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Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart ...

Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart ...

Mark Monmonier

It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines.
Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future ...

Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future ...

Mark Monmonier

In Spying with Maps, the "mapmatician" Mark Monmonier looks at the increased use of geographic data, satellite imagery, and location tracking across a wide range of fields such as military intelligence, law enforcement, market research, and ...
Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities ...

Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities ...

Mark Monmonier

Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences Mark Monmonier . 7.10 Sections 6 and 8 of an eleven-map cartographic narrative in Sherry H. Olson, Baltimore: The Building of an American City (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins ...
No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control

No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control

Mark Monmonier

A worthy successor to his critically acclaimed How to Lie with Maps, the book is replete with all of the hallmarks of a Monmonier classic, including the wry observations and witty humor.
Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ...

Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ...

Mark Monmonier

In Rhumb Lines and Map Wars, Mark Monmonier offers an insightful, richly illustrated account of the controversies surrounding Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator's legacy.
How to Lie with Maps

How to Lie with Maps

Mark Monmonier

Even those who hated geography in grammar school might well find a new enthusiasm for the subject after reading Monmonier's lively and surprising book."—Wilson Library Bulletin "A reading of this book will leave you much better defended ...
Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America

Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America

Mark Monmonier

And this book is one of the best places I've seen to learn about them in a highly entertaining and informative fashion."—John Casti, New Scientist
Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for ...

Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for ...

Mark Monmonier

This book explores the US patent system, which helped practical minded innovators establish intellectual property rights and fulfill the need for achievement that motivates inventors and scholars alike.
Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate ...

Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate ...

Mark Monmonier

... June 25, 1999. 15. Douglas J. Amy, Real Choices/ New Voices: The Case for Proportional Representation Elections in the United States (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993), 10-11,18-20. 16. See, for example, Robert Richie, ...
Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, ...

Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, ...

Mark Monmonier

Traces the development of the weather map and its ability to make the atmosphere visible and predictable, and examines the interaction and relationship between technology and weather forecasting
Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic ...

Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic ...

Mark Monmonier

Maps with the News is a lively assessment of the role of cartography in American journalism.
Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, ...

Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, ...

Mark Monmonier

The author reveals how meteorologists learn to map, predict, and dramatize the weather, and takes a look at the history of meteorology and strategies for mapping the upper atmosphere forecasting disaster. Color photos and line drawings.
Spotlight Science 8: Framework Assessment Resource Bank

Spotlight Science 8: Framework Assessment Resource Bank

Lawrie Ryan

... mark mark mark mark mark mark mark mark mark mark mark mark Total = 25 marks 1 a) Choose words from this box to answer the Spotlight Science 8 - Framework Edilion © Nelson Thornes Ud 31 ©U Respiration Scheme TESTA MARK.
Young Runaways

Young Runaways

Keith West

MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: ( Bursting in) Didn't you hear the commotion? (Yawning and stretching) What? ( peeved) The ambulance, everything! Gran's had another stroke. She's in hospital.
Mark Noble: or, The button necklace, by the author of ...

Mark Noble: or, The button necklace, by the author of ...

Margaret Duns

Ah, Mark, had you known who it was, you would not have passed on. It was Rose calling, " Mark Noble," and echo answering, "Mark Noble ! " Mark still continued at the High School, though the year was out. He was clever, and determined to ...
Mark Taylor: Genesis (Prequel in the Mark Taylor Series): (A ...

Mark Taylor: Genesis (Prequel in the Mark Taylor Series): (A ...

M.P. McDonald

Mark's story continues in, NO GOOD DEED: Book One in the Mark Taylor Series. Mark Taylor discovers firsthand that no good deed goes unpunished when the old camera he found during a freelance job in an Afghanistan bazaar gives him ...
The Rise of Maritime Containerization in the Port of ...

The Rise of Maritime Containerization in the Port of ...

Mark Rosenstein

Mark Rosenstein Morristown, New Jersey 07960 http://www.apparent-wind.com/ Copyright © 2000 by Mark ... Data Rosenstein, Mark The Rise of Maritime Containerization in the Port of Oakland 1950 to 1970 / Mark Rosenstein. viii, 130 p.
The Perk

The Perk

Mark Gimenez

Also by Mark Gimenez The Colour of Law The Abduction The Common Lawyer Accused The Governor's Wife Con Law The Case Against William The Absence of Guilt THE PERK Mark Gimenez Published by Sphere Copyright © Mark.
American song: the complete musical theatre companion

American song: the complete musical theatre companion

Ken Bloom

Ode to a List (L: Mark Houston); Peace for Our Children (inst.); Ten O'Clock Friday Night (C/L: Mark Houston, Ben Oakland, Christopher T. Thompson); Tomorrow I'll Be Gone (L: Mark Houston); Wild Geese (L: Mark Houston) 1973 Pop Songs ...
Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist

Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist

Lynda Pflueger

Resa Willis, Mark and Livy: The Love Story of Mark Twain and the Woman Who Almost Tamed Him (New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1992), p. 33. 2. Ibid., p. 36. 3. Ibid., p. 38. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid., p. 39. 6. Margaret Sanborn, Mark Twain: The ...
Malady and Mortality: Illness, Disease and Death in Literary ...

Malady and Mortality: Illness, Disease and Death in Literary ...

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Fig. 5-1 Patient Identity. Fig. 6-1 Mark Morrisroe, Untitled [Self-Portrait], 1989. T- 665, Polaroid, 10.7 x 8.5 cm; The Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur. © The Estate of Mark Morrisroe. Fig. 6-2 Mark Morrisroe,  ...
Counseling Fathers

Counseling Fathers

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This book would have not come to fruition without the trust of Mark Stevens and Mark Kiselica. Our friend and colleague Mark Stevens suggested to Mark Kiselica that Chen write a book for Kiselica's series, Counseling and Psychotherapy with ...
Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church

Amazing Abundance: Hymns for a Growing Church

Mark A. Miller

Tunes by Mark A. Miller Texts by: Ruth Duck, Ronell Mark, David Parsons, Isaac Watts, Charles Welsy, Laurie Zelman.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain

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J.R. LeMaster, James D. Wilson. Elmica College Center for Mark Twain Studies at Quarry ... Herbert A. Wisbey,Jr. BIBLIOGRAPHY Jerome, Robert D., and Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr., eds. Mark Twain in Elmira. Elmira, N.Y.: Mark Twain Society, ...
Mark Taylor Omnibus: Series Prequel, Books 1-3

Mark Taylor Omnibus: Series Prequel, Books 1-3

M.P. McDonald

Did you love Mark Taylor Omnibus? Then you should read March Into Madness: Book Four of the Mark Taylor Series by M.P. McDonald! After thwarting a disaster in the nation's capital, Mark Taylor captures the attention of the CIA.
The Seven Desires of Every Heart: Looking Past What ...

The Seven Desires of Every Heart: Looking Past What ...

Mark Laaser

Also by Mark and Debra Laaser Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction by Mark Laaser Shattered Vows: Hope and Healing for Women Who Have Been Sexually Betrayed by Debra Laaser #SEVEN DES I RES *EVERY HEART MARK ...
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 inspired seasonal dishes ...

Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 inspired seasonal dishes ...

Mark Bittman

People who like to eat well without the fuss have always turned to Mark Bittman for his trademark pared-down elegance and contemporary style.
Mark Morrisroe

Mark Morrisroe

Mark Morrisroe

Mark Morrisroe (1959-1989) carried a bullet in his chest and a Polaroid camera with him at all times.
Death in the Desert

Death in the Desert

Lee E. Wells

He retreated, doing little more than lifting his arms to ward off Mark's blows. He staggered, caught himself as one of Mark's blows ripped into his face. Labal rallied and drove himself forward, but Mark stepped back, coldly measuring the man.
Untitled by Mark Levin

Untitled by Mark Levin

Mark R. Levin

MARK R. LEVIN HAS MADE THE CASE, IN NUMEROUS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOKS—MEN IN BLACK, LIBERTY AND TYR­ANNY, AND AMERITOPIA—THAT THE PRIN­CIPLES UNDERGIRDING OUR SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM ARE UNRAVELING.

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