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Proceedings of the World Conference on Palm and Coconut Oils for the 21st Century

Sources, Processing, Applications, and Competition

By: Edward C. Leonard,Edward George Perkins,Arno Cahn

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Proceedings of the World Conference on Palm and Coconut Oils for the 21st Century

Sources, Processing, Applications, and Competition

By: Edward C. Leonard,Edward George Perkins,Arno Cahn

This book covers a wide range of food and oleochemical applications of palm and coconut oils. The presentations were part of the World Conference on Palm and Coconut Oils for the 21st Century held in Bali and reflect the changes in the oleochemical industry during the past decade.

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180

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The American Oil Chemists Society

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0935315993

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9780935315998

The Efficiency Paradox

What Big Data Can't Do

By: Edward Tenner

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The Efficiency Paradox

What Big Data Can't Do

By: Edward Tenner

A "skillful and lucid" (The Wall Street Journal) way of thinking about efficiency, challenging our obsession with it—and offering a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity. Algorithms, multitasking, the sharing economy, life hacks: our culture can't get enough of efficiency. One of the great promises of the Internet and big data revolutions is the idea that we can improve the processes and routines of our work and personal lives to get more done in less time than we ever have before. There is no doubt that we're performing at higher levels and moving at unprecedented speed, but what if we're headed in the wrong direction? Melding the long-term history of technology with the latest headlines and findings of computer science and social science, The Efficiency Paradox questions our ingrained assumptions about efficiency, persuasively showing how relying on the algorithms of digital platforms can in fact lead to wasted efforts, missed opportunities, and, above all, an inability to break out of established patterns. Edward Tenner reveals what we and our institutions, when equipped with an astute combination of artificial intelligence and trained intuition, can learn from the random and unexpected.

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322

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Vintage

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1400034884

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9781400034888

Politics, Ink

How America's Cartoonists Skewer Politicians, from King George III to George Dubya

By: Edward J. Lordan

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Politics, Ink

How America's Cartoonists Skewer Politicians, from King George III to George Dubya

By: Edward J. Lordan

Traces the history of American editorial cartooning, discussing the importance of editorial cartooning and its contribution to the nation's development.

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212

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742536386

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9780742536388

Meteorite Mineralogy

By: Alan E. Rubin,Alan Rubin,Chi Ma

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Meteorite Mineralogy

By: Alan E. Rubin,Alan Rubin,Chi Ma

A comprehensive summary of the mineralogy of all meteorite groups and the origin of their minerals.

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419

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Cambridge University Press

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1108484522

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9781108484527

Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter

By: James Edward Caron,James E. Caron

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Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter

By: James Edward Caron,James E. Caron

Before Mark Twain became a national celebrity with his best-selling The Innocents Abroad, he was just another struggling writer perfecting his craft-but already "playin' hell" with the world. In the first book in more than fifty years to examine the initial phase of Samuel Clemens's writing career, James Caron draws on contemporary scholarship and his own careful readings to offer a fresh and comprehensive perspective on those early years-and to challenge many long-standing views of Mark Twain's place in the tradition of American humor. Tracing the arc of Clemens's career from self-described "unsanctified newspaper reporter" to national author between 1862 and 1867, Caron reexamines the early and largely neglected writings-especially the travel letters from Hawaii and the letters chronicling Clemens's trip from California to New York City. Caron connects those sets of letters with comic materials Clemens had already published, drawing on all known items from this first phase of his career-even the virtually forgotten pieces from the San Francisco Morning Call in 1864-to reveal how Mark Twain's humor was shaped by the sociocultural context and how it catered to his audience's sensibilities while unpredictably transgressing its standards. Caron reveals how Sam Clemens's contemporaries, notably Charles Webb, provided important comic models, and he shows how Clemens not only adjusted to but also challenged the guidelines of the newspapers and magazines for which he wrote, evolving as a comic writer who transmuted personal circumstances into literary art. Plumbing Mark Twain's cultural significance, Caron draws on anthropological insights from Victor Turner and others to compare the performative aspects of Clemens's early work to the role of ritual clowns in traditional societies Brimming with fresh insights into such benchmarks as "Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands" and "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," this book is a gracefully written work that reflects both patient research and considered judgment to chart the development of an iconic American talent. Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter should be required reading for all serious scholars of his work, as well as for anyone interested in the interplay between artistic creativity and the literary marketplace.

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464

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University of Missouri Press

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0826266274

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9780826266279

"Sometimes in the Wrong, But Never in Doubt"

George S. Benson and the Education of the New Religious Right

By: L. Edward Hicks

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"Sometimes in the Wrong, But Never in Doubt"

George S. Benson and the Education of the New Religious Right

By: L. Edward Hicks

Even in the face of apparent setbacks - such as Barry Goldwater's defeat in the 1964 presidential election - Benson never wavered in actively promoting his brand of Americanism.

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232

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870498657

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9780870498657

Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice

The Heart of Helping

By: Edward R, Canda,Leola Dyrud Furman,Hwi-Ja Canda

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Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice

The Heart of Helping

By: Edward R, Canda,Leola Dyrud Furman,Hwi-Ja Canda

Social workers and helping professionals serve many people who draw upon religion and spirituality to find meaning, thrive, and overcome oppression and obstacles in their lives. The third edition of Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice provides a comprehensive framework of values, knowledge, and skills for spiritually sensitive and culturally appropriate practice with diverse religious and non-religious clients. This classic text contains forty different case examples and stories that vividly illustrate the professional values and ethical principles that guide spiritually sensitive practice. Learning activities at the end of each chapter encourage readers' personal and professional development through self-reflection, dialogue, creative expression, outreach to the community, and skill application. The book also draws connections between spiritual and cultural diversity, gender, and LGBTQI issues. It introduces beliefs, values, and social welfare applications of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous spiritual perspectives, Islam, Judaism, Existentialism, and Transpersonal and Deep Ecological Theories. Skills for spiritual assessment and spiritually sensitive practices include mindfulness, meditation, ritual and ceremony, forgiveness, spiritually sensitive administration, and engagement with community-based spiritual support systems. For social workers and other professional helpers committed to supporting the spiritual care of individuals, families, and communities, this definitive guide offers state-of-the-art interdisciplinary and international insights as well as practical tools that students and practitioners alike can put to immediate use.

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528

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Oxford University Press

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0190602309

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9780190602307

History of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Containing the Geology of the Upper Mississippi and Saint Louis Valleys

By: Edward Duffield Neill,John Fletcher Williams,H. N. Winchell,Charles S. Bryant

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History of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Containing the Geology of the Upper Mississippi and Saint Louis Valleys

By: Edward Duffield Neill,John Fletcher Williams,H. N. Winchell,Charles S. Bryant

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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729

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385467047

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9783385467040

Searching for Ancient Egypt

Art, Architecture, and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

By: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,David P. Silverman,Edward Brovarski

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Searching for Ancient Egypt

Art, Architecture, and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

By: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,David P. Silverman,Edward Brovarski

Lavishly illustrated in color, this book presents a spectacular collection of archaeological and artistic treasures covering the extent of Egyptian art from the Predynastic Period of the fourth millennium B.C. to the Greco-Roman period of the fourth century A.D. The volume features more than 130 objects ranging from architectural elements of a royal palace and funerary chapel to delicate jewelry and textile fragments, and contains many objects never previously shown in print. In an introductory essay David P. Silverman documents major expeditions to sites in Egypt and Nubia and summarizes the new information gleaned about ancient Egyptian civilization. Donald B. Redford provides a general treatment of ancient Egypt history. The objects themselves are introduced with concise essays by recognized Egyptologists: Edward Brovarski, Rita E. Freed, Arielle P. Kozloff, David O'Connor, Edna R. Russmann, William K. Simpson, and Josef W. Wegner. Contributors-- Edward Brovarski, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rita Freed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arielle Kozloff, Cleveland Museum of Art David O'Connor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Donald Redford, University of Toronto Edna. R. Russman, Brooklyn Museum of Art David Silverman, University of Pennsylvania William Kelly Simpson, Yale University Josef W. Wegner, University of Pennsylvania

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Cornell University Press

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0801434823

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9780801434822

Surveying the Record

North American Scientific Exploration to 1930

By: Edward Carlos Carter

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Surveying the Record

North American Scientific Exploration to 1930

By: Edward Carlos Carter

Papers given at a conference on Scientific Exploration in North America to 1930 with topics including Cartography, Oceanic Exploration, Art, Anthropology, Lewis and Clark, and the West. This book adds much to our quest for knowledge of who and where we are by illuminating such themes as the role of maps and mapmaking in defining our national identify, the origins of Western exploration, the cultural clash found in the best-selling account of a 19th-century physician-explorer with Arctic peoples, the role of art in the service of science in bringing these newly discovered places and peoples into the Amer. parlor, and the impact of Mormon farming techniques on John Wesley Powell's famed 1878 Arid Region Report. Black and white maps and illus.

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American Philosophical Society

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0871692317

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9780871692313

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Proceedings of the World Conference on Palm and Coconut Oils for the 21st Century

Proceedings of the World Conference on Palm and Coconut Oils for the 21st Century

The Efficiency Paradox

The Efficiency Paradox

Politics, Ink

Politics, Ink

Meteorite Mineralogy

Meteorite Mineralogy

Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter

Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter

"Sometimes in the Wrong, But Never in Doubt"

"Sometimes in the Wrong, But Never in Doubt"

Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice

Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice

History of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Containing the Geology of the Upper Mississippi and Saint Louis Valleys

History of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Containing the Geology of the Upper Mississippi and Saint Louis Valleys

Searching for Ancient Egypt

Searching for Ancient Egypt

Surveying the Record

Surveying the Record

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