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First published in 1931, L. T. Hobhouse is an amalgamation of the late social philosopher L. T. Hobhouse’s personal life and academic work. The first part of this volume is a brief biography by Mr. J. A. Hobson, with added impressions by personal friends...

First published in 1989, Punishment examines the practice of punishment, not simply as a typical sanction employed by the state but as a pervasive feature of social organisation in both past and contemporary societies. With depth and rigour, they...

Is a diplomat’s life really as glamorous as a royal visit, or as dramatic as a coup d’état in Turkey? Leigh Turner is a former British ambassador who led posts in Ukraine, Turkey and Austria. In this witty globe-trotting adventure through one of the most...

First published in 1986, Agrarian Change in Egypt based on extensive original research as well as field survey of eighteen villages, analyses and explains the changes in the agricultural sector in Egypt. It shows how various policies and other factors...

This open access book provides the first in-depth study of the development of federal gender equality politics and policy in Australia from the 1970s to the present day. Australia has a history of gender equality innovation, including granting women's...

First published in 1977, Emotion, Thought and Therapy is a study of Hume and Spinoza and the relationship of philosophical theories of the emotions to psychological theories of therapy. Jerome Neu argues that the Spinozists are closer to the truth; that...

The essential health behavior text, updated with the latest theories, research, and issues Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides a thorough introduction to understanding and changing health behavior—important facets of the public health...

Learn all about GitLab administration, the open-source DevOps platform helping millions develop and deploy safe and secure software. This book is designed to be your one-stop shop to get up and running with complete ease. Start with the basics like...

The world has been witnessing an accelerating momentum toward carbon neutrality, with almost all major countries onboard. The stakes are extremely high with over US$100 trillion in investments needed to achieve net zero emissions. This book delves into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610027731Author American Academy of Pediatrics (Aap)Format PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint American Academy of PediatricsPublisher American Academy of...

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second EAI International Conference on Pervasive Knowledge and Collective Intelligence on Web and Social Media, PerSOM 2023, which took place in Hyderabad, India, during November 24–25, 2023. The 28...

The two-volume proceedings set LNCS 14762 and 14763 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2024, held in Turin, Italy, in June 25–27, 2024. The 35 full...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789451047Author Nathalie PinèdeFormat HardbackPage Count 358Imprint ISTE LtdPublisher ISTE Ltd

A rare snapshot of life in women’s prisons which describes food as a socio-cultural experience. Refreshingly new for penal observers and of interest to women’s support groups everywhere. Resourceful, instructive, innovative.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence, ICACI 2023, held in Hyderabad, India, during December 15–16, 2023. The 7 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th China National Conference on Big Data and Social Computing, BDSC 2024, held in Harbin, China, during August 8–10, 2024.The 28 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802363685Author Julie PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Straightforward PublishingPublisher Straightforward Publishing

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full...

An intriguing portrait of persistent plants with deep roots that have survived eons on earth, featuring exquisite watercolors and numerous color photos.Plants are tenacious organisms. Their green ancestors were among the earliest living beings on Earth,...

Build a robust cybersecurity program that adapts to the constantly evolving threat landscape Key Features Gain a deep understanding of the current state of cybersecurity, including insights into the latest threats such as Ransomware and AI Lay the...

The two-volume set LNBIP 518 and 519 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2023, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, during April 2023.  The 30 full papers...

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This book discusses in great detail the best theory of gravitation known to date: Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Based on this theory, Gravitation examines compact objects (including white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes) and...

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“[I]f humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on sovereignty, how should we respond to a Rwanda, to a Srebrenica—to gross and systematic violations of human rights that offend every precept of our common humanity?” – Kofi Annan This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119932512Author SharawiFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 666g

At the beginning of 2022, after eight years of political reporting in the US, Jon Sopel returned home to the UK – and having spent almost a third of his career abroad, he found a very different place to the one he left. In Strangeland, his first book...

Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever adaptation to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in impossible places and still sustain life and livelihoods in many countries today. After 30 years of...

Standardized assessment criteria covering all essential skills from the nine areas required by the American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities The newly revised and updated Fourth Edition of...

John Leslie Mackie (1917-1981) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His published works spanned many areas, but he is not well known as a political philosopher. In the late 1970s, however, Mackie turned his attention to...

Bringing together leading as well as emerging scholars involved in research on sport and body, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Sport invokes the postcolonial sporting body to understand the long history of contemporary practices of play as...

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit is famed for its account of the problem of recognition. Yet while readers agree about the importance of its influential accounts of the struggle to the death and the master/slave relation in developing that problem, there...

Alongside the diplomatic struggles of the early Cold War, European politicians worked to shape emotions about the postwar order—advocating fear of communism and hope for postwar recovery. In this context, the French Empire in North Africa emerged as one...

The authoritative presentation of social skills training (SST)--a highly effective, recovery-oriented intervention for people with serious mental illness--the third edition of this complete manual has been significantly revised with over 60% new material...

People with bipolar disorder (BD) face loads of everyday challenges as they work to build the full lives they want. No one is better suited to provide empowering, practical problem-solving help than leading clinician-researcher and bipolar expert David J...

A sea-going scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on EarthThe open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the sea floor, is a vast and formidable habitat that is home to the most abundant life on our planet,...

First Published in 1943, American Labour presents a comprehensive story of the American trade union movement. The book discusses important themes like United States versus the workers; progress of unionization; labour and the new deal; industrial unions;...