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  • A SCOT AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON
    GARETH GLOVER
    Captain James Stirling’s journals offer a firsthand account of the 42nd Regiment’s actions during the Peninsular War. For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the number of published memoirs is surprisingly low. The discovery of the three hand-written journals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland covering the period from August...

    $255.99

  • AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON
    GARETH GLOVER / ROBERT BURNHAM
    A unique and unfiltered perspective on the Napier brothers' firsthand experiences during the Peninsular War, revealed through their private letters. The Napier family are famous for their military exploits in the Peninsular War. Charles served in the 50th and 102nd Foot, George in the 52nd and 71st Foot and William (the famous historian of the Peninsular War) who served with th...

    $383.99

  • PROBATION AND RE-EDUCATION
    ELIZABETH R. GLOVER
    Elizabeth Glover had a wide knowledge of Club work, to which she gave seven years’ service at the beginning of her career. This was followed by a period of voluntary work in the Metropolitan Juvenile Courts. She joined the Probation Service in 1931 and remained in it until 1946, working at first in the London Courts, and later as a member of the Probation Training Board and an ...

    $960.00

  • RED DOOR BLUE FRAME
    EMELINE GLOVER
    Red Door Blue Frame is a poignant yet imaginative journey into grief, trauma, and growing up. Centered around childhood abuse and growing into adulthood, this book leads the reader through a cathartic rediscovery of self and seeks to provide a light for readers of all backgrounds. ...

    $125.00

  • BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN
    GRAHAM GLOVER
    First published in 1967, British Locomotive Design is a review of British locomotive practice during the century and a quarter of steam’s ascendency. The author shows how the Stephenson basic plan, while remaining essentially unchanged, was adapted over the years to meet the increasing demands made upon it in terms of haulage power and speed. The subject’s widespread appeal is ...

    $840.00

  • SOUTHEAST ASIA
    IAN GLOVER, PETER BELLWOOD
    This comprehensive and absorbing book traces the cultural history of Southeast Asia from prehistoric (especially Neolithic, Bronze-Iron age) times through to the major Hindu and Buddhist civilizations, to around AD 1300. Southeast Asia has recently attracted archaeological attention as the locus for the first recorded sea crossings; as the region of origin for the Austronesian ...

    $1,600.00

  • THE REDCOATS OF WELLINGTON'S LIGHT DIVISION IN THE PENINSULAR WAR
    GARETH GLOVER / ROBERT BURNHAM
    The Light Division is rightly regarded as the most famous force within Wellington's army in the Peninsular War. Often the first into every battle and the last to withdraw, the men of the Light Division were trained to act independently and think for themselves as well as operating in their battalion formations. The regiments which comprised the Light Division were present at al...

    $251.00

  • BUILDING SURVEYS
    PETER GLOVER
    Building Surveys has been a trusted guide for both students and professionals for nearly 40 years, evolving throughout its nine editions to address the challenges and responsibilities of the building surveying role. It covers everything needed for initial inspections such as equipment, know-how and procedures to writing an accurate report, making it indispensable to those pract...

    $1,340.00

  • THE MEN OF WELLINGTON'S LIGHT DIVISION
    GARETH GLOVER / ROBERT BURNHAM
    Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain's long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington's Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years. The regiments of the Light Division, and its predecessor, the Light Brigade, were involved in alm...

    $383.99

  • THE MEN OF WELLINGTON'S LIGHT DIVISION
    GARETH GLOVER / ROBERT BURNHAM
    Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain's long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington's Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years. The regiments of the Light Division, and its predecessor, the Light Brigade, were involved in alm...

    $329.00

  • PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY
    PHIL GLOVER
    This book contends that modern concerns surrounding the UK State’s investigation of communications (and, more recently, data), whether at rest or in transit, are in fact nothing new. It evidences how, whether using common law, the Royal Prerogative, or statutes to provide a lawful basis for a state practice traceable to at least 1324, the underlying policy rationale has always ...

    $1,160.00

  • BRITAIN AT BAY
    RICHARD GLOVER
    In the years 1803-5 Napoleon Bonaparte built 4 new harbours on his channel coast and assembled enough landing craft to put an army of over 165,000 men ashore on English beaches. Was this threat to Britain really serious and should we dismiss it as pure Bluff? Why was it never revived after Bonaparte's continental wars against the Russians, Austrians and Prussians? What did the ...

    $860.00

  • ADAPTING HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING FOR AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
    RACHEL STONE / IAN GLOVER
    For busy academics of all subject disciplines who have been asked to convert their face to face teaching into an online model of delivery.  The chapters present the steps that need to be taken to design and facilitate a high quality learning experience for students using a variety of modes and media. Each chapter includes a task and a checklist designed to help the reader throu...

    $943.81

  • GREEN SYNTHESIS IN NANOMEDICINE AND HUMAN HEALTH
    DR RICHARD L. K. GLOVER
    Green synthesis is an emerging method for deriving nanoparticles present in natural plants for use in nanomedicine. Written by experts in the field, Green Synthesis in Nanomedicine and Human Health showcases the exciting developments of this specialty and its potential for promoting human health and well-being. This book gives practical information on novel preparation methods ...

    $2,220.00

  • POETS AND PURITANS
    T. R. GLOVER
    Originally published in 1915, the essays in this book deal with 9 English writers – as diverse in outlook and temperament as Bunyan and Boswell; poets and Puritans and men who were neither. The book examines each writer in his historical and social context – facing problems in art or religion and life in general. ...

    $940.00

  • LEISURE COMMUNITIES
    TROY D. GLOVER / ‎ERIN K. SHARPE
    This book analyses the concept of community by critically exploring its many manifestations in leisure.  It unpacks patterns of mutuality, collective expression, and belonging as they emerge through interaction, shared narrative, and practice. Recognizing that our experiences of “being in common” and “being in leisure” require rethinking in a changed modernity, the book illustr...

    $1,200.00

  • TOWARD CULTURALLY SUSTAINING TEACHING
    KINDEL A. TURNER NASH / BILAL POLSON / CRYSTAL POLITE GLOVER
    Demonstrating equitable practices and strategies that move toward culturally sustaining teaching such as translanguaging, explorations of children’s literature, alternative modes of literacy assessment, photography and arts integration, student-driven poetry units, and more, this book shares the stories of four teacher–teacher dyads who worked together across university–school ...

    $1,200.00

  • GAS ADSORPTION IN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
    T. GRANT GLOVER AND BIN MU
    This text discusses the synthesis, characterization, and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the purpose of adsorbing gases. It provides details on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, mass transfer, and diffusion that are commonly required when evaluating MOF materials for gas separation and storage applications and includes a discussion of molecular simulation t...

    $4,700.00

  • THE HARDSHIPS OF THE ENGLISH LAWS IN RELATION TO WIVES BY SARAH CHAPONE
    SUSAN PATERSON GLOVER
    Susan Paterson Glover here presents, in modern type, a critical edition of the first printed work by an English woman writer, Sarah Chapone, on the inequity of the common law regime for married women. Glover's extended, original introduction provides an account of Chapone's life; a discussion of the influence of Mary Astell's work on Chapone's thought and work; and a review of ...

    $1,240.00

  • ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MIND
    EDWARD GLOVER
    On the Early Development of Mind by Edward Glover covers a period of thirty years in which he gathered together and annotated his various contributions to this most obscure of all psychoanalytical themes. He approaches mind from various angles, in particular the vicissitudes of the libido, of ego-formation, and of the emotions. The work is offered in chronological order and wit...

    $1,420.00

  • AGEISM IN WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
    IAN GLOVER
    This title was first published in 2001. This collection of essays on the the subject of ageism in work and employment arose out of the international conference held at Stirling University in July 1996. The book addresses various topics within this issue including the problem and its causes; the experience and practice of age discrimination in employment; and remedies and prospe...

    $1,360.00

  • COMMUNITY-OWNED TRANSPORT
    LEIGH GLOVER
    City and state governments around the world are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport. Economic, technological, city and transport planning and human behaviour solutions are often hampered by ineffective implementation. So attention is now turning to institutional, governmental and political barriers. Approaches to these implementation problems assume that...

    $1,320.00

  • THE AMERICAN SHARPE
    GARETH GLOVER
    Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement. James Penman Gairdner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but he was sent back to the ‘Old Country’ for his educa...

    $306.99

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS
    DANIEL ADRIAN DOSS / JR. GLOVER / REBECCA A. GOZA / JR. WIGGINTON
    Myriad forms of communication occur within the criminal justice system as judges and attorneys speak to juries, law enforcement officers interact with the public, and the news media presents stories of events in courtrooms. Hindrances abound, however. Law enforcement officers and justice system personnel often encounter challenges that affect their ...

    $1,200.00

  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN AMERICA
    LEONARD TERRITO / NATALIYA GLOVER
    Human trafficking is the third largest business for organized crime worldwide, next to illegal weapons trading and drugs. Written by well-respected criminal justice scholars, this book examines the criminal investigation of sex trafficking. Providing a multidisciplinary exploration of this topic, the authors discuss: International and national perspectives and the history of se...

    $1,000.00

  • TAXATION AND TAX POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
    HOSSEIN ASKARI / JOHN THOMAS CUMMINGS / MICHAEL GLOVER
    Taxation and Tax Policies in the Middle East evaluates the general role that tax policies have played in the economic development of the Middle East since 1945 and proposes some recommendations on how fiscal tools could be better used to promote further advancement in this region. This book is divided into six parts. Part I contains the purpose and outline of the study, while ...

    $970.00

  • THE MANAGEMENT OF MENTORING
    DEREK (ASSOCIATE GLOVER / GEORGE (LECTURER MARDLE
    As initial teacher education moves increasingly to the school, mentoring is becoming an ever more crucial part of the training process. This book examines the policy issues surrounding mentoring, at both the national and school levels, drawing on research and case studies. ...

    $960.00

  • BLUES WITH A FEELING
    TONY GLOVER / SCOTT DIRKS / WARD GAINES
    Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R&B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, ...

    $1,200.00

  • AN ELOQUENT SOLDIER
    GARETH GLOVER
    Lieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published.Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time, which practically guarantees the authenticity and accuracy of his account. But what mak...

    $229.00

  • SIMPLY SHELLFISH
    LESLIE GLOVER PENDLETON
    In Simply Shellfish seafood expert and acclaimed cookbook author Leslie Pendleton offers up 125 recipes for shrimp, crab, scallops, clams, mussels, oysters, lobster, and squid. All the dishes are fresh, healthful, and a (sea) breeze to prepare. Shellfish is a near perfect food: packed with good-for-you protein, low in fat and calories, and exceeding quick and easy to prepare. N...

    $251.00


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