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In Christopher Bollas’ Streams of Consciousness, a wide spectrum of theory and practice are explored, sometimes appearing in simple fragments, sometimes via complex lines of thinking that are developed in detail over time. As Bollas revisits the received...

How can we use evidence to improve deradicalisation and violence prevention outcomes? Based on work developed during the implementation of the cross-European INDEED project, this is an essential reference book for practitioners, researchers and policy...

This book investigates how digital technologies, such as social media and artificial intelligence, can contribute to combatting corruption in Brazil.Brazil, with its long history of scandals and abundant empirical data on digital media usage, serves as a...

This book introduces relevant and established data-driven modeling tools currently in use or in development, which will help readers master the art and science of constructing models from data and dive into different application areas. It presents...

This book draws on recent research and cutting-edge ideas about bereavement and carers’ experiences across the life course to explore carers’ experience of loss and discuss their specific needs prior and or following the death of those they care for...

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of the Lumbar Spine: Computational Approaches: From Research to In Silico Medicine aims to outline how major decision points—such as goal-adapted numerical approximations—infer in the capability of lumbar spine models to...

This book highlights how resource constraints and client agency impact China’s patronage policy in their pursuit of regional geopolitical power.By combining for the first time the limit of great-power patrons’ resources and the agency of client...

Warum haben wir Menschen Musik?  Die komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage des erfolgreichen Sachbuchs, jetzt mit zwei neuen Kapiteln zur Musiktherapie und zur Evolution der Musik:Wie entfaltet Musik ihre Wirkung? Was geht dabei in unserem Gehirn vor?...

​Das Kompendium für die Kitteltasche gibt allen in der Neurologie Tätigen eine Übersicht über Medikamente, die bei Erwachsenen gegen Epilepsie eingesetzt werden können. Kurz und knapp sind die Prinzipien der medikamentösen Epilepsietherapie und die...

This book explores the political trajectories of various countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, tracing the shifts in party systems and regime transitions along a model-like trajectory that spans from revolutionism to...

Japan -India relations have traversed from "distantly friendly" to "indispensable partners." The significant development of the India-Japan strategic partnership, the convergence of bilateral strategies, and the addressing of broader economic relations...

Aristotle claimed that ‘all human beings want to know’. Yet we also want not to know. Centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerised crowds still follow preposterous prophets; irrational rumours trigger fanatical acts; and magical thinking crowds out...

From photographs to micrographs, from the various types of graphs to fun, interactive visuals and games, there are many different forms in which science can be visualised. However, all of these forms of visualisation in the Life Sciences are susceptible...

Originally published in 1951, Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. There are, of course, a few anthropological...

In this landmark new history, Toyin Falola analyses the impact of Britain's colonization of Nigeria from the late nineteenth century to 1960, when the country regained independence. Falola covers major events in depth, from the initial conquest and...

This book summarizes all the core mathematical topics a typical professional software engineer needs to know. In condensing the various concepts covered in an undergraduate computer science program into a single volume, it provides an excellent starting...

Mapmaking analogies are a longstanding hallmark of private law scholarship, but the boundaries between subject areas are not always neat and tidy. Can lines be drawn between property and obligations, or common law and equity? Should tort and unjust...

This persuasive volume develops a novel approach to medical education and the medical humanities, making a case for the integration of the two to explore the ways in which ‘warm’ humanism and ‘cold’ technologies can come together to design humane...

Dieses Buch versetzt Analystinnen und Analysten in Regierung, Privatwirtschaft und Think Tanks in die Lage, globale Risiken und Chancen systematisch zu bewerten, informierte Entscheidungen zu treffen und Unvorhergesehenes zu antizipieren. Die Autoren...

Das Therapiemanual stellt 7 Module zur prozessbasierten Behandlung der körperdysmorphen Störung (KDS) im Einzelsetting vor – Adressaten sind psychologische und ärztliche Psychotherapeuten, Psychiater, psychosomatisch tätige Ärzte, Dermatologen,...

Das vorliegende Buch bietet eine Auslegeordnung, wie sich die Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Mitteleuropas orientieren kann, um die Nachhaltigkeits- und Klimawende mitzugestalten und zu einer Bioökonomie und Kreislaufwirtschaft beizutragen. Die Leitidee des...

Immerse yourself in the stunning, dynamic world of Destiny with never-before-seen art and exclusive interviews from the Bungie team. The Art of Destiny, Volume 3 is a celebration of the stunning, dynamic visual style beloved by Destiny fans. Featuring...

Nestled amidst rolling hills, Shillong, the Himalayan capital city of Meghalaya in India’s northeast, faces a growing challenge of water scarcity. This timely book examines the role of urban and traditional village councils (the Khasi dorbar shnong) in...

How the family unit exists simultaneously as a focus of humanitarian compassion and of securitized suspicion. Against the backdrop of the global refugee crisis, Unsettled Families investigates the parameters that Global North governments and...

How does the sudden onset of disability impact the sense of self in a person whose identity was, at least in part, predicated on the possession of what is culturally understood to be an "able" body? How does this experience make visible the structures...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750332132Author Kenji SakuraiFormat HardbackImprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics Publishing

'Exceptionally interesting' - Alain de BottonWhy are some relationships unstable, while others last a lifetime? Why do the rich keep getting richer, and can it ever be any other way? Why do we make seemingly irrational decisions? How can we make sense of...

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Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion—and why giving it up can free us from sufferingFrom self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856306311Author Marie-Louise Von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon Verlag

'Exceptionally interesting' - Alain de BottonWhy are some relationships unstable, while others last a lifetime? Why do the rich keep getting richer, and can it ever be any other way? Why do we make seemingly irrational decisions? How can we make sense of...

This new edition is a comprehensive guide to the intricate world of drug discovery and development. It provides readers with an update on basic and novel concepts, approaches and technologies that are used in the discovery and development of new...

With the rise of ‘identity politics’ both in right-wing extremism as well as in activist academia, arts and feuilleton, major differences between the traditional left and the right have become blurred. This book addresses the ideological shifts from a...

Das Examinatorium umfasst über 850 Fragen und Antworten sowie fünf Klausurfälle mit Lösungshinweisen zum Privatversicherungsrecht. Der inhaltliche Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Versicherungsvertragsrecht des VVG; einbezogen werden aber auch das...

Das knackig formulierte und praxisnahe Übungsbuch mit Fallbeispielen und zahlreichen mikroskopischen Bildern stellt die optimale Vorbereitung auf die Facharztprüfung in der Hämatologie dar. Anhand von 30 klinischen Fällen und gezielten Aufgabenstellungen...

This book covers the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in detail. It sets out the background to the Act with a description of the EU cases and conventions that shaped it and provides an in-depth guide to the legislation, including comparative...

Develop the multiple types of thinking you need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging, easy-to-understand language,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195839483Author T.K. AnandiFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika Books

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Intersectional Incoherence stages an encounter between the critical discourse on...

Biologically Inspired Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots: Design, Analysis and Control provides an extensive review of the state-of-the-art in series-parallel hybrid robots, covering all aspects of their mechatronics system design. The book highlights the...