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Pocket Essentials is a fresh new series of film books that are short, snappy, and easy to read. Packed with facts, and backed up by opinion, each book has all the key information you need to know about the world's most celebrated film directors and film genres. What's in a book? As well as an introduction to the subject, each film by a director or each genre is individually analyzed and reviewed. In addition, the director or genre's impact on the film industry is explained, and a handy reference section lists all the far weightier (and more expensive) books on the subject. For movie buffs and students, these are great little entry-level books that build into an essential film library. ... Read more

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Pocket Dictionary of Lynch
If you have read any works on David Lynch this one will come as a crushing disappointment.

Sections on the works of Lynch are rendered in language we would expect from the webpages of alt.culture. The authors clearly love Lynch's work, but this doesn't excuse their inability to ground their comments in any form of cultural discourse.

While it does cover some of the more obscure areas of Lynch's work (particularly the early stuff) the reader will garner little more than trivial tidbits. A beginner's guide to say the least.

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Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts - an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts.

Natural Connections focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides:

• an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline
• case studies from the developed and developing worlds - Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom - that present detailed examples of the locally-based approach to conservation
• a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs
• an agenda for future action

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Must read!!
This book is the most complete and intelligent essay I have seen for the past 10 years of work with wildlife conservation and management. Should I have read before, it would have given me more insight in my career. This book is the result of an enormous work load done by scientists, politicians and anthropologists very well compiled in 400 pages. ... Read more

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Law and Criminal Justice: An Introductory Survey accomplishes something that should have occurred long ago. It brings together in one easy-to-read textbook every important legal subject relevant to the broad field of criminal justice.

Within its covers are straightforward explanations of criminal law, search and seizure law, the privilege against self-incrimination, right to counsel, law of evidence, sentencing law, inmate rights, juvenile law, death penalty jurisprudence and much, much more. By surveying the law as it relates to the criminal justice system, students will be introduced to the inner-struggles that have taken place and continue to take place in our police, courts, and correctional agencies. In addition to providing a distillation of criminal justice agency experience, the book helps students to improve their skills to think critically, logically, and ethically. ... Read more

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Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a signigicant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered, an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity, orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer, in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on climate. ... Read more

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This text takes the reader from fundamental principles to sophisticated imaging techniques. Topics covered include the imaging of diffuse infiltrative lung disease; airway disease; emphysema; pulmonary vascular disease; and pediatric diffuse lung disease. The text also discusses the clinical-radiologic consultation. ... Read more

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GREAT FOR RESIDENTS
great teaching of ILD / high-res CT.
amazing charts with differentials.

highly, highly recommend!!

GREAT FOR RESIDENTS
great teaching for ILD, patterns on high - res CT.
charts w/ differentials are outstanding.

highly, highly recommend. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second NSF Workshop on Biosurveillance Systems and Case Studies, BioSurveillance 2007, held in New Brunswick, NJ, USA in May 2007, co-located with the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2007).

The 17 revised full papers, 6 revised short papers presented together with 1 invited talk and 2 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. Bringing together infectious disease informatics (IDI) researchers and practitioners to discuss selected topics directly relevant to data sharing and analysis for real-time animal and public health surveillance, the workshop covers a wide range of backgrounds such as epidemiology, statistics, applied mathematics, information systems, computer science and machine learning/data mining.

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The relentless pace of the acceptance of quality as a fundamental basis for business management continues unabated. More organizations are adopting methods and management practices that comply with total quality principles, but it can often be difficult for specialist departments to see how their role within a company benefits as a result of such a system. By focusing on the role of quality in the financial field, this study explores the benefits that come to financial management when TQM is adopted. Taking the reader from the first principles of quality through to the successful implementation of the quality level of their choice, this book demonstrates: the growth of quality in business; the fundamental principles of quality systems as they relate to the finance function; different techniques for implementing quality; the impact of TQM on information systems; the benefits relating to financial management; and useful planning, action and evaluation checklists. ... Read more

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Since 9/11 in New York City, does fear keep you from public gatherings? The odious al-Qaeda terrorist is a murderer. Dripping with hate, the evil, murdering terrorist sacrifices his own body to prove his unconventional weapon is real. Kicking and screaming if he doesn't get his way, a younger terrorist would be thought to be a spoiled brat. As an adult, the disgruntled terrorist is a formidable foe, destroying all in his path. This gripping tale concerns one such al-Qaeda group.Is the U.S.A. mistakenly ascribing a body to terrorist killing theory? When all the al-Qaeda persons' bodies are dead, what happens to the theory?Egypt, stripped of its pyramids and cheops will be a sea of sand and serpents. ... Read more

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The Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) was a party of seminal importance in the history of radical politics in modern Ireland. The party was the forerunner and ideological springhead for a political tradition that has had a significant impact on radical Irish politics ever since. The ISRP was the first experiment with that powerful, dynamic, yet sometimes very confused cocktail of traditional republican politics and socialist principles.

The party produced the first regular socialist paper in Ireland the Workers' Republic, ran candidates in local elections, represented Ireland at the Second International, agitated over issues such as the Boer War and the 1798 commemorations. Politically the ISRP was before its time, putting the call for an independent "Republic" at the center of its propaganda before Sinn Fein or others had done so.

This is the first full length study of this important organization. Using the primary sources available this study delves into the internal politics and personalities that brought life to the organization. The political significance of the organization led by James Connolly is also viewed in both the international and national sphere. The legacy of the ISRP was to have an impact on the left-wing and republican movements in Ireland for many decades following it's demise in 1904.
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This book describes the current status and results of photoelectron spectroscopic techniques, both theoretical and experimental, that have been applied to the study of the cuprate ("high-temperature") superconductors. The techniques described include angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of valence electrons, core level spectra (XPS), and some special variations, such as resonance photoemission. Attention is paid to the difficulties in interpreting such spectra and to the problems obtaining good sample surfaces and high resolution, comparing results from other experimental techniques as well.The authors also outline expected future developments in the techniques.This book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in physics, chemistry and materials science with an interest in high temperature superconductors. ... Read more

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A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy Land' is a vivid account of ordinary life in one of the world's most contested and volatile regions. Award winning journalist David Lynch brings to life stories from both the Palestinian and Israeli street.

From coming under fire in the occupied West Bank, to visiting the 'First Irish Pub in Palestine', to talking Armageddon with young dispirited Israelis in Tel Aviv, personal experiences are interwoven with broad historical analysis.

A provocative introduction to the political and personal tragedy suffered by the Palestinian people and the continuing wider Middle Eastern conflict. ... Read more

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An excellent review from someone with dust on his boots
A very readable account of an Irish journalist's personal experiences in Palestine and Israel, and has an excellent account of the history of the region.It has a useful glossary.

The book is very well written and entertaining, but to me its main attraction is that the author is someone who has actually walked the streets and has personal experience.

Very highly recommended.

An endlessly entertaining delve into a serious issue
An Irish pub is not unusual to see in Boston or Long Island, but in Tel Aviv, it's another story. "A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy Land" tells the story of author David Lynch, and his Irish pub in Israel and Palestine. Written from a journalistic perspective, and packed with many fresh and original insights about the people behind the conflict. "A Divided Paradise" is an endlessly entertaining delve into a serious issue.
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