In "Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition," John Murdoch meticulously documents the cultural practices, social structures, and material artifacts of the Iñupiat people encountered during his 1885 expedition in Alaska. Through a blend of ethnographic observation and scientific inquiry, Murdoch employs a clear, academic style that reflects the period's burgeoning interest in anthropological research. As a seminal work in Arctic ethnology, it offers critical insights into indige...

In "Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition," John Murdoch presents a meticulously detailed ethnographic study that sheds light on the Indigenous peoples of Alaska, particularly the Iñupiat. This seminal work, characterized by its empirical rigor and immersive narrative style, compiles observations from the 1885 Point Barrow expedition, intertwining anthropological insights with rich cultural descriptions. Murdoch's writing is rooted in the scientific investigation of cultural ...

Yoga Sastra by John Murdoch is an illuminating exploration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, enriched by insights into Swami Vivekananda's profound contributions to the philosophy of yoga.Yoga Sastra - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Examined with a Notice of Swami Vivekananda's Yoga Philosophy by John Murdoch is a scholarly work that invites readers on a profound journey into the world of yoga philosophy. This book carefully examines the ancient teac...

The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the legislation, administration and management of construction contracts. It now includes comparisons of working with JCT, NEC3, and FIDIC contracts throughout.Introducing this topic at the core of construction law and management, this book provides students with a one-stop reference on construction contracts. Significant new material covers:

A long established standard student reference. To aid understanding of how many of the tables can be used, there is a section of practical worked examples. Useful formulae are also included.

Since its first publication in 1975, John Murdoch’s Law of Estate Agency has been the leading work on this important subject. This new fifth edition offers authoritative guidance on all recent legal developments, both legislative and in the courts, of concern to practising estate agents.Judicial decisions on such matters as commission claims and liability for misdescription are of great concern to practitioners, as is the increasing tendency of clients to defend an action ...

Financial Protection in the UK Building Industry provides comprehensive treatment of an increasingly important but complex aspect of construction management. The term 'Financial Protection' refers to the various mechanisms by which funds are made available to ensure the due performance of a party's contractual obligations.This book looks at the legal and economic background to the problem of providing financial protection to clients to guard against poor performance and/or ...

Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilisations, governments to understand how to benefit and improve society, and businesses to learn how best to prov...

A wonderful history of the Red Indians of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book shares all available information concerning every aspect of Beothuk life-housing, clothing, hunting methods, arts and social life. Ingeborg Marshall gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was completely destroyed after the arrival of white settlers.

Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk. This second edition of the original practical and straightforward text retains the easy-to-read format, but has been expanded to encompass the entire risk management process and to give a fuller presentation of how risk is generally perceived.Two new chapters cover risk identification and risk response, and the chapters on risk anal...

Would you like to discover one of the most well-known price Analysis Technique used by professional traders and companies? Would you like to learn and understand the market and its financial tools with a simple glimpse? When traders realize the potentialities of this technique, their work improves. They become more aware of the market signs and acquire a stronger psychological calmness. To sum up, they can get top results because they learn to understand the market trading by a simple and ...

This vintage book contains a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur on the art of taking animals and birds in traps, snares, and nets. Profusely illustrated and full of invaluable tips, this timeless handbook will be of considerable utility to modern readers, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Animal Trapping and Snaring”, “The Dorset Trap and Its Varieties”, “Humane Traps”, “Tools, Etc., For Trap...