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The Political Landscape

Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities

By: Adam T Smith

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The Political Landscape

Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities

By: Adam T Smith

How do landscapes—defined in the broadest sense to incorporate the physical contours of the built environment, the aesthetics of form, and the imaginative reflections of spatial representations—contribute to the making of politics? Shifting through the archaeological, epigraphic, and artistic remains of early complex societies, this provocative and far-reaching book is the first systematic attempt to explain the links between spatial organization and politics from an anthropological point of view. The Classic-period Maya, the kingdom of Urartu, and the cities of early southern Mesopotamia provide the focal points for this multidimensional account of human polities. Are the cities and villages in which we live and work, the lands that are woven into our senses of cultural and personal identity, and the national territories we occupy merely stages on which historical processes and political rituals are enacted? Or do the forms of buildings and streets, the evocative sensibilities of architecture and vista, the aesthetics of place conjured in art and media constitute political landscapes—broad sets of spatial practices critical to the formation, operation, and overthrow of polities, regimes, and institutions? Smith brings together contemporary theoretical developments from geography and social theory with anthropological perspectives and archaeological data to pursue these questions.

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Univ of California Press

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052093699X

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Building a Business of Politics

The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

By: Adam D. Sheingate

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Building a Business of Politics

The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

By: Adam D. Sheingate

Today, politics is big business. Most of the 6 billion spent during the 2012 campaign went to highly paid political consultants. In Building a Business of Politics, a lively history of political consulting, Adam Sheingate examines the origins of the industry and its consequences for American democracy.

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Oxford University Press

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0190217197

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Hidden Potential

The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam Grant

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Hidden Potential

The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam Grant

#1 New York Times Bestseller “This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.” —Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door. Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked. Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things. This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.

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Random House Large Print

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0593676734

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9780593676738

Heenan Blaikie

The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm

By: Adam Dodek

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Heenan Blaikie

The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm

By: Adam Dodek

In 1973, three young lawyers established Heenan Blaikie. It would become one of Canada’s highest-profile law firms, counting former prime ministers, premiers, and Supreme Court justices in its ranks. It was like a family, according to many who worked there. But it was a dysfunctional family. In 2014, the firm’s dramatic collapse became front-page news. Based on extensive interviews with firm lawyers and legal industry insiders, Heenan Blaikie is the story of a respected law firm that ultimately buckled under weak governance and management. Heenan Blaikie seemed to punch above its weight: bilingual, humane, national with international aspirations. But beneath its unique culture as a kinder, gentler law firm lay workplace bullying, challenges for women and visible minority lawyers, and sexual harassment. Adam Dodek, an unbiased outsider, situates the firm’s evolution within the context of a changing legal profession and society, producing an account that is gripping from beginning to end.

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UBC Press

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0774870761

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Keeper of the Great Seal of Heaven

Sealing of the Spirit in the Life and Thought of John Flavel

By: Adam Embry

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Keeper of the Great Seal of Heaven

Sealing of the Spirit in the Life and Thought of John Flavel

By: Adam Embry

Puritan pastors of the seventeenth century were true physicians of the soul, and this is made readily apparent in Adam Embry’s study of John Flavel. In Keeper of the Great Seal of Heaven, Embry shows the prominent themes of heavenly mindedness and the work of the Holy Spirit in Flavel’s life and pastoral ministry. He goes on to evaluate Flavel’s teachings about the Spirit, explains Flavel’s view on the sealing of the Spirit, and compares Flavel with other Puritans. Embry further traces the significance of Flavel’s theology of the Spirit in the American Great Awakenings, gives an evaluation of Flavel’s exegesis relating to the sealing of the Spirit, and concludes with an insightful pastoral reflection on the material. While this study reveals a diversity of thought within Puritanism, it also underscores the profound commitment this spiritual brotherhood shared for treating the matter of the heart with biblical truth in dependence on the Holy Spirit.

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Reformation Heritage Books

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1601783647

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9781601783646

UK FIlm Finance Handbook 2005/06: How To Fund Your Film

By: Adam P. Davies

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UK FIlm Finance Handbook 2005/06: How To Fund Your Film

By: Adam P. Davies

The reader - from beginner making their first short film, through to experienced producer packaging an international multi-million pound co-production - is guided through the entire process of raising finance, in a book packed with interviews, case studies, expert tips and details of more than 200 funds.

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Netribution

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0955014301

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Orthopedic Imaging

A Practical Approach

By: Adam Greenspan

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Orthopedic Imaging

A Practical Approach

By: Adam Greenspan

Orthopedic Radiology: A Practical Approach has established itself as a standard text in musculoskeletal imaging. Featuring over 4,000 illustrations and unique, effective pedagogy, this is the ideal teaching text on musculoskeletal imaging for radiologists and orthopedists at every level of training. It covers all orthopedic problems and imaging modalities and offers indispensable guidance on selecting cost-effective imaging techniques. Featured are PET-CT’s, CT, three-dimensional CT scans for areas covering trauma, MRI, and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Practical Points to Remember appear at the end of each chapter to outline salient points.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469883309

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9781469883304

Clay and lime renders, plasters and paints

A how-to guide to using natural finishes

By: Adam Weismann,Katy Bryce

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Clay and lime renders, plasters and paints

A how-to guide to using natural finishes

By: Adam Weismann,Katy Bryce

An in-depth guide with step-by-step instructions on how to select, mix and apply lime- and clay- based plasters, renders, paints and washes. With the increasing awareness of eco-building techniques alongside the desire to make our homes healthier, the historical benefits of using natural renders and paints are being rediscovered. Clay and Lime Renders, Plasters and Paints is a detailed guide to the selection, mixing and application of lime- and clay-based plasters, renders, paints and washes. It provides step-by-step instructions for applying lime- and clay-based plasters, renders and paints, and information on the benefits of natural finishes for personal health, the environment, and for buildings. The book draws on traditional methods & materials for using lime & clay finishes on new and historic buildings, and also includes a comprehensive and up-to-date online resource guide to suppliers, practitioners and courses. Easy to follow DIY projects guide the reader through all aspects of using these natural finishes, with beautiful photographs of techniques and examples from the UK and abroad.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857842706

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OneTrackMinds

True stories about life-changing songs

By: Kristian Brodie,Adam Shakinovsky

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OneTrackMinds

True stories about life-changing songs

By: Kristian Brodie,Adam Shakinovsky

Put your headphones on, close your eyes. Embrace the possibility of the life-changing power of music. And perhaps one of these songs will change your life too. Music can inspire our greatest creations, salve our deepest wounds, make us fall in – or out of – love. It can also be a window into another’s soul. Based on the popular live storytelling series, OneTrackMinds is a collection of twenty-five compelling answers to the question, ‘What was the song that changed your life?’ Featuring pieces from a stellar cast of contributors including Peter Tatchell, Inua Ellams, Cash Carraway, Rhik Samadder, Ingrid Oliver and Joe Dunthorne, alongside some of the UK’s most exciting new voices, the book compiles many of the standout stories from the live show so far. Just as rich and varied are the songs themselves, by artists ranging from Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell to Aphex Twin and the Replacements via Tupac, Prince and the Spice Girls. The result is an entertaining, enlightening musical guide to the best of what makes us human.

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1800181019

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Metal-Oxo and Metal-Peroxo Species in Catalytic Oxidations

By: Waldemar Adam

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Metal-Oxo and Metal-Peroxo Species in Catalytic Oxidations

By: Waldemar Adam

This volume is a description of the current knowledge on the different metal-oxo and metal-peroxo species involved in catalytic oxidations. The series contains critical reviews of the present position and future trends, and short and concise reports written by the world’s renowned experts.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540669434

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9783540669432

Crude Capitalism

Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market

By: Adam Hanieh

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Crude Capitalism

Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market

By: Adam Hanieh

This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti-colonial rebellion; contemporary finance and US dollar hegemony; debt and militarism; and the emergence of new forms of synthetic consumption. Much more than an energy source or transport fuel, oil has a foundational place in all aspects of contemporary life - no challenge to the fossil fuel industry can be effective without taking this fact seriously. Crude Capitalism maps the varied geographies of oil, including the rise of OPEC, the importance of revolutionary and Post-Soviet Russia, the crucial role of African upstream reserves, and the new petrochemical circuits that link the Middle East, China, and East Asia. The book provides an original and fine-grained empirical analysis of corporate ownership and control, including refining and petrochemicals. By exposing these structures of power and placing oil in capitalism, the book makes an essential contribution to debates around oil-dependency and the struggle for climate justice.

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Verso Books

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1839763442

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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2023

The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Persuading the Unpersuadable" By Adam Grant)

By: Harvard Business Review,Adam M. Grant,Francesca Gino,Fred Reichheld,Linda A. Hill

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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2023

The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Persuading the Unpersuadable" By Adam Grant)

By: Harvard Business Review,Adam M. Grant,Francesca Gino,Fred Reichheld,Linda A. Hill

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Francesca Gino to Adam Grant and company examples from Pfizer to Microsoft, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: Adopt the best practices for creating a truly flexible workplace Refocus your strategy to prioritize the few initiatives with the greatest potential impact Navigate the challenges of role transitions--and learn how those in changing roles can get up to speed faster Implement diversity training that will help employees overcome bias and commit to improvement Overcome roadblocks during the innovation process so rapid experimentation will pay off Lead with a commitment to sustainability This collection of articles includes "The Future of Flexibility at Work," by Ellen Ernst Kossek, Patricia Gettings, and Kaumudi Misra; "Eliminate Strategic Overload," by Felix Oberholzer-Gee; "Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making," by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, and Taran Swan; "Unconscious Bias Training that Works," by Francesca Gino and Katherine Coffman; "Why You Aren't Getting More from Your Marketing AI," by Eva Ascarza, Michael Ross, and Bruce G.S. Hardie; "Net Promoter 3.0," by Fred Reichheld, Darci Darnell, and Maureen Burns; "How Chinese Retailers are Reinventing the Customer Journey," by Mark J. Greeven, Katherine Xin, and George S. Yip; "The Circular Business Model," by Atalay Atasu, Céline Dumas, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove; "How to Succeed Quickly in a New Role," by Rob Cross, Greg Pryor, and David Sylvester; "Accounting for Climate Change," by Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna; and "Persuading the Unpersuadable," by Adam Grant. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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1647824567

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Power and Love

A Theory and Practice of Social Change

By: Jeff Barnum,Adam Kahane

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Power and Love

A Theory and Practice of Social Change

By: Jeff Barnum,Adam Kahane

Using revealing stories from complex situations he has been involved in all over the world - the Middle East, South Africa, Europe, India, Guatemala, the Philippines, Australia, Canada and the United States - Kahane reveals how to dynamically balance power and love....

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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145962632X

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Fame and Failure 1720-1800

By: Adam Rounce

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Fame and Failure 1720-1800

By: Adam Rounce

An unusual history of eighteenth-century British literature, exploring ideas of fame and failure through writers who failed to achieve it.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107042224

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (with bonus article "How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity" By Ed Catmull)

By: Harvard Business Review,Francesca Gino,Adam Grant,Ed Catmull,Teresa M. Amabile

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (with bonus article "How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity" By Ed Catmull)

By: Harvard Business Review,Francesca Gino,Adam Grant,Ed Catmull,Teresa M. Amabile

Does your organization support creativity—or squash it? If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you ignite the creative spark across your organization. This book will inspire you to: Discover the elements of creativity and learn how to influence them Harness the creative potential of a diverse team Encourage curiosity and experimentation Avoid breakdowns in creative collaboration Overcome the fear that blocks your innate creativity Bring breakthrough ideas to life This collection of articles includes "Reclaim Your Creative Confidence" by Tom Kelley and David Kelley; "How to Kill Creativity" by Teresa Amabile; "How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity" by Ed Catmull; "Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work" by Dorothy Leonard and Susaan Straus; "Find Innovation Where You Least Expect It" by Tony McCaffrey and Jim Pearson; "The Business Case for Curiosity" by Francesca Gino; "Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life" by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade; "Collaborating with Creative Peers" by Kimberly D. Elsbach, Brooke Brown-Saracino, and Francis J. Flynn; "Creativity Under the Gun" by Teresa Amabile, Constance Noonan Hadley, and Steven J. Kramer; "Strategy Needs Creativity" by Adam Brandenburger; and "How to Build a Culture of Originality" by Adam Grant. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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163369996X

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Originals

How Non-Conformists Move the World

By: Adam Grant

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Originals

How Non-Conformists Move the World

By: Adam Grant

The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas in their careers and everyday life—and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Hidden Potential, Think Again, and the co-author of Option B “Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our personal and professional lives.”—The New York Times DealBook “Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn’t even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor. The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo.

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Penguin

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014312885X

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X and the City

Modeling Aspects of Urban Life

By: John Adam

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X and the City

Modeling Aspects of Urban Life

By: John Adam

What mathematical modeling uncovers about life in the city X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells a story and examples are explained throughout in an informal and witty style. The level of mathematics ranges from precalculus through calculus to some differential equations, and any reader with knowledge of elementary calculus will be able to follow the materials with ease. There are also some more challenging problems sprinkled in for the more advanced reader. Filled with interesting and unusual observations about how cities work, X and the City shows how mathematics undergirds and plays an important part in the metropolitan landscape.

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Princeton University Press

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1400841690

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Bulldozed and Betrayed

Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876

By: Adam Fairclough

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Bulldozed and Betrayed

Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876

By: Adam Fairclough

Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contest—which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden—the most controversial in American history. Examining the work and conclusions of the Potter Committee, the congressional body tasked with investigating the vote, Adam Fairclough’s Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876 sheds new light on the events surrounding the electoral crisis, especially those that occurred in Louisiana, a state singled out for voter intimidation and rampant fraud. The Potter Committee’s inquiry led to embarrassment for Democrats, uncovering an array of bribes, forgeries, and even coded telegrams showing that the Tilden campaign had attempted to buy the presidency. Testimony also exposed the treachery of Hayes, who, once installed in the White House, permitted insurrectionary Democrats to overthrow the Republican government in Louisiana that had risen to power during the early days of Reconstruction.

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LSU Press

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0807176346

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Our War Paint Is Writers' Ink

Anishinaabe Literary Transnationalism

By: Adam Spry

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Our War Paint Is Writers' Ink

Anishinaabe Literary Transnationalism

By: Adam Spry

For the Anishinaabeg—the indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes—literary writing has long been an important means of asserting their continued existence as a nation, with its own culture, history, and sovereignty. At the same time, literature has also offered American writers a way to make the Anishinaabe Nation disappear, often by relegating it to a distant past. In this book, Adam Spry puts these two traditions in conversation with one another, showing how novels, poetry, and drama have been the ground upon which Anishinaabeg and Americans have clashed as representatives of two nations contentiously occupying the same land. Focusing on moments of contact, appropriation, and exchange, Spry examines a diverse range of texts in order to reveal a complex historical network of Native and non-Native writers who read and adapted each other's work across the boundaries of nation, culture, and time. By reconceiving the relationship between the United States and the Anishinaabeg as one of transnational exchange, Our War Paint Is Writers' Ink offers a new methodology for the study of Native American literatures, capable of addressing a long history of mutual cultural influence while simultaneously arguing for the legitimacy, and continued necessity, of indigenous nationhood. In addition, the author reexamines several critical assumptions—about authenticity, identity, and nationhood itself—that have become common wisdom in both Native American and US literary studies.

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1438468830

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The Judicial Tug of War

How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American Judiciary

By: Adam Bonica,Maya Sen

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The Judicial Tug of War

How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American Judiciary

By: Adam Bonica,Maya Sen

Presents a novel theory explaining how and why politicians and lawyers politicise courts.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108841368

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Pigs at the Trough

Lessons from Australia's Decade of Corporate Greed

By: Adam Schwab

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Pigs at the Trough

Lessons from Australia's Decade of Corporate Greed

By: Adam Schwab

The past decade has seen a period of unparalleled growth in executive remuneration. But while CEO pay exploded, shareholders looked on helplessly as some of Australia's best-known companies self-destructed. When the fall eventually came, executives were well protected. Shareholders and creditors were not so lucky. From Telstra's enriching of Sol Trujillo to the toppling of Eddy Groves's ABC Learning Centres and the untold accounts of the billions lost by the collapsed Babcock & Brown, Allco Finance Group and MFS, Pigs at the Trough tells the story of how a generation of executives, under the supervision of well-known and respected non-executive directors, pushed all the boundaries and sometimes sailed right over them ... and got away with it. A pacey, irreverent read but with a devastatingly serious message, Pigs at the Trough gives investors invaluable insights into how to spot the telltale signs of impending corporate collapse, and how to avoid being another victim.

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1742469329

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What Stays in Vegas

The World of Personal DataÑLifeblood of Big BusinessÑand the End of Privacy as We Know It

By: Adam Tanner

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What Stays in Vegas

The World of Personal DataÑLifeblood of Big BusinessÑand the End of Privacy as We Know It

By: Adam Tanner

The greatest threat to privacy today is not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously gathering data with little oversight from anyone. In Las Vegas, no company knows the value of data better than Caesars Entertainment. Many thousands of enthusiastic clients pour through the ever-open doors of their casinos. The secret to the company’s success lies in their one unrivaled asset: they know their clients intimately by tracking the activities of the overwhelming majority of gamblers. They know exactly what games they like to play, what foods they enjoy for breakfast, when they prefer to visit, who their favorite hostess might be, and exactly how to keep them coming back for more. Caesars’ dogged data-gathering methods have been so successful that they have grown to become the world’s largest casino operator, and have inspired companies of all kinds to ramp up their own data mining in the hopes of boosting their targeted marketing efforts. Some do this themselves. Some rely on data brokers. Others clearly enter a moral gray zone that should make American consumers deeply uncomfortable. We live in an age when our personal information is harvested and aggregated whether we like it or not. And it is growing ever more difficult for those businesses that choose not to engage in more intrusive data gathering to compete with those that do. Tanner’s timely warning resounds: Yes, there are many benefits to the free flow of all this data, but there is a dark, unregulated, and destructive netherworld as well.

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1610394186

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Creating Prehistory

Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain

By: Adam Stout

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Creating Prehistory

Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain

By: Adam Stout

Creating Prehistory deals even-handedly and sympatheticallywith the creation of several different sorts of prehistory duringthe volatile period between the two World Wars. Investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britainduring the inter-war period Brings to life many fascinating and controversial personalitiesand their creeds, including the archaeologists O. G. S. Crawford,Mortimer Wheeler and Gordon Childe; Grafton Elliot Smith and W. H.R. Rivers (of ‘Regeneration’ fame); Alfred Watkins andThe Old Straight Track; and the thunderous George Watson MacgregorReid, who brought the Druids back to Stonehenge Examines the production of archaeological knowledge as a socialprocess, and the relationship between personalities, institutions,ideology, and power Addresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites suchas Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle

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1444302922

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Kodachrome

By: Adam Szymkowicz

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Kodachrome

By: Adam Szymkowicz

Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance in all its stages of development. A play about love, nostalgia, the seasons and how we learn to say goodbye.

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Concord Theatricals

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0573708088

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Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL

By: Juliana Driever,Ed Woodham,Kalia Brooks,Trinidad Fombella,Victoria Marshall,Adam Brent,Ernesto Pujol,Linda Mary Montano

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Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL

By: Juliana Driever,Ed Woodham,Kalia Brooks,Trinidad Fombella,Victoria Marshall,Adam Brent,Ernesto Pujol,Linda Mary Montano

Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL Ceremony. Habituation. Myth. Obsession. Superstition. Liturgy. Art in Odd Places (AiOP) is a thematic, annual festival that presents visual and performance art in public spaces along 14th Street in Manhattan, NYC each October. In 2011, over sixty artists and performers created public art interventions as part of Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL. This richly illustrated catalogue is both a document of, and critical extension on, the diverse projects that were presented. Including commentary by leading practitioners in contemporary art and urban design including: AiOP Founder and Director, Ed Woodham, co-curators Kalia Brooks and Trinidad Fombella, Juliana Driever, Victoria Marshall, Adam Brent, Ernesto Pujol, and Linda Mary Montano. AiOP is an artist-led initiative that uses 14th Street as a laboratory to locate cracks in public space policies, question the dehumanization of the urban landscape, and celebrate the theater of civic space.

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Lulu.com

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1300938145

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What's Yours is Mine

Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism

By: Adam D. Thierer,Clyde Wayne Crews

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What's Yours is Mine

Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism

By: Adam D. Thierer,Clyde Wayne Crews

This book explores how regimes that respect property rights including the right to exclude rivals better serve consumers and innovation.

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Cato Institute

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1930865422

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The Political Machine

Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus

By: Adam T. Smith

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The Political Machine

Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus

By: Adam T. Smith

The Political Machine investigates the essential role that material culture plays in the practices and maintenance of political sovereignty. Through an archaeological exploration of the Bronze Age Caucasus, Adam Smith demonstrates that beyond assemblies of people, polities are just as importantly assemblages of things—from ballots and bullets to crowns, regalia, and licenses. Smith looks at the ways that these assemblages help to forge cohesive publics, separate sovereigns from a wider social mass, and formalize governance—and he considers how these developments continue to shape politics today. Smith shows that the formation of polities is as much about the process of manufacturing assemblages as it is about disciplining subjects, and that these material objects or "machines" sustain communities, orders, and institutions. The sensibilities, senses, and sentiments connecting people to things enabled political authority during the Bronze Age and fortify political power even in the contemporary world. Smith provides a detailed account of the transformation of communities in the Caucasus, from small-scale early Bronze Age villages committed to egalitarianism, to Late Bronze Age polities predicated on radical inequality, organized violence, and a centralized apparatus of rule. From Bronze Age traditions of mortuary ritual and divination to current controversies over flag pins and Predator drones, The Political Machine sheds new light on how material goods authorize and defend political order.

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Princeton University Press

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0691211485

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Political Leaders

By: Adam Sutherland

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Political Leaders

By: Adam Sutherland

Briefly surveys the history of Africans and African Americans in leadership and profiles notable black leaders from the sixteenth century to the present, including Toussaint Louverture, Nelson Mandela, and Condoleezza Rice.

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1448870569

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