Peter Grant

When the Civil War ends, where can a former Confederate soldier go to escape the long memories of neighbors who supported the winning side? Where can Johnny Reb go when he can't go home? He can go out West, where the land is hard, where there is danger on every side, and where no one cares for whom you fought - only how well you can do it. Walt Ames, a former cavalryman with the First Virginia, is headed West with little more than a rifle, a revolver, and a pocket full of looted Yankee gold. But in his way stand bushwhackers, bluecoats, con men, and the ever-restless Indians. And perhaps most dangerous of all, even more dangerous than the cruel and unforgiving land, is the temptation of the woman whose face he can't forget. When you can't go home again - go West!

Brings the Lightning (The Ames Archives Book 1)

James Douglas described Victoria as a perfect Eden when the Hudson's Bay Company first set up its trade depot in what was then Fort Victoria. A few years later thousands of miners arrived hoping for a gold strike and setting the stage for Victoria's future growth from settlement to city. Over 140 archival photos, accompanied by informative, easy-to-read text, make this book a compelling keepsake for visitors and residents alike.

An Altitude Superguide

Victoria

Taylor Anderson

Christopher G. Nuttall

Patrick Doyle

Kevin J. Anderson

Chris Kennedy

William Alan Webb

Rob Howell

Kevin Ikenberry

David Weber

S. M. Stirling

James Young

Sarah A. Hoyt

Brad R. Torgersen

Monalisa Foster

Joelle Presby

Justin Watson

Philip S. Bolger

Jan Niemczyk

Trouble in the Wind

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jim Lutz

Margarita Kloss

National Lab Buildings Energy Efficiency Research Projects : Final Project Report

Simulation Models for Improved Water Heating Systems

The Business of Givingdescribes the systems and processes philanthropists need to adopt in order to achieve their goals. It provides a "toolkit" for philanthropic investment taking the reader through each stage of their decision making. Its techniques are equally applicable to whatever investment vehicle is being utilized from traditional grants to new products such as social bonds and impact investing. Unlike many texts on the subject, the tools and processes described have been used and tested across hundreds of different programs and in making thousands of investment decisions.

The Theory and Practice of Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment

The Business of Giving

Nineteen-year-old Steve Maxwell just wants to get his feet on the star road to find a better homeworld. He has an opportunity to become a spacer apprentice on a merchant spaceship, leaving the corruption and crime of Earth behind. Sure, he needs to prove himself to the crew, but how bad can it be if he keeps his head down and the decks clean?

Take the Star Road

John Thompson

Bernard Mulgrew

A comprehensive introduction to Digital Signal Processing, a growing and important area for the aspiring electronics or communications engineer. The aim of the book is to provide an introduction to the fundamental DSP operations of filtering, estimation and analysis. The book will be supported with a website of MATLAB experiments. Lecturer support will also be available via an on-line Solutions Manual (available via a password). Hardcopy solutions also available.

Concepts and Applications

Digital Signal Processing

This book challenges scholarship which presents charity and voluntary activity during World War I as marking a downturn from the high point of the late Victorian period. Charitable donations rose to an all-time peak, and the scope and nature of charitable work shifted decisively. Far more working class activists, especially women, became involved, although there were significant differences between the suburban south and industrial north of England and Scotland. The book also corrects the idea that charitably-minded civilians’ efforts alienated the men at the front, in contrast to the degree of negativity that surrounds much previous work on voluntary action in this period. Far from there being an unbridgeable gap in understanding or empathy between soldiers and civilians, the links were strong, and charitable contributions were enormously important in maintaining troop morale. This bond significantly contributed to the development and maintenance of social capital in Britain, which, in turn, strongly supported the war effort. This work draws on previously unused primary sources, notably those regarding the developing role of the UK’s Director General of Voluntary Organizations and the regulatory legislation of the period.

Mobilizing Charity

Philanthropy and Voluntary Action in the First World War

Sergey Dorofeev

Samples used in social and commercial surveys, especially of the general population, are usually less random (often by design) than many people using them realise. Unless it is understood, this 'non-randomness' can compromise the conclusions drawn from the data. This book introduces the challenges posed by less-than-perfect samples, giving background knowledge and practical guidance for those who have to deal with them. It explains why samples are, and sometimes should be, non-random in the first place; how to assess the degree of non-randomness; when correction by weighting is appropriate and how to apply it; and how the statistical treatment of these samples must be adapted. Extended data examples show the techniques at work. This is a book for practising researchers. It is a reference for the methods and formulae needed to deal with commonly encountered situations and, above all, a source of realistic and implementable solutions.

Non-Simple-Random Samples and Weighted Data

Statistics for Real-Life Sample Surveys

Factors which Impact on Students Completing Their Courses

Staying on Course

Adventures of Peter Grant : in England and Canada During the Second World War

Great Britain. Scottish Office Inquiry Reporters

Appeal regarding erection of 6 bungalows.

Highbury, East Road, Kirkwall : [letter]

Planning Appeal by Peter Grant

This book looks at the role of popular music in constructing the myth of the First World War. Since the late 1950s over 1,500 popular songs from more than forty countries have been recorded that draw inspiration from the War. National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music takes an inter-disciplinary approach that locates popular music within the framework of ‘memory studies’ and analyses how songwriters are influenced by their country’s ‘national myths’. How does popular music help form memory and remembrance of such an event? Why do some songwriters stick rigidly to culturally dominant forms of memory whereas others seek an oppositional or transnational perspective? The huge range of musical examples include the great chansonniers Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens; folk maestros including Al Stewart and Eric Bogle; the socially aware rock of The Kinks and Pink Floyd; metal legends Iron Maiden and Bolt Thrower and female iconoclasts Diamanda Galás and PJ Harvey.

National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music

Tells the story of The Beatles from the town where they were born. This title describes careers of John, Paul, George and Ringo - four lads who became icons of music, fashion, film and culture and who continue to appeal to generations nearly forty years after their shock split.

The Beatles Story

The Fab Four

From Sidney to Sooke

The images that Peter Grant has collected are mostly previously unpublished and provide fascinating insights into the social history of life on Vancouver Island from 1904 to 1918. The views capture the life and times, particularly the parties and pleasures, in the Island of this long-ago vanished era. These remarkable photographs were created by artistic photographers, sometimes amateurs, who would wander the streets or backcountry looking for business. The images were often produced by cameras the likes of which have not been seen for ages and are now collectors' prized items. "Wish You Were Here" also gives the reader a full understanding of the process and the history of this overlooked art form.

Life on Vancouver Island in Historical Postcards

Wish You Were Here

Suzanne Morphet

Diane Selkirk

From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun! Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael Halleran tells us the five graves you simply must visit at Ross Bay Cemetery; Ian Vantreight tells us his five Island weather complaints; history teacher and Vancouver Island digital archive editor Patrick Dunae gives us his five essential Vancouver Island reads; professor Barbara Helem Whittington gives us her five favorite memories of growing up on the island. From politics to the country's best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang, serial killers and the First People...it's all here! Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there's no more complete book about Vancouver Island. If you love Vancouver Island, you'll love the Vancouver Island Book of Everything!

Everything You Wanted to Know about Vancouver Island and Were Going to Ask Anyway

Vancouver Island Book of Everything

Peter Grant

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