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The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

By: Lisa M. Dresner

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The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

By: Lisa M. Dresner

In this book the author examines how women detectives are portrayed in film, in literature and on TV. Chapters examine the portrayal of female investigators in each of these four genres: the Gothic novel, the lesbian detective novel, television and film.

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1476607737

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9781476607733

For the Greater Good

By: Lisa Waring

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For the Greater Good

By: Lisa Waring

Stolen from his mother at an early age and trained at the Compound, Adams abilities and skills are developed and honed until he becomes the perfect field operative. He is able to play any role and become whomever the Agency needs him to be. Until one day when a small band of desperate people recruit him to help find a group of genetically enhanced individuals that can visually decode other peoples thoughts. Adam not only discovers his parents were part of the experiment but unearths the true nature behind the Agency. As he battles to stop it from destroying more lives, he struggles to comes to terms with his own past involvement. Adam soon realizes that evil cannot be excused even if it is for the greater good.

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275

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Trafford Publishing

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1490727329

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9781490727325

Cities and Nature

By: Lisa Benton-Short,John Rennie Short

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Cities and Nature

By: Lisa Benton-Short,John Rennie Short

Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban political ecology; the role of the city in climate change; and sustainability. The book explores the historical relationship between cities and nature, contemporary challenges to this relationship, and attempts taken to create more sustainable cities. The historical context situates urban development and its impact on the environment, and in turn the environmental impact on people in cities. This provides a foundation from which to understand contemporary issues, such as urban political ecology, hazards and disasters, water quality and supply, air pollution and climate change. The book then considers sustainability and how it has been informed by different theoretical approaches. Issues of environmental justice and the role of gender and race are explored. The final chapter examines the ways in which cities are practicing sustainability, from light "greening" efforts such as planting trees, to more comprehensive sustainability plans that integrate the multiple dimensions of sustainability. The text contains case studies from around the globe, with many drawn from cities in the developing world, as well as reviews of recent research, updated and expanded further reading to highlight relevant films, websites and journal articles. This book is an asset to students and researchers in geography, environmental studies, urban studies and planning and sustainability.

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545

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Routledge

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1136244956

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9781136244957

Governing Urban Sustainability

Comparing Cities in the USA and Germany

By: Lisa Pettibone

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Governing Urban Sustainability

Comparing Cities in the USA and Germany

By: Lisa Pettibone

In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building momentum for sustainability. The book presents in-depth case studies of six cities in the USA and Germany: New York, Portland, Seattle, Berlin, Hamburg, and Heidelburg. Drawing on 75 interviews, document analysis, and a bilingual literature review, the book analyzes how sustainability is politically constructed in city strategic plans and sustainability indicators. The volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of sustainability, discusses the key governance instruments relevant to urban sustainability, and delivers new empirical and theoretical material on their role in a sustainability transition. It concludes that despite the national-level differences, cities’ experiences in both countries are similar. Political sustainability at the city level differs in several important ways from academic principles of sustainability. Finally, it proposes that sustainability-minded groups may be a key link to connect urban sustainability in practice to theoretical concepts.

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231

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Routledge

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1317125436

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9781317125433

In Real Time

Managing the New Supply Chain

By: Sandor Boyson,Lisa H. Harrington,Thomas M. Corsi

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In Real Time

Managing the New Supply Chain

By: Sandor Boyson,Lisa H. Harrington,Thomas M. Corsi

The age of the real-time supply chain has finally arrived. Thanks to an emerging technology construct—the Internet-based mega-portal—companies can now connect instantaneously with suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, customers, and alliance partners around the world. Online access to up-to-the-minute information enables companies to improve communication and project management across the entire supply chain, promote collaboration across departments, and enhance customer service and financial operations. The results are stunning; for example, a recent survey reports dramatic increases in revenues and customer retention and decreases in operating costs and product cycle times. Drawing from extensive primary research, this book presents detailed examples of how organizations as diverse as Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Dell, and the U.S. Department of Defense are creating information and communication hubs online and reaping the rewards. The authors explain the basic technical and organizational infrastructure necessary for launching a mega-portal and how its successful management can have profound impact on every area and function of the extended enterprise—from strategy to logistics, product development to customer service. As competition heats up from every direction, the ability to design and manage your supply chain with precision and speed becomes a business imperative. In Real Time offers a practical blueprint for building, implementing, and sustaining supply chains in today's rapidly changing environment.

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177

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313084947

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9780313084942

Companies and Climate Change

Theory and Law in the United Kingdom

By: Lisa Benjamin

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Companies and Climate Change

Theory and Law in the United Kingdom

By: Lisa Benjamin

Company law can and should act as a bridge (rather than a barrier) to progressive corporate climate action.

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251

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Cambridge University Press

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1108484670

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9781108484671

The Self Under Siege

A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

By: Robert Firestone,Lisa A. Firestone,Joyce Catlett

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The Self Under Siege

A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

By: Robert Firestone,Lisa A. Firestone,Joyce Catlett

Noted clinical psychologist Robert Firestone and his co-authors explore the struggle that all of us face in striving to retain a sense of ourselves as unique individuals.

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298

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Routledge

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0415520339

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9780415520331

Adrift

A Novel

By: Lisa Brideau

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Adrift

A Novel

By: Lisa Brideau

Crime Writers of Canada Best First Novel Award Finalist Evergreen Award Nominee "Crackles with urgency and humanity...a book made to meet the moment. A must read." —Katie Lattari, author of Dark Things I Adore For fans of The Last Thing He Told Me comes a page-turning thriller about hidden identities and the terrifying realities of climate change. The truth won't always set you free... Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat in the remote Pacific Northwest with no memory of who she is or how she got there. She finds a note, but it's more warning than comfort: Start over. Don't make yourself known. Don't look back. Ess must have answers. She sails over a turbulent ocean to a town hundreds of miles away that, she hopes, might offer insight. The chilling clues she uncovers point to a desperate attempt at erasing her former life. But why? And someone is watching her...someone who knows she must never learn her truth. In Ess's world, the earth is precariously balanced at a climate tipping point, and she is perched at the edge of a choice: which life does she want? The one taken from her—and the dangerous secret that was buried—or the new one she can make for herself? A galvanizing riddle that is just as unmooring as it seems, this sharp character-driven odyssey explores a future challenged by our quickly changing world and the choices we must make to save what matters most.

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315

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728265703

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9781728265704

Women & Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature

By: Lisa Renée Perfetti

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Women & Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature

By: Lisa Renée Perfetti

Portrays a range of medieval heroines to ascertain how humor might have been used and enjoyed by medieval women

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308

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University of Michigan Press

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0472113216

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9780472113217

Rise Up

By: Lisa Evans

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Rise Up

By: Lisa Evans

Winner of Best Play for Young Audiences in the Writers’ Guild Awards 2016 The tide was turning – though local governments disagreed, it would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans from white Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms or in restaurants. And yet – in the early 1960s, many states across the south of America kept discriminating against African-Americans... In modern day Britain, four actor-storytellers tell the stories of the Freedom Riders – principled citizens riding buses across Alabama and Mississippi, drawing attention to this illegal discrimination, and facing up to terrifying violence with peaceful resistance. The story of the Freedom Riders is one of ordinary people becoming a civil rights movement, taking on the establishment and changing the world. In a time of Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin, and Mark Duggan, what does it mean for people to come together and rise up?

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1783199946

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Sustainability and Sustainable Development

An Introduction

By: Lisa Benton-Short

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Sustainability and Sustainable Development

An Introduction

By: Lisa Benton-Short

The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international development efforts, and the lingua franca of sustainability as a field of study, the international consensus on “what is sustainability?” As such, the UN SDGs present an ideal framework for an introductory level textbook because taken together, they integrate the “Three Es”—environment, economic development, and equity—that are the core definition of sustainability. This book introduces students to sustainability structured around the 17 UN SDGs. Through a global perspective, with attention given equally to how sustainability challenges the highest income countries of the Global North, as well as to the moderate- and low-income countries of the Global South, Benton-Short synthesizes basic environmental science, policy, and interdisciplinary perspectives while investigating key challenges to developing a more sustainable future through the SDG framework. Readers will easily tackle this complex set of topics through an accessible writing style, comprehensive scholarship, and diverse perspectives. Guided by a lush art program, complete with numerous maps, figures, and photos to enliven the presentation, students will develop a greater understanding of the important trends in sustainability in the twenty-first century. The broad arguments highlighted through numerous case studies and boxes prepare global citizens to grapple with the environmental, social, economic, and political challenges that face our collective future. Features of this exciting, brand-new text include: Chapter opening learning objectives to guide students’ course goals Helpful study aids such as key terms—bolded in the text and compiled both at the end of each chapter and in a comprehensive glossary End-of-chapter questions for discussion and activities to promote active learning A stunning art program, with detailed maps, figures, tables, and photos, to engage students as visual learners Critical Perspectives and Expert Voice boxes to present the diverse perspectives in sustainability Interconnections boxes to help students tie together ideas across the issues Key Terms and Concepts and Understanding the Issue boxes to go in-depth on important topics Making Progress and Solutions boxes that show students hopeful trends toward seemingly intractable problems SDGs and the Law boxes that provide a legal and governance context.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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153813537X

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9781538135372

A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

Toward a Sustainable Future

By: Lisa Benton-Short,John Rennie Short,Chris Mayda

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A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

Toward a Sustainable Future

By: Lisa Benton-Short,John Rennie Short,Chris Mayda

Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text offers a comprehensive examination of North America’s physical and human geography, weaving in the key themes of environment and sustainability throughout. The authors explore the challenges each region faces, such as water shortages, climate change, increased migration and diversity, urbanization, and continued economic changes. The book also highlights the positive actions that Americans and Canadians are taking to move toward a more sustainable future. New features in the second edition include sections on population, immigration and diversity, and urban trends. Each chapter also features a case study that examines a national park (representing natural and cultural heritage), how the region is coping with climate change, how geospatial technologies are applied to environmental challenges, iconic images and/or cultural festivals, urban sustainability best practices, and global connections and networks. Designed for ease of teaching and learning, the book features full-color photographs and maps throughout; chapter highlights; lists of key terms, places, and major cities for each chapter; discussion questions; and a glossary.

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144227719X

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9781442277199

The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

By: Lisa M. Dresner

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The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

By: Lisa M. Dresner

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1476607737

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Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Absite and Board Review, 11th Edition

By: Timothy Billiar,F. Charles Brunicardi,David Dunn,Dana K. Andersen,Jeffrey Matthews,John G. Hunter,Raphael E. Pollock

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Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Absite and Board Review, 11th Edition

By: Timothy Billiar,F. Charles Brunicardi,David Dunn,Dana K. Andersen,Jeffrey Matthews,John G. Hunter,Raphael E. Pollock

The premier exam-prep guide for surgery--with 800+ board-style practice questions with detailed answers and rationales Based on general surgery's cornerstone text, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, this unmatched study guide provides everything they need to ace your exams--whether you're a resident or a practicing surgeon seeking recertification. Developed by the top minds in modern surgery, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery ABSITE and Board Review, 11th Edition delivers the most current, authoritative perspectives on surgical practice. Each practice question is accompanied by answers and comprehension-building rationales, ensuring complete understanding of the material. Answers are keyed to the latest edition of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery providing only the studying only relevant, applicable material from the most authoritative source possible. Features *300 photos and illustrations *Updated chapters--all aligned with the latest American Board of Surgery Qualifying Board Examination blueprint *Questions reflect those most likely to appear on the American Board of Surgery in-training exam and the surgery board exam *Excellent prep for both written and oral boards

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McGraw-Hill Education / Medical

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1260469751

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9781260469752

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The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

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For the Greater Good

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Cities and Nature

Governing Urban Sustainability

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In Real Time

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Companies and Climate Change

Companies and Climate Change

The Self Under Siege

The Self Under Siege

Adrift

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Women & Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature

Women & Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature

Rise Up

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Sustainability and Sustainable Development

Sustainability and Sustainable Development

A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Absite and Board Review, 11th Edition

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Absite and Board Review, 11th Edition

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