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Reading the 21st Century

Books of the Decade, 2000-2009

By: Stan Persky

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Reading the 21st Century

Books of the Decade, 2000-2009

By: Stan Persky

The state of the world, books, and reading.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773540474

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The Last Nazi

By: Stanley Pottinger,Stan Pottinger

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Office of Special Investigations lawyer Melissa Gale works to track down Adalwolf, a protégé of the Butcher of Auschwitz, who has turned up in America intending to commit murder by unleashing a virus through Melissa's unborn child.

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Macmillan

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0312276761

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9780312276768

The Final Procedure

By: Stan Pottinger

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The Final Procedure

By: Stan Pottinger

Christmas Eve in Auschwitz, 1944. Hitler's Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele, and his brilliant young protégé, Adalwolf, are on the verge of a nightmarish medical discovery when the war brings it all to an end. But Mengele's insane visions for the Third Reich live on. More than half-a-century later, FBI agent Melissa Gale's mission is to bring Adalwolf to justice before it's too late. He's emerged from the shadows of history to resurrect a biological terror and unleash it on the world. But tracking him is easier than Melissa imagined. Because for years, Adalwolf has been tracking her. Melissa and her unborn child have something Adalwolf needs-a genetic history that holds the key to his success. As a dance of death is engaged between hunter and hunted, Melissa realizes how far the last Nazi will go to fulfill his dark dreams for his Ultimate Solution-and just how far she is prepared to go to stop him...

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0312997256

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9780312997250

Be Different!

The Key to Business and Career Success

By: Stan Silverman

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Be Different!

The Key to Business and Career Success

By: Stan Silverman

The fundamental goal of any business is to be different—to be better than those with whom it is competing. Every company should be on a journey to be the preferred provider of products or services to its markets by offering a great customer/client experience. A preferred provider is the company that customers and clients preferentially want to do business with, and often can charge a premium for what they provide. The fundamental goal of any individual is to be different—to be better than those with whom they are competing for that next job, whether internally or externally at a new company. Their goal is to demonstrate to the hiring manager that they are the best choice for that position. This book teaches how to be different. It is based on personal experience serving in the trenches as a CEO as well as a director on public, private and nonprofit boards.

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Business Expert Press

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194999175X

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9781949991758

Statistical Methods in Food and Consumer Research

By: Maximo C. Gacula Jr.,Jagbir Singh,Jian Bi,Stan Altan

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Statistical Methods in Food and Consumer Research

By: Maximo C. Gacula Jr.,Jagbir Singh,Jian Bi,Stan Altan

Statistical Methods in Food and Consumer Research, Second Edition, continues to be the only book to focus solely on the statistical techniques used in sensory testing of foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other consumer products. This new edition includes the most recent applications of statistical methods, and features significant updates as well as two new chapters. Covering the application of techniques including R-index, the Bayesian approach for sensory differences tests, and preference mapping in addition to several other methodologies, this is the comprehensive reference needed by those studying sensory evaluation and applied statistics in agriculture and biological sciences. Research professionals working with food, beverages, healthcare, cosmetics, and other related areas will find the book a valuable guide to the variety of statistical methods available. - Provides comprehensive coverage of statistical techniques in sensory testing - Includes data compiled from real-world experiments - Covers the latest in data interpretation and analysis - Addresses key methods such as R-index, Thursonian Discriminal Distances, group sequential tests, beta-binomial tests, sensory difference and similarity tests, just-about-right data, signal-to-noise ratio, analysis of cosmetic data, Descriptive Analysis, claims substantiation and preference mapping

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Academic Press

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0080920330

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9780080920337

The Church and Development in Africa, Second Edition

Aid and Development from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics

By: Stan Chu Ilo

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The Church and Development in Africa, Second Edition

Aid and Development from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics

By: Stan Chu Ilo

In this book, Stan Chu Ilo offers an integral theology of development and a critical social analysis of different development theories and practices in the world, especially in Africa. Ilo offers a comprehensive biblical, anthropological, and theological foundation of the principles and praxis of Catholic social ethics from the Second Vatican Council to Pope Francis. Drawing from the social encyclical Charity in Truth, Ilo shows how Catholic social teaching responds to some of the challenging questions and concerns of our times in relation to human rights, ecology, globalization, international cooperation, development and aid, human and cultural development, business ethics, social justice, and the challenges of poverty eradication. He creatively applies these principles to the social context of Africa, and lays a groundwork for sustainable Christian humanitarian and social justice initiatives in Africa.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498207480

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9781498207485

Reconsidering Central Bank Independence

By: Stan Du Plessis,Andreas Freytag,Dawie van Lill

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Reconsidering Central Bank Independence

By: Stan Du Plessis,Andreas Freytag,Dawie van Lill

Central bank independence has become one of the most widely accepted tenets of modern monetary policy. According to this view, the main role of independent central banks is to maintain price stability through the adjustment of short-term interest rates. Reconsidering Central Bank Independence argues that the global financial crisis has undermined confidence in this view as central banks increasingly have to address concerns other than price stability, such as financial stability, the need for output recovery and other broader policy goals. Large balance-sheet expansion by central banks followed the global financial crisis, which overlapped considerably with the financial policy of their respective governments. Exploring the consequences of this shift to a more diverse set of policy challenges, this book calls for a return to the consensus role for central banks and analyses what this might mean for their future independence.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108621341

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Class Acts

Plays & Skits for Jewish Settings

By: Stan J. Beiner

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Class Acts

Plays & Skits for Jewish Settings

By: Stan J. Beiner

Class acts includes 30 plays, cantatas, and skits about Jewish ideas, life cycles, holidays and issues. the plays May be read or performed by students in supplementary and day schools, youth groups and camps.

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Behrman House, Inc

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0867050284

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9780867050288

An Orphan Has Many Parents

By: Phil Craft,Stan Friedland

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An Orphan Has Many Parents

By: Phil Craft,Stan Friedland

An Orphan Has Many Parents is a memoir of their childhoods by two graduates of the Pride of Judea Home in Brooklyn, paying tribute to the caring parental figures they encountered, and the administrators who made it work. Readers will be touched by the profound impact of this home on the lives of its residents. It also breaks new ground in the study of orphans and orphanages.

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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0881256501

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9780881256505

Sustaining the Carrier War

The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific

By: Stan Fisher

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Sustaining the Carrier War

The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific

By: Stan Fisher

The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded. When the United States realized war was imminent and ordered a drastic increase in the size of its aviation fleet, the Navy was forced to reconsider its earlier practices and develop new policies in maintenance, supply, and technical training. Not only did a shortage of technicians plague the Navy, but the scarcity of aviation supply and repair facilities in the Pacific soon caused panic in Washington. While the surface Navy's modernization of at-sea replenishment was beneficial, it did not solve the problems of sustaining war-time aircraft readiness levels sufficient to a winning a naval air war. Fisher outlines the drastic institutional changes that accompanied an increase in aviation maintenance personnel from fewer than 10,000 to nearly 250,000 bluejackets, the complete restructuring of the naval aviation technical educational system, and the development of a highly skilled labor force. The first comprehensive study on the importance of aircraft maintenance and the aircraft technician in the age of the aircraft carrier, Sustaining the Carrier War, provides the missing link to our understanding of Great Power conflict at sea.

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Naval Institute Press

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1682478483

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9781682478486

Encyclopedia of Biometrics

I - Z.

By: Stan Z. Li

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Encyclopedia of Biometrics

I - Z.

By: Stan Z. Li

With an A–Z format, this encyclopedia provides easy access to relevant information on all aspects of biometrics. It features approximately 250 overview entries and 800 definitional entries. Each entry includes a definition, key words, list of synonyms, list of related entries, illustration(s), applications, and a bibliography. Most entries include useful literature references providing the reader with a portal to more detailed information.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387730028

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9780387730028

Analytical Bibliography of the Prehistory and the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt and Northern Sudan

By: Stan Hendrickx

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Analytical Bibliography of the Prehistory and the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt and Northern Sudan

By: Stan Hendrickx

An analytical bibliography that contains 7407 references, covering the Egyptian prehistory (palaeolithic, neolithic and predynastic) as well as the period of the first two dynasties.

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Leuven University Press

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9061866839

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9789061866831

Financial Market Analysis and Behaviour

The Adaptive Preference Hypothesis

By: Emil Dinga,Camelia Oprean-Stan,Cristina-Roxana Tănăsescu,Vasile Brătian,Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu

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Financial Market Analysis and Behaviour

The Adaptive Preference Hypothesis

By: Emil Dinga,Camelia Oprean-Stan,Cristina-Roxana Tănăsescu,Vasile Brătian,Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu

This book addresses the functioning of financial markets, in particular the financial market model, and modelling. More specifically, the book provides a model of adaptive preference in the financial market, rather than the model of the adaptive financial market, which is mostly based on Popper's objective propensity for the singular, i.e., unrepeatable, event. As a result, the concept of preference, following Simon's theory of satisficing, is developed in a logical way with the goal of supplying a foundation for a robust theory of adaptive preference in financial market behavior. The book offers new insights into financial market logic, and psychology: 1) advocating for the priority of behavior over information - in opposition to traditional financial market theories; 2) constructing the processes of (co)evolution adaptive preference-financial market using the concept of fetal reaction norms - between financial market and adaptive preference; 3) presenting a new typology of information in the financial market, aimed at proving point (1) above, as well as edifying an explicative mechanism of the evolutionary nature and behavior of the (real) financial market; 4) presenting sufficient, and necessary, principles or assumptions for developing a theory of adaptive preference in the financial market; and 5) proposing a new interpretation of the pair genotype-phenotype in the financial market model. The book's distinguishing feature is its research method, which is mainly logically rather than historically or empirically based. As a result, the book is targeted at generating debate about the best and most scientifically beneficial method of approaching, analyzing, and modelling financial markets.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000609693

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An Introduction to Social Psychology

Global Perspectives

By: James Alcock,Stan Sadava

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An Introduction to Social Psychology

Global Perspectives

By: James Alcock,Stan Sadava

Psychology recognises no borders. The relationships between people and the groups they form are determined by similar principles no matter where in the world they come from. This book has been written to introduce students from all countries and backgrounds to the exciting field of social psychology. Recognising the limitations that come from studying the subject through the lens of any one culture, James Alcock and Stan Sadava have crafted a truly international social psychology book for the modern era. Based on classic and cutting-edge scholarship from across the world, An Introduction to Social Psychology encourages mastery of the basics as well as critical thinking. Incorporating relevant insights from social neuroscience, evolutionary theory and positive psychology, it offers: Chapters on crowd behaviour and applied social psychology Discussion of new means of social interaction, including social media Relevant insights from social neuroscience, evolutionary theory and positive psychology A companion website features extensive additional resources for students and instructors

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SAGE

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1473907357

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9781473907355

The Face of Africa

Looking Beyond the Shadows

By: Stan Chu Ilo

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The Face of Africa

Looking Beyond the Shadows

By: Stan Chu Ilo

A technical insight to Africa's development." -- United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva "This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values." --Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria "A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher." --Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland "This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa." --Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto "This is a bold attempt at contextual theology." --Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa "Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come." --Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach "A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent." --Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725232480

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9781725232488

Interviews and Conversations with 20th-century Authors Writing in English

An Index

By: Stan A. Vrana

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Interviews and Conversations with 20th-century Authors Writing in English

An Index

By: Stan A. Vrana

To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810815427

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9780810815421

My Reality

As It Appears at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

By: Stan Green

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My Reality

As It Appears at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

By: Stan Green

Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? In My Reality, author Stan Green examines and attempts to answer these three basic questions confronting humanity. Writing from the perspective of a well-read and educated person who has lived through the last half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, Green presents his ideas based on the study of both history and science. My Reality tracks the historical events that molded the scientific, political, and religious thinking that has shaped the world. Beginning with the Big Bang, Green traces the development of the universe, life, and history of humanity over thirteen billion, seven hundred million years to provide a snapshot of human existence today. He bases his thoughts on the understanding that reality changes as the knowledge base regarding the state of everything changes, with even the smallest modification resulting in our species or culture being significantly different. As Green examines our understanding of the universe and our place in it, he offers several probable scenarios that could mark our future.

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iUniverse

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147595090X

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What American Government Does

By: Stan Luger,Brian Waddell

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What American Government Does

By: Stan Luger,Brian Waddell

“Takes a sophisticated approach to big questions . . . assess[es] the huge role of government in American life in an illuminating way.” —Frances Fox Piven Despite widespread anti-government sentiment in recent decades—including complaints that it does too much and that it doesn’t do enough—the fact remains that government has improved the lives of Americans in numerous ways, from providing income, food, education, housing, and healthcare support, to ensuring cleaner air, water, and food, to providing a vast infrastructure upon which economic growth depends. In What American Government Does, Stan Luger and Brian Waddell offer a practical understanding of the scope and function of American governance. They present a historical overview of the development of US governance that is rooted in the theoretical work of Charles Tilly, Karl Polanyi, and Michael Mann. Touching on everything from taxes, welfare, and national and domestic security to the government’s regulatory, developmental, and global responsibilities, each chapter covers a main function of American government and explains how it emerged and then evolved over time. Luger and Waddell are careful to identify both the controversies related to what government does and those areas of government that should elicit concern and vigilance. Analyzing the functions of the US government in terms of both a tug-of-war and a collaboration between state and societal forces, they provide a reading of American political development that dispels the myth of a weak, minimal, non-interventionist state, in a major contribution to the scholarly debate on the nature of the American state and the exercise of power in America.

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JHU Press

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1421422603

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9781421422602

Biomacromolecules

Introduction to Structure, Function and Informatics

By: C. Stan Tsai

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Biomacromolecules

Introduction to Structure, Function and Informatics

By: C. Stan Tsai

This book provides an integrated treatment of the structure and function of nucleic acids, proteins, and glycans, including thorough coverage of relevant computational biochemistry. The text begins with an introduction to the biomacromolecules, followed by discussion of methods of isolation and purification, physiochemical and biochemical properties, and structural characteristics. The next section of the book deals with sequence analysis, analysis of conformation using spectroscopy, chemical synthesis, and computational approaches. The following chapters discuss biomolecular interactions, enzyme action, gene transmission, signal transduction, and biomacromolecular informatics. The author concludes with presenting the latest findings in genomics, proteomics, glycomics, and biomacromolecular evolution. This text is an invaluable resource for research professionals wishing to move into genomics, proteomics, and glycomics research. It is also useful for students in biochemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering, biotechnology, and bioinformatics.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470080116

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9780470080115

Co-Evolution of Symbolic Species in the Financial Market

A Framework for Economic and Political Decision-Making

By: Emil Dinga,Camelia Oprean-Stan,Cristina Roxana Tănăsescu,Vasile Brătian,Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu

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Co-Evolution of Symbolic Species in the Financial Market

A Framework for Economic and Political Decision-Making

By: Emil Dinga,Camelia Oprean-Stan,Cristina Roxana Tănăsescu,Vasile Brătian,Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu

This book offers a systemic understanding of the evolutionary model of financial markets and their place with broader political economic systems. Through examining the co-evolutionary process, where the interplay between financial markets and society is highlighted, insight is provided into the concepts of growth, development, preference, information, and price. After outlining these core concepts, they are applied to co-evolution within financial markets to illustrate the mechanics that underpin economic systems. Binomial and trinomial co-evolution is then discussed in relation to financial market variables, preference and price in terms of symbolic utility, and logical economic modelling structures. This book presents a new research methodology based on a logical to approach economics that looks beyond historical and empirical economic frameworks. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in financial economics.

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Springer Nature

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3031316983

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9783031316982

Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock

By: Stan Gunn

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Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock

By: Stan Gunn

How has globalisation affected educational thought and practice? This volume presents a fascinating exploration of the impact of globalisation on education. The authors consider the changes - sometimes subtle, sometimes revolutionary - that arise when ideas, practices and experiences are discussed and analysed by people of contrasting cultural backgrounds. Through a series of case studies, they examine the dilemmas and contradictions, as well as the new ideas and opportunities, that globalisation offers to individuals, to states and to intellectual cultures. Key areas of discussion include: ¢ The effects of globalisation on individuals ¢ The contradictions embedded in the process of globalisation - especially in the economic sphere ¢ The impact on education of globalising ideas, thoughts and values ¢ The relationship between globalisation and culture.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351933205

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9781351933209

The Handy Hockey Answer Book

By: Stan Fischler

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The Handy Hockey Answer Book

By: Stan Fischler

Stan Fischler, hockey journalist since 1954 and Lester Patrick Award-winner "for contributions to hockey in the United States," covers the sport’s history, its origins, rules, players, and more! Stick handlers without helmets rushing goaltenders without masks on rinks lacking sideboards gives way to a faster game with bigger players and overtime shootouts. The National Hockey League goes from a Canadian and regional sport to one that is watched by more fans throughout North America than ever. Hockey may have changed, but its essence and appeal remain. The Handy Hockey Answer Book, written by hockey historian, broadcaster, author, and self-professed Hockey Maven, Stan Fischler, brings the game to life through exciting game action, vital stats, players, rules, and more. It traces the early spread of hockey, Lord Stanley's involvement, and the birth of the cup, then explains the rules, the equipment, strategies, and positioning, before following the ups and downs of the National Hockey League and its teams and players. From the traditions, all-time cup- and award-winners and record-breakers to the modern game, The Handy Hockey Answer Book answers more than 800 questions on the game, greats, goals, and growing popularity of hockey, including ... Where does hockey come from? What was the Stanley Cup first called? Where did the name “Patrick Division” come from and why are the Patrick brothers important? When was six-man hockey invented and who was its creator? What is a “Zamboni” and after whom was it named? What was the Gretzky Rule? How did the hockey puck develop its present shape? Which is the oldest current NHL team? Why is the term “Original Six” a misnomer? Which Hall of Famer trained on champagne? Who holds the Montreal Canadien’s franchise record for career goals? Who centered Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsey on Detroit’s legendary “Production Line.” Which team was the first to come back from being down 3-0 in a series. Who played right wing on a line with Phil Esposito for the Bruins in the late 60s and 70s? Who was the first European player to lead the league in scoring? What NHL team won and lost the Stanley Cup on the same day? Which hockey player was supposed to be “kidnapped” as part of a scheme to increase attendance at New York Rangers games? Did an NHL club ever play all its “home” games of the Stanley Cup finals on the road? Starting with a Middle Ages game resembling ice golf to the NHL's Original Six to the modern high school, college, and professional games, this is a clear, concise, and illuminating primer to the game of hockey! A glossary of terms and a bibliography for further reading round out this helpful primer on the sport.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578595681

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Baby You're a Rich Man

Suing the Beatles for Fun and Profit

By: Stan Soocher

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Baby You're a Rich Man

Suing the Beatles for Fun and Profit

By: Stan Soocher

The Beatles, the most popular, influential, and important band of all time, have been the subject of countless books of biography, photography, analysis, history, and conjecture. But this long and winding road has produced nothing like Baby You're a Rich Man, the first book devoted to the cascade of legal actions engulfing the band, from the earliest days of the loveable mop-heads to their present prickly twilight of cultural sainthood. Part Beatles history, part legal thriller, Baby You're a Rich Man begins in the era when manager Brian Epstein opened the Pandora's box of rock 'n' roll merchandising, making a hash of the band's licensing and inviting multiple lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom. The band's long breakup period, from 1969 to 1971, provides a backdrop to the Machiavellian grasping of new manager Allen Klein, who unleashed a blizzard of suits and legal motions to take control of the band, their music, and Apple Records. Unsavory mob associate Morris Levy first sued John Lennon for copyright infringement over "Come Together," then sued him again for not making a record for him. Phil Spector, hired to record a Lennon solo album, walked off with the master tapes and held them for a king's ransom. And from 1972 to 1975, Lennon was the target of a deportation campaign personally spearheaded by key aides of President Nixon (caught on tape with a drug-addled Elvis Presley) that wound endlessly through the courts. In Baby You're a Rich Man, Stan Soocher ties the Beatles' ongoing legal troubles to some of their most enduring songs. What emerges is a stirring portrait of immense creative talent thriving under the pressures of ill will, harassment, and greed. Praise for They Fought the Law: Rock Music Goes to Court "Stan Soocher not only ably translates the legalese but makes both the plaintiffs and defendants engrossingly human. Mandatory reading for every artist who tends to skip his contract's fine print."-Entertainment Weekly

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University Press of New England

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1611688132

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Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong

Protest, Patronage, and the Media

By: Stan Hok-Wui Wong

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Electoral Politics in Post-1997 Hong Kong

Protest, Patronage, and the Media

By: Stan Hok-Wui Wong

This book offers a novel and parsimonious framework to help understand Hong Kong’s lengthy democratic transition by analyzing the electoral dynamics of the city’s competitive authoritarian political system, where pro-Beijing and pro-democracy parties have struggled to keep each other in check. The author demonstrates how a relatively liberal media environment has shaped the electoral incentives of the opposition and the pro-establishment elite differently, which has helped the latter improve its basis of electoral support. The political explanation the book puts forward seeks to shed new light on why many autocracies are interested in regularly holding elections that are considered somewhat competitive. This book will be of great interest not only to specialists in comparative studies of democratization, but also to all those concerned with Hong Kong’s democratic transition.

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Springer

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9812873872

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Secret Middlesbrough

By: Paul Chrystal,Stan Laundon

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Secret Middlesbrough

By: Paul Chrystal,Stan Laundon

Explore Middlesbrough's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

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1445646773

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9781445646770

The Gulf Stream

Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic

By: Stan Ulanski

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The Gulf Stream

Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic

By: Stan Ulanski

Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon. Ulanski explores the fascinating science and history of this sea highway known as the Gulf Stream, a watery wilderness that stretches from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic. Spanning both distance and time, Ulanski's investigation reveals how the Gulf Stream affects and is affected by every living thing that encounters it--from tiny planktonic organisms to giant bluefin tuna, from ancient mariners to big-game anglers. He examines the scientific discovery of ocean circulation, the role of ocean currents in the settlement of the New World, and the biological life teeming in the stream.

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0807887102

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Waterlogged

Examples and Procedures for Northwest Coast Archaeologists

By: Jenny M. Cohen,Stan Copp,Dale R. Croes,Deidre Cullon,Morley Eldridge,Alisha Gauvreau,Tyler Graham,Brendan Gray,Kathleen L. Hawes

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Waterlogged

Examples and Procedures for Northwest Coast Archaeologists

By: Jenny M. Cohen,Stan Copp,Dale R. Croes,Deidre Cullon,Morley Eldridge,Alisha Gauvreau,Tyler Graham,Brendan Gray,Kathleen L. Hawes

On the Northwest Coast in antiquity, an estimated 85 percent of objects were made entirely from materials that normally do not survive the ravages of time. Fortunately, the region’s wetlands, silt-laden rivers, high groundwater levels, and abundant rainfall provide ideal conditions for long-term preservation of waterlogged wood. Few archaeologists intentionally search for them, yet every Northwest Coast archaeologist may encounter waterlogged cultural remains--even inland, away from the coast. Those who investigate can uncover artifacts, structures, and environmental remains missing from the usual reconstructions of past lifeways. Currently, wet-site archaeology is not widely taught at North American universities. Waterlogged helps bridge that gap. Sixteen archaeologists who work on the Northwest Coast discuss their research in regional and global perspectives, share highlights of their findings, provide guidance on how to locate wet sites, and outline procedures for recovering and caring for perishable waterlogged artifacts. The volume offers practical information about logistics, equipment, and supplies, including a wet-site field kit list. Waterlogged presents previously unpublished original research spanning the past ten thousand years of human presence on the Northwest Coast. Examples include the first fish trap features in the region to be identified as longshore weirs, a complete 750-year-old basket cradle from the lower Fraser Valley, wooden self-armed fishhooks from the Salish Sea, and a paleoethnobotanical study at the 10,500-year-old Kilgii Gwaay wet site on Haida Gwaii. Contributors also discuss insider-vs.-outsider perceptions of wetlands in Cowichan traditional territory on Vancouver Island, a habitation site in a disappearing wetland in the Fraser Valley, a collaborative project on the Babine River in the Fraser Plateau, and Early and Middle Holocene waterlogged materials from British Columbia’s central coast.

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Washington State University Press

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1636820689

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Bicycle or Unicycle?: A Collection of Intriguing Mathematical Puzzles

By: Daniel J. Velleman,S. Wagon

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Bicycle or Unicycle?: A Collection of Intriguing Mathematical Puzzles

By: Daniel J. Velleman,S. Wagon

Bicycle or Unicycle? is a collection of 105 mathematical puzzles whose defining characteristic is the surprise encountered in their solutions. Solvers will be surprised, even occasionally shocked, at those solutions. The problems unfold into levels of depth and generality very unusual in the types of problems seen in contests. In contrast to contest problems, these are problems meant to be savored; many solutions, all beautifully explained, lead to unanswered research questions. At the same time, the mathematics necessary to understand the problems and their solutions is all at the undergraduate level. The puzzles will, nonetheless, appeal to professionals as well as to students and, in fact, to anyone who finds delight in an unexpected discovery. These problems were selected from the Macalester College Problem of the Week archive. The Macalester tradition of a weekly problem was started by Joseph Konhauser in 1968. In 1993 Stan Wagon assumed problem-generating duties. A previous book written by Wagon, Konhauser, and Dan Velleman, Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?, gathered problems from the first twenty-five years of the archive. The title problem in that collection was inspired by an error in logic made by Sherlock Holmes, who attempted to determine the direction of a bicycle from the tracks of its wheels. Here the title problem asks whether a bicycle track can always be distinguished from a unicycle track. You'll be surprised by the answer.

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1470447592

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Philosophical Mechanics in the Age of Reason

By: Katherine Brading,Marius Stan

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Philosophical Mechanics in the Age of Reason

By: Katherine Brading,Marius Stan

From pebbles to planets, tigers to tables, pine trees to people; animate and inanimate, natural and artificial; bodies are everywhere. Bodies populate the world, acting and interacting with one another, and they are the subject-matter of Newton's laws of motion. But what is a body? And how can we know how they behave? In Philosophical Mechanics in the Age of Reason, Katherine Brading and Marius Stan examine the struggle for a theory of bodies. At the beginning of the 18th century, physics was the branch of philosophy that studied bodies in general. Its primary task was to provide a qualitative account of the nature of bodies, including their essential properties, causal powers, and generic behaviors. Pursued by a variety of figures both canonical (from Leibniz to Kant) and less familiar (from Du Châtelet and Euler to d'Alembert and Lagrange), this proved a difficult task. At stake were the appropriate epistemologies and methods for theorizing about the natural world. Solutions demanded the combined resources of philosophy, physics, and mechanics: what Brading and Stan call a "philosophical mechanics." Brading and Stan analyze a century of widespread, concerted efforts to solve "the problem of bodies," they examine the consequences of the many failures, both for the problem itself and for philosophy more generally. They reveal relationships among disparate themes of 18th century physics and philosophy, from the nature of matter to the motion of a vibrating string; causation to the principle of least action; and the role of subtle matter in collision theory to analytic mechanics. All of these, Brading and Stan argue, are related to the eventual emergence of physics as an independent discipline, autonomous from philosophy, more than a century after Newton's Principia. This book provides a new framing of natural philosophy and its transformations in the Enlightenment; and it proposes an account of how physics and philosophy evolved into distinct fields of inquiry.

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Oxford University Press

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0197678955

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The Handbook of Virtue Ethics

By: Stan van Hooft

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The Handbook of Virtue Ethics

By: Stan van Hooft

Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. "The Handbook of Virtue Ethics" brings together leading international scholars to provide an overview of the field. Each chapter summarizes and assesses the most important work on a particular topic and sets this work in the context of historical developments. Taking a global approach by embracing a variety of major cultural traditions along with the Western, the "Handbook" maps the emergence of virtue ethics and provides a framework for future developments.

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Routledge

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1317544765

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Behind the Net

101 Incredible Hockey Stories

By: Stan Fischler

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Behind the Net

101 Incredible Hockey Stories

By: Stan Fischler

In Stan Fischler’s latest hockey classic, Behind the Net, Fischler includes a collection of short, zany (but true!) tales that have taken place over more than a half century of hockey-watching. An easy read for fans of all ages with photos to accompany the anecdotes, this book offers a unique perspective into the NHL from one of today’s most prolific hockey writers. Different from the typical NHL “game” stories, this book details everything, from the hilarious to the absurd. Fischler details the time that: Bill Mosienko scored three goals in 21 seconds Rene Fernand Gauthier accepted a challenge to shoot the puck in the ocean Sam LoPresti faced 83 shots on goal in one game And 98 more unique stories! So lace up your skates and hit the ice with Behind the Net, a comprehensive collection sure to entertain any hockey fan, regardless of team allegiances.

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1613216114

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Any Way You Slice It

The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing

By: Stan Cox

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Any Way You Slice It

The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing

By: Stan Cox

Rationing: it’s a word—and idea—that people often loathe and fear. Health care expert Henry Aaron has compared mentioning the possibility of rationing to “shouting an obscenity in church.” Yet societies in fact ration food, water, medical care, and fuel all the time, with those who can pay the most getting the most. As Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen has said, the results can be “thoroughly unequal and nasty.” In Any Way You Slice It, Stan Cox shows that rationing is not just a quaint practice restricted to World War II memoirs and 1970s gas station lines. Instead, he persuasively argues that rationing is a vital concept for our fragile present, an era of dwindling resources and environmental crises. Any Way You Slice It takes us on a fascinating search for alternative ways of apportioning life’s necessities, from the goal of “fair shares for all” during wartime in the 1940s to present-day water rationing in a Mumbai slum, from the bread shops of Cairo to the struggle for fairness in American medicine and carbon rationing on Norfolk Island in the Pacific. Cox’s question: can we limit consumption while assuring everyone a fair share? The author of Losing Our Cool, the much debated and widely acclaimed examination of air-conditioning’s many impacts, here turns his attention to the politically explosive topic of how we share our planet’s resources.

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1595588094

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Advances in Artificial Intelligence

14th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, AI 2001 Ottawa, Canada, June 7-9, 2001 Proceedings

By: Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence. Conference,Eleni Stroulia,Stan Matwin

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Advances in Artificial Intelligence

14th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, AI 2001 Ottawa, Canada, June 7-9, 2001 Proceedings

By: Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence. Conference,Eleni Stroulia,Stan Matwin

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Artificial Intelligence Conference sponsored by the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, AI 2001, held in Ottawa, Canada, in June 2001. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 14 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from around 70 submissions. Among the topics addressed are learning, data mining, searching, multi-agent systems, automated deduction, computational linguistics, constraint programming, agent learning, planning, classifier systems, heuristics, logic programming, and case-based reasoning.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540421440

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The Golden Age of Tongue Kissing

Brooklyn 23, Ny

By: Stan Pollack

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The Golden Age of Tongue Kissing

Brooklyn 23, Ny

By: Stan Pollack

The Golden Age of Tongue Kissing weaves a memorable story of a growing up experience spiced with laugh-out-loud humor. A word of caution- do not begin to read this book at bedtime unless you are prepared to stay up all night and laugh your head off!

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1465323775

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How the World Breaks

Life in Catastrophe's Path, from the Caribbean to Siberia

By: Stan Cox,Paul Cox

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How the World Breaks

Life in Catastrophe's Path, from the Caribbean to Siberia

By: Stan Cox,Paul Cox

We've always lived on a dangerous planet, but its disasters aren't what they used to be. How the World Breaks gives us a breathtaking new view of crisis and recovery on the unstable landscapes of the Earth's hazard zones. Father and son authors Stan and Paul Cox take us to the explosive fire fronts of overheated Australia, the future lost city of Miami, the fights over whether and how to fortify New York City in the wake of Sandy, the Indonesian mud volcano triggered by natural gas drilling, and other communities that are reimagining their lives after quakes, superstorms, tornadoes, and landslides. In the very decade when we should be rushing to heal the atmosphere and address the enormous inequalities of risk, a strange idea has taken hold of global disaster policy: resilience. Its proponents say that threatened communities must simply learn the art of resilience, adapt to risk, and thereby survive. This doctrine obscures the human hand in creating disasters and requires the planet's most beleaguered people to absorb the rush of floodwaters and the crush of landslides, freeing the world economy to go on undisturbed. The Coxes' great contribution is to pull the disaster debate out of the realm of theory and into the muck and ash of the world's broken places. There we learn that change is more than mere adaptation and life is more than mere survival. Ultimately, How the World Breaks reveals why--unless we address the social, ecological, and economic roots of disaster--millions more people every year will find themselves spiraling into misery. It is essential reading for our time.

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1620970120

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