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Harris, John R.

Medical Books

Churchill/Livingstone

Britain and France were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This book examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled manpower and technology which had given Britain the edge - particularly in the new coal-based technologies. Despite the British Act of 1719 which outlawed industrial espionage and technology transfer, France continued to bring key industrial workers from Britain and to acquire British machinery and production methods. Drawing on a mass of unpublished archival material, this book investigates the nature and application of British laws and the involvement of some major British industrialists in these issues, and discusses the extent to which French espionage had any real success. In the process it presents an in-depth understanding of 18th-century economies, and the cultures and bureaucracies which were so important in shaping economic life. Above all, the late John Harris saw the history of industrial espionage as ’one means of restoring the thoughts and activities of human beings to the centre stage of industrial history’. These are the stories of individuals - Holkers, Trudaines, Wilkinsons, or Milnes - and their impact on the world.

Industrial Espionage and Technology Transfer: Britain and France in the 18th Century

Business & Money

Economics

Routledge

Looks at how medieval Irish scholars rendered classical Latin the account of Aeneas, Lucan's heroic poetry, and the story of the war at Thebes. Explores the linguistic, literary, and political adaptations, and the relationship of the manuscripts to Irish oral tradition and mythology. Also includes considerable information on the three manuscripts themselves, which are generally taken as peripheral to the pressing questions of scholarship on medieval Ireland and have been little studied. Double spaced. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Adaptations of Roman Epic in Medieval Ireland: Three Studies in the Interplay of Erudition and Oral Tradition (Studies in Epic and Romance Literature , Vol 5)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Edwin Mellen Pr

The Battle for Hong Kong, 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune

The Battle for Hong Kong, 1941-1945 is illuminated by the remarkable personal story of John Harris. An architectural student, he was pitched into battle as a subaltern in the Royal Engineers and was a prisoner of the Japanese for four years. His powerful testimonial describes the appalling struggle to survive in a Japanese prison camp. Thoroughly researched, particularly through exceptional access to war diaries, The Battle for Hong Kong also explores the catastrophic repercussions of the sudden collapse of the British Army Aid Group (cover name for the agency that handled spies in Southeast Asia) and the resulting suspicion that Britain's senior intelligence officer was working for the Japanese, the role of military leaders in prolonging the fighting and the serious casualties that resulted, and the true extent of the atrocities inflicted on POWs and internees.

History

Lindsay, Oliver

Americas

McGill-Queen's University Press

"Harris's thrilling revisit is a powerful addition to nature-writing in its own right."--Janisse Ray, author of Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River "A highly engaging narrative of adventure amid wild beauty. Harris describes not only what has been lost but also what remains, and merits our protection, today."--John Elder, author of Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: From Vermont to Italy in the Footsteps of George Perkins Marsh "Captures the connection between humans and the landscape in order to ask essential questions: How do we cope with loss? How do we hope for recovery in the face of such devastation as species extinction and climate change?"--A. James Wohlpart, author of Walking in the Land of Many Gods: Remembering Sacred Reason in Contemporary Environmental Literature "Following in the footsteps of one of the sweetest adventures any American ever took, John Harris demonstrates that the beauty of the American East, even on a warming planet, is still hauntingly deep."--Bill McKibben, author of Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscapes 
At winter's end in 1947, driven by the devastating loss of a son killed in World War II, naturalist Edwin Way Teale and his wife Nellie followed the dawning spring season northward in an amazing 17,000 mile odyssey from the Everglades to Maine. He wrote about the adventure in the best-selling book North with the Spring. Its sequel Wandering Through Winter won the Pulitzer Prize, and Teale became the most recognized nature writer of his day.
 Retracing Teale's route, writer John Harris reveals a vastly changed natural world. In Returning North with the Spring, he stops at the very places where Teale once stood, paddling through Everglades National Park, the Okefenokee wildlife refuge, the Great Dismal Swamp, and trekking across the Great Smoky Mountains, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and Cape Cod. He is stunned to see how climate change, invasive species, and other factors have affected the landscapes and wildlife in the years since Teale saw them.
 Yet Harris also discovers that many of the vulnerable sites Teale described have been newly "rewilded" or permanently protected by the government. He looks at current restoration projects, models of sustainable residential development, efforts to control invasive species, and environmental success stories such as the alligator, the bald eagle, and the black bear. Along the way, he meets an array of ecologists, naturalists, and beloved authors who join in his adventure by sharing their memories and experiences of the natural environment in Eastern North America.
 Homage to the past, report on the present, glimpse into the future--this book honors what has been lost in the years since Teale’s famous journey and finds hope in the small tenacities of nature.

Returning North with the Spring

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

University Press of Florida

Footprints In The Snow Of The Moon

Mathews Books

The story of a poor farm boy who overcame incredible odds to become a successful educator.

Defying the odds

Aspect Books

Footprints in the Snow of the Moon

Virtual Bookworm.Com Pub Inc

The first draft of this rational case on behalf of religious faith was written in spring of 2010. Though much revised, the book still comprises three parts offering complementary perspectives. "Why Science Cannot Be the Final Word" logically demonstrates that the empirical approach (what we commonly call science) cannot possibly render conclusive answers to questions about the nature of ultimate reality. It relies heavily upon Immanuel Kant's "antinomies of pure reason". "Reasons to Be Suspicious of Faith" presents some of the emotional responses frequently voiced by non-believers. In the absence of conclusive empirical evidence and logical proof, we are left with "feelings"-some of which are quite poignant. Though these emotions deserve respect when they are genuine (as opposed to derisive or exhibitionist), all eventually undercut themselves in hopeless contradiction. Finally, "Reasons to Be Inclined to Have Faith" argues that our sentimental orientation as human beings becomes most coherent and is pointed in the most productive direction if we assume certain spiritual realities. The rudiments of faith cannot be proved any more than they can be disproved. Yet to assume a higher reality, far from being less reasonable, is much more so if we are trying to explain such cryptic inclinations as our admiration for selfless deeds and the crushing guilt we feel after committing a vile act. The book seldom cites biblical passages. Its intent is explicitly not to presume that the reader acknowledges the authority of any scriptural tradition, but rather to place final authority in the soul's mirror: a bared, self-examining heart and mind.

Climbing Backward Out of Caves

Religion & Spirituality

Page Publishing, Inc.

An award-winning anthology of more than fifty original essays capturing the history, spirit and resilience of New Hampshire's rugged North Country. Includes essays by Edie Clark, Ernest Hebert, Rebecca Rule, Steven D. Smith and Tom Wessels.

Beyond the Notches - Stories of Place in New Hampshires North Country

Morgan, Kay, and Dickerman, Mike (edited by)

Bondcliff Books

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