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The immensely varied topography of Wisconsin provides examples of nearly every important physiographic process and topographic form. In the Driftless Area to the southwest, wind and water have weathered and carved away the countryside; along the Mississippi and other rivers are found most of the essential features of stream erosion and deposition; in the north and east glaciers have ground away the hills and left their mark on the plains and swamps.

The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, reprinted from the second edition, 1932, of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. XXXVI (1916), offers a clear explanation of these and many other physiographical processes to the student and amateur geographer alike. The topography of the state is discussed in detail and, where necessary, related to its human geography; and the author has carefully explained and indexed all unfamiliar terms. The book is well supplied with maps, charts, and illustrations, and will be an excellent supplementary reader or guide in field trips for geography courses at all levels. ... Read more

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A biography of the author, educator, and publisher who is the editor of the "Men of Achievement" series. ... Read more

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Getting closer to the source...
Venerable Bede was an early student of Acts, and his perspective is a precious one.He mentions the validity of certain traditions about its origins, speaks about what early Church Fathers (including Augustine and Jerome) thought about it, and provides meditations on its content.I am using it as a supplementary text in our Acts Bible Study, and we all find it delightful in its freshness and depth.Historically, it is also a wonderful touchstone for understanding later interpretations. ... Read more

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Great Survey of African Philosophy
In this work, Dominique Zahan offers a composite of African philosophy.Religious rites and socialization in many African societies emphasize discretion, circumspection and stoic endurance of pain.Initiation rites,and other religious ceremonies, also emphasize the need for personalregeneration.Maturation and personal development are understood toinvolve ongoing transformation.Drawing heavily from post-colonial work,including Zahan's own research among the Bambara around the 1960s, thisstudy is a great introduction to "traditional" African thought.

Similarly interesting studies on the same subject are two works byEdward Geoffrey Parrinder--West African Religion, West African Psychology. Parrinder consulted earlier works on Francophone West Africa (e.g., LouisTauxier's study of Bambara Religion), but his research focused especiallyon Anglophone Africa--the Ibo and Yoruba of Nigeria and the Akan of Ghana,for instance.Zahan's work was largely on Francophone Africa; his work isonly in English by translation.The contrasts and similarities between thetwo authors are illuminating. ... Read more

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As a chronicle of events, this book offers a riveting account of Martin Jenco's kidnapping and resultant 19 months as a hostage of Shiite Muslims. With pathos and humor, he unflinchingly journeys back through the time, events, circumstances, and people of his incarceration. ... Read more

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Are you up to being challenged on how you forgive?
Marty has done a great job of telling the story of his experience as a hostage.Even more he has intertwined his own struggle with loving the unlove-able and forgiving those who captured and tortured him.His amazingbelief in a forgiving God and the grace he received to forgive so openly isa challenge to my own ability to forgive. ... Read more

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The story of Matthew, his transformation, his acceptance of Jesus's call to follow, his life. ... Read more

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Purchase of service contracting (POSC) has changed the way that human services are structured and delivered in the United States. Most private companies now have contracts with the government and many public social service professionals have responsibility for contracts. However, few human service professionals have had any formal education or training in the philosophy, concepts, issues and technology of POSC.

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Two years in the making and the winner of seven Academy Awards, David Lean's screen classic Lawrence of Arabia has been seen and enjoyed by millions since 1962. Specially compiled for the film's 30th anniversary, this volume provides, for the first time, an account of this film's remarkable genesis, artistry, and influence. 425 photographs, 75 in full-color. ... Read more

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Good Book
The first book written about the making of the film Lawrence of Arabia.The only book about the film sanctioned by Sir David Lean.Well illustrated, with copious information about the conditions in the desert, the actors, the director, the producer, the film itself, the film restoration and Robert A. Harris.Invaluable to those who are fans of the film.

Essential

If you're a fan of the movie (and you should be) you'll find this book essential. It includes great insights on the production of the film, its restoration, and the man behind the story.

The authors deserve praise not just for their thoroughness and enthusiasm, but for resisting the temptation to title the book "Lawrence and Lawrence on Lawrence."

A Must for any who love movies or history
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Best filmbook ever!
A great book on a great film! Everyone who loves this film should buy this book. ... Read more

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This innovative study guide reinforces the keyconcepts of each chapter through reviews,practice exams, and problem sets designed tohelp students apply what they’ve learned."Doing Economics" sections arestructured around a series of "ToolKits" in which students learn aproblem-solving technique through itsstep-by-step application. Each "ToolKit" is followed by worked examples andpractice problems that apply the relevanttechnique. ... Read more

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Prof's choice
I don't mean to be repetive, but our daughter just started her Freshman year in college, and we had to get to Econ books for her. Amazon just happened to have them...at a very good price I might add! ; ) So we ordered them through Amazon. I put something similar on the text which goes with the study guide. (What a good kid, and she's being very frugal - looking for a "better price" than the competition! LOL)

Our oldest just started college this fall (2009) Her Econ Prof. was so adamant about having this study guide, he had the kids send back perfectly good Econ texts for this one, along with the $92+ text with which it goes.(The texts they sent back were "perfectly good" I read through the others, and were sound, and a good tool for those new to Econ.) Yikes!

The costs of these books can be astounding, but a better price is almost always found on Amazon, right! This book was a fraction of the original price. With college costing as much as it does we we're all for her purchasing slightly used books - as long as the study manuals have no writing in them!

Our daughter must've gotten a different edition than the previous reviewer; as of yet there have been no problems, and no complaints from the other classes. These are the two the Prof insists upon. His insistance, combined with my own brief once-over, as well as our daughters' is what I based my rating upon. I'm sure you'd like more info, and I'm sorry not to be able to provide it, but I didn't have the text long enough before she left for school to give a really good going over.

Errors abound
The study guide was kind of useful, but it often asked pointless questions about details with which we were completely unconcerned in my Intro Microeconomics class. Also, it often gave the wrong answers for multiple choice questions, resulting in such inaccurate assertions as "The statement that firms in competitive markets are price takers means that average cost equals marginal cost at the minimum of average cost." It contradicted the book as well, defining the long run average cost curve as the straight line running along the bottom of the short-run curves when in actuality such a curve is the minimum average cost curve, and it bizarrely defined the real product wage as the marginal product divided by the product price. This last error wasn't exactly a typo, because it appeared twice. I can only imagine how many microeconomics students this study guide has misled and confused. ... Read more

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Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach, Third Edition, is an updated version of THE classic book on program management and design. This new edition is written in a deliberate manner that has students following the program planning process in a logical manner. Students will learn to track one phase to the next, resulting in a solid understanding of the issues of internal consistency and planning integrity. The book's format guides students from problem analysis through evaluation, enabling students to apply these concepts to their own program plans.
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This product came WELL in advance of when it was scheduled to come and was in the condition that it said it would be :)

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Wonderful,Brand New book, great prices,Remember they ship from the UK, well worth it. Overall I was happy with the order, will definitely order from them again! One Happy customer.

Excellent sourse for program design
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Informative
This is not one of those textbooks you use once. It is a resource to keep.

Very easy to read!!
This book was for a class, but it ended up being a very informative, easy read. Highly recommended for anyone studying program development and evaluation. ... Read more

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This comprehensive financial management book is designed to help future or current human services or social work administrators manage programs and agencies more effectively. The book includes information on various budgeting systems (line-item, performance, and program) and other financial management tools, including program structures and responsibility centers; financial accounting and the interpretation and analysis of financial statements; the forecasting of revenues, expenses, and caseloads; service costing and the linking of costs to performance (output, quality, and outcome) measures; fee setting; government contracts, and more. For anyone interested in financial management for human services, social work, or nonprofit organizations.

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Financial Management
The book was in good shape but the shipping took way to long.I called and they said that it was not their fault the shipping took that long but maybe they did not send it when they said they did.I have never had this problem before when ordering any of the book.

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Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics is a compelling and surprisingly suspenseful behind-the-scenes political who-done-it complete with drama high and low, promises made and broken, scandal, near-death experiences, internal revolution, betrayal and lust for power.

Plamondon organizes the books around the simultaneous careers of the three leading actors in the death and resurrection of the Conservative Party: Preston Manning, Peter MacKay and Stephen Harper. "On the record" quotes and background information from more than thirty interviews with Peter MacKay, Brian Mulroney, Preston Manning, David Orchard, Stockwell Day, Bill Davis, Don Mazankowski, Gerry St. Germain, Bill Pristanski, as well as key members of the 2004 and 2006 Conservative campaign team reincluded.

An impeccably researched and detailed biography of a political movement from its collapse to its resurrection, sweeping in its breadth and scope, packed with never-before-printed revelations and details about the struggle for political supremacy, Full Circle is breathlessly paced history at its best: a must read for anyone interested in Canada’s future.

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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The fragmentary fossil record of primates and hominids has generated fundamental, and often well publicised, differences of opinion about their evolution. The objective of this book, based upon a joint symposium of the Anatomical Society and Primate Society of Great Britain, is to present a review of the major problem areas, emphasising both neontology and palaeontology and aimed specifically to meet the requirements of students. For some issues, leading proponents of 'rival' schools present their viewpoint; for others, distinguished contributors have reviewed a particularly important or controversial problem, presenting non-partisan objective analysis. By including papers that adopt contrasting opinions towards the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships and by incorporating the interpretations of the fossil evidence, this volume provides a valuable synthesis of the thinking about primate and human palaeontology. ... Read more

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Extending Web Services Technologies addresses the rapidly growing impact of Multi-Agent Systems on web services tools and techniques. In particular, the book addresses the potential for MAS techniques to impact the difficult challenges that must be tackled for web services technology to realize its promises. The area of web services offers the multi-agent community exciting research possibilities, including similarities in system architectures, powerful tools, and a focus on issues such as trust and reliability. Likewise, techniques developed in the multi-agent research community promise to have a strong impact on this fast growing technology.

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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In order to meld the facts of organic diversity with thecontinuity of the evolutionary process, this volume details thediversity oftheoretical perspectives and methodological approachescurrentlyemployed by primate evolutionary biologists andpaleontologists.Specific coverage includes: species concepts andtheir role inevolutionary theory, the speciation process and thebiology ofspecies differences among living primates, and theproblems ofspecies recognition in the primate fossil record. ... Read more