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The Death Chair

By: Dr John McElhaney

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The Tennessee electric chair was installed in 1916 changing the way executions were performed. Up until this time the gallows had been used for all those who were guilty of crimes that demanded the life of the perpetrator. Now there is a more modern way to put criminals to death. The electric chair pumps 2300 volts of electricity through the body of those who are unfortunate enough to set in it. From 1916 through 1960 a period of 44 years there were 125 men who were put to death in the chair. Of the 125 men 85 were black and 40 were white. This book gives the details of 43 of these men, 21 white men and 22 black men. The details of the crime along with the details of the execution is writer in this book. These are the genuine facts, real names of both victim and perpetrator are revealed in this book. The cases written about here are cases from the East Tennessee division of the state. Please read this book and let in educate you as to the criminal history of East Tennessee.

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A Trip To The Chair

By: Dr John McElhaney

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A Trip To The Chair

By: Dr John McElhaney

The Tennessee electric chair was installed in 1916 changing the way executions were performed. Up until this time the gallows had been used for all those who were guilty of crimes that demanded the life of the perpetrator. Now there is a more modern way to put criminals to death. The electric chair pumps 2300 volts of electricity through the body of those who are unfortunate enough to set in it. From 1916 through 1960 a period of 44 years there were 125 men who were put to death in the chair. Of the 125 men 85 were black and 40 were white. This book gives the details of 43 of these men, 21 white men and 22 black men. The details of the crime along with the details of the execution is written in this book. These are the genuine facts, real names of both victim and perpetrator are revealed in this book. The cases written about here are cases from the East Tennessee division of the state. Please read this book and let in educate you as to some of the most horrendous murders ever committed.

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Intellectual Politics and Cultural Conflict in the Romantic Period

Scottish Whigs, English Radicals and the Making of the British Public Sphere

By: Dr Alex Benchimol

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Intellectual Politics and Cultural Conflict in the Romantic Period

Scottish Whigs, English Radicals and the Making of the British Public Sphere

By: Dr Alex Benchimol

Intellectual Politics and Cultural Conflict in the Romantic Period maps the intellectual formation of English plebeian radicalism and Scottish philosophic Whiggism over the long eighteenth century and examines their associated strategies of critical engagement with the cultural, social and political crises of the early nineteenth century. It is a story of the making of a wider British public sphere out of the agendas and discourses of the radical and liberal publics that both shaped and responded to them. When juxtaposed, these competing intellectual formations illustrate two important expressions of cultural politics in the Romantic period, as well as the peculiar overlapping of national cultural histories that contributed to the ideological conflict over the public meaning of Britain's industrial modernity. Alex Benchimol's study provides an original contribution to recent scholarship in Romantic period studies centred around the public sphere, recovering the contemporary debates and national cultural histories that together made up a significant part of the ideological landscape of the British public sphere in the early nineteenth century.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409475832

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Superstitions

A Handbook of Folklore, Myths, and Legends from around the World

By: D.R. McElroy

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Superstitions

A Handbook of Folklore, Myths, and Legends from around the World

By: D.R. McElroy

Across all cultures and spanning centuries, superstitions rooted in cultural legends and myths have formed and influenced daily life. Superstitions: A Handbook of Folklore, Myths, and Legends from around the Worldâ?? explains how and why these legends and the associated behaviors behind them developed, accompanied by beautiful illustrations. In this definitive reference, you’ll learn the fascinating and often bizarre histories of a comprehensive range of superstitions from around the world. For example, the belief that one will have seven years' bad luck if you break a mirror is said to come from the Romans, who were the first to create glass mirrors. And in Japanese culture, cutting your nails at night is thought to lead to a quick death because the two phrases sound similar. You’ll also find out why some superstitions vary from culture to culture. For instance, the “unlucky” number 13 is considered a bad omen in some countries, like the US, and “lucky” in other countries, like Italy—where the number 17 is considered unlucky. The information is organized by country, so you can easily investigate the popular superstitions linked to your own or other specific ethnic heritage or cultural identity. Satisfy your burning curiosity with this complete guide to superstitions, folklore, and myths. The Mystical Handbook series from Wellfleet takes you on a magical journey through the wonderful world of spellcraft and spellcasting. Explore a new practice with each volume and learn how to incorporate spells, rituals, blessings, and cleansings into your daily routine. These portable companions feature beautiful foil-detail covers and color-saturated interiors on a premium paper blend. Other titles in the series include: Witchcraft, Love Spells, Moon Magic, Knot Magic, and House Magic.

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1577151917

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Death Penalty

By: Dr John McElhaney

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Death Penalty

By: Dr John McElhaney

This book gives the real account of murders that received the death penalty in East Tennessee. The facts of the cases are presented with the correct names of both victim and perpetrator. The first part of the book covers forty years, with twenty-nine men going to the gallows for their crime. The hangings were public, with large crowds attending. Some hangings were single, some double, some triple. One man was hanged on the gallows he had built for another man two years earlier. One man was hanged three times because the rope kept coming loose. The second part of the book covers another forty years after the electric chair was put in place in 1916 and replaced the noose. There are forty-three men listed that faced the electric chair with twenty-three hundred volts of electricity pumped through their bodies until they were dead. Some days there was only one electrocution, some days there were four. But the death by electrocution was over in two to three minutes. I hope this book is a benefit to you

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Mental State Defences in Criminal Law

By: Dr Steven Yannoulidis

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Mental State Defences in Criminal Law

By: Dr Steven Yannoulidis

By defining appropriate boundaries for the defence of insanity and the doctrine of automatism, this book presents a consistent and principled approach to the reform of mental state defences. In particular, by undertaking an interdisciplinary analysis of the various factors that inform these defences the book concludes with several practical and robust reform proposals There are three objectives that underpin the suggested reform proposals. First, to ensure that an accused will be able to raise a defence of insanity for involuntary conduct arising from mental disorder even where he or she is aware of the nature and quality of such conduct. Second, to provide principled means by which to establish the criminal responsibility of an accused for conduct performed in a state of drug-induced psychosis. Third, to ensure that criminal conduct arising from a state of ‘impaired consciousness’ does not automatically result in the outright acquittal of an accused. In articulating the competing demands that must be balanced in order to secure a principled approach to the reform of mental state defences the book will be of relevance to all common law countries.

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1409483312

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Culture and Psychology

By: Dr Stephen H Fox,Stephen Fox

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Culture and Psychology

By: Dr Stephen H Fox,Stephen Fox

Stephen Fox's Culture and Psychology takes a storytelling approach to introduce students to culture from the viewpoint of psychological science, in a way that is rigorous and yet accessible. This text is designed to be a fully engaging and down to earth to wholly capture students' attention while addressing key concepts typically found in a Psychology of Culture or Cross-Cultural Psychology course. Each chapter uses personalized, interdisciplinary stories to help students understand specific concepts, theories and to make connections between those concepts and their own lives. In his text, the author ties art and popular culture into each chapter to offer students a rich, artistic and complete picture of the cultures they are studying from around the world"--

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1506364438

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The Mechanic and the Luddite

A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism

By: Dr. Jathan Sadowski

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The Mechanic and the Luddite

A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism

By: Dr. Jathan Sadowski

This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and equips readers with practical tools to dismantle them and build a better world, bit by bit. Our society is constantly made to serve the needs of two systems: technology and capitalism. Neither exists outside humans, but both are treated as above and beyond us. The Mechanic and the Luddite offers the critical tools needed to deconstruct these systems—how they work, whom they work for, and what work they do in our lives. With signature style and energy, Jathan Sadowski presents a provocative one-stop shop for understanding the political economy of technology and capitalism. Each chapter breaks down key features of technological capitalism, offering sharp, synthetic, and authoritative analysis of topics like innovation, labor, data, and risk. It's not enough to know how the machinery of capitalism is put together and how its parts operate; we must also know whom the machines serve and when they should be taken apart, to be rebuilt for new purposes or destroyed for good. The Mechanic and the Luddite provides the political guidance needed to make these crucial decisions.

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0520398084

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How Not to Be Eaten

The Insects Fight Back

By: Dr. Gilbert Waldbauer

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How Not to Be Eaten

The Insects Fight Back

By: Dr. Gilbert Waldbauer

All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food. Equally ingenious are the means of hiding, mimicry, escape, and defense waged by prospective prey in order to stay alive. This absorbing book demonstrates that the relationship between the eaten and the eater is a central—perhaps the central—aspect of what goes on in the community of organisms. By explaining the many ways in which insects avoid becoming a meal for a predator, and the ways in which predators evade their defensive strategies, Gilbert Waldbauer conveys an essential understanding of the unrelenting coevolutionary forces at work in the world around us.

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0520952464

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Savin Hill

A Redheaded Kid’s Memoir

By: Dr. Edward McKenney

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Savin Hill

A Redheaded Kid’s Memoir

By: Dr. Edward McKenney

Edward McKenney looks back to another era with entertaining stories from Savin Hill, an Irish Catholic neighborhood, in this entertaining and heartfelt memoir highlighting the period from 1969 to 1979. Edward’s father almost became a priest, but then he met an attractive strawberry blonde who became his wife and mother to their children. As one of nine siblings, Edward stood out with his red hair, an enormous gap between his front teeth and horned-rim eyeglasses. He relives the humorous and serious sides of receiving a Catholic school education during the seventies. Bullies, gangsters, and psychopathic nuns crossed the paths of the McKenney children, and all the while, their parents tried to shield them from negative influences with Catholic moral teachings. If you drove a Big Wheel, ate Mallo Cups, or survived an education at the hands of the Sisters of Perpetual Misery, you’ll enjoy these tales filled with comedy, travails, accomplishments, and tragedy.

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1532003382

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Is There Not a Cause?

By: Dr. Andrew Steers

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Is There Not a Cause?

By: Dr. Andrew Steers

Is There Not A Cause? There are many books written about the Bible, except, this book goes much further. It traces its history to the earliest days. It helps readers to clearly distinguish reliable manuscripts from unreliable ones, all of which were used as a basis for giving us the Bibles of today, and one which has benefitted the English-speaking world as no other. It therefore details how the Authorized or King James Version has influenced English cultures across the globe, including religious revivals, education, science, technology, literature, and everyday phrases still in use to this day. This especially includes addressing the many unsubstantiated claims leveled against it, and remember, it has impacted our world like no modern version, none of which have even come close. Diminishing or even rejecting its One central character, Christ Jesus, is to invite confusion, and/or disillusionment into one’s life concerning the Scriptures. For those who reject Him as the only way to access Heaven via salvation is to deny themselves ultimate entry into Heaven. After all, He truly is the GREATEST OF ALL CAUSES.

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166988564X

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Oklahoma State University

By: Dr. Charles L. W. Leider

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Oklahoma State University

By: Dr. Charles L. W. Leider

Oklahoma State University was founded in 1889--18 years before statehood--as Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC), under the Morrill Land Grant Acts that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges. By midcentury, OAMC had a statewide presence with five campuses and a public educational system established to improve the lives of people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world by adhering to its land grant mission of high-quality teaching, research, and outreach. On July 1, 1957, Oklahoma A&M College became Oklahoma State University (OSU). With more than 350 undergraduate and graduate degrees, OSU and its nine different colleges provide an unmatched diversity of academic offerings. Today, OSU has students enrolled from all 50 states and nearly 120 nations. There are more than 200,000 OSU alumni throughout the world.

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1439658897

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Planning Armageddon

Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964

By: Len Scott,Dr Stephen Robert Twigge,Stephen Twigge

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Planning Armageddon

Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964

By: Len Scott,Dr Stephen Robert Twigge,Stephen Twigge

Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and

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1136767282

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Particulate Matter

Properties and Effects on Health

By: Dr R L Maynard,Vyvyan Howard

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Particulate Matter

Properties and Effects on Health

By: Dr R L Maynard,Vyvyan Howard

This is a rapidly expanding and highly topical research area. Written by authors and editors who are well known and respected in their fields, this text looks at the health effects caused by particulate aerosols, and discusses recent legislation and future strategies.

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1000144666

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A Single Woman's Concerns and Struggles

Reversing the Perception of Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond

By: Dr. Bernadine C. Johnson

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A Single Woman's Concerns and Struggles

Reversing the Perception of Exclusion in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond

By: Dr. Bernadine C. Johnson

A Single Woman’s Concerns and Struggles: Reversing the Perception of Exclusion in the Church in the Twenty-First Century and Beyondspeaks to the many single, separated, single parent, divorced, and widowed women who have and are experiencing concerns and struggles that may lead to perceptions of exclusion in the church and community. Each church holds various amounts of information from many sources that may assist single women in reversing the perception of exclusion, but making the best use of these sources and resources can make a big difference in the life of a single woman. Dr. Johnson provides insights into the care, concerns, struggles, and perceptions of exclusion and provides a mentoring guide in encouraging inclusion in the local church and community in the twenty-first century and beyond.

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In the Beginning Was Information

By: Dr. Werner Gitt

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In the Beginning Was Information

By: Dr. Werner Gitt

Powerful evidence for the existence of a personal God! Information is the cornerstone of life, yet it is something people don't often think about. In his fascinating new book, In the Beginning Was Information, Dr. Werner Gitt helps the reader see how the very presence of information reveals a Designer: Do we take for granted the presence of information that organizes every part of the human body, from hair color to the way internal organs work? What is the origin of all our complicated data? How is it that information in our ordered universe is organized and processed? Gitt explains the necessity of information - and more importantly, the need for an Organizer and Originator of that information. The huge amount of information present in just a small amount of DNA alone refutes the possibility of a non-intelligent beginning for life. It all points to a Being who not only organizes biological data, but also cares for the creation.

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1614581207

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Under Northern Lights

By: Dr. Sue Clifton

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Under Northern Lights

By: Dr. Sue Clifton

Dr. Sue Ann Parish is hired as principal of the one-room school in Moose Springs, Alaska. With her teenage daughter she moves to a community of dog mushers, trappers, gold miners, writers, artists, shady characters running from the law, and rugged individualists in general, each one with a story, whether told or hidden. With the challenges of living in a remote bush village come additional problems, including falling in love with the elusive artist Shade Dubois, who hides dangerous secrets of his own. Just as things become settled for the new principal and life seems to be all she could ever wish for, the village is torn apart by violence and death. Just who is Raven, and how can Sue Ann and her daughter survive the evil that stalks them?

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1628308451

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Understanding Man

A Perspective from Social Anthropology

By: Dr. Sougaijam Priyokumar Meitei ,Dr. Maringmei Philip

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Understanding Man

A Perspective from Social Anthropology

By: Dr. Sougaijam Priyokumar Meitei ,Dr. Maringmei Philip

This book entitled Understanding Man: A Perspective from Social Anthropology, is devoted in describing the characteristics of man as a social being. The characteristics of man are very complex due to his complex mind, complex group life and complex experiences. This book aims to give light on the horizon of anthropology with reference to alerting and conserving humanity about what make us human being The world is not only the accumulation of the things what we see but there are also invisible realities occurring around us. In describing the characteristics of man, there are several questions to be looked into seriously. Why does man do hunger strike? Why does man commit suicide? Why does man have do’s and don’ts in his everyday activities? Why taboos and sacrifices and so on? This book is trying to give an elaborating answer to these elementary questions and throw some lights to the students who have curiosity in such questions.

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8119368681

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Every Day with Mary:

Reflections by the Affiliates of Mayslake Ministries

By: Dr. Mary Amore

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Every Day with Mary:

Reflections by the Affiliates of Mayslake Ministries

By: Dr. Mary Amore

Growing closer to the Blessed Virgin Mary can have a profound impact on your spiritual life. Your deeper and more personal relationship with the Blessed Mother can start today in Every Day with Mary. Throughout the year you’ll ponder the fruits of the Holy Spirit in the Mary’s life – peace, love, surrender, hope, gentleness, joy, serenity, self-control, generosity, gratitude, patience, faithfulness, and abundance – with a timely and relevant meditation perfect for your busy life. You’ll begin with a quote from Scripture, followed by a brief reflection, and a question or act to consider, and a short prayer to Mary to carry through your day. Every Day with Mary is sure to touch your heart, nourish your soul, and lead you into a deeper relationship with Christ through the intercession of his mother.

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Our Sunday Visitor

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1681921472

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The Fly in the Ointment

70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life

By: Dr. Joe Schwarcz

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The Fly in the Ointment

70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life

By: Dr. Joe Schwarcz

This entertaining examination of everyday science from the fanciful to the factual covers topics ranging from pesticides and environmental estrogens to lipsticks and garlic. Readers are alerted to the shenanigans of quacks and are offered glimpses into the fascinating history of science. The science of aphrodisiacs, DDT, bottled waters, vitamins, barbiturates, plastic wraps, and smoked meat is investigated. Worries about acrylamide, preservatives, and waxed fruits are put into perspective, and the mysteries of bulletproof vests, weight loss diets, green-haired Swedes, laughing gas, and “mad honey” are unraveled. Even those with very little knowledge of science will come away informed and delighted at those humorous and accessible explanations.

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ECW Press

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1554903998

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Cow Killing And Beef Export

By: Dr. Sahadeva Das

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Cow Killing And Beef Export

By: Dr. Sahadeva Das

We are trying to fool nature, forgetting that nature can not be fooled. Willian Lines warns, “For, although people can be fooled, tricked, and beguiled, nature can not. Material reality resists importuning, finessing, or re-negotiation. Nature’s machinery is invariant, not subject to legislation or cultural conditioning. It can not be compromised.”We need to heed the warnings and solutions presented in this book if we are at all serious about turning these trends around and building a safer, sustainable future.

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Golden Age Media

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9382947035

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Managing Projects in Research and Development

By: Dr Ron Basu

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Managing Projects in Research and Development

By: Dr Ron Basu

Managing Projects in Research and Development places the tools, techniques and rigour of project management in the unpredictable domain of Research and Development to ensure a successful start of value chain for sustainable economic growth. Combining research with practical examples and experience from a career that has included blue chip organizations such as GSK, GlaxoWellcome and Unilever, Ron Basu offers a rigorous guide to the fundamentals of R&D project management including project lifecycle management, risk management; cost, time quality and other success measures as well as the keys to operational excellence in this complicated world.

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1472450108

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Books, Bytes and Business

The Promise of Digital Publishing

By: Dr Xuemei Tian,Professor Bill Martin

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Books, Bytes and Business

The Promise of Digital Publishing

By: Dr Xuemei Tian,Professor Bill Martin

How are businesses responding to global changes in markets driven by changes in technology? Whatever the industry, the trends are familiar: globalization and the rise of industrial conglomerates, mergers and acquisitions, the networking of businesses and markets, outsourcing and shifts in the distribution of resources and production, all reflected in the emergence of new players, new products and services and new forms of competition. As arguably the first knowledge-based business, book publishing provides an ideal setting for the study of challenge and opportunity. The industry is currently experiencing fierce levels of competition, extreme financial pressures, restructuring and the threat of technology-induced obsolescence. Added to these are the challenges posed by new and potential entrants to the market, the emergence of new products and services, new ways of doing business, including trading in virtual markets, and the vulnerability of traditional business models. The suitability of book publishing as a context for researching the emergence of knowledge-based business becomes all too apparent. Through combining primary research with secondary analysis drawn from the relevant literatures, Books, Bytes and Business is both a readable and informative account of business in the knowledge-based economy.

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1409486443

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Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy

A Sociomaterial Perspective

By: Dr Rebecka Arman,Professor Alexander Styhre

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Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy

A Sociomaterial Perspective

By: Dr Rebecka Arman,Professor Alexander Styhre

In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as 'the bioeconomy' and 'the baby business'. The life sciences play an increasing role in providing services and commodities consumed by businesses and the public. Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization in Sweden, this book is the first to examine the commercialization and commodification of know-how derived from the life sciences, from the point of view of organization theory. In the field of reproductive medicine there has been significant growth of both public and private clinical work. Clinics are places where individual interests and concerns and social and institutional arrangements intersect. With a front office where patients encounter various professional groups and a back office comprising the laboratories wherein human reproductive materials are handled and stored, they are more than just places in which medicine is applied in a clinical setting. Clinicians in this field actively influence policy-making and the regulatory frameworks that monitor and set the boundaries for their work. These are places where social and cultural interests and concerns are translated into policies and practice. The clinics are open social systems, responding to and influencing discussions. This book combines organization theory, sociological theory, gender theory, science and technology studies, and philosophy. It emphasises the critical importance of a sociomaterial perspective on organization, stressing how material and social resources are always of necessity folded into each other in day-to-day organizing.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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1472408314

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The Politics of Means and Ends

Policy Instruments in the European Union

By: Dr Holger Bähr

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The Politics of Means and Ends

Policy Instruments in the European Union

By: Dr Holger Bähr

Policy instruments are techniques used to implement policy goals. Subject to political conflict, they address the relationship between those who govern and those who are governed. Why do political actors choose certain policy instruments to implement policy goals? Systematically comparing policy instruments employed in the European Union's environmental and social policy, Holger Bähr develops a general theoretical framework to illustrate how policy-makers prefer different types of policy instruments depending on the respective effect they wish to have on member state governments, citizens, consumers, and producers. He argues that institutions, the politicisation of policy problems and external events constrain political actors and provide them with the opportunity to transfer their preferred policy instruments into policy outputs at the end of decision-making.

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1409489019

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Healing Well and Living Free from an Abusive Relationship

From Victim to Survivor to Overcomer

By: Dr. Ramona Probasco

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Healing Well and Living Free from an Abusive Relationship

From Victim to Survivor to Overcomer

By: Dr. Ramona Probasco

One out of every four women in the United States will experience some form of domestic violence or abuse in her lifetime. Through Dr. Ramona Probasco's own powerful personal story of coming out of an abusive relationship, along with her twenty years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she takes readers through a proven, step-by-step process for moving from victim to survivor to overcomer. With genuine empathy, she encourages the reader to call it what it is, understand the mindset of the abuser, break the cycle of violence, recognize what forgiveness is and is not, find a healthy support system, and more. Each chapter ends with a simple, heartfelt prayer, Scriptural promises readers can apply to their situation, and questions for further reflection. Readers are encouraged to go through the book individually, with a counselor, or as part of a support group. Domestic abuse can happen to anyone, regardless of race, education, socioeconomic status, or culture. But it does not have to be the end of the story. Healing well and living free are within reach.

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1493414046

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Human Nature

A Guide to Managing Workplace Relations

By: Dr Greg Clydesdale

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Human Nature

A Guide to Managing Workplace Relations

By: Dr Greg Clydesdale

Humans are weird! They can be emotional, irrational and often unpredictable, yet as their manager, it is your job to get the best out of them. In fact they are often the key to your success. Sadly, humans do not come with an instruction manual which lists their technical specifications. Human Nature by Greg Clydesdale is based on the premise that the key to good management is understanding human nature and interpersonal relations. But what is human nature? Greg argues that even where human nature is addressed at a conceptual level; the link between theory and what actually happens in the workplace is usually weak and often fails to recognize that social ability is probably the defining aspect. It is his intense focus on human nature and the link between a theoretical understanding of it and what actually happens in the workplace that makes this book so valuable. Throughout the book, you see how managers must constantly make balancing acts between conflicting forces that exist at any given time. But the essential message is: ‘If you want to make the World a better place, focus on being a better manager to your staff’. To help with this you will find an elaboration theory-based approach, in which a basic model is provided, and then elaborated on with examples from the work-place. The model consists of twenty human characteristics placed in three categories - emotion, motivation and cognition. These characteristics are then linked to what managers have to do in the workplace.

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1472416813

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Christopher Marlowe and the Failure to Unify

By: Dr Andrew Duxfield

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Christopher Marlowe and the Failure to Unify

By: Dr Andrew Duxfield

In this sustained full length study of Marlowe's plays, Andrew Duxfield argues that Marlovian drama exhibits a marked interest in unity and unification, and that in doing so it engages with a discourse of anxiety over social discord that was prominent in the 1580s and 1590s. Duxfield’s focus on unity as a theme throughout the plays provides a new lens through which to examine the place of Marlowe’s work in its cultural moment.

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Experimental Times

Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India

By: Dr. Hemangini Gupta

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Experimental Times

Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India

By: Dr. Hemangini Gupta

Experimental Times is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labor in India's current economy.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey

Surviving and Thriving During and After Your Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Dr. Julie Silver

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey

Surviving and Thriving During and After Your Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Dr. Julie Silver

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey will encourage comfort and encourage breast cancer patients and survivors with its inspiring stories and helpful medical information. A support group from breast cancer diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and recovery, this book combines inspiring Chicken Soup for the Soul stories written just for this book and accessible leading-edge medical information from Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School. Patients and survivors will find comfort, strength and hope.

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Simon and Schuster

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1611592119

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Personality Presenters

Television's Intermediaries with Viewers

By: Dr Frances Bonner

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Personality Presenters

Television's Intermediaries with Viewers

By: Dr Frances Bonner

Television presenters are key to the sociability of the medium, speaking directly to viewers as intermediaries between audiences and those who are interviewed, perform or compete on screen. As targets of both great affection and derision from viewers and the subjects of radio, internet, magazine and newspaper coverage, many have careers that have lasted almost as long as post-war television itself. Nevertheless, as a profession, television presenting has received little scholarly attention. Personality Presenters explores the role of the television presenter, analysing the distinct skills possessed by different categories of host and the expectations and difficulties that exist with regard to the promotion of the various films, books, consumer and cultural products with which they are associated. The close involvement of presenters with the content that they present is examined, while the impact of the presenters' own celebrity on the tasks that they perform is scrutinised. With a focus on non-fiction entertainment shows such as game shows, lifestyle and reality shows, chat, daytime and talk shows, this book explores issues of consumer culture, advertising and celebrity, as well as the connection of presenters with ethical issues. Offering detailed case studies of internationally recognised presenters, as well comparisons between national presenters from the UK and Australia, Personality Presenters provides a rich discussion of television presenters as significant conduits in the movement of ideas. As such, it will appeal to sociologists as well as those working in the fields of popular culture, cultural and media studies and cultural theory.

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1409494276

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Corporate Community Involvement

A Visible Face of CSR in Practice

By: Dr Bilge Uyan-Atay

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Corporate Community Involvement

A Visible Face of CSR in Practice

By: Dr Bilge Uyan-Atay

There has been tremendous growth in CCI projects in recent years and the projects incorporated into some companies’ strategy implementation are now so extensive that they are having a profound impact on community development. In Corporate Community Involvement, Bilge Uyan-Atay examines CCI as a distinct manifestation of CSR and the nature of the relationship between business and society. She asserts that CCI has been described in a piecemeal way and past research has been geographically narrow, failing to take account of different institutional contexts and uncover a more holistic perspective. Dr Uyan-Atay's systematic analysis of CCI behaviours in Turkey provides a comparative research context that is distinct from other environments within which CCI has hitherto been studied. She explores economic, strategic, cultural and institutional influences on CCI and goes a long way to clearing up ambiguity or confusion about where CCI sits as a manifestation of CSR in action.

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1472412443

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Music as a Science of Mankind in Eighteenth-Century Britain

By: Dr Maria Semi

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Music as a Science of Mankind in Eighteenth-Century Britain

By: Dr Maria Semi

Music as a Science of Mankind offers a philosophical and historical perspective on the intellectual representation of music in British eighteenth-century culture. From the field of natural philosophy, involving the science of sounds and acoustics, to the realm of imagination, involving resounding music and art, the branches of modern culture that were involved in the intellectual tradition of the science of music proved to be variously appealing to men of letters. Among these, a particularly rich field of investigation was the British philosophy of the mind and of human understanding, developed between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which looked at music and found in its realm a way of understanding human experience. Focussing on the world of sensation – trying to describe how the human mind could develop ideas and emotions by its means – philosophers and physicians often took their cases from art's products, be it music (sounds), painting (colours) or poetry (words as signs of sound conveying a meaning), thus looking at art from a particular point of view: that of the perceiving mind. The relationship between music and the philosophies of mind is presented here as a significant part of the construction of a Science of Man: a huge and impressive 'project' involving both the study of man's nature, to which – in David Hume's words – 'all sciences have a relation', and the creation of an ideal of what Man should be. Maria Semi sheds light on how these reflections moved towards a Science of Music: a complex and articulated vision of the discipline that was later to be known as 'musicology'; or Musikwissenschaft.

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1409495167

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Technology, Business and the Market

From R&D to Desirable Products

By: Dr John S Sheldrake

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Technology, Business and the Market

From R&D to Desirable Products

By: Dr John S Sheldrake

Technology, Business and the Market provides an understanding of the connections between developing technologies, research and development, industrial design and the means by which these elements are managed to produce desirable products. John Sheldrake’s long experience of teaching business and management to engineers has highlighted a gap in the knowledge of students and practitioners alike, between their grasp of developments in science and technology and then how these developments lead to the creation of successful products. Using case studies examining the impact of new materials, techniques and technologies, this book explores the linkages between innovation, entrepreneurship, business (including finance), design, manufacturing, branding and marketing.

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140945455X

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Catholic Schools in the Diocese of San Diego: A History of Service and Education for Catholic Youth

By: Dr. John Franey

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Catholic Schools in the Diocese of San Diego: A History of Service and Education for Catholic Youth

By: Dr. John Franey

Catholic Schools in the Diocese of San Diego: A History of Service and Education for Catholic Youth shares the rich history of Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego. The book delves into the growth of Catholic education from its earliest inception in the 1700s through the modern era. The book engages in a deep examination of the orders of religious sisters who served in Catholic schools and includes a detailed look at every Catholic K-8 school, high school, and university in the diocese's history.

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0997460512

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A Different Valor

The Story of General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A.

By: Dr. Gilbert E. Govan,Dr. James W. Livingood

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A Different Valor

The Story of General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A.

By: Dr. Gilbert E. Govan,Dr. James W. Livingood

Originally published in 1956, this book is a full account of General Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), a career U.S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was one of the most senior general officers—second only to General Robert E. Lee—in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Although heartily disliked by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who often criticized him for a lack of aggressiveness and took every opportunity to sully his opponent’s name, General Johnston’s patriotic devotion to the Southern cause prevented him from resigning, and he rose to gain enormous respect from his major opponents for his actions during a number of campaigns—including General Ulysses S. Grant and Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, who became close friends with Johnston in subsequent years. A leading text for Civil War enthusiasts. Illustrated with 6 detailed maps.

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1787202518

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