Graeme: 474 books
The Outcasts of Melbourne
Essays in social history
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1985
Behind the glittering image of 'Marvellous Melbourne' there existed in the popular imagination another, very different, picture of the colonial metropolis. This was the city of 'low life', of crowded slums, poverty, disease and vice.
The nine essays in The Outcasts of Melbourne attempt to reveal...
Australian Television
Programs, pleasures and politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1989
Media, communications and cultural studies form a rapidly growing part of secondary and tertiary education in Australia, yet there have been few books dealing specifically with Australian television. This is the first wide ranging study of television in Australia, and includes a coverage of the cultural...
by Graeme Harper
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field.
Explores the practice of creative writing, its place in the world, and its impact on individuals and communities
Considers the process of creative writing as an art form...
Canada's Enemies
Spies and Spying in the Peaceable Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1993
In 1898, Spanish spies based in Montreal, Halifax, and Victoria monitored the United States war effort against their homeland, while U.S. counter-intelligence officials watched the Spaniards. Neither the Americans nor the Spaniards sought Canadian permission for these activities.
Britain's...
The Caribbean Basin
An International History
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
The Caribbean Basin: An International History provides a study of the entire Caribbean region, including Central America and the Caribbean coast of northern South America. It also offers analysis of:
* the role of international intervention
* the complex interaction among major world powers in the...
by Graeme Dean, Frank Clarke, Finley Graves
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Originally published in 1990, this anthology of articles from the German financial and industrial press, translated into English for this volume, discusses the socio/politico/economic background that was a catalyst for the development of replacement cost accounting ideas in Europe and Anglo-American...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
by Graeme Miles
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped. This Roman-era engagement with the...
Understanding Street Drugs
A Handbook of Substance Misuse for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2005
This fully updated edition of the essential reference Understanding Drugs provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful diagrams and clear information on each drug's effects,...
by Graeme Smith, Anne Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
With one foot in the countryside and the other connected to the metropolis, Newton Mearns is the southernmost suburb of Glasgow. The parish of Mearns bounds southwards over undulating landscape and moors to Ayrshire, with the slopes of Clarkston and Busby within its northern edge, marked by the River...
The 2001 Anthrax Deception
The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The 2001 anthrax letter attacks in the United States killed five people and wounded dozens. They were widely blamed on extremist Muslims and their backers and used to support the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. They were also used to justify and hasten the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, which...
The Rodeo Guide for City Slickers
A Contemporary Guide for the Urban Professional
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
The Rodeo Guide for City Slickers is the book every urban visitor or international tourist will want to read before attending one of the more than 600 rodeos that are hosted across North America each year.
At the heart of the book are concise and informative descriptions of each of the core...
by Robin Kalfat, John Wilson, Graeme Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This book describes the multi-axis substructure testing (MAST) system, a simulator developed at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, which provides state-of-the-art technology for large-scale hybrid testing of structures under realistic scenarios depicting extreme events. The book also demonstrates...
by Graeme Dandy, Trevor Daniell, Robert Warner
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This newly updated book offers a comprehensive introduction to the scope and nature of engineering work, taking a rigorous but common sense approach to the solution of engineering problems.
The text follows the planning, modelling and design phases of engineering projects through to implementation...