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&#8220;The sweep is epic, a romantic narrative filled with passion, rebellion, adventure, heartbreak, triumph, legacy. It&#8217;s a heck of a story.&#8221; &#8211;Ottawa Citizen&#8220;A fascinating tale told at a lively pace.&#8221; &#8211;Quill & Quire&#8220;Sally Armstrong has done a brilliant job bringing her ancestor vividly to life in a compelling recreation of a settler&#8217;s life. . . . The list of well-written historical novels set in Canada are short, but The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor should be close to the top.&#8221; &#8211;The Globe and Mail"Charlotte Taylor's story&#160;is&#160;what you might get if you crossed Susannah Moodie and Jack Aubrey - a delicious character and a great yarn.&#160;Sally Armstrong has imagined an ancestor who possesses all the passion and daring that she herself has in abundance, and&#160;by the time we had finished our journey together through the trials and&#160; turbulence and the terrible beauty of the early days on the Miramichi,&#160; I wanted to claim&#160;Charlotte as my ancestor, too."&#8211;Mary Lou Finlay, broadcaster and former host of As It HappensPraise for Veiled Threat:&#8220;A brief but brilliant book about the hidden power of the women of Afghanistan . . . written in blazingly clear language, blessedly free of academic pretensions.&#8221; &#8211;Winnipeg Free Press&#8220;Emotionally demanding reading . . . a passionate portrayal of recent events in Afghanistan from the perspective of a committed, feminist outsider.&#8221; &#8211;The Hamilton Spectator&#8220;A powerful book that shows how women can change the world.&#8221; &#8211;Toronto Sun&#8220;Veiled Threat&#8217;s strength lies in its empirical portrayal of the injustices and inhumanities visited upon the Afghan people, especially woman and girls . . . [and] is to be applauded for its emotionally gripping disclosure of suffering and injustice.&#8221; &#8211;The Globe and Mail&#8220;Sally Armstrong views Afghanistan through the eyes of its women. Her story [of Dr. Sima Samar] is one of hope and triumph, as are most of the tales in this straightforward, uplifting volume.&#8221; &#8211;The Washington Post

The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor

Beside the Seaside: Seaside Plants and Animals

Making It Move: A Short History of Animation

From the reviews:

"This is a single author monograph describing recent work culminating in the contemporary approach to diagnosis of brain death. … Neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, and transplanters are an appropriate audience for this work … . Black-and-white line drawings are done well and a selection of good color plates is grouped together. … This book smoothly sheds light on the biology and controversy surrounding an important clinical topic. … is attractive for its historical scope coupled with clinical clarity." (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2008)

A Reappraisal

Brain Death

General Pontryagin-Type Stochastic Maximum Principle and Backward Stochastic Evolution Equations in Infinite Dimensions

This slim volume, by University of Rochester economics professor William Thomson, deserves a place on the bookshelf next to classics such as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and Kernighan and Plauger's The Elements of Programming Style. Like those classics, it is clear and direct, focused and well-written...Thomson's advice is breathtakingly sensible.&#8212;Ed Blachman, Tekka&mdash;

A Guide for the Young Economist

Use of Microcomputers in Geology

A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;A sweet and nicely different take on the pleasure of reading.&quot;&nbsp;&mdash;Kirkus&nbsp; &#160;&nbsp; &quot;A perfect selection for storytime or anytime sharing.&quot;&nbsp;&mdash;School Library Journal&nbsp; &#160;&nbsp; &quot;In the 20 years since the Mr. Putter & Tabby series began, its signature combination of storytelling, wit, and humanity have made it a staple of the beginning reader section.&quot;&nbsp;&mdash;Booklist&nbsp; &#160; &#160;

Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page

Coaching existentiel et intelligence spirituelle

Teardrop

Erster Band: Aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation (1526 - 1648)

Geschichtliche Bilder aus Österreich

Transcription, Translation, and Commentary

Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Wid&#275;wd&#257;d

Millimeter-Wave Gyrotron Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifiers

SUAHELI - SCHRIFTSTÜCKE IN ARABISCHER SCHRIFT

Prevention and Control

Threats to the Quality of Groundwater Resources

Pathogen-Host Interactions: Antigenic Variation v. Somatic Adaptations

Krankheits und Heillehre, Wart, Pflege, die üblen Gewohnheit, Maisch und Livonakverhältnisse Notverbandlehre und die nöthigen Maßregele beim Beschlagen der Pferde

Katechetischer Veterinär-Unterricht über die äußern Pferdekenntniß

This book surveys and summarizes the numerous approaches used to extract
information on market expectations from option prices. The various approaches
are thoroughly explained and many practical issues are discussed, including:
data selection, data preparation, and presentation and interpretation of
results. This enables the reader to easily implement these techniques in
his own applied work.Most studies concerning uncertainty in financial markets
focus on actual uncertainty as represented by historical volatility measures,
variances etc. In contrast, using option prices allows us to study uncertainty
in expectations, i.e. to take a forward looking perspective. In some applications
we study how ECB-council meetings affect uncertainty in money market expectations.
Most interesting among our results is a number of event studies which compare
how uncertainty in market participants' expectations reacts to anticipated
and unanticipated results of ECB-council meetings.

Techniques and Applications

Market Expectations and Option Prices

The Romance of a King's Life

Breve Storia Della Logica. Dall'umanesimo Al Primo Novecento

Natasha and Anthony O'Hear have produced a fascinating book on how the Apocalypse or the Book of Revelation has figured in the Arts for 2,000 years.

The Book of Revelation in the Arts over Two Millennia

Picturing the Apocalypse

“The aim of this yearbook is to bring together state-of-the-art research on corpus linguistics and pragmatics … . I strongly recommend this book to all scholars in the field of pragmatics, as the authors give clear explanations of complex ideas, raise a host of interesting and important issues, and lead readers to think reflectively through their own empirical work. As such, this volume is a valuable source for both research and pedagogical purposes.” (Li Xin, Acta Linguistica, Vol. 9 (2), 2015)

New Empirical and Theoretical Paradigms

Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014

"Lee McIntyre identifies the central problem of truth claims today—from global warming and GMOs to evolution and vaccinations—'willful ignorance.' Respecting Truth should be read by every member of Congress before voting on legislation, and they should do so based on the facts instead of party line. The problem is group think. The solution is having a ‘designated skeptic’. I nominate Lee McIntyre."
Michael Shermer, Skeptic Magazine, USA
"This is a compellingly written book that addresses a timely issue. It is well researched, tightly constructed, and insightful. It makes for an engaging, informative and eye-opening read. The prose is light and winning, and it provides an expertly guided tour of an issue of profound importance to us all."
Andrew Norman, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
"McIntyre is very clear about the overall argumentative structure, and he provides excellent examples for each topic under discussion. Although the ideas being discussed are sometimes rather sophisticated, his exposition is very relaxed and casual."
Noretta Koertge, Indiana University, USA
"I've read Respecting Truth--it is excellent!"Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University, USA

Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age

Respecting Truth

With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic and Ordinal Regression, and Survival Analysis

Regression Modeling Strategies

Band 3B: Aquatische Systeme: Biogene Belastungsfaktoren - Organische Stoffeinträge - Verhalten von Xenobiotika

Handbuch der Umweltveränderungen und Ökotoxikologie

A Black Heart

'This book will be inspiring to anyone interested in moving beyond the limits of conventional approaches to researching the experience of diaspora. Divya Tolia-Kelly shows how attention to visual and sensory memories and representations can enable new routes to understanding the identities and experiences of women migrants.' Sarah Pink, Loughborough University, UK  'Tolia-Kelly provides a critical and insightful analysis of the complexities of landscape and material culture, illuminating postcolonial Englishness through the lives of South Asian women in London. Landscape, Race and Memory is a landmark study in cultural geography.' David Matless, University of Nottingham, UK  'This outstanding monograph on British Asian women is a must-read for those interested in postcolonial politics, identity, visual culture, landscape, embodiment, and gender. Tolia-Kelly deftly develops through the notion of 'material ecologies' an exciting new way to think about belonging and citizenship. This book's appeal will stretch well beyond geography.' Robyn Longhurst, The University of Waikato, New Zealand  'Tolia-Kelly's emphasis on the multiple and varied connections to place and landscape that shape belonging, identity, and citizenship drew from oral histories, interviews on the visual and material cultures of the home, and in the creation of paintings.  Landscape, Race and Memory, therefore, is a much needed contribution to the South Asian diaspora and is also an important contribution to anyone interested in new research designs on migration, identity, and memory work.' Space and Society - Environment and Planning D

Material Ecologies of Citizenship

Landscape, Race and Memory

“This monograph presents a contemporary study of sample surveys by geographically distributed data in the agricultural sector. … Each chapter contains many dozen references up to the most recent sources. The monograph can be very helpful for lecturers, graduate students, and researchers using survey methods in general, and particularly in spatial agricultural studies.” (Stan Lipovetsky, Technometrics, Vol. 59 (1), February, 2017)“This book is a meticulously organized treatise of applying spatial data methods to sample surveys (primarily in agriculture), with the computational engine powered by the R software. … It is mainly an intermediate-level reference book for graduate students and (agricultural) researchers to get introduced to the nuances of spatial statistics in survey sampling, and quickly move to hands-on computing. … If you are enamoured withthe versatility of R, I highly recommend buying it.” (Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Journal of Statistical Software, Vol. 6, February, 2016)

Sampling Spatial Units for Agricultural Surveys

Gerichtliche Konflikte zwischen Landesherren und Untertanen um den Wald in der frühen Neuzeit

Wald - von der Gottesgabe zum Privateigentum

Case Studies of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

ASEAN and Human Trafficking

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