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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438499499Author Matthias FritschFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Take a new look at the world around you.What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth so special?Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries. Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Solar System will...

Multiple times a day, in cities across the US and beyond, a simple yet powerful message is repeated by the well-meaning, the ignorant, and the bigoted: “don’t go” – avoid at all costs those Black and Brown disinvested neighborhoods that have become...

Staging Tianxia explores the ancient Chinese vision of world order known as tianxia (all under heaven) by focusing on the historical, performative, and rhetorical processes of expressive arts and cultural heritages that inform a vision of China as a...

Decoding conspiracy thinking at the nexus of sexuality, Freemasonry, and the occult. In this book, anthropologists Rogers Orock and Peter Geschiere examine the moral panic over a perceived rise in homosexuality that engulfed Cameroon and Gabon beginning...

Civil-military relations in the Global South are both important and understudied. In practice, this leads to international programmes repeatedly, erroneously assuming that the only way to restore stability, development and peace in post-conflict and...

The exponential increase of the Internet of Things (IoTs) has revolutionized lives, but it has also resulted in massive resource consumption and environmental pollution. In conjunction with Green IoTs (GioTs), there is a parallel effort to create highly...

Hannah Arendt's work inspires many to stand in solidarity against authoritarianism, racial or gender-based violence, climate change, and right-wing populism. But what if a careful analysis of her oeuvre reveals a darker side to this intellectual legacy?...

A sitting federal judge’s lively and provocative recounting of six cases, to make the argument for revisiting overly punitive sentences Murderous mafia capos. The police officer who brutalized Abner Louima. A purveyor of child pornography. These are some...

Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations. The book interrogates the idea that the secular and the religious are distinct categories, and more specifically that human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578598052Author Charles LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039055971Author Christina SharpeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Knopf CanadaPublisher Random House Canada

A revolutionary, science-based look at the ways nature can improve our lives that will do for the natural world what Tim Spector’s Food for Life did for food. Fifteen years ago, University of Oxford Professor Kathy Willis read a study that radically...

Even as growing polarization and hyper-partisanship define society and politics at home, American leaders seem to agree on one thing: U.S. military dominance abroad is essential for national security and international stability. This is despite an...

Confidently design attractive magazines, books, flyers, brochures, business cards, eBooks, and more through a unique and project-based learning approach with complementary video tutorials divulged by an Adobe Certified Expert, Instructor, Community...

Polarizing images of authoritarian, socialist or culturalist otherness compromise analyses of the Chinese state. Still, such images produce effects beyond academia when they inform performances of the boundaries between state and non-state. This book...

The growing chasm between rich and poor, within societies and between nations, has enormous implications not only for people’s well-being and life chances but for the prospects for democracy throughout the world. From the interpersonal to the societal...

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The mental health system is in trouble. Most people who need help are receiving inadequate treatment, years behind the latest thinking. This life-changing book reveals what really works, and how it can help you.Spurred into researching this topic...

Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the ‘medical triangle’ according to one of the texts attributed to Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor. This volume, covering a period from roughly 800 BCE to 800 CE, examines and...

An innovative collection of comedic stories by the original “Renaissance man.”Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) was among the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance. His extraordinary range of abilities as a writer, architect, art theorist, and...

This essential guide encompasses over 160 pivotal papers critical for doctors preparing for postgraduate exams in intensive care, interviews, or commencing an intensive care rotation. Chosen for their educational merit and significant influence on...

When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described “hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn’s disease and tinnitus,” there was no returning to “normal”. Suddenly well-meaning people called her an “inspiration” while grocery...

The first complete English translation of a controversial Renaissance debate centering moral questions on power and leadership.Poggio Bracciolini was a prominent scholar-official of the early Renaissance and a leading representative of Florentine...

In the second edition of Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Jorge Duany unravels the fascinating and turbulent past and present of an island that is politically and economically tied to the United States, yet culturally distinct. Acquired by the...

Tracing the narratives of five incarcerated individuals, Corridors of Contagion speaks to the devastating impact of surviving the pandemic inside prison walls.  Corridors of Contagion brings to light the experiences of five people incarcerated across the...

Why are first impressions so powerful? How do we “know” what others are like when we cannot read their minds? How can scientists measure biases that people do not want to admit--or do not know they have? This engaging text delves into social cognition by...

Foreign Policy, Most Anticipated Books of 2024A stunning investigation and indictment of the elements in United States' foreign lobbying industry and the threat they pose to democracy.For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the...

Exploring the difficult and contested sites of deindustrialized society on the brink of transformation to either heritage or wasteland, this volume looks at the creative ways that such sites are (re)used and suggests that they are not always merely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781098160920Author Kerrie HolleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint O'Reilly MediaPublisher O'Reilly Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680458091Author Kirk PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Make Community, LLCPublisher O'Reilly Media

Exploring the evolution and resilience of systems for the separation of powers, this prescient book rethinks how different architectures can defend democracies against adverse shocks and help them adapt to change. Frank Vibert cuts across many fields of...

This textbook provides a detailed examination of the application of human rights law to employment and industrial relations. Should female employees be entitled to wear a headscarf in the workplace for religious reasons? Can it ever be right for an...

A revealing exploration of domestic fascism in the United States from the 1930s to the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C. In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress presented to the United Nations We Charge Genocide, a more than two-hundred-page...

An indispensable guide to your right to protest 'A lawyer in your pocket' - The Secret Barrister In this handbook, campaigning lawyer Christian Weaver brings together everything you need to know when taking a stand. Whether you are marching on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816548637Author Rafael A MartínezFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 454g

Grab your telescope and explore the galax(ies)!Over 200 years ago, the French comet hunter Charles Messier (pronounced Messy-ay) published a list of fuzzy, comet-like objects he saw through his telescope. While to him they were a nuisance, we know them...

Space is one of the fastest growing military, government and industry sectors. Because everything in today's world exists within or connected to cyberspace, there is a dire need to ensure cybersecurity is addressed in the burgeoning field of space...

Practical, brief, and easy to understand, Rowan's Primer of EEG, 3rd Edition, teaches the difficult technical aspects of how to perform and interpret EEGs. Direct, concise text, numerous illustrations and teaching points, and an extensive video library...

A new edition of this industry classic on the principles of plasma processing Plasma-based technology and materials processes have been central to the revolution of the last half-century in micro- and nano-electronics. From anisotropic plasma etching on...