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Seven Games: A Human History

By: Oliver Roeder

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A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324003782

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Introduction to Criminal Justice

A Balanced Approach

By: Brian K. Payne,Willard M. Oliver,Nancy E. Marion

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Introduction to Criminal Justice

A Balanced Approach

By: Brian K. Payne,Willard M. Oliver,Nancy E. Marion

Very thorough text that makes great use of high-profile cases to engage students and foster a passion for criminal justice." —Patricia Ahmed, South Dakota State University Introduction to Criminal Justice, Second Edition, provides students with balanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system. Authors Brian K. Payne, Willard M. Oliver, and Nancy E. Marion cover criminal justice from a student-centered perspective by identifying the key issues confronting today’s criminal justice professionals. Students are presented with objective, research-driven material through an accessible and concise writing style that makes the content easier to comprehend. By exploring criminal justice from a broad and balanced perspective, students will understand how decision making is critical to the criminal justice process and their future careers. The fully updated Second Edition has been completely revised to include new studies and current examples that are relatable to today’s students. Two new feature boxes have been added to this edition to help students comprehend and apply the content. "You Have the Right to..." gives insight into several Constitutional amendments and their relationship with criminal justice today; and "Politics and Criminal Justice" explores current political hot topics surrounding the justice system and the debates that occur on both sides of the political aisle.

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SAGE Publications

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1506389740

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9781506389745

Feline Ophthalmology. The manual

By: Nathasha Mitchcell,James Oliver

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Feline Ophthalmology. The manual

By: Nathasha Mitchcell,James Oliver

The aim of this book is to provide the clinician with a visual guide to accurately diagnose and treat the most common ophthalmological eye disorders in cats. It has been designed for veterinary surgeons in practice, final year veterinary students and those with a particular interest in feline species, especially in ophthalmology.

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Grupo Asís Biomedia S.L.

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8416315175

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9788416315178

New Perspectives in Prostate Cancer

By: Arie Belldegrun,Professor Tim Oliver,Roger S Kirby,Donald W W Newling

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New Perspectives in Prostate Cancer

By: Arie Belldegrun,Professor Tim Oliver,Roger S Kirby,Donald W W Newling

A summary of the highlights of the Second International Forum on Prostate Cancer, held in Cambridge in 1998. The contributors include scientists, epidemiologists and clinicians who provide both a North American and a European view of treatment. The patient's perspective is also considered.

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472

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CRC Press

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0203091965

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9780203091968

Tough Luck, Ronnie

By: Diana Oliver

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Tough Luck, Ronnie

By: Diana Oliver

Ronnie's toughness and meanness hide what really is troubling her in school.

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Random House Books for Young Readers

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0679854754

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9780679854753

Supporting Requirements Communication for Shared Understanding by Applying Vision Videos in Requirements Engineering

By: Oliver Karras

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Supporting Requirements Communication for Shared Understanding by Applying Vision Videos in Requirements Engineering

By: Oliver Karras

Requirements engineering (RE) has the overall goal of establishing the vision of the system in its relevant context. For this goal, all stakeholders must disclose, discuss, and align their mental models of the system by explicitly communicating their goals, ideas, needs, and expectations. This procedure serves to develop and negotiate a shared understanding and is called requirements communication. In this thesis, I analyze the application of videos as a documentation option in RE to support effective requirements communication for shared understanding. Videos used for this purpose are called vision videos. Based on a technology transfer process, I develop a candidate solution consisting of the two concepts video as a by-product and awareness and guidance. The first concept supports the revision of RE practices by integrating video production and use to obtain videos as a by-product with low effort and sufficient quality. The second concept helps software professionals with video production and use by creating awareness regarding video quality and providing guidance on how to proceed. Each concept is first validated in academia before the entire candidate solution is validated in a case study in the industry. The findings from academia and industry indicate that the candidate solution helps software professionals to gain the required awareness, knowledge, and ability to produce and use vision videos at moderate costs and with sufficient quality. These videos are suitable for the intended purpose of supporting requirements communication for shared understanding.

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Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

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3832552979

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Muscles Do Matter

Aging well – Aging strong

By: Christopher Oliver

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Muscles Do Matter

Aging well – Aging strong

By: Christopher Oliver

This book will explain to you why muscles are essential to good health and how to maximize your skeletal muscle health through exercise, diet, and appropriate nutritional supplements. The goal is to help you focus much more on your body composition and functional abilities rather than just your body weight. Unfortunately, people, including many health professionals often regard age-related muscle loss as a problem of the elderly. It's not. This book is to help anyone over the age of forty years understand the fundamental importance of their skeletal muscle to their overall wellbeing and successful aging. I often call the forties the forgotten years, where people fully occupied with multiple commitments can often lose sight of their health. Rest assured, the principles in this book apply to people of any age! By applying the recommendations in this book, you will be stronger, healthier, and wiser.

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eBookIt.com

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0648851109

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Williams Hematology, 9E

By: Kenneth Kaushansky,Marshall A. Lichtman,Josef Prchal,Marcel M. Levi,Oliver W. Press,Linda J. Burns,Michael Caligiuri

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Williams Hematology, 9E

By: Kenneth Kaushansky,Marshall A. Lichtman,Josef Prchal,Marcel M. Levi,Oliver W. Press,Linda J. Burns,Michael Caligiuri

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The world's most highly regarded reference text on the mechanisms and clinical management of blood diseases A Doody's Core Title for 2020! Edition after edition, Williams Hematology has guided generations of clinicians, biomedical researchers, and trainees in many disciplines through the origins, pathophysiological mechanisms, and management of benign and malignant disorders of blood cells and coagulation proteins. It is acknowledged worldwide as the leading hematology resource, with editors who are internationally regarded for their research and clinical achievements and authors who are luminaries in their fields. The Ninth Edition of Williams Hematology is extensively revised to reflect the latest advancements in basic science, translational pathophysiology, and clinical practice. In addition to completely new chapters, it features a full-color presentation that includes 700 photographs, 300 of which are new to this edition, and 475 illustrations. Recognizing that blood and marrow cell morphology is at the heart of diagnostic hematology, informative color images of the relevant disease topics are conveniently integrated into each chapter, allowing easy access to illustrations of cell morphology important to diagnosis. Comprehensive in its depth and breath, this go-to textbook begins with the evaluation of the patient and progresses to the molecular and cellular underpinnings of normal and pathological hematology. Subsequent sections present disorders of the erythrocyte, granulocytes and monocytes, lymphocytes and plasma cells, malignant myeloid and lymphoid diseases, hemostasis and thrombosis, and transfusion medicine.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071833013

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9780071833011

The Influence of Rhetoric in the Shaping of Great Britain

From the Roman Invasion to the Early Nineteenth Century

By: Robert Tarbell Oliver

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The Influence of Rhetoric in the Shaping of Great Britain

From the Roman Invasion to the Early Nineteenth Century

By: Robert Tarbell Oliver

This first history of public speaking in Great Britain traces the development of the ideas, ideals, and institutions that formed the character of the British people and nation. By focusing on critical moments in British history, it examines the role of persuasive leadership and the careers of great leaders, and presents influential speeches in their historical settings.

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University of Delaware Press

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0874132894

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9780874132892

Medical Sociology in Africa

By: Jimoh Amzat,Oliver Razum

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Medical Sociology in Africa

By: Jimoh Amzat,Oliver Razum

This book presents a comprehensive discussion of classical ideas, core topics, currents and detailed theoretical underpinnings in medical sociology. It is a globally renowned source and reference for those interested in social dimensions of health and illness. The presentation is enriched with explanatory and illustrative styles. The design and illustration of details will shift the minds of the readers from mere classroom discourse to societal context (the space of health issues), to consider the implications of those ideas in a way that could guide health interventions. The elemental strengths are the sociological illustrations from African context, rooted in deep cultural interpretations necessitated because Africa bears a greater brunt of health problems. More so, the classical and current epistemological and theoretical discourse presented in this book are indicative of core themes in medical sociology in particular, but cut across a multidisciplinary realm including health social sciences (e.g., medical anthropology, health psychology, medical demography, medical geography and health economics) and health studies (medicine, public health, epidemiology, bioethics and medical humanities) in general. Therefore, apart from the book’s relevance as a teaching text of medical sociology for academics, it is also meant for students at various levels and all health professionals who require a deeper understanding of social dimensions of health and illness (with illustrations from the African context) and sociological contributions to health studies in general.

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Springer

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3319039865

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Proceedings of the Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)

By: Paul Dowland,Oliver Schneider,Bogdan Ghita,Sergej Alekseev

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Proceedings of the Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)

By: Paul Dowland,Oliver Schneider,Bogdan Ghita,Sergej Alekseev

This book contains the proceedings of the Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016), which was held in Frankfurt, Germany, in July 2016. A total of 30 papers were accepted for inclusion in the conference. The main topics of the book include: Network Technologies; Mobile and Wireless Networking; Security and Privacy; Applications and Impacts. The papers address state-of-the-art research and applications of network technology, arising from both the academic and industrial domains. These proceedings should consequently be of interest to network practitioners, researchers, academics, and technical managers involved in the design, development and use of network systems.

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Lulu.com

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1841024104

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The Definitive Guide Featuring All the Facts and Figures from the FIFA World Cup

By: Guy Oliver

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The Definitive Guide Featuring All the Facts and Figures from the FIFA World Cup

By: Guy Oliver

Now in its second year, the Almanack of World Football 2007 is the definitive guide to the sport around the world. With privileged access to records and sources, the Almanack provides in-depth coverage of the international games and league and cup competitions of all 207 national football associations. In addition, the Almanack includes comprehensive coverage of all international tournaments, including the 2006 World Cup and all the continental competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, the Asian Champions League, and the Copa Libertadores. The depth of global information available in the Almanack cannot be matched by any other publication, and provides a vast range of fascinating facts, figures, and records for every football fan.

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Seven Games: A Human History

Seven Games: A Human History

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Feline Ophthalmology. The manual

Feline Ophthalmology. The manual

New Perspectives in Prostate Cancer

New Perspectives in Prostate Cancer

Tough Luck, Ronnie

Tough Luck, Ronnie

Supporting Requirements Communication for Shared Understanding by Applying Vision Videos in Requirements Engineering

Supporting Requirements Communication for Shared Understanding by Applying Vision Videos in Requirements Engineering

Muscles Do Matter

Muscles Do Matter

Williams Hematology, 9E

Williams Hematology, 9E

The Influence of Rhetoric in the Shaping of Great Britain

The Influence of Rhetoric in the Shaping of Great Britain

Medical Sociology in Africa

Medical Sociology in Africa

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Network Conference (INC 2016)

The Definitive Guide Featuring All the Facts and Figures from the FIFA World Cup

The Definitive Guide Featuring All the Facts and Figures from the FIFA World Cup

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