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Ireland adopted a neutrality policy during the Second World War which was locally known as The Emergency. At the outbreak of the war, Irish defence forces were in a poor state, hence the creation of the Emergency Army. This fully illustrated oral history is an anecdotal and often amusing account of the time based on the authors interviews with the men who served in The Emergency.

Explores the transformation of Irish rural society in the context of the plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century and the development of agrarian capitalism in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Based on the records of over sixty landed estates, the analysis focuses on the function of tenant right in relationships between landlords, estate managers, tenants and undertenants.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has been engaged in a major effort to redesign the process for determining disability for cash benefits and medical assistance under its Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Title II of the Social Security Act and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Because of the complexity and far-reaching impact of its efforts, SSA concluded that the redesign effort r...

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a rich source of information that can be used by a broad range of stakeholders to promote discussions and actions to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. To support educators, administrators, parents, and others interested in education in using TIMSS materials, the National Research Council (NRC) has prepared a report, Global Perspectives for Local Action: ...

The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat GHGs pose to the global climate. Such an agreement would have significant economic and national security implications, and therefore any national policy decisions regarding this issue should rely in part on the best possible suite of scenarios from climate models....

Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in the public interest to reduce these impacts and to encourage the development of communities that are resilient to disasters. This goal can be achieved through wise and sustained efforts involving mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Imp...

Examines how films shape the identity of a society, its culture and its sense of nationhood, and, in turn, how films are themselves shaped by culture.

Covers colour processes, choreographic styles of acting, sound accompaniment, reception, the development from 'cinema of attractions' to narrative film, national cinemas and relations with other forms of mass culture.

Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on George Santayana.

An American classic from the bestselling author of the Pulitzer-winning A Thousand Acres.

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This innovative collection brings together different perspectives from people engaged in practical projects which have sought to deepen our understanding of what empowerment means, and from researchers who have sought to develop ways in which research might contribute to a process of empowerment.

As a helicopter pilot, Pup helps folks in trouble. When he gets a call for help, he moves out on the double. So goes the story of Pup's rescue missions to help an injured climber, a family of bunnies caught in their boat without oars, and a motorcycle stuck in the mud, and victims of other mishaps.

Seaplane describes how Roscoe Raccoon searches for Fred and Buddy Bear in his seaplane in order to deliver a surprise package to them.

When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life.

Carl McKelvey returns to small-town Ontario, to a landscape marred by 'progress' and dotted by monster homes, to see more of his young daughter Lizzie, and to put behind him the legacy of violence and alcohol that brought about his divorce and subsequent departure. But he soon discovers he is being watched with great interest by two men: the town's most prominent businessman, and his ex-wife's new husband--both engaged in a power struggle that...

English people think of Arthur as their own - stamped on the landscape in scores of place names, echoed in the names of prices even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur's bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England's cultural heritage is traced in this book.