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  • Fevers and Cultures

    Lessons for Surveillance, Prevention and Control

    by George Pollock ...
    This book compares the methods of surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases in countries selected for their different situations and approaches. Based on a comprehensive study including local interviews with key individuals, supported by relevant reports and documents, it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and suggests practical improvements for ... Read more

    $61.82 CAD

  • Skyland

    The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park

    by George F. Pollock ...
    First published in 1960, this is the autobiography of George Freeman Pollock, a young Washington, D.C. man who in 1895 founded, built and managed the Skyland Resort, originally called Stony Man Camp, in Virginia."The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, separating the eastern or Piedmont and Tidewater sections from the Shenandoah Valley, commence at the south side of the gap at Harper's Ferry. Thence ... Read more

    $5.58 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Epidemiological Odyssey

    The Evolution of Communicable Disease Control

    Edited by George Pollock ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book attempts to set communicable diseases and the efforts to control them in a social and historical context. The primary focus is on England with its particular history, culture and traditions. The timescale covered is extensive and ambitious, and the many strands that came together in the nineteenth century to form the English public health service are clearly highlighted. However the main ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Vintage Miami Beach Glamor

    Celebrities & Socialites in the Heyday of Chic

    by Deborah C Pollack ...
    This history details the tumultuous lives of Miami Beach's mid-twentieth century jet set, and features archival photos.From roughly 1930 to 1960, Miami Beach attracted an exclusive colony of socialites, who mixed with Hollywood celebrities and dignitaries, such as Winston Churchill, as effortlessly as tonic mixes with gin. Elizabeth Taylor announced her ill-fated engagement to the son of a former ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introduction to Orbital Perturbations

    by James M. Longuski, Felix R. Hoots, George E. Pollock IV ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This textbook provides details of the derivation of Lagrange's planetary equations and of the closely related Gauss's variational equations, thereby covering a sorely needed topic in existing literature.Analytical solutions can help verify the results of numerical work, giving one confidence that his or her analysis is correct. The authors—all experienced experts in astrodynamics and space ... Read more

    $76.89 CAD

  • Krazy Kat, A Jazz Pantomime for Piano

    Original and Revised Versions

    by John Alden Carpenter ...
    Series series Dover Classical Piano Music
    This is the first single-volume publication of both the out-of-print original and revised versions of Krazy**Kat, a unique "jazz pantomime" for piano. Based on George Herriman's hugely influential newspaper comic strip that chronicled the adventures of a lovelorn feline, this comic production represents a landmark in American music. The seldom-staged work debuted in 1922 at New York City's Town ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Women of the Old Wild West

    by Dee Brown ...
    A fascinating history of women on America's western frontier by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee .Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it's the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon. But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too—and this boo... ... Read more

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  • You Must Remember This

    Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age

    by Robert J. Wagner, Scott Eyman ...
    A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved eraFilm and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his second New York Times bestseller, Wagner shares stories of Hollywood life behind the scenes from the 1930s through ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Road to Reality

    A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

    by Roger Penrose ...
    **WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS**The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

    The Letters

    by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg ...
    The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movementWriters and cultural icons Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing. Editors Bill Morgan and David ... Read more

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  • Public Health

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Virginia Berridge ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Wondrous Times on the Frontier

    America During the 1800s

    by Dee Brown ...
    A lively history of the nineteenth-century American West from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ."Glorious . . . Do not miss a page." — Rocky Mountain NewsFrontier life, Dee Brown writes, "was hard, unpleasant most of the time," and "lacking in almost all amenities or creature comforts." ... ... Read more

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