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Digital Electronics and Laboratory Computer Experiments
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Product Description: Science undergraduates have come to accept the use of computers as commonplace. The daily use of portable sophisticated electronic calculators (some of them rivaling general-purpose minicomputers in their capa bi li ti es) has hastened this development...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781461587224 | Reprint edition (Springer Verlag, December 12, 2012), cover price $99.00 | About this edition: Science undergraduates have come to accept the use of computers as commonplace.

Little Ship of Fools: 16 Rowers, 1 Improbable Boat, 7 Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic
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Product Description: Longlisted for the 2013 Charles Taylor PrizeThe dramatic and hilarious story of risk and survival, as well as the importance of our connections to the planet, on a human-powered journey across the ocean.It was to be an expedition like no other—a run across the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados aboard an experimental rowboat...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781553658788 | Greystone Books, November 4, 2013, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Longlisted for the 2013 Charles Taylor PrizeThe dramatic and hilarious story of risk and survival, as well as the importance of our connections to the planet, on a human-powered journey across the ocean.

The Wild Ride: A History of the North West Mounted Ploice, 1873-1904
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Product Description: The Wild Ride is a book like no other—an epic record of the opening of the Canadian west. It is the story of a force of untested young men, mounted policemen in crimson coats, sent west to do what they could to bring law and order to the land...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9780980930450 | Stanton Atkins & Dosil Pub, May 1, 2012, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The Wild Ride is a book like no other—an epic record of the opening of the Canadian west.

In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger's Memoir
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Product Description: Charles Wilkins, then a university student, took a job as a gravedigger in a vast corporate cemetery in the east end of Toronto during the hazy summer of 1969. The bizarre-but-true events of that time-a midsummer gravediggers' strike, the unearthing of a victim of an unsolved murder, and a little illegal bone-shifting-play out among a Barnum-esque parade of mavericks and misfits in this macabre and hilarious memoir...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781553658436 | Greystone Books, August 23, 2011, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Charles Wilkins, then a university student, took a job as a gravedigger in a vast corporate cemetery in the east end of Toronto during the hazy summer of 1969.

Grammar of the Sanskrit Language
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Book Description: East India Company employee Charles Wilkins (1749-1836) became fluent in Sanskrit during his time in India, and in 1808 published this work, a comprehensive attempt to introduce and explain the ancient Indian language to an English-speaking public.
By Charles Wilkins
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9781108030267, titled "A Grammar of the Sanskrit Language" | Bilingual edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, July 7, 2011), cover price $64.99 | About this edition: East India Company employee Charles Wilkins (1749-1836) became fluent in Sanskrit during his time in India, and in 1808 published this work, a comprehensive attempt to introduce and explain the ancient Indian language to an English-speaking public.

History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales
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Book Description: Merthyr Tydfil postmaster and local history enthusiast Charles Wilkins (1831-1913) examines the rise of a large-scale iron and steel industry throughout the region, and paints a social and economic portrait of Wales during a time of great transition.
By Charles Wilkins
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9781108026932 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, January 20, 2011), cover price $49.99 | About this edition: Merthyr Tydfil postmaster and local history enthusiast Charles Wilkins (1831-1913) examines the rise of a large-scale iron and steel industry throughout the region, and paints a social and economic portrait of Wales during a time of great transition.

The Wild Ride: A History of the North-west Mounted Police 1873-1904
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Product Description: The Wild Ride is a book like no other—an epic record of the opening of the Canadian west. It is the story of a force of untested young men, mounted policemen in crimson coats, sent west to do what they could to bring law and order to the land...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9780980930412, titled "The Wild Ride: A History of the North West Mounted Police 1873-1904" | Stanton Atkins & Dosil Pub, September 1, 2010, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: The Wild Ride is a book like no other—an epic record of the opening of the Canadian west.

In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius
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Product Description: In the summer of 1969, Charlie Wilkins was a young man in search of a job. Turned down by a dozen potential employers—including Shubang Used Tire and Dick’s Nifty Car Wash—Wilkins landed an unlikely job at a vast corporate cemetery as a “bone waxer,” handling “bird-houses” (urns), and earning an invaluable education about life as a caregiver in death...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781602397095 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, July 1, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In the summer of 1969, Charlie Wilkins was a young man in search of a job.

Fabels and Proverbs from the Sanskrit Being Hitopadesa
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Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781110847457 | Bibliolife, June 30, 2009, cover price $30.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9781110847426 | Bibliolife, June 30, 2009, cover price $26.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

The History of Merthyr Tydfil
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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781104494018 | Kessinger Pub Co, May 15, 2009, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

The Bhagvat-geeta: Or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon, in Eighteen Lectures; With Notes
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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
By Charles Wilkins (trans)
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9781437176865 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781437045062 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

High on the Big Stone Heart: And Further Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
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Product Description: High on the Big Stone Heart is a collection of vibrant and entertaining essays on the people and places of Canada’s Boreal North as seen through the eyes of one of the country’s most celebrated writers of non-fiction. Accompany Charles Wilkins as he ranges across the wilds of northern Quebec; ventures deep into the subarctic Yukon in search of caribou; and tracks the north coast of Lake Superior, the world’s most elegant and mysterious body of fresh water...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781550028652 | Dundurn Pr Ltd, February 28, 2009, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: High on the Big Stone Heart is a collection of vibrant and entertaining essays on the people and places of Canada’s Boreal North as seen through the eyes of one of the country’s most celebrated writers of non-fiction.

Fables And Proverbs From The Sanskrit: Being the Hitopadesa
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Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
By Charles Wilkins
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9781408680810 | Read Books, February 22, 2008, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

A Vocabulary: Persian, Arabic and English, Abridged from the Quarto Edition of Richardson's Dictionary
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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
By Charles Wilkins (editor)
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9780548307267 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2007, cover price $48.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

The History of the Literature of Wales, from the Year 1300 to the Year 1650
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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
By Charles Wilkins
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9781432533526 | Kessinger Pub Co, April 30, 2007, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

The Bhagvat-geeta, Or, Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon, in Eighteen Lectures, With Notes, Translated from the Original, in the Sanskreet
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By Charles Wilkins (trans)
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9781425509583 | Scholarly Pub Office Univ of, September 30, 2006, cover price $16.99

Fables & Proverbs from the Sanskrit, Being the Hitopadesa 1886
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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
By Henry Morley and Charles Wilkins (editor)
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9780766149441 | Kessinger Pub Co, April 1, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

Pocket Handbook of Mass Spectrometry: Instrumental Techniques for Analytical Chemistry
By Charles Wilkins
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9780131492202 | Wharton School Pub, December 30, 2001, cover price $14.95

Circus at the Edge of the Earth
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By Charles Wilkins
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9780771088421, titled "The Circus at the Edge of the Earth" | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, April 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Book by Wilkins, Charles

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9780613292092 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $25.30

When the Final Buzzer Sounds: Nhl Greats Share Their Stories of Hardship and Triumphs
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Product Description: Sharing the sometimes bittersweet, sometimes unexpected, always insightful accounts of the lives of some of the NHL's most famous players after retirement and the turns their lives have taken—often just as wild and crazy as their time on the ice—this collection of poignant stories details the hockey's greatest players after the last goal has been tended and the final buzzer sounds...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Colleen Howe, Gordie Howe and Charles Wilkins (editor)
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9781572433922 | Triumph Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Sharing the sometimes bittersweet, sometimes unexpected, always insightful accounts of the lives of some of the NHL's most famous players after retirement and the turns their lives have taken—often just as wild and crazy as their time on the ice—this collection of poignant stories details the hockey's greatest players after the last goal has been tended and the final buzzer sounds.

Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
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Product Description: It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime.When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants...read more
By Don Sarkell and Charles Wilkins (editor)
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9780771082566 | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, October 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: It was crazy.

The Bhagvat-Geeta: 1785
By George Hendrick (introduced by) and Charles Wilkins (trans)
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9780820111094 | Reprint edition (Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint, May 1, 1999), cover price $50.00

The Circus at the Edge of the Earth: Travels With the Great Wallenda Circus
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By Charles Wilkins
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9780771088476 | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, May 1, 1999, cover price $22.95

Breakfast at the Hoito: And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
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By Charles Wilkins
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9781896219332 | Natural Heritage, December 1, 1997, cover price $22.99

The Wolf's Eye: Twenty Stories from Northwestern Ontario
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Product Description: Book by Frigeri, Leandro, Frost, Mary, Fulford, Hazel, Futhey, John, Jollymore, Anne Kent, Jones, Marianne, Kouhi, Elizabeth, Laderoute, David, Liman, Claude, Macdonald, Bill, Macdonald, Jake, Maki, Rosalind, McLeod, Patrick, Pringle, John, Thompson, Jen, Blake, Bonnie, Colby, Doroth...read more
By Charles Wilkins (editor)
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9780969633907, titled "The Wolf's Eye: Twenty Stories from Northwestern Ontario" | Singing Shield Productions, July 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Book by Frigeri, Leandro, Frost, Mary, Fulford, Hazel, Futhey, John, Jollymore, Anne Kent, Jones, Marianne, Kouhi, Elizabeth, Laderoute, David, Liman, Claude, Macdonald, Bill, Macdonald, Jake, Maki, Rosalind, McLeod, Patrick, Pringle, John, Thompson, Jen, Blake, Bonnie, Colby, Dorothy

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