Bøger af Tony Waters

Pat van Zyl is a blacksmith/gunsmith and shottist whose trophies fill a mantlepiece back in his home in Ladysmith Natal. It is on the riverboat, Kimberley on the first leg of his journey up the Pungwe River to Umtali on the eastern border of Mashonaland that he meets two others. Brian Wood-Gush, whose family of Bristol accountants are happy to pay him to be somewhere else. Colin Grieve is a reporter/photographer with The Times of London sent out to write a feature story on Mashonaland. The three decide to join forces in their search for opportunities in this savage new land. On arrival at Umtali they are caught up in preparations to attack the Portuguese garrison just over the border at Massi-Kessi. The ingenuity of the three results in the garrison surrendering and the commandant and his officers taken prisoner. This victory settles the long-standing dispute over the border boundaries between the two countries. Circumstances resulting from this action sees Pat in possession of a map to Siakonza's diamond diggings on the banks of the Nyanyadzi River in the east of Mashonaland on the border with Mozambique. The three following the map find the diggings and the indications are that they are onto something big. Lacking the wherewithal to exploit the mine, Cecil Rhodes is invited to join the syndicate in return for the commodities and his expertise. Barney Barnato another of Kimberley's millionaires, always with an ear to the ground, has cunningly discovered the mine's whereabouts and wants to peg a claim of his own. It is his scheming that includes the involvement of President Kruger and his general together with his attempts at bribing king Lobengula that create the intrigue. However he is up against the resourcefulness of Cecil Rhodes and the ingenuity of Pat van Zyl.

The story told by The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture begins 8,000 years ago as humans began using the land and weather to provide themselves with food, housing, and clothing. Productive farmers took care of most daily needs within the small conservative world in which they lived. This world organized around small-scale subsistence farming is ending as the ancient world of farmers has given away to that dominated by the modern marketplace. This book is about how the modern market world transformed these remote agricultural farmers. Waters uses diverse examples to illustrate how the modern market economy captured persistent subsistence farmers and forever altered life in 18th century Scotland, 19th century United States, 20th century Tanzania, and indeed, the entire modern world.

A guide to the fundamentals of applied gas chromatography and the process gas chromatograph, with practical procedures for design and troubleshootingThis comprehensive resource provides the theory that underpins a full understanding of the fundamental techniques of gas chromatography and the process analyzer. Without relying on complex mathematics, the book addresses hands-on applications of gas chromatographs within process industries. The author - a noted expert on the topic - details both the scientific information needed to grasp the material presented and the practical applications for professionals working in the field.Process Gas Chromatographs: Fundamentals, Design and Implementation comprises 15 chapters, a glossary of terms and a series of self-assessment questions and quizzes. This important resource:* Describes practical procedures for design and troubleshooting* Contains concise chapters that provide a structured course for advanced students in process engineering* Reviews the fundamentals of applied gas chromatography* Details the operation and maintenance of process gas chromatographs* Offers a summary, and self-assessment questions, for every chapter* Is written by an international expert in the field with extensive industry knowledge and teaching experience in courses on process sampling systems and gas chromatographyWritten for process analyzer engineers and technicians, application engineers, and industrial environmental engineers, Process Gas Chromatographs: Fundamentals, Design and Implementation offers an essential guide to the basics of gas chromatography and reviews the applications of process gas chromatographs in industry today.

A study of the strengths and weaknesses of the system of emergency refugee relief programs, utilizing a case study approach which analyzes the ways in which large relief bureaucracies work - and do not work.

In this book, author Tony Waters explores Max Weber's thinking about the discipline of populations and its implications for understanding the origins of the modern globalized world.

A study of the strengths and weaknesses of the system of emergency refugee relief programs, utilizing a case study approach which analyzes the ways in which large relief bureaucracies work - and do not work.