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HorticultureDecember 1992Ornamental Bulbs, Corms and Tubers
by Alun R Rees
This volume considers ornamental bulbs, including the related storage organs of corms and tubers. An immense amount of research literature has been distilled, such that general principles are stressed throughout, but common examples are considered in some detail.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2012Defectors and the Liberal Party 1910–2010
A study of inter-party relationships
by Alun Wyburn-Powell
This book is the first analysis of political defections over a long time span. It investigates all the Liberal/Liberal Democrat MPs and former MPs who defected from the party between the elections of December 1910 and May 2010 - around one sixth of all those elected - as well as the smaller number of inward defectors. Each of the 122 defections was an expert judgment on the state of the party at a specific date. The research investigates the timing and reasons for all the defections and reveals long-term trends and underlying causes and apportions responsibility between leaders for them. The author finds some significant differences which distinguished defectors from loyalists and draws wider conclusions about the underlying factors which lead MPs to defect. This book will be of interest to students and lecturers of British politics and anyone interested in the relationship between British political parties in the last century. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2017Defectors and the Liberal Party 1910–2010
by Alun Wyburn-Powell
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Biography: sportNovember 2012Who Beat the All Blacks?
by Gibbard, Alun
The day the pubs ran dry: 9-3_x000D_ It’s forty years since Llanelli Rugby Club defeated the All Blacks on 31 October 1972._x000D_ This legendary result has been called one of the top ten moments in rugby history, and possibly one of the greatest rugby upsets ever._x000D_
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True crimeFebruary 2013
Pink Ribbons for April: in Memory of April Jones
by Gibbard, Alun
It was a tragedy which shook the world. On 1 October 2012, the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones from the mid Wales town of Machynlleth sparked an almost unprecedented wave of concern. _x000D_ _x000D_ Within Wales the event drew people of all ages and backgr
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November 2013The Ghost Before Christmas
by Katherine John
Inspector Dan Evans retired from the Police to Wales to help manage the family pub and holiday rental business, but there is one cottage no holidaymaker can sleep in for a single night. The sixteenth-century farmhouse where Dan’s brother, Alun, murdered his wife. Alun is serving a life sentence, but the body of Christine Phillips was never found. Do the dead who have never been laid to rest really walk at night?
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)June 2010Faith, Hope and Love
by Owen, Llwyd
Alun Brady was a bit of a Mummy's Boy, stuck at home at 30 in the suburbs. When grandfather Paddy makes his deathbed in their spare room, he brings fresh air into Al's cushy number and makes Al face the hardest decision of his life. Later, just out of pri
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Social & cultural historyNovember 2014
William Hazell's Gleaming Vision
by Burge, Alun
William Hazell is a key figure to belatedly emerge from the south Wales coalfield. His lifelong commitment to the co-operative movement was inspired by his vision of co-operation as a means of building a better future. He epitomised the deep and loyal rel
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MedicineJuly 2012Fast Facts: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Highlights 2011-12
by Alun H Davies
Written by leading cardiovascular experts from around the world, Fast Facts: Vascular Surgery Highlights 2011-12 is a quick and effective way of keeping up to speed with advances across the specialty. With discussion of what's in, what's out and what's new in 11 topical chapters, this refreshingly readable handbook is perfect for a quick catch-up on the most recent data in the field or for an update of the latest trial results prior to examination. Most importantly, it provides the most recently published information on vascular topics for the benefit of clinicians and the treatment of their patients.
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True crimeThe Cardiff Five
Innocent Beyond Any Doubt
by Satish Sekar (Author)
Satish Sekar shows how a miscarriage of justice destroyed families, divided communities and undermined confidence in the criminal justice system. The Cardiff Five case is the first example in the 1st of a homicide in which the original suspects were vindicated by the conviction of the true killer in the DNA age. By then, they had shared 16 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Based on a 20 year quest for the truth Scrutinises this disturbing case from day one A wake-up call for British justice Calls for a fully independent judicial inquiry Takes the reader from the sadistic killing of a prostitute in Butetown, Cardiff in 1988 to the end of 2011 when aspects of the case were referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate in the aftermath of the acquittal of a number of police officers and civilians facing conspiracy charges. Reviews 'One of the most important books ever written about criminal justice': Michael Mansfield QC 'As the local MP I came to respect and admire Satish Sekar’s thoroughness and persistence': Alun Michael 'No-one is better suited to explaining and unravelling the complexities': Duncan Campbell 'Tireless work and extraordinary insight': Bob Woffinden Author Satish Sekar is a freelance journalist and researcher. His work includes that for the feature film 'In the Name of the Father' (about the Guildford Four) and TV and radio programmes such as Panorama, Trial and Error, Law in Action, Today and Channel 4 News. He has written for the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph and other newspapers as well as the satirical magazine Private Eye. A consultant on forensic issues, he has been involved in various high profile issues, including police reform, complaints against the police and the use of DNA-testing and DNA-databases. He lives in North London.
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FictionEVERNA Emerald Dragon
Fireheart Legacy - Book Four
by Andry Chang
The tempest is not subsided and grow more violent instead.The Dark Forces continues to launchnew actions for realizing its great goal. Disrupting the five trials for the Arsenal of Light.Attacking the capital during the imperial wedding ceremony. Pits each other so that the heroes will fight each other.Attacking and consuming country after country.The hope for the Forces of Light lies only with Vadis, the dragons and wings that fly fast. Hang in there, Knights of Light! Hope is still there!
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History of engineering & technologyDecember 2013The Contractors
The Story of British Civil Engineering Contractors
by Hugh Ferguson , Mike Chimes (Author)
Fully illustrated in colour, The Contractors, is the first history of the challenges and adventures faced by British civil engineering contractors from their emergence with canal construction in the late-eighteenth century to the present day. Extraordinarily ambitious, largely unrecognised men who built the world’s infrastructure – its roads and railways, canals and bridges, docks and harbours, lighthouses and breakwaters, sea works and flood defences, water supply and irrigation, urban drainage and sewerage, gas works and power stations, and buildings of all shapes and sizes – these contractors took considerable risks, many failed in the process but others thrived and developed into some of the most powerful and influential industrialists of their day. Including profiles of many of the key figures and organisations in the industry through the ages, The Contractors explains what the business is about and where it comes from, sharing with a wider audience the exploits of these adventurers, haracterised by their inspiring leadership, sheer hard work, a strong constitution and perseverance in the face of adversity. Over time, the contractor has changed: from the great Victorian contractors, towering men whose business was their personal affair, through the twentieth century which has seen the rise of the corporate contractor, specialist contractors and the blurring of the distinction between consulting engineers and contractors, to the larger firms of recent years becoming larger through merger and acquisition but, as the examples in this book demonstrate, there is still room for the entrepreneur with vision, leadership and drive to become a highly successful contractor. The Contractors is a compulsory read for all those working in the industry, including civil engineers, those interested in the industry and its impact on the world, and the wider public. Readers will experience the boom of the canal and railway eras, working at home and abroad, the difficulties and opportunities brought by wars, the equipment used and the specialists and sub-contractors of today, fully illustrated with unique material from ICE and the firms themselves. Following the success of The Civil Engineers, Hugh Ferguson BSc(Eng) CEng FICE MCIHT and Mike Chrimes MBE BA MLS MCLIP bring their extensive experience and unique insight and passion to civil engineering contractors.
