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Other Networks is writer and researcher Lori Emerson’s index of telecommunications networks that existed before and outside of the internet.The internet as we know it is not a foregone conclusion. Indeed, the present corporatized, monolithic, surveilled...

According to UNESCO's definition, heritage is ‘our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations’. While exemplary inclusive, it does not embrace the bulging unruly and obnoxious legacies that now haunt us, and...

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439925812Author Katherine A. PhelpsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

This book focuses on classification and category of etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and orthopedic principles of different types of limb deformities in China. The relativity of the definition of limb deformity, the cognitive history of...

This study is unique for its anti-essentialist approach to the recent political crisis between Catalonia and Spain. Through a blending of post-Marxist and Lacanian discourse-analysis, it tackles the ontological foundations of the post-1978 status quo...

This book suggests a new direction for the old and lately vigorous debate about whether there is a moral obligation to obey the law. It argues that the imposition of unnecessary conditions has misdirected the search for such an obligation. These...

The last ten years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in socialist theory and politics. As a recent Washington Post op-ed put it, “We are living in a new social democratic moment”. People are increasingly drawn to Marxist theory but find it...

This one-stop resource explores the leading child welfare issues facing the USA today, as well as the laws, programs, and policy prescriptions that have been implemented or suggested to address pressing child welfare problems. In doing so, the book...

Get started with your data science career with in-depth explanations of key concepts, real-world applications, and career advice Key Features Conquer all essential data analysis techniques using real-world examples, case studies, and hands-on exercises...

Martin Heidegger, Gilbert Simondon, and Bernard Stiegler each argued in their own way that, ever since its inception in ancient Greece, western philosophy is incapable of thinking technics, which reaches its clearest expression in the philosophy of...

Introduction to Emergency Management, Eighth Edition sets the standard for excellence in the field and has educated a generation of emergency management professionals. This trusted resource provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts in emergency...

A brief but engaging look at love.In Love, researcher Anne Marie Pahuus explores the fascinating dimensions of this complicated and alluring feeling. Defining love as a mixture of warm emotions fueled by our wish to be with another person, Pahuus...

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most controversial experiments in police surveillance.  In 2020, the Baltimore Police Department had an aerial surveillance plane that could supposedly photograph and track every person in public...

A cutting-edge study of marriage’s transformative effects on same-sex relationships. It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, marriage remains a profound institutional force that...

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439925690Author George YanceyFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816553358Author Brenda J. BowserFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 454g

What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist...

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439925539Author Steven DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

This book looks at regulation, policy and implementation of framework agreements, supplier lists and other similar public procurement tools, with a strategic and pragmatic perspective. Whilst procurements of huge volumes and value are performed worldwide...

From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines Opening up the instrumental condition of the human for critical reflection and renewal, Instrumentality illuminates key...

This book is your indispensable guide to the core of Snowflake's SQL API, providing a comprehensive understanding of how to harness the full potential of this powerful tool. In today's data-driven world, organizations require robust, flexible, and...

Because whiteness is not a given for Brazilians in the U.S., some immigrants actively construct it as a protective mechanism against the stigma normally associated with illegality. In The Borders of Privilege, Kara Cebulko tells the stories of a group of...

A searing portrait of young Black people's day-to-day lives growing up in marginalized communities—and how to help.In underserved communities across the United States, violence, food insecurity, unstable housing, lead poisoning, and other factors such as...

A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein's thought yet compiled, this volume of fifty newly commissioned essays by leading interpreters of his philosophy is a keynote addition to the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy...

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. Unprecedented numbers of young people are in crisis today, and our health care...

How the world’s largest e-commerce market highlights a digital path to developmentHow do states build vital institutions for market development? Too often, governments confront technical or political barriers to providing the rule of law, contract...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985430271Author Leon WieseltierFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Liberties JournalPublisher Liberties Journal

How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of...

This unique comprehensive compendium provides extensive studies on reversible cellular automata (RCAs), exhibiting a wide range of interesting phenomena similar to the Game-of-Life, a well-known irreversible CA.The useful reference text also introduces...

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.Mal-Nutrition documents how maternal health interventions in Guatemala are complicit...

Covering 16 Asian jurisdictions – representing differing stages in the development of data protection regulatory systems – this book offers an in-depth, cross-jurisdictional commentary on the developing world of Asian privacy and personal data...

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of...

Introductory course textbook on signals and systems with numerous examples and code snippets implemented in Python Supported by code examples, Signals and Systems: Theory and Practical Explorations with Python is a textbook resource for a complete...

During the 1930s and 1940s, Jews in the Middle East took part in extensive debates on fascism in the public sphere. How did the rise of fascism impact the ways in which Jews in the region envisioned the past, present and future? Confronting Fascism in...

One of the few books on Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), this book contains both qualitative theory, allowing students to analyze the solutions without obtaining formulas, and methods and techniques for obtaining formulas. It features friendly...

The compendium provides an introduction to the theory of deep learning, from basic principles of neural network modeling and optimization to more advanced topics of neural networks as Gaussian processes, neural tangent and information theory.This unique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816554102Author Kristina BainesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888571453Author Karim AlizadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Casemate PublishersPublisher Casemate Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784537753Author Sanford HenryFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint I.B. TaurisPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119754442Author Lawrence ImpeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd