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Originally published in 1949, this third edition of Sociology in 1966 asks the questions: What do sociologists study? What methods do they employ? How far are economic and political patterns, population distribution, the accepted system of social...

Health and social care are being transformed by digital technologies. Yet, for many professionals, the rapid pace of change can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even exclusionary. Digital Health and Social Care: Byte-sized Wisdom provides a clear and...

Stop guessing at PyTorch syntax, start building production-ready models today. Bridge the gap between theory and working code with guided, hands-on projects. Confused by transformers and diffusion? Learn them through clear, incremental steps. Grow from...

This issue of the Journal of Roman Pottery Studies focuses primarily on new data for early Roman pottery production and techniques. Three early Roman kilns were discovered at Longford, Gloucestershire associated with an originally Iron Age enclosure that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975262860Author JULIE BRIGGSImprint Wolters Kluwer HealthPublisher Wolters Kluwer Health

This book examines the role of nanotechnology in transforming the diagnosis, treatment, and management of lung cancer. The initial chapters introduce lung cancer through its epidemiology, pathophysiology, and immunological mechanisms. The subsequent...

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The science of rheology and its applications have grown steadily. Although polymers dominated in the past, the applications to foods have become increasingly important over the last four decades. The complexity of food rheology has not only generated...

Just Language revisits the Weimar period and its representation in the postwar years to explore narratives of linguistic resistance in the works of Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, Hannah Arendt, and Paul Celan. How did this generation of exile...

In The Unknowable Body, Lisa Jean Moore explores the profound disconnect between how we experience our bodies and how the medical world interprets them. Drawing on her own journey through DCIS diagnosis, mastectomy, and reconstruction - alongside her...

First published in 1983, Youth: Expectations and Transitions deals with one of the prime concerns of social policy at the time-what does society expect of its 15 to 18-year-olds as they face one of the major periods of transition in their lives, moving...

Among the most common features of the modern US Congress is its partisanship, a deeply felt political divide that sometimes seems to be each side's primary motivator. In Congress we have seen heated disagreements, a tendency to blame the opposing party...

Advancements through Sustainable Green Nanocomposites investigates how nanotechnology plays a role in tackling global sustainability challenges. Moreover, the ongoing aim is to link innovative findings of nanomaterials with promising sustainable...

Democracy isn't broken - it's stuck. Around the world, people are growing angry and polarized - not because they've stopped caring, but because democracy has stopped evolving. The result isn't apathy - it is a rising sense of political futility.In...

How France integrated the seafloor into its national territory through an interplay of science, technology, and geopolitical ambition during the Cold War. Beneath the surface of the seas and oceans lies a territory as important for human societies as...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of senotherapeutics and its potential applications in various diseases. The initial chapter elucidates the central role of cellular senescence and the senescence-associated secretory...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the principles, design methodologies, and practical implementations of Frequency Selective Rasorbers (FSRs) with a focus on radar cross-section (RCS) reduction for modern stealth technologies. It clears the...

How did we get to this point in American politics? Drawing on insights from an unprecedented decades-long study of ordinary Americans' political lives, this book tells the story of how, why, and when our politics fractured. Few time periods have been as...

This book considers the lessons that can be gleaned from the Occupy movement, some 14 years after its inception. The Occupy movement brought with it many things, including a renewed interest in class and class struggle. Using the work of Nicos Poulantzas...

In the face of escalating climate challenges and increasing biotic pressures, modern agriculture demands innovative, sustainable, and eco-friendly solutions. Microbial Synergies: Advanced Strategies for Plant Stress Alleviation delves into the...

President Donald J. Trump's second term in office will be the most consequential administration in history because of the people and the policies that are markedly different than his first term. While the Left and their conspirators in the media thought...

The Plastics Handbook provides everything important there is to know about plastics, comprehensively compiled in a compact and well-organized format. From material properties to machines, processing, and applications, the user will find detailed...

Defining Trumpism as an ideology that preceded Trump's election and will outlast his political career, this book explores solutions to problems that have long plagued contemporary American democracy.Larry N. Gerston identifies deep-rooted pain points in...

Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is a critical ethnographic investigation of media discourses surrounding online game addiction and the sociocultural roles fulfilled by games in everyday life. Florence M. Chee argues that the casting of...

This ninth edition of Joseph Turow's pathbreaking media textbook uses convergence as a lens that puts students at the center of the profound changes in the 21st-century media world. It teaches students to think critically about the role of media, and...

Less Is Not Enough examines the rise of minimalist self-help, showing how it depoliticizes middle-class frustrations with capitalist exploitation, and proposes a cultural strategy to channel minimalist desires into a more radical, postgrowth politics.In...

A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon-now with urgent new reflections on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux...

A sobering encounter with lives transformed by gun violence and an urgent call to build more comprehensive systems of care for wounded people. Gun violence is a plague in the United States; even survivors experience suffering that wreaks havoc on their...

In this book, the authors offer a unique perspective on failure, treating it as an intentional and routine result of organizational activity rather than an event to be avoided.Through case studies in different organizational domains-including start-up...

Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection,...

Originally published in 1984, this book provides the first full account of the lives and aspirations of those who have worked in Britain to deliver mail, convey telegrams and transmit telephone conversations from the beginnings of such activities to the...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Published as part of the Creating Safer Space Network that seeks to strengthen civilian capacities for nonviolent protection in conflict-affected areas. This book offers a compelling look at how...

In eleven essays of scholarly inquiry encompassing a variety of disciplinary perspectives including literature, visual culture, and media studies, Microutopias and Everyday Hope illuminates the potential for alternative futures that resides in utopian...

Comparative Reflections in Private Law celebrates the scholarly legacy of Professor Simon Whittaker, whose work has left a profound mark on the field of comparative law. Reflecting the breadth and depth of his influence, the volume brings together...

This book utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to explore adaptations of Frankenstein's Creature across genres and formats. Through both a broad overview of the Creature's continued pervasive influence on popular culture and close readings of specific...

This book explains how considering the impact on future generations drives good governance and better policy outcomes and why it is time for Australia to embrace intergenerational fairness. We explore proposals to support intergenerational equity through...

This open access book adds a new dimension to the long-standing research on the co-existence of European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU, and their inter-related action and explicit interaction. As the two Courts are increasingly...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The liberal international order...

Title 17 presents regulations governing commodities and securities exchanges. It includes the rules of Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Treasury.Title 17 presents regulations...

Grief counseling and therapy have been revolutionized by the recognition that adaptive grieving commonly involves retaining bonds with the deceased rather than relinquishing them, but guidelines for how to integrate this shift into professional practice...