Quantum Kinetic Theory and Applications: Electrons, Photons, Phonons

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The monograph provides the theoretical basis and physical interpretation of our current understanding of the quantum kinetic processes in various systems. Although the kinetic phenomena became the subject of scientific studies starting from the Boltzman's publications in the end of 19-th century, it was not until 1960-1980 that the quantum kinetic phenomena have been promoted to the forefront of research. Among the reasons of this progress are i) development of low temperature physics, ii) advances in
modern technology (in particular, the possibility to produce nanoscale structures), and iii) realization of quantum devices based on band engineering such as lasers, transistors, and photonic devices. Recent challenges in the practical implementations of the quantum kinetics involve quantum information processing and solid-state devices for THz spectral range.
The text begins with a description of electron, phonon, and photon excitations (the systems with order parameter such as superconductors and ferromagnets are not considered). In the first part (chapters 2-8) we consider quantum kinetic equations for electrons and bosons and different variants of diagram techniques. The second part is mostly devoted to various modern applications of the quantum kinetic theory. The last chapter describes the theory of fluctuations.
Intended for graduate and post-graduate students, physicists, and engineers conducting research on solid state physics and novel device applications. The treatment presumes background knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid state physics.

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I really expected to like this book...

What a Disappointment

Kudos on Vertigo!!

I would have loved to like this

The Thin Pink Line (Red Dress Ink)
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
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ASIN: 0373250592

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Jane Taylor is pregnant. Only, not in the conventional sense. It all began when Jane missed her period. Whether it was the clouds in the sky or a major case of pregnancy envy (this year's concern), Jane doesn't know. She only knows that she told her best male friend, and began to believe it. Until she got her period and realized she never was. Pregnant.

But that brief glimpse into the other world -- the world of smiling faces and courteous men -- was just too beautiful not to be a part of . . .and so Jane told a little white lie to her live-in boyfriend, and crossed the line. With the help of a pink Magic Marker she closed the gap that separated her from the positively perfect pregos.

Enter Jane's world, one of deception and success, Mr. Wrong and Mr. Right, Nutrition Police and tilted uteruses, baby showers and celebrity obstetricians. As Jane spins closer to her due date, she's got a lot of soul-searching to do -- not to mention an appointment with reality . . .

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with all due respect...........2007-09-25

This is one of the worst chick lit books that I've ever read. I mean, I expect "antics" in chick lit novels and I enjoy the genre....but *please*...the faking the pregnancy thing? So dumb. It's so obvious that Jane is going to mess up her work projects and "budding romance" - talk about the obvious. I had no sympathy for Jane and the entire plot was just...a waste of my time. The whole inventing of 'details' and 'faking' a growing stomach - er...this is entertaining or good reading? i don't think so. While I do think the plot is original - it isn't funny. In fact, I found it downright annoying.

I really expected to like this book..........2007-03-21

I'm an avid reader and usually really enjoy chick-lit as a fun, escapist read. I expected to really enjoy this book. I don't know if it is because I tried reading it while pregnant myself, but I just could not identify with this character. In fact, this is one of only two books I've ever just not been able to get through. I found the main character annoying, ridiculous and just plain shallow. I mean, if the author had found some really compelling reason for the main character to fake her pregnancy (which maybe she did, but not in the first 1/4 of the book), I might have liked her. But instead the main character just seemed shallow and I just couldn't root for her, or even continue reading about her. Too bad, the premise seemed like it could have made for a really fun and funny read.

What a Disappointment.......2007-01-25

Yet another one of those dime a dozen, 2nd rate chit lit books in which the heroine grates on my nerves through the very last page. I should've known better when the actual story begun on page 9 or the rather trivial quote that preceded the story.

It was hard to find any redeeming qualities in the novel. The story was implausible and unbearable- girl fakes pregnancy with dull boyfriend because "everyone else is having a baby" and she has a bad case of sibling rivalry. However, kudos to Jane for managing to keep up the charade without getting punched in the face for her stupidity, her blackmailing, or her lies. I guess it's supposed to be funny when someone fakes a pregnancy to force bf to propose so she can throw a wedding shower and a baby shower? The icing on the cake is when she steals a baby from a church steps and throws a party to showcase her arrival and come clean. Does someone have a bad case of the Me syndrome or what?

The cast of characters were as uninteresting as Jane herself- boring bf, "perfect" older sis, phony coworkers-friends,bland new love interest. It's no surprise she doesn't have any real friends except for the stereotypical gay bff name David (pronounced Duhveed) in which Jane learns to pronounce halfway through the novel. The author also gives a teaser for the sequel. I've read a few pages and it doesn't appear to get any better. Stealing a baby and trying to avoid child services is not funny or condonable.

If you read the book, just keep an open mind and try not to judge her too harshly (as I have done) and perhaps you will enjoy this little novel.

Kudos on Vertigo!!.......2007-01-13

I loved Vertigo!! It captures the reader right from the beginning. I never knew what was going to happen until the very last page. The characters were interesting.

I would have loved to like this.......2006-09-10

It all starts well for Jane Taylor. Period late, she sees a chance to snag her reluctant wet-rag boyfriend, Trevor. But then it all fall apart when she realizes the vacancy in her womb. Oops. But, heck, why not continue with the pregnancy? She'd get pregnant next month for real. A flawless plan.

Am I the only one who struggles with Janes motivations through out this book? Did the author do any research at all? This is not a believable book, not even by a stretch. Ponder this:

- Why, on this dear earth, would savvy Jane Taylor care to keep lackluster Trevor? Or get pregnant with him when he shows no interest in it whatsoever? Or marry him when he shows no interest in her whatsoever? So, either our author was grasping at motivational straws to make her story work, or Jane is the stupidest woman to have ever walked fictional chick-lit world.

- Why would David, her best friend (beautiful, gay, and loving of the wretched-- how ever so cliche) stand by her? And keep her secret? No one's friend is this nice.

- Fake a pregnancy in part to have people open doors and be nice to her? Oh come on!

- At the end of her 3rd month, Jane is looking for an out to her scheme, but would hate to come clean. Has our author ever heard of miscarriage? The fact that Jane did not take this very obvious out was the first big loss of credibility and enjoyability for me.

Jane is a sociopath with a chick-lit twist. That the author expected readers to connect with her in any way is astounding. So it speaks well to her ability that she's almost able to do that. There are moments were Jane is funny, charming even. But there's too much wrong with the plot for me not to have thought it a ultragalatic waste of time. The author frequently makes huge credibility errors (you cannot access a hospital nursery by giving the last name "Smith"- sorry- and a department store will not give you a fake preg suit- and if you steal a baby off a church stoop you will wind up in jail).

Worse of all, the author leaves us hanging. Jane has made a colossal mess of her life and she's in her ninth fake month. How is she going to dig out of this one? Her very professional and social existance hang in the balance. There's no way out of it for Jane. The author saw this and decided to take the easy road and just not resolve the issues. I suppose she realized she couldn't end the saga and make it sound at all realistic, so, hey, don't finish the story. The author should have known better to spin a fictional web she lacked the ability to control.

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Jane Taylor Lover :-)
Disgusting. what kind of values are we promoting here?
Delightful!
Save your time and frustration!

Crossing the Line
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
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ASIN: 0373250622

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The only way to come clean with everyone you've lied to -- and if you've lied to nearly everyone in your life -- is to come clean all at once.

So what did I do?

I threw a party, a New Year's Day party to launch my new life.

And so Jane Taylor comes clean. In fact, the new, wiser and gentler Jane tries to legally adopt the baby she found abandoned in a basket on Christmas Eve, Emma -- who happens to be black. Amid rigorous interviews with the well-packaged caseworker from Social Services, and trying to explain to the rest of the world (namely her mother) how Emma came about, Jane decides that giving Emma a strong cultural heritage is first up on her list of mommy duties. She manages to befriend a woman who invites Jane and Emma to her all-black play group. Never one to walk the straight path, Jane navigates motherhood (and racial identity) with aplomb -- much to the surprise of her friends and family.

Satirical, sassy and sometimes serious, Crossing the Line dares to delve into the unconventional world of familial and found relationships. In The Thin Pink Line, Jane draws a line that changes her life forever; here, she crosses the line -- between singlehood and motherhood, between black and white, between what's expected and what's due.

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with all due respect..........2007-09-25

the only reason that i read this sequel was because i committed to reviewing the first book and this book. enough is enough. the whole "fake pregnancy" of Jane's was sooo....um...dumb? and, wow (!!!), Jane finds an abandoned baby on the steps of a church. *rolls eyes* it can't get more contrived than that. :/

this author has enthusiasm, which i think is great - but she's not a chick lit author that writes books that i enjoy. and it has nothing to do with "values" - the story was just so contrived and i just wanted to throw a brick at Jane...dumb girl.

anyway, kudos to those of you that enjoyed it.

Jane Taylor Lover :-).......2007-03-21

ok, i know lauren has done amazon shorts regarded to Jane Taylor, but I'm ready for another novel dealing with Jane! whatever lauren writes, i seem to love!

Disgusting. what kind of values are we promoting here?.......2006-09-19

This book, quite literally, made me sick. Reading it gave me a raging headache and bad stomachache and it sent my anxiety level sky-high. I'm still recovering.

This has got to be one of the most selfish chick-lit books ever written: and in this case I mean selfish on the part of the author, not just the character. From the very beginning, the author is unconcerned with the well-being of the child. A few platitudes about how Jane really loves Emma is enough.

But is it really? Do we actually find out much about social services, except for Jane's perception that it is awful, and her view that social workers are there to give her a hard time? Doesn't that sound like an abuser's perception of the helping professions? Oh those bureaucrats - they screw everything up - leave me alone!

sounds like at least a potential child abuser to me. I know there have been accusations of innocent parents, and they are horrendous, but - Emma is not Jane's child! Jane picked her up like she might have picked up a cat and decided to keep her. In that context, blowing off social services has an entirely different meaning.

I mean, really. "The system" is so bad, alllegedly, that it's better to keep a black girl with a white *single* *mentally unstable* mother, and anyone who is perceived as challenging Jane is a meanie. For Christ's sake!

Yes, I'm sure "the system" can be quite bad indeed, but that is generally for older children who have an abuse/deprivation history and are, tragically, much less likely to be wanted. A healthy infant of whatever color is likely to be highly desirable; white infants more so, but black infants as well. That baby would have been snatched up by a loving, STABLE, two-parent home in an instant. Preferably a black home, but if not, then a loving white home. Any stable home. Not a home of a woman who is "slightly sociopathic."

If you want to read an extremely selfish book about how an unstable white woman who was at best ambivalent about motherhood before Emma (she states once that a big part of the attraction was that 'everyone else is doing it') gets to take home a healthy black infant, then this is the book for you.

Quite honestly, though, I think it verges on racism, because the message is that any white parent, no matter how bad, is better than even CONSIDERING having a black child in "the system," however briefly - even though there are almost certainly loving two-parent black families waiting - or mixed-race parents.

Let's reverse this. A white woman abandons a white infant at a church on Christmas Eve and an unstable black woman, who just faked a pregnancy for no particularly good reason, scoops up the baby. The black woman decides not to get the "system" involved because no one could love the white child the way she could. She has a coworker hack into the Social Services database to put her name top of the list. It is not seriously questioned why a single black woman is allowed to go home with a healthy white infant when there are many loving two-parent white families waiting to adopt.

Suddenly, the story wouldn't seem so cute anymore. I think that's because some people condemn black irresponsibility but excuse white irresponsibility, because black people are held to a higher standard for some reason. (One columnist said that she believed that it is now OK for black people to be exceptional, but it is not OK for black people to be average. She describes being around white majorities for the first time as an adult and being surprised at how average white people were - she had absorbed the stereotype of black inferiority that says that the average black person is not as good as the average white person).

If the author wanted to write a book condemning "the system," well, she should have written it about something other than a healthy infant who the system is most likely to help. Judging the system as so bad that hacking into their database to present oneself as qualified, when one is not, is just absurd. It is tantamount to saying that a mentally unstable white single mother is good for an infant because the single mother gets warm fuzzies when she cares for the baby. You know, that's really nice. What happens when Emma starts throwing temper tantrums and isn't so cute anymore? What about when she's a teenager?

I know that Jane has a relationship throughout this book, but I keep calling her a single mother because that's what she is when she finds the baby.

Geez. I sound like Dr. Laura, whom I hate. But I really think that chick-lit tends to be a selfish genre of writing. me me me me me me me. My clothes, my shoes, my job, my Prince Charming, my jewelry, my.....even the better books, such as those by Marian Keyes, tend to show the protagonists as self-focused. Rachel and her addiction. Etcetera. And when chick-lit extends into mommy lit, such as I Don't Know How She Does It, the self-focus continues. It's all me me me me me....my job, my husband, my childrem (whom I will see when I please and give them to my husband or my nanny when I don't care to see them).

This self-focus is of course intrinsic to chick-lit because it portrays women's lives as central, not children's lives. I certainly don't think that we should go back to the self-sacrificing mommy stuff. But, when chick-lit is so relentlessly me me me me me me me focused that it's portrayed as acceptable to hack into a social welfare database, and present oneself as a great mother, when one is not, then things are out of control.

The author is endorsing this by portraying Jane as sympathetic and denouncing those with very obvious criticisms as meanies, with a sweet wash of sentimentality over everything to justify it. Jane has her warm fuzzies caring for Emma, chick-lit is me me me me me, and that's all that's necessary.

I find these values to be disgusting.

Delightful!.......2006-01-21

I read this one just after I read The Thin Pink Line ~~ and ahh! It's such a delightful book ~~ and this time, Jane Taylor has redeemed herself in my eyes!

In The Thin Pink Line, Jane faked a pregnancy for nine months and just at the end of the book, she discovered a baby lying on the steps of a church on Christmas Eve. She takes her home and names her Emma. She falls in love with her and set out to adopt her. She also comes clean with her friends and family about her fake pregnancy. In her desire to be the best possible mom to Emma, Jane even crashes a funeral of a black woman because Emma is black and she wanted to make sure that Emma would not miss out on her cultural background.

It is a wonderful story ~~ one that I can relate to as a mom! I love how she compares the playgroups between her sister's friends and her own friends (the daughter of the woman whose funeral she crashed ~~ they struck up a friendship). There are some not-so-gentle digs at moms who peruse the "What to Expect The First Year" as their holy bible ~~ and it's funny.

This is just a fun book ~~ delightful in every way and it made me laugh out loud several times. It's a great follow-up to Jane Taylor, now one of my favorite characters in chick lit! I hope to meet her again!

If you're looking for a fun book ~~ check this one out! Don't forget to check out The Thin Pink Line ~~ so you can get the background of this book ~~ they both are wonderful and hilarious together. They're great books to escape into!

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Save your time and frustration!.......2005-07-09

I've never reviewed a book on here, but I was moved to write one to help other readers avoid this atrocity. I'm a fan of good chick-lit and can even enjoy some of the lesser quality writers at times, so I took a chance on "The Thin Pink Line" and "Crossing The Line" despite the one star reviews. After finishing the first book, I made myself read the second because I'd borrowed both books from the library and wanted to see if the author could somehow salvage the story.

Aside from the terribly improbable premise and predictability of the storyline, the writing itself was awful. It was disjointed and smacked of a 16-year-old trying to imitate Sophie Kinsella. I didn't know that the author was American, but a few pages into the first book, I knew something was up. The "British" didn't ring true and it became very distracting.

I despised all the "But, Emma is Black!" statements. I kept thinking, "So what?! Get over it, it's not that big a deal." Also, one reference to Stephen Triplecorn's package was too many--why, oh why, did it have to reiterated? Will it feature in the eagerly awaited third installment?

The heroine was thoroughly hateable. Who would even give this woman the time of day, not to mention lie to help her? I felt sorry for her friends and family because she must be an awful burden to bear. I disliked her so intensely that I started to detest the author--couldn't even look at her picture--because the heroine was hatched in her head. If you think that sounds unreasonable, read the books.

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I lauged and laugh.
Best fiction of 2004
English 101 and then some!

Lauren's Line
Sondra Spatt Olsen
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ASIN: 157806614X

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When Professor Lauren Goldberg drops dead in her windowless office, her job in the English department (a line item in the budget) is up for grabs. Her opportunistic colleagues eye this nifty nugget, snub any dignified lull for the obsequies, and begin at once to tussle.

In this incisive comic novel about job scrambling in academe Sondra Spatt Olsen exposes the messiness in an urban university of the mid-eighties, a time of hefty budget cuts, occupational instability, Machiavellian stratagems, and scholastic angst. Signs of breakdown are ubiquitous. Hallways are dark, classrooms are cold, and chalk is scarce.

Who will win Lauren's post? None of the posturing candidates is a shoo-in. All jostle for favor, money, power, and prestige. Cherry Binder, the department's popular feminist scholar, has been bringing her infant to class and breast-feeding in the office. In an endless, shameful quest to nail down his tenure Brian McGlinchee has forged his student-evaluation forms. Moreover, he is having an affair with one of his students. Nor could George Reilly, the department's playboy and the late Lauren's love partner, be earmarked as a stable candidate. He goes bonkers at the memorial service. Steve Speck---young, naive, and introspective---is more interested in index cards and note topics than in his own promotion.

Added to this assorted cast of professorial misfits that keep the plot careening are a distinguished African American professor, a Russian poet, a beastly administrator, a crusty custodian, and the world's oldest graduate assistant.

Lauren's Line combines acidic wit, sharply drawn characters, a twisting plot line, emotional conflict, and a refreshing candor that ignites hilarity. Olsen's first book was praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a compelling collection, overall, by a lively and interesting writer" and by Publishers Weekly for its "cool, delicious irony." This new novel too promises pleasure.

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Believable Characters.......2004-12-15

The author creates the most believable characters in Lauren's Line. The vivid descriptions of the characters and surroundings allowed the reader into the mind and body of each character. The names matched each person to a T!!!
Great book!

I love this book!!!.......2004-12-14

I loved this book so much!!! I definitely recommend Lauren's Line. It was a totally original, fun read. It was actually a relief for me to find this book, because the last dozen books I read were all uninspiring. This was the first book in about a YEAR that I really "got into" in a totally natural, fun way. I literally couldn't put it down. I was even reading it in the bathroom and on the subway. It's just so funny the way the author creates a cast of characters at this university, and each person is SO believable. Anyway, I highly, highly recommend this unusual book!

I lauged and laugh........2004-12-10

Once I started reading Lauren's Line I couldn't do anything until I put it down. So many hilarious characters, so absurd their world at a public college.
In fact the other day I was at a dull oral review here at my state college as my mind wandered I snickered to myself remembering the professor in Lauren's Line who bought multiple canvas totes the year he graduated from Harvard so he could advertise his education for the rest of his life. Maybe that doesn't sound that funny in the awkward way I wrote it but Sandra Spatt Olsen really will have you in stitches when you read her take on the story. I mean when was the last time a book made you laugh a good six months after you read it?
Also the book is small enough to easily fit in my purse so I could carry it around. It's cute too. Its red spine looks good on the shelf.

Best fiction of 2004.......2004-12-09

This was the funniest book I read all year. If you are an English major or an English teacher, you will fall down laughing at this satire of an English department. If you're not in academia, you'll still find it very funny but you'll never know how realistic it is. The humor is dark, and the writing style is subtle. One of my favorite parts was the memorial service for the dead Lauren (I don't want to give it away but it involves public nudity.)

English 101 and then some!.......2004-10-04

If you're familiar with Sondra Spatt Olsen's work, you always know after the first paragraph that you're in for a good read.
And if you've taken English courses at a large urban school and wondered what goes on behind the scenes, Lauren's Line tells it all in a lucid trenchant way, skewering the characters and serving them really well done. You're sure to recognize your English 101 teacher.
Olsen's a professional. What you see is what you get and that's people in all their pettiness and all their bigness. Hooray for George Reilly! He gets my vote for English Department Chair.

Cancer, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis

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Cancer, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
Lauren V.; del Regato, Juan A. Ackerman
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Goldberg hangs out new line; Brave New Kids born in a barn : An article from: Boulder County Business Report

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Goldberg hangs out new line; Brave New Kids born in a barn : An article from: Boulder County Business Report
Doug McPherson
Manufacturer: Boulder Business Information Corporation
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Release Date: 2005-09-12

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Life on the Line
Lauren Roche
Manufacturer: Steele Roberts
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1877228400

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Sequel to the best-selling "Bent Not Broken." Since qualifying as a doctor, Lauren Roche has had some ups ... and many downs. Bankruptcy, depression, a suicide attempt -- and the shock revelation that her son was a sex offender.

How does she triumph over all this, and at the same time achieve another goal of becoming a best-selling author?

"Life on the Line" is as gripping a read as "Bent Not Broken," and in the end just as inspiring.

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Presents the life of Captain John S. Kidder during the Civil War, as told through letters to his wife, Harriet, at home in rural New York.

Reading between the party lines.(military and foreign policies in 1996 political party platforms): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Reading between the party lines.(military and foreign policies in 1996 political party platforms): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Danielle Gordon , and Lauren Spain
Manufacturer: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on November 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1549 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Republican political platform portrays the US as threatened by terrorists and rogue nations and rejects international cooperation in foreign policy. The Democratic platform has a bland, optimistic view of military and foreign affairs.

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Title: Reading between the party lines.(military and foreign policies in 1996 political party platforms)
Author: Danielle Gordon
Publication: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 1996
Publisher: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
Volume: v52 Issue: n6 Page: p5(4)

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Archeological survey and assessment along portions of Fayette Electric Cooperative power lines, Fayette, Bastrop and Lavaca Counties, Texas (Reports of investigations / Prewitt and Associates)

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Archeological survey and assessment along portions of Fayette Electric Cooperative power lines, Fayette, Bastrop and Lavaca Counties, Texas (Reports of investigations / Prewitt and Associates)
Jane C Laurens
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Arizona Highway Department Project S-211-201(PE) Clarkdale-Coconino Co. line corridor studies for Clarkdale-Williams Highway proposed SR279, alternate Routes A & D: Archaeological resources report

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