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To defeat demagogues like Donald Trump, citizens must vote to defend democracy, otherwise it will not be there to defend them. Taking off from Max Weber's 'Vocation Lectures,' David Ricci's Defending Democracy therefore explores the idea of 'citizenship...

In the decades after Reconstruction, African Americans were systematically removed from the electorate in the American South using tools such as poll taxes and literacy tests. Stolen Representation draws on significant amounts of new historical data to...

Using a welcoming and conversational style, this Student's Guide takes readers on a tour of the laws of thermodynamics, highlighting their importance for a wide range of disciplines. It will be a valuable resource for self-guided learners, students, and...

Using a welcoming and conversational style, this Student's Guide takes readers on a tour of the laws of thermodynamics, highlighting their importance for a wide range of disciplines. It will be a valuable resource for self-guided learners, students, and...

In the decades after Reconstruction, African Americans were systematically removed from the electorate in the American South using tools such as poll taxes and literacy tests. Stolen Representation draws on significant amounts of new historical data to...

Healthcare organizations face ongoing challenges, including staff shortages, high rates of burnout, and a complex regulatory and financial environment. This book is among the first of its kind to introduce Polyvagal Theory (PVT), and how it explains...

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Nadler, a fascinating historical and philosophical narrative that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheistIn 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the...

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Read the fascinating accounts of more than 30 sensational crimes that occurred in Minnesota between 1859 and modern times. A bank robbery gone wrong, a murder for hire, the kidnappings of two beer barons-sometimes the truth is stranger, more shocking,...

Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Chemistry is the perfect introduction for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge.This book covers the core concepts of chemistry in a fresh and accessible way – from the structure...

An incisive examination of free speech's global decline and a framework for preserving expression in democratic societies.The Future of Free Speech confronts a stark truth: the right to speak freely is under siege. Once celebrated as a cornerstone of...

The trusted guide to honing your public policy writing skills and making a significant impact on the world, thoroughly updated and expanded.Effective policy writing holds the transformative power to inspire action, shape public opinion, and influence...

'Eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply enjoyable, What is Free Speech? is a work of great profundity and brilliance’ William DalrympleA fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time‘Free Speech!’ is a clarion call...

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A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their country’s system of governance is being “tested” or is...

From the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the makingHow did the world as we know it—from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe and...

A comprehensive collection of best practices in public health education.In an era shaped by the seismic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and politically derived challenges, the second volume of Teaching Public Health offers a timely and essential...

Title 30 presents regulations governing mineral lands and mining applied by the United States Bureau of Mines.Title 30 presents regulations governing mineral lands and mining applied by the United States Bureau of Mines.About the AuthorThe CFRs are...

Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration;...

This comprehensive guide examines the role of fascial dysfunction in hypermobility disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. It applies cutting-edge research on fascia pathology to the symptom-focused sphere of...

Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration;...

How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortalityWhen the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945861093Author Annie McClanahan Annie McClanahanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books

Bridging everyday social work with systemic theory, this book translates familiar ideas into purposeful, intentional and relational practice.Systemic social work is an understanding that we do not work with problem people or problem families. Rather, the...

Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs. These regulations encompass food and drugs for human and...

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are...

'Searingly honest . . . compelling, hard to read and hard to put down' Literary Review'A frank and moving story . . . an urgent plea' Telegraph‘Who speaks? Who is able to make themselves heard? And if this fundamental political gesture remains...

What turns idealists into assassins? Personas of Revolutionary Terror explores the lives, writings, and public images of Russia’s revolutionary terrorists before 1917, tracing how self-sacrifice and violence fused into a compelling revolutionary identity...

Inspiring stories of individuals who shaped prevention as a public good.What drives someone to challenge the status quo to prevent disaster? In The Preventioneers, Barry R. Davis chronicles the work of bold individuals who recognized the warning signs of...

How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in...

Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593855003Author Julia MinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 442g

How modern epidemiology was born through the unlikely rise of the plague rat.Today, rats are nearly synonymous with plague, but this association is surprisingly recent. For centuries, plague devastated populations without being linked to animals. So how...

Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have...

This tutorial guide introduces online nonstochastic control, an emerging paradigm in control of dynamical systems and differentiable reinforcement learning that applies techniques from online convex optimization and convex relaxations to obtain new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226750064Author Emily DuftonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557789518Author Gary GindlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Paragon House PublishersPublisher Paragon House Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374617974Author Adam PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629223285Author Shannon FrenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint University of Akron PressPublisher University of Akron Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629223223Author Dale ButlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 221Imprint University of Akron PressPublisher University of Akron Press