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Global Positioning System is the first book to guide social scientists with little or no mapping or GPS experience through the process of collecting field data from start to finish.

• Takes readers step-by-step through the key stages of a GPS fieldwork project.
  
• Explains complex background topics in clear, easy-to-understand language.
  
• Provides simple guidelines for GPS equipment selection.
  
• Provides practical solutions for real GPS data collection issues.
  
• Offers a concise guide to using GPS-collected data within geographic information systems.

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A wonderful read for all soccer fans
This book had me hooked from start to finish. The author has an excellent writing style which sweeps the reader along at great pace through a marvellous selection of footballing tales. From the despair of a Ukrainian team in world war two being executed for refusing to allow the Nazia to beat them. Right through to the dawn of a new Millenium and Manchester United winning the European cup in breathtaking style against Bayern Munich, John Ludden's first book left me enthralled. I thoroughly recommend Fields of fire to anyone remotely interested in the history of soccer. My one complaint, if it could be called so would be the choice of certain games. But that is merely minor. This is an excellent book and i hope to hear more from Mr Ludden. ... Read more

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Lifelong learning has become a mantra, but what does learning mean and do in the lives of adults? How has it changed over time and across generations? What are the connections with the changing worlds of work, the family and communities? What difference does it make to life chances? How do we learn from life, and how do we learn for life? How can people's prospects of learning be improved? The Learning Lives project was one of the largest and most ambitious in the Teaching and Learning Research Programme as over three years the authors tracked the lives of 120 adults from across Britain, undertaking 528 in-depth interviews to ask people about their life histories and the place of learning in their lives. Alongside this data from the British Household Panel Study, a nationally representative survey of about 5,000 households was applied which results in a uniquely rich and detailed body of evidence, certainly within the UK, and arguably internationally. The central conclusion is that learning 'means and does' much more in people's lives than is acknowledged in current policies in Britain and Europe. These policies focus on the economic functions of lifelong learning.By contrast, the findings show not only that learning is multi-faceted and complex; they also show how learning helps people to strengthen and develop their sense of self, and assume a greater degree of control over their lives. They also show that people value the experience of learning in relation to their everyday lives and in order to adjust to changing circumstances. And they demonstrate that people's 'learning horizons' - that is, their ability to imagine themselves learning for a different future - are bounded both by individual characteristics and by situational and structural factors. Strategies for improving learning therefore need to vary to meet different needs and circumstances. ... Read more

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In Barr Flies, John Barr shares hisconfidencepatterns, the flies that he carries with him at all times to cover nearly every scenario an angler might encounter on the water. When used at an appropriate time with a good presentation, they are guaranteed to catch fish. Barr tells how he developed each fly, gives tips on when and how to fish them, and explains how he fishes multiple-fly rigs with the Copper John as the center of a 3-fly system that optimizes fish-catching potential. John Barr is the most successful designer of commercially distributed flies in the world. His Barr Emerger is an unrivaled pattern for western mayfly situations, and the Copper John has evolved into the most popular fly of the millennium. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (22)

Barr Flies
Even if you already know how to tie these patterns, this is an incredible book.One of the things I look for in a fly tying book, is does the author give his/her advice on fishing the pattern.John Barr does that very well in this book.I grew up fishing, but only began fly fishing about 3 years ago.I didn't have a mentor, so all my learning came from asking a local fly shop owner a lot of questions and books.If I had to recommend 3 books to a new person, this book would be in the list.The tips given in this book will get you catching fish quickly.Have fun fishing and when you can't fish tie flies for the next trip.

good demonstrations
This book provided very good visual demonstrations of the various flies that are included and I would recommend it for anyone intersted in tying flies.

Barr Flies
A great book from an author who doesn't just talk the talk.John Barr is one of the most innovative and creative tyers around today.He also happens to be a superb fisherman.When you team his tying talent up with the artful photography of Charlie Craven you wind up with a "can't miss."That's what this book is.The Copper John, Barr's Emerger and Slumpbuster are three of my favorites.Now I can tie them with not only easy, step-by-step directions, but with crystal clear images as well.This book will stay within arms length on my tying desk.

Barr none!
I came across a little emerger pattern a few years ago.I didn't know what it was but, it's been the best thing in my fly box.I've caught many 18"+ trout on it and even a smallmouth bass and a few Kokanee salmon.Turns out it's the Barr Emerger.

Everyone has probably used a Copper John at one time or another.

If you tie flies, this is the book for getting familiar with tying these patterns, their many variations, and how to fish them.

It's got lots of John's other patterns, great detailed tying instructions, recipes, and color photos.

I would recommend it to anyone who likes catching trout on a fly rod.

BARR FLIES
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TREATISE ON JOHN BARR'S FLIES-HOW TO TIE, AND FISH. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANY TIER, EXPERIENCED OR NOVICE. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.
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A Must Read For Motivation & Inspiration: John Maclean Is The Real Deal
this book is the amazing story of a man who refused to give up.
An accident that would send most into a deep depression turned him into the person he is today. How many other people can say that they have completed the Hawaiian Ironman, swam the English Channel, kayaked around the Hawaiian islands, Competed at the Sydney Olympic Games and that is just to name 4. Oh yeah - he did all this from a wheelchair.

Amazing man. A must read. ... Read more

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Geological mapping cannot be taught by lectures or in a laboratory, it must be learnt in the field. Now in its fourth edition, this is a basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology. Concise and pocket sized so that it can be carried in the field for instant reference.

Basic Geological Mapping, Fourth Edition provides the reader with all the necessary practical information and techniques they need. It covers a wide spectrum of different conditions, needs and types of countries.

Features include:

• New sections on GPS and computerised methods to provide readers with all the up-to-date developments and techniques
• Aspects of field safety
• Comprehensive check-list of equipment needed to cover most needs
• Advice on the use of aerial photographs in mapping

To complete the main text, there are chapters on preparing cross-sections, drafting and presenting ‘fair copy’ maps, drawing geological diagrams for inclusion in reports and how to present the final report.

This is an ideal field guide to geological mapping for 2nd/3rd year undergraduates and postgraduates of Geology, Hydrogeology and Geological Engineering. Geology teachers and amateur geologists may find it a handy guide. ... Read more

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Modern Field Guide
I tried this product as a replacement for the old Compton's Field Geology manual I purchased decades ago as a geology major. This compact volume appears to have all the necessary material to serve as a valuable field guide a student or professional can carry in their backpack or field bag. My desire to try this stems from a need to find a good guide to use in my Field Methods in Geology class at RPI. I'm certain this will be the required text for the class. It's worth the modest $30 +/- cost. Used ones should come down in price, though; they are not worth the slight price advantage versus a new volume. ... Read more

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Stay leagues ahead with this hands-on guide to practicing field hydrogeology

For actual procedures and real-world decisions not explained in textbooks,look to The Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology. Expert authors Willis Weight and John Songeregger provide plenty of practical examples to help you:

Stay on top of what can go wrong, and prevent mishaps, injuries, and disasters
Investigate contamination at hazardous waste sites safely and accurately
Provide prescriptions for site cleanup
Assess the quality and the quantity of an aquifer
Work with mining operations on both contamination prevention and new water sources
Design a single-well pumping test that's as effective as multiple wells
Locate sources of groundwater
Take a groundwater sample
Log a drill hole
Install a monitoring well
Analyze a slug test
More! ... Read more

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Excellent Manual
I've been working on geochemistry and hydro-geochemistry for the last three years and this book represent an "easy-to-follow" compendium of the most usual problems and situations that you can find on field. The author's explanations to some problems are quite ingenious and help to solve, in a practical way, most of the difficulties that you can find in real natural systems.

A Fun Approach to a Complicated Subject
The authors have managed to take a subject that can be dry and intimidating and make it readable and enjoyable.I have been in the consulting business as a hydrogeologist for 20 years, and found that I needed to review "the basics" due to a career change to Water Resources.I found the book to be well organized, well written, and especially useful were all of the examples provided.I think it would be a very good book for students (those just starting out) and for those, like me, who need to review subjects, such as "aquifer hydraulics."And, the chapter "How to Get Along with Driller's" should be mandatory reading for all students of geology/hydrogeology/engineering.

Get a file with known corrections
Greating readers.I have a PDF files that contains all of the corrections or errors know as of Nov 10, 2003.Please email for a copy of this document at wweight@mtech.edu.Happy Reading.Willis Weight

Job Well Done
This book should be required reading by every professional entering the field of hydrogeology - especially those with limited experience in groundwater science. the authors present the material in an easy to read format as though they were mentoring entry level geologists.A job well done.

Awesome reference
I've been working as a geologist for an environmental firm specializing in UST remediation for about six months.Having been working in a tangentally related field for six years, I needed a quick refresher.This book is providing that refresher - it will also prove an excellent reference for years to come.I found especially useful the portion on slug testing - my old college texts discuss slug testing but in a highly theoretical and impractical manner. ... Read more

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Celebrate Your Mistakes is a "real world" management handbook that gives readers a fresh and inspiring perspective on their business, emplyees, the marketplace, the competition and the world in general. Dedicated to encouraging an "out-of-the-box" mentality, this information-packed book explains why it is important to look closely at failures and-most important-describes what can be learned from them. A collection of thoughts, observations and personal experiences, celebrate Your Mistakes also focuses on the "Pollyanna syndrome," a growing phenomenon in which large companies-blinded by years of success and the harsh realities of an evolving marketplace-feel invincible and refuse to change. Clearly written and insightful, the text explains the value of risk-taking, showing companies how not to be impaired by their own successes and recommending straightforward "how to" strategies for careful self-examination and evaluation. Celebrate Your Mistakes is packed with anecdotes, exercises, practical tips and exmaples-including how to choose a board of directors, case studies of failures, and a simple test to determine if you are indeed a "Pollyanna." Eight easy-to-read chapters are designed to stimulate readers into action and include: Lulled to Sleep by success? Wake Up!; Defy the Corporate Culture; Compete Against Yourself; Keep Your Business on the Cutting Edge; Give Power to your People. ... Read more

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An Appropriately Titled Book
A great book for anyone in any business. I find myself reflecting back to it often to stimulate thinking. It is an after action review of success and failure in past and current businesses. An excellant source for insight into intelligent business thinking.

So your company is tops.
A must read book if you "know" your company is in great shape.

Their ghost writer is awesome
I give this book 10 stars.

Made me think outside the box
Like one of their cartoons, this book made me think outside the box.As I read, I began to see some of the things I've done in the past in a different light.I've recommended it to others I work with because I think we can all learn a lot together if we discuss some of the subjects and take some of the self tests.The cartoons are a nice break and provide an unusal opportunity for business people to laugh at themselves.Overall, I enjoyed it thoroughly but it will mean more if I can discuss it with others ... Read more

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JOHN GODDARD'S TROUT-FISHING TECHNIQUES is the distillation of more than a half century of fly-fishing wisdom by a master. Goddard focuses on fly fishing for trout, and includes chapters on tackle; the trout's senses; casting to, hooking, and playing trout; where to find trout in both rivers and lakes; trout foods; and fishing with wet flies, dry flies, and nymphs. A special section thoroughly covers the methods necessary for catching trout in stillwaters. In addition, Goddard offers full tying recipes for many of his original patterns, including the world-famous Goddard Caddis.
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The author served in two hard-fought campaigns in Asia. From 1943 to 1945 he was an officer in the British-led Indian Army. Shipster served with the 7/2nd Punjab Regiment in the Burma theater of World War II. The Punjabis fought in the fierce close-quarters actions at Arakan and Kohima, and the final advance to Mandalay and Rangoon.

Soldiering had undergone many changes in the five short years before the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. India was now independent and the last British officers and advisers were gone. Shipster had become a company commander in the Middlesex Regiment, a British army unit with a reputation as skilled machine-gunners. The Middlesex were sent from Hong Kong to Korea on short notice to aid U.S. and South Korean forces. The steaming jungles of Shipster’s past experience were now replaced by two years of fighting, often in bitter cold, over a series of bleak hilltops. ... Read more

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From whatever point of view the character of Eugene Field is seen, genius--rare and quaint presents itself is childlike simplicity. That he was a poet of keen perception, of rare discrimination, all will admit. He was a humorist as delicate and fanciful as Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, James Whitcomb Riley, Opie Read, or Bret Harte in their happiest moods. Within him ran a poetic vein, capable of being worked in any direction, and from which he could, at will, extract that which his imagination saw and felt most. That he occasionally left the child-world, in which he longed to linger, to wander among the older children of men, where intuitively the hungry listener follows him into his Temple of Mirth, all should rejoice, for those who knew him not, can while away the moments imbibing the genius of his imagination in the poetry and prose here presented.
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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The Field is a fierce and tender study of the love a man can have for land and the ruthless lengths he will go to in order to obtain the object of his desire. Sive is a powerful folk-drama set in the south-west of Ireland which concerns itself with the attempt of a scheming matchmaker and a bitter woman to sell an innocent young girl to a lecherous old man. Big Maggie sees Maggie's determination to create a better life for herself and her children after the death of her husband. But her vision of the future is not one which sits comfortably with her offspring. ... Read more

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Power of the Kingdom
The Author, John B Keane, was a Kerryman through and through, and all his books wallow in the heritage of that county of Ireland.(Kerry is known in Ireland as "The Kingdom")Well known for his novels such as the Bodhran Makers and Durango, it is for his plays that Keane will be best remembered.

Celebrated on the stage of the National theatre of Ireland in the 1980's these three plays went on to tour widely round the world, and the Field was made into a powerful film starring Richard Harris, Tom Berenger, John Hurt and Brenda Fricker.

Each is a mixture of innocence and cynicism, earthy humour and godlike aspiration.

Sive, the tale of a beautiful girl sold under the table to an old man.A tale of corrupted innocence and how greed can shatter families.

The Field, a deep rooted story of the importance of land to rural people, how it transcends even family loyalties, but how it finally breaks the hardest of hard men.

Big Maggie, Keane at his best, giving voice to the repressed sexuality of the Irish woman.

Three wonderful plays with themes that transcend the parochial nature of their setting.They have a simplicity and universality that is almost the equivalent of Greek plays such as Antigone or Lysistrata.

POWER-LAND-LOVE-So John B!
This Book is such good value. Not only do you get three plays but i tell you you get Some entertainment. A most enjoyable read!

SIVE- I love Sive it is an extremely sad story about a young girls who is being sold intomarriage by her uncle and aunt. Her grandmothewr is againstit especiallybecause the man is about 70 and also bercause Sive is already in love withLiam Scuab. On the eve of her wedding sive makes a decision that willchande everything-Forever!

THE FIELD-Everyone knows the bull but thebull will go to whatever lenghts he must to get the most important thing inthe world(to him) and that is land. But will he succeed and willMrs.Butler-the widow who is selling theland get a fair price. Maincharacters include the bull,the birtd and Tadgh. Is tadgh like hisfather-Is he his fathers son?

BIG MAGGIE-Now widowed ansd free Maggiedecides that she will wear the trousers but she finds that the harder shegets the childrenb just fly thenest and all move away. even her son(thehomebird) has to choose between his mother or the love of his life. Hisdecision will also change what is to come. Will Maggie continue to fightalone?Does Maggie even know. ... Read more

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Character and Ethics
It's obvious by his writing that Flores has spent many a day in "the field".One can further glean from his writings that he does so because, like so many of us, the outdoors and hunting is as much food-for-the-soul as it is for dinner table.
I rate this book 5-Stars because if you've been-there, done-that - you can't help but relate to every chapter in this book.
It makes me want to grab the Lab, my son and trusty boat and head to the blind.

Michael Kidder's Review
I am a 16 year-old young man who has the pleasure and privilage of knowing the author of this remarkable book of hunting experiences. The book has given me a new perspective on hunting and life itself in ways I never expected. It opened up my mind to the hunting experiences that I never had. The way the author wrote in detail about the experiences he had as a young man and an adult touched me a lot. I would recommend this book to any young hunter who loves to hunt or any young man who dreams of hunting. Thank you for writing this book Mr. John, I loved it.

Heilman Review
Being an outdoor person and one who really appreciates the outdoors, I really enjoyed John's book.Some parts made me cry and some made me laugh.Some of the sories were a little scary because I have been jin some of the same situations. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys God's great outdoors. Bill Heilman
This is a must read for the wife of a hunter.It will give you new understanding of why he loves the outdoors.Perhaps enough that you will want to go with the next time.I truly enjoyed itand we are both looking forward to more books from John. Katherine heilman

Heilman Review
Being an outdoor person and one who truly enjoys outdoor life, I really enjoyed John's book.Parts of the book I could relate to. It made me laugh and it made me cry.I have been in some of the same situations and they were a little scary.I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys God's great outdoors. Bill Heilman.
A must read for the wife of a hunter.It helps you to get a better understanding of why your husband loves the great outdoors.Perhaps next time you will want to go with him.
We are both looking forward to more books by John.
Kathy Heilman

The Darce Family Review
John K. Flores is my friend and I was able to proof read this book before it hit press. This book is an oustanding read for all avid hunters as it takes you into the field for a view of hunting through his eyes, his sons eyes and his lovely wifes eyes. All hunters can relate to his "camp" stories as John calls them,you will love this book. Its funny, serious and uplifting from a christian author. If you have hunting buddies you may want to buy this book as a gift for them, they will thank you for it. John Flores has many books written already in his head, he is an exceptional talent and a real genuine God chaser! I am looking forward to his next book hitting the press it is an awesome book and you will really appreciate his writing talents and skills. Thanks John for being a part of the Darce Familys Life. We appreciate you and your family very much! God Bless You my friend. Edward "Eddie" Darce ... Read more