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Rutgers University Press Ignition An Informal History of Liquid Rocket
Book SynopsisTells the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John D. Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity.Trade Review"This insider's account of the early years of rocketry captures the excitement of researching and developing technologies that lie outside the realm of computer science. While we're accustomed to think of technological progress in terms of Moore's law, in a few short years these engineers went from launching metal tubes small enough to hold in your hand to propelling a two ton metal capsule containing three humans all the way to the moon."— Inc., 9 Powerful Books Elon Musk Recommends "A good book on rocket stuff...that's a really fun one." — Elon Musk "Ignition! is a history of liquid rocket propellants, but it's also a history of cold war and the space race, told from a particular point of view....That humor helps the accessibility, and as long as you remember some high school chemistry you shouldn't have a problem with the science either."— Ars Technica "Ignition!, originally written in 1972, is back in print after a long hiatus. A classic book, it tells a rollicking story of an era when space was the frontier. An informative history, it reads like an adventure story."— Galveston County Daily News "Read this book. You’ll find plenty about John and all the other sky-high crackpots who were in the field with him and you may even get (as I did) a glimpse of the heroic excitement that seemed to make it reasonable to cuddle with death every waking moment—to say nothing of learning a heck of a lot about the way in which the business of science is really conducted." — Issac Asimov, from the foreword "Ignition! is a hard-to-get-your-hands-on account of early rocket science...Clark was an American chemist active in the development of rocket fuels back in the 1960s and 1970s, and the book is both an account of the growth of the field and an explainer of how the science works." — Business InsiderTable of ContentsContents In Re John D. Clark - foreword by Issac Asimov Preface 1 How It Started 2 Peenemunde and JPL 3 The Hunting of the Hypergol . . . 4 . . . and Its Mate 5 Peroxide – Always a Bridesmaid 6 Halogens and Politics and Deep Space 7 Performance 8 Lox and Flox and Cryogenics in General 9 What Ivan Was Doing 10 “Exotics” 11 The Hopeful Monoprops 12 High Density and the Higher Foolishness 13 What Happens Next Glossary Index
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Duke University Press Modern Social Imaginaries
Book SynopsisOffers a clear and concise framework for understanding the structure of modern life in the West and the different forms modernity has taken around the worldTrade Review“Charles Taylor presents a fundamental challenge to neoliberal apologists for the new world order—but not only to them. Anyone who wishes, as I do, to defend transcultural political ideals, notions of development, or the like, will have to face his formidable array of hermeneutically inspired reflections on Western modernity’s defining cultural formations. His particular take on the ‘social imaginary’ makes the strongest case there is for the idea of ‘multiple modernities.’”—Thomas McCarthy, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The Modern Moral Order 3 2 What Is a "Social Imaginary"? 23 3 the Specter of idealism 31 4 The Great Disembedding 49 5 The Economy as Objectified Reality 69 6 The Public Sphere 83 7 Public and Private 101 8 The Sovereign People 109 9 An All-Pervasive Order 143 10 The Direct-Access Society 155 11 Agency and Objectification 163 12 Modes of Narration 175 13 The Meaning of Secularity 185 14 Provincializing Europe 195 Notes 197
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Ohio University Press The EverPresent Origin
Book SynopsisGebser’s central thesis was that a potent “leap” in thinking was happening in the 20th century. This new mode of thought would be a holistic-centered, or integral one; an answer to the type of thinking responsible for economic and industrial crisis, two World Wars, and what many today consider a dire, global ecological crisis.Trade Review“Gebser’s noetic analysis, of Teilhardian scope, is only partially equaled by such works as Erich Neumann’s The Origins and History of Consciousness or Gaston Bachelard’s The Philosophy of No. A profound and sagaciously polemic work, remarkably relevant to discussions of holism and postmodern consciousness.” * Library Journal *“Jean Gebser’s magnum opus is at long last available in a fine English rendering … I expect no less an interest in the English translation, and hope that Gebser’s work will now begin to receive the worldwide recognition it deserves.” * Emergent Paradigm Bulletin *“(The book) impressed me as a very important, indeed in some respects pioneering, piece of work. It treads new paths, opens new vistas, and in so doing it is vastly, solidly, and subtly documented by a wealth of anthropological, mythological, linguistic, artistic, philosophical, and scientific material which is fruitfully brought into play and shown in its multifold and striking interrelationships. The book is brilliantly written and introduces many valuable new terms and distinctions. (It shows) that scholarly precision and faithfulness to given data are fully compatible with a broad, imaginative, and spiritual outlook; and (it exposes) the utter sterility of the prevailing positivistic, mechanistic, and wrongfully scientistic methods.”“The gigantic attempt of one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of modern Europe to integrate the most advanced knowledge of our time with the spiritual sources of the past.”
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Haynes Publishing Group Honda XLXR250 19782000 XLXR350R 19831985
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Honda XR350R, 1983-1985; Honda XR250R, 1981-2000; Honda XR250L, 1991-1996; Honda XR250, 1979-1980; Honda XR200R, 1984-1985; Honda XL350R, 1984-1985; Honda XL250S, 1978-1981; Honda XL250R, 1982-1987;
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Haynes Publishing Group Honda CB550 650 8385
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:CB550SC 1983; CB650SC 83-85
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas To the Gates of Stalingrad Volume 1 The Stalingr
Book SynopsisThe confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scale - a campaign that was both a turning point in WWII and a lasting symbol of that war's power and devastation. This book provides an account of the opening phase of this iconic Eastern Front campaign.Trade ReviewFifteen years ago the late John Erickson wrote that the research of Glantz and house reflected an 'encyclopaedic knowledge' of the Nazi-Soviet war and constituted a benchmark for excellence in the field. The Stalingrad trilogy reflects the fact that they maintain that standard, while bringing to light a new understanding of many old questions.""- War in History;""Glantz is the world's top scholar of the Soviet-German War.""- Journal of Military History;""No previous work matches, or even approaches, the accuracy, detail, and fresh interpretation offered in this book. The trilogy is an essential addition to the library of any institution whose students study World War II. It is indeed a monumental work.""- Slavic Review;""I strongly recommend this book to serious World War II students; it certainly provides readers with a far greater understanding of this phase of history's greatest land war.""- Armor;""A very important addition to all World War II collections. Highly recommended.""- Choice;""The combination of David Glantz's accrued knowledge of the war on the Eastern Front during World War II and the rich source material in the extensive notes makes this book arguably the most authoritative operational study of the initial phases of the Stalingrad campaign ever published in English, or any language for that matter.""- Parameters;""Although he offers a deeply detailed, comprehensive operational history, Glantz nonetheless steps back just enough to offer cogent analysis and interpretation. . . . Glantz has made good use of the most recent Soviet and German sources and historiography to craft a nitty-gritty of the key 1942 summer campaign in Russia. As always, his information is substantial and his judgments are sound.""- H-Net Reviews;""A magisterial new survey that draws on a wealth of previously inaccessible Red Army records and will be indispensable reading for all serious students of the battle.""- Michael K. Jones, author of Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed;""In a way never before attempted, Glantz reveals how the battle proceeded through the step-by-step, day-by-day efforts of leaders to plan, supervise, and conduct combat operations amidst the fog of war.""- Roger R. Reese, author of Red Commanders""Glantz is the world's top scholar of the Soviet-German War.""- Journal of Military History
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Haynes Publishing Group Honda GL1000 1100 Motorcycle 19751983 Service
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Honda GL1100 Interstate, 1980-1983; Honda GL1100, 1980-1983; Honda GL1000, 1975-1979;
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Duke University Press What Does It Mean to Be PostSoviet Decolonial
Book SynopsisMadina Tlostanova traces how contemporary post-Soviet art mediates the post-Soviet human condition through analyses of art and through interviews with artists and writers, showing the important role that radical art plays in building new modes of thought and a decolonial future.Trade Review"Well researched and insightful. . . . Thought-provoking and compelling. . . . A valuable addition to any academic library that supports research in contemporary art, as well as institutions that support research in Slavic studies." -- Melanie E. Emerson * ARLIS/NA Reviews *"Madina Tlostanova's search for decolonial art in the unlikeliest of places, vividly illustrated and peppered with live and virtual interviews with the artists themselves, makes the theoretical claims of the first three chapters come to life in the best possible way. Any reader curious about why art matters in what is indeed stereotypically thought as 'the ruins of the Soviet empire,' even those for whom this is a first primer into the debates of 'post-' and 'de-,' would understand the point of keeping those debates alive." -- Anindita Banerjee * Russian Review *"The author’s theorizing on decoloniality and art hits the mark as an invigorated way to interpret the achievements of recent 'activist art' in and around the Russian Federation and important multi-media work from the former Soviet empire’s periphery … The results are diverse and illuminating. What will eventually emerge from 'the Soviet empire’s ruins'? Tlostanova does not prognosticate, rather she sets the stage for asking such questions in cogent, original, and revealing terms.” -- Matthew Jesse Jackson * Slavic Review *"More than anything else, What Does it Mean to be Post-Soviet? ultimately reads as an invitation to artists and thinkers from the post-socialist space to use their voice and inspire a more inclusive public sphere. In showing that regained critical awareness of heritage and affirming individual agency by giving a voice to imagination and affect are necessary conditions for countering narratives of oppression, Madina Tlostanova weaves what may become a model for critical theory of the 21st century." -- Toma Peiu * Anthropology of Eastern Europe Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. A Futureless Ontology? 1 1. The Decolonial Sublime 25 2. Decolonial Aesthesis and Post-Soviet Art 33 3. A Woman Who Has Many Selves and Takes Over Many Spaces: A Conversation with Liina Siib 65 4. Beyond Dependencies: A Talk with Vyacheslav Akhunov, the Lonely Ranger of Uzbeck Contemporary Art 84 5. Reflecting on Time, Space, and Memory with Afanassy Mamedov 106 Conclusion. People Are Silent . . . 119 Notes 129 References 135 Index 141
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The University of Chicago Press A Brief History of the Spanish Language Second
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Indiana University Press A History of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict
Book SynopsisAn expanded and up-to-date edition of this classic historyTrade ReviewOf the numerous books devoted to the ISraeli-Palestinian conflict, Univ. of Michigan political science professor Tessler's contribution certainly ranks among the most extensive and thorough. Given the highly polemical nature of the discourse over Israel/Palestine, Tessler's ability to provide a balanced account of the dispute should be commended. ... Recommended.March 2010 * Choice *[Tessler is] thoughtful, well-informed and resolutely fair-minded . . . rigorous and commiserative alike, and his gloss on the fallout from the creation of Israel, which included a counterflow of millions of Jewish immigrants from the Arab world, is among the best things in the book. -- David Schoenbaum * New York Times Book Review *[A] very informative and well-researched book. . . It is beyond doubt that Tessler's narrative of the Israeli–Palestinian struggle makes his volume an essential textbook for any student of the conflict.46.2 2010 * Middle Eastern Studies *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionPrefaceA Note on TransliterationPart I. Jews and Arabs Before the Conflict: The Congruent Origins of Modern Zionism and Arab Nationalism1. Jewish History and the Emergence of Modern Political Zionism2. Arab History and the Origins of Nationalism in the Arab WorldPart II. Emergence and History of the Conflict to 19483. The Conflict Takes Shape4. The Dual Society in Mandatory PalestinePart III. Routinization of the Conflict, 1948-19675. The Palestinian Disaster and Basic Issues after 19486. Israel and the Arab States through June 1967Part IV. The Palestinian Dimension Reemerges: From the June War through Camp David7. Postwar Diplomacy and the Rise of the Palestine Resistance Movement8. Israel, the Palestinians, and the Occupied Territories in the 1970sPart V. The High Price of Stalemate and Futile Diplomacy in the 1980s9. Violent Confrontations in the Early 1980s10. Futile Diplomacy in the Mid-1980sPart VI. Efforts to Break the Stalemate: From the Intifada through the Oslo Peace Process11. The Intifada and Beyond12. The Oslo Peace ProcessEpilogue: The Post-Oslo Period
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Stanford University Press Merchants of Knowledge
Book SynopsisBetween 1450 and 1550, a remarkable century of intellectual exchange developed across the Eastern Mediterranean. As Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from the Ottoman Empire, and the courts of Mehmed the Conqueror and Bayezid II greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe, merchants of knowledgemultilingual and transregional Jewish scholarsbecame an important bridge among the powers. With this book, Robert Morrison is the first to track the network of scholars who mediated exchanges in astronomy, astrology, Qabbalah, and philosophy. Their books, manuscripts, and acts of translation all held economic value, thus commercial and intellectual exchange commingledknowledge became transactional as these merchants exchanged texts for more intellectual material and social capital. While parallels between medieval Islamic astronomy and the famous heliocentric arrangement posited by Copernicus are already known, Morrison reveals far deeper networks of intellectual exchange that extended well beyond theoretical astronomy and shows how religion, science, and philosophy, areas that will eventually develop into separate fields, were once interwoven. The Renaissance portrayed in Merchants of Knowledge is not, from the perspective of the Ottoman Muslim contacts of the Jewish merchants of knowledge, hegemonic. It's a Renaissance permeated by diversity, the cultural and political implications of which the West is only now waking up to.
£25.19
University of Chicago Press Heaven Has a Wall
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Johns Hopkins University Press Hacking College
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Mixed Media Resources Tropical Wonderland
Book SynopsisThe fifth book in Rachel Reinert's best-selling Colouring Wonderland series, a captivating exploration of the lush botanicals and hidden creatures of the world's tropical rainforests.
£20.51
Haynes Publishing Group MasseyFerguson MF340MF399 Diesel Tractor Service
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Diesel Models MF340, MF350, MF355, MF360, MF399
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Watson-Guptill Publications Gregory Heisler 50 Portraits
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University of Illinois Press Gender and the Musical Canon
Book SynopsisWell written and consistently provocative, Gender and the Musical Canon is a comprehensive and balanced study of women composers and their music. A classic in gender studies in music, it is nonetheless accessible for musically educated lay reader.Trade Review"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be so interested in a scholarly book of this type. As a woman composer and a teacher of music, I felt so connected to the ideas in it and, more importantly, utterly empowered by them. I have recommended it to everyone I know!" -- Joan Tower"Important and timely. . . . Valuable to anyone from the high school student to the most accomplished academic." -- Renée Cox Lorraine, MLA Notes"[Citron] succeeds admirably in laying out the fundamental problems and the solutions thus far available. . . . [Her] book is well written and continuously provocative." -- Lydia Goehr, Music and Letters
£23.39
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Web Programming with HTML5 CSS and JavaScript
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding
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Haynes Publishing Group Kubota Compilation K1 K2 K3
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Models L175, L210, L225, L225DT, L260; Models B5100D, B5100E, B6100D, B6100E, B6100HST-D, B6100HST-E, B7100D, B7100HST-D, B7100HST-E; Models L185, L235, L245, L275, L285, L295, L305, L345, L355
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Haynes Publishing Group VW Golf Jetta Mk 1 Diesel 78 84 Haynes Rep
Book SynopsisGolf Hatchback and Jetta Saloon. Diesel: 1.5 litre (1471cc) and 1.6 litre (1588cc). Exclusions:Does NOT cover âMk 2â range introduced during 1984. Does NOT cover features specific to Van and Caddy.
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New York University Press The Ethics of Liberty
Book SynopsisThis updated edition of a classic defense of libertarianism includes a new introduction.
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Duke University Press Left of Karl Marx
Book SynopsisAssesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K.Trade Review“Carole Boyce Davies has rendered a unique service in restoring to proper recognition the life and achievements of the Trinidad-born political activist and feminist Claudia Jones. From the turbulent struggles of Harlem, U.S.A. in the 1930s and 1940s to London in the 1950s and 1960s, Claudia Jones became a symbol of resistance and the standard by which others would measure their own integrity of commitment. Left of Karl Marx is the biography of an era of the most intense ideological combat—where reputations were assassinated and careers erased by a single rumor of incorrect political affiliation. Here is the story of a singular triumph whose legacy has nourished the lives of another generation.”—George Lamming, author of In the Castle of My Skin and The Pleasures of Exile“Carole Boyce Davies has vividly brought to life the work and struggles of Claudia Jones in the U.S.A. and Great Britain in her new book, Left of Karl Marx. Boyce Davies possesses that unique combination of being both a scholarly researcher and a writer capable of clear and persuasive language. The reader is presented with a remarkably readable and informative study of a woman who was equally adept in her writing and public speaking on feminism, and as a social pioneer, a political analyst, and an avowed adversary of racism. This book removes Claudia Jones from the shadow of the great bust of Marx to the front row of the black activists and thinkers of the twentieth century, and that is where she belongs.”—Donald Hinds, author of Journey to an Illusion: The West Indian in Britain“This book fills a lacuna in the historical understanding of black left radicalism and socialist-oriented feminism in the United States and the Caribbean. In this era of twenty-first-century corporate globalization, it reunites us with a transnational radical and anti-capitalist past through the examination of the extraordinary life, work, and political philosophy of Claudia Jones. This work reminds us that the U.S. and British radical traditions had diverse memberships, which included black, communist, and feminist women of whom Trinidad-born Claudia Jones was a remarkable example. Carole Boyce Davies has given us a well-researched, detailed analysis of this communist, feminist, intellectual, activist, and artistic woman of Caribbean origin. This is a long-awaited treasure for which many will be eternally grateful.”—Rhoda E. Reddock, author of Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities
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Crossway Books ESV Expository Commentary
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Cornell University Press The Beekeepers Handbook
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSince the publication of the first edition of the handbook in 1973, many thousands of novice and experienced beekeepers have relied on this book as the preferred single-volume guide to bee keeping * British Journal of Entomology and Natural History *
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Human Kinetics Publishers The Volleyball Drill Book
Book SynopsisThe Volleyball Drill Book presents 125 drills compiled by two of volleyball’s top coaches, Teri Clemens and Jenny McDowell. This book from The American Volleyball Coaches Association includes drills to improve skill development, team tactics, and conditioning and uses drills that simulate real game situations to enhance in-match performance. Trade Review“In The Volleyball Drill Book, the authors have pulled together the drills and insights that have made their teams some of the best in the game. It's my pleasure to recommend this book.” Russ Rose-- Head Coach of Penn State Women's Volleyball "The Volleyball Drill Book offers time-tested training methods and helps coaches maximize their minutes in the practice gym. It's a must-have in every coach's library."Larry Bock-- Head Coach, Navy Women's Volleyball “The AVCA wanted to create a book of drills that would give volleyball coaches all the tools and directions they need to run dynamic and engaging practices. Teri Clemens and Jennifer McDowell have crafted just such a book. The Volleyball Drill Book will make you a better coach!”Kathy DeBoer-- Executive Director American Volleyball Coaches Association “The Volleyball Drill Book is a well-crafted book by two of volleyball’s all-time great coaches. If you want to land the formula for success of championship programs, this book is a great place to start.” Sharon Dingman-- Head Volleyball Coach University of Iowa Table of Contents Chapter 1 Integrating Drills Into Practice Chapter 2 Serving Drills Chapter 3 Ball-Handling Drills Chapter 4 Setting Drills Chapter 5 Offensive Drills Chapter 6 Defensive Drills Chapter 7 Transition Drills Chapter 8 Competitive Multiplayer Drills Chapter 9 Team Scoring Drills Chapter 10 Mental Toughness and Team-Building Drills
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Human Kinetics Publishers The WarmUp
Book SynopsisNot all athletes train in the same way. But it’s rare to see any athlete workout without warming up. The Warm-Up is the first book to describe the science of the warm-up and provide guidelines on how to maximise its effectiveness. This is done through the use of the RAMP system.Trade Review"Ian Jeffreys is one of the best educators and practitioners I know. His book, The Warm-Up, is both stimulating and educational."; Des Ryan--Head of Sport Medicine and Athletic Development for Arsenal Academy;"For decades the warm-up has been the greatest physical development opportunity we haven't tapped--until now. Written by one of the most influential thinkers in human performance, The Warm-Up will change the way you think about the first 15 minutes of training forever."; Nick Winkelman, PhD--Head of Athletic Performance and Science for Irish Rugby Football UnionTable of ContentsChapter 1. Why We Warm Up Reasons for Warming Up The Physiology of Warming Up Psychological Rationale for Warming Up Net Potential Effects of Warm-Up The Warm-Up and Injury Risk Reduction Optimizing the Warm-Up Chapter 2. A New Way of Thinking About the Warm-Up The Traditional General and Specific Warm-Up Revaluating the Aim and Value of the Warm-Up A New Purpose for the Warm-Up Competition Versus Training Warm-Ups Issues With the Traditional Warm-Up Chapter 3. The RAMP System of Warming Up A Systematic Approach Athleticism Delivering Athletic Development The RAMP System Chapter 4. The Raise Phase Activity Progression Types of Raise Phases Organizing a Raise Phase Chapter 5. The Activation and Mobilization Phase Long-Term Focus: Mobility The Role of Static Stretching Focusing on Mobility Focusing on Movement Initiating and Progressing the System Addressing Fundamental Issues: Activation Targeting the Selections The Activation and Mobilization Process Activation Exercises Mobilization Exercises Chapter 6. The Potentiation Phase Focus of the Phase Duration of the Phase A Session in Itself The Potentiation Process Sample Potentiation Phases Chapter 7. Constructing Effective Warm-Ups The Planning Process The Raise Phase The Activation and Mobilization Phase The Potentiation Phase Sample Warm-Ups
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Cornell University Press Weapons of Mass Migration
Book SynopsisGreenhill offers the first systematic examination of forced migration as an important but largely unrecognized instrument of state influence. She shows both how often this unorthodox brand of coercion has been attempted and how successful it has been.Trade ReviewWeapons of Mass Migration simply altered the way I viewed the flow of peoples. Countries with lower standards of behavior can use the threat of forcing their people to leave, which would send a flow of unwanted migrants/refugees to democracies that would then have to deal with them. It is very much an asymmetric approach for weaker authoritarian regimes to mess with advanced democracies. Is this policy relevant? You betcha, as democracies such as the United States have to figure out how to react to these kinds of threats. It certainly pressured France and Italy in different ways when Qaddafi was threatening to send refugees to Europe. -- Stephen M. Saideman * Foreign Policy *A new, authoritative look at forced displacement, skillfully linking politics to migrations. This combination moves beyond migration as a single focused topic and connects it to choices within foreign policy. Any student of demography, conflict, and politics will be well served by this exploration of the interaction between government control, migration, and the willingness of populations to move. * Political Science Quarterly *An innovative and beautifully written analysis of how, and to what extent, refugee flows are exploited by states in order to affect policy options taken and decisions made by their counterparts. * Journal of Refugee Studies *Greenhill explains the use of state-engineered migration as a tool of coercive statecraft in the post–World War II era. She rightly points out that this rather insidious means of political suasion has been used numerous times over the relatively short period examined, and with a striking degree of success. Weapons of Mass Migration is innovative, well written, rigorously researched, and timely. It is both theoretically innovative and policy relevant, and will likely spur several new paths for IR research and migration studies. * Perspectives on Politics *IR theorists, foreign policy analysts and migration, security studies, and human rights scholars will all find this book a valuable addition to their scholarship. * Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Understanding the Coercive Power of Mass Migrations2. The 1994 Cuban Balseros Crisis and Its Historical Antecedents3. "Now the Refugees Are the War": NATO and the Kosovo Conflict4. An Invasion to Stop the Invasion: The United States and the Haitian Boatpeople Crises5. North Korean Migrants, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Nuclear Weapons6. Conclusions and Policy ImplicationsAppendix: Coding Cases of Coercive Engineered Migration Index
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Ammonite Breathe Wellbeing Journal
Book SynopsisThe Breathe Wellbeing Journal is a guided notebook offering advice, techniques and exercises to deal with stress and anxiety.
£13.55
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc PHTLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support Print with
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University of Chicago Press Bacteria to AI Human Futures with our Nonhuman
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Birkhauser Architecture Follows Climate Traditional
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University of Toronto Press Teaching Where You Are
Book SynopsisTeaching Where You Are offers a guide for non-Indigenous educators to work in good ways with Indigenous students and provides resources across curricular areas to support all students. In this book, two seasoned educators, one Indigenous and one settler, bring to bear their years of experience teaching in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary contexts to explore the ways in which Indigenous and Slow approaches to teaching and learning mirror and complement one another.Using the holistic framework of the Medicine Wheel, Shannon Leddy and Lorrie Miller illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs – Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility – can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. Bringing forth the ways in which colonialism and cognitive imperialism have shaped Canadian curriculum and consciousness, the book offers avenues foTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Foreword: Weaving and Reweaving Indigenous Education in New Ways through the Timelessness of Transformative Thought, Teaching, and Learning xvii Herman Michell Preface Acknowledgements 1. Tawâw Bringing Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogies into the Class Indigenous Ways and Reconciliation The Medicine Wheel Framework, Our Loom Warp and Weft: Connecting Slow to Indigenous Ways 2. Building Decolonial Literacy for Indigenous Education Historically Rooted Thought: We Are All Colonized People It Is Not about the Lesson Plans Ontologies Identity Place Relationship Weaving Sourcing and Preparing Materials 3. Slow Ways and Indigenous Ways Disconnecting from the Clock and Caring Deeply Experiential Land Conscious/Place Conscious Deeply Relational Internal Connection Spinning 4. East – Spiritual – Respect August on the Salish Sea: Tucked into a Bay Dyeing the Yarn before the Weave 5. South – Emotional – Relevance Why Emotion Matters Decolonizing Is a Slow and Careful Business Taking Trauma into Account Developing Effective Practices Circle Pedagogy Winding the Wool 6. West – Physical – Reciprocity The Unseen The Visible, Physical, Material World In the Classroom Pedagogy that Nurtures Relational Place-Conscious Pedagogy Setting up the Loom 7. North – Intellectual – Responsibility What Counts as Knowledge? How Much Knowledge Counts? It Really Isn’t about the Lesson Plans Adding an Indigenous Lens Developing Effective Practices Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge Button Blankets and Starblankets Tiny Orange Sweater Project Summing Up Weaving and Finishing 8. Pimoteh (Walking) References Index
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Princeton University Press The Tyranny of Metrics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the 2019 Hayek Prize, The Manhattan Institute""Economic historian Jerry Muller delivers a riposte to bean counters everywhere with this trenchant study of our fixation with performance metrics."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"To his credit, Muller isn’t interested only in documenting the ways in which the metric fixation produces unintended consequences. Beyond that, he wants, first, to work out what causes this high level of dysfunction, and second, to identify ways in which metrics might be used more productively."---Stefan Collini, London Review of Books"For every quantification, there's a way of gaming it. So argues this timely manifesto against measured accountability." * Kirkus Reviews *"Many of us have the vague sense that metrics are leading us astray, stripping away context, devaluing subtle human judgement, and rewarding those who know how to play the system. Muller’s book crisply explains where this fashion came from, why it can be so counterproductive and why we don’t learn. It should be required reading for any manager on the verge of making the Vietnam body count mistake all over again."---Tim Harford, Financial Times"A short and highly readable account of the way such management systems are undermining important institutions, such as universities, schools, policing, charities and even companies."---Luke Johnson, Sunday Times"As Muller says ‘anything that can be measured and rewarded will be gamed.’ Too many people appear oblivious to this basic fact of life. A close reading of Muller’s excellent, if somewhat brief, introduction to the pitfalls of quantitative measurement should set them right."---Edward Chancellor, Breakingviews"There is also ample evidence, expertly summarised in Jerry Muller’s recent book, The Tyranny of Metrics, that metrics can be counter-productive." * The Economist *"Muller . . . says that an over-reliance on metrics can lead us to disproportionately value the things that are easiest to measure. These and the many other criticisms of metric fixation the author offers are well argued and will feel all too familiar to teachers and school leaders alike. Shortly after I agreed to review this title, Ofsted’s chief inspector . . . gave a speech explaining how she had recently read the book and how it was influencing her own thinking. Having now had the chance to read it myself, I think we should take this as a positive sign. My hope is that others involved in school accountability, including politicians, have the chance to consider its core message."---James Bowen, Times Education Supplement"A timely and important critique of the pervasive tendency to define success in terms of quantifying human performance, accountability and transparency, a trend that has invaded every profession." * Paradigm Explorer *"Jerry Muller’s The Tyranny of Metrics mercilessly exposes the downside of the cult of measurement and managerialism." * The Economist *"Muller’s book remains an interesting one: short, unpretentious, scholarly, and full of insights. And it provokes the reader into asking further questions."---Pierre Lemieux, Regulation"I cannot stress enough how important this book is for all organization studies scholars. If anything, I see it as an act of resistance to the plethora of publications that ‘count’ but are completely uninteresting, unimportant, and unread."---Alexia Panayiotou, Organization"Jerry Z. Muller’s thought-provoking The Tyranny of Metrics raises old post-positivist arguments on the limits of quantitative knowledge by using new theoretical leverages and applying them to original case studies."---Simone Raudino, European Legacy
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Haynes Publishing Group Ford Focus Petrol Diesel Oct 01 05 Haynes
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University of Toronto Press Flow
Book SynopsisWith supply chain disruptions due to ports, pandemics, and labor shortages at the forefront of news media, Flow offers an important framework and solutions for remedying the rampant delays and bottlenecks that exist in global supply chains.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Supply Chain Flows and Immunity 2. Time, Velocity, and Immunity 3. Thermodynamics and Evolutionary Flow 4. Compression: The Localization of Supply Chains 5. Freedom of Flow: The Adoption of Digital Dexterity 6. Electrical Current 7. Future Supply Chain Flows Notes Index
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Inter-Varsity Press Numbers 2036
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford Fusion 0614 Mercury Milan 01611
Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan for 2006 thru 2014
£27.75
Crossway Books Journey to the Cross
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The Crowood Press Secret Rovers
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Princeton University Press The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Chris Chambers’s portrait should sit high on the wall of heroes in the movement to reform science.”—Barbara A. Spellman, Nature “Psychology: it’s not dead yet. But Chris Chambers makes a stark case for its having engaged in sins that call its validity into question.”—Luna C. M. Centifanti, Times Higher Education“Passionate, provocative, and persuasive, Chambers’ book is filled with information and insights about current practices in psychology—and offers recommendations to enhance transparency and reproducibility.”—Glenn C. Altschuler, Psychology Today“An excellent warts-and-all summary of the state of play in modern psychology.”—Dean Burnett, The Guardian“Superb and exceedingly timely. . . . An impressive achievement.”—Scott O. Lilienfeld and Thomas H. Costello, PsycCRITIQUES“I applaud Chambers for advocating reform of our science and this book for encouraging me to rethink our discipline. This book should be required reading for all graduate students and, of course, their mentors.”—Dom Massaro, American Journal of Psychology
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The University of Chicago Press Clout City
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Cornell University Press Conventional Deterrence
Book SynopsisConventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John J. Mearsheimer examines a number of crises that led to major conventional wars to explain why deterrence failed.Trade ReviewAn intelligent, well-researched, and organized study. * Foreign Affairs *John Mearsheimer has got his timing just right. There is much current talk about the need to this and do that to bolster NATO's conventional forces, but there is no conceptual framework for assessing all these proposals. This is a carefully argued and well-written study that should immediately raise the quality of the debate. Most importantly, it draws effectively on history to illuminate contemporary problems. -- Lawrence Freedman * New Republic *Mearsheimer offers a fine example of how defense policy analysis should be conducted. He demonstrates an excellent grasp of proportion and priority in concentrating on some of the most important yet understudied questions of deterrence and modern warfare. Why, he asks, are offensive strategies accepted or avoided by states facing the prospect of large-scale conventional war? In answering this question, Mearsheimer confronts other questions of politics and perceptions that the strategic nuclear deadlock has only accentuated. The historic and technical details are handled masterfully while lessons are drawn for assessing the pivotal military balance in central Europe. This is a sophisticated yet thoroughly lucid book worthy of careful attention by any student of U.S. national security policy. * Journal of Policy Analysis and Management *
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American Psychiatric Association Publishing The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy
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SPCK Why Im Still a Christian After Two Decades of
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MD - Duke University Press The Book of Politics
Book SynopsisIn The Book of Politics, Michael Dutton offers an affective theorization of the political and a political theorization of affect. Drawing on Western and Chinese social theory and practice, Dutton rethinks Carl Schmitt’s insistence that the political can be thought of only within the antagonistic pairing of friend and enemy. Dutton shows how the power of the friend/enemy binary must be understood by conceptualizing the political as the channeling, harnessing, and transforming of affective energy flows in relation to that binary. Given this affective nature of politics, Dutton contends that to rethink the political means moving away from a political science toward an art of the political. Such an art highlights fluidity and pulls away from Eurocentric political theory, requiring a conceptualization of the political as global. He juxtaposes ancient Chinese cosmology, medicine, and Maoism against the monuments of early capitalist modernity such as the Crystal Palace and the Ei
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Ohio University Press Safari Nation A Social History of the Kruger
Book SynopsisSafari Nation tells the history of the Kruger National Park through a black perspective, helping explain why Africa’s national parks—often derided by scholars as colonial impositions—survived the end of white rule on the continent.Trade Review“In Safari Nation, the Kruger Park and South African ideas of nature and nationality are revealed in profoundly new and insightful ways. Jacob Dlamini captures South African experiences of nature and leisure that have largely escaped the historical profession, focusing his sharp eye on the significant minority of black South Africans who managed to live ’with—as opposed to under—colonialism and apartheid.’ An enjoyable book, full of surprises.” -- Saul Dubow, author of South Africa's Struggle for Human Rights“An innovative work of intellectual, political, and social history, Safari Nation advances a compelling new explanation for why the ANC government has chosen not to dismantle colonial-era conservation projects whose origins lie in the dispossession of countless black families. Dlamini’s skillful storytelling throughout the book manages to balance compassion and concern for justice with careful empirical detail in a direct, graceful prose that makes Safari Nation an enjoyable read from start to finish.” -- Heidi Gengenbach, author of Binding Memories: Women as Makers and Tellers of History in Magude, Mozambique“Safari Nation is a highly original treatment of the history of Kruger National Park from a black perspective. Dlamini does not pursue a polarized interpretation of the park and conservation as simply white/colonial constructs but instead develops a growing literature that presents African people as engaged in many different facets of park history, as agents, and conservationists.” -- William Beinart, author of Rise of Conservation in South Africa“This book is about nature and black South Africans, but not as daughters and sons of the soil. Rather, Jacob Dlamini describes people on the move towards Kruger National Park, a place where conservation meant racial exclusion. On their way, they made a space of belonging through political effort, not nativism. Following its own eclectic route through rural reserves, cities, and mines, from Table Mountain to the lowveld, Safari Nation offers a bold argument that by making claim on the more-than-human world, black South Africans created an inclusive nation.” -- Nancy Jacobs, author of Birders of Africa: History of a Network“Safari Nation is more than a social history of KNP. It is a history of black South Africans opposed to injustice engaging with the land, leisure, what it means to be South African, and ‘ways of being’ under colonialism, apartheid, and a still unequal nation…. Indeed, Dlamini’s history of Kruger National Park makes a bold and hopeful statement about conservation and the land question in South Africa.” -- Jill E. Kelly * American Historical Review *
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Johns Hopkins University Press University Technology Transfer What It Is and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCrisply written, compellingly argued, authoritative . . . [University Technology Transfer] provides extremely useful information to anyone who is involved in creating or developing a TT office . . . It should be required reading for all presidents, vice-chancellors and senior managers of universities that have a TT office and are tempted to interfere in its activities.—Mark Anderson, IP DraughtsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Question Time2. Coming Out3. How It Works4. Why It Is Difficult5. Structures6. Going to Market7. Mind the Gap8. Innovation Community9. Give and Take10. Currencies and Metrics11. Impact12. Whatever NextAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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