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Leading scholars grounded in a range of disciplines examine the intersection of anti-racist activism, aesthetics, and contemporary political theory.The Art of Anti-Racism offers a sustained theoretical examination of the aesthetic dimensions of...

The first volume of essays in English on one of the most renowned contemporary Italian Philosophers.Remo Bodei (1938-2019) was one of Italy's most influential philosophers of the past half-century. His intellectual influence was wide-reaching as he...

An in-depth and unique take on Martin Heidegger's understanding of animality, showing that the question of the animal was central to Heidegger's philosophical project from beginning to end.The Great Detour offers an in-depth and unique take on Martin...

Interdisciplinary insights on disability in the MENA regionAccording to the World Health Organization, around 16% of the worlds population lives with a disability, and it is estimated that approximately 80% of them reside in the Global South...

New interdisciplinary essays on key topics in mimetic studies, including three contributions by internationally renowned philosopher Catherine MalabouThis is the third volume of a trilogy on Homo Mimeticus, yet in no way does it seek to bring mimetic...

The figure of the ‘politician’ occupies a central yet fraught position in the media landscape of contemporary Europe. A frequent source of criticism in everyday news bulletins, the term itself is loaded with an emotional significance that corresponds...

On Malaita in Solomon Islands, an evangelical Israelite-inspired movement centers on a distinctive time-consciousness that reads the historical past and present as prophetic signs of an imminent future. This book examines how these ‘prophetic histories’...

Across Europe, racialised groups and other minorities are often subject to discriminatory policies and practices. Facing Discrimination offers insight into the dynamics of religious beliefs and practices among those who are discriminated against,...

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Political leaders and the news media described the public-health catastrophe of COVID-19 as a crisis, while scholars and public intellectuals portrayed the pandemic as a debacle that would lay bare the inequities and contradictions of an increasingly...

On a temporary visit to London, a Palestinian family found themselves unable to return to Gaza during Israel’s 2008 war on their city. Understanding their stay in London as an act of ‘anchoring’, the family opened a Palestinian café and sought to make...

Drawing on an ethnography of Sherbro coastal communities in Sierra Leone, this book analyses the politics and practice of identity through the lens of the reciprocal relations that exist between socio-ethnic groups. Anaïs Ménard examines the...

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An interconnected, nuanced, and nonlinear view of Chinese family life since 1949With Embedded Generations, Liu Jieyu offers a comprehensive examination of Chinese family life since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949. Grounding her account in the...

This technical reference describes the underlying principles of how and why electrical cables function, why they might or might not require shielding, what sort of shielding might be required, and how that shielding should be terminated. The content is...

The complete interviews that served as the basis for Jung's bestselling memoir Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsFeatures a significant amount of material withheld from the original bookNewly translated and thoroughly annotated by world-renowned Jung expert...

Now in its third edition, Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis provides a clear statement of the current law, updated to reflect changes in the law which have occurred in the past 11 years. Retaining the theoretical and critical focus of its previous...

This book highlights the experiences of people with disability and their family members from Syrian and Iraqi refugee backgrounds who have resettled in Australia over the past decade.Based on in-depth life history interviews, the book details the...

Fusion energy has now emerged as one of the most disruptive technology opportunities attracting the attention of risk-tolerant investors and large amounts of private capital. This book considers the emergence of nuclear fusion technology as a commercial...

All cultures change - but some aspects change more rapidly than others. Drawing on extensive experience of various cultures, in this book David Lewis develops a model that differentiates between the rates of change in different aspects of a culture...

Colorism - discrimination based on skin darkness within a racial group - has plagued Black Americans since their first arrival in this country. Although colorism has taken different forms over time, lighter-skinned Black people have always received...

One of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger is also notorious for having taken a political and philosophical path that led to Nazism, support for a Fuhrer state, and an agonal attitude toward space and place in...

Hydraulic systems have spread throughout modern technology, particularly in mobile equipment. The exercises presented in Fundamental Hydraulic Principles for Agricultural Systems Management and Technology are designed for the second-generation Parker...

This handbook presents techniques for the farming of tropical freshwater shrimp in Europe. Focusing on Macrobrachium rosenbergii, it follows five years of rearing and commercial exploitation, relaying the lessons learned in France and further afield for...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the second International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Technologies, ICTCon 2024, held in Kokrajhar, India, during December 2-3, 2024. The 37 full papers were presented in this volume were...

Offering an excellent overview of critical approaches to international payment systems, this open access volume re-introduces the contemporary relevance, origins and aims of the International Clearing Union (ICU), a concept associated with J. M. Keynes...

Implantable devices are becoming more prevalent in the monitoring and treatment of patients with chronic diseases such as heart failure, diabetes and cancer. Conventional implantable devices are battery-powered, but these batteries can suffer from a...

In an era where digital transformation is no longer a choice but a necessity, AI-Driven Revolution: Transforming the Business Landscape serves as a comprehensive guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts, as well as academics...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting both men and women worldwide. Each year, it accounts for nearly two million cases and one million deaths worldwide. The increasing incidences of morbidity and mortality present a significant...

Human history is a history of individuals - of kings and queens, of leaders and thinkers and of the many individuals who struggle, work hard and find their paths in life. It is also the history of individuation, understood as a continuous search for...

In 1992, Dianne Feinstein, noting the number of women in the Senate, declared that, "two percent may be good enough for milk, but it is not good enough for the United States Senate." At the heart of Feinstein's quote was a simple message: women's...

An unprecedented photographic study of the Apollo 8 mission, the first manned spaceflight to escape Earth's gravity and orbit the moon. The Apollo Photo Archive series comprises the most comprehensive pictorial record of America's moon-landing...

"Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas."-Azar Nafisi, New York Times best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in BooksTechnology...

"Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas."-Azar Nafisi, New York Times best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in BooksTechnology...

In this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, guest editors Drs. Thomas S. Roukis and Christopher Reeves bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Peri-Articular Osteotomies of the Foot and Ankle. Top experts discuss peri-articular...

Over a decade has passed since the Scottish referendum on independence, and the issue has faded into the background in spite of a chain of electoral mandates for renewed pressure for a second referendum. Today the issue has been overtaken by ...

Behavioural Problems in Developmental Disorders: A Paediatrician's Guide helps paediatricians better understand and manage behaviour issues in children and adolescents with developmental disorders. These challenges are common but often not well covered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781098169589Author W Curtis PrestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint O'Reilly MediaPublisher O'Reilly Media

The Seventh Edition of the classic Handbook of Kidney Transplantation, edited by Dr. Gabriel M. Danovitch, offers a concise, readable, practical, and well-illustrated guide to this complex field. Ideal for all those caring for patients with advanced...

This book bridges the gap between science communication and plant-microbe communication and shows how both can be exploited to make agriculture more sustainable. It highlights how communication is crucial for any successful interaction: whether a...