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Miracle Dogs: Adventures on Wheels is a collection of stories, both heartwarming and heartbreaking of dogs—and a goat –their owners, and their second chances. You’ll meet pets who as a result of illness or injury had become disabled, causing their owners to make difficult choices. You’ll meet Omid, who lived on the streets of Iran and was found lying injured on the side of the road; Dexter, the wounded warrior’s hunting dog; Hailey, the wheelie dog; Scooter, a six-month-old puppy who was brutally shot and left to die. You’ll meet owners whose love and devotion for their pets and their persistent research led them to find a way to rehabilitate and reintegrate their pets into their families. Written by prize-winning author Sandy Johnson with a forward by the inventor of the dog wheelchair, Mark C. Robinson, these stories will live on in the hearts and minds of all dog lovers.

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Hydrology is vital to human civilisations as well as to natural ecosystems, yet it has only emerged as a distinct scientific discipline during the last 50 years or so. This book reviews the development of modern hydrology primarily through the experiences of the multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Wallingford, near Oxford, who have been at the forefront of many of the developments in UK hydrological research. These topics include: • The development of basic understanding through the collection of data with specialised instrumentation in experimental basins • The study of extreme flows – both floods and droughts • The role moisture in the soil • Studies of the processes controlling evaporation • Water resource studies • Modelling and prediction of the extremes of flow improved • Understanding of water quality issues • A widening recognition of the importance of an ecosystem approach • Meeting the challenges of climate change, • Data handling • Future developments in hydrology and the pressures which generate them. Readership: hydrologists in both academia and a wide range of applied fields such as civil engineering, meteorology, geography and physics, as well as advanced students in earth science, environmental science and physical geography programmes worldwide.

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