John Cooper

Chris Dorsey

Charles S. Potter

T Edward Nickens

Glenn Olson

A coffee table companion book to the nationally distributed IMAX film of the same name, Wings Over Water celebrates and promotes the preservation of the prairie wetlands and the birds that live and breed there through inspiring text and more than 300 stirring images.

Wings Over Water

Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He recruited likely young men and 'turned' others. He encourage Elizabeth to make war against the Catholic Irish rebels, with extreme brutality and oversaw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The Queen's Agent is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state.

Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

The Queen's Agent

Claude Voilier

Based on the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton, the Five are holidaying once more at Kirrin Cottage.

A New Adventure of the Characters Created by Enid Blyton

The Famous Five and the Stately Homes Gang

John Milton Cooper

Argues that the first two decades of this century were a turning point in American history, and describes political, social, and economic changes during the period

The United States, 1900-1920

Pivotal Decades

Charalampos Giousmpasoglou

Evangelia Marinakou

Anastasios Zopiatis

Managing People in Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach uses original research to argue that senior managers (head chefs) should differentiate their people management practices in kitchen brigades from those used in the hospitality industry more generally (induction, socialisation, and performance evaluation) due to the group’s strong occupational identity and culture. The understanding of chefs’ work from a management perspective is critical for successful hospitality operations but has been historically under-researched. Chapters provide a detailed account of chefs’ work in commercial kitchens from an HRM perspective. Using occupational identity and culture as a vehicle, this book explores the different aspects of managerial work in commercial kitchen settings: general management, leadership, education and training, skills and competencies, managing deviant behaviour, managing stress, and managing diversity (focused on gender segregation). The final chapter looks at future perspectives on this unique working environment and the many challenges arising from the latest developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing both theoretical insights and practical applications with the use of case studies throughout, this will be of great interest to upper-level students and researchers in hospitality, as well as a useful reference for current managers in the field.

A Contemporary Approach

Managing People in Commercial Kitchens

Three disparate young men from different countries and backgrounds are fated to meet far from their homes. Trying circumstances draw them together in Australia and then Korea. Their paths mingle in a story that spans half the world in the latter half of the last century. The women in their lives are as different as the backgrounds from which the three men come.

A Story of Adventurous Characters Drawn Together in a Later Half of the Last Century

My Friend Jack

Andrew Looney

Kory Heath

Jacob Davenport

Kristin Looney

This book contains complete rules and strategy tips for 12 different games that can be played with Icehouse Pyramids, including the four original games that garnered Icehouse the title of Best Abstract Strategy Game of 2000, from the Academy of Adventure Gaming. This book is a must for the uninitiated who wish to delve for the first time into this fascinating world, as well as the experienced pyramid player looking for a guide to the best of the best from the ever-expanding Icehouse community. From easy introductory games to pure strategy, Playing With Pyramids has a game for everyone!

12 Games for Icehouse Pieces

Playing with Pyramids

Gavin Mortimer

Brett Hudson

Here s the companion to the Spring 2008 bestselling Ultimate Guide to Gaelic Football. "

The Ultimate Guide to Hurling

In his poems and essays, Cooper shares his deeply personal feelings about life events. In so doing, he encourages the reader to reflect on their own emotional experiences.

I Feel, Therefore I Am

First published in 1998, this volume explores how the genre of school stories had become firmly established by the turn of the twentieth century, having been built on the foundations laid by writers such as Thomas Hughes and F.W. Farrar. Stories for girls were also taking on a more exciting complexion, inspired by the ‘Katy’ books of Susan Coolidge. The first five decades of the twentieth century saw further developments in children’s fiction. In this comprehensive volume, John and Jonathan Cooper examine each decade in turn, with alphabetically arranged entries on popular children’s writers that published works in English during that period. 206 different authors are covered, many from the United States and Canada. Each entry provides information on the author’s pseudonyms, date of birth, nationality, titles of works, place and date of publication and the publisher’s name. The artist responsible for a book’s illustrations is also identified where possible. With over 200 illustrations of cover designs and dustwrappers, many of which are now rare and have never before been published, this book will delight collectors, dealers, scholars, librarians, parents and all those who simply enjoy reading children’s fiction.

Children's Fiction 1900–1950

Beth Fischi

John Richard Skuse Professor of Political Science Jeffrey M Berry

Jeff Berry

What are we? The Damned childer of caine? The grotesque lords of humanity? The pitiful wretches of eternal hell? We are vampires, and that is enough. I am a vampire, and that is far more than enough. I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine -- now and forever. No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me. Combines Alien Hunger and Dark Colony

DC/New Orleans

Cities of Darkness

The Groom's Arrival will guide you into the traditions and the Scriptures that form new insights into God's love story for mankind. It contains details from the Hebrew wedding tradition. The mysteries of this ancient tradition will enhance your understanding of the bride, the Church, and God's ultimate plan. The author uses the wedding tradition forms a framework to bring together scriptures from Jesus' Olivet Discourse, the Days of Daniel, the Scroll of Revelation, and the End Times. When you read about the ten elements of the wedding tradition, you will begin to see the beauty and purpose behind our finding a relationship with God in a new and exciting way. God’s greatest desire for us is to be in relationship with Him. The Carpenter of Galilee has been working on the wedding chamber, or chuppah, for His bride for nearly two thousand years. Remember He said, "I go to prepare a place for you..." In this book you are given a glimpse of what it will be like. In the final chapters of the book of Revelation, “the Marriage Supper of the Lamb” is a headline event. Many love stories end with “and they lived happily ever after.” This marriage supper is just a starting point for much more. The Bible gives more insight into Jesus’ millennial reign than you might imagine. In The Groom’s Arrival, you will discover many wonderful things about God's plan. “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)

The Ancient Hebrew Wedding Tradition and the Return of Christ

The Groom's Arrival

Ryan O'Sullivan

It’s been five years since the end of Eden, and that in that time Cottonville has rebuilt itself. JOHN is the head of the town security, and organizes patrols with himself, SETH, and JEN. KOREY is in charge of the day-to-day running of the town, and is helped by ALEXANDRIA and XAVIER. Under the family’s protection, Cottonville has become something of an idyllic paradise thanks to the town never suffering rowdy attacks. Nobody’s entirely sure why the rowdies stopped attacking, but many of the villagers think it might be due to all of the purple fauna that has been growing more and more in the town over the last five years. However a new threat is emerging... one that doesn't cherish life or the new idyllic world... and Cottonville must rise to the challenge. The second book in Skillet's Eden series that follows the themes of faith, hope and making the world a better place.

Eden 2: Aftermath

Stanley G. Grizzle

The Story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters : Personal Reminiscences of Stanley G. Grizzle

My Name's Not George

The Black Ghettos are no descendents. They are political statements forced upon the minorities by the majority. The ghettos are to house throwaway people and keep them out of the mainstream. In this the guard, the police are not there to catch wrong doers, but rather they are there in the ghetto to help maintain the status quo and social order.

The Police and the Ghetto

A true story of a bank robber and a chilling car chase worthy of an Elmore Leonard novel or a Brian De Palma movie. Like many new arrivals to Canada, Hermann Beier came to this country with big dreams – visions of a wide-open country where hard work and entrepreneurial flair would make him rich. A charismatic handyman, martial arts teacher, and small business owner, he charmed women and earned the respect of men. He was loved in his community of Alliston, Ontario, and had a plan to make a million bucks. But when those dreams soured, Beier turned to crime to pay the bills. Faced with bankruptcy in 1991, Beier hatched a plan to rob a string of banks in a single day. But it was all too much, too fast. After leading authorities from Guelph to Caledon on what was then the longest police chase in Canadian history, Beier was gunned down alongside a farmer’s fence, his body pierced by a hail of police bullets. But he survived, and the end of his crime spree marked a new beginning. After spending almost a decade in various Ontario prisons, searching for a way to get his life back on track, Beier was finally paroled. He now lives a quiet life, dividing his time between Canada and Austria.

The Strange but True Story of Bank Robber Hermann Beier

Everything Runs Like a Movie

It is safe to say that the true role of the police, and indeed the criminal justice system over all, is largely misunderstood by the public and very likely by the people who make up its ranks. It is the purpose of this book to define this role by asking the question: WHY? Why do we have a police force and a criminal justice system in American and what are the true sociological ends being served by them; or better still, to what ends are they being asked to serve. We may discover that what the police are expected to accomplish is more important for society than their actual performance.

A Study in the Policing of America

You Can Hear Them Knocking

John Wagner

One-Eyed Jack

There is a wealth of strength and power within us all, and the way to access it may be surprising. Only the weak and desperate are forced to take without giving, yet so many of us interact with others this way. You want approval. You want the girl to think you're funny. You want your boss to be impressed. You're told you need to 'Game' them. You feel like you constantly need something from others. But you're wrong. They need something from you. Game Over is a roadmap out of a self­-made prison. When it comes to the social world, no one is naturally weak and desperate. We can all summon a vast reservoir of strength and value with a simple yet tragically elusive mindset - that of unconditional giving. Reconnect with the immense social intelligence you were born with. Throw out the toxic ideas of 'Game'. Declare Game Over, and reclaim the life of social freedom and endless joy you've always had inside.

From Pick-Up Artist to Social Heartist

Game Over

The Welfare Revolution of the early 20th century did not start with Clement Attlee's Labour governments of 1945 to 1951 but had its origins in the Liberal government of forty years earlier. The British Welfare Revolution, 1906-14 offers a fresh perspective on the social reforms introduced by these Liberal governments in the years 1906 to 1914. Reforms conceived during this time created the foundations of the Welfare State and transformed modern Britain; they touched every major area of social policy, from school meals to pensions, the minimum wage to the health service. Cooper uses an innovative approach, the concept of the Counter-Elite, to explain the emergence of the New Liberalism and examines the research that was carried out to devise ways to meet each specific social problem facing Britain in the early 20th century. For example, a group of businessmen, including Booth and Rowntree, invented the poverty survey to pinpoint those living below the poverty line and encouraged a new generation of sociologists. This comprehensive single volume survey presents a new critical angle on the origins of the British welfare state and is an original analysis of the reforms and the leading personalities of the Liberal governments from the late Edwardian period to the advent of the First World War.

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