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I Used To Be Robert Jones

I Used To Be Robert Jones

Peter D. Bull

Lulu.com
2019
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Two young brothers are sexually abused and murdered.They are both reincarnated, but to different families.Young James remembers what had happened, and relatesthe facts to Dennis his father, naming names.Dennis is convinced, and tracks down Bob, James's previous dad, who is still haunted by the loss of his sons.He takes terrible revenge with the help of an autisticsurviving victim. Seven abusers are mercilessly killed, including an ex-detective who had been in charge of the case, and monks.Harry, the second brother is drawn to James, and a second family is made.
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Old Father Time

Old Father Time

Peter D. Bull

Lulu.com
2020
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Four life-long friends in their seventies who are discontented with their lives, and are fed up with being broke whilst watching their lives slip away, decide on a life of crime in order to give themselves one last chance of some good times. Ill health haunts them all. They plan to steal sheep, but it isn't as easy as they'd expected. When one of them dies after their first caper, their determination becomes stronger, so they change plans and go into growing cannabis, often with funny results.
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Undercover

Undercover

Peter D Bull

Lulu.com
2017
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Detective Danny Arnold is part of a new team that has been formed to go underground in British prisons in order to discover how various crimes are being planned and by whom from within their walls. His target is George O'Brian, a particularly nasty character who has a history of extreme violence. Danny soon discovers that his target has links to a Russian gang, and is actively involved with the smuggling of illegal workers and drugs. He also discovers that O'Brian has ordered the killings of people from within prison. He practically runs the place. O'Brian is blackmailing the governor, who commits suicide as a result. After a coke binge O'Brian picks a fight with another inmate, but is seriously injured. He bribes an officer to plant a bag of cocaine in the man's cell. The two men have a confrontation and O'Brian is accused of raping new inmates. He denies the claim, but it later proves to be true after a medical examination on his latest victim.
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The Continuation Of The Lost Ship Journal

The Continuation Of The Lost Ship Journal

Peter D Bull

Lulu.com
2018
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Captain James Bull sails to Boston to meet up with his partner Nat. He needs to go to Cuba on the way to buy more cigar leaf. They get driven off course by a mighty storm and almost perish. When he finally arrives in Boston, he finds it devastated by the storm. Nat's wife and child are dead. Nat rejoins James on the ""Bessie"" and they continue their adventures at sea. More women and more trouble await them as usual
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Vengeance Is Ours

Vengeance Is Ours

Peter D. Bull

Lulu.com
2019
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Harry and Jack owe money to O'Brian, a violent gang boss. They've spent his money, so have to hide in Amsterdam. Jack falls for a beautiful prostitute. Harry returns when told of O'Brian's death at the hands of the Rossi crime family. Harry and Terry (his brother) meet Jack on his return. Whilst at a brothel they're faced by one of O'Brian's gang. Terry kills three of the Rossi gang. Whilst on remand, he is killed by the Rossi's. That starts a vendetta, "Vengeance is Ours" is the mantra as Harry and Jack take revenge.
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The Trip

The Trip

Peter D Bull

Lulu.com
2018
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Lofty and his friends are true Londoners. He is asked by them to arrange a vacation, but they insist that the destination remains a secret. Being an adventurer at heart, Lofty arranges a trip to the mountains in Spain. The area is remote, and rarely sees human visitors. They are livid when they discover where they are going. Simon is shot dead by a rifle shot, and it soon becomes evident that the friends are being hunted. Eastern Europeans have paid a vast sum to hunt human prey. Simon's mobile contains some disturbing news for Lofty, who is an ex marine. He'd benefited from survival training so took the fight to the killers. They were dispatched by various methods. The friends are lost, and stumble across a cannabis farm way up in the mountains. They are captured and held. Lofty develops a bond with the boss of the gang, and is asked to stay. One of the friends dies, and the other is killed by the merciless boss. Lofty is asked to be the eyes and ears of the boss during his absence.
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Economic and Political Reform in Africa

Economic and Political Reform in Africa

Peter D. Little

Indiana University Press
2013
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What are the local effects of major economic and political reforms in Africa? How have globalized pro-market and pro-democracy reforms impacted local economics and communities? Examining case studies from The Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Peter D. Little shows how rural farmers and others respond to complex agendas of governments, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations. The book explores the contradictions between what policy reforms were supposed to do and what actually happened in local communities. Little's bold vision of development challenges common narratives of African poverty, dependency, and environmental degradation and suggests that sustainable development in Africa can best be achieved by strengthening local livelihoods, markets, and institutions.
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Economic and Political Reform in Africa

Economic and Political Reform in Africa

Peter D. Little

Indiana University Press
2013
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What are the local effects of major economic and political reforms in Africa? How have globalized pro-market and pro-democracy reforms impacted local economics and communities? Examining case studies from The Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Peter D. Little shows how rural farmers and others respond to complex agendas of governments, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations. The book explores the contradictions between what policy reforms were supposed to do and what actually happened in local communities. Little's bold vision of development challenges common narratives of African poverty, dependency, and environmental degradation and suggests that sustainable development in Africa can best be achieved by strengthening local livelihoods, markets, and institutions.
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Somalia

Somalia

Peter D. Little

Indiana University Press
2003
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In the wake of the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, a "second" or "informal" economy based on trans-border trade and smuggling is thriving. While focusing primarily on pastoral and agricultural markets, Peter D. Little demonstrates that the Somalis are resilient and opportunistic and that they use their limited resources effectively. While it is true that many Somalis live in the shadow of brutal warlords and lack access to basic health care and education, Little focuses on those who have managed to carve out a productive means of making ends meet under difficult conditions and emphasizes the role of civic culture even when government no longer exists. Exploring questions such as, Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Do money, international trade, and investment survive without a state? Do pastoralists care about development and social improvement? This book describes the complexity of the Somali situation in the light of international terrorism.
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1 Samuel

1 Samuel

Peter D. Miscall

Indiana University Press
1986
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"Exceptionally fine insights." — The Bible Today "The book is an insightful reading of 1 Samuel, and in effect is a literary commentary." Bibliotheca Sacra In a decisive departure from traditional biblical scholarship, Miscall offers a reading of 1 Samuel that is strongly influenced by New Criticism, Structuralism, and Deconstruction.
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Somalia

Somalia

Peter D. Little

Indiana University Press
2003
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In the wake of the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, a "second" or "informal" economy based on trans-border trade and smuggling is thriving. While focusing primarily on pastoral and agricultural markets, Peter D. Little demonstrates that the Somalis are resilient and opportunistic and that they use their limited resources effectively. While it is true that many Somalis live in the shadow of brutal warlords and lack access to basic health care and education, Little focuses on those who have managed to carve out a productive means of making ends meet under difficult conditions and emphasizes the role of civic culture even when government no longer exists. Exploring questions such as, Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Do money, international trade, and investment survive without a state? Do pastoralists care about development and social improvement? This book describes the complexity of the Somali situation in the light of international terrorism.
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Fighting Traffic

Fighting Traffic

Peter D. Norton

MIT Press
2011
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The fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930.Before the advent of the automobile, users of city streets were diverse and included children at play and pedestrians at large. By 1930, most streets were primarily a motor thoroughfares where children did not belong and where pedestrians were condemned as "jaywalkers." In Fighting Traffic, Peter Norton argues that to accommodate automobiles, the American city required not only a physical change but also a social one: before the city could be reconstructed for the sake of motorists, its streets had to be socially reconstructed as places where motorists belonged. It was not an evolution, he writes, but a bloody and sometimes violent revolution. Norton describes how street users struggled to define and redefine what streets were for. He examines developments in the crucial transitional years from the 1910s to the 1930s, uncovering a broad anti-automobile campaign that reviled motorists as "road hogs" or "speed demons" and cars as "juggernauts" or "death cars." He considers the perspectives of all users-pedestrians, police (who had to become "traffic cops"), street railways, downtown businesses, traffic engineers (who often saw cars as the problem, not the solution), and automobile promoters. He finds that pedestrians and parents campaigned in moral terms, fighting for "justice." Cities and downtown businesses tried to regulate traffic in the name of "efficiency." Automotive interest groups, meanwhile, legitimized their claim to the streets by invoking "freedom"-a rhetorical stance of particular power in the United States. Fighting Traffic offers a new look at both the origins of the automotive city in America and how social groups shape technological change.
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The Minimum Description Length Principle

The Minimum Description Length Principle

Peter D. Grünwald

MIT Press
2007
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A comprehensive introduction and reference guide to the minimum description length (MDL) Principle that is accessible to researchers dealing with inductive reference in diverse areas including statistics, pattern classification, machine learning, data mining, biology, econometrics, and experimental psychology, as well as philosophers interested in the foundations of statistics.The minimum description length (MDL) principle is a powerful method of inductive inference, the basis of statistical modeling, pattern recognition, and machine learning. It holds that the best explanation, given a limited set of observed data, is the one that permits the greatest compression of the data. MDL methods are particularly well-suited for dealing with model selection, prediction, and estimation problems in situations where the models under consideration can be arbitrarily complex, and overfitting the data is a serious concern. This extensive, step-by-step introduction to the MDL Principle provides a comprehensive reference (with an emphasis on conceptual issues) that is accessible to graduate students and researchers in statistics, pattern classification, machine learning, and data mining, to philosophers interested in the foundations of statistics, and to researchers in other applied sciences that involve model selection, including biology, econometrics, and experimental psychology. Part I provides a basic introduction to MDL and an overview of the concepts in statistics and information theory needed to understand MDL. Part II treats universal coding, the information-theoretic notion on which MDL is built, and part III gives a formal treatment of MDL theory as a theory of inductive inference based on universal coding. Part IV provides a comprehensive overview of the statistical theory of exponential families with an emphasis on their information-theoretic properties. The text includes a number of summaries, paragraphs offering the reader a "fast track" through the material, and boxes highlighting the most important concepts.
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Run and Jump

Run and Jump

Peter D. McDonald

MIT PRESS LTD
2024
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How abstract design decisions in 2D platform games create rich worlds of meaning for players. Since the 1980s, 2D platform games have captivated their audiences. Whether the player scrambles up the ladders in Donkey Kong or leaps atop an impossibly tall pipe in Super Mario Bros., this deceptively simple visual language has persisted in our cultural imagination of video games. In Run and Jump, Peter McDonald surveys the legacy of 2D platform games and examines how abstract and formal design choices have kept players playing. McDonald argues that there is a rich layer of meaning underneath, say, the quality of an avatar's movement, the pacing and rhythm of level design, the personalities expressed by different enemies, and the emotion elicited by collecting a coin. To understand these games, McDonald draws on technical discussions by game designers as well as theoretical work about the nature of signs from structuralist semiotics. Interspersed throughout are design exercises that show how critical interpretation can become a tool for game designers to communicate with their players. With examples drawn from over forty years of game history, and from games made by artists, hobbyists, iconic designers, and industry studios, Run and Jump presents a comprehensive--and engaging--vision of this slice of game history.
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Clinical Applications of 3D Printing in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Clinical Applications of 3D Printing in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Peter D. Highlander

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2023
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As an emerging technology, 3D printing holds much promise for foot and ankle reconstruction and difficult-to-treat pathologies. The first text of its kind, Clinical Application of 3D Printing in Foot and Ankle Surgery provides comprehensive, in-depth operative coverage as well as opinions and case examples from surgeons who are currently using 3D printing in their practices. This ground-breaking volume sets the standard for this rapidly advancing field and provides practical, real-world guidance on incorporating 3D printing into your surgical practice. Presents clinically focused content in a templated, easy-to-read format of bulleted summaries and practical advice based on the editor's and authors' experience. Features a practical focus on procedures, techniques, and cases, with tips, tricks, and pearls throughout. Includes decision-making criteria on when to consider 3D printing. Provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative protocols developed by the authors. Contains high-quality photographs and 3D imaging. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
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Lands At Risk In The Third World

Lands At Risk In The Third World

Peter D. Little

Routledge
2019
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This book presents important case studies highlighting social, economic, political, and biological dimensions of environmental degradation in the Third World. Focusing on areas identified as experiencing or at risk for deterioration, the studies are drawn from nearly every continent and cover most of the larger ecosystems of the Third World, including arid and semiarid rangelands, tropical rain forests, steep-sloped mountains and hills, tropical river basins, and coastal lowlands. The authors use local data to examine, test, and refine larger explanatory models and theories, showing how comparisons of case-specific data can sharpen our knowledge about resource use in areas at risk. In doing so, the authors address two critical questions: How can land degradation processes be identified and how can the human role in land degradation be separated from the effects of climate and other natural actions?
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Famine Irish and the American Racial State

Famine Irish and the American Racial State

Peter D. O'Neill

Routledge
2019
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Accounts of Irish racialization in the United States have tended to stress Irish difference. Famine Irish and the American Racial State takes a different stance. This interdisciplinary, transnational work uses an array of cultural artifacts, including novels, plays, songs, cartoons, government reports, laws, sermons, memoirs, and how-to manuals, to make its case. It challenges the claim that the Irish "became white" in the United States, showing that the claim fails to take into full account the legal position of the Irish in the nineteenth-century US state – a state that deemed the Irish "white" upon arrival. The Irish thus not only fitted into the US racial state; they helped to form it. Till now, little heed has been paid to the state’s role in the Americanization of the Irish or to the Irish role in the development of US state institutions. Distinguishing American citizenship from American nationality, this volume journeys to California to analyze the means by which the Irish gained acceptance in both categories, at the expense of the Chinese. Along the way, it contests ideas that have taken hold within American studies. One is the notion that the Roman Catholic Church operated outside of the power structure of the nineteenth-century United States. On the contrary, Famine Irish and the American Racial State argues, the Irish-led corporate Catholic Church became deeply imbricated in US state structures. Its final chapter discusses a radical, transnational, Irish tradition that offers a glimpse at a postnational future.
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The Anthropocene

The Anthropocene

Peter D. Burdon

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2023
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This book introduces the concept of the Anthropocene and examines its importance for environmental legal thinking, research and practice. Two main arguments are explored. The first is that much of the scholarship in environmental law that addresses the Anthropocene does not respond to Earth systems science or the difference in scale as we move from local to global systems. Key examples include a focus on anthropocentrism, attempts to constitutionalise environmental protections, the prevalence of legal rights and the idea of ecological integrity. The second argument is that these points of focus derive from the prevalence of idealism in environmental legal scholarship. Idealism in this context does not refer to naivety or the presentation of unrealistic goals. Rather, this book is concerned with idealism as a philosophical commitment to the power of ideas to determine reality and drive future change. As expressed in legal scholarship, this book also argues that idealism involves an abstraction from material reality and a refusal to directly engage those forces that have given rise to the Anthropocene. In response, this book uses a method of critique to uncover the presumptions and presuppositions that underlie environmental scholarship. As a counter to idealism, it also sketches out a framework for materialism in the Anthropocene.This book’s engagement with these questions will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students in law, politics, philosophy or the ecological humanities. It will also be of interest to academics in these disciplines and libraries around the world.
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