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New York City: The Basics offers an accessible look at the dynamic and diverse hub of New York City. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book discusses geographic, historic, demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and governmental aspects of the Big...

Neonatal Formulary provides comprehensive guidance on the safe use of the drugs prescribed for neonates. It also provides guidance on safe use of maternal medications during pregnancy, labour, delivery, and during lactation. As well as many drugs...

This book examines Chilean singer-songwriter, visual artist, poet and ethnographer Violeta Parra (1917-1967). Parra perceived her multiple outputs to be unified and continuous with her own self, demonstrating unequalled artistic agency in a hybrid...

This book examines the legitimacy and efficacy of international law through the lens of marine conservation, focusing on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF), as non-state actors intervening directly...

More than 700 images capture the history of the Apollo 7 mission, America's triumphant return to manned spaceflight. The Apollo Photo Archive series comprises the most comprehensive pictorial record of America's moon-landing program ever published...

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Transgender Studies is a comprehensive yet concise overview of important issues, themes, and research on transgender people and populations. Coupling both their scholarly expertise with their lived experiences, the...

In the decade following the end of the Cold War, Western democracies stood victorious, brimming with optimism and grand designs. Today, the 1990s look less like a great triumph for liberal democracy and Western modernity than a decade in which post-Cold...

This book provides a foundation for modern applied ecology. Much of current ecology research and conservation addresses problems across landscapes and regions, focusing on spatial patterns and processes. This book is aimed at teaching fundamental...

A renowned scholar traces the evolution of modern political philosophy.The Rise and Fall of Rational Control is a bold interpretation of centuries of intellectual revolutions. Based on Harvey C. Mansfield's legendary Harvard course, taught for decades to...

The challenge of standardising social work education remains a much-discussed but under-documented issue, particularly in developing and less-developed countries. Existing literature often emphasises the need for student-centred learning but lacks a...

The coupled response of solid materials to multiple fields, such as deformation, heat, electricity, and magnetism, plays a crucial role in modern engineering applications, from soft robotics to energy storage. Advancing theoretical models and numerical...

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Gianni Vattimo (1936-2023) was among the most significant Italian philosophers of the last fifty years. A controversial figure both at home and abroad, he sometimes described himself paradoxically as a "nihilist" and as a "communist Catholic." Despite...

Using the fascinating stories surrounding the lives and struggles of eight Nobel Laureate scientists, this book illustrates the complexity of scientific discovery. Factors such as their passion for science, gender, Jewish roots, nationalism,...

This open access book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). The focus is on SPDEs driven by Gaussian space-time white noise. The book covers both linear and nonlinear SPDEs, with...

In this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, guest editors Drs. Barry Rosenblum and Thanh Dinh bring their considerable expertise to the topic of The Diabetic Foot: Capturing the Legacy of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Training...

AI is reshaping our world. This book is your practical guide to understanding it - so you can stay relevant, work smarter, and prepare for what's next- no technical background required. We're living through a transformation as profound as electricity or...

A Matter of Detail inspires new ways of thinking about detail by bringing anthropology, philosophy, art history, and aesthetics into direct conversation. Co-editors Brandel, Das, Laugier, and Pitrou challenge a long-standing assumption that the history...

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...

A major tenet of contemporary capitalism holds that what is good for business can align with what is good for society. Efforts towards more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces epitomize this rising ideology, termed responsible capitalism. An...

Amid the global migration crisis, the UK has created an increasingly hostile policy environment for asylum seekers that has pushed many into unnecessary hardship and homelessness. Based on several years of ethnographic research in emergency night...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262553896Author Jakob HohwyFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

In recent years, China and the United States have each turned economic interdependence into an instrument of coercion, using their dominant positions in international trade to push states and firms to comply with their political goals. What is...

Shaping a distinctive Midwestern form of Mexicano identity Mexicanos in Michigan and across the Midwest share a common experience: living as largely invisible outsiders as they struggled to build vibrant communities in places that wanted their labor but...

In the context of the 2005 attack that killed Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, the 2006 war with Israel, the 2008 internal armed conflict in Lebanon, the Syrian civil war and the current war in Gaza, this book studies the legal status of Hezbollah as a State...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262552110Author Gregory DreicerFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Aditi Hajirnis, Neha Sharma, and Rohit Chandra bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Clinical Considerations for Development of Boys and Mental Health Outcomes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262552844Author Michael D. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044981Author Johanna SeibtFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities differs markedly from other forms of international human rights law: it not only protects the rights of individuals but also addresses interpersonal relations and social...

How and why do drug traffickers adapt their operational strategies based on political and community dynamics, and, in turn, how do these different narco-strategies impact violence? To address these questions, this book draws on several years of...

This is the first hands-on guide that takes you from a simple "Hello, LLM" to production-ready microservices, all within the JVM. You'll integrate hosted models such as OpenAI's GPT-4o, run alternatives with Ollama or Jlama, and embed them in Spring Boot...

Non-Indigenous citizens of the United States and Canada often argue that it is unfair for Indigenous peoples to have distinctive political and property rights within countries purportedly dedicated to equal treatment. Yet Indigenous nations in the United...

Global norms form the core infrastructure of economic and political globalization. To be influential, these norms need to be codified into policy scripts that spell out how they are to be applied in practice. This process of developing scripts is a key...

The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities differs markedly from other forms of international human rights law: it not only protects the rights of individuals but also addresses interpersonal relations and social...

A 2023 Library Journal Best Social Sciences TitleFrom Library Journal's Starred Review: "All readers stand to learn something from this compelling book."Award-winning author, scholar, and social visionary George Yancy brings together the greatest minds...

Metamaterials are artificial, engineered materials designed to manipulate wave propagation in ways not possible with conventional materials. An Introduction to Waves in Mechanical Periodic Structures and Metamaterials presents a systematic and rigorous...

This comprehensive book study comprises two volumes, and the topics covered in this second volume are a continuation of those presented in the first volume. The main reason for this is that numerous issues related to the situation of women in business...

Used worldwide, this trusted resource is now in a thoroughly revised second edition, reflecting key advances in early intervention research and practice. The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is the first comprehensive, naturalistic,...

The text provides a holistic view to reduce the use of fossil fuels and move toward sustainable future transportation fuels such as biodiesel, ethanol, and hydrogen. It explores the compatibility of biodiesel with vehicles and its utilization across...