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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, first published in 1905, provides an extraordinary account of the political corruption and profiteering of George Washington Plunkitt, a long-time district leader in the New York Democratic Party's political machine in Manhattan...

Dispelling the notion of "generative" AINeural networks are designed to dissolve all media into the vector space-a universal space of commensurability. In Vector Media, Leonardo Impett and Fabian Offert parse theories of automatic vision to trace...

Human-Centered Automation (HCA) is becoming indispensable for organizations seeking to implement AI-driven systems, robotic process automation, and other advanced tools while keeping human needs at the core. Despite the widespread adoption of automation,...

This book addresses the issue of non-recent child sex abuse and its long-termimpact on adult survivors from a broadly psychodynamic perspective.Non-recent CSA is not a subject that can or should be confined to theclinical arena. It has legal, welfare and...

Tse and co-authors take a multidisciplinary approach to address the complex issues facing the sustainable and robust management of modern power grids - particularly the integration of renewable energy, artificial intelligence, and cyber networks - and...

Writing Archaeology, third edition, provides a concise and engaging guide to writing about archaeology in many formats from America's best-known author of popular and academic archaeology books.Utilizing decades of experience, Brian Fagan provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476698922Author Richard EstepFormat PaperbackPage Count 139Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc

This book is designed for graduate students in applied and computational mathematics and is also accessible to students in engineering and computer science. It serves as a textbook for an introductory graduate-level course on numerical methods for...

Technologies for Soil and Water Pollution Remediation explores advanced microbial methods and practical solutions for effectively addressing soil and water contamination. The book addresses critical issues in soil and water pollution while outlining the...

A Sociology of International Investment Law applies methods associated with the sociologist Max Weber to illuminate aspects of international investment law - a regime made up of thousands of treaties that protect foreign investors from state action...

This essential study guide covers the key material for your Scottish contract law course. It provides a clear and concise introduction to the basics of the law of contract in Scotland, from what a contract is to how they are formed, terminated and...

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, first published in 1905, provides an extraordinary account of the political corruption and profiteering of George Washington Plunkitt, a long-time district leader in the New York Democratic Party's political machine in Manhattan...

How AI is rewiring our social fabric-and how we can better shape our future. The age of AI is not what you think. Rather than ushering in a fourth Industrial Revolution, AI has become a crucial social infrastructure of everyday life. It's embedded in the...

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High Lands, Pure Earth foregrounds Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in China's late-reform period. In the twenty-first century, China's accelerated urbanization has transformed the Tibetan Plateau. Yet Tibetan urban experiences continue to be...

Post-Soviet Eurasia continues to puzzle observers, defying expectations of experts. Most Russia watchers failed to predict the full-scale invasion against Ukraine in 2022, and this failure triggered intensive debates and multiple rounds of...

For decades, feminists have been educating young people about healthy sexual interactions, promoting the benefits of affirmative consent. College students know that "Yes means yes!" Yet rates of sexual assault on college campuses remain stable. What's...

Green nanotechnology is an emerging approach that provides ways based on green synthesis to create nanoscale structures. Over the past years, it has set a new generation for producing smart, eco-friendly, cost-effective, and safety-engineered...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of intricate mechanisms of virulence, antimicrobial resistance, immune evasion, and biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus. It provides insights into mechanisms by which S. aureus acquires and sustains drug...

Crocus sativus L. (family-Iridaceae) or Saffron is often called "Red Gold or Gold Condiment" due it's appealing flavour, aroma and its high value. This volume provides a comprehensive overview on saffron cultivation and ecology, genetics and...

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Historically, the psychology of ignorance has been under-explored, despite being a topic of great importance to anyone wishing to understand human behaviour. In this volume, Smithson develops foundations for a psychology of ignorance by providing an...

Flourishing Together: Karl Marx's Vision of the Good Society provides a novel interpretation of Marx's vision of the good society that sees self-realization in work as a vital component of human flourishing. The core idea is that people realize...

"[The] written style is admirably clear, conversational and free from jargon ... It will be of immense interest to anybody with a general interest in UK law, politics and history." Times Higher EducationThis engaging, authoritative text has, since its...

From the Renaissance Wunderkammern to today's CAD/CAM digital studiolo, this book traces the enduring presence of wonder as a lens for exploring the contemporary landscape of technosciences. The Cabinets of Curiosities of the past resurface as guiding...

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history and impact of Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which was founded in 1920 and has been based in St. James's Square, central London, since 1923. Chatham...

Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers comprehensive legal coverage and insightful analysis alongside expertly selected extracts from key cases and academic sources. Jonathan Herring's unique approach of separating out the doctrinal and...

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Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Fourteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their...

What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all.An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together...

What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all.An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together...

This book investigates human behavior within the aviation sector. Authored by a experienced aviation psychologist, it reveals the complexities of human performance in flight operations. From understanding the question of how human factors shape aviation...

This comprehensive book explores fluid-particle interaction processes in environmental engineering, combining theoretical foundations with advanced numerical simulation techniques. Covering eight key areas from particle agglomeration to membrane fouling,...

As the global demand for sustainable and nutrient-rich crops grows, pseudocereals are emerging as a valuable alternative to traditional cereals. This book brings together recent scientific advances and practical insights on the chemistry, nutritional...

The unorganized sector-encompassing agriculture, construction, small-scale manufacturing, healthcare, vending, and service-oriented workforces-remains the backbone of many economies worldwide. Yet, workers in this sector often operate in hazardous...

Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was, without question, a major figure in international politics during the second half of the twentieth century and early years of the twenty-first. Undisputed leader of the Cuban Revolution, influential statesman within the...

We commonly believe that communication is successful when a hearer grasps what a speaker means. But Abe can assert "Sam is tall" without having any definite intention about how tall one must be to count as "tall," and Bertha can understand his assertion...

This book covers both the fundamentals and recent advancements in Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) technology, including developments in machine tools, process capabilities, subsystems, electrodes and dielectrics, control units, and more. It also...

This book brings research on taxonomy and natural kinds from the philosophy of science to bear on the science of perception. It defends a novel version of the property cluster view of natural kinds and uses it to explore many puzzling features of...

Silent Struggles delves into the complex ways individuals experiencing homelessness shape - and are often excluded from - policy-making processes. Through a compelling comparative study of Melbourne and Toronto, this book uncovers both the failures of...