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Nothing to Fear

FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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Nothing to Fear

FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

A dramatic account of the first one hundred days of FDR's presidency traces the transformation that took place throughout the federal government in the wake of unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and poverty levels, in a history that also cites the pivotal contributions of the thirty-second president's inner circle. 40,000 first printing.

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Phenomenalism, Phenomenology, and the Question of Time

A Comparative Study of the Theories of Mach, Husserl, and Boltzmann

By: Adam Berg

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Phenomenalism, Phenomenology, and the Question of Time

A Comparative Study of the Theories of Mach, Husserl, and Boltzmann

By: Adam Berg

Phenomenalism, Phenomenology and the Question of Time: A Comparative Study of the Theories of Mach, Husserl, and Boltzmann analyzes two interconnected themes: the split between phenomenalism and phenomenology, and the question of time in relation to physical processes and irreversibility in physics. The first theme is the overlooked connections between the modern phenomenology of Edmund Husserl (and his mentor Franz Brentano) and phenomenalism as associated with Ernst Mach. The book’s historical-conceptual perspective draws attention to the ways in which Husserl’s twentieth century advance of phenomenological method was conceived in relation to Mach’s late nineteenth century and early twentieth century work both in science and philosophy. At first glance, Mach’s phenomenalism appears to be in stark contrast to Husserl’s phenomenology, but on closer inspection, it influenced and informed its inception. By analyzing Husserl’s revolutionary method of phenomenology in connection to Mach’s earlier conceptions, the book elucidates the rise of modern physics, especially through the work of Ludwig Boltzmann, as an important context to both Mach’s philosophical work and Husserl’s early overtures into phenomenology and his later critique of the “crisis” of European sciences. The discursive affinities and differences between phenomenalism and phenomenology are examined in terms of a more contemporary debate over naturalizing phenomenology, either as a method continuous with science or reduced to it. This immanent tension is examined and evaluated specifically through the second thematic axis of the book, which deals with the question of time and irreversibility. Time in physics conforms to an explanatory scheme that relegates the issues of directionality and symmetry of time to concepts that are radically different from any phenomenological attempts to explain temporality in terms of intuition and consciousness. It is precisely through the notion of irreversibility that both perspectives, scientific and phenomenological, explicate time’s arrow not as a mere manifestation of sensory asymmetry, as Mach would have it, but rather, through indirect descriptions of time and temporal objects. The issue of time’s arrow, irreversibility, and Boltzmann’s physical hypotheses regarding the nature of time are introduced and comparatively assessed with Husserl’s work on phenomenology and the role of temporality to consciousness.

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Lexington Books

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149850373X

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Business Bankruptcy

Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets

By: Adam J. Levitin

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Business Bankruptcy

Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets

By: Adam J. Levitin

Business Bankruptcy: Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets provides students with a contemporary stand-alone business bankruptcy text. Designed to teach financial restructuring law in a realistic twenty-first century commercial context, the book uses problem sets to explore not only Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy, but also out-of-court restructuring, modern financial products and transactions, and advanced in-court restructuring topics. New to the Second Edition: Clear thematic structure emphasizing the limitations on out-of-court restructuring and how bankruptcy attempts to address those limitations Reorganized chapter flow tracking traditional order of bankruptcy topics Substantially condensed text through elimination of extra cases and statutory excerpts Updated problem sets, including coverage of privacy issues in bankruptcy sales and capstone strategic issues Expanded coverage of out-of-court restructuring New chapters providing overview of bankruptcy process and summary comparing issues in out-of-court and in-court restructuring Professors and students will benefit from: Unique coverage of out-of-court restructuring providing students with realistic view of contemporary restructuring practice and showing what Chapter 11 adds to the financial restructuring toolkit Detailed coverage of modern financial products and markets—derivatives, securitization, loan syndications, and claims trading—familiarizing students with the dynamics of the modern restructuring landscape Comprehensive expository text clearly explaining the operation of the Bankruptcy Code and the policy issues involved In-depth case-studies contextualizing judicial decisions within the larger strategic picture Incorporation of actual deal documents, including a bond indenture, a loan syndication agreement, ISDA Master Agreement, and a restructuring support agreement Modular design enabling optional coverage of advanced topics

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Nothing to Fear

FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America

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Imbeciles

The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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Imbeciles

The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

By: Adam Seth Cohen

One of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens the law of the land New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles of one of the darkest moments in the American legal tradition: the Supreme Court's decision to champion eugenic sterilization for the greater good of the country. In 1927, when the nation was caught up in eugenic fervor, the justices allowed Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a perfectly normal young woman, for being an "imbecile." It is a story with many villains, from the superintendent of the Dickensian Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded who chose Carrie for sterilization to the former Missouri agriculture professor and Nazi sympathizer who was the nation's leading advocate for eugenic sterilization. But the most troubling actors of all were the eight Supreme Court justices who were in the majority - including William Howard Taft, the former president; Louis Brandeis, the legendary progressive; and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., America's most esteemed justice, who wrote the decision urging the nation to embark on a program of mass eugenic sterilization. Exposing this tremendous injustice--which led to the sterilization of 70,000 Americans--Imbeciles overturns cherished myths and reappraises heroic figures in its relentless pursuit of the truth. With the precision of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Cohen's Imbeciles is an unquestionable triumph of American legal and social history, an ardent accusation against these acclaimed men and our own optimistic faith in progress.

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1594204187

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The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume IV

The Total Force Policy Era, 1970–2015

By: M Wade Markel,Alexandra Evans,Miranda Priebe,Adam Givens,Jameson Karns,Gian Gentile

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The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume IV

The Total Force Policy Era, 1970–2015

By: M Wade Markel,Alexandra Evans,Miranda Priebe,Adam Givens,Jameson Karns,Gian Gentile

Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a “traditional” U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates and a series of legislative compromises between 1903 and 1940. Volume IV traces how Total Force Policy has been implemented since 1970.

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Rand Corporation

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1977404529

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 4

From Nahal Bezeq to the Sartaba

By: Adam Zertal Z"l,Shay Bar

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 4

From Nahal Bezeq to the Sartaba

By: Adam Zertal Z"l,Shay Bar

This book presents the results of a complete detailed survey of the north-eastern region of Samaria, mainly the northern area of the Jordan Valley, in the territory of Israel/Palestine. It is Volume 4 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey publications. This project, in progress since 1978 and covering 2500 sq. km, is a thorough, metre-by-metre mapping of the archaeological-historical area between the River Jordan and the Sharon Plain, and between Nahal 'Iron and the north-eastern point of the Dead Sea. This territory is one of the most important in the country from the Biblical and archaeological points of view; and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, Archaeology, Near Eastern history and other aspects of the Holy Land. This volume (covering ca. 250 sq. km) describes the area of the Jordan Valley between Nahal Bezeq (Wadi Shubash) in the north and the Sartaba range in the south. It is a fully revised and updated version of the Hebrew publication of 2005.

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9004346961

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Orthopaedic Hand Trauma

By: Adam Eltorai,Edward Akelman

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Orthopaedic Hand Trauma

By: Adam Eltorai,Edward Akelman

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This practical quick reference covers all aspects of acute care of the hand. Structured and formatted for easy, efficient comprehension of up-to-date material, Orthopaedic Hand Trauma helps you assess, evaluate, and treat (including the use of surgical interventions) injuries of the bone, tendon, and nerve that are commonly encountered in the emergency room or urgent care clinic. Each chapter is designed to help you manage patients in an acute care setting.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496372751

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Supreme Inequality

The Supreme Court's Fifty-year Battle for a More Unjust America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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Supreme Inequality

The Supreme Court's Fifty-year Battle for a More Unjust America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, expanding civil rights for the poor and minorities and promoting equality. Its rulings integrated schools across the South, established the Miranda warning for suspects in police custody, and recognized the principle of one person, one vote. But when Warren retired in 1969, newly elected President Richard Nixon, who had been working tirelessly behind the scenes to put a stop to what he perceived as the Court's liberal agenda, had his new administration launch a total assault on the Warren Court's egalitarian victories, moving to dismantle its legacy and replace liberal justices with ones more loyal to his views. During his first three years, he appointed four justices to the Supreme Court, thereby setting its course for the next fifty years. In Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen surveys the most significant Supreme Court rulings since Nixon and exposes how rarely the Court has veered away from its agenda of promoting inequality. Contrary to what Americans might like to believe, the Court does little to protect the rights of the poor and disadvantaged, and, in fact, it has not been on their side for decades. Many of the greatest successes of the Warren Court, such as school desegregation, voting rights, and protecting workers, have been abandoned in favor of rulings that protect corporations and privileged Americans, who tend to be white, wealthy, and powerful. As the nation comes to grips with two new Trump-appointed justices, Cohen proves beyond doubt that the modern Court has been one of the leading forces behind the nation's soaring level of economic inequality, and that an institution revered as a source of fairness has been systematically making America less fair. A triumph of American legal, political, and social history, Supreme Inequality holds to account the highest court in the land, and shows how much damage it has done to America's ideals of equality, democracy, and justice for all.

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0735221502

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9780735221505

Property and Practical Reason

By: Adam J. MacLeod

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Property and Practical Reason

By: Adam J. MacLeod

Presents a moral argument, grounded in natural law, for private property and the limits of rights.

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Cambridge University Press

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110709576X

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9781107095762

Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen,Roger M. Barkin

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Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen,Roger M. Barkin

The sixth edition of this comprehensive yet concise Rosen & Barkin’s 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult pulls together up-to-date and evidence-based practice guidelines for easy use in a busy emergency department. In just two brief, bullet-friendly, clutter-free pages, you can quickly decipher the information you need to confirm your diagnosis, order tests, manage treatment and more!

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1496392973

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9781496392978

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts

English Language Edition

By: Thomas Kren,Elizabeth C. Teviotdale,Adam S. Cohen,Kurtis Barstow

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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts

English Language Edition

By: Thomas Kren,Elizabeth C. Teviotdale,Adam S. Cohen,Kurtis Barstow

The Getty Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts, featured in this book, comprises masterpieces of medieval and Renaissance art. Dating from the tenth to the sixteenth century, they were produced in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Poland, and the eastern Mediterranean. Among the highlights are four Ottonian manuscripts, Romanesque treasures from Germany, Italy, and France, an English Gothic Apocalypse, and late medieval manuscripts painted by such masters as Jean Fouquet, Girolamo da Cremona, Simon Marmion, and Joris Hoefnagel. Included are glistening liturgical books, intimate and touching devotional books for private use, books of the Bible, lively histories by Giovanni Boccaccio and Jean Froissart, and a breathtaking Model Book of Calligraphy.

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0892364467

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9780892364466

Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals

By: Brian P. Hinote,Jason Adam Wasserman

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Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals

By: Brian P. Hinote,Jason Adam Wasserman

Health professionals’ interest in social and behavioral science is rapidly increasing due to the growing recognition that social factors such as income, education, race, gender, and age all impact individuals’ health. These and other social conditions also shape patients’ illness experiences, the ways that they interact with health care providers, and the effectiveness of with which health professionals provide care. Understanding these social determinants and applying them to clinical practice is a major challenge for healthcare providers, which is why programs and accrediting bodies have been including more social and behavioral science content into the curricula for medical, nursing, and allied health programs. Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals provides in-depth coverage of the social determinants of health and how to directly apply these insights in clinical practice, thereby enhancing clinicians’ ability to engage their patients and more effectively render care. Broken into four parts, the book opens with the foundations of social science and health, including the shifting landscape of health and healthcare. The authors then cover the way in which social determinants of health shape large-scale features of health and illness in society, how they influence interactions between patients and providers in clinical settings, and how they shape health care systems and policies. Threshold concepts in each chapterfocus on conceptual and transformative learning while learning objectives, activities, and discussion questions provide instructors and students with robust sets of learning aids that intentionally focus on practical clinical, epidemiological, and policy issues. Ideal for students, educators, and professionals in health care, medical sociology, public health, and related fields, Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals is the only introduction available that clearly articulates why social and behavioral science matter in clinical care. New to This Edition: New Chapter 13 on Comparative Health Care Systems covers four models of health care systems and expands the global focus of the book Greater emphasis on the LGBTQ+ community provides coverage of how gender expression and sexual orientation influence health and quality of care received New coverage of current issues such as the opioid crisis and vaccine hesitancy that have been rendered especially important by the COVID-19 pandemic Added discussion questions at the end of every chapter strengthen students’ critical thinking skills and abilities to apply new insights to practical, real-world examples.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538127857

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Survival

A Theological-Political Genealogy

By: Adam Y. Stern

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Survival

A Theological-Political Genealogy

By: Adam Y. Stern

For a world mired in catastrophe, nothing could be more urgent than the question of survival. In this theoretically and methodologically groundbreaking book, Adam Y. Stern calls for a critical reevaluation of survival as a contemporary regime of representation. In Survival, Stern asks what texts, what institutions, and what traditions have made survival a recognizable element of our current political vocabulary. The book begins by suggesting that the interpretive key lies in the discursive prominence of "Jewish survival." Yet the Jewish example, he argues, is less a marker of Jewish history than an index of Christianity's impact on the modern, secular, political imagination. With this inversion, the book repositions Jewish survival as the supplemental effect and mask of a more capacious political theology of Christian survival. The argument proceeds by taking major moments in twentieth-century philosophy, theology, and political theory as occasions for collecting the scattered elements of survival's theological-political archive. Through readings of canonical texts by secular and Jewish thinkers—Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Franz Rosenzweig, and Sigmund Freud—Stern shows that survival belongs to a history of debates about the sovereignty and subjection of Christ's body. Interrogating survival as a rhetorical formation, the book intervenes in discussions about biopolitics, secularism, political theology, and the philosophy of religion.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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081225287X

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Capital of Mind

The Idea of a Modern American University

By: Adam R. Nelson

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Capital of Mind

The Idea of a Modern American University

By: Adam R. Nelson

In the second volume of his planned trilogy that will recast the history of the university in a fresh and surprising light, Adam R. Nelson aims to show how knowledge, which had been commodified starting in the late eighteenth century, became industrialized in the nineteenth century. Nelson explains how the idea of the modern university arose from a set of institutional and ideological reforms designed to foster the mass production and mass consumption of knowledge--that is, the industrialization of ideas. Fusing the history of higher education with the history of capitalism, Nelson suggests that this "marketization" of knowledge propelled the institutionalization of the university, far earlier than previously understood"--

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University of Chicago Press

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0226829200

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9780226829203

Family-group Names in Coleoptera (Insecta)

By: Patrice Bouchard,Yves Bousquet,Anthony E. Davies,Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga,John F. Lawrence,Chris H. C. Lyal,Alfred F. Newton,Chris A. M. Reid,Michael Schmitt,S. Adam ?lipi?ski,Andrew B. T. Smith

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Family-group Names in Coleoptera (Insecta)

By: Patrice Bouchard,Yves Bousquet,Anthony E. Davies,Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga,John F. Lawrence,Chris H. C. Lyal,Alfred F. Newton,Chris A. M. Reid,Michael Schmitt,S. Adam ?lipi?ski,Andrew B. T. Smith

oblitum (Elateridae), Calopodinae Costa, 1852 nom. protectum over Sparedrinae Gistel, 1848 nom. oblitum (Oedemeridae), Adesmiini Lacordaire, 1859 nom. protectum over Macropodini Agassiz, 1846 nom. oblitum (Tenebrionidae), Bolitophagini Kirby, 1837 nom. protectum over Eledonini Billberg, 1820 nom. oblitum (Tenebrionidae), Throscidae Laporte, 1840 nom. protectum over Stereolidae Rafinesque, 1815 nom. oblitum (Throscidae) and Lophocaterini Crowson, 1964 over Lycoptini Casey, 1890 nom. oblitum (Trogossitidae); Monotoma Herbst, 1799 nom. protectum over Monotoma Panzer, 1792 nom. oblitum (Monotomidae); Pediacus Shuckard, 1839 nom. protectum over Biophloeus Dejean, 1835 nom. oblitum (Cucujidae), Pachypus Dejean, 1821 nom. protectum over Pachypus Billberg, 1820 nom. oblitum (Scarabaeidae), Sparrmannia Laporte, 1840 nom. protectum over Leocaeta Dejean, 1833 nom. oblitum and Cephalotrichia Hope, 1837 nom. oblitum (Scarabaeidae).

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PenSoft Publishers LTD

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9546425834

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System Wise

Continuous Instructional Improvement at Scale

By: Adam Parrott-Sheffer,Carmen Williams,David Rease,Kathryn Parker Boudett

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System Wise

Continuous Instructional Improvement at Scale

By: Adam Parrott-Sheffer,Carmen Williams,David Rease,Kathryn Parker Boudett

Actionable and adaptable guidance for extending the proven Data Wise process from the classroom to entire school systems

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Harvard Education Press

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1682538788

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9781682538784

The Perfect Store

Inside EBay

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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The Perfect Store

Inside EBay

By: Adam Seth Cohen

eBay is one of the most successful commercial sites on the Internet. This is the story of eBay's humble beginnings, when it was launched from a spare bedroom in Pierre Omidyar's house, to its status today - with 20 million users.

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Piatkus Books

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0749923490

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9780749923495

Exchange of Ideas

The Economy of Higher Education in Early America

By: Adam R. Nelson

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Exchange of Ideas

The Economy of Higher Education in Early America

By: Adam R. Nelson

In this first volume of a planned trilogy that will recast the history of the university in a fresh and surprising light, Adam R. Nelson aims to show how knowledge itself was commodified, starting in the late eighteenth century. Nelson follows the market transformation in the age of revolutions to show how American colleges were drawn into transatlantic commercial relations. Fusing the history of higher education with the history of capitalism, Nelson opens up an array of questions: How do we distinguish between knowledge and education as goods? Are they public or private? What determines their prices? In the most fundamental sense, what is the optimal system of higher education in a capitalist democracy? The answers have jarring relevance today"--

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0226828492

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9780226828497

Observation, Hypothesis, Introspection

By: Adam Wiegner

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Observation, Hypothesis, Introspection

By: Adam Wiegner

Wiegner's work belongs to Polish analytical philosophy, but it falls outside of its main current, the Lvov-Warsaw School, which was influenced by Hume's ideas, Wiegner, influenced by neo-Kantianism, developed a non-Humean conception of holistic empiricism, which anticipates some of the ideas of K.R. Popper and W.V.O. Quine. Some of his ideas remain original to this day.His main research interests included epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science especially philosophy of psychology, analytical history of philosophy, interpretation of traditional logic in terms of mathematical logic.

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9401201706

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9789401201704

Humanity's Rise to Superdominance, the Global Ecological Crisis, and the Way Forward for Education

By: Adam C. Scarfe

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Humanity's Rise to Superdominance, the Global Ecological Crisis, and the Way Forward for Education

By: Adam C. Scarfe

This book pinpoints the evolutionary connection between the global ecological crisis and transgenerational learning and education. As Julian Huxley (1887-1975) described, the cumulative passing down of knowledge, skills, and ideas by one generation to the next over eons of time, which has been afforded by the advent of complex languages in the evolutionary past, is chiefly responsible for humanity’s planetary superdominance. However, given that the drive of the human species to increase its control over the natural world has, today, run up against ecological limits, there is an evolutionary-existential choice to be made in relation to the ultimate purposes of formal education. Should humanity “double down” on the anthropocentric humanist project of superdominance, including the goals of unlimited economic growth, development, and scientific and technological progress? Alternatively, should a biocentric anti-humanist and/or postmodernist deconstruction of formal education take place? Or should a holistic organicist orientation, emphasizing biological wisdom, help to shape its future? As this book shows, the answers to these philosophical questions on the parts of educators, prospective teachers, and learners will, going forward, play a key role in deciding the evolutionary trajectories of all life-forms on the planet.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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152759145X

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The Deportation Machine

America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants

By: Adam Goodman

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The Deportation Machine

America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants

By: Adam Goodman

By most accounts, the United States has deported around five million people since 1882-but this includes only what the federal government calls "formal deportations." "Voluntary departures," where undocumented immigrants who have been detained agree to leave within a specified time period, and "self-deportations," where undocumented immigrants leave because legal structures in the United States have made their lives too difficult and frightening, together constitute 90% of the undocumented immigrants who have been expelled by the federal government. This brings the number of deportees to fifty-six million. These forms of deportation rely on threats and coercion created at the federal, state, and local levels, using large-scale publicity campaigns, the fear of immigration raids, and detentions to cost-effectively push people out of the country. Here, Adam Goodman traces a comprehensive history of American deportation policies from 1882 to the present and near future. He shows that ome of the country's largest deportation operations expelled hundreds of thousands of people almost exclusively through the use of voluntary departures and through carefully-planned fear campaigns that terrified undocumented immigrants through newspaper, radio, and television publicity. These deportation efforts have disproportionately targeted Mexican immigrants, who make up half of non-citizens but 90% of deportees. Goodman examines the political economy of these deportation operations, arguing that they run on private transportation companies, corrupt public-private relations, and the creation of fear-based internal borders for long-term undocumented residents. He grounds his conclusions in over four years of research in English- and Spanish-language archives and twenty-five oral histories conducted with both immigration officials and immigrants-revealing for the first time the true magnitude and deep historical roots of anti-immigrant policy in the United Statesws that s

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Princeton University Press

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0691204209

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Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer

By: M. Melissa Wolfe,Sarah Burns,Robert Cozzolino,Michael Lobel,Adam Desmond Zagorin

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Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer

By: M. Melissa Wolfe,Sarah Burns,Robert Cozzolino,Michael Lobel,Adam Desmond Zagorin

This book offers the first critical reassessment of an artist whose mature oeuvre constitutes a rich and often disquieting critique that is equal parts wit, seduction, and bite. Honorae Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major figure in the years surrounding World War II, though her commitment to leftist ideals and an alternate trajectory of surrealism put her at increasing odds with the political and artistic climate of the time"--

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Yale University Press

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0300223137

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Play at Work

How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking

By: Adam L. Penenberg

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Play at Work

How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking

By: Adam L. Penenberg

Do games hold the secret to better productivity? If you’ve ever found yourself engrossed in Angry Birds, Call of Duty, or a plain old crossword puzzle when you should have been doing something more productive, you know how easily games hold our attention. Hardcore gamers have spent the equivalent of 5.93 million years playing World of Warcraft while the world collectively devotes about 5 million hours per day to Angry Birds. A colossal waste of time? Perhaps. But what if we could tap into all the energy, engagement, and brainpower that people are already expending and use it for more creative and valuable pursuits? Harnessing the power of games sounds like a New-Age fantasy, or at least a fad that’s only for hip start-ups run by millennials in Silicon Valley. But according to Adam L. Penenberg, the use of smart game design in the workplace and beyond is taking hold in every sector of the economy, and the companies that apply it are witnessing unprecedented results. “Gamification” isn’t just for consumers chasing reward points anymore. It’s transforming, well, just about everything. Penenberg explores how, by understanding the way successful games are designed, we can apply them to become more efficient, come up with new ideas, and achieve even the most daunting goals. He shows how game mechanics are being applied to make employees happier and more motivated, improve worker safety, create better products, and improve customer service. For example, Microsoft has transformed an essential but mind-numbing task—debugging software—into a game by having employees compete and collaborate to find more glitches in less time. Meanwhile, Local Motors, an independent automaker based in Arizona, crowdsources designs from car enthusiasts all over the world by having them compete for money and recognition within the community. As a result, the company was able to bring a cutting-edge vehicle to market in less time and at far less cost than the Big Three automakers. These are just two examples of companies that have tapped the characteristics that make games so addictive and satisfying. Penenberg also takes us inside organizations that have introduced play at work to train surgeons, aid in physical therapy, translate the Internet, solve vexing scientific riddles, and digitize books from the nineteenth century. Drawing on the latest brain science as well as his firsthand reporting from these cutting-edge companies, Penenberg offers a powerful solution for businesses and organizations of all stripes and sizes.

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1101623020

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Supreme Inequality

The Supreme Court's Fifty-year Battle for a More Unjust America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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The Supreme Court's Fifty-year Battle for a More Unjust America

By: Adam Seth Cohen

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 5

The Middle Jordan Valley, from Wadi Fasael to Wadi ‘Aujah

By: Adam Zertal Z"l,Shay Bar

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 5

The Middle Jordan Valley, from Wadi Fasael to Wadi ‘Aujah

By: Adam Zertal Z"l,Shay Bar

The book presents the results of a complete detailed survey of the eastern region of Samaria, mainly the Middle Jordan Valley, within the territory of Israel/Palestine. It is Volume 5 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey publications. This project, in progress since 1978, and covering 2500 sq. km, is a thorough, metre-by-metre mapping of the archaeological-historical area between the River Jordan and the Sharon Plain, and between Nahal 'Iron and the north-eastern point of the Dead Sea. This territory is one of the most important in the country from the Biblical and archaeological view; and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, archaeology, Near Eastern history and other aspects of the Holy Land. This volume describes the area of the Jordan Valley between Wadi Fasael in the north and Wadi 'Aujah in the south. It is a fully revised and updated version of the Hebrew publication of 2012. "This rich volume makes an important contribution to the corpus of archaeological and historical knowledge about the land of Israel, and it will be a necessary acquisition for academic libraries. It will be of great interest to all those concerned with the study of the history and ar-chaeology of the land of Israel." - Ralph K. Hawkins, Averett University, Danville, VA, in: Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin 64 (2019)

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9004400869

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Building on the Ruins of the Temple

Apologetics and Polemics in Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

By: Adam Gregerman

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Building on the Ruins of the Temple

Apologetics and Polemics in Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

By: Adam Gregerman

In the immediate centuries after the Romans' destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE, Jews and Christians offered contrasting religious explanations for the razing of the locus of God's presence on earth. Adam Gregerman analyzes the views found in three early Christian texts (Justin's Dialogue with Trypho, Origen's Contra Celsum, and Eusebius' Proof of the Gospel) and one rabbinic text (the Midrash on Lamentations), all of which emerged in the same place--the land of Israel--and around the same time--the first few centuries after 70. The author explores the ways they interpret the destruction in order to prove (in the case of Christians), or make it impossible to disprove (in the case of the Jews) that their community is the people of God. He demonstrates the apologetic and polemical functions of selected explanations, for claims to the covenant made by one community excluded those made by the other.

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Mohr Siebeck

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316154322X

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The Social Science Encyclopedia

By: Adam Kuper

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The Social Science Encyclopedia

By: Adam Kuper

This reference has been written by an international team of contributors presenting a global understanding of the key issues within social sciences. A board of advisory editors has worked closely with the editors in determining the most important concepts, thinkers and techniques in each field.

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0415108292

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Body Studies: The Basics

By: Niall Richardson,Adam Locks

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Body Studies: The Basics

By: Niall Richardson,Adam Locks

Consideration of the body as a subject for study has increased in recent years with new technologies, forms of modification, debates about obesity and issues of age being brought into focus by the media. Drawing on contemporary culture, Body Studies: The Basics introduces readers to the key concerns and debates surrounding the study of the sociological body, cutting across disciplines to cover topics which include: Nature vs. Culture: how we ‘build’ and transform our bodies Conformity and resistance in bodily practice Issues of body image – beauty, diet, exercise and age Sporting bodies and the pursuit of ideals Enfreakment, disability and monstrosity Cyborgs and virtual online bodies With further reading signposted throughout, this accessible book is essential reading for anyone studying the body through the lens of sociology, cultural studies, sports studies, media studies and gender studies; and all those with an interest in how the physical body can be a social construct.

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1317692624

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 6

The Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Nahal Tirzah (Wadi Far'ah) to Ma’ale Ephraim Junction

By: Shay Bar,Adam Zertal

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The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 6

The Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Nahal Tirzah (Wadi Far'ah) to Ma’ale Ephraim Junction

By: Shay Bar,Adam Zertal

The book presents the results of a complete detailed archaeological survey of parts of Eastern Samaria. It is Volume 6 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey series of publications. This territory is one of the most important in the country from the archaeological, Biblical and other points of view, and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, archaeology, Near Eastern history and other aspects of the Holy Land.

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