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Fukushima

The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

By: David Lochbaum,Edwin Lyman,Susan Q. Stranahan,The Union of Concerned Scientists

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Fukushima

The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

By: David Lochbaum,Edwin Lyman,Susan Q. Stranahan,The Union of Concerned Scientists

“A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. Four years have passed since the day the world watched in horror as an earthquake large enough to shift the Earth's axis by several inches sent a massive tsunami toward the Japanese coast and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing the reactors' safety systems to fail and explosions to reduce concrete and steel buildings to rubble. Even as the consequences of the 2011 disaster continue to exact their terrible price on the people of Japan and on the world, Fukushima addresses the grim questions at the heart of the nuclear debate: could a similar catastrophe happen again, and—most important of all—how can such a crisis be averted?

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New Press, The

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1620971186

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9781620971185

Japan's Prosecution Review Commission

On the Democratic Oversight of Decisions Not To Charge

By: David T. Johnson

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Japan's Prosecution Review Commission

On the Democratic Oversight of Decisions Not To Charge

By: David T. Johnson

This book explains Japan’s unique Prosecution Review Commission (PRC) which is composed of eleven lay people selected randomly from voter registration lists. Each of the country’s 165 PRCs reviews non-charge decisions made by professional prosecutors and determines which cases should be reinvestigated or charged. PRCs also provide prosecutors with general proposals and recommendations for improving their policies and practices. The book analyzes the history and operations of the PRC and uses statistics and case studies to examine its various impacts, from legitimation and shadow effects to kickbacks and mandatory prosecution. More broadly, this book explores a problem that is common in many criminal justice systems: how to hold prosecutors accountable for their non-charge decisions. It discusses the potential these panels have for improving the quality of criminal justice in Japan and other countries, and it will appeal to scholars and students studying prosecution and democracy, criminal justice, criminology, lay participation, justice reform, and Japanese studies.

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221

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Springer Nature

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3031193733

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9783031193736

Memory in Oral Traditions

The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-out Rhymes

By: David C. Rubin

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Memory in Oral Traditions

The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-out Rhymes

By: David C. Rubin

Dr. Rubin has brought cognitive psychology into a wholly unprecedented dialogue with studies in oral tradition. The result is a truly new perspective on memory and the processes of oral tradition." --John Miles Foley, University of Missouri

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402

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195120329

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9780195120325

The Oxford Handbook of Singing

By: Graham Welch,David Howard,John Nix

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The Oxford Handbook of Singing

By: Graham Welch,David Howard,John Nix

Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Chorus America (2009) estimated that 42.6 million adults and children regularly sing in one of 270,000 choruses in the US, representing more than 1:5 households. Similarly, recent European-based data suggest that more than 37 million adults take part in group singing. The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wishes to know more about the pluralistic nature of singing. In part, the narrative adopts a lifespan approach, pre-cradle to senescence, to illustrate that singing is a commonplace behaviour which is an essential characteristic of our humanity. In the overall design of the Handbook, the chapter contents have been clustered into eight main sections, embracing fifty-three chapters by seventy-two authors, drawn from across the world, with each chapter illustrating and illuminating a particular aspect of singing. Offering a multi-disciplinary perspective embracing the arts and humanities, physical, social and clinical sciences, the book will be valuable for a broad audience within those fields.

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1200

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Oxford University Press

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0192576089

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9780192576088

Nuclear Power in Stagnation

A Cultural Approach to Failed Expansion

By: David Toke,Geoffrey Chun-Fung Chen,Antony Froggatt,Richard Connolly

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Nuclear Power in Stagnation

A Cultural Approach to Failed Expansion

By: David Toke,Geoffrey Chun-Fung Chen,Antony Froggatt,Richard Connolly

This book studies the extent to which nuclear safety issues have contributed towards the stagnation of nuclear power development around the world, and accounts for differences in safety regulations in different countries. In order to understand why nuclear development has not met widespread expectations, this book focusses on six key countries with active nuclear power programmes: the USA, China, France, South Korea, the UK, and Russia. The authors integrate cultural theory and theory of regulation, and examine the links between pressures of cultural bias on regulatory outcomes and political pressures which have led to increased safety requirements and subsequent economic costs. They discover that although nuclear safety is an important upward driver of costs in the nuclear power industry, this is influenced by the inherent need to control potentially dangerous reactions rather than stricter nuclear safety standards. The findings reveal that differences in the strictness of nuclear safety regulations between different countries can be understood by understanding differences in cultural contexts and the changes in this over time. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and policymakers working on energy policy and regulation, environmental politics and policy, and environment and sustainability more generally.

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140

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Routledge

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0429802587

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9780429802584

The Autism Fitness Handbook

By: David S. Geslak

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The Autism Fitness Handbook

By: David S. Geslak

This handbook is for parents, educators, therapists and anyone involved in the lives of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. It gives over 30 exercises that can help to improve the health, motor planning and cognitive ability of children and adults. Each exercise has a visual support, "How To," and "Coaching Tips" for the reader. Exercises are challenging and fun!

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Lulu.com

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0615470572

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9780615470573

For the Good of the Country

World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues

By: David Finoli

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For the Good of the Country

World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues

By: David Finoli

Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind. Wartime baseball entertained a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis. This book studies baseball during World War II, with both a statistical analysis of the game and stories of its players--those who went to war and those who did not. It provides recaps for each season between 1942 and 1945, and season-by-season recaps and highlights for each team. Starting lineups of the war years are compared to the starting lineups of 1941 (the last year of peacetime baseball) to show how dramatically the war changed the game. A list of players who went to war is provided, along with a list of players who replaced them on the roster if they were starters or starting pitchers. Brief statistical sketches of players who went to the war discuss their play before and after and how they were replaced. Other lists include wartime players who lost their starting jobs in 1946; minor league players who died in the war; and Negro League players who were drafted.

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381

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McFarland

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0786480602

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9780786480609

Risk

A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Dangerous in the World Around You

By: David Ropeik,George M. Gray

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Risk

A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Dangerous in the World Around You

By: David Ropeik,George M. Gray

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618143726

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9780618143726

Fukushima

The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

By: David Lochbaum,Edwin Lyman,Susan Q. Stranahan,The Union of Concerned Scientists

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The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

By: David Lochbaum,Edwin Lyman,Susan Q. Stranahan,The Union of Concerned Scientists

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Fukushima

Fukushima

Japan's Prosecution Review Commission

Japan's Prosecution Review Commission

Memory in Oral Traditions

Memory in Oral Traditions

The Oxford Handbook of Singing

The Oxford Handbook of Singing

Nuclear Power in Stagnation

Nuclear Power in Stagnation

The Autism Fitness Handbook

The Autism Fitness Handbook

For the Good of the Country

For the Good of the Country

Risk

Risk

Fukushima

Fukushima

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