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Light Cahill

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In this short story, a grown son reflects on his father's last and liberating final days. The author takes us to the edge of the Catskill creek and its teeming natural life in which his father fished for fifty years. He imagines the old man's thoughts and a life fully lived - a life of which he intended to be in charge until its last moments. ... Read more

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In this short story, a grown son reflects on his father's last and liberating final days. The author takes us to the edge of the Catskill creek and its teeming natural life in which his father fished for fifty years. He imagines the old man's thoughts and a life fully lived - a life of which he intended to be in charge until its last moments.
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Exploring the Big Bend Country

by Peter Koch, June Cooper Price ...

This collection of writings and images by the legendary Big Bend photographer offers adventure, history, personal musings, and natural beauty.Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks, and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch's ... Read more

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This collection of writings and images by the legendary Big Bend photographer offers adventure, history, personal musings, and natural beauty.Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks, and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch's
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Nomadic and Indigenous Spaces

Productions and Cognitions

by Judith Miggelbrink, Joachim Otto Habeck, Nuccio Mazzullo, Peter Koch ...

This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At the ... Read more

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This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At the
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The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones

by Maurice E. Müller, Urs Heim, Serge Nazarian, Peter Koch, Joseph Schatzker ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The history of the origin and development of the new Classification of Fractures was described in the preface to the French edition. The history of the acceptance of this new concept dates back to 1986, when the Swiss Association for the Study of the Problems of Internal Fixation (AO) accepted the new Classification of Fractures. In the same year, the Trustees of the AO/ASIF Foundation, at their ... Read more

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The history of the origin and development of the new Classification of Fractures was described in the preface to the French edition. The history of the acceptance of this new concept dates back to 1986, when the Swiss Association for the Study of the Problems of Internal Fixation (AO) accepted the new Classification of Fractures. In the same year, the Trustees of the AO/ASIF Foundation, at their
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The Mobile Web Handbook

by Peter-Paul Koch ...

Weird browser bugs, inconsistent CSS/JS support, performance issues, mobile fragmentation, device pixels, viewports, zooming, touch event cascade, pointer and click events and the 300-millisecond delay. No, mobile isn’t dark matter, but it does require you to learn a few new things, some of which are quite confusing.The Mobile Web Handbook will help you to make sense of it all. It’s our brand new ... Read more

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Weird browser bugs, inconsistent CSS/JS support, performance issues, mobile fragmentation, device pixels, viewports, zooming, touch event cascade, pointer and click events and the 300-millisecond delay. No, mobile isn’t dark matter, but it does require you to learn a few new things, some of which are quite confusing.The Mobile Web Handbook will help you to make sense of it all. It’s our brand new
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Koch: The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer

The Impact of Foreign Aid Experts on Policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania

by Susanne Koch, Peter Weingart ...

With the rise of the ëknowledge for developmentí paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of ëtechnical assistanceí ñ a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed ñ has been documented in a host of studies. Nonetheless, international organisations continue to send advisors, promising to ... Read more

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With the rise of the ëknowledge for developmentí paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of ëtechnical assistanceí ñ a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed ñ has been documented in a host of studies. Nonetheless, international organisations continue to send advisors, promising to
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Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America

by Peter O. Koch ...

This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many ... Read more

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This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many
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William Hickling Prescott

The Life and Letters of America's First Scientific Historian

by Peter O. Koch ...

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was one of those rare historians who effectively melded history and literature in an elegant, compelling writing style that appealed to the casual reader, while still meeting the strict criteria of the scholar. Prescott was the first American historian to achieve international recognition with his critically acclaimed History of the Reign of Ferdinand and ... Read more

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William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was one of those rare historians who effectively melded history and literature in an elegant, compelling writing style that appealed to the casual reader, while still meeting the strict criteria of the scholar. Prescott was the first American historian to achieve international recognition with his critically acclaimed History of the Reign of Ferdinand and
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John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood

Pioneers of Mayan Archaeology

by Peter O. Koch ...

Daring exploits and astounding achievements were common for two 19th century adventurers--John Lloyd Stephens, a New York lawyer and best-selling author, and Frederick Catherwood, a London architect and renowned topographical artist. Separately, these explorers covered much of the same ground, touring Italy, Greece, Egypt, Arabia, and the Holy Land in search of ancient sites that were of ... Read more

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Daring exploits and astounding achievements were common for two 19th century adventurers--John Lloyd Stephens, a New York lawyer and best-selling author, and Frederick Catherwood, a London architect and renowned topographical artist. Separately, these explorers covered much of the same ground, touring Italy, Greece, Egypt, Arabia, and the Holy Land in search of ancient sites that were of
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Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Volume 39, Issue 2

by Valerie Wiesner, Manabu Fukushima ...

Series Book 2 - Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings
Proceeding of the 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 39, Issue 2, 2018Jonathan Salem, Dietmar Koch, Peter Mechnich, Mihails Kusnezoff, Narottam Bansal, Jerry LaSalvia, Palani Balaya, Zhengyi Fu, and Tatsuki Ohji, EditorsValerie Wiesner and Manabu Fukushima, Volume EditorsThis proceedings contains a collection of 25 ... Read more

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Proceeding of the 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 39, Issue 2, 2018Jonathan Salem, Dietmar Koch, Peter Mechnich, Mihails Kusnezoff, Narottam Bansal, Jerry LaSalvia, Palani Balaya, Zhengyi Fu, and Tatsuki Ohji, EditorsValerie Wiesner and Manabu Fukushima, Volume EditorsThis proceedings contains a collection of 25
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Mathematical Software – ICMS 2016

5th International Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 11-14, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Gert-Martin Greuel, Thorsten Koch, Peter Paule, Andrew Sommese ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Software, ICMS 2015, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2016.The 68 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: univalent foundations and proof assistants; software for mathematical reasoning and applications; ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Software, ICMS 2015, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2016.The 68 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: univalent foundations and proof assistants; software for mathematical reasoning and applications;
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Summer House with Swimming Pool

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The blistering, compulsively readable new novel from Herman Koch, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The DinnerWhen a medical procedure goes horribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier winds up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser needs to come up with some answers. After all, reputation is everything in this business. Personally, he’s not exactly upset that Ralph is gone, but as a high profile ... Read more

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The blistering, compulsively readable new novel from Herman Koch, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The DinnerWhen a medical procedure goes horribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier winds up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser needs to come up with some answers. After all, reputation is everything in this business. Personally, he’s not exactly upset that Ralph is gone, but as a high profile
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