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'This book is heaven. Elspeth Barker writes like no one else'OLIVIA LAING'Deserves to be permanently on the bedside table - to cheer, reassure and inspire'OBSERVER'Gothic, poetic and exuberantly funny. What a pleasure it was to read'ESTHER FREUD'Joyous, startling,...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2023-11-09
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W&N Essentials
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If you want to know your ichthyosaur from your iguanodon, and your belemnites from your brachiopods, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of palaeontology Life as we know it now has a long history, buried beneath the ground. Palaeontology is the science of...
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Summersdale
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2023-11-09
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This is an open access book. Technology is changing everything. As digitization, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) sweep across industries and geographies, they aren’t just reshaping the competitive landscape; they’re redefining the...
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Atlantis Press
Parution :
2023-11-08
Collection :
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
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This book examines the lethal risks faced by police and traffic officers in Aotearoa New Zealand. It tracks lethal risk volume and type across 134 years of the New Zealand Police/Nga Pirihimana o Aotearoa’s 137-year existence. Using data gathered from public...
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Springer
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2023-11-08
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Is the future about to close in, or is it open to new horizons? For anthropologist Tim Ingold, the root of our difficulty in facing up to the future lies in the way we think about generations. We imagine them as layers, succeeding one another like sheets in a stack....
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Polity
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2023-11-08
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This book is a highly original exploration of what life could and should be. It juxtaposes a philosophical enquiry into the nature of the good life with an ethnography of people living in a small Irish town. Attending carefully to the everyday lives of these people,...
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Polity
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2023-11-08
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The book describes the experience of four Social Dreaming Matrices held online between March and May 2020, during the first lockdown caused by the Covid 19 emergency.The pandemic isolated us and imposed prolonged contact with ourselves and our solitary thoughts. Against...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-07
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Das Rechtshandbuch stellt die Ahndung und Verfolgung von Ordnungswidrigkeiten in Online-Medien (Rundfunk und Telemedien) mit ihren Besonderheiten dar. Es konzentriert sich auf die Gesichtspunkte, die in der Praxis eine Rolle spielen. Damit versetzt es Leser in die Lage,...
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Springer
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2023-11-07
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From an award-winning actor and a #1 bestselling author, a unique combination of moving memoir and practical tools that offers guidance for Black men seeking to reclaim their mental well-being–and, ultimately, to live wholeheartedly. In America, we teach that...
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Balance
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2023-11-07
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This contributed volume considers the emergence of coworking as centered in labor issues. More specifically, its chapters consider it as a coping mechanism in the worldwide rise of independent modes of work (i.e., self-employment) that leaves more and more workers...
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Springer
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2023-11-07
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In the wake of the decolonization movement in South Africa and around the world, this edited work presents fresh evidence and advances new arguments on the politics and economics of colonial biomedical knowledge in South Africa and other parts of the African continent....
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-06
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This guidebook highlights the process of a software internship project facilitated by the Schulich School of Engineering. The Scrum Team is comprised of student developers pursuing either a master’s or bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering with their professor as...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-04
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This is an open access book. As the biggest university in Jambi province, Indonesia, Universitas Jambi has played an essential role as a key-player in both human and natural resources development in Jambi province. We have successfully developed cooperation in all...
Editeur :
Atlantis Press
Parution :
2023-11-03
Collection :
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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This edited volume brings together contributions on disability studies organized around two themes: literary and sociological aspects. The contributors include academics, disability activists, and researchers from within and outside the Indian periphery. While the book...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-02
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This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of youth development, including theories and applications across different countries, namely India, the UK, and Australia. It presents the status of youth and their role in society, their education, and their career...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-01
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This book offers a fresh perspective on the historical, economic, and cultural foundations of capitalism, cities, and climate change. By exploring the intersection of urbanization, consumerism, and colonialism, the book sheds new light on the origins and development of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-11-01
Collection :
Urban Sustainability
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This book comprises the proceedings of the third TMM_CH International Conference on "Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage."This book showcases the latest advancements in non-destructive testing and...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-01
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This book was compiled, at the request of the CITIC Press, by Liang Peikuan ??? (1925–2021), the son of Liang Shuming ??? (1893–1988). Liang Shuming was known as the "Last Confucian," the "Last Buddhist," the "Hidden Buddhist," a "lifelong activist," a "unifier of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2023-11-01
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This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of digital sovereignty in China, which are addressed mainly from political, legal and historical point of views. The text leverages a large number of native Chinese experts among the authors at a time when literature...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-10-31
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