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Peter Ward
In 1967 Peter Ward crashed in a training ride. While recovering, he wrote the iconic King of Sports: Cycling Road Racing, which hasn't been republished since - until now.
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Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the digestive system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (the CIBA "Green…
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Introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production. This book features step-by-step instructions on camera controls, editing, lighting and sound. Talking about transition between analogue and digital acquisition/recording…
Most of us would be happy if our doctors recalled the majority of what they learned in school. However, the workload of professional school often force students to prepare for…
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Offers an account of the closing stages of the war against Japan, victory being due to the contribution of the British Pacific Fleet. This book is based on memories, memorabilia…
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Rokshan and An-Lushan are drawn into this centuries-old struggle, along with a young girl destined to become the Spellweaver of her nomadic tribe. And as An-Lushan is pulled towards the…
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This groundbreaking and provocative book charts the recent history and impact of Christian youth work. It argues that the extraordinary growth of the evangelical movement in the UK can be…
Argues that freedom to love, court, and marry in nineteenth-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and familial framework which greatly influenced the behavior of young couples…
Learning to pray is an on-going process which continues throughout our spiritual journey. Fr Peter Ward offers support and encouragement to those who are seeking to deepen their prayer and…
In the tradition of Jon Ronson and Tim Wu, an absorbing and revelatory journey intothe American Way of Defying Death …
As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older…
Recounting the history of personal hygiene in Europe and North America and the making of the modern clean body.
AD 450: A young king and his followers step down from their longship onto a foreign shore to celebrate Yule at the court of his brother-in-law. But their hopes of…
A visionary book for the emergent church. The church must be like water–flexible, fluid, changeable. This book is a vision for how the church can embrace the liquid nature of…
When it was originally published in 1986, this was the first book to deal simultaneously with several aspects of social welfare provision in a developing country.
Provides an overview of attitudes and practical skills needed by new entrants to the broadcast industry.
Studio and outside broadcast is often done with more than one camera and has its own distinct discipline and operational procedures. This book describes multi-camerawork and the techniques required to…
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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This work argues that freedom in 19th-century English Canada was constrained by an intricate social, institutional, and familial framework which greatly influenced the behaviour of young couples both before and…
Offers an introduction to both the analogue and digital beta camera formats: Betacam, Digital Beta, Betacam SX and DV & DVCAM. This book covers various things from pre-recording checklists, to…
An in-depth work of reportage that dares to ask what’s at stake in privatising outer space.
Epigenetics upends natural selection and genetic mutation as the sole engines of evolution, and offers startling insights into our future heritable traits.
Richard Henley’s day began with a visit from a stranger and an invitation to dinner. It ended with him receiving a note in his own handwriting warning that someone was…
Imagine you’ve just discovered you’re the most significant person who’s ever lived. A hero. You saved the world from an alien invasion. If it wasn’t for you, everyone would be…
Imagine you’ve just been told you’re the most insignificant person who’s ever lived. A nobody. Somebody less important to the world than certain types of mushroom. Not very nice, is…
Imagine you've just done something that might have broken time. Quite significantly. Cause and effect are no longer on speaking terms, sequences of events aren't flowing the way they should…
An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life - on Earth and beyond.
Aims to teach picture composition and enhance the quality of the work. This book includes compositional implications of widescreen, DV cameras, and teaches through examples of practical scenarios and problem-solving…
In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life’s relationship with the Earth’s biosphere–one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also…
In a world where technology controls everything, sometimes your own handwriting is the only thing you can trust.
Richard Henley is an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, but when…
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Describes in detail what our world will look like in 2050, 2100, 2300, and beyond. Laying out a blueprint for a foreseeable future, the author explains what politicians and policy…
Elaborating on and updating Ward’s previous work, The End of Evolution, Rivers in Time delves into his newest discoveries. The book presents the gripping tale of the author’s investigations into…
A consumer’s guide to bad taste, illustrated with examples of ‘pretentious nonsense’ in all its manifestations.
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Shows how Rainier skillfully coped with the immense difficulties of maintaining British naval power in a huge area fraught with difficult circumstances.
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George Stephen Jones’s diary chronicles his romance with Honorine Tanswell.
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This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to…
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In this study of newborn weight and economic growth in Boston, Dublin, Edinburgh, Montreal and Vienna between 1850 and 1930, W. Peter Ward explores the relation between infant size, economic…
