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Sociology and Nursing

An Introduction

By: Peter Morrall

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This introductory text provides nurses with the foundations of a sociological understanding of health issues which they should find of great help in thinking about their work and the role of their profession. It explains the key sociological theories and debates with humour and imagination in a way which will encourage an inquisitive and reflective approach on the part of any student who engages with the text.

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1000158950

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Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

By: Izak Bos,Peter Caligari

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Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

By: Izak Bos,Peter Caligari

Our requirement for plant breeders to be successful has never been greater. However one views the forecasted numbers for future population growth we will need, in the immediate future, to be feeding, clothing and housing many more people than we do, inadequately, at present. Plant breeding represents the most valuable strategy in increasing our productivity in a way that is sustainable and environmentally sensitive. Plant breeding can rightly be considered as one of the oldest multidisciplin ary subjects that is known to humans. It was practised by people who first started to carry out a settled form of agriculture. The art, as it must have been at that stage, was applied without any formal underlying framework, but achieved dramatic results, as witnessed by the forms of cultivated plants we have today. We are now learning how to apply successfully the results of yet imperfect scientific knowledge. This knowledge is, however, rapidly develop ing, particularly in areas of tissue culture, biotechnology and molecular biology. Plant breeding's inherent multifaceted nature means that alongside obvious subject areas like genetics we also need to consider areas such as: statistics, physiology, plant pathology, entomology, biochemistry, weed science, quality, seed characteristics, reproductive biology, trial design, se lection and computing.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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940158432X

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Remembered Self

Emotion and Memory in Personality

By: Jefferson A. Singer,Peter Salovey

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Remembered Self

Emotion and Memory in Personality

By: Jefferson A. Singer,Peter Salovey

A theory for psychologists on the role of memory in personality psychology. In The Remembered Self, Jefferson A. Singer and Peter Salovey persuasively argue that memories are an important window into one's life story, revealing characteristic moods, motives, and thinking patterns. Through experimental evidence, clinical case material, and examples from literature, the authors offer a fresh perspective on the role of memory in personality and clinical psychology. Unlike the conventional psychoanalytic approach to memory, which concentrates on what is forgotten, Singer and Salovey treat memory in a new and different way with an emphasis on what is remembered. Theirs is a bold new theory of memory and self that is both comprehensive and accessible.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451602251

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9781451602258

Arab Modernism as World Cinema

The Films of Moumen Smihi

By: Peter Limbrick

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Arab Modernism as World Cinema

The Films of Moumen Smihi

By: Peter Limbrick

Arab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating the importance of Moroccan and Arab film cultures in histories of world cinema. Addressing the legacy of the Nahda or “Arab Renaissance” of the nineteenth and early twentieth century—when Arab writers and artists reenergized Arab culture by engaging with other languages and societies—Peter Limbrick argues that Smihi’s films take up the spirit of the Nahda for a new age. Examining Smihi’s oeuvre, which enacts an exchange of images and ideas between Arab and non-Arab cultures, Limbrick rethinks the relation of Arab cinema to modernism and further engages debates about the use of modernist forms by filmmakers in the Global South. This original study offers new routes for thinking about world cinema and modernism in the Middle East and North Africa, and about Arab cinema in the world.

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University of California Press

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0520330579

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Prophet of Reason

Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East

By: Peter Hill

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Prophet of Reason

Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East

By: Peter Hill

An outstanding intellectual biography.' Eugene Rogan In 1813, high in the Lebanese mountains, a thirteen-year-old boy watches a solar eclipse. Will it foretell a war, a plague, the death of a prince? Mikha’il Mishaqa’s lifelong search for truth starts here. Soon he’s reading Newtonian science and the radical ideas of Voltaire and Volney: he loses his religion, turning away from the Catholic Church. Thirty years later, as civil war rages in Syria, he finds a new faith – Evangelical Protestantism. His obstinate polemics scandalise his community. Then, in 1860, Mishaqa barely escapes death in the most notorious event in Damascus: a massacre of several thousand Christians. We are presented with a paradox: rational secularism and violent religious sectarianism grew up together. By tracing Mishaqa’s life through this tumultuous era, when empires jostled for control, Peter Hill answers the question: What did people in the Middle East actually believe? It’s a world where one man could be a Jew, an Orthodox Christian and a Sunni Muslim in turn, and a German missionary might walk naked in the streets of Valletta.

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Simon and Schuster

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0861547373

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Advanced Mobile Communications

Inner Physical Layer Transceiver

By: Peter Jung

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Advanced Mobile Communications

Inner Physical Layer Transceiver

By: Peter Jung

This book is an extensively elaborated treatise on physical layer concepts of advanced mobile communications. Setting out from the author's own experience of university teaching for over three decades, the book covers the most fundamental aspects of physical layer transceivers for mobile communications ranging from approximation schemes such as sampling, the Fourier series and the Fourier transformation over multi-antenna techniques including aspects of curvilinear coordinate systems, tensor calculus, determinant computation rules, array antennas, spatial sampling, details on probability theory and information theory, optimum detection with soft outputs and spatial multiplexing to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111239675

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Exploring Social Geography (Routledge Revivals)

By: Peter A. Jackson,Susan J. Smith

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Exploring Social Geography (Routledge Revivals)

By: Peter A. Jackson,Susan J. Smith

Exploring Social Geography, first published in 1984, offers a challenging yet comprehensive introduction to the wealth of empirical research and theoretical debate that has developed in response to the advent of a social approach to the subject. The argument emphasises the essentially spatial structure of social interaction, and includes a succinct discussion of geographical research on segregation and interaction, which has combined numerical analyses and qualitative ethnographic field research. A distinctive view of social geography is adopted, inspired by the Chicago school of North American pragmatism, but also incorporating the formal sociological theories of Simmel and Weber. Exploring Social Geography will be of value to students of urban geography in particular. However, it will also indicate a wide-ranging and distinctive perspective for all students of the social sciences with a special interest in debates concerning urban, ethnic, racial, anthropological and theoretical issues.

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1317748948

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Primary Knee Arthroplasty

By: Urs K. Munzinger,Jens G. Boldt,Peter A. Keblish

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Primary Knee Arthroplasty

By: Urs K. Munzinger,Jens G. Boldt,Peter A. Keblish

Focuses on basic science, personal surgical experience, clinical functional and radiographic outcomes of primary TKA with special focus on challenging knees such as severe varus and valgus deformities with associated bone defects, fixed flexion deformities, soft tissue contractures, and arthrodesed knees. The issue of patella treatment with or without resurfacing is addressed intensively. This book will be useful for practicing knee replacement surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons in training, orthopeadic nurses, and physiotherapists with a special interest in knee arthroplasy.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540430652

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Leading and Select Cases on Trusts

By: Peter Zinn

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Leading and Select Cases on Trusts

By: Peter Zinn

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368195603

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The Longest War

The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda

By: Peter L. Bergen

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The Longest War

The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda

By: Peter L. Bergen

At a critical moment in world history The Longest War provides the definitive account of the ongoing battle against terror. --Book Jacket.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743278941

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Houses of God

Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States

By: Peter W. Williams

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Houses of God

Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States

By: Peter W. Williams

Houses of God is the first broad survey of American religious architecture, a cultural cross-country expedition that will benefit travelers as much as scholars. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 photographs — some by well-known photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange — this handsome book provides a highly accessible look at how Americans shape their places of worship into multifaceted reflections of their culture, beliefs, and times.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252047389

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"A Rich Spot of Earth"

Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello

By: Peter J. Hatch

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"A Rich Spot of Earth"

Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello

By: Peter J. Hatch

Featuring more than 150 stunning full-color illustrations, this volume traces the history of Jefferson's unique vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.

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Yale University Press

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0300171145

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Silver Cities

Photographing American Urbanization, 1839-1939

By: Peter Bacon Hales

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Silver Cities

Photographing American Urbanization, 1839-1939

By: Peter Bacon Hales

This vastly expanded edition presents a lively interdisciplinary history of the first century of urban photography in America.

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UNM Press

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0826331785

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American Soldiers

Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam

By: Peter S. Kindsvatter

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American Soldiers

Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam

By: Peter S. Kindsvatter

Some warriors are drawn to the thrill of combat and find it the defining moment of their lives. Others fall victim to fear, exhaustion, impaired reasoning, and despair. This was certainly true for twentieth-century American ground troops. Whether embracing or being demoralized by war, these men risked their lives for causes larger than themselves with no promise of safe return. This book is the first to synthesize the wartime experiences of American combat soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. Focusing on both soldiers and marines, it draws on histories and memoirs, oral histories, psychological and sociological studies, and even fiction to show that their experiences remain fundamentally the same regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry. Peter Kindsvatter gets inside the minds of American soldiers to reveal what motivated them to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. He recreates the physical and emotional aspects of war to tell how fighting men dealt with danger and hardship, and he explores the roles of comradeship, leadership, and the sustaining beliefs in cause and country. He also illuminates soldiers’ attitudes toward the enemy, toward the rear echelon, and toward the home front. And he tells why some broke down under fire while others excelled. Here are the first tastes of battle, as when a green recruit reported that “for the first time I realized that the people over the ridge wanted to kill me,” while another was befuddled by the unfamiliar sound of bullets whizzing overhead. Here are soldiers struggling to cope with war’s stress by seeking solace from local women or simply smoking cigarettes. And here are tales of combat avoidance and fraggings not unique to Vietnam, of soldiers in Korea disgruntled over home-front indifference, and of the unique experiences of African American soldiers in the Jim Crow army. By capturing the core “band of brothers” experience across several generations of warfare, Kindsvatter celebrates the American soldier while helping us to better understand war’s lethal reality--and why soldiers persevere in the face of its horrors.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700614168

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Salamanca 1812

Wellington's Year of Victories

By: Peter Edwards

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Salamanca 1812

Wellington's Year of Victories

By: Peter Edwards

1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favor of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories over the French gained by the allied armies under Wellington, and this is the subject of Peter Edwardss compelling new history. The year began with Wellington launching a series of raids in Estramadura to distract French attention from preparations for an assault on Ciudad Rodrigo, which was taken in late-January. There followed the capture of Badajoz and the advance on Salamanca, which was captured after a ten-day siege. The Battle of Salamanca, on 22 July, saw some 50,000 French troops arrayed against a similar number of allies. Using ground astutely, Wellington gained a crushing victory, inflicting over 14,000 French casualties. Although there was a rebuff at Burgos later in the year, Wellingtons forces were firmly on the march to victory in the Iberian Peninsula. Peter Edwards uses an excellent range of sources to bring to life this pivotal year in the Peninsular War. His work offers a fascinating insight into the strategy, the command decisions and the experience of combat 200 years ago.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783830344

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Islamic Roots of Capitalism

Egypt, 1760-1840

By: Peter Gran

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Islamic Roots of Capitalism

Egypt, 1760-1840

By: Peter Gran

This paperback edition has an updated first chapter, resituating its main argument for today’s readers. New historical data on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Egypt makes an extremely persuasive argument for the eighteenth-century roots of Egyptian modernity. The similarity, too, of Egyptian history with other Mediterranean countries is much more clearly demonstrated today than when Islamic Roots of Capitalism first was published.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815605064

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The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives/Les mandats français et anglais dans une perspective comparative

By: Nadine Méouchy,Peter Sluglett

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The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives/Les mandats français et anglais dans une perspective comparative

By: Nadine Méouchy,Peter Sluglett

This collection of thirty papers represents the first broad attempt to compares the application and effects of British and French mandatory rule on the newly-created states of Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine. Syria, Lebanon and Transjordan between the early 1920s and the late 1940s.

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9047402693

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United States of Jihad

Who Are America's Homegrown Terrorists, and How Do We Stop Them?

By: Peter Bergen

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United States of Jihad

Who Are America's Homegrown Terrorists, and How Do We Stop Them?

By: Peter Bergen

A riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them? Paced like a detective story, United States of Jihad tells the entwined stories of the key actors on the American front. Among the perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American citizen killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie Hebdo shooters; Samir Khan, whose Inspire webzine has rallied terrorists around the world, including the Tsarnaev brothers; and Omar Hammami, an Alabama native and hip hop fan who became a fixture in al Shabaab’s propaganda videos until fatally displeasing his superiors. Drawing on his extensive network of intelligence contacts, from the National Counterterrorism Center and the FBI to the NYPD, Peter Bergen also offers an inside look at the controversial tactics of the agencies tracking potential terrorists—from infiltrating mosques to massive surveillance; at the bias experienced by innocent observant Muslims at the hands of law enforcement; at the critics and defenders of U.S. policies on terrorism; and at how social media has revolutionized terrorism. Lucid and rigorously researched, United States of Jihad is an essential new analysis of the Americans who have embraced militant Islam both here and abroad. — Washington Post, Notable Non-Fiction Books in 2016

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Crown

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0804139563

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Exploring Education

An Introduction to the Foundations of Education

By: Alan R. Sadovnik,Peter W. Cookson, Jr.,Susan F. Semel,Ryan W. Coughlan

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Exploring Education

An Introduction to the Foundations of Education

By: Alan R. Sadovnik,Peter W. Cookson, Jr.,Susan F. Semel,Ryan W. Coughlan

This much-anticipated fifth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy, politics, and sociology of education -- and their application to educational issues, including school organization and teaching, curriculum and pedagogic practices, education and inequality, and school reform and improvement. This edition features substantive updates, including additions to the discussion of neo-liberal educational policy, recent debates about teacher diversity, updated data and research, and new selections of historical and contemporary readings. At a time when foundations of education are marginalized in many teacher education programs and teacher education reform pushes scripted approaches to curriculum and instruction, Exploring Education helps teachers to think critically about the "what" and "why" behind the most pressing issues in contemporary education.

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Routledge

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131540852X

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Contemporary Greek Fiction in a United Europe

From Local History to the Global Individual

By: Peter Mackridge

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Contemporary Greek Fiction in a United Europe

From Local History to the Global Individual

By: Peter Mackridge

After more than twenty years as a full member of the European Union, Greece has produced a literature with radically different thematic, ideological and linguistic orientations from previous periods, for both domestic and international reasons. Since literature is considered to constitute both the repository of culture and one of its several manifestations, any attempt to assess cultural convergence in a unified Europe necessitates an examination and evaluation of contemporary literary production in individual member states. The present volume - the collective work of academics, literary critics and fiction writers - investigates the dramatically new trends that have emerged in contemporary Greek fiction and places this local literature within an international context.

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Routledge

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1351197258

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The Trouble With Therapy: Sociology And Psychotherapy

Sociology and Psychotherapy

By: Morrall, Peter

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The Trouble With Therapy: Sociology And Psychotherapy

Sociology and Psychotherapy

By: Morrall, Peter

This sociology of psychotherapy describes it as a lottery and replete with conflict and rivalries. Moreover, therapy is accused of being arrogant, selfish, abusive, infectious, mad, sexualised, and of promoting the myth happiness.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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033521875X

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9780335218752

Tobacco Capitalism

Growers, Migrant Workers, and the Changing Face of a Global Industry

By: Peter Benson

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Tobacco Capitalism

Growers, Migrant Workers, and the Changing Face of a Global Industry

By: Peter Benson

Tells the story of the people who live and work on US tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. This book explores the cultural and ethical ambiguities of tobacco farming and offers concrete recommendations for the tobacco-control movement in the United States and worldwide.

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Princeton University Press

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0691149208

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God in our Nature

The Incarnational Theology of John McLeod Campbell

By: Peter Kenneth Stevenson

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God in our Nature

The Incarnational Theology of John McLeod Campbell

By: Peter Kenneth Stevenson

Arguably the leading Scottish theologian of the nineteenth century, John McLeod Campbell's theology is much criticized and often misunderstood. Previous accounts have tended to overlook both his sermons and his Christology. This reassessment of his thought breaks new ground by offering a detailed study of his sermons and by identifying the distinctive Christology which contributes to a clearer understanding of his doctrine of atonement. Drawing upon the full range of Campbell's work, God in our Nature brings to light a trinitarian theologian whose pilgrimage represents a journey within evangelicalism rather than a departure from the evangelical fold.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1597527351

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Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

By: Martin C. Libicki,Peter Chalk,Melanie W. Sisson,Melanie Sisson

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Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

By: Martin C. Libicki,Peter Chalk,Melanie W. Sisson,Melanie Sisson

Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is it (1) to coerce, (2) to damage economies, (3) to rally the faithful, or (4) a decision left to affiliates? This book analyzes past attacks, post hoc justifications, and expert opinion to weigh each hypothesis.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042483

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Days of Fire

Bush and Cheney in the White House

By: Peter Baker

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Days of Fire

Bush and Cheney in the White House

By: Peter Baker

In Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a gripping and intimate journey through the eight years of the Bush and Cheney administration in a tour-de-force narrative of a dramatic and controversial presidency. Theirs was the most captivating American political partnership since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: a bold and untested president and his seasoned, relentless vice president. Confronted by one crisis after another, they struggled to protect the country, remake the world, and define their own relationship along the way. In Days of Fire, Peter Baker chronicles the history of the most consequential presidency in modern times through the prism of its two most compelling characters, capturing the elusive and shifting alliance of George Walker Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney as no historian has done before. He brings to life with in-the-room immediacy all the drama of an era marked by devastating terror attacks, the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, and financial collapse. The real story of Bush and Cheney is a far more fascinating tale than the familiar suspicion that Cheney was the power behind the throne. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key players, and thousands of pages of never-released notes, memos, and other internal documents, Baker paints a riveting portrait of a partnership that evolved dramatically over time, from the early days when Bush leaned on Cheney, making him the most influential vice president in history, to their final hours, when the two had grown so far apart they were clashing in the West Wing. Together and separately, they were tested as no other president and vice president have been, first on a bright September morning, an unforgettable “day of fire” just months into the presidency, and on countless days of fire over the course of eight tumultuous years. Days of Fire is a monumental and definitive work that will rank with the best of presidential histories. As absorbing as a thriller, it is eye-opening and essential reading.

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0385536925

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The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland

Being a Reprint of R.M. Peter's Irish Football Annual of 1880

By: Richard M. Peter

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The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland

Being a Reprint of R.M. Peter's Irish Football Annual of 1880

By: Richard M. Peter

Football, be it Gaelic, rugby, or soccer is unquestionably the most popular team sport in Ireland. Surprisingly, the modern codes of Gaelic, Rugby, and Assocation football in Ireland are little more than a century old. R.M. Peter's pioneering Annual was published in 1880. Reproduced here, it provides voluminous detail on more than 600 players and 50 clubs of the time: it is a mine of information for the sports enthusiast, the historian, the genealogist alike.

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Ulster Historical Foundation

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0901905933

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Schizophrenia

By: Peter B. Jones,Peter F. Buckley

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Schizophrenia

By: Peter B. Jones,Peter F. Buckley

Schizophrenia is a debilitating and serious medical illness that has a profound effect on the patient's life, as well as the lives of their immediate family, friends and carers. This book, jointly written by two experienced researchers and clinicians, aims to bring together all the latest research and current best practice in one easy-reference handbook for the busy clinician. The concise narative with accompanying full-color illustrations help explain more difficult concepts. Case studies enable the reader to explore real-life patients and review their care plans with commentary from the authors. Finally, an excellent reference list allows the interested reader to gather further information on specific topics for themselves. The book is full of new information and clinical pearls, written in a condensed, pocket-book format. Unique design, comprising novel 3D effect artworks 'Pull-out quotes' included in the margin to provide a novel means of highlighting key information Includes management algorithms to provide quick reference treatment pathways Includes Clinical Cases highlighting key issues in the main text Credible evidence-based sources - when possible, evidence base for practice by reference to primary research or international guidelines Bullet lists and short tables for clear presentation of key information Abbreviations lists Website addresses and other useful contact details

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443102503

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The Darkest Days of the War

The Battles of Iuka and Corinth

By: Peter Cozzens

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The Darkest Days of the War

The Battles of Iuka and Corinth

By: Peter Cozzens

During the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces attempted a three-pronged strategic advance into the North. The outcome of this offensive--the only coordinated Confederate attempt to carry the conflict to the enemy--was disastrous. The results at Antietam and in Kentucky are well known; the third offensive, the northern Mississippi campaign, led to the devastating and little-studied defeats at Iuka and Corinth, defeats that would open the way for Grant's attack on Vicksburg. Peter Cozzens presents here the first book-length study of these two complex and vicious battles. Drawing on extensive primary research, he details the tactical stories of Iuka--where nearly one-third of those engaged fell--and Corinth--fought under brutally oppressive conditions--analyzing troop movements down to the regimental level. He also provides compelling portraits of Generals Grant, Rosecrans, Van Dorn, and Price, exposing the ways in which their clashing ambitions and antipathies affected the outcome of the campaign. Finally, he draws out the larger, strategic implications of the battles of Iuka and Corinth, exploring their impact on the fate of the northern Mississippi campaign, and by extension, the fate of the Confederacy.

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1469620391

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Law’s Detour

Justice Displaced in the Bush Administration

By: Peter Margulies

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Law’s Detour

Justice Displaced in the Bush Administration

By: Peter Margulies

From the Justice Department’s memos defending coerced interrogation to Alberto Gonzales’ firing of U.S. Attorneys who did not fit the Bush Administration’s political needs, Law’s Detour paints an alarming picture of the many detours that George W. Bush and his allies created to thwart transparency and undermine the rule of law after September 11, 2001. Pursuing those detours, Bush officials set up a law-free zone at Guantánamo, ordered massive immigration raids that separated families, and screened candidates for civil service jobs to ensure the hiring of “real Americans.” While government needs flexibility to address genuine risks to national security—which certainly exist in the post-9/11 world—the Bush Administration’s use of detours distracted the government from urgent priorities, tarnished America’s reputation, and threatened voting and civil rights. In this comprehensive analysis of Bush officials’ efforts to stretch and strain the justice system, Peter Margulies canvasses the costs of the Administration’s many detours, from resisting accountability in the war on terrorism to thwarting economic and environmental regulation. Concise and full of compelling anecdotes, Law’s Detour maps these aberrations, surveys the damage done, and reaffirms the virtues of transparency and dialog that the Bush administration dismissed.

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NYU Press

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0814796230

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Understanding School Bullying

Its Nature and Prevention Strategies

By: Peter Smith

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Understanding School Bullying

Its Nature and Prevention Strategies

By: Peter Smith

′This extraordinarily comprehensive book authored by the leading international authority in the field integrates research, theory and practice on the topic of school bullying. In an already research saturated field Peter Smith’s writing captures the humanity of why this topic strikes such a chord in the community. He reminds us in a thoughtful, practical and caring manner why we must continue to advocate on all levels for those impacted by bullying.′ -Professor Phillip T. Slee, Flinders University, Australia ′Understanding School Bullying offers a refreshingly clear account of the wealth of insights gained over a quarter of a century of research. As Smith’s comprehensive review convincingly shows, much has been learned and much of this has been put to good use in improving children’s wellbeing. This is surely essential reading for any researcher concerned with bullying, childhood or life at school.′ -Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, author of Children, Risk and Safety Online ′Peter Smith’s new book will occupy a prominent place on my bookshelf. It provides a thorough and highly readable discussion of the breadth of research on school bullying. Dr. Smith includes discussions of important challenges related to research on this topic along with an excellent review of important studies and findings. This unique volume has influenced my thinking about the direction of my own research. The book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, consumers of research, and others who seek a research-based understanding of this important topic.′ -Sheri Bauman, Ph.D., Professor at University of Arizona Bullying involves the repeated abuse of power in relationships. Bullying in schools can blight the lives of victims and damage the climate of the school. Over the last 25 years a burgeoning research program on school bullying has led to new insights into effective ways of dealing with it, as well as new challenges such as the advent of cyberbullying. This new book, by a leading international expert on the topic, brings together the cumulative knowledge acquired and the latest research findings in the area, with a global perspective especially covering research in Europe, North America, Australasia, and Asia. It will appeal to those taking academic courses in psychology, social work, educational psychology, child clinical psychology and psychiatry, and teacher training, but it will also be of interest to parents and teachers.

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SAGE

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1473905435

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The Great Game

By: Peter Hopkirk

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The Great Game

By: Peter Hopkirk

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.

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John Murray

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1848544774

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Clostridia In Gastrointestinal Disease

By: Peter. S. Borriello

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Clostridia In Gastrointestinal Disease

By: Peter. S. Borriello

The aim of this book is to bring together the information available on established clostridial diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including the more recent observations with respect to the mechanisms of action and to critically review the data available which implicate clostridia in the gastrointestinal diseases of unknown etiology such as infantile necrotizing enterocolitis and large bowl cancer. Information on the wide range of gut diseases in animals, both natural and laboratory induced, in which clostridia have been shown to be involved or are being implicated, has been included, as in many instances these observations sever to help delineate the etiologies of human disease.

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CRC Press

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1351087614

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Sociology and Health

An Introduction

By: Peter Morrall

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Sociology and Health

An Introduction

By: Peter Morrall

This lively, introductory text provides students and health practitioners with the foundations of a sociological understanding of health issues. Written for anyone who is interested in health and disease in contemporary global society, this book engages the reader to act upon their occupational and moral responsibilities. It explains the key sociological theories and debates with humour and imagination in a way that will encourage an inquisitive and reflective approach on the part of any student who engages with the text. With individual chapters covering sociology, health, science, power, medicalisation, madness happiness, sex, violence and death, Sociology and Health is organized so that the student moves through sociological approaches and themes which constantly recur in the experience of healthcare. Students will find this a readable and controversial text which covers the ground they need to know in a thought-provoking way. Lecturers will find it a helpful text for generating discussion in tutorials and seminars. There are summaries at the end of each chapter, suggestions for further reading and ideas for the reader.

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Routledge

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1134119313

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9781134119318

Heating and Cooling of Buildings

Principles and Practice of Energy Efficient Design, Third Edition

By: T. Agami Reddy,Jan F. Kreider,Peter S. Curtiss,Ari Rabl

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Heating and Cooling of Buildings

Principles and Practice of Energy Efficient Design, Third Edition

By: T. Agami Reddy,Jan F. Kreider,Peter S. Curtiss,Ari Rabl

Heating and Cooling of Buildings: Principles and Practice of Energy Efficient Design, Third Edition is structured to provide a rigorous and comprehensive technical foundation and coverage to all the various elements inherent in the design of energy efficient and green buildings. Along with numerous new and revised examples, design case studies, and homework problems, the third edition includes the HCB software along with its extensive website material, which contains a wealth of data to support design analysis and planning. Based around current codes and standards, the Third Edition explores the latest technologies that are central to design and operation of today’s buildings. It serves as an up-to-date technical resource for future designers, practitioners, and researchers wishing to acquire a firm scientific foundation for improving the design and performance of buildings and the comfort of their occupants. For engineering and architecture students in undergraduate/graduate classes, this comprehensive textbook:

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