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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.Transgender-responsive policies might seem like a radical new idea for prisons, but...

Britain is complacent about corruption. We are used to thinking of ourselves as firm defenders of fairness and the rule of law. But our institutions have never been more corrupt, from scandals in parliament and local government to crises in housing and...

Streaming Privilege examines how contemporary serial television helps legitimise today's "new Gilded Age" of extreme inequality. Through sharp cultural analysis, the book reveals popular culture's fixation on wealth and dynastic families, and how these...

Exploring where animality meets digital media in the shadow of climate crisisDigital Animalities is a groundbreaking investigation into the entanglements of animal life, media infrastructures, and digital technologies in a time of environmental precarity...

Historians of political thought interested in partisanship have long privileged the perspective of male canonical thinkers. Scholars have turned to Thucydides and Plato for insights on stasis, Aristotle on civic friendship, Niccolo Machiavelli on...

Asserts how Black artists and activists developed a disability consciousness in response to racialized disabling experiences in the early to mid-twentieth centuryBlack Crip Modern uncovers how early twentieth-century Black writers, artists, and activists...

During the Jim Crow era, Black activists appealed to a diverse population of migrating Black Americans by making them viscerally feel that the threat of anti-Black violence continued to afflict them as a group and to undergird blackness itself. To this...

Ming Dong Gu bridges the divide between Chinese and Western thought. He does this by addressing key topics that have been of enduring interest to thinkers, scholars and intellectuals in an effort to bring about the fusion of horizons between Chinese and...

The theory of computation is often viewed as one of the most abstract areas of computer science, mostly reserved for university courses. Yet its ideas power much of modern software: from regular expressions and compilers to animation systems and game AI...

This book explores the blend of metaheuristic optimization algorithms and fuzzy decision-making paradigms to reinforce supply chain sustainability and viability. The combination of mathematical and metaheuristic optimization methods based on natural...

With nearly half a million Iranian Americans living in and around Los Angeles, Southern California is home to more Iranians than anywhere outside Iran. Although many community members identify as secular, stereotypes characterize Iranian Americans, like...

Armed conflict today involves a plethora of non-State actors including armed groups, private military companies, and hackers operating in the cyber domain. Frequently, these non-State actors act in a way that violates international law, for example by...

Mount House Press is thrilled to announce the release of Strong Medicine: A Doctor's Reflections on Life and Death, a captivating new book by Dr Elisabeth Macdonald. This memoir offers an intimate glimpse into the life and career of a distinguished...

Climate change, biodiversity loss and soil degradation are three interlinked crises that threaten our very existence - and they all converge in agriculture. It's clear, the way we produce food and farm must change. When Benedikt Boesel took over his...

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of how advanced intelligent geospatial technologies are transforming the way we record, register, manage, and use land. It explains the basics of intelligent land administration systems, explores new...

In this innovative and novel text, Rosa Spagnolo draws on her decades of experience to explore the ever-increasing relationship between psychoanalysis and modern neuroscience.Drawing on complex neuroscientific work and presenting it in an accessible and...

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...

Gravity by David Howe offers a playful look at one of nature's fundamental forcers as it governs so much of everyday life, from apples falling to skiers descending, from water clocks trickling to sewage flowing. Head on a journey of discovery down rivers...

Qualitative methods are increasingly seen as key to addressing critical public health problems. How should instructors introduce qualitative methods to public health students and prepare them to conduct and critically engage in a meaningful way? Teaching...

The face: our most distinguishing feature, but one which remains alien to us and which hides as much as it reveals. The slightest variation in characteristics is enough to distinguish one physiognomy from another, to determine identity and to draw a line...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life examines how the right to blow the whistle is regulated across various national contexts. With contributors from...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Knowledge is constantly on the move, yet it often resists travelling smoothly between disciplines, institutions and communities. This book examines why the movement of knowledge can be so...

This volume contains an Open Access chapter. This edited collection showcases the usefulness of symbolic interactionism in examining concurrent social issues which demand researchers' attention - symbolic interactionists demonstrate their roots in...

In an industry that often lacks representation, "Dark Faces in Cyber Places" shines a bright spotlight on the remarkable journeys of prominent cybersecurity CEOs, CISOs, and senior executives who have risen to the top, defying stereotypes and shattering...

Understand data analysis pipelines using machine learning algorithms and techniques with this practical guide Key Features Prepare and clean your data to use it for exploratory analysis, data manipulation, and data wrangling Discover supervised,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398864788Author Maurice MaeterlinckFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 216g

Claude Buffier: Common Sense, Metaphysics, and Sociability ventures into the largely unexplored territory of his philosophical contributions to early modern thought, unlocking the complexity of his ideas while situating him within the broader context of...

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Highlights crime eyewitnesses who use digital technologies to record, share, and watch crime onlineIn the digital age, crime and efforts to control crime have been transformed by the ability of ordinary citizens to "witness" crime remotely and intervene...

This volume offers the first systematic account of Japanese international legal theory, tracing more than a century of scholarship across thirteen influential thinkers. Edited by leading Japanese scholars, it examines how theorists working outside...

The second edition of The Prevention Specialist Exam Study Guide is a completely re-envisioned resource for today's prevention professional, reflecting the field's rapid evolution, the latest 2024 IC&RC Prevention Specialist Certification blueprint, and...

This book bridges a critical gap between reading research and school-based practice, providing practitioners and students with up-to-date tools to understand, identify, and intervene with students with dyslexia. Grounded in the science of reading, the...

If you've always wanted to animate your own characters, this is where you start.The Animator's Blueprint: The Beginner's Guide to Mastering Moho walks you step by step through how to design, rig, and animate using Moho's professional tools and workflows...

Cinematic nightscapes explores how the darkness of night in contemporary Cuba becomes a powerful site for political expression, cultural imagination and artistic experimentation. As the rhythms of the day give way to night, a different Cuba emerges, one...

In the three decades since the rise of the global internet, digitalization has transformed how media are made, circulated, and consumed - reshaping culture on a planetary scale. Yet the story of global media is not one of seamless connection or cultural...

Highlights crime eyewitnesses who use digital technologies to record, share, and watch crime onlineIn the digital age, crime and efforts to control crime have been transformed by the ability of ordinary citizens to "witness" crime remotely and intervene...

Historically, autism has been viewed as an immutable condition, and those who live with the diagnosis considered doomed to perpetually struggle to connect with others or develop flexibility. But with the advent of strengths-based approaches to autism,...

Modern taxonomic studies have created a revolution in the genetic sequencing of bird families and have resulted in confusing changes to the names of many species, particularly in the scientific nomenclature. This book presents all the birds of the...

Digital Equity Ecosystems introduces readers to the groundswell of community coalitions that work to alleviate technological inequity and social injustice. Through a comprehensive review of theories and concepts across the fields of information,...

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.Public Law in a Hybrid State presents a broad sociological analysis of legal...