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Law Enforcement in the Age of Black Lives Matter
Policing Black and Brown Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
There is a reason why people claim great respect for officers of the law: the job, by description, is hard—if not deadly. It takes a certain kind of person to accept the consequences of the job— seeing the very worst situations, on a regular basis, and knowing that one’s life is on the line...
by Christian McBurney, Brian L. Wallin, Patrick T. Conley
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at...
Buddhist Birth Stories
The Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Middleton's Allergy E-Book
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
This best-selling resource has a worldwide reputation as the leader in its field. Focusing on human immunology and biology, while also reporting on scientific experimentation and advancement, it provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art basic science as well as authoritative guidance on...
by R. T. and F. W. Rolfe
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Mankind has always had a love-hate relationship with fungi. On the positive side, edible mushrooms and truffles are gastronomic delights, and certain fungi possess medicinal properties. On the other hand, many mushrooms are poisonous, and fungi can inflict costly damage on crops and other property. This...
by T. W. Körner
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
From the author of The Pleasures of Counting and Naïve Decision Making comes a calculus book perfect for self-study. It will open up the ideas of the calculus for any 16- to 18-year-old, about to begin studies in mathematics, and will be useful for anyone who would like to see a different account...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2
Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
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Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting
A Complete Handbook for the Amateur Taxidermist, Collector, Osteologist, Museum-Builder, Sportsman, and Traveller
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
The rapid and alarming destruction of all forms of wild animal life which is now going on furiously throughout the entire world, renders it imperatively necessary for those who would build up great zoological collections to be up and doing before any more of the leading species are exterminated. It...
by Jacqueline T. Fish, Larry S. Miller, Michael C. Braswell
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Crime Scene Investigation offers an innovative approach to learning about crime scene investigation, taking the reader from the first response on the crime scene to documenting crime scene evidence and preparing evidence for courtroom presentation. It includes topics not normally covered in other...
Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans
Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian...
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
by T. W. Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
This book contains a comprehensive guide to fishing in British Columbia, with a chapter on tuna fishing at Santa Catalina. The chief purpose of this book is to give some idea of the habits and peculiarities of the rainbow, and the sport which it affords in its native haunts. The author spent some...
Dusty and the Cowboy
Lord, Show Me the Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
I have been lost in this life. Too often Ive ridden down the wrong trail--sometimes because I didnt know better but occasionally even when I did.
One day a surprising thing happened. Without knowing why, I sat down and wrote the first draft of Dusty and the Cowboy. It wasnt until this story...
The Starfire Chronicles
Tretius
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
On a distant and dying alien world, with the disappearance of its guardians, Tretiuss inhabitants have little to hope for. That is, not until a series of events unfold, entwining the fates of a group of strangers, creating a band of unlikely friends. But as friends become heroes, there are those that...