeared from sight after their return. Yet he lived a long, adventurous life. Educated in St. Louis by William Clark, he spent six years in Europe as the ward of a German prince. Upon his return he joined the fur trade, working with the famous of the west--...

ENGLISH 422 reveals the power of the impact we can have upon one another. The students of Professor Abbie Cutter''s English 422 class are not thinking of that impact as they interact and react, sharing their inner thoughts and lives through their writings . The resulting effect of their time together is intense, eventually leading to the death of one student, the success of another, and the discovery of a new life for a third. Professor Cutter...

This novel treats two essential subjects: Faith and human fraternity. We read in different parts of the Bible "your faith has healed you" and "your faith has saved you". All those who were healed and saved, sought help from the Lord and Savior and put their absolute confidence in his power. For if he wants to save or heal he will certainly do. How did the American pilot John Rainbow, in the twenty-seventh of February 1991, during the war of Ku...