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Krzysztof Poslajko offers a novel version of an anti-realist view about beliefs, rejecting the extreme proposal of eliminativism that beliefs do not exist. He shows us we should rather say that beliefs exist, but they are not real. Poslajko demonstrates...

An exploration of war, violence, and sacrifice in precolonial Maya culture and its importance in religious practices.As the Gods Kill delivers new insights into warfare, weaponry, violence, and human sacrifice among the ancient Maya. While attending to...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we make the digital world safer, more responsible and accountable? This innovative book offers an original framework for understanding digital responsibility, blending insights from...

Augustine's Confessions, written between AD 394 and 400, is an autobiographical work which outlines his youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is one of the great texts of Late Antiquity, the first Western Christian autobiography ever written, and...

This groundbreaking book explores the science and innovation behind zoocomposting - composting facilitated by animals such as earthworms, black soldier flies (BSF), and termites. It presents the high-rate vermicomposting (HRVC) paradigm, a revolutionary...

A seminal study on police violence in Germany, giving voice to victims and exposing systemic failures.Police Use Excessive Force in Germany presents the first comprehensive study of police violence in Germany, an issue that has remained largely...

A provocative exploration of how America's democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today's nationalized, partisan politics. The ground beneath American political institutions has moved, with national politics...

Key areas and aspects of ancient philosophy in Greek and Indian Buddhist traditions are illuminated in this collection.Covering an extended period of time, from early (5th century BC), through Hellenism, to post-Hellenistic times (up to the 7th century...

Charts Qatar's key role in shaping and determining diplomatic initiatives in Afghanistan, Gaza and elsewhere. This timely monograph chronicles how Qatar transformed itself into a broker of peace in some of the world's most intractable conflicts. In the...

This fully revised edition provides up to date, evidence based insights to enhance the readers' knowledge and skills when performing physical examinations of adult patients.Rather than presenting step by step procedural instructions, the focus is on what...

Discover the field of health geography, which seeks to better understand the causes, spread, and mitigation of disease through the study of geographic factors. The Geography of Disease opens with an introduction that explains what medical geography is...

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often nurses are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The new fully revised Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing third edition provides an essential...

How do colonial legacies shape contemporary realities in the Arab-majority region? What possibilities exist for decolonial futures? This groundbreaking volume brings together interdisciplinary explorations of the enduring colonial condition in the...

Mamadou Diouf unearths the intellectual and cultural traditions that have long defined Africa, proving that history was never just written about Africa, but also by it. For too long, Africa has been framed as an afterthought in world history-a continent...

Economies of Gender: Masculinity, "Mail Order Brides," and Women's Labor offers a provocative exploration of the international dating industry, challenging simplistic narratives of human trafficking and scams while shedding light on the economic dynamics...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Our global energy system needs radical and speedy transformation in order to meet climate change targets. This shift is currently conceived in two ways: a 'high carbon transition' away from...

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Technology Developments, the third volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, presents a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge technological advancements and their practical applications in...

This book approaches the daily struggles of migrantized divorced motherhood through theories, discourses, and (in)visibilities of everyday violence. Building on ethnographically informed everyday violence theories, it offers a framework in which violence...

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Process Developments, the fourth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, presents a comprehensive exploration of innovative processes for the treatment and recycling of industrial water and waste...

Deception challenges readers to think about their own lies - from their first lies in childhood to the clever, provocative ones they told just recently. Scouring a number of texts in philosophy, poetics, literature and theory, both western and eastern,...

These powerful first-hand accounts of two generations of US war resisters track their search for safe haven in Canada and the assistance of the activists who supported them. During the war in Vietnam, Canada offered refuge to over 100,000 people fleeing...

Michael Nylan and Thomas Hahn open up new vistas for thinking ecologically in this introduction to ancient and modern thought in China. Together they explore the environment in the Chinese philosophical tradition and contemporary China through the lens...

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Case Studies, the seventh volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, offers a crucial exploration of real-world solutions for wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and environmental conservation...

Michael Nylan and Thomas Hahn open up new vistas for thinking ecologically in this introduction to ancient and modern thought in China. Together they explore the environment in the Chinese philosophical tradition and contemporary China through the lens...

What happens when you are alone in nature and why does it matter? By looking at exceptional experiences of solitude in nature, Eugene Hughes offers a clear articulation of the phenomenon that greatly enhances our comprehension of the human-nature...

This groundbreaking book provides an account of how Traveller and other minoritized women understand, assess and experience local politics in Ireland. Through personal narratives and expert interviews, the book explores minoritised women's exclusion...

How did feminism shape the rise of gender studies in Europe? Using a generational lens, this book offers fresh insights and perspectives on the development and consolidation of gender studies in Europe. With contributions from pioneering women scholars...

What makes human activity meaningful? This book explores how social, economic and political forces have shaped the meaning of 'occupation' throughout history. Tracing the shift from industrial capitalism's division of 'work' and 'life,' it analyses how...

'Freya India's writing is compassionate, gripping, and deeply psychological' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation Coming of age has always been a time of angst and inner turmoil, especially for girls. But today girls have to contend with...

On July 15, 2018, in Washington, DC, a young Russian woman named Maria Butina was arrested by the FBI and charged with acting as a foreign agent. Branded a "red sparrow," trained seductress, and Kremlin spook, Butina faced years in prison and a lifetime...

Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democratic traditions. Drawing on decolonial studies, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and...

This book offers a concise yet in-depth analysis of Russia's complex-though consistent-strategic approach to Ukraine over the past 30 years, placing it within a broad historical and geopolitical context. It reveals how Russia's ambitions toward Ukraine...

Arguing for equality as the necessary foundation of liberty During Ralph Waldo Emerson's lifetime, the idea of universal human equality was under intensive assault. Repeatedly - in contexts ranging from slavery, to marriage, to politics and workers'...

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Written in the proven Secrets (R) question-and-answer format, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, 4th Edition is an authoritative resource for the safe and effective practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) - and the ideal preparation tool...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780729544863Author Geraldine RebeiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 550Imprint Elsevier AustraliaPublisher Elsevier Australia

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series (R) has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Endocrine Secrets, 8th Edition, offers...

This book presents a political view of medical education based on dialectical analysis of a range of practice. This approach, and the contradictions that it reveals, will enable anyone with an interest in medical education development, or in teaching or...

Prepare for a leadership role in the clinical laboratory! Management and Leadership in the Clinical Laboratory provides a comprehensive, problem-based approach to understanding essential management and leadership concepts tailored for healthcare...

Emphasizing how and why machine learning algorithms work, this introductory textbook bridges the gap between the theoretical foundations of machine learning and its practical algorithmic and code-level implementation. Over 85 thorough worked examples, in...