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Out of Darkness (Doctor Who) 1 review
London Bridge, 2001
Two great stories and one miss
'Out of the Darkness' is a trio of stories featuring the Sixth Doctor, portrayed by Colin Baker. The stories are read by Baker or his major companion, Nicola Bryant who played Peri in the series. The longest story, 'Moon Graffiti' is read by both, and features a small amount of acting out of scenes as opposed to the straight narration of the other two stories. It is also my favourite of the ...
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Project: Lazarus (Doctor Who) 1 review
Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
Big Finish Productions Ltd, 2003
Three cheers for historicals.
The Church and the Crown is a wonderful second adventure for the new team of the Doctor, Peri and ex Pharaoh Erimin. We find ourselves in the time of Cardnial Richeleu and to nobody's surprise there is trouble between the King, the Queen, the Cardinal and Lord Buckingham with the tardis crew landing in the middle of it.
Caroline Morris does a fantastic job in the part that seems to be made ...
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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 4 reviews
Colin Baker
Multilingual Matters, 2001
Excellent Survey of Bilingualism & Bilingual Education
Baker's book, first edition onward, has been the main text for a number of years in a required introductory course for future bilingual teachers at the university in which I teach. The book has many strengths; it reads well, it has a world perspective on bilingualism, it describes a number of linguistic theories relative to bilingualism, and it provides a clear and thorough foundation for ...
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A Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism (Parents' & Teachers' Guides)7 reviews
Colin Baker
Multilingual Matters, 2000
For All Parents with a Bad Bilingual Conscience
Colin Baker's handbook is a help for which bilingual parents have waited for too long a time. In this new edition, Baker includes the most recent research results in a format which allows perpetually busy parents to read according to their current perception of their individual set of language parenting problems. Nearly anything that can go right or wrong is treated somewhere in the course of ...
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Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education3 reviews
Multilingual Matters Limited, 1998
A Fantastic Resource
This is by far the most comprehensive and informative reference book to date on bilingualism and bilingual education. As an encyclopeia (not a text book) it is an important resource for interested scholars, students, journalists, and others. The Editors are top scholars and leaders in the field.
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..Ish (Doctor Who)1 review
Philip Pascoe
Big Finish Productions Ltd, 2002
A cool plot and a cooler story
The plot turns on language in this offering in the Big Finish collection of Doctor Who adventures as the 6th Doctor and Peri find themselves on a planet where language is the currency and the English language is a treasure.
The murder of a wordsmith and the efforts to find the why and the how drive the plot to its interesting and satisfying conclusion.
This is one story where you really ...
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Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa1 review
Colin Baker
I. B. Tauris, 2000
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING BOOK BY PROFESSOR COLIN BAKER!
Once again esteemed Professor Colin Baker of Glamorgan University in Wales, utilized his outstanding research capability and clarity of expression to bring to life another of Nyasaland's last three British governors. Dr. Baker's accurate and vibrant depiction of the earnest and dedicated Sir Glyn Jones, the last Governor/Governor General of the Protectorate, is a highly readable tribute to a most ...
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Foundations of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)3 reviews
Colin Baker
Multilingual Matters Limited, 2006
A vast comprehensive overview of bilingualism
Colin Baker draws from a vast well of resources. The Bibliography spans about 40 pages alone. I am positive that this book will stand as the 'textbook' of blingualism for generations to come. It is an excellent source of information and education.
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The Holy Terror (Doctor Who)1 review
Robert Shearman
Big Finish Productions Ltd, 2000
All hail the big talking bird!
I was never big into the doctor who comic after Tom Baker left, mainly because the later issues were not reprinted in America so I missed the issues with Frobisher, the shape changing Alien who's favorite shape was a Penguin.
Until this episode Big Finish never didn't include the comic companions and other than a free giveaway hasn't since. This episode shows what we've been missing and it is ...
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Principles of Science for Nurses1 review
Joyce James, Colin Baker, ...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2002
Good Book as for nurses in basic sciences
It's a comprehensible book, written in an clear precise languague. All of the Nursing students should base their foundations in clinics through books like these.
It will be good to consider adding some color to it
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Number Power 1 review
Colin Baker
Lorenz Books, 2002
It's not the best book on numerology I've ever read.
It has pretty pictures and is laid out in a very simple and easy to read manner. However, it lacks depth. I supposed if you just needed a very vague and general grasp of the subject, something akin to what you could find simply asking a friend. Then this might be the book for you. Was not quite the book for me.
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The Alternative Comprehensive Spending Review
Manchester University Press, 2008
As Gordon Brown launches the fifth Comprehensive Spending Review since New Labour came to power in 1997, we might ask ourselves why all the debate about priorities and policies has remained firmly under wraps in the Whitehall village. It was, after all, Brown himself who announced that the Comprehensive Spending Review would be carried out through "national debate" rather than the secretive process which has come to decide our national ...
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The One Doctor (Doctor Who)2 reviews
Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
Big Finish Productions Ltd, 2001
A Comedy Tonight
One of the joys of Doctor Who is that you never quite know what you are going to get. In this radio episode the Doctor and Mel answer a distress call and discover they are too late. The Crisis is already averted and the party is on. The whole planet is grateful to their savior...The Doctor and his lovely companion.
Who is this other Doctor? Is it a future self or is this an elaborate hoax? ...
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Birthright Campaign Setting (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition/3100) 7 reviews
L. Richard Baker, Colin McComb, ...
Wizards of the Coast, 1995
The greatest setting ever created by TSR
For over 15 years i have adventured from one setting to the next. Not until i entered Cerilia, have i had so much interest and excitement in a single campaign. The mixture of blooded kings, large scale wars, and single adventures, no setting has more to offer than Birthright. If you have been waiting for that one setting to take your gaming to the next level, it's here.
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Project: Twilight (Doctor Who)1 review
Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
Big Finish Productions Ltd, 2001
A Story Where Nothing & Nobody Is What They Seem.
A casino that is not what it seems...a long thought abandoned government project...a young waiter at the casino who is being used by everyone...and a story where nothing and nobody is what they seem. So begins Project: Twilightl, the twenty-third audio story from Big Finish productions. It showcases solid performances and really neat plot twists with a dark and gritty tone that makes Project: ...
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The Intelligence Edge: How to Profit in the Information Age3 reviews
George Friedman, Meredith Friedman, ...
Crown, 1997
Outstanding Resource and Reference Book
As an investment banking anaylst, one of my primary jobs is build financial models of the companies we evaluate. One of the most underrated and (in my view) more important element of my work comes when we perform due diligence and understand the soundness of the assumptions we build into our models. Most analysts (in my experience) are too infatuated with their sophisticated spreadsheets and ...
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Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections: Arabic Old Series (T-S Ar.1a-54) ...
Colin F. Baker, Meira Polliack
Cambridge University Press, 2001
The Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic manuscripts of the Genizah Collection are gradually being uncovered as one of its prized gems. These manuscripts open a rare window into the everyday lives of the Jews of Arab lands almost a thousand years ago. This volume is the first part of a new project to classify and describe the Arabic portion of the Collection, based on worldwide expertise in Jewish and Arabic literature. The subject matter of the 8,000 ...
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