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For over thirty years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and for most of them acted as Team Leader. In "Cairngorm John" (his call sign when in contact with search and rescue helicopters) he recalls the challenges of mountain rescue and the many changes he has both witnessed and been a party to. His book is filled with exciting accounts of real-life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, and the use of helicopters and search and rescue dogs. Peopled with interesting characters his accounts are at all times humane and the book is laced with humour. '"Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue" is by turns exciting, funny, informative and wise, an indispensable addition to the literature of the mountains' - Sir Chris Bonington. ... Read more

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The author served in two hard-fought campaigns in Asia. From 1943 to 1945 he was an officer in the British-led Indian Army. Shipster served with the 7/2nd Punjab Regiment in the Burma theater of World War II. The Punjabis fought in the fierce close-quarters actions at Arakan and Kohima, and the final advance to Mandalay and Rangoon.

Soldiering had undergone many changes in the five short years before the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. India was now independent and the last British officers and advisers were gone. Shipster had become a company commander in the Middlesex Regiment, a British army unit with a reputation as skilled machine-gunners. The Middlesex were sent from Hong Kong to Korea on short notice to aid U.S. and South Korean forces. The steaming jungles of Shipster’s past experience were now replaced by two years of fighting, often in bitter cold, over a series of bleak hilltops. ... Read more

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Global Positioning System is the first book to guide social scientists with little or no mapping or GPS experience through the process of collecting field data from start to finish.

• Takes readers step-by-step through the key stages of a GPS fieldwork project.
  
• Explains complex background topics in clear, easy-to-understand language.
  
• Provides simple guidelines for GPS equipment selection.
  
• Provides practical solutions for real GPS data collection issues.
  
• Offers a concise guide to using GPS-collected data within geographic information systems.

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Lifelong learning has become a mantra, but what does learning mean and do in the lives of adults? How has it changed over time and across generations? What are the connections with the changing worlds of work, the family and communities? What difference does it make to life chances? How do we learn from life, and how do we learn for life? How can people's prospects of learning be improved? The Learning Lives project was one of the largest and most ambitious in the Teaching and Learning Research Programme as over three years the authors tracked the lives of 120 adults from across Britain, undertaking 528 in-depth interviews to ask people about their life histories and the place of learning in their lives. Alongside this data from the British Household Panel Study, a nationally representative survey of about 5,000 households was applied which results in a uniquely rich and detailed body of evidence, certainly within the UK, and arguably internationally. The central conclusion is that learning 'means and does' much more in people's lives than is acknowledged in current policies in Britain and Europe. These policies focus on the economic functions of lifelong learning.By contrast, the findings show not only that learning is multi-faceted and complex; they also show how learning helps people to strengthen and develop their sense of self, and assume a greater degree of control over their lives. They also show that people value the experience of learning in relation to their everyday lives and in order to adjust to changing circumstances. And they demonstrate that people's 'learning horizons' - that is, their ability to imagine themselves learning for a different future - are bounded both by individual characteristics and by situational and structural factors. Strategies for improving learning therefore need to vary to meet different needs and circumstances. ... Read more

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John Field is the most misunderstood composer in the history of classical music. The author, a former educator, classical pianist, and member of the Aldenori Piano Trio, finally sets the record straight. Pianists both professional and amateur, educators, teachers of piano performance, and musicologists who want to meet the real John Field and understand his finest creations, the nocturnes, will find this book indispensable. ... Read more

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1875. Some of the writings of John Burroughs, the American naturalist, best remembered for his essays on nature. Contents: A Biographical Sketch of Burroughs; A Snow-Storm; Winter Neighbors; A Spring Relish; April; Birch Browsings; A Bunch of Herbs: Fragrant Wild Flowers and Weeds; Autumn Tides; and A Sharp Lookout. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "John Field," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have John Field in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with John Field when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name John Field, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1896.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; Publication date: 1912; Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / General; Nature / General; ... Read more

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1919. Volume Twenty of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Contents: Part I. Afield: The Spring Bird Procession; Nature Lore; The Familiar Birds; Fuss and Feathers; The Songs of Birds; Orchard Secrets; Nature in Little; The Insect Mind; A Clever Beastie; Phases of Animal Life; Each After Its Kind; The Pleasures of Science; New Gleanings in Old Fields. Part II. Study Notes: Literature; Religion; Science; Evolution; Nature and Natural History; and Miscellaneous Notes. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1904 edition by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston; New York. ... Read more

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A Really Good Book
This is a fascinating book about an unusual character whose decisions had a strong impact on the history of Ireland, South Africa, Britain and Western Europe. Professor Richard Holmes has meticulously researched the life of General John French, and has a broad understanding of the times in which General French lived. Richard Holmes writes really well and this is an informative and entertaining book. ... Read more