Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made. Unfolding in a flash, they show at a glance all the most common wildlife and plant life of a particular type or a particular region, and they employ the famous Peterson Identification System to pinpoint the key differences between species. Animal Tracks is based on Olaus Murie's classic A FIELD GUIDE TO ANIMAL TRACKS, one of the most popular titles in the Peterson series. It shows how to identify the tracks and other signs of more than 100 mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and amphibians of North America.

This book is about the politics and political culture of the "last decade" of the reign of Elizabeth I, in effect the years 1585 to 1603. It takes a critical and provocative look at the declining Virgin Queen. Many teachers and their students have failed to consider the "last decade" in its own right, or have ignored it, having begun their accounts in 1558 and struggled on to the defeat of the Armada in 1588. Only two major political surveys have been attempted since 1926. Neither allots adequate space to Crown patronage, Puritanism and religion, society and the economy, political thought, and literature and drama. This book will be indispensable to a fuller understanding of the age.

This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the thirteenth-century Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. The book also sheds new light on such hotly-debated issues as the role of aliens in English politics, the reception of Magna Carta, the loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.

This is one of the best books that was written on reincarnation topic. It explains in easy and comprehensive way different techniques to exlore your past lives. According to Author many diseases can be explained and cured if we dig deep in our past lives.

Applying recent advances in game theory to the study of nuclear deterrence, the author examines some of the most complex and problematic issues in deterrence theory. Game-theoretic analysis allows the author to model the effects on deterrence strategies of first-strike advantages, of limited retaliation, and of the number of nuclear superpowers involved in the international system. With the formalizations he develops, the author is able to demonstrate the fundamental similarity of the two seemingly disparate deterrence strategies that have evolved in response to the superpower arms buildup; the strategy that leaves something to chance and the strategy of limited retaliation.

Fifteen-year-old Louis is not your average guy. In fact, he is next in line for the Tibolian throne. Whether he likes it or not, he deals with pressures of being a prince and the media. Everything starts out with his stepmother becoming pregnant, much to Louis's horror, and then a girl he doesn't even like claiming she's dating poor Louis!

As the 19th century drew to a close, the age-old quest to understand the physical world appeared to be complete except for a few minor details. "It seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established," said Albert Michelson, the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize…

This dictionary, with its 140,000 entries, is the largest and the most comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary in China.

Marian Pyott is just trying to be a good constituency MP when the fiancée of a constituent is found OD'd and the police announce he was probably a heroin dealer; Patrick Hyde is an investigator, tracing money and drugs in the most patient of manners…

Max Euwe was World Chess Champion in the 1930s and he collaborated with International Master Kramer to write this great treatise on how to play chess middlegames. Book I of the series covers pawn formations and static features of the game of chess. Thousands of satisfied customers have made this one of the most popular books on chess middlegames. Completely re-edited and translated to algebraic notation in this 1994 edition.

Grade 9 Up–Information on 150 extremist groups, the majority of which are active today. Entries include a brief overview of the organization, followed by its history, a short profile of the current leader, a time line of key events, black-and-white photographs, and a summary of its philosophy and tactics. The biographical entries provide little information on the leaders' background, concentrating mainly on political activities. Language can be biased at times; for example, Bobby Sands, a convicted IRA terrorist who died in prison on a hunger strike, is described as a martyr. However, a large number of groups are represented, many of which are overlooked in other publications, including the Breton Revolutionary Army; splinter organizations of established terrorist organizations, such as the Al-Jihad branch of Al-Qaeda; and organizations not normally listed with terrorist groups but that qualify as extremist, such as the Minutemen and Greenpeace. The index includes personal names as well as specific acts of terrorism (for example, robberies and suicide bombings). Stephen E. Atkins's Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups (2004) and Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups (2002, both Greenwood) are more user-friendly for researchers at this level, as their texts are more accessible. However, for students doing in-depth research, this up-to-date set would be the one to use.

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This volume reveals the little-known story of the 90-year presence of American forces in China until the fall of Peking in 1941. Included is coverage of the first operations on the Pearl River in 1856 as well as US involvement in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. As China entered a chaotic period in her history, known as the years of the “Warlords”, American marines also participated in numerous small-scale amphibious landings. Finally, during the later Sino-Japanese War and early into World War II, US volunteers of the “Flying Tigers” became renowned for their combat missions in support of Chinese Nationalist forces, and their aerial duels are also recounted by the author John P. Langellier, who has spent several years researching the subject in the US and China. Discover the history of these various actions and the different services involved, recreated in color artwork and illustrated with rare, previously unpublished photographs.

Understanding Physical Chemistry is a gentle introduction to the principles and applications of physical chemistry. The book aims to introduce the concepts and theories in a structured manner through a wide range of carefully chosen examples and case studies drawn from everyday life. These real-life examples and applications are presented first, with any necessary chemical and mathematical theory discussed afterwards. This makes the book extremely accessible and directly relevant to the reader.