Books by "Andrew J. Lang"
7 books found
Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Hodsdon-Hodgdon of Hingham, Mass., and Kittery, Maine. 1635-1904
by Andrew Jackson Hodgdon
1904
Nicholas Hodsdon (fl.1635-1678), undoubtedly an immigrant from England, was in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635, and moved to Cambridge Hill (now Newton), Massachusetts in 1650. In 1656 he received a land grant from Kittery, Maine, and apparently had been living there prior to the land grant. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Kansas, California, Washington and elsewhere.
This book is a unique and innovative study of the status, powers, and activities of MI5 during the Cold War. It contends that MI5 was subject neither to effective political nor legal scrutiny, and examines the operations of the Security Service for civil liberties, and the contemporary relevance of Cold War practices.
From Bureaucracy to Bullets uses eight compelling case studies--from five continents and spanning the 20th and 21st centuries--to explore the concept of extreme domicide, or the intentional destruction of home as a result of political violence. Moving beyond mere description, From Bureaucracy to Bullets identifies common factors that contribute to extreme domicide, thereby providing human rights actors with a framework to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions.
Echocardiography is a powerful diagnostic tool that allows assessment of cardiac function, detection of cardiovascular abnormalities, and measurement of physiological parameters such as valvular function and left ventricular ejection fraction. Taking a step-by-step approach to transthoracic echocardiography, Making Sense of Echocardiography is the
Andrew Wawn draws together a wide range of source material, including novels, poems, lectures and periodicals, to give a comprehensive account of the construction and translation of the Viking age in 19th century Britain.