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The Surge: The Big 2014 Gop Win and What It Means For the Next Presidential Election
by Larry J. Sabato • Alan I. Abramowitz • Jill Lawrence • Joshua T. Putnam • Geoffrey Skelley • Michael E. Toner • Karen E. Trainer • Sean Trende • Mark Blumenthal • Jamelle Bouie • Rhodes Cook • Robert Costa • Ariel Edwards-Levy • James Hohmann • Kyle KondikThe 2014 midterm election was one of the most significant in recent memory, with a decisive turning of the tables in favor of Republicans. With a now-Republican-controlled Senate and House at odds with a Democratic president with only two years left in office, the fault lines within and between bot... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat
Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the musician and scholar Michael E. Veal. It spans Allen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Stephen King and American History
This book surveys the labyrinthine relationship between Stephen King and American History. By depicting American History as a doomed cycle of greed and violence, King poses a number of important questions: who gets to make history, what gets left out, how one understands one's role within it, and ho... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Overcoming Urinary Incontinence: A Woman's Guide to Treatment
Addressing the most commonly asked questions about incontinence, this accessible reference discusses causes, types of incontinence, and how the condition is diagnosed. The wide range of treatment options is introduced, from pelvic floor therapy and bladder training to electrical stimulation, medicat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Platinum Rule: Discover the Four Basic Business Personalities andHow They Can Lead You to Success
In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, Tony Alessandra and Michael O'Connor argue that the "Golden Rule" is not always the best way to approach people. Rather, they propose the Platinum Rule: "Do unto others as "they'd" like done unto them". In other words, find out what makes people tick ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Regents Exams and Answers: Let's Review: Global History And Geography + Regents Exams And Answers: Global History And Geography (Barron's Regents NY)
Barron&’s Regents Exams and Answers: Global History and Geography 2020 provides essential practice for students taking either the Global History and Geography &“Transition Exam&” or the &“Global History and Geography II Exam,&” including actual recently administered &“Transition Exams,&” thorough an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Hellbent
by Edgar Allan Poe • Ambrose Bierce • John Kachuba • H. P. Lovecraft • Thomas M. Malafarina • Catherine Jordan • Kyle Alexander Romines • Michael L Hawley • Chris Pisano • Brian Koscienski • J B Toner • Will Falconer • Travis LeibertThe authors publishing under the Hellbender Books imprint have gathered together to produce a volume of short stories. Enjoy these spine-tingling tales of horror and suspense by established and emerging writers in the genre. Included in this volume:Foreword – Thomas M. MalafarinaIntroduction – Cathe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 5th International Conference, Living Machines 2016, Edinburgh, UK, July 19-22, 2016. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9793)
by Tony J. Prescott • Michael Mangan • Nathan F. Lepora • Anna Mura • Paul F.M.J. Verschure • Marc DesmulliezThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the second International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2013, held in London, UK, in July/August 2013. The 65 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 7th International Conference, Living Machines 2018, Paris, France, July 17–20, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10928)
by Tony J. Prescott • Michael Mangan • Anna Mura • Paul F.M.J. Verschure • Nathan Lepora • Vasiliki Vouloutsi • José HalloyThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2018, held in Paris, France, in July 2018.The 40 full and 18 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The theme of the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 8th International Conference, Living Machines 2019, Nara, Japan, July 9–12, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11556)
by Tony J. Prescott • Michael Mangan • Minoru Asada • Anna Mura • Vasiliki Vouloutsi • Uriel Martinez-Hernandez • Paul F. M. J. VerschureThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2019, held in Nara, Japan, in July 2019. The 26 full and 16 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They deal with re... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017, Stanford, CA, USA, July 26–28, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10384)
by Tony Prescott • Michael Mangan • Anna Mura • Paul F.M.J. Verschure • Mark Cutkosky • Nathan LeporaThis book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2012, held in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2012. The 28 full papers and 33 extended abstracts presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World
by Michael E. Staub • Donna-Lee Frieze • Tony Kushner • Marjorie N. Feld • Sarah Phillips Casteel • Shirli Gilbert • Amos Goldberg • Avril Alba • Milton Shain • Suzanne D. Rutland • Dan J. Puckett • David Slucki • James Jordan • Michael Rothberg • Bashir Bashir • Steven Cooke • Dorota GlowackaThe Holocaust is often invoked as a benchmark for talking about human rights abuses from slavery and apartheid to colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Western educators and politicians draw seemingly obvious lessons of tolerance and anti-racism from the Nazi past, and their work rests on the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
by Zach Chapman • Michael Haynes • Kate O'Connor • Lauren C. Teffeau • Tony Pi • Alexandra Renwick • M. Elizabeth Ticknor • Susan Murrie Macdonald • Voss Foster • Beth Dawkins • A. Creg Peters • Therese Arkenberg • Erin Gitchell • David Busboom • Amy Power Jansen • Joanna Michal HoytNew authors and collections. Somewhere between epic historical fantasy, sword and sorcery and Tolkien-esque fantasy exists a thick vein of storytelling that would make Robert E Howard and H.G. Wells proud. Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Gh... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President
by Gail Sheehy • Noam Chomsky • Tony Schwartz • Judith Lewis Herman • James Gilligan • Philip Zimbardo • Nanette Gartrell • John D. Gartner • Edwin B. Fisher • Robert Jay Lifton • William J. Doherty • Esq. • Lance Dodes • M. P. H. • Rosemary Sword • Bandy X. Lee • Craig Malkin • Michael J. Tansey • David M. Reiss • Henry J. Friedman • Jennifer Contarino Panning Psy.D. • Luba Kessler • Steve Wruble • Thomas Singer • Dee Mosbacher • Leonard L. Glass • Howard H. Covitz • James A. Herb M.A. • Diane Jhueck L.M.H.C. • D.M.H.P. • A.B.P.P. • Betty P. Teng M.F.A. • L.M.S.W. • Harper West M.A. • L. L. P. • Elizabeth Mika M.A. • L.C.P.C.<P>More than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists offer their consensus view that Trump's mental state presents a clear and present danger to our nation and individual well-being.This is not normal.Since the start of Donald Trump’s presidential run, one question has quietly but urgently permeat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Parthenium Weed: Biology, Ecology and Management (CABI Invasives Series)
by Michael Day • Arne Witt • Stephen Adkins • Asad Shabbir • Kunjithapatham Dhileepan • Muhammad H Ali • Sally Allan • Ali Ahsan Bajwa • Amalia Belgeri • Shane Campbell • Nimal Chandrasena • Naeem Khan • Ian A Macdonald • Alec McClay • Andrew McConnachie • Rachel McFadyen • Adusumilli Narayana Rao • Boyang Shi • Bharat B. Shrestha • Lorraine Strathie • Sushil Kumar • Tamado Tana • Saichun Tang • Colette Terblanche • Nguyen Thi Thi • Wayne D. VoglerThis book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds. Originally regarded as a major weed in Australia and India, Parthenium weed is now widespread in around 48 countries in Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, and has the pote... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Parthenium Weed: Biology, Ecology and Management (CABI Invasives Series #7)
by Michael Day • Arne Witt • Muhammad H Ali • Sally Allan • Ali Ahsan Bajwa • Amalia Belgeri • Shane Campbell • Nimal Chandrasena • Naeem Khan • Ian A Macdonald • Alec McClay • Andrew McConnachie • Rachel McFadyen • Adusumilli Narayana Rao • Boyang Shi • Bharat B. Shrestha • Lorraine Strathie • Sushil Kumar • Tamado Tana • Saichun Tang • Colette Terblanche • Nguyen Thi Thi • Wayne D. VoglerThis book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds. Originally regarded as a major weed in Australia and India, Parthenium weed is now widespread in around 48 countries in Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, and has the pote... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the)
by Alex Espinoza • Michael Jaime-Becerra • Wendy Cheng • David Reid • Karen Wilson • Michael Weller • Mark Bray • Carribean Fragoza • Romeo Guzmán • Alex Sayf Cummings • Ryan Reft • Aurelie Roy • Maria John • Daniel Lynch • Daniel Cady • Yesenia Barragan • Melquiades Fernandez • Rachel Newman • Nick Juravich • Juan Herrera • Adam Goodman • Daniel Morales • Daniel Medina • Andre Kobayashi Deckrow • Jennifer Renteria • Jude Webre • Troy Andreas Kokinis • Apolonio Morales • Stacy I. Macías • Toni Margarita Plummer • Salvador PlascenciaEast of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish colonization to twenty-first century globalization. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches
by Barbara Jones • Paul Coleman • Anna Dean • David Waltner-Toews • Michael Clarke • Iain J. Gordon • Rea Tschopp • Susan Cork • Susan C Welburn • Karin Hediger • Mahamat Bechir • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Marcel Tanner • Solveig Danielsen • Professor Craig Stephen • Esther Schelling • Angela Cassidy • Martin Bunch • Maxine Whittaker • Dennis C Turner • Abigail Woods • Michael Bresalier • Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky • Wiku Adisasmito • Cécile Aenishaenslin • Seid Mohamed Ali • Ian Allen • Silvia Alonso • Vilda Amir • Maurizio Aragrande • Sara Babo Martins • Zolzaya Baljinnyam • William Bazeyo • Andrea Beetz • Jeffrey Bender • Mónica Berger-González • Benjamin Blair • Barry Blakley • Massimo Canali • Nakul Chitnis • Guéladio Cissé • Kathryn C. Conlon • Lisa Crump • Soledad Cuevas • Paula Dominguez-Salas • Colleen Duncan • Kaylee Errecaborde • Patricia Farnese • Thomas Fries • Samuel Fuhrimann • Christa A. Gallagher • Ratna B. Gurung • Felix Hafner • Barbara Häsler • Jan Hattendorf • Joldoshbek Kasymbekov • Julia S. Lankton • Huong Le Thi • Henrik Lerner • Michael Mahero • Stephanie Mauti • Céline Mbilo • Hélène Meier • Mary Elizabeth Miranda • Vi Nguyen-Viet • Brigit Obrist • Peter Odermatt • Anna Okello • Christopher A.L. Oura • Katharine Pelican • Kristina Pelikan • Phuc Pham-Duc • Sue Pollock • Sangay Rinchen • Karma Rinzin • Felix Roth • Johanne Saint-Charles • Alexandra Shaw • Jonathan M. Sleeman • Woutrina Smith • Keira Spinner • Katharina D. Stärk • Arlette C. Szelecsenyi • Tenzin Tenzin • Jimmy Tickel • Karin Tschanz-Cooke • Hoang Van Minh • Alain Vandermissen • Tu Vu-Van • Daniel P. Walsh • Sylvia Wanzala • Lenke Wettlaufer • C. LeAnn White • Andreas F. Widmer • Hind Yahyaoui • Christian ZurbrüggOne Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
30 Years of Social Change
by Tony Attwood • Stephen Jones • Priscilla Alderson • Gwen Adshead • Barbara Kelly • Paul Cooper • Nisha Dogra • Joyce Lishman • Carola Beresford-Cooke • Peter Beresford • Nick Luxmoore • Harriet Ward • Michael Mandelstam • Christiane Sanderson • Vanessa Rogers • Sarah Carr • Luke Beardon • Kim Golding • Marian Liebmann • Grace Watts • Sally Donovan • Belinda Hopkins • Lorraine Nicolle • Jennifer Peace Rhind • Charles Buck • Matthew J. Taylor • Nigel Ching • Dawn Brooker • Winnie Dunn • Cj Atkinson • Rex Haigh • Martin Barrow • Jan Lees • Jessica KingsleyWhat social change has been achieved over the past 30 years? What have been the main barriers to progress? What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today? Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together ov... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Cruise Ship Tourism
by Jo-Anne Lester • Ross Dowling • James Henry • Abel Alonso • Michael Lück • Lori Pennington-Gray • Alexis Papathanassis • Clare Weeden • Hannah Wood • Professor Noel Scott • Sandra Wilson • Joseph M Cheer • Sheree-Ann Adams • Professor Michael Clancy • Professor Ross A Klein • William Terry • Professor Xavier Font • Mireia Guix Navarrete • Maria Jesús Bonilla • Jill Poulston • Michael P. Vogel • Adam Weaver • Philip Gibson • Maree Thyne • Júlio Mendes • Manuela Guerreiro • Bingjie Liu • Peter Tarlow • Arja Lemmetyinen • Gabriella Polizzi • Antonino Mario Oliveri • Professor James Petrick • Suiwen Zou • Kam Hung • Claire Lambert • Nigel Jarvis • Ioannis Pantelidis • Nevil Alexander • Eloise Botelho • Carla Fraga • Rodrigo Vilani • Michael Shone • Jude Wilson • David G Simmons • Emma J Stewart • Gaetano Sabato • C Michael Hall • Claire Ellis • Pascal Scherrer • Kaye Walker • Daniela Liggett • Emad Monshi • Marianna Sigala • Véronique Mondou • Benjamin Taunay • Iris MaoCompletely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, there is a substantial gap in the r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017