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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Ex-library with typical markings/stickers; rear free endpaper with some roughness from card pocket removal; dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to pastedowns. "This collection of essays documents the indebtedness and thematic similarities uniting Shakespeare and eight southern authors - William Gilmore Simms, Henry Timrod, Sidney Lanier, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, and Walker Percy.".…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 172 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Trade paperback. Etat : Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 113, [1] pages. Tables. Figures. Notes. Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, Acronyms, Executive Summary, Contributors, and Workshop Attendees. Topics covered include Military's Role in Combating Agroterrorism: Introduction; Recent Disease Outbreaks and National Exercises; Department of Defense Response Planning; Military Manpower Assessment; Plant and Crop Response; Carcass Disposal; Summary, Shortfalls, and Recommendations; Contributors; and Workshop Attendees. Colonel Tat L. Pravecek was the Commander of the 5th Medical Group at Minot AFB, ND. The mission of the 5th Medical Group is to ensure nuclear surety and combat readiness through outstanding health care (nukes, boots and band-aids). She enables the Mighty Medics to deliver superior medical services for the 5th Bomb Wing, 91st Missile Wing and Minot's 12,500 beneficiaries. Colonel Pravecek was commissioned in May 1990 as a graduate from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She has served as a research toxicologist, instructor of chemistry, health risk assessment consultant, bioenvironmental engineer, weapons of mass destruction analyst, Air Force Research Laboratory staff officer, Senior Service School Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, Squadron Commander for the 5th Medical Support Squadron at Minot AFB and AFMC Command Bioenvironmental Engineer. The other editors were associated with Battelle. The U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center was directed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to conduct a study to determine the Department of Defense's potential involvement in responding to an agroterrorist event. This resulting report details several possible roles for the DoD in a continental U.S. agroterrorist event. The findings will provide local, state, federal, and DoD policy makers with detailed information about current capabilities and future potential roles for the DoD in helping the nation prepare for, respond to, and recover a terrorist attack on U.S. agriculture. As part of its mission to defend the United States, the DoD, in conjunction with other state and federal agencies, must plan and prepare to deter, prevent, defeat, and mitigate threats against the agriculture and food system. There are many civilian agencies involved in the regulation and protection of agriculture, progressive disaster response to an agricultural event, DoD planning considerations, and impacts of an agricultural event on the Department of Defense. . This resulting report details several possible roles for the DoD in a continental U.S. agroterrorist event. To complete this report, the CPC identified subject matter experts in the following areas: (1) DoD response planning; (2) military manpower assessment; (3) plant and crop response; and (4) carcass disposal. These areas were chosen because each has a potential for DoD involvement. The findings will provide local, state, federal, and DoD policy makers detailed information about current capabilities and future potential roles for the DoD in helping the nation prepare for, respond to, and recover from a terrorist attack on U.S. agriculture. …

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 240 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 240 pages. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 309 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Vii, 307 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Wear, Small Losses At Corners, 2 3/4" X 1 1//2" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. Interesting Commentaries, Revealing About What Prominent Americans Thought Civilization Was (In 1930). However, The Beard Studies Omit Any Response From Any In The Great Masses Of The World Who Do Not Invent Or Manufacture, Nor Own Or Manage, The Technological Enterprises Which Are The Essence Of Technological Development, Which Is The Primary Concern Of These Respondents; Nor Has Any Study In The Succeeding 90 Years Attempted To Explore The Meaning Of Culture So Except In The Most Superficially Journalistic And Condescending Manner. But What Could Go Wrong? Aren't The Elites, After All, Elite? It Isn't Like Unprincipled Demagogues, Secure With All The Advantages Of Modern Technology, Would Incite Violence Amongst The Vast Majority, With Relatively Ever-Declining Options Ever-Declining Self-Esteem And Relatively Ever-Declining Standards Of Living. Why Bother Talking To Them To See Anything More Than Whether They Agree Or Not? And Who Will Ever Want To Read Ordinary People's Opinions When The Questions They're Asked Are Always Stupidly Closed-Ended And Never Followed Up By Why Etc.. Headpieces And Jacket By E. E. Thurston (illustrateur). …

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 240 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Disbound. Etat : Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated September 2, 1882 -- Vol. 26, No. 1341 -- Profusely illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers are tight, very nice condition -- The Front Cover has a poem by Will Carleton titled "Let The Cloth Be White", with illustrations -- Page 548 has four engravings, titled as follows: "The Late Frederic De Peyster", "Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolseley", "The Duke Of Connaught", and the fourth by H. A. Ogden titled "Women's Day At A New York Swimming Bath" -- Page 549 has a full page engraving by Paul Frenzeny titled "Sketches On Two Model Dairy-Farms" (New Jersey) -- Page 552 has a full page engraving by C. D. Weldon titled "The Pool-Rooms At Long Island City" -- Page 553 has a full page engraving by W. P. Snyder titled "The Moss Industry In The South" -- Page 556 has a large engraving by T. R. Davis titled "Life-Saving At Rockaway Beach" -- Page 557 has a large engraving by Thomas Nast titled "A Good Lesson For Us. U.Sam (to Count Ferdinand De Lesseps). 'Swell up and burst--that's right. Is that the kind of neutrality you are going to give US at Panama?'" (Uncle Sam as eagle in suit, Count Lesseps as bullfrog, Suez Canal, political cartoon) -- This issue contains a portion of the following serials: "Kept In The Dark" by Anthony Trollope, Chapter XIX, and "Multum In Parvo. A Series of Stories, With No Waste Of Words. Singleheart, and Doubleface" by Charles Reade, Chapter XI -- Many articles related to these engravings and other events occurring at the time, as well as very interesting advertising -- We store and ship each Harper's Weekly issue in a large zip lock plastic sleeve with a board insert for stiffness. They are shipped flat and never folded or rolled up. H. A. Ogden - Paul Frenzeny - C. D. Weldon - W. P. Snyder - T. R. Davis - Thomas Nast - (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 172 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 320 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 1st edition. 495 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Disbound. Etat : Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated September 23, 1882 -- Vol. 26, No. 1344 -- Profusely illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers are tight, very nice condition -- The Front Cover has a full page engraving by Thomas Nast titled "Was It The Petticoat Plea Which Softened The Hearts Of The Jurors?" (political cartoon) -- Page 596 has a full page engraving titled "The British Conquest In Egypt--Map Of The Seat Of War" -- Page 597 has two engravings, one titled "The Hon. Frederick Robie, Governor-Elect Of Maine, the other by C. D. Weldon titled "Match Between The Western Cricketers And The Merion Club, At Ardmore, Pennsylvania" (Cricket) -- Page 600 has a full page engraving by E. H. Garrett titled "New England Manufacturers' And Mechanics' Institute Fair, At Boston, Massachusetts" -- Page 601 has a full page engraving by P. Frenzeny titled "Past And Present--The Town-Crier And The Newsboy" -- Page 604 has a full page engraving by W. P. Snyder titled "The Gypsy Encampment On Broadway, New York" -- Page 605 has a full page engraving by T. R. Davis titled "At Asbury Park--Sunday Morning In The Pavilion" -- This issue contains a portion of the serial "Kept In The Dark" by Anthony Trollope, Chapter XXII -- Many articles related to these engravings and other events occurring at the time, as well as very interesting advertising -- We store and ship each Harper's Weekly issue in a large zip lock plastic sleeve with a board insert for stiffness. They are shipped flat and never folded or rolled up. Thomas Nast - C. D. Weldon - E. H. Garrett - P. Frenzeny - W. P. Snyder - T. R. Davis - (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 172 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 240 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.71 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 172 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.