Developed to complement Reeds Vol 12 (Motor Engineering for Marine Engineers), this textbook is key for all marine engineering officer cadets.Accessibly written and clearly illustrated, General Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers takes into account the varying needs of students studying 'general' marine engineering, recognising recent changes to the Merchant Navy syllabus and current pathways to a sea-going engineering career. It includes the lates...

The essential guide to modern equipment found in merchant ships, focusing on 'motor' propulsion for marine engineers.Developed to complement Reeds vol 8: General Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers, this indispensable textbook comprehensively covers the motor engineering syllabus for marine engineering officer cadets. It is the only guide available focusing on knowledge needed to pass the motor engineering Certificate of Competency (CoC) examinations.

The comedy ensues as characters navigate misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and various romantic entanglements. Sir Abel’s attempts to control his daughter’s future are thwarted by the cleverness of the common folk, who challenge social hierarchies and reveal the absurdities of the upper class’s attitudes.Through witty dialogue and character-driven humor, Morton critiques class distinctions and celebrates the wisdom and charm of rural life. The play’s title, Speed the Plough, suggests...

From the author of Bird Spotting in a Small Town, "a dark and deliciously tense modern fairy-tale, brutal and beautiful" (Sophie Hannah, New York Times–bestselling author).A shattered memory. A deadly trap. A fight for freedom.When Yalina wakes up in the hospital, she doesn't even recognize her own parents. Hoping to reconnect with her estranged brother, Yalina travels to Sheffield—but instead, she's lured into a house where girls a...

SummaryTaming Text, winner of the 2013 Jolt Awards for Productivity, is a hands-on, example-driven guide to working with unstructured text in the context of real-world applications. This book explores how to automatically organize text using approaches such as full-text search, proper name recognition, clustering, tagging, information extraction, and summarization. The book guides you through examples illustrating each of these topics, as well as the found...

William Connolly, one of the best-known and most important political theorists writing today, is a principal architect of the “new pluralism.” In this volume, leading thinkers in contemporary political theory and international relations provide a comprehensive investigation of the new pluralism, Connolly’s contributions to it, and its influence on the fields of political theory and international relations. Together they trace the evolution of Connolly’s ideas, illuminating his challenges t...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to provide the opportunity for higher education to people of African descent in the era of segregation. The visions, values, and heritages these schools embodied enabled them to chart new frontiers of learning, scholarship, and public engagement for and beyond the United States. Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, the Present, and the Future, edited by Alem Hailu, Mohamed S. Camara, and...

Developed to complement Reeds Vol 8 (General Engineering for Marine Engineers), this indispensable textbook comprehensively covers the motor engineering syllabus for marine engineering officer cadets. Starting with the theoretical and practical thermodynamic operating cycles, the book is structured to give a description of the engines and components used to extract energy from fossil fuels and achieve high levels of efficiency.Accessibly written and clearly illust...

Breakdowns in civil societies can be catalyzed by factors ranging from war and genocide to natural disaster, disease and economic downturns. Restoring Civil Societies examines social processes related to civic engagement in the wake of these societal ruptures. The authors show how crises in civil society can be both pervasive and localized, broad-based and limited to defined social sub-groups. Whatever their scale, Restoring Civil Societies identifies models that analyze ...

Thomas Morton Harper, S.J. (1821- 1893) was an English Jesuit priest, theologian, and author on many topics including metaphysics. Metaphysics seeks to explain the fundamental nature and state of the world, attempting to answer such questions as What is the nature of being and existence?, What is the nature of God?, and Does free will exist?. The Metaphysics of the School by Harper is an expansive treatise of the subject, covering three books, all of which are included in this version. This ...

In a small, isolated town on the North Norfolk coast, Fran's life is unravelling.As she fills her days cleaning the caravan park she owns, she is preoccupied by worry - about the behaviour of her son, the growing absence of her husband and the strained relationship with her sister. Her one source of solace is slipping out to the beach early in the morning, to watch the birds.Small-town tension simmers when a new teacher starts at the local school and a Romany community sett...

The crystal skulls are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Nazca Lines of Peru, or Stonehenge.Many indigenous people speak of their remarkable magical and healing properties, but nobody really knows where they came from or what they were used for. Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world, such as Atlantis? Are they simply ingenious modern fakes or can they really enable us to see deeply into the past and predict the future? Searching for the a...