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A comprehensive source of information about the impact of flooding in the built environment, this resource draws on insightful discussions from the scattered literature and combines them into a cross-disciplinary approach designed for engineers, urban planners, regulators, and insurers. It offers a concentrated introduction to all aspects of the flood experience, including evacuation, emergency response, drying, and building repair, as well as...

This edition presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The text assumes prior knowledge of digital image processing and computer graphics fundamentals. Each chapter contains a table of contents, illustrations, and figures that elucidate the presented concepts in detail, as well as a chapter summary and a bibliography for furth...

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Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the economic development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective.

Based on five clandestine trips into Afghanistan with the resistance, this book examines why the Soviets invaded in 1979 and what they were seeking to defend. The author analyses their deliberate policy of migratory genocide through a combination of aerial bombardments, political repression and economic blockades.

Cogeneration can now turn up to 90% of the fuel burned into usable energy compared to just 52% of the fuel typically burned in the local power plant and in a separate existing hot water heating system. The fully updated second edition of this comprehensive, best selling reference provides a wealth of information to assist you in evaluating the feasibility and potential benefits of cogeneration for your facility. Covered in detail are recent re...

Demonstrates how the Duke of Buckingham manoeuvred to have Sir Walter Raleigh executed on trumped-up charges, leaving the way open for him to conspire with foreign powers to try to acquire the very mine he claimed Raleigh had invented to justify his actions against Spanish interests in Venezuela.

The Trainer's Manual follows the course of the main text and includes overviews, readings, discussion questions, hypothetical scenarios, activities, assignments, and scripts for plugging into an online course management system. It is accompanied by a CD that includes plug and play Breeze presentations for each chapter of the Effective Online Teaching text.

When President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher adopted the neoliberal doctrine as the paradigm of economics, there was no evidence that the move would have been successful, but thirty years on, the recurrent crises that culminated in 2008 suggest a serious mis-match between expectations and outcomes.

Beginning with a 1915 Saint-Saens lecture on the performance of old music, this title sets out to capture musicological discussion that has actually changed the way Baroque music can sound. It closes with a section on the musicological challenges to the ideology of the early music movement mounted (principally) in the 1990s.

Traces the development of one of Japan's best-documented ceramic types, from its beginnings around 1600 until the abolition of the domain system in 1871. This book explores the operation of Takatori as the official ceramic workshop of the Kuroda, lords of one of the largest domains in Japan.

As we start the second decade of the 21st century, the new cannabis industry continues to fascinate both casual and academic observers of the drug scene. Researchers around the world have become increasingly interested in the phenomenon, aiming to describe, and potentially explain, the rapid switch from importation to domestic production in their own countries. Bringing together some of the world's leading experts on cannabis cultivation, this...

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An inspirational collection of blissful, soothing angel and afterlife encounters which will help and encourage the bereaved and lonely. Known as the 'Angel Lady, ' Jacky Newcomb is a "Sunday Times" bestselling author, who is a regular on "This Morning" and has columns in "Chat, It's Fate" and "Soul & Spirit" magazines.

First published in 1974, this study of British political culture provides a radical critique of contemporary theories of working class deference and voting patterns. Drawing not only on previously unpublished opinion poll data but also the evidence of his own surveys, the author provides convincing evidence for his reformulation of the deference and civility themes, which he sees in terms of a theory of social order in class stratified societies.

First published in 1983, this extraordinary study provides a comprehensive systematic evaluation of cross-national theorizing and quantitative empirical evidence on four interrelated phenomena: Political violence Crises Military Coups D¿ État Revolutions.

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