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Native Lands analyzes the role of visual and literary culture in contemporary Indigenous campaigns for territorial rights. In the post-1960s era, Indigenous artists and writers have created works that align with the goals and strategies of new Native...

The State's Sexuality uncovers how the lives and work of women engaged in prostitution, long considered the most abased members of society, have been strategically intertwined with the lofty purpose of building South Korea's postcolonial nation-state...

In a world increasingly run by algorithms and artificial intelligence, Hatim Rahman traces how organizations are using algorithms to control workers in an “invisible cage.” Inside the Invisible Cage uses unique longitudinal data to investigate how...

Criminology Explains Human Trafficking provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of criminological theory as it applies to the topic of human trafficking. Sarah Hupp Williamson uses real-life applications and case studies to highlight the...

Wicked Leadership in Film offers a novel theory of how leaders can contend with so-called “wicked problems,” a class of important, entrenched, and far-reaching political and social challenges (such as climate change or mental illness) that resist...

In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein and Philippe E. Spiess bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Penile and Testicular Cancer. Top experts in the field provide important...

In this issue of Dental Clinics, guest editor Dr. Leopoldo P. Correa brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Dental Sleep Medicine. Top experts in the field discuss the use of oral appliance therapy to treat sleep-disordered breathing,...

At the turn of the twenty-first century, manipulation of the democratic process coupled with preexisting political and economic grievances led to years-long civil wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. During and after these conflicts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765129623Author Marion W. RoydhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765129616Author Nicole Neda ZamanzadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United States Forged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the...

Developed at Philadelphia's world-renowned Wills Eye Hospital, the Wills Eye Institute Atlas Series series covers the most clinically relevant aspects of ophthalmology in a highly visual, easy-to-use format. Vibrant, full-color photos and a consistent...

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Sports can serve as an inspirational example of what can be achieved through hard work and perseverance, regardless of one's race. However, race still plays a major role in sports, and sports are key agents of racial socialization. This new edition...

From time immemorial, humans have been making deals, consuming goods, cultivating interests, thereby manifesting specific forms of life. Now, these forms of life solidify automatically by transforming into data. Webfare, a form of digital welfare, seeks...

The lives of the men depicted in Perilous Wagers take place in the squalor of Tokyo's old day-laborer district, San'ya, where they can be found eking out a living from occasional construction work and welfare handouts, permanently displaced from their...

Throw Your Voice is a story of loss and recovery. It relates how children placed in a temporary care institution make sense of their situations. Moving between a Kazakhstan government children's home, Hope House, and the Almaty State Puppet Theater,...

Ambivalent Pleasures explores how Europeans wrestled with the novel experience of consuming substances that could alter moods and become addictive. During the early modern period, psychotropic drugs like sugar, chocolate, tobacco, tea, coffee, distilled...

Well-designed applications run more efficiently, have fewer bugs, and are easier to revise and maintain. Learn the fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design by investigating good and bad code.Using an engaging before-and-after approach, Object-Oriented...

Leo Strauss and Anglo-American Democracy critically interprets Strauss's political philosophy from a conservative perspective. Most mainstream readers of Strauss have either condemned him from the Left as an extreme right-wing opponent of liberal...

In International Law and the Public, Geoffrey P.R. Wallace investigates the public as a crucial, often overlooked, actor in international law. He asks just who is it that counts in the operation of the international legal order. Defying conventional...

Contemporary Issues in Close Relationships provides readers with an interdisciplinary framework for exploring several types of close, intimate relationships, including friendships, family dynamics, and romantic partnerships. The content emphasizes...

Fringe Archaeology: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Past explores the intersection of archaeology with popular culture, myth, and fiction. Beginning with archaeology's representation in popular media, the book scrutinizes the distinction between modern...

Learn the principles of good software design and then turn those principles into great code. This book introduces you to software engineering - from the application of engineering principles to the development of software. You'll see how to run a...

'When a renowned constitutional scholar explains why the law is not enough and is sometimes even the problem, we need to listen' Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn 'Skach leads us to re-examine the virtues of a good citizen, one whom people can respect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739530365Author Richard LitchfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Country BooksPublisher Country BooksWeight(grams) 169gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

“The best kind of scholarship—deeply researched and immensely useful. Wherever you stand on issues of free speech and academic freedom, you will learn from this book.” —Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan UniversityA definitive interpretation of academic...

The integration of digital technologies into daily life is making social and political relations reliant on digitally stored and transmitted data. Digital Mobilities studies the impacts of ‘digitisation’ on state borders and global migration. It...

Edited by cancer rehabilitation specialist Dr. Adrian Cristian, Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation provides clinicians with a concise and accessible resource covering the holistic rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients. This book begins with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780768477566Author Emma StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Destiny ImagePublisher Destiny Image

The Russian Revolution is typically studied from a perspective of power and authority. The shadow of Communism tends to portray the revolutionary character of 1917 as an ominous path toward totalitarianism. While the revolutionary story has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815740780Author Brahima CoulibalyFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

This book provides an in-depth reflection on decolonial pluriversalim as an alternative way of thinking, living, producing culture, arts, aesthetics, as well as experiencing and theorizing political activisms, religion, education and feminisms. It seeks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570674198Author Toshia MyersFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063206052Author Kate KitagawaFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

The Presidential Difference and Iran’s Foreign Policy Under Khatami from 1997 to 2005 explores the paradigm shift, one that involved a change from confrontation to peaceful relations. The main reason for this alteration rests on Muhammad Khatami’s belief...

If you’ve spent a fair share of time in math class glancing at the clock, you’re not alone. Glancing at the clouds and wondering how well counting the flower petals on the windowsill can help you run out the clock is a pretty common phenomenon for people...

Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 with a message of a shared purpose uniting all Americans, and was elected with expectations that he would usher in a new national culture under an approach grounded in public engagement that would transcend partisan...

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 70 provides an updated to the premier outlet for reviews of mature, high-impact research programs in social psychology. Contributions to the series provide defining pieces of established research...

Mediating Historical Responsibility brings together leading scholars and new voices in the interdisciplinary fields of memory studies, history, and cultural studies to explore the ways culture, and cultural representations, have been at the forefront of...