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UNINA990000055890403321 |
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Simpson, George |
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The naval constructor : a vade mecum of ship design for students, naval architects, shipbuilders and owners,marine superintendent, engineers and draughtsmen / George Simpson |
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New York : D. Van nostrand company ( (London) : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1905 |
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[2.ed. revised.] |
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IX, 588 p. : ill. ; 17 cm |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910794113403321 |
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Autore |
Walcott William |
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Close of play : president, prince, and cricket / / William Walcott |
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Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Cricket - Social aspects |
World politics - History |
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword-Dr. Perry Mars -- Introduction: Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Exploratory Sociological Foundation -- Bowling Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Brian Lara and the Periphery of Politics -- Strengthening the Lara-Obama Similarities -- Simply Cricket, Lovely Cricket, for Lords, Knights, Ladies, Gentlemen, and More -- Cricket, Courts, and Climate Change -- Brian Lara on the Boundary of Respectability -- Brian Lara on a Sticky Wicket -- Caribbean Cricketing Links -- Brian Lara Batting on the Road To Captaincy -- The Core of Brian Lara's Captaincy -- Still on a Sticky Wicket -- Well Outside the Line -- Bibliography -- Glossary. |
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"This book is a fascinating journey into the world of global sociopolitical life and the curiosities of language embedded in cricket and political play, both of which constitute enormous sectors within a multibillion dollar "sticky wicket" of transnational capitalism"-- |
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