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In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use...

In this major new contribution to Heidegger studies, Christopher Fynsk provides an original account of Heidegger’s reflections on art, and in particular the poetic work of art, to explore the central yet overlooked Heideggerian idea that all art has a...

Explore the modern Java development landscape with this expert guide In Real-World Java: Navigating the Java Ecosystem, a pair of seasoned Java developers delivers a concise handbook for mastering the essential tools and frameworks prevalent in today's...

This volume covers the cultural history of race in ‘the long 19th century’ – the age of empire and nation-state, a transformative period during which a modern world had been forged and complex and hierarchical imperial formations were challenged by the...

Showcasing the Optimal, Maximal, Incremental and Threshold (O.M.I.T.) and Accelerate the Curve (A.T.C.) models, this book offers a solid understanding of high performance and how to improve it.The concept of marginal gains is well known – make small...

Organisationen produzieren vielfältige Bewertungen von Personen. Der Band fragt nach Funktionen und Folgen organisierter Personenbewertung und danach, wie der Organisationskontext Personenbewertung prägt. Bewertungssoziologisch geht der Band der...

Inspired by decolonial thinking, this book challenges romantic images of Y Wladfa, the Welsh Patagonian settlement founded in 1865. Drawing on archival sources written in Spanish, Welsh and English, it exposes the complex human relationships of this...

Covering the full spectrum of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and facial plastic surgery, Handbook of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 3rd Edition, is packed with must-know information while remaining conveniently portable. A reader-friendly...

By developing a new ontological argument for the existence of God, Joshua R. Sijuwade presents an innovative approach that enriches the existing discourse with fresh insights and a contemporary perspective. The ontological argument seeks to demonstrate...

People who are “on the move,” particularly migrants and the displaced, often inhabit places that are considered temporary, peripheral, and remote. (Un)Settling Place recentralizes these “out-of-the-way” places as key sites in the shaping of people’s...

Today a new kind of freedom fighter has emerged in our midst: liberal and open-minded, these individuals champion liberty and resent the imposition of more and more rules and exhortations that constrain their freedom. They are angry, disgruntled,...

Adults 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the population worldwide, which means there will be more people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Written at a resident level, the Primer on Dementia provides early career...

Supermarktketten produzieren jedes Jahr zu Weihnachten eigene Werbespots. Diese greifen aktuelle gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen auf und inszenieren diese sozialkritisch. Von Fragen des Umgangs mit Künstlicher Intelligenz bis hin zu den Folgen von Corona...

The period between the 16th and 18th centuries witnessed the expansion of European travel, trade and colonization around the globe, resulting in greatly increased contact between Westerners and peoples throughout the rest of the world. With the rise of...

This pragmatic guide describes tested ways to adapt motivational interviewing (MI) to optimize outcomes when practitioner and client come from different cultural backgrounds; in particular, when clients are members of marginalized groups. Using rich...

A new era in Alzheimer research: Pathogenesis, Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment is focused on research and perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease offering an update on the challenging aspects of neurodegenerative disorders. Each chapter contains unique...

Non-Newtonian Flow and Applied Rheology: Engineering Applications bridges the gap between the theoretical work of the rheologist, and the practical needs of those who have to design and operate the systems in which these materials are handled or...

More and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism.More and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders.Young people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world.Distress...

The past is always an interpretive act from the lens of the present. Through the lens of critical race theory, the essays collected here explore new analytical models, theoretical frameworks, and methodological approaches in attempting to reimagine the...

In 1980, single mother families were five times more likely than two-parent families to be poor. Forty years later, single-mother families are still five times more likely to be poor. How can this be given the vast increases in education and employment...

This book provides the most complete history of the Regency Acts and Counsellors of State ever undertaken. Using documents from the National Archives, the book outlines why the position was created in the early 20th century, how the question of a...

This textbook introduces space vehicle maneuvering, propulsion, dynamics and control, and discusses the space environment and its influence on the spacecraft propulsion system. This is followed by an in depth description of Keplerian celestial mechanics,...

Statistics without Maths for Psychology 9th edition by John Reidy and Christine Dancey is an essential and accessible guide to Statistics for Psychology. The no-nonsense, straight-forward approach of this trusted textbook breaks down the key...

Offering a thorough, accessible overview of the basic science and clinical data regarding the virus that causes COVID-19, Molecular Biology of SARS-CoV-2 is an excellent resource for researchers, clinical scientists, physicians, and students. This volume...

This book involves establishing a set of priorities and a roadmap that can guide scholarly and practical efforts towards sustainability goals. It encourages collaboration across disciplines to address complex sustainability issues that span social,...

This new edition covers everything students need to know about the key institutions, people, parties and policies in Russian government and politics, as well as covering political behaviour, participation and communication. Revised to offer coverage and...

Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and CNS Disorders: Recent Progress and Perspectives on Human Disease summarizes the main findings on gut-brain axis in different types of CNS disorders providing a complete overview of the field. The content helps unravel the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761346378Author Anastasia HronisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Learn from the wisdom of the ancients with this practical workbook filled with more than 100 unique writing prompts and exercises, plus inspirational quotes.“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can choose how we react to them.” This...

The era generally referred to as antiquity lasted for thousands of years and was characterized by a diverse range of peoples and cultural systems. This volume explores some of the specific ways race was defined and mobilized by different groups—including...

The unique compendium provides a broad up-to-date perspective on THz science and technology — enabling technology for 6G communication, detection of biological and chemical hazardous agents, cancer detection, monitoring of industrial processes and...

Optics of the Moon presents methods for interpreting optics of surfaces on the Moon with complicated structures. For example, the book illustrates how phase-ratio techniques can lead to the detection of surface structure anomalies, describes polarimetric...

In the 1980s feminist geography offered a stimulating new approach to the subject, providing fresh perspectives on traditional areas of the discipline. Originally published in 1984, the authors of Geography and Gender, members of the Women and Geography...

For billions of years, nature has provided efficient solutions to complex problems, by means of natural selection, in a harsh environment that only the fittest organisms survived. Such sustainable – still ruthless – driven evolution can be explored by...

Imagining Alternative Worlds explores how the far right employs fictionality as a powerful political tool in the 21st century.It does so by examining the far-right's own cultural commentary through a large collection of its novels, novellas, short...

Preserving good skin condition has significant quality of life implications for diabetic patients, especially for those suffering from related ulcers or diabetic foot syndrome (DFS). This timely work on the cutaneous manifestations of diabetes offers an...

When Socrates was standing before the Athenian tribunal in 399 BC, he said in his defence that the opponents he feared most were the invisible ones, those who had been spreading rumors against him for years but none of whom were being brought to court –...

Großsein ist großartig. Körpergröße ist ungeheuer wichtig. Wer groß ist, erscheint kompetent, verdient mehr Geld, nimmt bevorzugte Positionen in der Gesellschaft ein. Wer auf andere herabschauen kann, wirkt nicht nur auf seine Mitmenschen dominant,...

Combining detailed legal analysis with commercial guidance, this book examines the law relating to good faith in commercial contracts and the practical, procedural and legal issues that arise in respect of this often contentious area. Christina Perry...

This book leads the reader from the well-established wave description of polaritons to their particle description to quantify the polariton contribution to the heat transport along polar and metallic nanofilms, nanowires, and cavities. Over the last few...