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Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

By: William Silen,Zachary Cope

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Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

By: William Silen,Zachary Cope

This famous text is much beloved by medical students and physicians-in-training throughout the English-speaking world, as its many editions indicate. It is full of the pearls of clinical wisdom that students and practitioners treasure. The book is widely regarded as "the single best short treatise on acute abdominal pain," to quote one reviewer, and with each edition its wise guidance to dealing with an urgent clinical situation is updated and further honed.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019517545X

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United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice

Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics

By: Zachary D. Kaufman

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United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice

Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics

By: Zachary D. Kaufman

In United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D. Kaufman explores the U.S. government's support for, or opposition to, certain transitional justice institutions. By first presenting an overview of possible responses to atrocities (such as war crimes tribunals) and then analyzing six historical case studies, Kaufman evaluates why and how the United States has pursued particular transitional justice options since World War II. This book challenges the "legalist" paradigm, which postulates that liberal states pursue war crimes tribunals because their decision-makers hold a principled commitment to the rule of law. Kaufman develops an alternative theory-"prudentialism"-which contends that any state (liberal or illiberal) may support bona fide war crimes tribunals. More generally, prudentialism proposes that states pursue transitional justice options, not out of strict adherence to certain principles, but as a result of a case-specific balancing of politics, pragmatics, and normative beliefs. Kaufman tests these two competing theories through the U.S. experience in six contexts: Germany and Japan after World War II, the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103, the 1990-1991 Iraqi offenses against Kuwaitis, the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Kaufman demonstrates that political and pragmatic factors featured as or more prominently in U.S. transitional justice policy than did U.S. government officials' normative beliefs. Kaufman thus concludes that, at least for the United States, prudentialism is superior to legalism as an explanatory theory in transitional justice policymaking.

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Oxford University Press

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0190655488

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The Life of Saul Bellow

Love and Strife, 1965-2005

By: Zachary Leader

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The Life of Saul Bellow

Love and Strife, 1965-2005

By: Zachary Leader

When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters - rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories), winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is if anything more dramatic than in volume 1. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, the fate of the novel. Bellow's relations with women were often fraught. In the 1960s he was compulsively promiscuous (even as he inveighed against sexual liberation). The women he pursued, the ones he married and those with whom he had affairs, were intelligent, attractive and strong-willed. At eighty-five he fathered his fourth child, a daughter, with his fifth wife. His three sons, whom he loved, could be as volatile as he was, and their relations with their father were often troubled. Although an early and engaged supporter of civil rights, in the second half of his life Bellow was angered by the excesses of Black Power. An opponent of cultural relativism, he exercised great influence in literary and intellectual circles, advising a host of institutes and foundations, helping those he approved of, hindering those of whom he disapproved. In making his case, he could be cutting and rude; he could also be charming, loyal, and funny. Bellow's heroic energy and will are clear to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, are also clear.

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Vintage

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1101875178

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9781101875179

Human Factors in Project Management

Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Inspiring Teamwork and Motivation

By: Zachary Wong

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Human Factors in Project Management

Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Inspiring Teamwork and Motivation

By: Zachary Wong

In Human Factors in Project Management, author Zachary Wonga noted trainer and acclaimed leader of more than 250 project teamsprovides a summary of "people-based" managementskills and techniques that can be applied when working in a team environment. This comprehensive resource brings together in one book new and current models in team motivation and integrates the most significant concepts in team motivation and behaviors into a single set of principles called "Human Factors." Wong shows how these factors can be applied to the most challenging issues facing project managers today including Motivating a diverse workforce Facilitating team decisions Resolving interpersonal conflicts Managing difficult people Strengthening team accountability Communications Leadership

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Wiley + ORM

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1118047575

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Whatever Happens Happens Hardcover Edition

By: Zachary Kyle Elmblad

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Whatever Happens Happens Hardcover Edition

By: Zachary Kyle Elmblad

What do we have to say for ourselves in this third Millenium of the common era? Zach graduates from high school, finds the real world quite captivating, travels to Egypt, and comes back to find the world around him much more interesting than before. With his faithful sidekick, Stan, Zach ventures down the rabbit hole of drugs, alcohol, fast food, fast living, and social experimentation culminating in the tragic death of Stanley Slavin following a sordid love parallelogram that tore the worlds of many people apart.

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Lulu.com

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0557329469

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9780557329465

Evil Matters

A Philosophical Inquiry

By: Zachary J. Goldberg

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Evil Matters

A Philosophical Inquiry

By: Zachary J. Goldberg

This book is an inquiry into particular matters concerning the nature, normativity, and aftermath of evil action. It combines philosophical conceptual analysis with empirical studies in psychology and discussions of historical events to provide an innovative analysis of evil action. The book considers unresolved questions belonging to metaethical, normative, and practical characteristics of evil action. It begins by asking whether Kant’s historical account of evil is still relevant for contemporary thinkers. Then it addresses features of evil action that distinguish it from mundane wrongdoing, thereby placing it as a proper category of philosophical inquiry. Next, the author inquires into how evil acts affect moral relationships and challenge Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility. He then draws conceptual and empirical connections between evil acts such as genocide, torture, and slavery and collective agency, and asks why evil acts are often collective acts. Finally, the author questions both the possibility and propriety of forgiveness and vengeance in the aftermath of evil and discusses how individuals ought to cope with the pervasiveness of evil in human interaction. Evil Matters: A Philosophical Inquiry will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in philosophy working on the concept of evil, moral responsibility, collective agency, vengeance, and forgiveness.

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Routledge

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1000422984

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Inventing Eden

Primitivism, Millennialism, and the Making of New England

By: Zachary McLeod Hutchins

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Inventing Eden

Primitivism, Millennialism, and the Making of New England

By: Zachary McLeod Hutchins

Previous scholars have noted the Puritans' edenic descriptions of New World landscapes, but Inventing Eden is the first study to fully uncover the integral relationship between the New England interest in paradise and the numerous iconic intellectual artifacts and social movements of colonial North America. Harvard Yard, the Bay Psalm Book, and the Quaker use of antiquated pronouns like thee and thou: these are products of a seventeenth-century desire for Eden. So, too, are the evangelical emphasis of the Great Awakening, the doctrine of natural law popularized by the Declaration of Independence, and the first United States judicial decision abolishing slavery. Be it public nudity or Freemasonry, Zachary Hutchins convincingly shows how a shared wish to bring paradise into the pragmatic details of colonial living had a profound effect on early New England life and its substantial culture of letters. Spanning two centuries and surveying the works of major British and American thinkers from James Harrington and John Milton to Anne Hutchinson and Benjamin Franklin, Inventing Eden is the history of an idea that irrevocably altered the theology, literature, and culture of colonial New England -- and, eventually, the new republic.

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Oxford University Press

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0199998159

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Dive into Deep Learning

By: Aston Zhang,Zachary C. Lipton,Mu Li,Alexander J. Smola

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Dive into Deep Learning

By: Aston Zhang,Zachary C. Lipton,Mu Li,Alexander J. Smola

An approachable text combining the depth and quality of a textbook with the interactive multi-framework code of a hands-on tutorial.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009389432

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9781009389433

The Environmental Policy Paradox (1-download)

By: Zachary A. Smith

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The Environmental Policy Paradox (1-download)

By: Zachary A. Smith

This book examines environmental policy in the United States in air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, waste disposal, and other areas. It discusses the legal processes that come into play when citizens pursue environmental policy goals in the courts.

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1317348583

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The Revelation of Saint John

The Path to Soul Initiation

By: Zachary F. Lansdowne

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The Revelation of Saint John

The Path to Soul Initiation

By: Zachary F. Lansdowne

The Revelation of St. John, the last book of the canonical Bible, has been a mystery since it first appeared. No other part of the Bible has caused more controversy. Traditional interpretations of the book fall into one of three categories: the major prophecies that are supposed to have been fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.; the historical view that Revelation predicts the course of human events from the founding of Christianity to the end of the world; or the futurist view that Revelation predicts events that will occur at the end of the world.It's actually none of the above, writes Zachary F. Lansdowne, a leading expert in the field of spiritual initiation. In the Introduction to this rich and complex interpretation, he writes, "According to its own verses, the Revelation is concerned with the present time, which is whatever time we happen to be reading it, and contains information that we can apply immediately to become blessed."This is not a book about "end times" or Armageddon and when it might come. This is a book written entirely in symbols, concealing a path for early Christians, and for the contemporary reader. Lansdowne has applied a unique psychological method of interpretation that takes each symbol as depicting some aspect of human consciousness rather than an eternal event, thus showing that the Revelation is actually a detailed instruction for the spiritual journey--a map to the wakening of higher consciousness. Moreover, while the Revelation appears in the great lineage of Judeo-Christian tradition, Lansdowne shows that its instruction can be appreciated and applied to seekers from any tradition.Lansdowne's line-by-line and verse-by-verse interpretation--presented here in an easy-to-read side-by-side format--is a manual for the true seeker who would follow teachings of Jesus as they were and are laid out, rather than as they have been interpreted by theologians and biblical historians. The Revelation of St. John, when unlocked by the key of psychological methodology, is revealed to contain ideas from many diverse wisdom traditions and philosophies--archangels in Judaism, chakras and kundalini in Hinduism, Buddhist mindfulness, the redemptive power of love in Christianity, and absolute standards of comparison in Platonic philosophy. Zachary Lansdowne's revelatory text makes these teachings of the path to true soul initiation available to seekers from every spiritual tradition.

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Weiser Books

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1609256662

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Up Your Score: SAT, 2016-2017 Edition

The Underground Guide

By: Larry Berger,Michael Colton,Manek Mistry,Paul Rossi,Zachary Mandell,Joshua Mandell

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Up Your Score: SAT, 2016-2017 Edition

The Underground Guide

By: Larry Berger,Michael Colton,Manek Mistry,Paul Rossi,Zachary Mandell,Joshua Mandell

Thoroughly overhauled for the new SAT, Up Your Score is the only test-prep guide written by students—all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it’s the book that kids recommend to each other, because it’s as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to: • Think like the SAT • Master insider math tricks • Remember the 13 most important grammar rules • Hone their speed and timing • Be a better guesser (and why it’s always better to guess) • Vanquish anxiety and improve concentration • Best fill in the answer circles, saving nearly six minutes • Unwind with SAT Yoga Packed with up-to-date information and smart strategies for the redesigned SAT, this new edition of Up Your Score is written with a sharp sense of humor in the irreverent voice of a peer, so it engages kids, rather than puts them to sleep. And, to really keep that energy up, it includes a recipe for Sweet & Tasty 800 Bars.

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Workman Publishing

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0761187081

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9780761187080

Letters of love - Inspiration, Gratitude, Hope

A Compiliation of Letters from Around the World

By: Melissa Desveaux,Carol Ann Gvineria,Jovaniah Nastili,Pallavee Periapayen,Veronica Sanchez De Darivas,Kerri-Ann Sheppard,Lovena Sunassee,Zachary Shiloh Watts

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Letters of love - Inspiration, Gratitude, Hope

A Compiliation of Letters from Around the World

By: Melissa Desveaux,Carol Ann Gvineria,Jovaniah Nastili,Pallavee Periapayen,Veronica Sanchez De Darivas,Kerri-Ann Sheppard,Lovena Sunassee,Zachary Shiloh Watts

When a painful day turns your your world to darkness, know that Love is still around you. From pregnancy loss to community compassion, family gratitude to self-love, surviving trauma to paying tribute to heroes past and present, this book filled with letters written by authors from around the globe. No two letters are alike, but each one is penned from a place of overwhelming love. This heartfelt compilation is the follow-up to the international best-selling first volume of Letters of Love. It follows each writiers difficult journey through adversity and heartache to reconnect with their happiness. A love letter to love itself, enter into poignant world of gratitude that proves love is always present despite your circumstances Reviews: "Melissa writes from the heart, a heart that has experienced the pain of unimaginable loss and has picked itself back up again to grow and love more children. This is bravery and courage, her words will offer much comfort to many women through their heartbreak" - Sam Payne - Co-Founder & CEO The Pink Elephants Support Network Lovena’s letter is filled with words of wisdom, hope and gratitude. Some of the thoughts allow me to draw inspiration from as a writer. Having reminders for myself allows me to grow as an individual. These words that Lovena have mentioned “You don’t need to be perfect because perfect is fantasy”. This is so true in many ways, as we all wish for that fantasy in our life. Even my own fantasy for self actualisation can be fruitful in so many ways. Lovena really makes you feel that her words are a lesson for all of us to follow. As a fellow contributor with Lovena, I have appreciated and stood by the lessons that she has taught, and her Letter in this book is a reflection of that. - David Vine An inspired writing of a Being connected to Love that reminds us how to give Thanks to all those who, with their Presence, have been giving us the infinite fuel that guides, leads and accompanies us on this journey towards the Light from which we originate. For the same reason, I understand why the author of these lines should have the name of Veronica: "Carrier of Victory". - Dr. Alejandro Cuevas Arriagada Physician - Surgeon from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Specialist in Psychiatry from the University of Chile. ‘’I have had the honour to give my input to the text written by Pallavee Y. Periapayen on Celebrating Women Empowerment – our source of inspiration and belief in the future. The way she described the glory to all the ladies who had a mark in bringing and being the change is so deep, well structured, inspiring and above all makes us reminiscize the greatness of all these women who have been role models sometimes in the shadow and sometimes in the limelight to pave the way and inspire young women. It also depicts their perseverance, their beliefs, their selfless efforts and their might and plights in bringing their contribution to the cause of building a society, mentality and new world with equality, justice and hope for the future. The use of inspiring words to commemorate and revitalise them in our daily quest to forge a better world is laudable. I fully associate myself to this initiative. I have no hesitation in commending the Letters of Love Book as a source of motivation to all the active ladies engaged in the construction of a new era of hope.’’ - Ms Naveena RAMYAD Chief Government Whip (Republic of Mauritius)

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0645217530

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Fishes in the Freshwaters of Florida

By: Robert H. Robins,Lawrence M. Page,James D. Williams,Zachary S. Randall,Griffin E. Sheehy

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Fishes in the Freshwaters of Florida

By: Robert H. Robins,Lawrence M. Page,James D. Williams,Zachary S. Randall,Griffin E. Sheehy

This book is a comprehensive identification guide to the 222 species of fishes in Florida’s fresh waters. Each species is presented with color photographs, key characteristics for identification, comparisons to similar species, habitat descriptions, and dot distribution maps. Florida's unique mix of species includes some of the world's favorite sport fishes, the Tarpon and Largemouth Bass. This guide also features three species native only to Florida—the Seminole Killifish, Flagfish, and Okaloosa Darter—and the smallest freshwater fish in North America, the Least Killifish. Ranging from the panhandle to the Everglades, their habitats include springs, creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, marshes, and man-made canals. As Florida's human population grows, the state's freshwater environments are being changed in ways that threaten its native fishes. This book provides important information on the diversity, distribution, and environmental needs of both native and nonindigenous species, helping us monitor and take care of Florida's water and its aquatic inhabitants.

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University Press of Florida

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1683400615

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The Life of Kingsley Amis

By: Zachary Leader

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The Life of Kingsley Amis

By: Zachary Leader

Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but also a dominant figure in post–World War II British writing as a novelist, poet, critic, and polemicist. Zachary Leader’s definitive, authorized biography conjures in vivid detail the life of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century literature, renowned for his blistering intelligence, savage wit, and belligerent fierceness of opinion. In The Life of Kingsley Amis, Leader, the acclaimed editor of The Letters of Kingsley Amis, draws not only on published and unpublished works and correspondence, but also on interviews with a wide range of Amis’s friends, relatives, fellow writers, students, and colleagues, many of whom have never spoken publicly before. The result is a compulsively readable account of Amis’s childhood, school days, and life as a student at Oxford, teacher, critic, political and cultural commentator, professional author, husband, father, and lover. Neither evading nor sensationalizing the more salacious aspects of Amis’s life, Leader explores the writer’s phobias, self-doubts, and ambitions; the controversies in which he was embroiled; and the role that drink played in a life bedeviled by erotic entanglements, domestic turbulence, and personal disaster. Here is the biography that its subject deserves. Like Amis himself, it is incisive and unsentimental, deeply appreciative of aesthetic achievement, and a great source of amusing anecdotes. Dazzling for its thoroughness, psychological acuity, and elegant style, The Life of Kingsley Amis is exemplary: literary biography at its very best.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810127598

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9780810127593

Equal to the Madness

Countertransference Intensive Psychotherapy for Psychosis

By: Zachary Wheeler

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Equal to the Madness

Countertransference Intensive Psychotherapy for Psychosis

By: Zachary Wheeler

Equal to the Madness: Countertransference Intensive Psychotherapy for Psychosis is among the first books of its kind to offer a semistructured psychoanalytic treatment for schizophrenia and psychotic disorders. Grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, with a strong focus on Wilfred Bion’s seminal contributions to the treatment of psychotic states, this book presents a model for working with psychotic patients that emphasizes the key role of countertransference in understanding the patient and producing change. It addresses all the most important areas of treatment in one volume, presenting clinicians with comprehensive theory and technique for providing effective and thoughtful care to psychotic patients. Equal to the Madness was researched using an intuitive process of “distillation and matching,” a means of selecting and identifying the common elements in treatment from diverse psychoanalytic literature spanning more than one hundred years. It effectively condenses, synthesizes, and streamlines much of psychoanalytic thinking on psychosis into an easy-to-access treatment compendium. The result is an explicit, well-articulated approach to psychotherapy that is sufficiently organized to be useful as a treatment manual, giving clinicians a reliable framework for intervening with psychotic patients. Equal to the Madness is didactic and applied in addition to theoretical. It offers basic instruction to those who are just learning about the treatment of psychosis for the first time but is far-reaching enough to be helpful to more seasoned professionals. It provides clinicians with information related to assessment, intervention, and therapeutic strategies tailored specifically for psychotic patients. Rich case materials illustrating important concepts are included to reinforce learning. Equal to the Madness is a foundational resource for mental health care providers that delivers an instrumental learning experience.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538159783

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9781538159781

Building Pedagogues

White Practicing Teachers and the Struggle for Antiracist Work in Schools

By: Zachary A. Casey,Shannon K. McManimon

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Building Pedagogues

White Practicing Teachers and the Struggle for Antiracist Work in Schools

By: Zachary A. Casey,Shannon K. McManimon

Antiracist professional development for white teachers often follows a one-size-fits-all model, focusing on narrow notions of race and especially white privilege at the expense of more radical analyses of white supremacy. Frustrated with this model, Zachary A. Casey and Shannon K. McManimon, both white teacher educators, developed a two-year professional development seminar called "RaceWork" with eight white practicing teachers committed to advancing antiracism in their classrooms, schools, and communities. Drawing on interviews, field notes, teacher reflections, and classroom observations, Building Pedagogues details the program's theoretical and pedagogical foundations; Casey and McManimon's unique tripartite approach to race and racism at personal, local, and structural levels; learnings, strategies, and practical interventions that emerged from the program; and the challenges and resistance these teachers faced. As the story of RaceWork and a model for implementing it, the book concludes by reminding its audience of teachers, teacher educators, and researchers that antiracist professional development is a continual, open-ended process. The work of building pedagogues is an ongoing process.

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1438479751

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The Equitably Resilient City

Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis

By: Zachary B. Lamb,Lawrence J. Vale

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The Equitably Resilient City

Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis

By: Zachary B. Lamb,Lawrence J. Vale

Twelve global planning and urban design interventions—and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change. Hillside favelas in South America imperiled by landslides. Flood-threatened mobile home parks on the American Gulf Coast. Canal-side settlements facing eviction in megacities in Southeast Asia. Too often the places most vulnerable to climate change are the ones that are home to people with the fewest economic and political resources. And while some leaders are starting to take action to reduce climate risks, many early adaptation schemes have actually made preexisting inequalities worse. In The Equitably Resilient City, Zachary Lamb and Lawrence Vale ask how cities can adapt to climate change and other threats while also doing right by disadvantaged residents. Lamb and Vale’s model for the equitably resilient city includes four central domains: (1) environmental safety and vitality; (2) security from displacement; (3) stable and dignified livelihoods; and (4) enhanced self-governance. These principles represent the four LEGS (Livelihoods, Environment, Governance, and Security) of equitable resilience. To illustrate these core principles, the book draws on 12 case studies from settlements facing a range of hazards across diverse geographies in the Global North and South, from heat stress in Paris to drought in Bolivia to floods in Bangkok and New Orleans. Offering concrete strategies in the form of planning, community action, and design interventions, Lamb and Vale show that equitable urban resilience is not a pipe dream nor an abstract ethical proposition but an achievable reality grounded in struggle and solidarity.

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MIT Press

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0262380943

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9780262380942

Into the Jungle

By: James H Zachary

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Into the Jungle

By: James H Zachary

God enjoys doing the impossible. It tends to place all the praise and glory where it rightfully belongs. It is so easy for us to take the credit when it is our plan and our budget and our personnel that accomplish the task. But, it is only the power and wisdom of God that can complete His work. God will finish His work in amazing ways, using the most humble human instruments.That is the spirit in which this book is written. All of the stories recorded here happened at the will and by the power of God. It is my prayer that as the reader peruses this book he again and again will say, "Thank you, Lord. Your ways are wise. Your power is great. I open my heart to have You work Your miracles upon do not know You as their Friend and Savior. With your help I will reach our and touch someone with Your love today.""May the day come quickly when our great God can find those humble persons through whom He will finish His work and come in glory to take us home. This is my prayer for you as well as for myself, dear reader."-James H. Zachary, Jr.

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TEACH Services, Inc.

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1572589817

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9781572589810

Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide

A Distributed Real-Time Search and Analytics Engine

By: Clinton Gormley,Zachary Tong

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Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide

A Distributed Real-Time Search and Analytics Engine

By: Clinton Gormley,Zachary Tong

Whether you need full-text search or real-time analytics of structured data—or both—the Elasticsearch distributed search engine is an ideal way to put your data to work. This practical guide not only shows you how to search, analyze, and explore data with Elasticsearch, but also helps you deal with the complexities of human language, geolocation, and relationships. If you’re a newcomer to both search and distributed systems, you’ll quickly learn how to integrate Elasticsearch into your application. More experienced users will pick up lots of advanced techniques. Throughout the book, you’ll follow a problem-based approach to learn why, when, and how to use Elasticsearch features. Understand how Elasticsearch interprets data in your documents Index and query your data to take advantage of search concepts such as relevance and word proximity Handle human language through the effective use of analyzers and queries Summarize and group data to show overall trends, with aggregations and analytics Use geo-points and geo-shapes—Elasticsearch’s approaches to geolocation Model your data to take advantage of Elasticsearch’s horizontal scalability Learn how to configure and monitor your cluster in production

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1449358527

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Concise Introduction to the Family Firm

By: Ramon K. Zachary,Sharon M. Danes,Elisa Balabram

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Concise Introduction to the Family Firm

By: Ramon K. Zachary,Sharon M. Danes,Elisa Balabram

Building on the current structural focus of the family firm discipline, this Concise Introduction provides a function-based, processual approach to the area. It rethinks the nature of the family firm, advancing a deeper understanding of its internal dynamics. Ramona Kay Zachary, Sharon M. Danes and Elisa Balabram offer comprehensive theories of the family firm, the best methods of investigation, and the relationships among the owning family, its business as well as how these are interconnected.

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1789907373

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Becoming a Social Justice Educator

A Guide With Practice

By: Zachary Scott Robbins,Dominique Smith,Sarah Ortega,Oscar Corrigan,Bryan Dale

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Becoming a Social Justice Educator

A Guide With Practice

By: Zachary Scott Robbins,Dominique Smith,Sarah Ortega,Oscar Corrigan,Bryan Dale

The curiosity-stirring, can-do handbook for building inclusive cultures With one click we can make our camera lens switch from portrait to landscape, so why can’t we find a simple way to broaden our perspectives on equity? Because human beings are wildly complex, for one thing. But this potent guide simplifies, providing concrete techniques for becoming expansive educators capable of engaging every student. Chapter assets include: Compelling research to support why it’s urgent we embrace foundational fairness—and why even subtle words can have massive effects on students’ sense of potential Questions and prompts that help you build inclusive thinking into your expectations of students, your feedback, grading, and approaches to discipline Activities, discussion frames, and debate structures that support students’ exploration of complex topics Ideas for engaging staff, leadership, family, and the community in ways that reveal strength Social justice work is not "other;" it’s not extra. It’s student agency work. It’s what keeps so many of us educators up at night, worried about why some of our learners aren’t engaged. With this book, they will be engaged, because they will know you believe in their abilities, and now know how to show that every day.

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1071921266

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The Technology of Maya Civilization

Political Economy Amd Beyond in Lithic Studies

By: Zachary X. Hruby,Geoffrey E. Braswell,Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

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The Technology of Maya Civilization

Political Economy Amd Beyond in Lithic Studies

By: Zachary X. Hruby,Geoffrey E. Braswell,Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to warfare and hunting, craft activities, cooking, and ritual performance. 'The Technology of Maya Civilization' examines Maya lithic artefacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone, and jade to explore the relationship between ancient civilizations and natural resources. The volume presents case studies of archaeological sites in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The analysis draws on innovative anthropological theory to argue that stone artefacts were not merely cultural products but tools that reproduced, modified, and created the fabric of society.

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Routledge

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1317544161

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The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management

Solving the Most Common People Problems for Team Leaders

By: Zachary Wong

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The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management

Solving the Most Common People Problems for Team Leaders

By: Zachary Wong

Zachary Wong offers practical strategies, skills, and tools to help project managers diagnose and solve their toughest people problems. Based on decades in the trenches, the book shows how to confront and correct bad behavior, increase team performance and inclusion, turn around difficult people and poor performers, get people to do what you want them to do, boost employee motivation and attitude, reduce change resistance and risk aversion, and manage difficult bosses. Wong believes that the best team leaders are problem-solvers and facilitators, so this book provides problem-solving models and tools to diagnose people problems, and facilitative methods, processes, and techniques to correct them. It's an approach that can be personalized to fit any person or situation. Each skill is explained with a well-balanced mix of case stories, examples, strategies, processes, tools, and techniques along with illustrations, graphics, tables, and other visuals to clarify key concepts and their workplace application. To reinforce the most important learnings, Wong includes a “Memory Card” and “Skill Summary” at the end of each chapter. Nothing is harder than leading people and managing project teams. Being successful takes a combination of knowing human psychology, organizational behaviors, and human factors; having supervisory, process, and communication skills; ensuring good teamwork, high integrity, and strong leadership; and having the ability to integrate and apply these skills to a diverse work team. The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management is designed for individuals, team leaders, and managers who oversee and coordinate the daily performance of others and who are seeking solutions that they can apply immediately.

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1523097957

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Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy

By: Zachary Alan Selden

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Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy

By: Zachary Alan Selden

Although US foreign policy was largely unpopular in the early 2000s, many nation-states, especially those bordering Russia and China, expanded their security cooperation with the United States. In Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy, Zachary Selden notes that the regional power of these two illiberal states prompt threatened neighboring states to align with the United States. Gestures of alignment include participation in major joint military exercises, involvement in US-led operations, the negotiation of agreements for US military bases, and efforts to join a US-led alliance. By contrast, Brazil is also a rising regional power, but as it is a democratic state, its neighbors have not sought greater alliance with the United States. Amid calls for retrenchment or restraint, Selden makes the case that a policy focused on maintaining American military preeminence and the demonstrated willingness to use force may be what sustains the cooperation of second-tier states, which in turn help to maintain US hegemony at a manageable cost.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472122126

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Token Supremacy

The Art of Finance, the Finance of Art, and the Great Crypto Crash of 2022

By: Zachary Small

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Token Supremacy

The Art of Finance, the Finance of Art, and the Great Crypto Crash of 2022

By: Zachary Small

A New York Times investigative reporter wades into the murky, pixelated waters of the multibillion-dollar NFT market—the virtual casino that sprang up overnight in 2020 and came crashing down, with all its celebrity hucksters, just two years later. A vibrant and witty exploration of the increasingly blurry line between art and money, artist and con artist, value and worthlessness. “A perfect book to understand and to laugh at the craziness of the art world today." —Jerry Saltz, author of How to Be an Artist In 2021, when the gavel fell at Christie’s on the sale of Mike Winkelmann’s Everydays series—a compilation of five thousand digital artworks—it made a thunderous announcement: Non-fungible tokens had arrived. The ludicrous world of CryptoKitties and Bored Apes had just produced a piece of art worth $69.3 million (at least according to the highest bidder). On that day, the traditional art market—the largest unregulated market in the world—put its stamp of approval on a very new and carnivalesque digital reality. But what did it mean for these two worlds to collide? Was it all just a money laundering scheme? And come on, what was that piece of digital flotsam really worth anyway? In Token Supremacy, Zachary Small works through these and other fascinating questions, tracing the crypto economy back to its origins in the 2008 financial crisis and the lineage of NFTs back to the first photographic negatives. Small describes jaw-dropping tales of heists, publicity stunts, and rug pulls, before zeroing in on the role of "security tokens" in the FTX scandal. Detours through art history provide insight into the mythmaking tactics that drive stratospheric auction sales and help the wealthy launder their finances (and reputations) through art. And we cast an eye toward a future where NFTs have paved the way for a dangerous, new shadow banking system. A wild and spellbinding tour through a world that strains belief.

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Knopf

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0593536762

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Visions of a Future

By: Zachary Hayes

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Visions of a Future

By: Zachary Hayes

The early part of this book is concerned with what it is in human existence that is addressed by the message of hope in the Scriptures. The final four chapters present that divine promise for human destiny and the understanding of it as it is reflected on in contemporary theology. Although directed mainly to advanced students of theology, this book discusses issues which are of interest to many believers today whose knowledge about matters of religion has not kept pace with their knowledge of the secular disciplines.

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Liturgical Press

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0814683584

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The Cycle of Consequence

Why God Created Sin on Purpose

By: Zachary Brigante, PhD

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The Cycle of Consequence

Why God Created Sin on Purpose

By: Zachary Brigante, PhD

Why does evil and suffering exist in the world? Why would a God of unconditional love allow such a thing, or even worse, why would such a God craft such a system into His creation? Poking around into all types of answers, Dr. Zachary Brigante eventually discovered an amazing connection between sin and love: that sin is the natural consequence of a universe where love is its grand design. He calls it the Cycle of Consequence. The Cycle of Consequence goes deeper than merely describing how such a remarkable statement could prove true; it dives into what living a Christian life based on such revelations would look like, including what it reveals about who God is and how humans may have been misperceiving the nature of His creation all along (It's actually better than you hoped!). If you've ever wondered why the world is the way that it is or how you could live a godly life more simply or even who God is, then you have picked up the correct book.

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Meritocracy and Its Discontents

Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam in China

By: Zachary M. Howlett

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Meritocracy and Its Discontents

Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam in China

By: Zachary M. Howlett

Meritocracy and Its Discontents investigates the wider social, political, religious, and economic dimensions of the Gaokao, China's national college entrance exam, as well as the complications that arise from its existence. Each year, some nine million high school seniors in China take the Gaokao, which determines college admission and provides a direct but difficult route to an urban lifestyle for China's hundreds of millions of rural residents. But with college graduates struggling to find good jobs, some are questioning the exam's legitimacy—and, by extension, the fairness of Chinese society. Chronicling the experiences of underprivileged youth, Zachary M. Howlett's research illuminates how people remain captivated by the exam because they regard it as fateful—an event both consequential and undetermined. He finds that the exam enables people both to rebel against the social hierarchy and to achieve recognition within it. In Meritocracy and Its Discontents, Howlett contends that the Gaokao serves as a pivotal rite of passage in which people strive to personify cultural virtues such as diligence, composure, filial devotion, and divine favor.

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Cornell University Press

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1501754440

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STEM-H for Mental Health Clinicians

By: Marilyn Weaver Lewis,Liyun Wu,Zachary A. Hagen

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STEM-H for Mental Health Clinicians

By: Marilyn Weaver Lewis,Liyun Wu,Zachary A. Hagen

Research-informed practice and its counterpart, practice-informed research are critical to clinical work and are mandated by the accrediting bodies of social work (CSWE, 2015), psychology (APA, 2017), and counselling (ACA, 2014). This text is designed to teach clinicians who aim to enter a medically oriented field, or who have private or community practice clients who suffer from illnesses, how to apply concepts of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to improve their health"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197638511

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9780197638514

Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia

By: Zachary Abuza

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Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia

By: Zachary Abuza

Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia presents a penetrating new investigation of religious radicalism in the largest Muslim country in the world. Indonesia is a country long known for its diversity and tolerant brand of Islam. However, since the fall of Suharto, a more intolerant form of Islam has been growing, one whose adherents have carried out terrorist attacks, waged sectarian war, and voiced strident anti-Western rhetoric. Zachary Abuza’s unique analysis of radical Islam draws upon primary documents such as Jemaah Islamiyah’s operations manual, interviews, and recorded testimonies of politicians, religious figures, and known militants, as well as personal interviews with numerous security and intelligence experts in Indonesia and elsewhere, to paint a picture at once guardedly optimistic about the future of Indonesian democracy and concerned about the increasing role of conservative and radical Islam in Indonesian society. This book will be of great interest to students of Indonesian politics, Asian studies, political violence and security studies in general.

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1134161247

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