R Burt: 13 books

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Drug Abuse

Its Natural History and Clinical Treatment

by Marvin R. Burt, Sharon Pines, Thomas J. Glynn
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

The success or failure of drug treatment programs have long been evaluated by assessing the clients' progress while in treatment and their status upon completion. This approach does not provide a complete assessment or an adequate picture of treatment outcomes over time. A comprehensive evaluation...
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by J. Yates, R. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013

What's the worst thing you can do to Shakespeare? The answer is simple: don't read him. To that end, Richard Burt and Julian Yates embark on a project of un/reading the Bard, turning the conventional challenges into a roadmap for textual analysis and a thorough reconsideration of the plays in light of their absorption into global culture.
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British Battleships 1889-1904

New Revised Edition

by R A Burt
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

This volume brings to completion the reissue of R A Burt's magnificent bestselling three-volume history of British battleships, and it covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following.

The Russian war scare of 1884 and the public's anxiety about...
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Reading the Difficulties

Dialogues with Contemporary American Innovative Poetry

by Charles Bernstein, Carrie Conners, Thomas Fink
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014

The bold essays that make up Reading the Difficulties offer case studies in and strategies for reading innovative poetry. Definitions of what constitutes innovative poetry are innumerable and are offered from every quarter. Some critics and poets argue that innovative poetry concerns free association...
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British Battleships, 1889-1904

New Revised Edition

by R. A. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013

This volume completes the reissue of R. A. Burt’s magnificent three-volume history of British battleships, and it covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. In this new volume, the author presents full details of design and construction, armament,...
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Lung Tumors

Lung, Mediastinum, Pleura, and Chest Wall

by B.J. Addis, M.S. Bains, M.E. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICe. The editors and authors feel strongly that more standar­ dization in cancer therapy is needed on a worldwide basis. This, of course, is only possible if experts from all countries subscribe to a joint policy of making their treatment...
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The New American Poetry

Fifty Years Later

by Carla Billitteri, Paul R. Cappucci, Terence Diggory
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013

The New American Poetry: Fifty Years Later is a collection of critical essays on Donald Allen’s 1960 seminal anthology, The New American Poetry, an anthology that Marjorie Perloff once called “the fountainhead of radical American poetics.” The New American Poetry is referred to in every...
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Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots

A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland

by Kathryn Burtinshaw, John R F Burt
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017

In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on...
Book cover of Jews in American Politics
by Joyce Antler, Robert A. Burt, Jerome A. Chanes
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003

Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no...
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British Battleships 1919-1945

WWII Evolution of the Big Guns

by R A Burt
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012

This superb reference book achieved the status of ‘classic’ soon after its first publication in 1993; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books. And with good reason. Offering an unprecedented range of descriptive and illustrative detail, the...
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by R A Burt
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012

This superb reference book achieved the status of 'classic' soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print and is now one of the most sought-after naval reference books on the secondhand market.
It presents, in one superb volume, the complete technical history of British capital...
Book cover of Fundamental Toxicology
by Douglas B McGregor, Paul H P A Illing, Roger Aldridge
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

Fundamental Toxicology is a concise and comprehensive review of toxicology. It is based on the highly successful Fundamental Toxicology for Chemists and has been enriched and expanded. Every chapter in this new edition has been revised and updated, and four new chapters have been added. With contributions...
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Japanese Battleships, 1897?1945

A Photographic Archive

by R. A. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015

This unprecedented photographic collection contains 125 stunning black and white photographs of the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The remarkable images, some very rare, constitute an archive that is almost without equal in the West. The book begins with the launch of Japan's first contemporary...
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