Darlington: A Potted History

Darlington: A Potted History
Author: Colin Wilkinson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2022-07-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1398109940

An accessible history of Darlington from prehistory to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Whitby: A Potted History

Whitby: A Potted History
Author: Colin Wilkinson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1398107476

An accessible history of Whitby from prehistory to the present day highlighting the town’s significant events and people.

Wakefield: A Potted History

Wakefield: A Potted History
Author: Paul L. Dawson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2022-10-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1398107492

An accessible history of Wakefield from prehistory to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Evolutionary Feedbacks Between Population Biology and Genome Architecture

Evolutionary Feedbacks Between Population Biology and Genome Architecture
Author: Tariq Ezaz
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-12-06
Genre:
ISBN: 2889456412

This eBook presents all 10 articles published under the Frontiers Research Topic "Evolutionary Feedbacks Between Population Biology and Genome Architecture", edited by Scott V. Edwards and Tariq Ezaz. With the rise of rapid genome sequencing across the Tree of Life, challenges arise in understanding the major evolutionary forces influencing the structure of microbial and eukaryotic genomes, in particular the prevalence of natural selection versus genetic drift in shaping those genomes. Additional complexities in understanding genome architecture arise with the increasing incidence of interspecific hybridization as a force for shaping genotypes and phenotypes. A key paradigm shift facilitating a more nuanced interpretation of genomes came with the rise of the nearly neutral theory in the 1970s, followed by a greater appreciation for the contribution of nonadaptive forces such as genetic drift to genome structure in the 1990s and 2000s. The articles published in this eBook grapple with these issues and provide an update as to the ways in which modern population genetics and genome informatics deepen our understanding of the subtle interplay between these myriad forces. From intraspecific to macroevolutionary studies, population biology and population genetics are now major tools for understanding the broad landscape of how genomes evolve across the Tree of Life. This volume is a celebration across diverse taxa of the contributions of population genetics thinking to genome studies. We hope it spurs additional research and clarity in the ongoing search for rules governing the evolution of genomes.

British Terrorist Novels of the 1970s

British Terrorist Novels of the 1970s
Author: Joseph Darlington
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 331977896X

This book discusses British novels published during the 1970s which feature terrorists either as main characters or a major plot points. The focus on terrorism’s literary depiction provides insight into the politics of the decade. The book analyses texts from Gerald Seymour, Anthony Burgess, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, B.S. Johnson, Tom Sharpe, and Eric Ambler, among others, in order to engage with the IRA, the end of Empire, counterculture and environmentalism. The book provides a brief history of terrorism as a concept and tactic before discussing British literature’s relationship with terrorism. It presents a “standard terrorist morphology” by which to analyse terrorist narratives along with other insights into the British post-war imagination, writing and extremism.

Railway People

Railway People
Author: George Turner Smith
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-01-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1785898809

A railway is not just a collection of machines, rails and buildings – it is also about people. Railway People tells of the wayward Brontë brother Branwell, and his extraordinary but short lived career as a station master. It recounts some little known episodes in the lives of the great railway engineers, including one conceming Isambard Brunel, whose barmy army of navvies took part in the last pitched battle to be seen on British soil. There are tales drawn from the diaries of the first railway police, by turns humorous and gripping. Much relate to railway’s early days and describe the steep learning curve required of the world’s first railwaymen as they engage with the novel technology. By turn the stories are funny, tragic and often surprising. There is heroism in the mix; the heroism of men such as 16 year old John Hackworth who led an expedition in winter across the snowy wastes of Russia to deliver the country’s first steam locomotive to its purchaser, Tsar Nicholas I, fighting off packs of hungry wolves on the way. There are twenty stories in total and all highlight some aspect of the lives of railway people, with all their quirks, faults, mistakes, genius and enterprise. Much original research went into the production of these interesting, informative stories. Most of what appears was originally published in railway magazines such as Michael Blakemore’s Backtrack and some was also published in an earlier incamation of the book titled Those Railway People.

Talk About a Dream

Talk About a Dream
Author: Christopher Phillips
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1620400723

Features more than 40 interviews conducted with the Boss from 1973 to 2012, cataloging his rise and development as a musician and political advocate and capturing his evolution from local rebel rocker to global idol. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Springsteen on Springsteen

Springsteen on Springsteen
Author: Jeff Burger
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1613744374

Offering fans an extensive look at the artist's own words throughout the past four decades, Springsteen on Springsteen brings together Q&A&–formatted articles, speeches, and features that incorporate significant interview material. No one is better qualified to talk about Springsteen than the man himself, and he's often as articulate and provocative in interviews and speeches as he is emotive onstage and in recordings. While many rock artists seem to suffer through interviews, Springsteen has welcomed them as an opportunity to speak openly, thoughtfully, and in great detail about his music and life. This volume starts with his humble beginnings in 1973 as a struggling artist and follows him up to the present, as Springsteen has achieved almost unimaginable wealth and worldwide fame. Included are feature interviews with well-known media figures, including Charlie Rose, Ted Koppel, Brian Williams, Nick Hornby, and Ed Norton. Fans will also discover hidden gems from small and international outlets, in addition to radio and TV interviews that have not previously appeared in print. This collection is a must-have for any Springsteen fan.

Public Service on the Brink

Public Service on the Brink
Author: Jenny Manson
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845403541

The contributors to this book mount a robust defence of the concept and practice of public service at a crucial time for its future. They question the ill-conceived assumptions behind the endless programmes of reform imposed by successive governments, often on the basis of advice from people with no direct experience of working in the public sector. With cuts in public spending by the coalition government and “austerity” programmes being imposed in Britain and abroad, the book could not be more timely in its reminder of the core purpose of public service. After a long period of denigration of the public sector, here is the voice that has not been heard clearly through these decades of reorganisation: "I know what my job is and I want to do it as well as I can. Indeed I would love my work if I could get one day's peace to get on with it. But I am beset at every turn by unintelligible, time wasting and fruitless management initiatives, constant change, ill-judged targets, wrong-headed 'commercial' exemplars and continuous and misguided restructuring. I have to watch as, instead of my 'customers' (actually patients, pupils, taxpayers) getting a better deal from me, the only beneficiaries seem to be those who can lobby for special treatment." The book contains accounts of public service by people of varying backgrounds and ages who work both inside and outside of the public sector. They share an allegiance to the value and purpose of working for the common good and an enthusiasm for getting things right and for the opportunity to recount their experience through this book.