You’re Crazy, Wilford: Being the Further Misadventures of the Misfit of Anti-Lehi-Nephi by Keith Norman (Palmetto Publishing) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Unravel the Hilarity and Chaos in the Further Misadventures of Wilford Bushman - A Journey of Nostalgic, Small-Town Eccentricities Embrace the eccentricities of small-town life in You're Crazy, Wilford: The Further Misadventures of the Misfit of Anti-Lehi-Nephi, the captivating sequel to B U C: A Boy Among the Saints. Readers will find themselves lost in bouts of laughter as they follow Wilford Bushman, our endearing protagonist, now two years older but hardly wiser. As Wilford dives headfirst into the turbulent waters of junior ...

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Dare to Marry A Billionaire's Daughter by Eileen K. Omosa (We Grow Ideas) Price verified 3 hours ago

She's primed to inherit millions if she marries right. He's cautious of women from wealthy families. But when their paths cross, a romance between them would be reckless Nyawira is absorbed in profiting the family business when her mother reminds her, she has nine months to get married if she's to qualify for the will her father left. To turn down the wealthy men chosen for her is tough, but nothing compared to telling her mother she's in love with Odhiambo. Odhiambo learned his lesson well and has sworn off women from affluent ...

Genre: Parenting & Relationships

Dr. Barbara Ancient Remedies Revived Book for Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Discover The Healing Power of Herbal Remedies Inspired by Barbara O’Neill To ... by Barbara Parrish Price verified 16 minutes ago

Tired of using pharmaceutical drugs due to unwanted side effects that often accompany conventional medications? Seeking a holistic approach to manage chronic inflammation and pain? Interested in preventing inflammation-related conditions before they start and maintaining long-term health? Looking to expand your knowledge about Herbal medicine and offer more comprehensive advice to clients? You've landed in the right place if these questions resonate with you! Inspired by the wisdom and expertise of Barbara O'Neill, this book ...

Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Danks Mémés Comedy: Relax with the Funniest Stories and Fresh Jokes after stressful working days by Amy Pigg Price verified 12 hours ago

Collection of the latest funny, attractive, and funny meme stories that bring the best laughter. Please read and enjoy

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Theorising Justice: A Primer for Social Scientists by Johanna Ohlsson (Bristol University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together divergent approaches to justice theorising, this volume connects normative and philosophical theories with the more empirically focused approaches emerging today in the social and political sciences and policy scholarship. The chapters overview a variety of mainstream approaches and radical critiques of justice to illustrate their value in addressing the pressing problems of climate change and economic development. Stressing the value of assessing justice ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Ever Green: Wall Pilates for Seniors: 100 Easy Home Exercises for Balance, Strength, Flexibility, and Weight Loss | Beginner to Advanced (EverGreen ... by Giuseppe Di Mauro (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Are you a senior ready to embark on a journey to enhanced health and vitality, whether a beginner or an experienced fitness enthusiast? This guide is an invaluable resource, blending the gentle art of Pilates with age-appropriate fitness techniques to offer a comprehensive approach to a more active and fulfilling lifestyle. This book provides an innovative fitness approach suitable for all levels. It was designed with an acute understanding of seniors' unique challenges and needs. It's the perfect tool for those just starting their ...

Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Complete Wok Bible: Unleashing the Culinary Artistry of Stir-Frying Mastery and Flavorful Adventures by Velma J. McCulley (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Are you tired of mundane meals and lackluster stir-fries? Embark on a culinary journey like never before with "The Complete Wok Bible." Say goodbye to kitchen woes and elevate your cooking game to new heights. Discover the secrets of wok cooking and transform your kitchen into a haven of flavors. This comprehensive guide is meticulously crafted to address the pain points of amateur chefs and seasoned cooks alike. About This Book • Master the Art of Wok Cooking:Unlock the techniques that turn a wok into your secret weapon in the ...

Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Historia antigua Vol. 1: Una guía apasionante de Mesopotamia, Egipto y Roma (Explorando el pasado) (Spanish Edition) by Billy Wellman Price verified 16 minutes ago

3 manuscritos completos en 1 libro: • Antigua Mesopotamia: Una apasionante visión de la historia de Mesopotamia, desde Eridu, pasando por los sumerios, acadios, asirios, hititas y persas, hasta Alejandro Magno • El antiguo Egipto: Un apasionante recorrido por la historia de Egipto, desde la colonización del valle del Nilo hasta la muerte de Cleopatra VII, pasando por los reinos Antiguo, Medio y Nuevo • La Antigua Roma: Un apasionante repaso a la historia de Roma, desde el mito de Rómulo y Remo, pasando por la ...

Genre: History

Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the Fall of Judea by Desmond Seward (57 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

An ancient historian who watched the destruction of Jerusalem... When the Jews revolted against Rome in 66 CE, Josephus, a Jerusalem aristocrat, was made a general in his nation's army. Captured by the Romans, he saved his skin by finding favour with the emperor Vespasian. He then served as an adviser to the Roman legions, running a network of spies inside Jerusalem, in the belief that the Jews' only hope of survival lay in surrender to Rome. As a Jewish eyewitness who was given access to Vespasian's campaign notebooks, ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

The Lost Book of Natural Wellness: Over 550 Herbal Remedies, Homemade Antibiotics, Essential Oils, Infusions and Recipes for Self-Healing. (Barbara ... by Roberta Lane Price verified 16 minutes ago

The pharmaceutical companies do not want you to know: "THE BODY CAN HEAL ITSELF." ? This book is inspired by the information and theories of Dr. Barbara O'Neill and Clarks, through the knowledge you will gain you will be guided to empower your body to heal itself. "The human body is a perfect machine, and through this fantastic book you will discover how to make it work perfectly." ?? PLEASE NOTE: This book could be censored at any moment, buy it without thinking, don't say we didn't warn you... Here is what you will find in ...

Genre: Medical eBooks

The Elements Little Black Book: Facts, Trivia and Secrets of the Building Blocks of Everything by Bob Mayer Price verified 13 hours ago

The Little Black Book series is designed the enlighten and entertain. There are 118 elements. They are the building blocks of our reality. But how much do we know about them? Every element is covered. How it was discovered. What is unique about it. What it can combine with. Trivia. How do they combine to make life? Why are some deadly? What famous people have died because of an element? What are the famous fictional elements How is the periodic table organized? A fascinating and fun overview of the building blocks of our ...

Genre: Science & Math

Mémếs": Clean Dank Humorous Collection & Funny Pack 2024 by Anna W. Greene Price verified 12 hours ago

Collection of super funny jokes. Click on "Buy now with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy Now

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Take A Chance (The Chanceville Chronicles Book 1) by Lynn Ross (22 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

Professional and ambitious to a fault, Cora O'Malley has no time for the fascinating mystery author, Trent Rogers, she chances to meet in the airport -- even if he is easy on the eyes. But when she returns from an extremely successful business trip only to find herself fired with an explanation that makes no sense, Cora decides to hire Trent to find out the real story. Trent keeps it to himself that writing mysteries and conducting actual investigations are two very different things. The assignment is the perfect excuse to get to ...

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Kanji Flashcards 　〔7th, 8th ＆ 9th grade〕 PART 1 by MP Visual (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Here is a flash-card-style learning material for learners of Japanese of any level. Of the 2136 kanjis in the official Table of Kanji of Common Use???????, this edition covers 565 ones. You'll see a picture of a kanji with its reading(s) blanked, on it idiom(s) using the title kanji and their English translations are provided. Then you can flip the screen to see the picture with its reading(s) on it. All the kanjis and their readings on the cards are from the official Table of Common Use as mentioned above, however, the author ...

Genre: Reference

Turkey's Economic Odyssey Since 2000: From Ascent to Turmoil by Kadir Yürükoğlu (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

This book reviews economic policies and performance in Turkey since 2000. Coming out of a severe crisis at the turn of the century and years of coalition governments, the economy stabilized, supported by an IMF program, and recovered rapidly, buoyed by international capital flows. While high interest rates and currency appreciation attracted hot money, the construction sector and consumption growth led the economy in the 2010s. External debt piled up rapidly. The tide turned after 2011 as the ruling Justice and Development Party ...

Genre: Business & Money

2024 Simple Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners: 2000+ Days Quick, Delicious & Effortless Recipes Book for Everyday Meals to Live a Better Life ... by Mimir A Hermansen (2 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

????? Transform Your Meals with the 2024 Simple Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners! ????? ? Ready to embrace the flavors and benefits of the Mediterranean diet? The 2024 Simple Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners is your go-to guide for over 2000 days of quick, delicious, and effortless recipes. Enjoy no-stress 30-day meal plans that make healthy eating a breeze, helping you live a better life every day! ?? Forget complicated cooking -- our cookbook simplifies the Mediterranean diet, offering easy-to-follow recipes ...

Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gardening for Vegetables by Shawna Landry Price verified 9 hours ago

Unlock the Secrets to a Thriving Vegetable Garden with "Gardening for Vegetables"! Are you ready to transform your backyard into a bountiful vegetable oasis? "Gardening for Vegetables" by Shawna Landry is your ultimate guide to growing delicious, healthy, and organic produce right at home. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this comprehensive book will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to cultivate a thriving vegetable garden. Why Choose "Gardening for Vegetables"? • Expert Guidance: Benefit from ...

Genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home

ORÁCULO MÁGICO: La Sabiduría del Universo responde a tus preguntas y te guía con su Luz (Spanish Edition) by Jesús Cediel Price verified 13 hours ago

¿Te has encontrado alguna vez en un momento de duda en que necesitabas una guía ante una situación que se escapaba de tu control? Este Oráculo Mágico funciona como medio de conexión entre tu y la Sabiduría Infinita del Cosmos. Cada página te ofrece un mensaje especial basado en la sabiduría del refranero popular y una imagen inspiradora para el momento y la pregunta que realizas. Esto lo convierte en un regalo único y original que a buen seguro encantará a tus seres queridos. Es un reflejode tu conexión con el universo ...

Genre: Foreign Languages

Mémés: Funny, humorous jokes bring you endless joy all day long by Rita Bihm Price verified 8 hours ago

Collection of the latest funny, attractive, and funny meme stories that bring the best laughter. Please read and enjoy

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Amazing-Mếmés:: The latest collection, special edition comedy is super good, fun and highly entertaining by Jeffrey Morton Price verified 16 minutes ago

These are the TOP Funny, Epic, Juicy Memes for 2024

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Embracing Freedom: A Families Journey from City to Off Grid Living by Kimber Aaronson Price verified 5 hours ago

In "Embracing Freedom," embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment. This captivating book offers a profound exploration of breaking free from societal constraints and embracing one's authentic path. Through inspiring stories, practical guidance, and thought-provoking insights, it invites readers to challenge limiting beliefs, unleash their true potential, and create a life of purpose and fulfillment. Discover the power of embracing freedom in all aspects of life, from personal relationships to career ...

Genre: History

English History: An Enthralling Story of England, from Ancient Times through the Medieval Period and the Tudors to the Dawn of the Modern Age ... by Billy Wellman (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Embark on the Grand Voyage Through English History: From Stone Circles to Royal Courts Four manuscripts in one book: • The History of England: An Enthralling Overview of English History • Medieval England: An Enthralling Overview of the English Middle Ages • The House of Tudor: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Tudors • Early Modern England: An Enthralling Overview of the Tudors, Stuarts, Renaissance, Reformation, and Other Events That Shaped Early Modern England Unlock the epic saga of England through ...

Genre: History

10,000+ Writing Prompts: Ultimate Writer's Companion by Isabella Suzanne (21 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

These are MORE than just writing prompts. There are sections full of adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and more! Whether you are looking for the perfect word or a jump start on a story idea, you'll get a lot out of "10,000 Writing Prompts: Your Ultimate Creative Companion." There are more than 10,000 writing prompts meticulously curated to spark your creativity and ignite the storytelling fire within you. Half of the book = plot/story concepts. Half of the book = words/definitions/random phrases. Go through the whole book and be ...

Genre: Reference

What's Breath Got to Do With it: Synchronizing breathing with being by Offer Dan (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

For your information You can find on the internet and download the complete eBook for free. Those who "laugh last" are the ones who postpone the last breath and breathe well until the day comes. My mom practiced Yoga and was a breathwork instructor. I started juggling my breath at the age of nine. Five decades later, I decided to write about my methods, personal experiences, and intimate memoirs, sharing my insights. The book is a culmination of persistent knowledge-seeking guided by science and cross-examined by personal ...

Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: History

El despertar de las águilas (Spanish Edition) by Francisco Tarazona Torán (Self published Ink) (74 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Para el lector que no tomó parte en el nacimiento de ASPA, el relato del capitán Francisco Tarazona le hará sentir las emociones, angustias y alegrías que vivieron los pilotos que conjugaron sus esfuerzos para lograr el sindicato del cual disfruta hoy. Para el lector que no tomó parte en el nacimiento de ASPA, el relato del capitán Francisco Tarazona le hará sentir las emociones, angustias y alegrías que vivieron los pilotos que conjugaron sus esfuerzos para lograr el sindicato del cual disfruta hoy. No se trata de una ...

Genre: History

Twilight Zone Reflections: An Introduction to the Philosophical Imagination by Saul Traiger Price verified 16 minutes ago

Twilight Zone Reflections is the first book of its kind to explore the entirety of The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) as a series. It acts as both an introduction to the field of philosophy and as a complete guide to the philosophical issues illustrated throughout the original 1959-64 television series. Author Saul Traiger explores each of the 156 episodes, investigating the show's themes in metaphysics, epistemology, moral and political philosophy, and other topics in a way that is accessible to both seasoned philosophers and those ...

Genre: Humor & Entertainment

Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment) by Matthias Klestil (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 46 minutes ago

This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian theory, Matthias Klestil examines forms of environmental knowledge in African American writing ranging from antebellum slave narratives and pamphlets to Charlotte Forten's journals, Booker T. Washington's autobiographies, and Charles W. Chesnutt's short fiction. The volume highlights how literary forms of environmental knowledge in the ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Electrical Engineering Systems (AITEES 2022) (Atlantis ... by Valentina E. Balas (Atlantis Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

This is an open access book. The focus of the conference is to provide a unique platform for exchange of ideas and synergy among researchers, academicians and industrial experts across the globe belonging to emerging electrical engineering domains. It also provides a premier platform for the people to present and discuss the most recent innovations and solutions in solving complex and challenging problems related to intelligent electrical engineering systems. Such a blend of various research-oriented minds will lead to productive ...

Genre: Computers & Technology

History of Holland by George Edmundson (42 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: History

Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China: Kaleidoscopic Histories by Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh (2 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

This volume features new work on cinema in early twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Looking beyond relatively well-studied cities like Shanghai, these essays foreground cinema's relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema as a sociocultural institution. These essays examine where films were screened; how cinema-going as a social activity adapted from and integrated with existing social norms and practices; the extent to which Cantonese opera and other regional ...

Genre: History

Roberta und der ägyptische Mumiendelphin (German Edition) by E. Dence (85 Reviews)    Price verified 31 minutes ago

Was haben Delphinkinder und Menschenkinder gemeinsam? Beide mögen es nicht, aus ihrer gewohnten Umgebung herausgerissen zu werden. Als Roberta mit ihren Eltern wegen eines Siedlungsbauprojekts umziehen muss, ist ihre Welt nicht mehr in Ordnung. Am meisten stört sie, dass sie ihren besten Freund zurücklassen muss. In der neuen Umgebung hat Roberta nur Erwachsene in ihrem Umfeld und diese haben leider ziemlich wenig Zeit für Roberta. Natürlich findet sie auch hier neue Freunde, aber sie trauert ihrem besten Freund dennoch ...

Genre: Foreign Languages

Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution by Michael Allen Meeropol (6 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Michael Meeropol argues that the ballooning of the federal budget deficit was not a serious problem in the 1980s, nor were the successful recent efforts to get it under control the basis for the prosperous economy of the mid-1990s. In this controversial book, the author provides a close look at what actually happened to the American economy during the years of the "Reagan Revolution" and reveals that the huge deficits had no negative effect on the economy. It was the other policies of the Reagan years--high interest rates to fight ...

Genre: History

The Far Shore by Edward Ellsberg (577 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

June 6, 1944, D-Day: Allied forces took the beaches at Normandy -- and the naval engineering genius of Edward Ellsberg would play a crucial part. Before World War II, Edward Ellsberg had already established himself as a true innovator and master naval engineer, revolutionizing the salvage and rescue of sunken vessels like no one before. Then, having served his country for over a decade, he retired to private life. But his work was not finished. Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the aging and physically ill ...

Genre: History

The Product Owner Guidebook : A Pragmatic Reference Manual for Maturing Product Coaching by Chandan Lal Patary (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Choose to be a remarkable Product Leader? Does every consumer choose your product and solution? Does your track record confirm that wherever the product you build, your consumers talk about your awesome products and solutions? Based on my one decade of research and interaction with dozens of great product teams, I have created this volume. This guidebook is for all the team members, managers, leaders, and coaches who choose to develop an awesome, outstanding product. The new VUCA world and digital transformations are the movers and ...

Genre: Business & Money

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2022 (IJCAH 2022) (Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities ... by Slamet Setiawan Price verified 6 hours ago

This is an open access book. This joint conference features four international conferences: International Conference on Education Innovation (ICEI), International Conference on Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics (ICCSAL), International Conference on Research and Academic Community Services (ICRACOS), and International Conference of Social Science and Law (ICSSL).It encourages dissemination of ideas in arts and humanities and provides a forum for intellectuals from all over the world to discuss and present their research ...

Genre: Reference

Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal​ Bangladesh (Culture, Place, and Nature) by Camelia Dewan (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Perilously close to sea level and vulnerable to floods, erosion, and cyclones, Bangladesh is one of the top recipients of development aid earmarked for climate change adaptation. Yet to what extent do adaptation projects address local needs and concerns? Combining environmental history and ethnographic fieldwork with development professionals, rural farmers, and landless women, Misreading the Bengal Delta critiques development narratives of Bangladesh as a "climate change victim." It examines how development actors repackage ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Fundamentals of Personal Training by Trainer Academy (1 Review)    Price verified 46 minutes ago

Fundamentals of Personal Training is an essential resource for both aspiring and seasoned personal trainers, providing a thorough introduction to the core principles, techniques, and practical applications of personal training. This comprehensive textbook, crafted by a team of 16 distinguished experts holding advanced degrees in Exercise Science and Kinesiology, as well as credentials as Registered Dietitians and Certified Personal Trainers, offers an extensive exploration of critical subjects in the field. Topics encompass anatomy ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Proceedings of the International Conference of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Control Engineering (ICFPMCE 2022) (Atlantis Highlights in Engineering ... by Liang Yan (Atlantis Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

This is an open access book. Since 1985, held 22 times in different cities all over China, ICFPMCE has now been listed in annual academic activities (non-profit) of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), which has become one of the significant conferences in the field of fluid power and mechatronic control engineering. Under the theme of 'Green Intelligence, Innovative Development', ICFPMCE 2022 aims to provide a platform for the participants who have been working in the fields of Fluid mechanics, ...

Genre: Science & Math

Nick of the Woods Or, Adventures of Prairie Life by Robert Montgomery Bird (7 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: Reference

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Roald Amundsen (64 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: Science & Math

Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: The Human-Data-Technology Nexus: Proceedings of FAIM 2022, June 19–23, 2022, Detroit, Michigan, ... by Kyoung-Yun Kim (Springer) Price verified 31 minutes ago

This is an open access book. It gathers the first volume of the proceedings of the 31st edition of the International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2022, held on June 19 - 23, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Covering four thematic areas including Manufacturing Processes, Machine Tools, Manufacturing Systems, and Enabling Technologies, it reports on advanced manufacturing processes, and innovative materials for 3D printing, applications of machine learning, artificial intelligence and mixed ...

Genre: Engineering & Transportation

The Disarticulate: Language, Disability, and the Narratives of Modernity (Cultural Front Book 8) by James Berger (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Language is integral to our social being. But what is the status of those who stand outside of language? The mentally disabled, "wild" children, people with autism and other neurological disorders, as well as animals, infants, angels, and artificial intelligences, have all engaged with language from a position at its borders. In the intricate verbal constructions of modern literature, the 'disarticulate' -- those at the edges of language -- have, paradoxically, played essential, defining roles. Drawing on the disarticulate figures ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Co-governed Sovereignty Network: Legal Basis and Its Prototype & Applications with MIN Architecture by Hui Li (Springer) Price verified 46 minutes ago

This open access book introduces MIN, a novel networking architecture to implement the sovereign equality of all countries in the cyberspace. Combining legal theory and network technology, it first discusses the historical development of sovereignty and expounds the legal basis of cyberspace sovereignty. Then, based on the high-performance blockchain, it describes a new network architecture designed to implement co-governance at the technical level. Explaining network sovereignty and including rich illustrations and tables, the ...

Genre: Computers & Technology

Foreigners in Their Own Country: Identity and Rejection in France by Lawrence M. Martin (Berghahn Books) Price verified 6 minutes ago

Based on in-depth interviews with people throughout France who trace their origins to non-European countries, Foreigners in Their Own Country reports on the experience of not being seen as "French" because of one's physical appearance. Paying close attention to how individuals speak about themselves and their feelings of acceptance or rejection, this book provides an intimate account of the challenges faced by the millions of people in France -- and throughout Western Europe -- who fully participate in the life of their country but ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Winning in the Virtual Workplace: 10 Experts Reveal How to Lead Your Remote Team to Success by Center for the Advancement of Virtual Organizations Price verified 24 minutes ago

New Release! Do you want to become a first-class leader of remote and hybrid employees? Whether you're a seasoned leader or just starting out and have no idea what you're doing, Winning in the Virtual Workplace can help you gain knowledge for your leadership journey in the world of remote and hybrid work. With this book, you'll be able to: • Tap into expert insights: Gain knowledge from 10 experts in virtual leadership on essential topics like communication, accountability, and continuous improvement. • Discover the virtual ...

Genre: Business & Money

The Nature-Study Idea: And Related Writings (The Liberty Hyde Bailey Library) by Liberty Hyde Bailey Price verified 16 hours ago

In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the essence of a social movement, led by ordinary public-school teachers, that lifted education out of the classroom and placed it into firsthand contact with the natural world. The aim was simple but revolutionary: sympathy with nature to increase the joy of living and foster stewardship of the earth. With this definitive edition, John Linstrom reintroduces The Nature-Study Idea as an environmental classic for our time. It provides historical context through a wealth of ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Organizational Design by Alan S. Gutterman (Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

An organization does not simply appear on its own; in fact, organizations are contrived social systems that are created by like-minded groups of persons in order to pursue and hopefully achieve a stated goal or purpose. Organizational design is concerned with the factors and issues that must be considered, and the rules and processes that must be implemented, with respect to the design, development, implementation and maintenance of a successful and effective organization. Organizational design is more than simply organizational ...

Genre: Business & Money

Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine by David De Vries (Berghahn Books) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

The mining of diamonds, their trading mechanisms, their financial institutions, and, not least, their cultural expressions as luxury items have engaged the work of historians, economists, social scientists, and international relations experts. Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world's main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Mission AI: The New System Technology (Research for Policy) by Haroon Sheikh (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book offers a strategic perspective on AI and the process of embedding it in society. ?After decades of research, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now entering society at large. Due to its general purpose character, AI will change society in multiple, fundamental and unpredictable ways. Therefore, the Netherlands Scienti?c Council for Government Policy (WRR) characterizes AI as a system technology: a rare type of technologies that have a systemic impact on society. Earlier system technologies include electricity, the ...

Genre: Computers & Technology

The Concierge Class: How an unseen army of fixers is undermining democracy on behalf of corporations and the rich. And what we can do about it. by Kit Sadgrove (1 Review)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Every day, an unseen army is working to advance the aims of corporations and the rich. From accountants to trade associations, and from scientists to think tanks, the members of the concierge class serve their masters diligently, devising ways to help them evade taxes, change legislation, and sway public opinion. And the result is more profit for the rich, a widening of inequality, and a weakening of democracy. The Concierge Class is the first book to explain the inner workings of concierge capitalism. It shows how the affluent ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

To Be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture: Empirical Evidence from an International Perspective by Mary Gutman (Springer) Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book offers in depth knowledge on the challenges and opportunities offered by the inclusion of minority teachers in mainstream educational settings from an international perspective. It aims to be a unique and important contribution for scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners considering the complexities brought about by global trends into national/local educational systems and settings. It will also serve to guide future research, policy, and practice in this important field of inquiry. The work will contribute ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration: Beyond Participation in Large-scale Social Housing Estates (The Urban Book Series) by Nele Aernouts (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book provides an integrated overview of the challenges and resources of large-scale social housing estates in Europe and outlines possible interdisciplinary approaches and tools to promote their regeneration. It especially focuses on the tool of urban living labs, as promising in promoting new and more effective local governance and in including the different actors into the planning process. The book combines theory and practice, since it is the result of action-research conducted in different social housing estates ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Beyond Cutting Edge with Bob Lazar: From Frozen Candle to Disintegrated Circuits by Alexandre Kassiantchouk (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

If you have read a previous edition, then start reading with chapter 78.

Genre: Science & Math

New Social Mobility: Second Generation Pioneers in Europe (IMISCOE Research Series) by Jens Schneider (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book comparatively analyses intergenerational social mobility in immigrant families in Europe. It is based on qualitative in-depth research into several hundred biographies and professional trajectories of young people with an immigrant working-class background, who made it into high-prestige professions. The biographies were collected and analysed by a consortium of researchers in nine European countries from Norway to Spain. Through these analyses, the book explores the possibilities of cross-country comparisons of ...

Genre: Business & Money

Saving and Investment in the Twenty-First Century: The Great Divergence by Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

The economy of the 21st century in the OECD countries and in China, is characterized by a new phenomenon: the structural surplus of private savings in relation to private investment. This is true even in a situation of prosperity and very low interest rates. On the one hand, this excess saving is due to people's increasing inclination to save in light of rising life expectancy, driven by the desire to have sufficient assets in old age. On the other hand, the demand for capital is not increasing to the same extent, so that investment ...

Genre: Business & Money

Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work by Daniel Araya (Routledge) Price verified 9 hours ago

Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work is an edited collection that explores the social impact of Artificial Intelligence over the coming decades, specifically how this emerging technology will transform and disrupt our contemporary institutions. Chapters in this book discuss the history of technological revolutions and consider the anxieties and social challenges of lost occupations, as well as the evolution of new industries overlapping robotics, biotechnology, space ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba by Bert Hoffmann (1 Review)    Price verified one minute ago

Die tiefe Wirtschaftskrise in Folge der Corona-Pandemie stellt Kubas Sozialismus vor eine ungeahnte Belastungsprobe. Die Regierung in Havanna hat eine grundlegende Reform von Wirtschaft, Institutionengefüge und Sozialsystem auf die Agenda gesetzt. Der Band vereint Beiträge führender internationaler Experten und von der Insel selbst, die aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die Herausforderungen analysieren, vor denen Kuba heute steht.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus (Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures) by Abigail Krasner Balbale (4 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

The Wolf King explores how political power was conceptualized, constructed, and wielded in twelfth-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardan?sh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as el rey lobo/rex lupus and denigrated by Almohad and later Arabic sources as irreligious and disloyal to fellow Muslims because he fought the Almohads and served as vassal to the Castilians, Ibn Mardan?sh ruled a kingdom that at its peak constituted nearly half of al-Andalus and ...

Genre: History

WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web by Alan B. Johnston (32 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

WebRTC, Web Real-Time Communications, is revolutionizing the way web users communicate, both in the consumer and enterprise worlds. WebRTC adds standard APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and built-in real-time audio and video capabilities and codecs to browsers without a plug-in. With just a few lines of JavaScript, web developers can add high quality peer-to-peer voice, video, and data channel communications to their collaboration, conferencing, telephony, or even gaming site or application. Key topics such as signaling, ...

Genre: Computers & Technology

Precarious Times: Temporality and History in Modern German Culture (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought) by Anne Fuchs (Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library) Price verified 9 hours ago

In Precarious Times, Anne Fuchs explores how works of German literature, film, and photography reflect on the profound temporal anxieties precipitated by contemporary experiences of atomization, displacement, and fragmentation that bring about a loss of history and of time itself and that is peculiar to our current moment. The digital age places premiums on just-in-time deliveries, continual innovation, instantaneous connectivity, and around-the-clock availability. While some celebrate this 24/7 culture, others see it as profoundly ...

Genre: History

Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (11 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genre: History

Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) "Post Pandemic Tourism: Trends and Future Directions" (INTACT 2022) ... by Janianton Damanik (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

This is an open access book. T?his international conference aims to discuss and provide critical views based on empirical experience and the relevant concepts to the changing trends and future directions of tourism development after the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the topics that can be raised as discussion material include (but are not limited to): Adaptation strategies of tourism transportation modes to the CHSE standard Adaptation strategies and models of the tourism accommodation industry to the CHSE standard Creative Industry ...

Genre: Business & Money

Handbook of Computational Social Science for Policy by Eleonora Bertoni (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access handbook describes foundational issues, methodological approaches and examples on how to analyse and model data using Computational Social Science (CSS) for policy support. Up to now, CSS studies have mostly developed on a small, proof-of concept, scale that prevented from unleashing its potential to provide systematic impact to the policy cycle, as well as from improving the understanding of societal problems to the definition, assessment, evaluation, and monitoring of policies. The aim of this handbook is to fill ...

Genre: Computers & Technology

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester (1 Review)    Price verified 17 hours ago

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Genre: Reference

Europeanization in Sweden: Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations (Studies on Civil Society Book 10) by Anna Meeuwisse (Berghahn Books) (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, and other issues. Europeanization in Sweden assembles new empirical research on how these processes ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

An Academy at the Court of the Tsars: Greek Scholars and Jesuit Education in Early Modern Russia (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian ... by Nikolaos A. Chrissidis (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

The first formally organized educational institution in Russia was established in 1685 by two Greek hieromonks, Ioannikios and Sophronios Leichoudes. Like many of their Greek contemporaries in the seventeenth century, the brothers acquired part of their schooling in colleges of post-Renaissance Italy under a precise copy of the Jesuit curriculum. When they created a school in Moscow, known as the Slavo-Greco-Latin Academy, they emulated the structural characteristics, pedagogical methods, and program of studies of Jesuit prototypes. ...

Genre: Education & Teaching

Incidental Archaeologists: French Officers and the Rediscovery of Roman North Africa by Bonnie Effros (4 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

In Incidental Archaeologists, Bonnie Effros examines the archaeological contributions of nineteenth-century French military officers, who, raised on classical accounts of warfare and often trained as cartographers, developed an interest in the Roman remains they encountered when commissioned in the colony of Algeria. By linking the study of the Roman past to French triumphant narratives of the conquest and occupation of the Maghreb, Effros demonstrates how Roman archaeology in the forty years following the conquest of the Ottoman ...

Genre: History

Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos: Building Collaboration for Action by Amelie G. Ramirez (Springer) Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book is a collection of articles based on presentations from the 2020 Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference that gives an overview of conference outcomes. The vision of the conference has been to unite researchers, scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals, patient advocates, and students from across the world to discuss research advancements, identify gaps, and develop actionable goals to translate basic research findings into clinical best practices, effective community ...

Genre: Medical eBooks

The Logic of Causation by Avi Sion Price verified 3 hours ago

The Logic of Causation is a treatise of formal logic and of aetiology. It is an original and wide-ranging investigation of the definition of causation (deterministic causality) in all its forms, and of the deduction and induction of such forms. The work was carried out in three phases over a dozen years (1998-2010), each phase introducing more sophisticated methods than the previous to solve outstanding problems. This study was intended as part of a larger work on causal logic, which additionally treats volition and allied ...

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton (10 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Genre: History

Time Matters: 7th edition by Alexandre Kassiantchouk (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

8th edition available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW2WLHRW Two years ago, I started this book by explaining why the ancient Universe is red (or infrared), and how spiral galaxies counter centrifugal force from breaking them. Now I finish it with an explanation of how galaxies appeared from nothing but space and time, and where antimatter is. In the preface below you will find a list of long-standing problems solved in this book. Physicists, please read chapter 61 first: there I explain physics of observations for electrons, atoms, ...

Genre: Science & Math

Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities (Research in the Sociology of Organizations Book 87) by Kerstin Sahlin (Emerald Publishing Limited) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On the other hand, they are an instrument for the fulfillment of goals that are often external to the academic community. What, then, is the role of academics and academic knowledge in governance of higher education and research, and how ...

Genre: Business & Money

The Hovde Years: A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde (The Founders Series) by Robert W. Topping (Purdue University Press) Price verified 24 minutes ago

This biography details Hovde's life and times from his birth at Erie, Pennsylvania, through his boyhood at Devils Lake, North Dakota, and includes his student days at the University of Minnesota and in England and Europe as a Rhodes scholar. In addition, it outlines his career from the time he returned to the United States from England in 1932, as well as when he went back again in 1941 as the United States secretary for American-British scientific research and development exchange efforts. Principally, it covers his twenty-five ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Edward Charles Elliott, Educator (The Founders Series) by Frank K. Burrin (Purdue University Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

A study of the 50-year career of Edward Charles Elliott is a study of the development of American education. Elliott had experience as a high school and college teacher, school system superintendent, state college system chancellor, and president of a Big Ten university, all during a period of change in American attitudes toward public schooling and rapid growth in education institutions. As president of Purdue University from 1922 to 1945, Elliott steered the school through years of expansion in size, prestige, and service. Student ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Knowledge Sciences and Education (ICSKSE 2022) (Advances in Social Science, Education and ... by Sumarmi Sumarmi Price verified 14 hours ago

This is an open access book. Each country in Southeast Asia has experienced numerous adversities, from pandemic and disasters, to inequalities and threats to democracy. Adding to these challenges, are our common experience of colonialism where its legacies still resonate in the present. Despite these challenges, Southeast Asia continue to participate in global commitments geared towards realizing sustainable development, democracy, and countervailing the imbalance global power relation. Furthermore, Southeast Asia has been the center ...

Genre: Science & Math

Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Joseph Quincy Adams (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Genre: Reference

Diseases of Tropical Tree Crops by Dominique Mariau (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This work gives details of some fifty diseases of tropical tree crops which cause very significant yield losses hence compromising or even preventing cultivation. Breeding resistant planting material is currently the most widely used control method. Research is also under way on the rational use of chemical pesticides, the adoption of appropriate crop techniques and on reducing populations of insect vectors of viral and fungal diseases, phytoplasms and Phytomonas.

Genre: Science & Math

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai: BRIDGING REGION and nation : a political biography by RATHIN BISWAS (Notion Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

"Pandit Ko bhi Salam hai aur maulvi ko bhi, mazhab na chahiye mujhe imaan chahiye." - Akbar Allahabadi "Rafi Ahmed Kidwai: Bridging Region and Nation" is a political biography of a congressman from Uttar Pradesh to whom nothing mattered but Indian freedom. During pre-partitioned days when greatest of the Muslims queued to Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his Pakistan movement, he stood his guns with resolute firmness. He was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's closest colleague, India's first communication Minister and was one of the two Muslims in the ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Wood Magic A Fable by Richard Jefferies (18 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Genre: Reference