Professor of Russian History Robert Service's Books

The Illustrated Robert Service

By: Robert Service

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The Illustrated Robert Service

By: Robert Service

Classic Robert Service poems illustrated with turn-of-the century photos.

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1578333571

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9781578333578

Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 162, 2008 Lectures

By: Professor Ron Johnston, FBA

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Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 162, 2008 Lectures

By: Professor Ron Johnston, FBA

This volume contains 10 Lectures delivered at the British Academy in 2008. From an exploration of the relationship between reason and identity, to an examination of social integration as the world becomes a more diverse place, to a consideration of the works of four great literary figures: King Alfred, Shakespeare, Wordsworth and W H Auden.

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OUP/British Academy

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0197264581

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9780197264584

Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Power, Perceptions, and Pacts

By: Pauline Jones Luong

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Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Power, Perceptions, and Pacts

By: Pauline Jones Luong

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Cambridge University Press

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0521801095

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9780521801096

Russian Conservatism and Its Critics

A Study in Political Culture

By: Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes,Richard Pipes

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Russian Conservatism and Its Critics

A Study in Political Culture

By: Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes,Richard Pipes

Why have Russians chosen unlimited autocracy throughout their history? Why is democracy unable to flourish in Russia?

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Yale University Press

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0300112882

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9780300112887

The Empress & the Architect

British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great

By: Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ,Dmitrij O. Švidkovskij,Professor Dimitri Shvidkovsky

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The Empress & the Architect

British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great

By: Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ,Dmitrij O. Švidkovskij,Professor Dimitri Shvidkovsky

In August 1779, Charles Cameron, a Scottish architect based in London, set sail for St. Petersburg. He had been summoned by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, to create a magnificent architectural setting for the splendours and extravagances of her court - most especially the two luxurious palace ensembles outside St. Petersburg at Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. His reputation prior to his arrival in Russia was based almost entirely on his authorship of a book on the baths of ancient Rome - he had built nothing as yet - but while serving as Architect to Her Imperial Majesty, Cameron was responsible for some of the most dazzling and original architectural creations of the eighteenth century. This book tells a fascinating story of enterprise, initiative, amazing patronage and very remarkable architectural achievements on a large scale, all of which took place within a unique historical and cultural context. Dimitri Shvidkovsky weaves together the intriguing, and still not completely documented biography of an enigmatic architect - possibly a Jacobite rebel and exile - and the life of the great Russian ruler, Catherine II. This is set against the backdrop of the rapidly developing influence of British culture on Russian society. Architects, park designers and gardeners from England and Scotland were to be found in every part of Russia by the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, helping to establish a particular form of design whose cultural impact was made all the more dramatic by its adoption and development by native Russian architects and designers. This book, ravishingly illustrated with views of the palaces and gardens of imperial Russia - many now destroyed - places Russian architecture and garden design of the neo-classical period within its European context for the first time, and explores the hitherto neglected connections between British and Russian architecture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It offers a fascinating and original account of Russian culture in this period.

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Yale University Press

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0300065647

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9780300065640

The Best of Robert Service

By: Robert William Service,Professor of Russian History Robert Service

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The Best of Robert Service

By: Robert William Service,Professor of Russian History Robert Service

A deluxe edition of the works of Service, with stunning period photographs of the Yukon territory he immortalized through his incomparable verses. Photos are from the famed Kinsey collection, taken in the 1890s during the height of the Klondike gold rush.

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Perigee Books

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0396047823

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Democracies and the Shock of War

The Law as a Battlefield

By: Professor Marc Cogen

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Democracies and the Shock of War

The Law as a Battlefield

By: Professor Marc Cogen

Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the legal frameworks imbedded in democratic societies offered them a fundamental advantage over their more politically restricted rivals. For democracies fight wars aided by codes of behaviour shaped by their laws, customs and treaties that reflect the wider values of their society. This means that voters and the public can influence the decision to wage and sustain war. Thus, a precarious balance between government, parliament and military leadership is the backbone of any democracy at war, and the key to success or failure. Beginning with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writings of Alberico Gentili and Hugo Grotius, this book traces the rise of legal concepts of war between states. It argues that the ideas and theories set out by the likes of Gentili and Grotius were to provide the bedrock of western democratic thinking in wartime. The book then moves on to look in detail at the two World Wars of the twentieth century and how legal thinking adapted itself to the realities of industrial and total war. In particular it focuses upon the impact of differing political ideologies on the conduct of war, and how combatant nations were frequently forced to challenge core beliefs and values in order to win. Through a combination of history and legal philosophy, this book contributes to a better understanding of democratic government when it is most severely tested at war. The ideas and concepts addressed will resonate, both with those studying the past, and current events.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409483150

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9781409483151

Encyclopedia of American Business History

By: Charles R. Geisst,Ambassador Charles a Gargano Professor of Finance Charles R Geisst

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Encyclopedia of American Business History

By: Charles R. Geisst,Ambassador Charles a Gargano Professor of Finance Charles R Geisst

Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.

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1438109873

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9781438109879

Arms for Uncertainty

Nuclear Weapons in US and Russian Security Policy

By: Professor Stephen J Cimbala

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Arms for Uncertainty

Nuclear Weapons in US and Russian Security Policy

By: Professor Stephen J Cimbala

Nuclear weapons are here to stay. They have survived into the twenty-first century as instruments of influence for the US, Russia, and other major military powers. But, unlike the Cold War era, future nuclear forces will be developed and deployed within a digital-driven world of enhanced conventional weapons. As such, established nuclear powers will have smaller numbers of nuclear weapons for the purpose of deterrence working in parallel with smarter conventional weapons and elite military personnel. The challenge is to agree proportional reductions in nuclear inventories or abstinence requiring an effective nonproliferation regime to contain aspiring or threshold nuclear weapons states. This is the most comprehensive view of nuclear weapons policy and strategy currently available. The author’s division of the nuclear issue into the three ages is a never seen before analytical construct. With President Obama reelected, the reduction and even elimination of nuclear weapons will now rise to the top of the agenda once more. Moreover, given the likelihood of reductions in US defense spending, the subject of the triad, which is covered in Chapter One, will no doubt be an important subject of debate, as will the issue of missile defense, covered in Chapter 10. This book provides an excellent analysis of the spread of nuclear weapons in Asia and the Middle East and the potential dangers of a North Korean or Iranian breakout, subjects that dominate current policy debates.

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1472409876

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They Never Said It : A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions

A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions

By: Paul F. Boller Jr. Emeritus Professor of History Texas Christian University,Oklahoma John George Jr. Professor of Political Science and Sociology Central State University

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They Never Said It : A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions

A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions

By: Paul F. Boller Jr. Emeritus Professor of History Texas Christian University,Oklahoma John George Jr. Professor of Political Science and Sociology Central State University

Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It, Paul Boller, Jr., and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why they should be consigned to the historical trashcan. Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The best part of valor is discretion"), others, the inventions of reporters embellishing a story (Franklin Roosevelt never opened a speech to a DAR group with the salutation, "My fellow immigrants"). But some of the quotes, such as Charles Darwin's supposed deathbed recantation of evolution, are blatantly dishonest and falsify the historical record. And others are chillingly vicious, filled with virulent racial and religious prejudices that completely distort the views of the person supposedly quoted and spread distrust and hatred among the gullible. These include the forged remarks attributed to Benjamin Franklin that Jews should be excluded from America, and the fabricated condemnation of Catholics attributed to Lincoln. An entertaining and yet thought-provoking book, They Never Said It sorts out a great deal of history and sets it right, going beyond a mere catalog of popular misconceptions to reveal how conservatives and liberals, atheists and evangelists, all have at times twisted and even invented the words of eminent figures to promote their own ends. It is the ultimate debunking reference, a perfect complement to handbooks of quotations.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198022220

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Mystery of Mysteries

Is Evolution a Social Construction?

By: Lucyle T Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science Michael Ruse,Michael Ruse

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Mystery of Mysteries

Is Evolution a Social Construction?

By: Lucyle T Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science Michael Ruse,Michael Ruse

With the recent Sokal hoax--the publication of a prominent physicist's pseudo-article in a leading journal of cultural studies--the status of science moved sharply from debate to dispute. Is science objective, a disinterested reflection of reality, as Karl Popper and his followers believed? Or is it subjective, a social construction, as Thomas Kuhn and his students maintained? Into the fray comes "Mystery of Mysteries," an enlightening inquiry into the nature of science, using evolutionary theory as a case study. Michael Ruse begins with such colorful luminaries as Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) and Julian Huxley (brother of novelist Aldous and grandson of T. H. Huxley, "Darwin's bulldog" ) and ends with the work of the English game theorist Geoffrey Parker--a microevolutionist who made his mark studying the mating strategies of dung flies--and the American paleontologist Jack Sepkoski, whose computer-generated models reconstruct mass extinctions and other macro events in life's history. Along the way Ruse considers two great popularizers of evolution, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, as well as two leaders in the field of evolutionary studies, Richard Lewontin and Edward O. Wilson, paying close attention to these figures' cultural commitments: Gould's transplanted Germanic idealism, Dawkins's male-dominated Oxbridge circle, Lewontin's Jewish background, and Wilson's southern childhood. Ruse explicates the role of metaphor and metavalues in evolutionary thought and draws significant conclusions about the cultural impregnation of science. Identifying strengths and weaknesses on both sides of the "science wars," he demonstrates that a resolution of the objective and subjective debate is nonetheless possible.

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Harvard University Press

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0674042980

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9780674042988

The Spell of the Yukon

By: Professor of Russian History Robert Service,Robert Service

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The Spell of the Yukon

By: Professor of Russian History Robert Service,Robert Service

Robert Service wrote in the golden years of the Klondike -- of the rough and ready men, and women just as tough. No-one in Robert's world (real or imagined) minced words or had any self-consciousness about them. It was live and let live and sometimes kill or be killed. Reading his poems transports us back to that frozen place in nature when it was literally every man and every woman for him/herself, yet Robert conveys to us not only a sensitivity (in his poem extolling the simple light switch -- something quite novel in those times, especially in the Klondike), but the beauties he saw in the others -- gathered around the village's first "grammyphone", hearing the voice of "canned man" coming from it -- some savages taking to their canoes because it seems demonic, yet others equally savage, enraptured by this miracle of sound. Robert Service touches the heart and soul of the rough and raw Klondike in the early 1900's, and shows us the soul's emotions and colors from inky black to pure gold.

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1494866072

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9781494866075

America

Past and Present to 1877

By: George W Littlefield Professor of American History Robert A Divine,Robert A. Divine,William Smith Mason Professor of American History T H Breen,George M. Fredrickson,R. Hal Williams,Ariela J. Gross,H. W. Brands,Distinguished Professor of History Randy Roberts,Edgar E Robinson Professor of United States History Emeritus George M Fredrickson,Professor of Law Ariela J Gross

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America

Past and Present to 1877

The Primary Sources Edition of America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative and includes two to three primary sources per chapter with critical thinking questions for each source. This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design highlighted with numerous maps and photos will engage students and instructors alike.

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321365720

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9780321365729

America Or Europe?

British Foreign Policy, 1739-63

By: Professor Jeremy Black,Jeremy Black

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America Or Europe?

British Foreign Policy, 1739-63

By: Professor Jeremy Black,Jeremy Black

An in-depth study of the first climax in Britain's imperial history and a critical period in the establishment of the British Empire and the rise of Britain to great-power status.

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Routledge

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1135369348

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9781135369347

Palmerston

A Biography

By: David Brown,Professor of Modern History David Brown

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Palmerston

A Biography

By: David Brown,Professor of Modern History David Brown

A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, engineered the defeat of the Russians in the Crimean War, and played a major role in the development of liberalism and the Liberal Party. This comprehensive biography, informed by unprecedented research in the statesman's personal archives, gives full weight not only to Palmerston's foreign policy achievements, but also to his domestic political activity, political thought, life as a landlord, and private life and affairs. Through the lens of the milieu of his times, the book pinpoints for the first time the nature and extent of Palmerston's contributions to the making of modern Britain.

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Yale University Press

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0300168446

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9780300168440

Work, Mobility, and Participation

A Comparative Study of American and Japanese Industry

By: Bob Cole,Robert E. Cole,Professor of Business Administration and Sociology Lorraine Tyson Mitchell II Professor of Leadership and Communication Robert E Cole

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Work, Mobility, and Participation

A Comparative Study of American and Japanese Industry

By: Bob Cole,Robert E. Cole,Professor of Business Administration and Sociology Lorraine Tyson Mitchell II Professor of Leadership and Communication Robert E Cole

Comparison of work attitudes, labour mobility and workers participation as related to the overall quality of working life in Japan and the USA - traces the incorporation of employment security into Japan' s value system, and trends in organization behaviour; includes case studies of occupational change of men industrial workers, and innovations in personnel management (quality circles, job design); finds convergence of work organization patterns. Bibliography, graphs, illustrations, statistical tables, tables.

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Univ of California Press

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0520035429

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9780520035423

A People and a Nation

Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard P. Chudacoff

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A People and a Nation

Since 1865

By: Mary Beth Norton,Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History Mary Beth Norton,David M. Katzman,David W. Blight,Howard P. Chudacoff

Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this text is an economically priced version of A People and a Nation, 7/e ((c)2005). The Dolphin Edition offers readers the complete text while limiting the number of photos and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text.Like its hardcover counterpart, the Dolphin Edition preserves the text's basic approach to American history as the story of all Americans. The text is known for its emphasis on social history, well-respected author team, attention to race and racial identity, and balanced and engaging narrative. Significant revisions to the Seventh Edition of A People and a Nation are reflected in the Dolphin Edition.

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Houghton Mifflin

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061860801X

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9780618608010

Lenin: A Political Life

Volume 3: The Iron Ring

By: Robert Service

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Lenin: A Political Life

Volume 3: The Iron Ring

By: Robert Service

The final volume of Robert Service's major trilogy on Lenin's political life takes the account from the Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 to the Bolshevik leader's death in 1924. Attention is paid to the military, political and economic conditions as they changed; to the internal pressures of the party's politics; to ideological imperatives; and to one man's reaction to events and situations he had only imperfectly anticipated. The volume incorporates not only the post-1985 documentary revelations but also the results of the author's searches in the Moscow archives since 1991.

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Springer

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1349055948

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9781349055944

Activebook for Out of Many

A History of the American People

By: John Mack Faragher,Mari Jo Buhle,Professor of American Culture Mari Jo Buhle,Daniel Czitrom,Susan Armitage

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Activebook for Out of Many

A History of the American People

By: John Mack Faragher,Mari Jo Buhle,Professor of American Culture Mari Jo Buhle,Daniel Czitrom,Susan Armitage

BASIC APPROACH For introductory-level American History Courses. This pathbreaking text weaves together the complex interaction of social, political and historical forces that have shaped the United States and from which "the American people" have evolved by telling stories of people and of the nation and emphasizing that American history has never been the preserve of any particular region. Traditional turning points and watershed events are integrated with the stories of the nation's many diverse communities. The activebook version is an interactive, online, digital book that completely integrates multimedia resources with the textbook to greatly enhance the student learning experience. The activebook experience: Uses the web for what it's good at! An activebook takes full advantage of the online environment. Each chapter of the activebook for Out of Many: Third Edition contains an active poll, active examples and exercises, active maps, audio examples, audio exercises, active concept checks, moments in time, as well as graphs, tables, and charts to provide an interactive learning experience. Lets students learn the way they learn best! An activebook engages students of all learning styles through online print, audio, and video resources. The activebook experience is customizable by faculty and students. Students can annotate their activebook and customize their view of the book's dynamic resources. Gives you more for less! Despite the increased amount of multimedia and interactive content, activebooks cost less than traditional textbooks. Even though the core text is retained in print, the print component of an activebook is shorter than a traditional text. All boxed material, chapter summaries, exercises, and other content that can be made dynamic reside in the online component of the activebook.

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