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  • SOLAR TEXTILES
    ROBERT MATHER / JOHN WILSON
    Most photovoltaic (PV) installations utilise heavy conventional glass or polycarbonate panels, and even newly developed thin plastic or metal films for PV cell use may fracture during both construction and application. Textile fabrics, the most widespread flexible materials in everyday use, offer a solution to the need for lightweight, flexible solar PV generators. Solar Textil...

    $2,000.00

  • PALESTINE 1917
    ROBERT WILSON
    A personal account of all ranks of the Yeomanry regiment, by a soldier who served in Sinai, Palestine and Syria. The Yeomanry regiments were originally raised in 1794, as a part of the volunteer forces, it was administered by the Home Office until 1855 when the War Office took over. The Yeomanry is most part consisted of the 'Yeoman of England, with noblemen and gentlemen as of...

    $1,059.00

  • PROMOTING HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
    JURGEN SCHMANDT / ROBERT WILSON / SUZANNE E SMITH / BRIAN H MULLER
    In the wake of declining federal involvement in state affairs, state governments have taken the initiative in creating science and technology policies and programs for economic development. The contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight states—California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and T ...

    $1,099.00

  • ASTRONOMY THROUGH THE AGES
    SIR ROBERT WILSON
    From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances. Free of mathematics and complex graphs, the book nevertheless explains deep concepts of space and time, of relativity and quantum mechanics, an...

    $1,659.00

  • CONTROL AND AUTOMATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    JAMES NORTHCOTE-GREEN / ROBERT G. WILSON
    Implementing the automation of electric distribution networks, from simple remote control to the application of software-based decision tools, requires many considerations, such as assessing costs, selecting the control infrastructure type and automation level, deciding on the ambition level, and justifying the solution through a business case. Control and Automation of Electri...

    $5,600.00

  • HANDBOOK OF NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF FINFISH (1991)
    ROBERT P. WILSON
    A one-of-a-kind book for researchers interested in finfish nutrition Handbook of Nutrient Requirements of Finfish provides a summary of qualitative and quantitative nutrient requirements for almost all cultured finfish for which a significant amount of nutritional information now exists. Information is presented by species and includes how each species is cultured, an index of ...

    $899.00

  • ENERGY: THE COUNTDOWN
    ROBERT LATTÉS / CARROLL WILSON
    Energy: The Countdown considers the possibility that a catastrophic energy crisis might become inevitable and could explode even before any comprehensive emergency plans are concerted. The goal is to raise with both public opinion and decision-makers the consciousness that there exists a real threat to human society in the form of a looming energy crisis. This book is comprise...

    $970.00

  • GEORGE AUGUSTUS SELWYN (1809-1878)
    ROBERT WILLIAM KEITH WILSON
    The conventional portrayal of George Augustus Selwyn, the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand, focuses upon his significance as a missionary bishop who pioneered synodical government in New Zealand and acted as a mediator between settlers and Maori. George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) focuses on Selwyn’s theological formation, which places him in the context of the world of t...

    $1,099.00

  • LBJ'S NEGLECTED LEGACY
    ROBERT H. WILSON
    During the five full years of his presidency (1964–1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing. These and other “Great Soci...

    $249.00

  • UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    ROBERT LEWIS WILSON / RACHEL WILSON
    Understanding Emotional Development provides an insightful and comprehensive account of the development and impact of our emotions through infancy, childhood and adolescence. The book covers a number of key topics: The nature and diversity of emotion and its role in our lives Differences between basic emotions, which we are all born with, and secondary social emotions which dev...

    $1,399.00

  • SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
    ROBERT INKPEN / GRAHAM WILSON
    This accessible and engaging text explores the relationship between philosophy, science and physical geography. It addresses an imbalance that exists in opinion, teaching and to a lesser extent research, between a philosophically enriched human geography and a perceived philosophically empty physical geography. The text challenges the myth that there is a single self-evident sc...

    $1,659.00

  • HONG KONG MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR
    CHAN, ANDY W. / CHOW, WILSON W. S. / FOSH, PATRICIA / SNAPE, ED / WESTWOOD, ROBERT
    Hong Kong Management and Labour argues, in a series of previously unpublished, completely up-to-date contributions, that economic and social change has been ongoing in Hong Kong for many years, and political change is perhaps less important for labour and management in the region. This book is written bearing in mind the concerns of policy makers and managers - particularly hum...

    $1,099.00

  • MANAGING SPORT FINANCE
    ROBERT WILSON
    All good managers working in sport need to have a clear understanding of the principles of finance and accounting. Whether working in the private, public or voluntary sectors, a firm grasp of the basic concepts and techniques of financial management is essential if a manager is to make effective decisions and to implement those decisions successfully. Managing Sport Finance is ...

    $1,339.00

  • MAGIC TIME: GHOSTLANDS
    MARC ZICREE / ROBERT CHARLES WILSON
    In an altered America where machines no longer work and magic holds sway, former lawyer-turned-visionary leader Cal Griffin guides his small band on a quest toward the Source of the Change -- following a trail he hopes will reunite him with his abducted sister, Christina, transformed into one of the powerful, enigmatic beings called "flares." Armed with little more than compass...

    $109.00

  • FINANCE FOR SPORT AND LEISURE MANAGERS
    ROBERT WILSON / JOHN JOYCE
    Sport and leisure managers need to understand the financial side of their industry to offer the most cost-effective facilities and to make sound business decisions. However, to the non-expert the language and practice of finance is often bewildering and perceived as complicated, difficult and impenetrable. This textbook guides the reader throu ...

    $1,599.00

  • NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BRITAIN
    JOHN GREENWOOD / ROBERT PYPER / DAVID WILSON
    First published in 1984 this book has established itself as the leading text in British public administration. The third edition builds on the previous edition's success to bring the considerable changes and very latest developments in the field. This edition includes: * a new chapter on the influence of Europe * a focus on new developments that have emerged in recent years suc...

    $1,179.00

  • THE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD
    ROBERT WILSON
    A Russian gangster’s death draws a Spanish police detective into danger in this “exciting, morally complex series” by the author of A Small Death in Lisbon (The Washington Post).   As a sweltering Seville recovers from the shock of a terrorist attack, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón is struggling to find the bombers. The death of a gangster in a spectacular car crash offers vital ...

    $229.00

  • THE BIG KILLING
    ROBERT WILSON
    Bruce Medway is the target of a deadly conspiracy in “this darkly tangled thriller” by the CWA Gold Dagger Award–winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon (Kirkus Reviews).   As a fixer, Bruce Medway makes his living doing things other people don’t want to do. And in the seedier corners of West Africa, there are plenty of tasks that need doing. For example, porn producer Fat Pa...

    $229.00

  • THE BLIND MAN OF SEVILLE
    ROBERT WILSON
    A Spanish detective investigates a series of grisly killings in a crime thriller that maintains “an almost unbearable pitch of excitement” (Booklist). Called to a gruesome crime scene, Inspector Javier Falcón is shocked and sickened by what he finds there. Strewn like flower petals on the victim’s shirt are the man’s own eyelids, evidence of a heinous crime with no obvious moti...

    $249.00

  • THE HIDDEN ASSASSINS
    ROBERT WILSON
    As perplexing murder leads a Spanish detective into the dangerous cultural tensions of Seville in this thriller by the author of A Small Death in Lisbon.   Chief Inspector Javier Falcón is called to the disturbing scene of a faceless, mutilated corpse found in a municipal dump. But just as he begins his investigation, the beautiful city of Seville is rocked by a massive explosi...

    $149.00

  • INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
    ROBERT WILSON
    This debut thriller by the award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon is “a witty, fast-moving and picaresque tale” set in West Africa (Nelson DeMille).   A British expat, Bruce Medway gets by as a fixer and troubleshooter in the West African country of Benin. He’s been in tough spots before, but never faced anything life-threatening until he did business with the mighty M...

    $149.00

  • THE VANISHED HANDS
    ROBERT WILSON
    Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón investigates a series of suspicious suicides in the “intricate [and] chilling” follow up to The Blind Man of Seville (Publishers Weekly).   In an exclusive suburb of Seville, Spain, a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, the tragic conclusion to an apparent suicide pact. Lucia Vega has been suffocated in her own bed, while her husband, constr...

    $249.00

  • CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
    ROBERT WILSON
    The “crackerjack” first thriller in the London-set series featuring kidnap consultant Charles Boxer (The Wall Street Journal). When the twenty-five-year-old daughter of Indian billionaire Frank D’Cruz is kidnapped, former cop turned private security professional Charles Boxer is charged with getting her back alive.   Boxer knows all-too-well how the dark forces in London can re...

    $299.00

  • A DARKENING STAIN
    ROBERT WILSON
    The award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon “powerfully evokes West Africa” in this mystery thriller of greed, murder and human trafficking (Publishers Weekly).   When schoolgirls begin to disappear on the West African coast, "troubleshooter" Bruce Medway tries to remain detached. Meanwhile, he reluctantly accepts a job from his former nemesis, the mafia capo Roberto Fr...

    $149.00

  • THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
    ROBERT WILSON
    A poignant, “top rank” espionage thriller spanning from WWII to the Cold War from the award-winning author of A Small Death in Lisbon (The Guardian).   Portugal, 1944. Recruited by British intelligence to help uncover Nazi secrets of atomic warfare, math prodigy Andrea Aspinall soon disappears into the crowds of Lisbon, hiding behind a new identity. Karl Voss, an attaché for Ge...

    $279.00

  • YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME
    ROBERT WILSON
    A father follows his runaway daughter into a world of crime and espionage in this thriller by “one of the more sophisticated writers in his field” (Kirkus Reviews).   Amy Boxer, the precocious, frustrated daughter of kidnap consultant Charles Boxer and DI Mercy Danquah, has decided on drastic action: She’s leaving home. But Amy can’t just walk out. First she goads her parents w...

    $229.00

  • CONTROL AND AUTOMATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    JAMES NORTHCOTE-GREEN / ROBERT G. WILSON
    Implementing the automation of electric distribution networks, from simple remote control to the application of software-based decision tools, requires many considerations, such as assessing costs, selecting the control infrastructure type and automation level, deciding on the ambition level, and justifying the solution through a business case. Control and Automation of Electri...

    $5,200.00

  • ENERGY: THE COUNTDOWN: A REPORT TO THE CLUB OF ROME: THIERRY DE MONTBRIAL
    LATTÈS, ROBERT / WILSON, CARROLL
    Energy: The Countdown ...

    $928.00

  • INTRODUCTORY SYRIAC METHOD AND MANUAL
    ROBERT DICK WILSON
    The study of languages forms the foundation of any study of ancient societies. While we are dependent upon archaeology to unearth pottery, tools, buildings, and graves, it is through reading the documentary evidence that we learn the nuances of each culture--from receipts and letters to myths and legends. And the access to those documents comes only through the basic work of de...

    $426.00

  • ELEMENTS OF SYRIAC GRAMMAR BY AN INDUCTIVE METHOD
    ROBERT DICK WILSON
    "This Syriac grammar was undertaken six years ago at the suggestion of Professor W. R. Harper, PhD. It is designed to do in a measure for the Syriac language that which Professor Harper's text-books have done for the Hebrew. In the orthography and etymology the author has sought to draw his illustrative examples, as far as possible, from the chrestomathy published in his Manual...

    $373.00


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