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The Harp and the Ferryman

by Cox, Helen, Roberts, Peter ...

The story of a man with a harp and a soft voice brining solace to dying people and playing soothing music to premature babies and their anxious parents. It is also the story of his journey from businessman to harpist. Helen Cox is a professor of nursing and brings her research experience to measuring the effects music has on babies and adults. An amazing story and the first of it's kind as a ... Read more

$8.69 USD

The story of a man with a harp and a soft voice brining solace to dying people and playing soothing music to premature babies and their anxious parents. It is also the story of his journey from businessman to harpist. Helen Cox is a professor of nursing and brings her research experience to measuring the effects music has on babies and adults. An amazing story and the first of it's kind as a
... Read more
Bacterial Integrative Mobile Genetic Elements

by Adam P. Roberts, Peter Mullany ...

As our understanding of mobile genetic elements continues to grow we are gaining a deeper appreciation of their importance in shaping the bacterial genome and in the properties they confer to their bacterial hosts. These include, but are by no means limited to, resistance to antibiotics, and heavy metals, toxin production and increased virulence, production of antibiotics and the ability to ... Read more

$76.99 USD

As our understanding of mobile genetic elements continues to grow we are gaining a deeper appreciation of their importance in shaping the bacterial genome and in the properties they confer to their bacterial hosts. These include, but are by no means limited to, resistance to antibiotics, and heavy metals, toxin production and increased virulence, production of antibiotics and the ability to
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People, Land and Time

An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment

by Brian Roberts, Peter Atkins, Ian Simmons ...

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the 'new' cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s. The book comprises three major, ... Read more

$57.99 USD

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the 'new' cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s. The book comprises three major,
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Colors

by Ruth Roberts ...

Narrated by Peter Pan Ensemble ...

Series series Peter Pan Classics
Unabridged

17 min

Mr. Pete, owner of the Splashy Paint Shop, teaches Chris and Lisa all about colors. They learn about mixing colors to come up with a completely different color and they learn about shades of colors. As they explore each color Mr. Pete shows them examples of everyday items that are the color. ... Read more

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Mr. Pete, owner of the Splashy Paint Shop, teaches Chris and Lisa all about colors. They learn about mixing colors to come up with a completely different color and they learn about shades of colors. As they explore each color Mr. Pete shows them examples of everyday items that are the color.
... Read more
The Book of Fungi

A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World

by Peter Roberts, Shelley Evans ...

"The lurid photographs and enticing, offhandedly witty descriptions make the reader want to go out collecting specimens right away."— Popular ScienceFrom morels to chanterelles, toadstools to truffles, fungi have been a source of fascination since the earliest hunter-gatherers first foraged for them. Today there are few, if any, places on Earth where fungi have not found themselves a home—their ... Read more

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"The lurid photographs and enticing, offhandedly witty descriptions make the reader want to go out collecting specimens right away."— Popular ScienceFrom morels to chanterelles, toadstools to truffles, fungi have been a source of fascination since the earliest hunter-gatherers first foraged for them. Today there are few, if any, places on Earth where fungi have not found themselves a home—their
... Read more
Phule's Errand

The Phule Stands Alone!

by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck ...

Series Book 6 - Phule's Company
From a New York Times bestseller, a commander in charge of a legion of misfit troops must track down his missing butler in this sci-fi comedy.Phule is without a doubt the only captain in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has stuck with him through thick and thin. Which is why it's incomprehensible to Phule why Beeker has run off-planet without a word—and with Omega Company's lovely ... Read more

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From a New York Times bestseller, a commander in charge of a legion of misfit troops must track down his missing butler in this sci-fi comedy.Phule is without a doubt the only captain in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has stuck with him through thick and thin. Which is why it's incomprehensible to Phule why Beeker has run off-planet without a word—and with Omega Company's lovely
... Read more
From Supply and Demand to Numbers, Networks, and Narratives

Confronting the Commodification of Specialty Coffee Producers

by Peter W. Roberts ...

This book poses an important question for economic sociologists: as expanding specialty coffee markets call for higher-quality coffees produced and transacted in certain ways, why is there not a widespread expectation that the producers who grow these differentiated coffees should receive prices that are commensurate with the economic value they create? Moving past an overly simple economics, ... Read more

$103.99 USD

This book poses an important question for economic sociologists: as expanding specialty coffee markets call for higher-quality coffees produced and transacted in certain ways, why is there not a widespread expectation that the producers who grow these differentiated coffees should receive prices that are commensurate with the economic value they create? Moving past an overly simple economics,
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Phule Me Twice

Twice the Phule, Double the Trouble

by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck ...

Series Book 4 - Phule's Company
From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of a legion of misfits takes control of an alien planet in this sci-fi comedy.You can't mistake just anyone for a Phule. When the planet Zenobia is invaded, Captain Willard Phule is made their military advisor. The first priority for Phule's Company: staying out from underfoot of the peaceful, dinosaur-like Zenobians . . . But, unbeknownst to the ... Read more

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From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of a legion of misfits takes control of an alien planet in this sci-fi comedy.You can't mistake just anyone for a Phule. When the planet Zenobia is invaded, Captain Willard Phule is made their military advisor. The first priority for Phule's Company: staying out from underfoot of the peaceful, dinosaur-like Zenobians . . . But, unbeknownst to the
... Read more
Upstream Petroleum Concessions

Evolution for the Energy Transition

by Peter Roberts ...

For the last seventy years, upstream petroleum concessions have been granted worldwide by states to investors, in order to facilitate petroleum exploration and production for the state's benefit, but at the investor's risk and expense. This process has had to evolve in order to accomodate the increasing transition to net zero carbon forms of energy. This book examines the use of petroleum ... Read more

$148.49 USD

For the last seventy years, upstream petroleum concessions have been granted worldwide by states to investors, in order to facilitate petroleum exploration and production for the state's benefit, but at the investor's risk and expense. This process has had to evolve in order to accomodate the increasing transition to net zero carbon forms of energy. This book examines the use of petroleum
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No Phule Like An Old Phule

by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck ...

Series Book 5 - Phule's Company
From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of misfits runs a hunting expedition on an alien planet in a "madcap . . . welcome sendup of military sf" ( Booklist).Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators—including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog—to sniff out Phule and his unnatural disasters. It doesn't take ... Read more

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From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of misfits runs a hunting expedition on an alien planet in a "madcap . . . welcome sendup of military sf" ( Booklist).Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators—including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog—to sniff out Phule and his unnatural disasters. It doesn't take
... Read more

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The Correspondent

A Novel

by Virginia Evans ...

Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various, Cerris Morgan-Moyer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.“This novel is a complete and utter joy.”—Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful“Quietly dazzling.”—The New York ... Read more

$22.00 USD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.“This novel is a complete and utter joy.”—Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful“Quietly dazzling.”—The New York
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Radiation

What It Is, What You Need to Know

by Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax ...

The essential guide to radiation: the good, the bad, and the utterly fascinating, explained with unprecedented clarity.Earth, born in a nuclear explosion, is a radioactive planet; without radiation, life would not exist. And while radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now Robert Peter Gale, M.D,—the doctor to whom concerned governments turned in ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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The essential guide to radiation: the good, the bad, and the utterly fascinating, explained with unprecedented clarity.Earth, born in a nuclear explosion, is a radioactive planet; without radiation, life would not exist. And while radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now Robert Peter Gale, M.D,—the doctor to whom concerned governments turned in
... Read more

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