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  • Clean Young Englishman

    by John Gale ...
    First published in 1965 John Gale's autobiography is one the brilliant evocations of English life. From growing up in rural Kent to joining the Coldstream Guards and drunkenly dancing with the young Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, Gale's early years seemed untroubled by darker shadows.But later, as a foreign correspondent in Algeria, Egypt and the Far East, he witnessed scenes of such horror ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Egress Modelling of Pedestrians for the Design of Contemporary Stadia

    by John Gales, Kathryn Chin, Timothy Young, Elisabetta Carattin, Mei-Yee Man Oram ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides an understanding of people's accessibility needs, and the barriers that may affect people with different identities and circumstances (e.g. different levels of mobility, age, etc.) to alleviate any act of disabling a person and thus offer equal quality of life in the design of stadia. A lack of knowledge exists for stadia concerning demographics, specific accessibility and ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Advancing Women in Engineering

    Deciphering Key Factors in Training, Retention and Support

    by Bronwyn Chorlton, John Gales ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The percentage of women applying for engineering licensure remains well below the percentage of women enrolling in engineering undergraduate programs--an issue of retention that continues throughout women engineers' career trajectories. Although there have been many efforts on the recruitment side to attract people of varying genders to study engineering and join the profession, such efforts are ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres

    by John Gales, René Champagne, Georgette Harun, Hannah Carton, Michael Kinsey ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book highlights human behaviour and architectural considerations for prescriptive code requirements for emergency exits in heritage cultural centers. Closed circuit television camera (CCTV) footage from a Canadian heritage cultural centre was analyzed from three separate unannounced evacuations, where recommendations based on the first two evacuations were implemented for the third. This ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Structural Fire Performance of Contemporary Post-tensioned Concrete Construction

    by John Gales, Kathleen Hartin, Luke Bisby ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This SpringerBrief equips readers to develop defensible fire safety designs for a range of concrete structures. It identifies current gaps in the research and provides a more complete understanding of the structural and thermal response of contemporary Post-tensioned (PT) concrete structures to fire. The brief includes chapters on contemporary construction using PT concrete, previous structural ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Birds of Greater Southern Africa

    by Keith Barnes, John Fanshawe, Terry Stevenson ...
    Series series Princeton Field Guides
    A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the birds of Greater Southern AfricaThe vast region of Greater Southern Africa—which includes Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—is home to a truly extraordinary diversity of birds. This spectacular field guide covers all of the region’s bird species—resident, breeding, migrant, and vagrant.Covers ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Leadership in Agriculture

    Case Studies for a New Generation

    by John Patrick Jordan, Gale A. Buchanan, Neville P. Clarke, Kelly C. Jordan ...
    Series series Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Series
    In a world facing chronic and increasing shortages in food crops and natural resources, visionary leadership in agriculture becomes more and more critical for building and maintaining a sustainable future. It is of paramount importance that the dynamic and challenging evolution in agriculture over the last century and a half be met today with imaginative leadership in virtually all aspects of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Scoreless

    Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska's Greatest High School Football Game

    by John Dechant ...
    In October 1960, Omaha Central and Creighton Prep met for what many Nebraskans consider the greatest high school football game ever played. Future NFL Hall of Famer Gale Sayers scored seventy points while leading Central’s powerful offense through its first four games. Prep’s strong defense, on the other hand, allowed only twenty points all season. Legendary coaches patrolled both sidelines, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Birds of Africa: Volume VIII

    The Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mascarenes

    by Roger Safford, Mr Frank Hawkins ...
    Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies.Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date ... Read more

    Was $165.99 USD Now $80.99 USD

  • Fluid Dynamics in Complex Fractured-Porous Systems

    Edited by Boris Faybishenko, Sally M. Benson, John E. Gale ...
    Series Book 210 - Geophysical Monograph Series
    Despite of many years of studies, predicting fluid flow, heat, and chemical transport in fractured-porous media remains a challenge for scientists and engineers worldwide. This monograph is the third in a series on the dynamics of fluids and transport in fractured rock published by the American Geophysical Union (Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 162, 2005; and Geophysical Monograph, No. 122, ... Read more

    $158.00 USD

  • Poems

    A Tapestry of Nature's Melodies and Social Reflections

    by John Clare ...
    In "Poems," John Clare presents a captivating collection that deeply embodies the Romantic sensibility while drawing inspiration from the pastoral traditions of English poetry. His verses celebrate the rural landscapes and the intricacies of nature, characterized by vivid imagery and emotive language that invite readers into the serene yet tumultuous world he inhabited. Clare'Äôs keen observations ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Insanity and Divinity

    Studies in Psychosis and Spirituality

    Edited by John Gale, Michael Robson, Georgia Rapsomatioti ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    How close is spirituality to psychosis?Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical reflection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical work for those interested in the connections between religious studies, psychoanalysis, anthropology and hagiography.Bringing together an ... Read more

    $66.99 USD