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Quick, reliable answers to your most common on-site questions When you're in the field, you never know what you'll come across. The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape gives you fast access to the practical information you need when you're on-site and under pressure. Presented in a highly visual and easily portable format, the Field Guide is organized to follow a logical project sequence from site evaluation of existing conditions through construction maintenance. Covering everything from assessing existing conditions, site work, bases and paving, site improvements, and materials, this handy companion conveys the most common answers that landscape architects need in the real world when visiting a construction site, and meeting with architects and engineers or clients and contractors. The Field Guide to Hardscape extends the familiar Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards beyond the office or studio with: Quick access to essential information when away from the studio Things to look for when assessing existing conditions during preliminary design site visits or pre-construction meetings Graphic Standards—quality details accompanied by real-world photographs of best construction practices and techniques Illustrations that help you troubleshoot problems, along with on-the-spot solutions A list of common construction mistakes and problems to avoid Compact format that's easy to reference and carry along The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape is the ideal companion for the on-the-go landscape architect, design professional, inspector, facilities manager or anyone that is involved with site construction.

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A brief history of the Great Wall of China, begun about 2,200 years ago to keep out Mongol invaders.

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

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Quickly learn essential medical terminology! Both engaging and interactive, Building a Medical Vocabulary, 11th Edition introduces a step-by-step approach to effective communication in the healthcare environment. This text brilliantly intersperses traditional narrative and a variety of learning exercises with a programmed approach that gives you immediate feedback. Ideal for both the classroom setting or for self-study, it provides you with the building blocks to successfully communicate with other members of the healthcare team. Games, exercises, and additional resources on the companion Evolve website help reinforce learning. Spanish translations make this an invaluable resource in today's multilingual healthcare settings. Programmed approach allows you to actively participate in learning and get instant feedback. Healthcare reports help you apply your recently gained knowledge to job-like situations, taking learning to the next step. Focused A&P coverage provides the appropriate amount of information needed to understand the body system in the context of medical terminology. Spanish translations prepare you to communicate effectively in today's multilingual healthcare settings. NEW! Rapid Review feature highlights the most important terms and concepts to review before the chapter test. EXPANDED! More Tool Tips throughout the text help you navigate the pitfalls of learning medical terminology. UPDATED! New terms and illustrations keep this text one of the most current on the market.

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This revision of avant-garde history traces a direct line back from John Cage, pop and conceptual art, through the Futurists, to Whitman, Emerson, Ruskin, Carlyle and Wordsworth, showing how the art of everyday objects, often thought an exclusively contemporary phenomenon, actually began as far back as 1800. In recovering the links between such seemingly disparate figures, this work is intended to provide a better understanding of modern culture.

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Learn to read, write, and speak in medical terms in no time! Ideal for one-semester courses and self-study, Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 10th Edition covers disorders, diagnosis, and treatment with a strong focus on anatomy. This clear, concise text presents small bits of information, followed immediately by a test for comprehension, using a combination of programmed and traditional review questions. This edition includes additional health care reports and review exercises, as well as new and updated terminology, images, and illustrations. With help from resources on the companion Evolve website, Quick & Easy Medical Terminology provides simple tools you need for good communication in the health care environment. Programmed learning approach improves comprehension by offering immediate feedback. Focus on basic word-building skills enables quick and easy learning, making this text perfect for shorter, one- or two-credit medical terminology courses or self-study. Integrated review exercises provide frequent tests of knowledge and retention of material. Quick Tips located throughout the text provide fun facts and memory aids. Evolve Student Resources include games, activities, animations, pharmacology, and audio terms, all of which offer a wealth of additional opportunities to quickly gauge areas of strength and weakness in a fun and interactive environment. NEW! Additional health care reports with review exercises facilitate the study of terminology in documents like those seen in the clinical setting. NEW and UPDATED! Terms, definitions, and procedures keep you up to date with the latest terminology and healthcare advances. NEW and UPDATED! Professional photos and detailed body system illustrations clearly and consistently reinforce complex terms and procedures.

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Yiddish language and literature played a major role in the lives of millions of Eastern European Jews, both in their homelands and in the centers to which they immigrated in America. Aspects of that culture have continued to be enjoyed and explored by Jews and non-Jews alike in many "translated" contexts. Yiddish, then, clearly has a past and and something of a present. Its future, in doubt according to some, should be vibrant, if considerably changed, in the opinion of others. These are among the topics and issues addressed in this series of papers, which manage to be scholarly, lyrical, challenging, and evocative all at the same time.

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The New Hawsepipe takes the mystery out of all Coast Guard and STCW 95 requirements. Striving to climb through the ranks to Merchant Marine? Let The New Hawespipe be your travel mate. This companion reference guide will take you step-by-step through classes, exams, sea time, and how to build positive relationships with Coast Guard personnel and will serve as your closest ally while you build your maritime career. Topics covered include: – IMO policy changes, STCW 95 – Setting realistic goals for completing all requirements – Gaining the right sea time for the right license – Planning, from applications to licensing – Class descriptions and expectations – Finding endorsements and expiration dates for increased job marketability – Comprehensive list of Coast Guard-approved training facilities, financial aid resources, and how to transfer from the military to the Merchant Marines – Preparation for all Coast Guard exams, including off-site and Category I classes – Monitoring Coast Guard policy changes

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The aim of this book is to teach undergraduate college or university students, and adults interested in astronomy and astrophysics, the basic mathematics and physics concepts needed to understand the evolution of the universe, and based on this to teach the astrophysical theories behind evolution from the very early times to the present. The book does not require extensive knowledge of mathematics, like calculus, and includes material that explains concepts such as velocity, acceleration, and force. Based on this, fascinating topics such as Dark Matter, measuring Dark Energy via supernovae velocities, and the creation of mass via the Higgs mechanism are explained. All college students with an interest in science, especially astronomy, without extensive mathematical backgrounds, should be able to use and learn from this book. Adults interested in topics like Dark Energy, the Higgs boson, and detection of Gravitational Waves, which are in the news, can make use of this book as well.

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A mixture of memoir and biography, Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino tells a deeply human story that appeals both to scientists and non-scientists. Although the book relates to the important discovery of neutrinos, it is more intimately about Fred Reines than the technical details of neutrino physics. Narrated in a fashion to interest and excite the reader, the science presented here is accessible to a broad audience. Coursing through Reines' life, his various challenges and encounters, the book reveals constants of his persona. Reines displayed a sustained consistency as a respected leader, admired by students and colleagues as a fount of big ideas and ambition. A continuing source of inspiration and motivation to others, his most basic consistency was his passion for science. The quest for knowledge about the wondrous universe is a profoundly human endeavor. Fred Reines' life and his unremitting scientific curiosity are emblematic of that truth.

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