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A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698

By: David McKitterick

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A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698

By: David McKitterick

This is the first of three volumes concerning the history of the oldest press in the world,a history that extends from the sixteenth century to the present day.

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0521308011

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FAIR SEED-TIME

ROBERT EVANS, FRANCIS NEWDIGATE AND THE MAKING OF GEORGE ELIOT

By: David Paterson

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FAIR SEED-TIME

ROBERT EVANS, FRANCIS NEWDIGATE AND THE MAKING OF GEORGE ELIOT

By: David Paterson

Fair Seed-Time is a major re-interpretation of the historical background to the writings of George Eliot. It rejects several oft-repeated myths about the early 19th Century Midland world in which George Eliot grew up, emphasises the importance of a previously neglected character in that world, Francis Newdigate, and provides a detailed insight into the life of Eliot’s father, Robert Evans. It shows how he rose socially throughout his life and how he played a significant role in the professional development of early 19th Century Land Agents. It provides detailed and carefully-argued evidence to illustrate how his life and work profoundly influenced George Eliot’s novels, from which there are many quotations. The author has delved into previously unread historical diaries and many other original and previously little used sources to bring alive the rapidly changing economic and social world of the early nineteenth century in general and north Warwickshire in particular. The result will be of interest both to general and local historians of this period, those concerned with the evolution of land agency as a profession, and to all students of literature, and especially George Eliot scholars, because of the fresh insights into her work.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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183859146X

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The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism

By: Michael David Kaulana Ing

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The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism

By: Michael David Kaulana Ing

Michael Ing's The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism is the first monograph in English about the Liji--a text that purports to be the writings of Confucius' immediate disciples, and part of the earliest canon of Confucian texts called ''The Five Classics,'' included in the canon several centuries before the Analects. Ing uses his analysis of the Liji to show how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims. In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early Confucian texts can be read as arguments for ambiguity in ritual failure.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199924910

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The Bel Canto Violin

The Life and Times of Alfredo Campoli, 1906-1991

By: David Tunley

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The Bel Canto Violin

The Life and Times of Alfredo Campoli, 1906-1991

By: David Tunley

First published in 1999, this biography from David Tunley draws on newly researched documentary evidence to chart Campoli’s early success and his later struggle for recognition as a serious artist. Campoli’s early success and his later struggle for recognition as a serious artist. Campoli’s career emerges as one particularly shaped and directed by the great economic and social forces of the first half of the century, and the story here is as much that of his times, as of his life. Described by Szigeti as ‘one of the last great individualists among violinists’, Alfredo Campoli was a household name in the field of British light music prior to the Second World War. Having made his début at the Wigmore Hall in 1923 Campoli toured with Melba and Butt, then turned to light music during the Depression. He became one of Decca’s early recording artists and broadcast frequently for the BBC with his light music ensembles and pursued a long, successful career as a distinguished international performer.

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Routledge

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0429758790

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Organizations and Technical Change

Strategy, Objectives and Involvement

By: David Preece

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Organizations and Technical Change

Strategy, Objectives and Involvement

By: David Preece

First published in 1995, Organizations and Technical Change examines the key changes that have taken place in the external and internal contexts of organizations which have experienced technical change. It reviews and assesses major elements of new technology, including: the development of strategy; the setting of objectives; employee involvement; and the management of the adoption process. Through four case studies, the book considers in detail a variety of approaches and shows how the adoption of technology and the issues involved have changed since the 1980s.

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Dream Trippers

Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality

By: David A. Palmer,Elijah Siegler

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Dream Trippers

Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality

By: David A. Palmer,Elijah Siegler

Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western “alternative” spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism is going full circle, traveling back from America and Europe to influence Daoism in China. Dream Trippers draws on more than a decade of ethnographic work with Daoist monks and Western seekers to trace the spread of Westernized Daoism in contemporary China. David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler take us into the daily life of the monastic community atop the mountain of Huashan and explore its relationship to the socialist state. They follow the international circuit of Daoist "energy tourism," which connects a number of sites throughout China, and examine the controversies around Western scholars who become practitioners and promoters of Daoism. Throughout are lively portrayals of encounters among the book’s various characters—Chinese hermits and monks, Western seekers, and scholar-practitioners—as they interact with each other in obtuse, often humorous, and yet sometimes enlightening and transformative ways. Dream Trippers untangles the anxieties, confusions, and ambiguities that arise as Chinese and American practitioners balance cosmological attunement and radical spiritual individualism in their search for authenticity in a globalized world.

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University of Chicago Press

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022648498X

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Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume II

Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas

By: David R. Knechtges,Tong Xiao

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Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume II

Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas

By: David R. Knechtges,Tong Xiao

The Wen xuan, compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531), is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literary genres. It was one of the primary sources of literary knowledge for educated Chinese in the premodern period, and it is still the essential handbook for specialists in pre-Tang literature. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400858887

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Fake Silk

The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon

By: Paul David Blanc

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Fake Silk

The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon

By: Paul David Blanc

When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. Paul Blanc uncovers the grim history of a product that crippled and even served a death sentence to many industry workers while also releasing toxic carbon disulfide into the environment. Viscose, an innovative and lucrative product first introduced in the early twentieth century, quickly became a multinational corporate enterprise. Blanc investigates industry practices from the beginning through two highly profitable world wars, the midcentury export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current “greenwashing” of viscose as an eco-friendly product. Deeply researched and boldly presented, this book brings to light an industrial hazard whose egregious history ranks with those of asbestos, lead, and mercury.

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Yale University Press

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0300224885

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Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture

China, Europe, and Japan

By: David R. Knechtges,Eugene Vance

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Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture

China, Europe, and Japan

By: David R. Knechtges,Eugene Vance

Key imperial and royal courts--in Han, Tang, and Song dynasty China; medieval and renaissance Europe; and Heian and Muromachi Japan--are examined in this comparative and interdisciplinary volume as loci of power and as entities that establish, influence, or counter the norms of a larger society. Contributions by twelve scholars are organized into sections on the rhetoric of persuasion, taste, communication, gender, and natural nobility. Writing from the perspectives of literature, history, and philosophy, the authors examine the use and purpose of rhetoric in their respective areas. In Rhetoric of Persuasion, we see that in both the third-century court of the last Han emperor and the fourteenth-century court of Edward II, rhetoric served to justify the deposition of a ruler and the establishment of a new regime. Rhetoric of Taste examines the court’s influence on aesthetic values in China and Japan, specifically literary tastes in ninth-century China, the melding of literary and historical texts into a sort of national history in fifteenth-century Japan, and the embrace of literati painting innovations in twelfth-century China during a time when the literati themselves were out of favor. Rhetoric of Communication considers official communications to the throne in third-century China, the importance of secret communications in Charlemagne’s court, and the implications of the use of classical Chinese in the Japanese court during the eighth and ninth centuries. Rhetoric of Gender offers the biography of a former Han emperor’s favorite consort and studies the metaphorical possibilities of Tang palace plaints. Rhetoric of Natural Nobility focuses on Dante’s efforts to confirm his nobility of soul as a poet, surmounting his non-noble ancestry, and the development of the texts that supported the political ideologies of the fifteenth-century Burgundian dukes Philip the Good and Charles the Bold.

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University of Washington Press

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0295802367

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Strategic Human Resource Management

By: Catherine Bailey,David Mankin,Clare Kelliher,Thomas Garavan

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Strategic Human Resource Management

By: Catherine Bailey,David Mankin,Clare Kelliher,Thomas Garavan

The well-respected author team strike the ideal balance between the latest academic theory and real-world practice, making this the most applied SHRM textbook written in an eminently student-friendly format."--Source inconnue.

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Oxford University Press

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0198705409

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Blamey

The Commander-in-Chief

By: David Horner

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Blamey

The Commander-in-Chief

By: David Horner

Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief is a new biography of Sir Thomas Blamey, the only Australian soldier to reach the rank of Field Marshal. Blamey was Australia's greatest and most important soldier, and a major figure in Australian history, despite his not being Australia's most accomplished battlefield commander, or a great innovator or reformer. He was not loved, admired or even respected by many of the soldiers he commanded and the politicians he worked for. In the First World War Blamey was chief of staff to Sir John Monash. But his fame is due to his military achievements in the Second World War. He was Australia's top soldier for almost all of the war, commanding the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East, and all of the Australian Army after Japan entered the war. He served Prime Ministers Robert Menzies and John Curtin, was a senior subordinate to the British Field Marshals Wavell, Wilson and Auchinleck in the Middle East, and worked directly under General Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area. Blamey was a controversial figure. This study, based on extensive research, and drawing on the author's deep understanding of the Army and the Second World War, goes beyond the controversies to examine Blamey's achievements as a commander, policy-maker and administrator. It does not overlook Blamey's weaknesses, mistakes and human foibles, but seeks to balance these against an assessment of his performance when Australia faced its biggest challenge.

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Allen & Unwin

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1760874817

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The Ways of Confucianism

Investigations in Chinese Philosophy

By: David S. Nivison

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The Ways of Confucianism

Investigations in Chinese Philosophy

By: David S. Nivison

Nivison brings out the exciting variety within Confucian thought, as he interprets and elucidates key thinkers from over two thousand years, from Confucius himself, through Mencius and Xunzi, to such later Confucians as Wang Yangming, Dai Zhen, and Zhang Xuecheng."--Cover.

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Open Court Publishing

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081269340X

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digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

By: Janet Vertesi,David Ribes

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digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

By: Janet Vertesi,David Ribes

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realities Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do not speak to today’s computational realities. This groundbreaking collection brings together a world-class group of contributors to refresh the canon for contemporary digital scholarship. In twenty-five pioneering and incisive essays, this unique digital field guide offers innovative new approaches to digital scholarship, the design of digital tools and objects, and the deployment of critically grounded technologies for analysis and discovery. Contributors cover a broad range of topics, including software development, hackathons, digitized objects, diversity in the tech sector, and distributed scientific collaborations. They discuss methodological considerations of social networks and data analysis, design projects that can translate STS concepts into durable scientific work, and much more. Featuring a concise introduction by Janet Vertesi and David Ribes and accompanied by an interactive microsite, this book provides new perspectives on digital scholarship that will shape the agenda for tomorrow’s generation of STS researchers and practitioners.

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Princeton University Press

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0691187088

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Retina

By: David R. Hinton,Stephen J. Ryan,Andrew P. Schachat,Charles P. Wilkinson

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Retina

By: David R. Hinton,Stephen J. Ryan,Andrew P. Schachat,Charles P. Wilkinson

Praised by JAMA as "The most complete description of the development, structure, function, pathophysiology, and treatment of the retina and its diseases to be found anywhere," this monumental three-volume work puts all of today's scientific and clinical knowledge of the retina at readers' fingertips. The New Edition has been comprehensively updated and reorganized to reflect all of the very latest scientific and genetic discoveries, diagnostic imaging methods, drug therapies, treatment recommendations, and surgical techniques. The result is an indispensable reference and diagnostic tool for generalists and specialists alike. Delivers the editorial expertise of four highly respected authorities, as well as contributions from internationally recognized leaders in visual science, ophthalmology, and vitreoretinal studies. Presents more than 3,400 superb illustrations (2,200 in full color) that capture all forms of retinal disease from every perspective. Offers the very latest information on the genetic basis of retinal disease, diagnostic retinal imaging, photodynamic therapy, and age-related macular degeneration. Examines the most recent advances in diagnostic indocyanine green angiography � optical coherence tomography (OCT) and quantitative fluoroscein angiography � macular translocation with 360� peripheral retinectomy � surgery for diffuse macular edema due to multiple causes, including proliferative vitreoretinopathy � artificial vision � and much more. Features a completely restructured section on age-related macular degeneration that includes epidemiology and risk factors � prophylaxis and prevention knowledge gained from large clinical trials like AREDS � proven and experimental treatments for AMD � and pharmacotherapy. Incorporates a multitude of new full-color images, 2200 in all.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323025986

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To Kill the King

Post-Traditional Governance and Bureaucracy

By: David John Farmer

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To Kill the King

Post-Traditional Governance and Bureaucracy

By: David John Farmer

To Kill the King sketches post-traditional consciousness in terms of three rejuvenating concepts - thinking as play, justice as seeking, and practice as art. In a series of critical essays on each of these concepts, the book describes a post-traditional consciousness of governance that can yield enormous improvement in the quality of life for each individual. To Kill the King will appeal to any professor (whether in the post-modern camp or not) who wants to expose students to fresh challenges and insights.

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Routledge

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1317453565

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Literature and Religion

A Dialogue between China and the West

By: Ou Guang-an,David Jasper

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Literature and Religion

A Dialogue between China and the West

By: Ou Guang-an,David Jasper

How does one culture 'read' another? In Literature and Religion, two scholars, one from China and one from the West, each read texts from the other's culture as a means of dialogue. A key issue in such an enterprise is the nature of religion and what we understand by that term in a world in which ancient religious customs seem to be dying or under threat. Does a comparative study of religious literature offer a way towards mutual understanding - or merely illustrate our differences? Underpinned by their own friendship, these two partners in conversation show what is possible.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718896289

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Strategy and Command

By: David Horner

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Strategy and Command

By: David Horner

Compilation of writings on the Australian military's history of strategy and command.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316512371

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Seeking Order in a Tumultuous Age

The Writings of Chŏng Tojŏn, a Korean Neo-Confucian

By: David M. Robinson

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Seeking Order in a Tumultuous Age

The Writings of Chŏng Tojŏn, a Korean Neo-Confucian

By: David M. Robinson

Chŏng Tojŏn, one of the most influential thinkers in Korean history, played a leading role in the establishment of the Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910). Long recognized for his contributions to the development of Neo-Confucianism in Korea, Chŏng was both a prodigious writer and an influential statesman before being murdered in a political coup. Seeking Order in a Tumultuous Age charts Chŏng’s rise to prominence amidst the turmoil of the late fourteenth century, when Korea struggled to come to terms with the political, military, and intellectual changes of an emerging new East Asian international order. In addition to providing a clear and accessible introduction to the broader world of fourteenth-century Korea, the book provides a fascinating window into Chŏng as a person through annotated translations of his poetry, letters, and political writings—most of them previously unavailable in English. Chŏng’s written works reveal a firm belief that Chinese classical traditions and recent intellectual developments on the continent contained vital lessons for Korea. The detailed annotations will allow readers to appreciate the wide variety of classical sources with which Chŏng and his contemporaries were familiar and how these sources were applied to the times. Chŏng had an unwavering faith in educated and engaged men as the preservers, interpreters, and implementers of such wisdom and was adamant that they should be given great power and authority in government. Seeking Order in a Tumultuous Age will be welcomed by students and specialists of East Asian history and thought as well those wishing to learn more about a chaotic yet vibrant period in Korean history.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824859472

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The Correspondence of H G Wells Vol 2

By: H G Wells,David Smith,Patrick Parrinder

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The Correspondence of H G Wells Vol 2

By: H G Wells,David Smith,Patrick Parrinder

This collection of H.G. Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2000 letters, both business and personal. Wells's private correspondence includes letters to Winston Churchill.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040246923

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The Realities and Futures of Work

By: David Peetz

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The Realities and Futures of Work

By: David Peetz

What do we know about the current realities of work and its likely futures? What choices must we make and how will they affect those futures? Many books about the future of work start by talking about the latest technology, and focus on how technology is going to change the way we work. And there is no doubt that technology will have huge impacts. However, to really understand the direction in which work is going, and the impact that technology and other forces will have, we need to first understand where we are. This book covers topics ranging from the ‘mega-drivers of change’ at work, power, globalisation and financialisation, to management, workers, digitalisation, the gig economy, gender, climate change, regulation and deregulation. In doing this, it refers to some of the great works of science fiction. It demolishes several myths, such as that the employment relationship is doomed, that we are all heading to becoming ‘freelancers’ or ‘gig workers’ one day, that most jobs will be destroyed by technological change, that the growth in jobs will mainly be in STEM fields, that we will no longer value collectivism as we will all be ‘individuals’, or that the death of unionism is inevitable. The Realities and Futures of Work also rejects the idea of technological determinism—that whatever will be, will be, thanks to technological change—and so it refuses to accept that we simply need to prepare to adapt ourselves to the future by judicious training since there is nothing else we can do about it. Instead, this book provides a realistic basis for thinking about both the present and the future. It emphasises the choices we make, and the implications of those choices for the future of work.

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ANU Press

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1760463116

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Il Guerriero del Cuore

Pensieri e riflessioni per conquistare la propria Vita

By: David De Angelis

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Il Guerriero del Cuore

Pensieri e riflessioni per conquistare la propria Vita

By: David De Angelis

Il Guerriero del Cuore è un manuale di ispirazione alla Vita. Vengono descritte le qualità ed i sentimenti che accompagnano l’esistenza di colui che si sente un guerriero di fronte alla vita. Un guerriero, la cui unica legge è dettata dal suo cuore e dalle sue emozioni. Attraverso le sue pagine, imbevute di una straordinaria forza e a tratti poesia, il lettore viene invitato ad abbracciare se stesso e i suoi sogni attraverso l’incertezza e le sfide della vita, ispirandolo ad assaporarla fino in fondo ed a raggiungere il suo massimo potenziale. Ogni frase vuole ispirare e spingere il lettore a riconoscere ciò che di vero e di profondo c’è dentro se stesso, spingendolo alla conquista di ciò che veramente conta per lui. Fede, Amore, Talento e Immaginazione sono solo alcuni dei passi su cui deve passare colui che vuole diventare l’autore dell’avventura della sua vita. Attraverso ogni parola, il lettore diventerà un guerriero consapevole, volto alla realizzazione della propria visione ed il compimento del suo destino. Diventerà l’artefice consapevole della propria Vita.

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8832510219

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Italy's Margins

Social Exclusion and Nation Formation since 1861

By: David Forgacs

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Italy's Margins

Social Exclusion and Nation Formation since 1861

By: David Forgacs

Five case studies show how different people and places were marginalized and socially excluded as the Italian nation-state was formed.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107052173

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At the Edge of the Universe

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

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At the Edge of the Universe

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

From the author of We Are the Ants comes “another winner” (Booklist, starred review) about a boy who believes the universe is slowly shrinking as the things he remembers are being erased from others’ memories. Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since the second grade, and boyfriends since eighth. They spent countless days dreaming of escaping their small town—and then Tommy vanished. More accurately, he ceased to exist, erased from the minds and memories of everyone who knew him. Everyone except Ozzie. Ozzie doesn’t know how to navigate life without Tommy, and soon he suspects that something else is going on: that the universe is shrinking. When Ozzie is paired up with the reclusive and secretive Calvin for a physics project, it’s hard for him to deny the feelings developing between them, even if he still loves Tommy. But Ozzie knows there isn’t much time left to find Tommy—that once the door closes, it can’t be opened again. And he’s determined to keep it open as long as possible.

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Simon and Schuster

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1481449680

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Shamrocks on the Tanana

Richard Geoghegan's Alaska

By: David Richardson

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Shamrocks on the Tanana

Richard Geoghegan's Alaska

By: David Richardson

A fresh and engaging view of Alaska's most colorful era. Claim-jumpers, prostitutes and crafty lawyers enliven this account of the then-Territory's raw years, and its improbable Irish-American observer. Other editions of this book are available at CheechakoBooks.com.

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144145456X

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Reading Ji Kang's Essays

Xuanxue in Early Medieval China

By: David Chai

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Reading Ji Kang's Essays

Xuanxue in Early Medieval China

By: David Chai

This is the first English-language book on the philosophy of Ji Kang. Moreover, it offers the first systematic treatment of his philosophy, thus filling a significant gap in English-language scholarship on early medieval Chinese literature and philosophy. David Chai brings to light Ji Kang’s Neo-Daoist heritage and explores the themes in his writings that were derived from classical Daoism, most notably the need for humanity to return to a more harmonious co-existence with Nature to further our own self-understanding. His analysis is unique in that it balances translation and annotation with expositing the creative philosophizing of Neo-Daoism. Chai analyzes the entirety of Ji Kang’s essays, exploring his philosophical reflections on music, aesthetics, ethics, self-cultivation, and fate. Reading Ji Kang/s Essays will be of interest to scholars and students of Chinese philosophy and literature. It offers the first comprehensive philosophical examination of a heretofore neglected figure in Neo-Daoism.

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1000437388

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Law and Sentiment in International Politics

Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War

By: David Traven

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Law and Sentiment in International Politics

Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War

By: David Traven

Drawing on recent research in moral psychology and neuroscience, this book argues that universal moral beliefs and emotions shaped the evolution of the laws of war, and in particular laws that protect civilians. It argues that civilian protection norms are not just a figment of the modern West, but that these norms were embryonic in earlier societies and civilizations, including Ancient China, early Islam, and medieval Europe. However, despite their ubiquity, this book argues that civilian protection rules are inherently fragile, and that their fragility lies not just in failures of compliance, but also in how moral emotions shaped the design of the law. The same beliefs and emotions that lead people to judge that it is wrong to intentionally target civilians can paradoxically constitute the basis for excusing states for incidental civilian casualties, or collateral damage. To make the laws of war work better for civilians, this book argues that we need to change how we think about the ethics of killing in war.

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1108957439

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Combat Colonels

of the AIF in the Great War

By: David Clare Holloway

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Combat Colonels

of the AIF in the Great War

By: David Clare Holloway

Combat Colonels seeks to address the regrettable gap in Australia's documented history of its combat colonels. Its purpose is to name all the Commanding Officers who led units into actions in the Great War and to describe their lives before and, for those who survived, after the war. From these pages emerge the men who shaped Australia's battlefield history - both the professional soldiers and the former teachers, accountants, salesmen, clerks, farmers and others from a broad range of occupations whose leadership on and off the battlefield proved so crucial. These are men Australia cannot afford to forget.

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Simon and Schuster

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1922132985

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Napoleon III and His Regime

An Extravaganza

By: David Baguley

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Napoleon III and His Regime

An Extravaganza

By: David Baguley

Referred to in his time as “the Pretender” and “the sphinx of the Tuileries,” Louis Napoléon Bonaparte—the nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of France and himself ruler of the Second Empire (1852–1870)—so managed the manufacture of his public image and the masking of his private self that he is, ultimately, unknowable to this day. From the mysterious circumstances of his conception in 1807 to the strange events of his downfall in 1870 and death in 1873, he lived, loved, and reigned in an extraordinary aura of myth and fantasy under the shadow of his more famous uncle. Taking a highly innovative approach to this intriguing historical figure, David Baguley entertains sources in a mélange of media and forms—pictures, performances, spectacles, rituals, music, fiction, poems, plays, architecture, fashion, as well as Louis Napoléon’s own writings—to explore how the ruler was represented, invented, and interpreted by detractors and defenders alike. The dynamic process by which the legend of Napoleon III was elaborately fabricated and then vigorously dismantled unfolds under Baguley’s hand not chronologically but by generic categories, reflecting the author’s underlying conviction that history and literary depictments are not as incompatible as is often assumed. Baguley examines works by, among many others, Victor Hugo, Karl Marx, Émile Zola, Honoré Daumier, Jacques Offenbach, Gustave Flaubert, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning that range from history and biography to romanticized versions of the Emperor’s feats to parody, caricature, and satire. With its conspiratorial origins, its rising and dramatically falling action, its schemes, scandals, and tragic denouement, the Second Empire appears designed to inspire writers and artists. Napoleon III, Baguley observes, could well have been the central character, or temperament, in a naturalist novel. While most historians consider Louis Napoléon’s coup d’état of December 1851 to be his boldest endeavor, Baguley shows in this expansive and eloquent work that his most extravagant venture was to found a second Napoleonic empire, and he illustrates not only the power of the name and the image but also the precariousness of the Emperor’s reliance upon them. For Napoleon III, dissimulation was his natural state; opportunist or utopian reformer, or something in between, he must remain one of history’s most elusive and controversial figures, ever resisting final assessment.

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LSU Press

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0807126241

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Leaving a Legacy

Navigating Family Businesses Succession

By: David C Bentall

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Leaving a Legacy

Navigating Family Businesses Succession

By: David C Bentall

David. C. Bentall shares family business insights gleaned from 20 years of working with the Bentall group and Dominion Construction. Skillfully marrying his own experience with bet practices in the field, he offers solutions to the distinct challenges faced by all families in business. Practical examples are also included from the following prominent entrepreneurial business families from across North America: Peter Armstrong Rocky Mountaineer, Victor Bachechi Carlo Inc., Keith & Ryan Beedie Beedie Development Group, Murray Berstein Nixon Uniform Service and Medical Wear, Jay Bornstein Bornstein Foods, DJ Devries Newton Omniplex, Ashleigh Everett Royal Canadian Properties, Karen & Charles Flavelle Purdy’s Chocolates, Ken Finch & Robert Foord Kal Tire, Paul & Michael Higgins Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee, Richard Ivey Ivey Foundation, Greg Kuykendall Kuykendall Hearing Aid Center, Peter Legge Canada Wide Media, Stuart McLaughlin Grouse Mountain Resorts, David McLean The McLean Group, Jack McMillan Nordstrom, Paul Melnuk FTL Capital Partners, Dave Miller Fix Auto, Larry Rosen Harry Rosen, Greg Simpson Simpson Seeds Inc., Jane Tidball Thunderbird Show Park, Bill Yeargin (Meloon Family) Correct Craft.

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Castle Quay Books

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1894860985

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9781894860987

Debating Tudor policy in sixteenth-century Ireland

'Reform' treatises and political discourse

By: David Heffernan

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Debating Tudor policy in sixteenth-century Ireland

'Reform' treatises and political discourse

By: David Heffernan

This book provides the first systematic analysis of the whole range of treatises written on the ‘reform’ of Ireland in Tudor times. By assessing approximately six-hundred extant treatises it demonstrates how the Tudors viewed Ireland and how they arrived at the policies which they chose to implement there during the sixteenth century.

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Manchester University Press

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1526118181

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9/11 Ten Years Later

By: David Ray Griffin

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9/11 Ten Years Later

By: David Ray Griffin

On the tenth anniversary of the Septemer 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, David Ray Griffin reviews the troubling questions that remain unanswered 9/11 Ten Years Later is David Ray Griffin's tenth book about the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Asking in the first chapter whether 9/11 justified the war in Afghanistan, he explains why it did not. In the following three chapters, devoted to the destruction of the World Trade Center, Griffin asks why otherwise rational journalists have endorsed miracles (understood as events that contradict laws of science). Also, introducing the book's theme, Griffin points out that 9/11 has been categorized by some social scientists as a state crime against democracy. Turning next to debates within the 9/11 Truth Movement, Griffin reinforces his claim that the reported phone calls from the airliners were faked, and argues that the intensely debated issue about the Pentagon—whether it was struck by a Boeing 757—is quite unimportant. Finally, Griffin suggests that the basic faith of Americans is not Christianity but "nationalist faith"—which most fundamentally prevents Americans from examining evidence that 9/11 was orchestrated by U.S. leaders—and argues that the success thus far of the 9/11 state crime against democracy need not be permanent.

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Interlink Publishing

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1623710030

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The Royal College of Music and its Contexts

An Artistic and Social History

By: David C. H. Wright

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The Royal College of Music and its Contexts

An Artistic and Social History

By: David C. H. Wright

A rounded portrait of the Royal College of Music, investigating its educational and cultural impact on music and musical life.

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1107163382

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Catalog of Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions

By: David D. Weaver

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Catalog of Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions

By: David D. Weaver

A single source of much of the information that doctors and other health care workers need in order to learn if a birth defect or genetic condition can be diagnosed prenatally." -- American Journal of Human Genetics

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080186044X

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