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An integrated quantitative framework for understanding the dynamics of collective action Collective action has been a fundamental aspect of human societies throughout history, from building irrigation systems and defenses in Neolithic times to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781394361434Author Marshall RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher John Wiley & Sons Inc

The central ideas of Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) remain as alive for our century as they did for his, and his enduring importance as a thinker is matched by his reputation as an essayist of the first rank. This in-depth exploration of a selection of...

The central ideas of Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) remain as alive for our century as they did for his, and his enduring importance as a thinker is matched by his reputation as an essayist of the first rank. This in-depth exploration of a selection of...

Stacey Copeland’s Lavender Sounds delves into lesbian radio history and its evolution into queer feminist podcasting today, exploring the politics, aesthetics, and cultural activism embedded in queer feminist soundwork. Through deeply personal and...

Stacey Copeland’s Lavender Sounds delves into lesbian radio history and its evolution into queer feminist podcasting today, exploring the politics, aesthetics, and cultural activism embedded in queer feminist soundwork. Through deeply personal and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890572639Author Thom HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler PublishersWeight(grams) 369g

AI is not just a tool. It's a new creator and a new risk. Artificial intelligence is transforming how companies innovate, create, and compete. But with this transformation comes a legal and strategic minefield. Generative AI tools can produce valuable...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Adaptive control system design, with a particular emphasis on the recent advancements, covering important practical aspects such as quick adaptation without high transients, adaptation within applicable...

In A Post-Liberal Peace, Monalisa Adhikari shows how rising powers like India and China are reshaping global peace governance. Over recent decades, both countries have deepened engagement with institutions built on liberal principles, including those...

Near and Desired Things reveals nineteenth-century Siberian museums, built on Indigenous land and increasingly populated by political exiles, as active sites of ethnographic knowledge-making and centers of scientific research, regional identity, and...

Heritage Forensics introduces a new framework for investigating cultural heritage caught up in war, ethnic cleansing, and secrecy. The book combines satellite-based spatial analysis with humanistic research and humanitarian concern to document the impact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478038825Author Andrew LittlejohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 445g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781394339716Author Oguz A. SoysalFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Wiley-IEEE PressPublisher John Wiley & Sons Inc

Legacies of War explores how war transforms societies. To map these legacies, the book focuses on three populations currently living through war: Ukrainians, Syrians, and Palestinians. Its empirical sections explore, first, people's narratives of...

'Fun, rooted in science... May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.' Cat BohannonA myth-busting vindication of women's physical strengthsFor decades, Starre Vartan - like most women - was told that having a woman's body meant...

The fiercest battles over gender today aren’t just about identity or womanhood—but about punishment, fear, and control. The twenty-first century “gender wars” have been driven by a powerful and seductive narrative: that safety can be secured through...

Through the critical case study of Ethiopia, Maria Repnikova examines the ambitious but disjointed display of Chinese diplomatic influence in Africa. In doing so, she develops a new theoretical approach to understanding China's practice of soft power,...

Through the critical case study of Ethiopia, Maria Repnikova examines the ambitious but disjointed display of Chinese diplomatic influence in Africa. In doing so, she develops a new theoretical approach to understanding China's practice of soft power,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781413333589Author Ann O'ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint NOLOPublisher NOLOWeight(grams) 1134g

In a world that feels more divided than ever, there has never been a greater need for a more nuanced conversation about bias. And while racism is widely recognized as a social ill, there is another, more invisible hierarchy informed by our most visible...

UNDERSTAND OLED DEVICE PHYSICS FROM CARRIER INJECTION TO LIGHT EMISSION Physics and Technology of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes presents the first textbook focused solely on OLEDs built from amorphous organic semiconductors. Two veteran researchers with...

What happens when we move beyond a Black-and-white understanding of racism? This provocative book challenges conventional narratives by exploring how Mexican Americans navigate the U.S. racial hierarchy—not simply as victims of white supremacy, but as...

Between 1910 and 1970, Latin America experienced a rapid and radical transformation. Rural societies became urban, and peasants found themselves forced into precarious wage labor. The Latin American novel became the key witness to this upheaval,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668062630Author Ian BogostFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 585g

Maize (Zea mays L.) in Cold: Journey Across Latitudes presents a compelling exploration of how one of the world’s most vital crops has expanded from its tropical origins to endure and thrive in cold and temperate regions. As agriculture increasingly...

Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry out in shame. We feel ashamed of obscene wealth amid wider deprivation. We feel ashamed of humanity for its ruthless and relentless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668232286Author Tad DevineFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 445g

Many Americans revere their national parks as places of natural beauty and cultural significance-but few realize how often these landscapes have been shaped by the courtroom as much as by conservation policy. With more than 3,500 lawsuits involving the...

The Large Language Model Recipes book is a comprehensive, practical guide designed to help developers, data scientists, and AI engineers navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of Large Language Models (LLMs). Moving beyond theory, this book provides a...

Seeds asks what must already be in place for thought, perception, and relation to begin. You enter a modular and recursive text built from signals, fragments, and Morse-based structures, where rhythm and interval operate as temporal engines and silence...

What does it mean to live through a world coming undone? How do people carry on amid rupture, loss, and grief? Decolonial Endurance explores these questions through the turbulent lives of Indigenous Lisu subsistence farmers in China's Eastern Himalayas,...

What does it mean to live through a world coming undone? How do people carry on amid rupture, loss, and grief? Decolonial Endurance explores these questions through the turbulent lives of Indigenous Lisu subsistence farmers in China's Eastern Himalayas,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478033943Author Andrew LittlejohnFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 572g

This book challenges you to re-consider how and what you know about critical ideas related to inequality, redistribution, race, gender, violence, and justice. It takes you on a historical journey across capitalist and (former) socialist countries and...

Relative to other social sciences, economics as an academic discipline is at the extremes in its methodology, theory, conceptualisation, methods, and knowledge of and reference to its own history as a discipline. It has also been increasingly intolerant...

Violence is never just an act; it is a spectacle, a mechanism of power, and a tool of erasure. As authoritarianism, ethnonationalism, and systemic racism intensify, the question becomes whose suffering is made visible and whose is ignored. At the...

What happens when European politics goes digital? Behind the scenes in European Union institutions, a quiet transformation is reshaping the way power works. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book follows diplomats, civil servants,...

What happens when European politics goes digital? Behind the scenes in European Union institutions, a quiet transformation is reshaping the way power works. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book follows diplomats, civil servants,...

Three questions have usually been asked about the French Revolution: why did it happen? why was it so violent? and what was its legacy? These questions seem to beg other, more conceptually ambitious queries about causation, violence or legacies. This...