Author: Ramon F. Adams
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: pamphlets, western, outlaws, gunmen, books, bibliography, guns, saddle, leather, six
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 1998-02-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0486400352
ISBN-13: 9780486400358

Meticulously compiled reference is the authoritative guide to everything in print about lawmen and the lawless—from Billy the Kid and Joaquín Murieta, to the Earp brothers of Tombstone and the painted ladies of frontier cow towns. Nearly 2,500 entries taken from newspaper files, court records and other sources, arranged alphabetically by author comprise an indispensable book for libraries, students of western history, and Americana enthusiasts.

Author: Ramon F. Adams
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: lingo, cowboy
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2000-11-20
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0618083499
ISBN-13: 9780618083497

The cowboy — that enigmatic, larger-than-life icon of our culture —has long been considered a figure of fast hands, steel nerves, and few words. But according to Ramon Adams, cowboys, once among themselves, enjoyed a vivid, often boisterous repartee. You might say that around a campfire they could make more noise than “a jackass in a tin barn.” Here in one volume is a complete guide to cowboy-speak. Like many of today’s foreign language guides, this handy book is organized not alphabetically but situationally, lest you find yourself in Texas at a loss for words. There are sections

Authors:Abigail Adams, John Adams,  Margaret A. Hogan,
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Pre
Keywords: john, adams, abigail, letters, friend, dearest
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-10-31
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0674026063
ISBN-13: 9780674026063

Listen to a ten-minute interview with Margaret Hogan Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Read Margaret Hogan’s HUP blog posting: "The Romance of John and Abigail Adams" Watch the video of The Massachusetts Historical Society’s November 2007 event at which Deval and Diane Patrick, Edward and Victoria Kennedy, and Michael and Kitty Dukakis read selected letters from My Dearest Friend Visit the Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive Watch the March 2008 HBO miniseries--"John Adams"--based on David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography In 1762, John Adam

Author: Cary Adams Management Consultant Adams Associates
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: deployment, sigma, six
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2003-01-06
List price: $63.95
ISBN-10: 0750675233
ISBN-13: 9780750675239

Six Sigma Deployment provides a thorough understanding of the Six Sigma methodologies and its implementation in various industries. The authors offer practical information for successful implementation as well as what is needed to plan, monitor and steer this business strategy toward success. The authors begin with an introduction to the Six Sigma initiative by offering a chronology of events from the origin of Six Sigma to the present. This includes the changing view of quality and how companies have benefited. Readers are also introduced to the currently popular breakthrough strategy and lea

Authors:Marilyn McCord Adams, Robert Merrihew Adams,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: philosophy, readings, oxford, evil, problem
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1991-01-10
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0198248660
ISBN-13: 9780198248668

The problem of evil is one of the most discussed topics in the philosophy of religion. For some time, however, there has been a need for a collection of readings that adequately represents recent and ongoing writing on the topic. This volume fills that need, offering the most up-to-date collection of recent scholarship on the problem of evil. The distinguished contributors include J.L. Mackie, Nelson Pike, Roderick M. Chisholm, Terence Penelhum, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Stephen J. Wykstra, John Hick, and Diogenes Allen. Including an introductory essay and a selected bibliography, th

Authors:Abigail Smith Adams, John Adams, L.H. Butterfield, Ma
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Keywords: letters, adams, family, selected, john, abigail, amp, book
Number of Pages: 411
Published: 2002-09-27
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1555535224
ISBN-13: 9781555535223

John and Abigail, Abigail and John - their names are as inseparably linked as those of any pair in history. The story of these lovers, domestic partners, and patriots comes to life in this collection of their intimate correspondence. The lives of this remarkable couple unfold alongside events of the Revolutionary War era, a time in which John left his family for prolonged periods to serve his colony and country. Their engaging exchanges follow John’s career from provincial lawyer and farmer in Braintree, Massachusetts, to delegate to the Continental Congresses in Philadelphia, to diploma

Authors:Barbara Demmig-Adams, William Adams, A. Mattoo,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: advances, photosynthesis, respiration, environment, regulation, photoinhibition, gene, photoprotection
Number of Pages: 382
Published: 2008-12-02
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 1402092814
ISBN-13: 9781402092817

Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment examines the processes whereby plants monitor environmental conditions and orchestrate their response to change, an ability paramount to the life of all plants. “Excess light”, absorbed by the light-harvesting systems of photosynthetic organisms, is an integrative indicator of the environment, communicating the presence of intense light and any conditions unfavorable for growth and photosynthesis. Key plant responses are photoprotection and photoinhibition. In this volume, the dual role of photoprotective responses in the p