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This book presents a comprehensive and inclusive exploration of the core essence of Chinese civilization and its deeply-rooted humanistic values. It goes beyond the surface and delves into the philosophical, ethical, and historical aspects, aiming to...

“The book’s large format and beautiful colour images make this title a worthy addition to any collection in need of information about Native American art and customs, or clothing tradition and design.” —Library Journal. More than five centuries of native...

 This volume explores how different forms of Christianity shape people's visions of pasts and futures, and how the transcendent is brought into human time. Beyond conventional discussions around breaks with the past in Christian conversion and future...

This book examines Turkey's relations with the state of Israel since its establishment in 1948. It analyses the evolution of these relations and seeks to place them within the wider historical framework of Turkey's foreign policy behavior.Book...

See the fascinating history of medicine brought to life, from its rather primitive beginnings through to the lifesaving technologies of today.Award-winning author Dr Carol Cooper takes you on a unique illustrated journey through the 12 objects that have...

A world-renowned philosopher’s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss the nature of existence, the mystery of mind, and...

The concept of implicit bias – the idea that the unconscious mind might hold and use negative evaluations of social groups that cannot be documented via explicit measures of prejudice – is a hot topic in the social and behavioral sciences. It has also...

Montaigne’s Essays were republished in France every two or three years from 1580–1669. The Fortunes of Montaigne (originally published in 1935) aims to show what those who bought these Essays during that period sought or found there.The author has...

Structural Design of Buildings: Holistic Design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The book forms part of the Structural Design of Buildings series and takes a...

As the heir apparent to the presidency in 1808, James Madison had a substantial reputation and an impressive list of credentials, including having cofounded the Democratic-Republican party with Thomas Jefferson and serving as Jefferson’s secretary of...

This book examines the nature, causes, and consequences of grand corruption, showing how it can be assessed, measured, and attacked from within and without.The volume brings together in a single, definitive text some of the best analyses on how to...

This classic text demonstrates psychodynamic theory and practices across the counselling process beginning – middle - end. This revised sixth edition includes a new preface, updated further reading sections and a new chapter covering contemporary issues...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023TIME MAGAZINE'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF...

Artificial Intelligence Technology in Healthcare: Security and Privacy Issues focusses on current issues with patients’ privacy and data security including data breaches in healthcare organizations, unauthorized access to patients’ information, and...

Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to Earth-based conceptions of justice, and the ethical issues raised.This book is the first edited...

THE BOOK BEHIND THE VIRAL TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEWAn inspiring survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution spreads across America. Xi Van Fleet lived through the...

As security professionals, we tend to get seduced by the beauty of our technology. We go to trade exhibitions filled with the latest innovations and marvel at what we see without understanding how it fits in with what we do. It’s both overwhelming and...

This book examines modernity itself. A single overarching policy recommendation is defended, namely, that the West ought not to defect from modernity’s core commitments to the sciences, market economics and liberal democracy despite the litany of...

Have you have ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about? If yes, this new book series is for you. Each book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a...

Biosecurity in the Age of Synthetic Biology is a comprehensive review of the biosecurity issues faced by the innovative and rapidly evolving field of synthetic biology. This is a meticulous review of the groundbreaking biotechnological advancements and...

The Art of Populism in US Politics investigates connections between populist politics and artistic expressions in the US in the Trump era.Beginning with comparisons between frontier populism and millennial-era populism, the author examines how citizens...

Blockchain Intelligence: Exploring AI, DeFi, Metaverses, and NFTs in the Crypto Revolution delves into the revolutionary world of blockchain technology, AI, DeFi, metaverses, and NFTs, highlighting its transformative impact across various industries...

This book investigates the role of the internet and social media in political processes in non-western and non-democratic contexts. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, the book demonstrates how activists and ordinary people deploy social media, particularly...

The Syrian regime and, in particular, the Assad clan, has managed to not only survive the Arab uprisings (unlike those in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen) but also incrementally recover lost territory, while retaining its authority over state...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782940222292Author Edward ChungFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires RomandesPublisher Presses Polytechniques et...

Originally published in 1961, this book became widely used as a textbook, as an important source of primary data on British government expenditure statistics and as the point of departure for further empirical and analytical studies of the behaviour of...

Compelling and robust, this book provides an analysis of challenges in public service outsourcing and considers how to avoid failure in the future. Crucially, it proposes a governance mechanism where outsourcing public services nurtures less extractive...

'Funny, whipsmart and devastating. Sanity on steroids for our unhinged times' – Emily Maitlis'Fantastic. Bone-numbingly upsetting in places but an exquisite analysis' – The Secret BarristerWhy does nothing work in Britain?It’s harder than ever to get a...

Thermal radiation studies have progressed rapidly, not only in theoretical and experimental exploration beyond the conventional but also in its advanced applications. This is a one-stop resource for capturing and discussing these cutting-edge...

Good Practice in REBT does exactly what it promises. It helps the Rational Emotive Behaviour therapist to pinpoint areas of good practice helping them to make progress towards becoming competent REBT practitioners. Instead of focusing on what not to do...

Originally published in 1982 and now reissued with a new Preface by Stephen Wood the contributors of this book discuss the issues surrounding the organization of labour. They use insights from industrial sociology, historical research and...

This volume on civil engineering innovations for sustainable communities with net zero targets aligns with the United Nations sustainable development goals in the context of civil engineering innovations. Major topics covered include hydrological...

This book identifies and examines the role of Baro Tumsa in clandestinely bringing together a few Oromo nationalists of diverse backgrounds from all over Oromia, the Oromo country, to establish the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) between the late 1960s and...

This textbook focuses on practical parallel C++ programming at the graduate student level. In particular, it shows the APIs and related language features in the C++ 17 and C++ 20 standards, covering both single node and distributed systems. It shows that...

Jungian Counseling and Play Therapy is a textbook for graduate-level counseling students and supervisees. It is both an introduction to Jung’s theory and a practical guide to Jungian-informed practice.Readers journey through the development of the mental...

Dramatically revised and greatly expanded, the second edition of Forensic Botany features triple the amount of images, including a 16-page color insert to aid with macro and micro identification. This edition also features new high profile cases...

This book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content. Questions and related keywords were prepared for the machine to query, discover, collate and structure by Artificial...

From a renowned Vedic scholar, leader of the Maharishi Foundations, and Harvard-trained neuroscientist: a radical new paradigm for understanding Consciousness and finding enlightenment, peace, and fulfilmentDr. Tony Nader, a renowned Vedic scholar and...

As antisemitism rages yet again, it has become impossible to talk about it truthfully. Instead we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation, accusation and bad faith. Picking apart our polarised politics, Rachel Shabi reveals the obscured and entangled...

Following up on their previous book, U.S.A. Through the Lens of Mathematics, the authors offer interesting information about all countries in the world, their history,geography, language, culture, and resources presented in the form of mathematical...