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Book SynopsisThis book contains an Open Access chapter. In unveiling the realities of how policy is made, this deeply meaningful and thoughtfully constructed collection argues that the formal is only part of the story of policymaking, and thus only part of the solutions it seeks to create.

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Book SynopsisEntertaining, educational card game loved for bringing your favourite DC super-villains to life.

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Book SynopsisThe Arctic may be cold, vast and beautiful, but it is also home to millions of people and animals. It is a region of extremes: extreme cold, extreme seasonal changes in daylight and extreme natural phenomena. It appears as an unwelcoming and hostile environment, but it is full of wildlife, from polar bears to beluga whales to snowshoe hares. Arctic is a fascinating photographic exploration of a region like no other. Be amazed by the natural wonder of the northern lights over the rugged yet enchanting landscapes, and see how humans live and survive in this hostile terrain that is now seeing rapid changes thanks to the rise in average global temperatures. See also how such activities as industry, tourism and research have changed the land. Presented in a landscape format and with captions revealing many fascinating but little- known facts about the history, climate and terrain of this frozen wonderland, Arctic is a stunning collection of 190 images.Table of ContentsIntroduction Artic Lands Canada USA Greenland Iceland Sweden Norway Svalbard Finland Russia Wildlife of the Arctic Alaska moose Arctic and red fox Arctic, Mountain and Snowshoe hares Arctic and Alaskan tundra wolves Bearded and Harp seals Beluga whale Barren-ground caribou Canada and Eurasian lynx Eurasian elk European viper Fritillary butterfly Gyrfalcon Hoary marmot Husky dog Mountain and Svalbard reindeer Muskox Muskrat Narwhal Orca whale North American brown bear Polar bears Puffin Siberian brown lemming Snow goose Snowy owl Viviparous lizard Walrus Willow ptarmigan Wolverine Living in the Arctic Animal skins Building chums Fishing Housing – permanent and temporary Igloos Inuksuk Moving camp Reindeer marking and herding Sleds Snowshoes Tools Travel Yaranga Tourism, Industry and Research Abandoned settlements, buildings, stations Arctic hotels Cruise ships Husky dog sleds Fishing industry Holidaying – excursions, tours, travel Icebreaker ships Kayaking Meteorological stations Military bases Northern Lights Oil industry Scientific research sites including European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association Snowmobiles Trans-Alaska Pipeline Glacier climbing

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Book Synopsis Create marvelous family memories with 50 Activities to Share With Grandkids, an engaging addition to our On-the-Go Amusements line!Whether spending a weekend together or enjoying an afternoon visit, the fifty activities in this tin will inspire hours of intergenerational fun. The range of categories includes spending time in nature, sharing hobbies, learning something unusual, getting crafty, exploring family history, and much more. Each on-the-go amusement in the series offers a different way to interact, connect, and have fun out and about. With a cute and compact format, the tins are easy to carry and perfect for gifting.

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Book SynopsisFrom the late nineteenth through most of the twentieth century, the evangelical Protestant Grenfell Mission in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, created a network of hospitals, schools, orphanages, stores, and industries with the goal of bringing health and organized society to settler fisherfolk and Indigenous populations. This infrastructure also served to support resource extraction of fisheries off Labrador''s coast. In Slow Disturbance Rafico Ruiz engages with the Grenfell Mission to theorize how settler colonialism establishes itself through what he calls infrastructural mediation—the ways in which colonial lifeworlds, subjectivities, and affects come into being through the creation and maintenance of infrastructures. Drawing on archival documents, maps, interviews with municipal officials, teachers, and residents, as well as his field photography, Ruiz shows how the mission''s infrastructural mediation—from its attempts to restructure the local economy to theTrade Review“At this moment of reckoning, where histories of colonial violence and their afterlives in economies of extractivism are at the center of struggle, Slow Disturbance offers a powerful and nuanced account of the infrastructural making of the resource frontier. A must-read for those invested in understanding and transforming settler colonial materialities and ecologies.” -- Deborah Cowen, author of * The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade *“Rafico Ruiz makes a critical contribution to media studies, settler colonial studies, and studies of infrastructure and the environment. A fantastic book.” -- Nicole Starosielski, author of * The Undersea Network *"Slow Disturbance is a valuable and much-needed text that provides thoughtful insights into the ways that resource frontiers are made and enacted through small and slow efforts to sustain settler lives. Ruiz brings a critical eye to the ways that media multiply functions in these colonial projects, opening up space for new approaches to reading colonial archives in relation to their material environments." -- Cameron Butler * Public *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: First Fish, Then Mediation 1 The Way It Was, St. Anthony, 1959 28 1. The Plant 45 Slow Disturbance, "5 Canada" 78 2. Credit and Common Sense 79 The Way It Was, St. Anthony, 2011 111 3. Meta Incognita 120 Slow Disturbance, "Channel 12" 150 4. The Promise of Extraction 153 Slow Disturbance, "Samsung, High Speed Mechanism" 174 The Way It Was, St. Anthony, 1997 176 Notes 181 Bibliography 203 Index 217

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fragment by fragment, scholars such as Rechtman, Deutsch and Barrera restore to us some sense of the astonishing vitality of that time and place Simon Dubnow called "the Jewish dark continent." What a wonderful journey, and what a special gift."—Jonathan Boyarin, Cornell University, author of Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side"This translation of Abraham Rechtman's 1958 Yidishe etnografiye un folklor is a marvelous resource for people interested in Jewish Eastern Europe, whether scholars or lay readers. With its introduction, this volume is a unique and important contribution to three scholarly fields: Eastern European Jewish studies, Russian history, and the history of anthropology. Because it is so well written and, frankly, so entertaining, it is also likely to appeal to general readers."—Gabriella Safran, Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies, Stanford University"The very existence of this new volume will push forward the project of broadening a base of knowledge that will allow future projects to go deeper in achieving a fluid and fine-grained representation of Yiddish language and culture in translation."—Jeremiah Lockwood, Ab ImperioTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction1. Sh. An-sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition: The Participants in the Expedition2. Synagogues and Prayerhouses3. Headstones, Graves, and Tombs4. Communal Pinkesim5. Tales About Nigunim [Melodies] and Prayers6. Exorcisms, Charms, and Remedies7. Scribes and Scribal WritingBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the Palestinian citrus industry from its inception until 1950, tracing the shifting relationship between Palestinian Arabs and Zionist Jews. Kabha and Karlinsky portray the industry's social fabric, detail its economic history, and analyse the conditions that enabled the formation of a unique binational organisation.

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Book SynopsisSerpent River Resurgence tells the story of how the Serpent River Anishinaabek confronted the persistent forces of settler colonialism and the effects of uranium mining at Elliot Lake, Ontario. Drawing on extensive archival sources, oral histories, and newspaper articles, Lianne C. Leddy examines the environmental and political power relationships that affected her homeland in the Cold War period.Focusing on Indigenous-settler relations, the environmental and health consequences of the uranium industry, and the importance of traditional uses of land and what happens when they are compromised, Serpent River Resurgence explores how settler colonialism and Anishinaabe resistance remained potent forces in Indigenous communities throughout the second half of the twentieth century.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Serpent River Anishinaabek before 1950 2. Carving a “Jewel in the Wilderness”: The Establishment of Elliot Lake 3. “It took all the trees”: The Cutler Acid Plant and Its Toxic Legacy 4. “We weren’t supposed to use that water at all!”: Uranium Mining and the Serpent River 5. “Oooh yes, we all went up to Elliot to protest”: Resilience and Resistance at Serpent River First Nation Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, climate change, and increased geopolitical competition are having a profound impact on the Arctic, affecting how we understand both sovereignty and security within the region. In Breaking Through, a diverse group of emerging and established scholars examine Arctic sovereignty and security, rarely examined together, and present a theoretically robust study of Arctic sovereignty and security in both historical and contemporary contexts. Throughout the volume, readers will discover fresh perspectives on under-studied dimensions of Arctic sovereignty, including: environmental changes, foreign and security policies, and how Indigenous peoples interact to produce different meanings of sovereignty and security in the Arctic. Drawing on extensive primary and secondary research, Breaking Through offers important and timely conclusions for policymakers, advocates, scholars, and students.Trade Review"The book presents rigorous and thought provoking chapters, making significant contributions about framing of sovereignty and notions of security in countries other than Canada. The book will be of interest to Arctic scholars, particularly in Canada, in addition to less specialized readers interested in Canadian foreign policy or broad regional politics." -- Andrew Chater, Brescia University College * Security Dialogue *Table of ContentsAn Introduction Wilfrid Greaves and P. Whitney Lackenbauer 1. In Search of Polar Sovereignty, 1900–1959 Peter Kikkert 2. The Gentlemen’s Agreement: Sovereignty, Defence, and Canadian–American Diplomacy in the Arctic Adam Lajeunesse 3. Arctic Security and Sovereignty through a Media Lens: From a Pile of Frozen Rocks to the Bottom of the Sea Mathieu Landriault 4. Understanding Arctic Security: A Defence of Traditional Security Analysis Rob Huebert 5. National Security and the High North: Post–Cold War Arctic Security Policy in Norway Wilfrid Greaves 6. Russia and Arctic Security: Inward-Looking Realities Alexander Sergunin 7. Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Canadian Security and Safety in the Arctic P. Whitney Lackenbauer 8. One Arctic? Northern Security in Canada and Norway Andreas Østhagen 9. Understanding the Recent History of Energy Security in the Arctic Petra Dolata 10. Human Insecurities of Marginalized Peoples in the Arctic: The Cost of Arctic and Nordic Exceptionalism Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv 11. Addressing Inequalities in the Arctic: Food Security in Nunavut Natalia Loukacheva 12. The Transformative Power of "Security" Talk Frank Sejersen Afterword: Sovereign Futures in an Insecure Arctic Wilfrid Greaves Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAt once historical and allegorical, Light in Dark Times is an illustrated ride crossing time, space, and place as the characters walk a difficult path while grasping a lifeline of hope on a journey through knowledge.Trade Review"Light in Dark Times contributes to our understanding of why the US is facing similar strategies of ‘conflating opinion with truth’ and the rise of ‘alternative facts’ that were used in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. It also offers a number of important remedies to counter them: be introspective, avoid the trivial, participate in envisioning an alternative world, and engage in activities without exaggerated self-importance." -- Rachel Breunlin, University of New Orleans * Anthropology and Humanism *“Light in Dark Times is one of the few books, anthropological or otherwise, I would call transcendent. Rarely has a volume been timelier, more engaging, or more accessible.” -- Robert Myers, Alfred University * General Anthropology *"This is a unique, non-fiction graphic novel that focuses on what anthropology study can lend to society. The artwork is particularly illuminating." -- 2020 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Committee“If I were teaching graduate students in anthropology about the alluring, messy complexities within and about the discipline, this book would be a fine introduction. If I were teaching qualitative research methods and other means of narrating experience, the format and content would undoubtedly expand the student’s repertoires of representation.” -- Sue E. Estroff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill * Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Journal *Table of ContentsPreface A Note on Anthropology Characters Reflections On Being Introspective On Thinking in Dark Times On Truth, Lies, and the Danger of the Trivial On Envisioning an Alternative World A Lament To the Present To Posterity

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Book SynopsisExplores the uses of the abandoned Hudson River docks in New York City by artists and a newly emerging gay subculture between 1971 and 1983. Trade Review“An alluring homage to a time, a community, and a landscape that have long since vanished.”—Jeremy Allen The New York Times“Eminent queer art historian Jonathan Weinberg makes the case for how powerfully gay male social life, cruising, and public sex were of a piece in the early days of LGBT liberation. In the wake of oppression that brutally enforced queer invisibility, a newly burgeoning movement sought to colonize public spaces for queer desires. Merging the political with the erotic, queer public spaces such as the piers have become quasi-mythic embodiments of gay life before AIDS changed everything. Weinberg here strips away the myth with a careful social history of the most influential, if unseen, crucible of gay liberation at the moment when the full meaning of that term was only beginning to be realized.”—Jonathan D. Katz,author of Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture“A compelling memorial to a lost world.”—Barry Reay Times Higher Education“Weinberg’s careful research of these diverse practices makes for a meandering read, but one that offers surprising moments of beauty and coincidence as artists encounter each other on the waterfront.”—Kyle Croft Art in America“Powerfully moving and full of life, Pier Groups immerses the reader in an episode on the literal fringe, the derelict Hudson waterfront of lower Manhattan, and makes it central to the legendary art scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. Vividly illustrated with new photographic discoveries, Jonathan Weinberg’s fluent and searching work captures a vibrant lost community in which he plays a part as chronicler, interpreter, and participant.”—Thomas E. Crow,author of The Long March of Pop: Art, Music, and Design, 1930–1995“Weinberg looks deeply into sexual cultures and artistic practices unfolding on the piers in the 1970s and considers the ways the art and cruising scenes are intercalated. His understanding of history, which rejects the logic of cause and effect, and his nonlinear approach to historical narration open new perspectives on artists about whom much has already been written.”—Tirza Latimer,author of Women Together / Women Apart: Portraits of Lesbian Paris“The strength of Weinberg’s book lies in its ability to illustrate to the reader the verisimilitude of life and activity at the piers . . . while also offering significant interpretations and reinterpretations of artworks, installations, and happenings.”—Jeffrey Patrick Colgan Gotham Center for New York History“Visuals and stimulating text . . . will be a fascinating surprise to younger readers unaware of the activity in 1970s gay Manhattan. For older readers who remember this era of danger, sex, desire, and public cruising, the book is a time capsule from a bygone era where on the fringes of a vibrant city thrived a microcosm of the gay community where sex and art reigned supreme.”—Jim Piechota Bay Area Reporter“An incredible contribution to gay history in particular and to American art history in general. . . . A valuable work of scholarship, but also a fascinating glimpse at a place and time that may be gone but which, thanks to Weinberg, will not be forgotten.”—Martin Wilson The Gay & Lesbian Review“This game-changing book by Jonathan Weinberg draws on about a decade of research into the art made along Manhattan’s West Side piers. It’s an important commentary on how—and to whom—value is assigned.”—Maximilíano Durón ARTNews“What makes reading Weinberg’s book significant within writing on queer art history is his specific focus on relation, both among the many queer men, such as David Wojnarowicz and Leonard Fink, who cruised and created within the piers and the ‘straight’ artists, ranging from Gordon Matta-Clark to Vito Acconci, who made art there as well and responded to the same spaces.”—Gabriel Chazan The Expanded Field“The author candidly frames his history with the admission that he, as an occasional participant in the life of the waterfront, may be prone to a certain nostalgia. Admirably, then, his book offers a markedly ambivalent picture of the piers.”—Jack Parlett Burlington Magazine“Through first-person narration Weinberg delivers a captivating account of these intercalated boundary-pushing groups, merging over two decades of academic research with interviews, photographic documentation and his own vivid memories of cruising on the city’s derelict waterfront as a youth.”—Kabir Jhala The Art Newspaper“Along with its plentiful illustrations, the innovative tone of the book makes it an engaging read suitable for a wide readership in and outside of academia.”—Daniel Fountain QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking“The most comprehensive look into a key period in New York City’s queer history which has long deserved to have its story told.”—Ashleigh Kane Dazed“On the surface, the story of the Hudson Piers in the ‘70s was salacious. But it’s also a case study in occupying public space to create a community that became synonymous with artistic and sexual freedom.”—CNN Style“Pier Groups is a work of scholarship that is both rigorously researched and movingly personal. But it is also, and no less urgently, a work of art.”—Richard Meyer Art BulletinTable of ContentsContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Initiations 2. Material for Blackmail 3. Degenerate Structure 4. David Wojnarowicz in New York 5. The Pickup Machine 6. Something Possible Everywhere Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that the work of Theodor W. Adorno is best understood through the lens of his highly suggestive—yet often overlooked—concept of the “uncoercive gaze,” an innovative way of relating to the object of one’s analysis that interweaves critical intimacy and analytic vigilance.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Art of Reading | 1 1. Adorno and the Uncoercive Gaze | 17 2. Buried Possibility: Adorno and Arendt on Tradition | 39 3. The Inheritance of the Constellation: Adorno and Hegel | 70 4. Judging by Refraining from Judgment: Adorno’s Artwork and Its Einordnung | 95 5. The Literary Artwork between Word and Concept: Adorno and Agamben Reading Kafka | 115 6. The Artwork without Cardinal Direction: Notes on Orientation in Adorno | 131 7. False Life, Living On: Adorno with Derrida | 144 Conclusion: A Kind of Leave-Taking | 161 Acknowledgments | 167 Notes | 169 Index | 203

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Book Synopsis Exercise Biochemistry brings an admittedly difficult and technical subject to life. Extremely user- and student-friendly, it is written in conversational style by Vassilis Mougios, who poses and then answers questions as if in conversation with a student. Mougios does an excellent job of making the information interesting by using simple language without compromising scientific accuracy and content. He also uses ample analogies, related works of art, and numerous illustrations to drive home his points for readers. The result is that Exercise Biochemistry is a highly informative and illuminating text on the effects of exercise on molecular-level functioning. It presents the basics of biochemistry as well as in-depth coverage of exercise biochemistry. The book uses key terms, sidebars, and questions and problems posed at the end of each chapter to facilitate learning. It also covers metabolism, endocrinology, and assessment all in one volume, unlike other exerTable of Contents Part I. Biochemistry Basics Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Chemical Elements 1.2 Chemical Bonds 1.3 Molecules 1.4 Ions 1.5 Radicals 1.6 Polarity Influences Miscibility 1.7 Solutions 1.8 Chemical Reactions 1.9 Chemical Equilibrium 1.10 pH 1.11 Acid-Base Interconversions 1.12 Buffer Systems 1.13 Classes of Biological Substances 1.14 Classes of Nutrients 1.15 Cell Structure Chapter 2. Metabolism 2.1 Free-Energy Changes of Metabolic Reactions 2.2 Determinants of Free-Energy Change 2.3 ATP, the Energy Currency of Cells 2.4 Phases of Metabolism 2.5 Redox Reactions 2.6 Overview of Catabolism Chapter 3. Proteins 3.1 Amino Acids 3.2 The Peptide Bond 3.3 Primary Structure of Proteins 3.4 Secondary Structure 3.5 Tertiary Structure 3.6 Denaturation 3.7 Quaternary Structure 3.8 Protein Function 3.9 Oxygen Carriers 3.10 Myoglobin 3.11 Hemoglobin Structure 3.12 The Wondrous Properties of Hemoglobin 3.13 Enzymes 3.14 The Active Site 3.15 How Enzymes Speed up Metabolic Reactions 3.16 Factors Affecting the Rate of Enzyme Reactions Chapter 4. Nucleic Acids and Gene Expression 4.1 Introducing Nucleic Acids 4.2 Flow of Genetic Information 4.3 Deoxyribonucleotides, the Building Blocks of DNA 4.4 Primary Structure of DNA 4.5 The Double Helix of DNA 4.6 The Genome of Living Organisms 4.7 DNA Replication 4.8 Mutations 4.9 RNA 4.10 Transcription 4.11 Delimiting Transcription 4.12 Genes and Gene Expression 4.13 Messenger RNA 4.14 Translation 4.15 The Genetic Code 4.16 Transfer RNA 4.17 Translation Continued 4.18 In the Beginning, RNA? Chapter 5. Carbohydrates and Lipids 5.1 Carbohydrates 5.2 Monosaccharides 5.3 Oligosaccharides 5.4 Polysaccharides 5.5 Carbohydrate Categories in Nutrition 5.6 Lipids 5.7 Fatty Acids 5.8 Triacylglycerols 5.9 Phospholipids 5.10 Steroids 5.11 Cell Membranes Chapter 6. Vitamins and Minerals 6.1 Water Soluble Vitamins 6.2 Fat Soluble Vitamins 6.3 Metal Minerals 6.4 Nonmetal Minerals 6.5 Elements in the Human Body Part II. Biochemistry of the Neural and Muscular Processes of Movement Chapter 7. Neural Control of Movement 7.1 Two Ways of Transmission of Nerve Signals 7.2 The Resting Potential 7.3 The Action Potential 7.4 Propagation of an Action Potential 7.5 Transmission of a Nerve Impulse from One Neuron to Another 7.6 Birth of a Nerve Impulse 7.7 The Neuromuscular Junction 7.8 Changes in Motor Neuron Activity During Exercise 7.9 A Lethal Arsenal at the Service of Research Chapter 8. Muscle Activity 8.1 Structure of a Muscle Cell 8.2 The Sliding-Filament Theory 8.3 The Wondrous Properties of Myosin 8.4 Myosin Structure 8.5 Actin 8.6 Sarcomere Architecture 8.7 Mechanism of Force Generation 8.8 Myosin Isoforms and Muscle Fiber Types 8.9 Control of Muscle Contraction by Ca2+ 8.10 Excitation-Contraction Coupling Part III. Exercise Metabolism III.1 Principles of Exercise Metabolism III.2 Exercise Parameters III.3 Experimental Models Used to Study Exercise Metabolism III.4 Five Means of Metabolic Control in Exercise III.5 Four Classes of Energy Sources in Exercise Chapter 9. Compounds of High Phosphoryl Transfer Potential 9.1 The ATP-ADP Cycle 9.2 The ATP-ADP Cycle in Exercise 9.3 Phosphocreatine 9.4 Watching Exercise Metabolism 9.5 Loss of AMP by Deamination 9.6 Purine Degradation Chapter 10. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Exercise 10.1 Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption 10.2 Glycogen Content of the Human Body 10.3 Glycogenesis 10.4 Glycogenolysis 10.5 Exercise Speeds Up Glycogenolysis in Muscle 10.6 The Cyclic-AMP Cascade 10.7 Recapping the Effect of Exercise on Muscle Glycogen Metabolism 10.8 Glycolysis 10.9 Exercise Speeds Up Glycolysis in Muscle 10.10 Pyruvate Oxidation 10.11 Exercise Speeds Up Pyruvate Oxidation in Muscle 10.12 The Citric Acid Cycle 10.13 Exercise Speeds Up the Citric Acid Cycle in Muscle 10.14 The Electron Transport Chain 10.15 Oxidative Phosphorylation 10.16 Energy Yield of the Electron Transport Chain 10.17 Energy Yield of Carbohydrate Oxidation 10.18 Exercise Speeds Up Oxidative Phosphorylation in Muscle 10.19 Lactate Production in Muscle During Exercise 10.20 Is Lactate Production a Cause of Fatigue? 10.21 Is Lactate Production Due to a Lack of Oxygen? 10.22 Features of the Anaerobic Carbohydrate Catabolism 10.23 Utilizing Lactate 10.24 Gluconeogenesis 10.25 A Shortcut in Gluconeogenesis 10.26 Exercise Speeds Up Gluconeogenesis in the Liver 10.27 The Cori Cycle 10.28 Exercise Speeds Up Glycogenolysis in the Liver 10.29 Control of the Plasma Glucose Concentration in Exercise 10.30 Blood Lactate Accumulation 10.31 Blood Lactate Decline 10.32 “Thresholds” Chapter 11. Lipid Metabolism in Exercise 11.1 Triacylglycerol Digestion, Absorption, and Distribution 11.2 Digestion, Absorption, and Distribution of Other Lipids 11.3 Fat Content of the Human Body 11.4 Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Adipose Tissue 11.5 Lipolysis 11.6 Exercise Speeds Up Lipolysis in Adipose Tissue 11.7 Exercise Speeds Up Lipolysis in Muscle 11.8 Fate of the Lipolytic Products During Exercise 11.9 Fatty Acid Degradation 11.10 Energy Yield of Fatty Acid Oxidation 11.11 Degradation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids 11.12 Degradation of Odd-Number Fatty Acids 11.13 Fatty Acid Synthesis 11.14 Synthesis of Fatty Acids Other Than Palmitate 11.15 Exercise Speeds Up Fatty Acid Oxidation in Muscle 11.16 Changes in the Plasma Fatty Acid Concentration and Profile During Exercise 11.17 Interconversion of Lipids and Carbohydrates 11.18 Brown Adipose Tissue 11.19 Plasma Lipoproteins 11.20 A Lipoprotein Odyssey 11.21 Effects of Exercise on Plasma Triacylglycerols 11.22 Effects of Exercise on Plasma Cholesterol 11.23 Exercise Increases Ketone Body Formation Chapter 12. Protein Metabolism in Exercise 12.1 Processing of Dietary Proteins 12.2 Protein Content of the Human Body 12.3 Protein Turnover 12.4 Effects of Exercise on Protein Turnover 12.5 Amino Acid Degradation 12.6 Amino Acid Synthesis 12.7 Effects of Exercise on Amino Acid Metabolism in Muscle 12.8 Effects of Exercise on Amino Acid Metabolism in the Liver 12.9 The Urea Cycle 12.6 Amino Acid Synthesis 12.10 Plasma Amino Acid, Ammonia, and Urea Concentrations During Exercise 12.11 Contribution of Proteins to the Energy Expenditure of Exercise 12.12 Effects of Training on Protein Turnover Chapter 13. Effects of Exercise on Gene Expression 13.1 Stages in the Control of Gene Expression 13.2 Stages in the Control of Gene Expression Affected by Exercise 13.3 Kinetics of a Gene Product After Exercise 13.4 Exercise-Induced Changes That May Modify Gene Expression 13.5 Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Muscle Hypertrophy 13.6 Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Increase in Muscle-Mitochondrial Content 13.7 Exercise and Epigenetics Chapter 14. Integration of Exercise Metabolism 14.1 Interconnections of Metabolic Pathways 14.2 Energy Systems 14.3 Energy Sources in Exercise 14.4 Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.5 Effect of Exercise Intensity on the Choice of Energy Sources 14.6 Effect of Exercise Duration on the Choice of Energy Sources 14.7 Interplay of Duration and Intensity: Energy Sources in Running and Swimming 14.8 Effect of the Exercise Program on the Choice of Energy Sources 14.9 Sex Differences in the Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.10 How Sex Influences the Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.11 Effect of Age on the Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.12 Effect of Carbohydrate Intake on the Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.13 Effect of Fat Intake on the Choice of Energy Sources During Exercise 14.14 Adaptations of the Proportion of Energy Sources During Exercise to Endurance Training 14.15 How Endurance Training Modifies the Proportion of Energy Sources During Exercise? 14.16 Adaptations of Energy Metabolism to Resistance and Sprint Training 14.17 Adaptations of Exercise Metabolism to Interval Training 14.18 Effect of the Genome on the Choice of Energy Sources in Exercise 14.19 Muscle Fiber Type Transitions 14.20 Effects of Environmental Factors on the Choice of Energy Sources in Exercise 14.21 The Proportion of Fuels Can Be Measured Bloodlessly 14.22 Hormonal Effects on Exercise Metabolism 14.23 Redox State and Exercise Metabolism 14.24 Causes of Fatigue 14.25 Recovery of the Energy State After Exercise 14.26 Metabolic Changes in Detraining Chapter 15. Exercise to Fight Disease 15.1 Health, Disease, and Exercise 15.2 Exercise to Fight Cardiovascular Disease 15.3 Adaptations of the Heart to Training 15.4 Adaptations of the Vasculature to Training 15.5 Exercise to Fight Cancer 15.6 Diabetes, a Major Metabolic Upset 15.7 Exercise to Fight Diabetes 15.8 Obesity, a Health-Threatening Condition 15.9 Why Obesity Is Harmful 15.10 Exercise to Fight Obesity 15.11 Exercise to Fight Osteoporosis 15.12 Exercise to Fight Mental Dysfunction 15.13 The Detriments of Physical Inactivity 15.14 Exercise for Healthy Aging and Longevity 15.15 Benefits From Regular Exercise in Other Diseases 15.16 A Final Word on the Value of Exercise Part IV. Biochemical Assessment of Exercising Persons IV.1 The Blood IV.2 Aims and Scope of the Biochemical Assessment IV.3 The Reference Interval IV.4 Classes of Biochemical Parameters Chapter 16. Iron Status 16.1 Hemoglobin 16.2 Hematologic Parameters 16.3 Does Sports Anemia Exist? 16.4 Iron 16.5 Total Iron-Binding Capacity 16.6 Transferrin Saturation 16.7 Soluble Transferrin Receptor 16.8 Ferritin 16.9 Iron Deficiency Chapter 17. Metabolites 17.1 Lactate 17.2 Estimating the Anaerobic Lactic Capacity 17.3 Programming Training 17.4 Estimating Aerobic Endurance 17.5 Glucose 17.6 Triacylglycerols 17.7 Cholesterol 17.8 Recapping the Lipidemic Profile 17.9 Glycerol 17.10 Urea 17.11 Ammonia 17.12 Creatinine 17.13 Uric acid 17.14 Glutathione Chapter 18. Enzymes and Hormones 18.1 Enzymes 18.2 Creatine Kinase 18.3 Glutamyltransferase 18.4 Antioxidant Enzymes 18.5 Steroid Hormones 18.6 Cortisol 18.7 Testosterone 18.8 Overtraining Syndrome 18.9 Epilogue Part IV Summary

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Book SynopsisExorcism and demonic possession appear as recurrent motifs in early modern Spanish and English literatures. In Exorcism and Its Texts, Hilaire Kallendorf demonstrates how this 'infection' was represented in some thirty works of literature by fifteen different authors, ranging from canonical classics like Shakespeare, Cervantes, Ben Jonson, and Lope de Vega, to obscure works by anonymous writers. From comic and tragic drama to picaresque narrative and eight other genres, possession worked as a paradigm through which authors could convey extraordinary experience, including not only demonic possession but also madness or even murder. The devil was thought to be able to enter the bodily organs and infect memory, imagination, and reason. Some came to believe that possession was tied to enthusiasm, poetic frenzy, prophecy, and genius. Authors often drew upon sensational details of actual exorcisms. In some cases, such as in Shakespeare, curing the body (and the body politic)

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Book SynopsisAnna Munster explores aesthetics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to understand the contours of computational experience and the possibility to artfully use AI to create new futures.

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Book SynopsisA pathbreaking account of ethics beyond the classically imagined subject, reissued with a new preface.

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Book SynopsisCitizens' assemblies bring the shared wisdom of ordinary people into political decision making on the climate crisis. This book sets out how they can best work and argues that they can have a meaningful impact on climate politics.

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Book SynopsisThe Battle of the Rosebud may well be the largest Indian battle ever fought in the American West. The monumental clash in June 17, 1876 along Rosebud Creek i Shoshone and Crow allies against Sioux and Northern Cheyennes under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. This book presents the definitive account of this critical battle.

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Book SynopsisPERFECT FOR SQUISHMALLOWS LOVERS: This new Squishmallows edition of Hasbro's classic board game Monopoly is perfect for 2-6 players and makes a great gift for fans aged 8 and up.

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Book SynopsisOffers a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits, featuring a selection of the most impressive mathematicians of our time. Acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook captures the exuberance and passion of these brilliant thinkers. The superb images are accompanied by autobiographical texts.Trade ReviewMathematicians, An Outer View of the Inner World, is an irresistible book. It consists of ninety-two positively stunning portraits by Mariana Cook (evidently the last pupil (or protégé) of Ansel Adams) accompanied by brief introspective essays by her subjects on the facing pages...The choice of subjects is outstanding; almost everyone in the mathematical world has met or corresponded with at least some of these representative scholars, and many among the latter are household words. So it is that the personal reflections accompanying the marvelous photographic portraits more often than not come across as chats with friends...This is much more than a coffee-table book." - Michael Berg, MAA ReviewTable of Contents Preface by Mariana Cook Introduction by Robert Clifford Gunning Mathematicians: Portraits Afterword by Brandon Fradd List of Mathematicians

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Book SynopsisVintage fashion takes center stage in this boxed notecard set featuring 20 distinct photographs from the exclusive collection at Palace Costume & Prop Co., the beloved, to-the-trade-only film industry haven of vintage gems that have been featured in countless cinematic classics.

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Book SynopsisA slimline diary available in dark blue boards with marker ribbon. Indispensable for all those connected with the University of Oxford, containing dates of degree days, dates of terms; details of university officers, departments and nstitutes, religious dates, national holidays, rains, airports, oaches, and much more. Detailed double-page spread map of main university area; map of routes to Oxford; map of National Rail network; London Underground map.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The authors make a passionate case for the link between climate change and emerging infectious diseases. These are two of the biggest threats facing humanity and in combination the risks are escalated even further. Raising awareness of this combined threat is an original, timely, and vital contribution. I am not aware of another book on this topic that comes close to this in terms of the breadth and depth of its ambition."--Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford "The Stockholm Paradigm provides a new perspective on how we should think about (and combat) emerging pathogens. The authors, all highly respected parasitologists, are well qualified to provide the historical context, broad synthesis, and contemporary urgency required for a shift in thinking, essentially away from reactive, for profit programs. A game changer for parasitology and public health efforts focused on emerging infectious diseases."--Joseph A. Cook, Professor of Biology, Curator of the Division of Mammals at the Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico

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Book SynopsisInMy Early Life,Churchill describes hiseducation and hisexperience in four wars on three continents as a young officer and newspaper correspondent, including his cavalry charge against the Dervishes at Omdurman in the Sudan and his capture and escape from a Boer prisoner of war camp in South Africa. He explains how he wrote his first five books and launched his political career before taking his seat in the House of Commons at twenty-six.By the time he wrote this book, theFirst World War had ushered in many changes, not all of them good, and Churchill perceived alow spirit in his countrymen. He thinks a time may come when young Britons will need more love of adventure, and adventure for adventure's sake, which his early life exemplifies,and he offers the new generation his own story of youthful endeavour to encourage and rekindle the spirited part of their souls. Giving an account of his own life is a summons to young people who are drifting in an eddy of mass effects to surmount their fear of death, aiming to stir up unselfish endeavor in them. Lest anyone mistake his intention in writing the book, he dedicates it TO A NEW GENERATION. Thisedition ofMy Early Lifeincludes The Dream. Thisshortstory was first mooted at a family meal at Churchill's country house at Chartwell in late November 1947, in the company of Winston and Clementine Churchill's children, Diana and Randolph. Diana asked her father, if he could conjure up anyone, who would fill an empty chair in the dining room. He replied that he would choose to dine with his own father, Lord Randolph Churchill, who had died more than fifty years earlier. He went on to describe a story he meant to write, based on a dream in which Lord Randolph returned to his son's painting studio to inquire what had occurred in the intervening half-century. Encouraged by his family's enthusiasm, Churchill wrote the story soon afterwards but, after revising it, set it aside to be published later. This Private Article, as he styled it, first appeared a year after his death in theSunday Telegraph, January 30, 1966, which described it as his last storylocked away in a box for yearsnow published for the first time. By permission of Churchill College, it is reprinted, with explanatory editorial notes, as a fitting epilogue to Churchill's autobiography.

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