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    A Prominent Dermatologist and Plastic Surgeon's Insider Guide to Facial Rejuvenation

    "Beverly Hills Beauty Secrets takes the mystery—but not the magic—out of all the modern miracle cures that help you put your best face forward. From page one, these doctors share their wisdom, take you behind the curtain, and reveal the true colors you can choose from to paint a prettier picture!"—Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H., BeverLy Hills psychiatrist, author, and talk show hostLearn the ... Read more

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  • Sobering Dilemma

    A History of Prohibition in British Columbia

    This fascinating history of alcohol consumption in British Columbia focuses on two periods of harsh liquor prohibitions: first on its Native population from 1854 to 1962, and second, on the entire population, during the 1917 to 1921 period. Using formerly closed police files, Douglas Hamilton traces the scandals, corruption and crime that resulted from the implementation of prohibition. Includes ... Read more

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  • Shrapnel Shell Manufacture

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    This wartime technical manual opens with the rise of shrapnel as one of artillery's most intricate and important projectiles, tracing its development from Lieut. Henry Shrapnel's 1784 invention through Col. Boxer's improvements. It explains how the modern shrapnel shell works as a coordinated system of brass case, explosive charge, forged body, bullets, and precision fuse, while comparing British, ... Read more

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  • Bolt, Nut and Rivet Forging

    Bolt, Nut and Rivet Forging is a detailed look at the machines behind early twentieth-century fastener production, from plain bolt and rivet headers to continuous-motion headers and nut forging machines.First published in 1914, Douglas T. Hamilton surveys the main types of bolt heading machine and explains the operation of plain bolt and rivet machines, the successive steps in heading a bolt, and ... Read more

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  • Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750–1820

    Series Book 58 - Studies in Imperialism
    This is the first book wholly devoted to assessing the array of links between Scotland and the Caribbean in the later eighteenth century. It uses a wide range of archival sources to paint a detailed picture of the lives of thousands of Scots who sought fortunes and opportunities, as Burns wrote, ‘across th’ Atlantic roar’. It outlines the range of their occupations as planters, merchants, slave ... Read more

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  • The Air Battle for Malta

    The Diaries of a Spitfire Pilot

    This book provides an intriguing and realistic account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II. The air battle raged for two and a half years during which time 14,000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population.The history is based on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, the author's uncle, who was the leader of a Spitfire squadron that defended the island ... Read more

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  • Jacobitism, Enlightenment and Empire, 1680�1820

    Series series Political and Popular Culture in the Early Modern Period
    The essays in this collection examine religion, politics and commerce in Scotland during a time of crisis and turmoil. Contributors look at the effect of the Union on Scottish trade and commerce, the Scottish role in tobacco and sugar plantations, Robert Burns’s early poetry on his planned emigration to Jamaica and Scottish anti-abolitionists. ... Read more

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  • Building to Impact

    The 5D Implementation Playbook for Educators

    Turn ideas into goals—and goals into impactThe road to school improvement and student achievement is paved with good intentions—so why does the destination seem so far away? If you’re like most educators, the answer is a pothole known as the implementation gap.This book provides a road map to bypassing that gap in your school or district, offering a carefully researched, field-tested methodology ... Read more

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  • The Truth About Rudolf Hess

    Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain in May 1941 stands out as one of the most intriguing and bizarre episodes of the Second World War.In The Truth About Rudolf Hess, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton explores many of the myths which still surround the affair. He traces the developments which persuaded Hess to undertake the flight without Hitlers knowledge and shows why he chose to approach the Duke of ... Read more

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  • The Truth About Rudolf Hess

    Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain in May 1941 stands out as one of the most intriguing and bizarre episodes of the Second World War. In The Truth About Rudolf Hess, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton explodes many of the myths which still surround the affair. He traces the developments which persuaded Hess to undertake his flight without Hitler's knowledge and show why he chose to approach the Duke of ... Read more

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  • Slavery, Memory and Identity

    National Representations and Global Legacies

    This is the first book to explore national representations of slavery in an international comparative perspective. Contributions span a wide geographical range, covering Europe, North America, West and South Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia. ... Read more

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  • Ivory, Horn and Blood

    Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis

    Meticulous research, chilling facts.... an important and much needed book.-- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall InstituteIf it is understanding you seek, turn these pages.-- Virginia McKenna, OBE, Founder, The Born Free FoundationIf you care about elephants and rhinos, and the poaching onslaught that threatens their extinction in the wild, this is the book for you.-- Ian ... ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD