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Political Power: Bill Clinton

By: Robert Schnakenberg,C. W. Cooke

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They call him Bubba, the Big Dog, Slick Willie, and the Man from Hope. Everyone's got an opinion about Bill Clinton, but how well do we really know him? Take a fresh look at the life and career of America's 42nd president, from his hardscrabble Arkansas childhood to the days of triumph and turmoil in the Oval Office and beyond.

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Bluewater Productions

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1467519294

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Female Force: More Women in Politics: Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Condoleezza Rice

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Female Force: More Women in Politics: Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Condoleezza Rice

By: Robert Schnakenberg

As featured on CNN, FOX News, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Times, OK Magazine, and MSNBC! Female Force is a series that features biographies on strong, independent women in modern politics. This graphic novel includes stories on Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama and her life in the White House, Nancy Pelosi, and Condoleezza Rice.

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StormFront Entertainment

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1123988242

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Crazy Sh*t Presidents Said

The Most Surprising, Shocking, and Stupid Statements Ever Made by U.S. Presidents, from George Washi

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Crazy Sh*t Presidents Said

The Most Surprising, Shocking, and Stupid Statements Ever Made by U.S. Presidents, from George Washi

By: Robert Schnakenberg

With the country more polarized than ever, the 2012 presidential election is expected to be one of the most heated in our country's history. Among all the polished speeches and great sound bites, sometimes in that torrent of official and unofficial remarks, some real head-scratchers slip out. Crazy Sh*t Presidents Said consists of 1,000 crazy, surprising, eye-popping, historically verified quotations, arranged thematically by subject. "I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election." -- W. G. Harding "I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming." -- Jimmy Carter "I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them." -- C. Coolidge "If I don't have a woman for three days, I get terrible headaches." -- John F. Kennedy

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Running Press Adult

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0762445041

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9780762445042

Female Force: Women in the Media

By: Robert Schnakenberg,Joshua LaBello,Andrew Yerrakadu,Sandra C. Ruckdeschel

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Female Force: Women in the Media

By: Robert Schnakenberg,Joshua LaBello,Andrew Yerrakadu,Sandra C. Ruckdeschel

Presents, in graphic novel format, the lives and careers of four women who are prominent in American media, including Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, and Ellen DeGeneres.

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Bluewater Productions

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1616239271

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9781616239275

FAME: Jackie Robinson

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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FAME: Jackie Robinson

By: Robert Schnakenberg

One of the biggest legends in baseball gets his own comic book tribute. Along with Personality Comics, TidalWave Productions brings you the story of Jackie Robinson.

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162098640X

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First Family: The Clintons

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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First Family: The Clintons

By: Robert Schnakenberg

This special edition comic book featuring the first family biographies is now together for the first time in this 48-page one shot.

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Bluewater Productions

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Political Power: Presidents of the United States

By: Chris Ward,Don Smith,Robert Schnakenberg,Heath Foley

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Political Power: Presidents of the United States

By: Chris Ward,Don Smith,Robert Schnakenberg,Heath Foley

Retells the rise to power of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama and traces the histories of these men, highlighting both victories and failures.

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Bluewater Productions

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1616239328

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9781616239329

Female Force: Barbara Walters

By: Robert Schnakenberg,Andrew Yerrakadu

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Female Force: Barbara Walters

By: Robert Schnakenberg,Andrew Yerrakadu

Presents, in graphic novel format, the life and career of the prominent television journalist.

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1427641226

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Sci-Fi Baby Names

500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Sci-Fi Baby Names

500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz

By: Robert Schnakenberg

Boldly Go Where No Parent Has Gone Before! Here are 500 out-of-this-world baby names from classic science-fiction movies, books, and television shows. Choose James to honor the captain of the starship Enterprise. Choose Leia or Leah to salute the sister of Luke Skywalker. Choose Neo to celebrate the ultra-cool messiah from The Matrix. Hardcore fans can go even further with exotic names such as Barbarella, Beldar, Jor-El, and Tron (just don’t send us the therapy bills). Arranged by category for quick reference—with chapters such as Power Names, Feminine Names, and Intellectual Names—Sci-Fi Baby Names is a terrific gift for expecting parents and a wonderful roll call of our favorite science fiction characters.

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Quirk Books

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1594748527

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9781594748523

The Encyclopedia Shatnerica

An A to Z Guide to the Man and His Universe

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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The Encyclopedia Shatnerica

An A to Z Guide to the Man and His Universe

By: Robert Schnakenberg

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SHATNER IS BACK—IN A SUPER-EXPANDED MILLENNIUM EDITION! This updated edition of The Encyclopedia Shatnerica is your complete guide to the life and work of William Shatner—actor, singer, writer, director, horseman, game show host, and legendary Hollywood lothario. Hop aboard the Starship Irreverent as certified “Shatnerologist” Robert Schnakenberg documents every aspect of The Great One’s career, including: • More than fifty years of major film, TV, and stage appearances—from The Twilight Zone and Star Trek to T. J. Hooker and Boston Legal • Shatner’s many musical misadventures—including his legendary covers of “Rocket Man” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” • Scandalous allegations and scathing anecdotes from Star Trek costars Plus more girdle, divorce, and toupee trivia than you can shake a phaser at! Fully updated for the first time in ten years, with all-new material on Denny Crane, Nerine Kidd, Iron Chef USA, and more, The Encyclopedia Shatnerica remains the definitive biography of an entertainment icon.

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Quirk Books

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1594747768

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9781594747762

Christopher Walken A to Z

The Man, the Movies, the Legend

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Christopher Walken A to Z

The Man, the Movies, the Legend

By: Robert Schnakenberg

The Complete Guide To All Things Walken He’s been a dancer, a baker, a lion tamer, an award-winning actor, and a Hollywood legend. But Christopher Walken has never been the subject of a comprehensive biographical reference—until now. Here at last is a complete A-to-Z guide to this one-of-a-kind performer, featuring entries on everything from the Actors Studio (the legendary theatrical workshop where Walken spent eleven years as a janitor) to Zombie Movies (one of Walken’s favorite film genres). Along the way, readers will discover: • Acting secrets and behind-the-scenes trivia from each of Walken’s 100+ films—everything from Annie Hall to Hairspray and beyond. • Recipes and kitchen tips from “Chef Walken”—including a look at his short-lived TV show, Cooking with Chris. • Walken’s music videos for Madonna, Duran Duran, and Fatboy Slim. • The secrets of maintaining his extraordinary hair. • Observations and reminiscences from Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Woody Allen, Dennis Hopper, and countless others. Plus more bizarre B movies and Saturday Night Live appearances than you can shake a cowbell at! Complete with fascinating trivia and dozens of photographs, Christopher Walken A to Z offers the definitive look at a pop culture phenomenon.

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159474775X

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A Graduate Introduction to Numerical Methods

From the Viewpoint of Backward Error Analysis

By: Robert M. Corless,Nicolas Fillion

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A Graduate Introduction to Numerical Methods

From the Viewpoint of Backward Error Analysis

By: Robert M. Corless,Nicolas Fillion

This book provides an extensive introduction to numerical computing from the viewpoint of backward error analysis. The intended audience includes students and researchers in science, engineering and mathematics. The approach taken is somewhat informal owing to the wide variety of backgrounds of the readers, but the central ideas of backward error and sensitivity (conditioning) are systematically emphasized. The book is divided into four parts: Part I provides the background preliminaries including floating-point arithmetic, polynomials and computer evaluation of functions; Part II covers numerical linear algebra; Part III covers interpolation, the FFT and quadrature; and Part IV covers numerical solutions of differential equations including initial-value problems, boundary-value problems, delay differential equations and a brief chapter on partial differential equations. The book contains detailed illustrations, chapter summaries and a variety of exercises as well some Matlab codes provided online as supplementary material. “I really like the focus on backward error analysis and condition. This is novel in a textbook and a practical approach that will bring welcome attention." Lawrence F. Shampine A Graduate Introduction to Numerical Methods and Backward Error Analysis” has been selected by Computing Reviews as a notable book in computing in 2013. Computing Reviews Best of 2013 list consists of book and article nominations from reviewers, CR category editors, the editors-in-chief of journals, and others in the computing community.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461484537

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9781461484530

Everyday Law for Actors

By: Robert Woods

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Everyday Law for Actors

By: Robert Woods

Everyday Law for Actors is a resource and reference book, providing both professional working actors, and those who aspire to be, with clear, easy-to-read information about the everyday laws they need to know. The book is intended for actors just starting out, for those who have been making a living at acting for a long time, and for every actor in between. All actors can benefit from knowing more about the everyday law that affects their trade. Even well-established "stars" with a full team of lawyers, agents, managers, and business managers will still find this book useful because they can learn all about that "legalese" and "business mumbo jumbo" that maybe they never fully understood. Everyday Law for Actors features short chapters, numerous examples of legal principles in plain, understandable language, practical explanations about contract provisions and how to negotiate them, and useful and concise information about actors' unions, working with agents and managers, employment laws, landlord-tenant laws, and more. Actors are artists. But actors must also be smart business people. They don’t call it "show business" for nothing. With this book in hand, actors will be much better prepared to work the "business" side of "show business," and will have easy reference in one manageable volume to the wide variety of legal information they need to advance their careers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493059106

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9781493059102

Secret Lives of Great Authors

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Secret Lives of Great Authors

By: Robert Schnakenberg

Strange-but-true tales of murderers, adulterers, drug addicts, and other literary legends. With outrageous and uncensored profiles of everyone from William Shakespeare to Thomas Pynchon, "Secret Lives of Great Authors "tackles all the tough questions your high school teachers were afraid to ask: What's the deal with Lewis Carroll and little girls? Is it true that J. D. Salinger drank his own urine? How many women--and men--did Lord Byron actually sleep with? And why was Ayn Rand such a big fan of Charlie's Angels? Classic literature was never this much fun in school!

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1306977908

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9781306977906

Teammates

Karl Malone and John Stockton

By: Robert E. Schnakenberg,Robert Schnakenberg

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Teammates

Karl Malone and John Stockton

By: Robert E. Schnakenberg,Robert Schnakenberg

A dual biography that emphasizes how greatly two Utah Jazz stars rely on each other on and off the court and the extent to which their careers have intertwined.

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0761303006

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9780761303008

Scottie Pippen

Reluctant Superstar

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Scottie Pippen

Reluctant Superstar

By: Robert Schnakenberg

Examines the life and basketball career of one of the key players for the Chicago Bulls and a member of the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Dream Teams.

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Lerner Publishing Group

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0822536536

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9780822536536

AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK

By: Gerald R. Snyder,Robert von Hasseln

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AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK

By: Gerald R. Snyder,Robert von Hasseln

In the 1700s, Amsterdam was just a small trading village in upstate New York. Utilizing its superior location astride critical waterways, the village grew during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse. By the 20th century, Amsterdam had become America's foremost rug-making center, nicknamed the "Carpet City," and the seventh largest city in New York. Waves of Dutch, German, Irish, Italian, and eastern European immigrants were drawn to the city for work. Some became mill workers while others became millionaires. The vintage postcards in Amsterdam tell the story of an American dream created, lost, and still pursued on what was once America's frontier.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738572535

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Introducing Biological Rhythms

A Primer on the Temporal Organization of Life, with Implications for Health, Society, Reproduction, and the Natural Environment

By: Willard L. Koukkari,Robert B. Sothern

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Introducing Biological Rhythms

A Primer on the Temporal Organization of Life, with Implications for Health, Society, Reproduction, and the Natural Environment

By: Willard L. Koukkari,Robert B. Sothern

Introducing Biological Rhythms is a primer that serves to introduce individuals to the area of biological rhythms. It describes the major characteristics and discusses the implications and applications of these rhythms, while citing scientific results and references. Also, the primer includes essays that provide in-depth historic and other background information for those interested in more specific topics or concepts. It covers a basic cross-section of the field of chronobiology clearly enough so that it can be understood by a novice, or an undergraduate student, but that it would also be sufficiently technical and detailed for the scientist.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402047010

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9781402047015

American Public Opinion

Its Origins, Content, and Impact

By: Robert S. Erikson,Kent L. Tedin

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American Public Opinion

Its Origins, Content, and Impact

By: Robert S. Erikson,Kent L. Tedin

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public Opinion goes beyond a simple presentation of data to include a critical analysis of the role of public opinion in American democracy. New to the 11th Edition Updates all data through the 2020 elections and includes early polling through 2022. Pays increased attention to polarization. Expands focus on support for democratic values in the Trump and post-Trump era. Covers new voting patterns related to race, ethnicity, and gender. Expands coverage of political misinformation, media bias, and negativity, especially in social media. Defends political polling even in the wake of 2020 failings.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000961702

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9781000961706

Mutually Beneficial

The Guardian and Life Insurance in America

By: Robert E. Wright,George David Smith

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Mutually Beneficial

The Guardian and Life Insurance in America

By: Robert E. Wright,George David Smith

A history of The Guardian Life Insurance company.

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NYU Press

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0814793975

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A Stability Index Analysis of 1-D Patterns of the Gray-Scott Model

By: A. Doelman,Robert A. Gardner,Tasso J. Kaper

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A Stability Index Analysis of 1-D Patterns of the Gray-Scott Model

By: A. Doelman,Robert A. Gardner,Tasso J. Kaper

This work is intended for graduate students and research mathematicians interested in partial differential equations.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821827391

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Dear Nel

Opening the Circles of Care (Letters to Nel Noddings)

By: Robert Lake

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Dear Nel

Opening the Circles of Care (Letters to Nel Noddings)

By: Robert Lake

This collection is a moving tribute to Nel Noddings, a fascinating and influential scholar who has contributed greatly to numerous fields, including education, feminism, ethics, and the study of social justice and equity.Dear Nel: Opening the Circles of Carepresents contributions from renowned teachers, educators, and activists, such asDavid Berliner, Jim Garrison, Madeline Grumet, Denis Phillips, William H. Schubert, Barbara Thayer-Bacon, Cristina Igoa, Eva Feder Kittay, Riane Eisler,andSara Ruddick. Each provides a personal tribute to Noddings highlighting stories of her lived experience and drawing on her writing and teaching. This unique volume includes an interview with Noddings by Lynda Stone that provides historical context for Noddings’ work and that imagines possible future spaces for her legacy. Featuring a personal and engaging format,Dear Neloffers insights, commentary, and reflections on the extraordinary life work of a major scholar. And, most importantly, it will serve to expand the circles of care that is Nel’s work. Robert Lakeis an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and the editorof Dear Maxine: Letters from the Unfinished Conversation with Maxine Greene. “This is a wonderful collection of letters to a wonderful educator. Nel Noddings has done as much as anyone I can think of to show us how to improve the lives of children in school. This is a delightfully rich series of testaments to the influence of one of the great educators of our time.” —Kieran Egan, Professor, Simon Fraser University

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Teachers College Press

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0807771678

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9780807771679

Evolution Science and Ethics in the Third Millennium

Challenges and Choices for Humankind

By: Robert Cliquet,Dragana Avramov

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Evolution Science and Ethics in the Third Millennium

Challenges and Choices for Humankind

By: Robert Cliquet,Dragana Avramov

The book aims to revitalise the interdisciplinary debate about evolutionary ethics and substantiate the idea that evolution science can provide a rational and robust framework for understanding morality. It also traces pathways for knowledge-based choices to be made about directions for future long-term biological evolution and cultural development in view of adaptation to the expected, probable and possible future and the ecological sustainability of our planetary environment The authors discuss ethical challenges associated with the major biosocial sources of human variation: individual variation, inter-personal variation, inter-group variation, and inter-generational variation. This book approaches the long-term challenges of the human species in a holistic way. Researchers will find an extensive discussion of the key theoretical scientific aspects of the relationship between evolution and morality. Policy makers will find information that can help them better understand from where we are coming and inspire them to make choices and take actions in a longer-term perspective. The general public will find food for thoughts.

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Springer

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3319730908

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Design of Wireless Autonomous Datalogger IC's

By: Wim Claes,Willy M Sansen,Robert Puers

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Design of Wireless Autonomous Datalogger IC's

By: Wim Claes,Willy M Sansen,Robert Puers

Design of Wireless Autonomous Dataloggers IC's reveals the state of the art in the design of complex dataloggers, with a special focus on low power consumption. The emphasis is on autonomous dataloggers for stand-alone applications with remote reprogrammability. The book starts with a comprehensive introduction on the most important design aspects and trade-offs for miniaturized low-power telemetric dataloggers. After the general introduction follows an in-depth case study of an autonomous CMOS datalogger IC for the registration of in vivo loads on oral implants. After tackling the design of the datalogger on the system level, the design of the different building blocks is elaborated in detail, with emphasis on low power. A clear overview of the operation, the implementation, and the most important design considerations of the building blocks to achieve optimal system performance is given. Design of Wireless Autonomous Dataloggers IC's discusses the design of correlated double sampling amplifiers and sample-and-holds, binary-weighted current steering DACs, successive approximation ADCs and relaxation clock oscillators and can also be used as a manual for the design of these building blocks. Design of Wireless Autonomous Dataloggers IC's covers the complete design flow of low-power miniaturized autonomous dataloggers with a bi-directional wireless link and on-board data processing, while providing detailed insight into the most critical design issues of the different building blocks. It will allow you to design complex dataloggers faster. It is essential reading for analog design engineers and researchers in the field of miniaturized dataloggers and is also suitable as a text for an advanced course on the subject.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402032099

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To Purge the Forest by Force: Organized violence against Batwa in Kahuzi-Biega National Park

By: Robert Flummerfelt

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To Purge the Forest by Force: Organized violence against Batwa in Kahuzi-Biega National Park

By: Robert Flummerfelt

The Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a protected area and UNESCO World Heritage site that has received funding and material support from the German and US governments among other international supporters, has long been celebrated as one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. However, park authorities there have engaged in a three-year program of violent forced expulsions targeting the original human inhabitants of the park—the indigenous Batwa of Kahuzi-Biega, who are among the most marginalized groups in the country. This report, To Purge the Forest by Force, documents the highly organized, grievous and widespread human rights abuses jointly carried out by park guards and Congolese Army soldiers against Batwa between 2019 and 2021. In October 2018, after four decades of broken promises of resettlement, reparations and justice from the Congolese government and other stakeholders, segments of Batwa communities returned to the park, rebuilding villages on their ancestral lands. Their return was met with swift and devastating violence by park authorities. The report presents evidence of park guards and soldiers conducting three large-scale operations between 2019-2021, targeting at least seven highly populated Batwa-inhabited villages inside the park, along with numerous smaller-scale evictions and acts of repression. Among other abuses, dozens of Batwa have been killed, injured, arbitrarily detained or subjected to violent group rape, in what amounts to a systematic campaign of violence designed to terrorize Batwa and drive them out of the park. These large-scale operations are illustrative flashpoints in the decades-long process of marginalization and brutalization visited upon Batwa in the name of conservation. Ongoing violence is rooted in the original expulsion from their ancestral homeland to pave the way for the creation of the park in the 1970s, forcing an already marginalized indigenous community into decades of grinding impoverishment, landlessness and displacement. The story of the Batwa of Kahuzi-Biega is not an isolated incident. Instead, it is emblematic of the widespread, systemic violence inherent in the rigidly colonial conservation model widely used in East and Central Africa, funded and facilitated by a network of international entities, with deadly consequences for indigenous peoples and local communities living in the vicinity of protected areas. The tragic events detailed in this report have been made possible by a culture of impunity that devalues indigenous life in service of a highly militarized approach inherent in the ‘fortress conservation’ model, excluding the land’s original inhabitants in violation of international law.

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Minority Rights Group

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1912938464

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9781912938469

Omnidirectional Inductive Powering for Biomedical Implants

By: Bert Lenaerts,Robert Puers

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Omnidirectional Inductive Powering for Biomedical Implants

By: Bert Lenaerts,Robert Puers

Omnidirectional Inductive Powering for Biomedical Implants investigates the feasibility of inductive powering for capsule endoscopy and freely moving systems in general. The main challenge is the random position and orientation of the power receiving system with respect to the emitting magnetic field. Where classic inductive powering assumes a predictable or fixed alignment of the respective coils, the remote system is now free to adopt just any orientation while still maintaining full power capabilities. Before elaborating on different approaches towards omnidirectional powering, the design and optimisation of a general inductive power link is discussed in all its aspects. Special attention is paid to the interaction of the inductive power link with the patient’s body. Putting theory into practice, the implementation of an inductive power link for a capsule endoscope is included in a separate chapter.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402090757

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9781402090752

Standards of Mind and Heart

Creating the Good High School

By: Peggy Clohessy Silva,Robert A. Mackin

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Standards of Mind and Heart

Creating the Good High School

By: Peggy Clohessy Silva,Robert A. Mackin

This is the remarkable story of the creation of a new kind of high school that truly aspires to educate all students to high standards. Believing that a deeply personalized culture can prevent the senseless violence that has invaded many public schools, educators at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire set out to create a safe, caring, and academically rigorous school. In this volume, Silva (a teacher) and Mackin (a principal) chronicle their experiences as they worked through the many challenges that ultimately resulted in this extraordinarily successful school. Featuring their honest reflections and the voices of other participants, this book: -- Portrays a real public high school (not a small alternative school) that is successfully implementing most of the reform practices recommended by national reform models. -- Demonstrates how schools can strike a balance between the need for stricter safety measures and the social and emotional needs of each student, thus avoiding violent outbursts in schools. -- Details the school's structure, curriculum, professional culture, and systems of accountability for all students in a heterogeneous, inclusionary setting. -- Describes the use of teaming, advisory groups, exhibitions, and senior projects. -- Provides a working model of the "Breaking Ranks" recommendations, including the importance of "personalization" and democracy in education.

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Teachers College Press

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0807742120

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9780807742129

Derek Jeter, Surefire Shortstop

By: Robert Schnakenberg

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Derek Jeter, Surefire Shortstop

By: Robert Schnakenberg

Being voted American League Rookie of the Year and winning a World series ring were just the beginning of Derek Jeter's promising career. As a child growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he dreamed of playing shortstop for the New York Yankees. With confidence and determination, he made that dream come true. Popular with fans and a proven winner on the field, Derek shows how discipline and hard work lead to success. Book jacket.

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