Silent Hill: The Terror Engine (Landmark Video Games) by Bernard Perron (University of Michigan Press) (130 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the whole series. Silent Hill, with its first title released in 1999, is one of the most influential of the horror video game series. Perron situates the games within the survival horror genre, both by looking at the history of the genre and by comparing Silent Hill with such important ...

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The Control Center (Book 1) : THE CHINA AFFAIRS by Brad Good (134 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

"A high-stakes political thriller with a deeply romantic undertone... With the way this book ended, I'm eager to find out what happens next." Independent Book Review A chance meeting one night in Shanghai introduces American banker Jack Gold to an Israeli man named Ari, who has a stunning proposition: Help Israel and the United States infiltrate China's heavily guarded Control Center and address the nation with the truth they deserve to hear. China, a country of 1.4 billion citizens, is an existential threat to itself and the rest ...

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Existence & Consciousness: A Theory of Naturalistic Idealism by Richard Lucido (28 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of information, consciousness, and time. It offers a theory of idealism from an existentialist perspective. Matter, energy, and space are viewed as holding on to no existence outside of their essence (i.e., their defining properties). This is what precludes them from objectively persisting in time. Only consciousness, broken down into its smallest units, is capable of existing beyond its essence. This is what makes it a necessary ...

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Trans: a satire by Jen Celador Price verified 7 hours ago

Wally has courageously rejected the species identity arbitrarily assigned to him at birth by his bigoted parents. Now he wants them to pay for his species affirmation surgery, but his cishuman father isn't convinced. Things don't look good for Wally, and his transitional journey appears to be at an end until NAFPA - the National Association of Feelings and Personal Affirmation - gets involved and convinces Wally's parents to support his identity for the sake of his mental health. The good news is that Wally doesn't have to ...

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CREEP: A Short Psychological Thriller by William Cook (King Billy Publications) (85 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

A dark story of a young woman's date with death! CREEP is a short psychological thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Serial Killers don't always get away with murder, no matter how hard they try. Includes bonus short story - Legacy. From CREEP: "Cassandra pounded on the window and frantically tried to push the rear doors open, first with her shoulders and then with her heels, to no avail. She peered into the dark confines of the garage and saw nothing except her frightened reflection looking back at her in the ...

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How to Become President: A Practical Handbook by Felix Petitzon (11 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

From classical basis through to contemporary examples, expert Felix Petitzon clinically analyses which steps successful candidates undertook to reach the presidency. Witty, yet serious - this manual outlines how to achieve the highest office. It is the 21st century equivalent of Machiavelli The Prince; not eschewing controversial methods, the author sets morality aside and focuses on what is required to win.

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Handbook for the Anti-Islamic Resistance by George R. Walters (12 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

It is not just rhetoric to note that a state of war between Islam and the non-Muslim world already exists. Islam is and for nearly its entire history been at war with the non-Muslim world. Thus a defacto state of war exists regardless of the lack of or confused and ineffective response from the those being attacked. For more and more of us the need for an international anti-Islamic resistance is self evident. Many of us already recognize that the Islamic ideology is fascism in a religious context. Islam benefits only a small and ...

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We'll All Be Murdered in our Beds: The shocking history of crime reporting in Britain by Duncan Campbell (78 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

'If it bleeds, it leads' - this maxim is as true now as it was 300 years ago. Crime is the staple of the news, and our appetite for these dark and dangerous stories shows no sign of abating. In this colourful history of crime reporting since 1700, Duncan Campbell reveals what it's really like to deal with murderers, gangsters, robbers, cat burglars, victims, informers and detectives. He introduces us to the 'hacks in the macs' and the 'Murder Gang', who would go to any lengths to get a story - and serve it up to an ever-eager ...

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Critical Nuclear War Survival Skills Guide: Essential Tactics and Strategies for Immediate Family Safety and Security in a Post-Apocalyptic World by Carlos Mack (104 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Are you concerned about the possibility of a nuclear war and what it would mean for your family? In today's uncertain world, it's essential to be ready for anything! Whether you're facing a nuclear attack, an EMP strike, or a military invasion on U.S. soil, you need to know how to survive. The thought of surviving a post-apocalyptic world can be daunting, but with the right knowledge and preparation, you can increase your chances of survival. That's where Carlos Mack's Critical Nuclear War Survival Skills Guide comes in. Discover ...

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The Other Shoes of Larry Martin: Book Two: On Becoming Laurie Roberts (Larry Martin Novel Series) by Pavane Ravel (Pavane Ravel Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Readers will highly enjoy Book Two of The Other Shoes of Larry Martin, a novel series with more political intrigue, family drama, and suspense. Another Best-Seller by Author Pavane Ravel! Larry Martin, in his quiet, kind, and mystical way, continues his journey to a new life, a new vision, and a new understanding. Larry has become a rising star in the world of progressive journalism. While only a few short months after being homeless, jobless, and friendless, Larry has acquired a family and friends. He's fallen in love with a ...

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Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America (Nation of Nations Book 23) by Helen Heran Jun (NYU Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Helen Heran Jun explores how the history of U.S. citizenshiphas positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century. Rejecting the conventional emphasis on 'inter-racial prejudice,' Jun demonstrates how a politics of inclusion has constituted a racial Other within Asian American and African American discourses of national identity. Race for Citizenship examines three salient moments when African American and Asian American citizenship become acutely visible ...

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Dear Barb:: Answers to Your Everyday Questions (Dear Barb: Words of Wisdom Book 1) by Barbara Godin (9 Reviews)    Price verified 49 minutes ago

"Dear Barb: Answers to Your Everyday Questions" advice columnist Barbara Godin shares her wisdom and insights on a wide range of topics. From relationships and family issues to career and personal growth, Barb offers practical and compassionate advice for navigating life's challenges. With over 20 years of experience as an advice columnist, Barbara Godin has heard it all and provides thoughtful responses to even the toughest questions. This book is perfect for anyone looking for guidance and support in their daily life and is packed ...

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The Granite Key (Arkana Archaeology Mystery Thriller Series Book 1) by N. S. Wikarski (1,037 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

If you liked THE DA VINCI CODE, you'll love this series! During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place... • Series Finale Award Nominated as Best Mystery of the Month • For Fans of Archaeology Adventure, Historical Thrillers, and Treasure Hunt Mysteries THE ARKANA SERIES A myth-shattering treasure hunt that spans continents, centuries, and lost civilizations, pitting a secret society against a ruthless fundamentalist cult. The prize is a cache of hidden artifacts that could ...

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The Fall of White City: Revised 2020 Edition (GILDED AGE CHICAGO MYSTERY SERIES Book 1) by N. S. Wikarski (474 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

To solve baffling crimes in turn-of-the-century Chicago, you only need to know a single fact. Bygone sins in the White City cast the longest shadows. • Revised 2020 Edition. Nominated for Reader's Choice Awards as Best First Novel and Best Historical Mystery • For Fans of Cozy Mysteries, Amateur Sleuths, and Gilded Age Chicago History GILDED AGE CHICAGO MYSTERY SERIES Gilded Age Chicago is the fastest growing metropolis in America, rivaling New York as the City of the Century. This melting pot of thieves and corrupt ...

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Congo's Children by Kem Knapp Sawyer (Pulitzer Center) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seen their lives threatened, their families torn apart, their schools destroyed, and their futures compromised. Many are homeless -- abandoned street children, some accused of witchcraft, others born of rape or orphaned by war. But while children are the most vulnerable segment of a broken society, they are also among the most resilient. Congo's Children tells their stories, accompanied by vivid photography and video and drawing on reporting that has appeared in PBS NewsHour, The ...

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Macroeconomics, Agriculture, and Food Security: A Guide to Policy Analysis in Developing Countries by Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla (International Food Policy Research Institute) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Why write a book on macroeconomic policies and their links to agriculture and food security in developing countries? The food price spikes of the years just prior to 2010 and the economic, political, and social dislocations they generated refocused the attention of policymakers and development practitioners on the agricultural sector and food security concerns. But even without those traumatic events, the importance of agriculture for developing countries -- and for an adequate functioning of the world economy -- cannot be denied. ...

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Foliage: An International Banking Spy Thriller (A Louise Moscow Novel Book 1) by Lorraine Evanoff (230 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST, HISTORICAL FICTION NEW APPLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE SHELF UNBOUND BEST INDIE BOOK, NOTABLE INDIE AWARD READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD FINALIST Investment banker Louise Moscow is sexy, brazen and fearless in business and in love. With a high-profile dream job wooing rich clientele in late 1980s Paris, she enjoys a lavish lifestyle in a glamorous city. When she stumbles upon criminal activity at her company, the FBI and CIA force her to cooperate and bring down the underhanded bankers in what turns out to ...

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Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal​ Bangladesh (Culture, Place, and Nature) by Camelia Dewan (1 Review)    Price verified 13 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 ...

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Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress 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.

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On The Human Species: A Philosophy on Reason and the Emergence of Civilized Humanity by Anthony Pellegrino (14 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

On the Human Species is a philosophical and psychological discourse that charts the origin and evolution of our species. The book is an inspired combination of science and philosophy, a brilliant canvas of intellectual thought and discerning anthropology. In this work, Mr. Pellegrino delves within the origin of our species from the conception of reason to the creation of religion. The book also explains human emotions, the origin of vice, and an illusory morality that manifests itself as accountability, but also differentiates our ...

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Putting Federalism in Its Place: The Territorial Politics of Social Policy Revisited by Scott L. Greer (University of Michigan Press) Price verified 9 hours ago

What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It has frustrated many, with federalism seeming to matter in all sorts of combinations with all sorts of issues, from nationalism to racism to intergovernmental competition. The diffuse federalism literature has not come to compelling answers for very basic questions. Scott L. Greer, Daniel Béland, André Lecours, and Kenneth A. Dubin argue for a new ...

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A Moment of Clarity by Cliff Lengkono (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Have you been having trouble coping with loss? Do you want to be prepared for marriage and family? Are you wondering how you are going to deal with parenting? Is it hard for you to start and maintain a relationship? Could it be that there is more about love that you are yet to learn? You have found the book that cover all of those issues and many more. It takes no more than one book for you to have knowledge of and the solution to various problems that everybody faces in their life. A Moment of Clarity gives you the opportunity to ...

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Step One: Save the World: The Journey of a Water Protector by DJ Rankin (3 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

??This is a cookbook. This is an adventure novel. This is a love story. This is a tale of survival. This is a spiritual journey. This is a catalog of the oppressions and destructions perpetrated by the machine of mankind. This is a handbook on standing up to the tyranny enacted by a corrupt government through the mechanism of fear. This is a recruitment manual for a global movement of resistance. We are winning. It is time to stand up. Enough is enough. Do what feels right. ??Last winter I was called to Standing Rock to protect the ...

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Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries by Kristin Davis (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Agricultural transformation and development are critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural people in developing countries. Extension and advisory services play an important role in such transformation and can assist farmers with advice and information, brokering and facilitating innovations and relationships, and dealing with risks and disasters. In Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries, researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute ...

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Essays on Suffering-Focused Ethics by Magnus Vinding Price verified 10 hours ago

Essays on Suffering-Focused Ethics is a collection of 34 essays that explore various questions related to the reduction of suffering. Some of the essays provide novel arguments in favor of suffering-focused moral views, while others explore urgent practical questions about how we can best reduce the torment of sentient beings. Taken together, these essays make the case for a principled yet nuanced approach to the prevention of extreme suffering.

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The Politics of India under Modi: An Introduction to India’s Democracy, Economy, and Foreign Policy (ASIANetwork Books) by Vikash Yadav (Lever Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Since the right-wing, Hindu-nationalist government of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the national level in 2014, and with its consolidation of power in the 2019 general election, India has witnessed a significant realignment of its national politics and a shift toward the right of the political spectrum. The Politics of India under Modi provides a detailed overview of India's political trends, economic prospects, and international relations in the twenty-first century. This book is designed as a ...

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The Disarticulate: Language, Disability, and the Narratives of Modernity (Cultural Front Book 8) by James Berger (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 5 hours 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 ...

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European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security: In the Shadow of Power (Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy) by Giedrius Česnakas (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book analyses whether the EU's drift towards European strategic autonomy presents a challenge or a window of opportunity for its small member states to advance their security interests. The volume presents small states' perceptions of European strategic autonomy, highlighting their expectations and concerns. The chapters focus on the depth and breadth of European strategic autonomy, national security considerations, assessment of the impact on transatlantic relations, the expected outputs, and its potential impact on the EU's ...

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Foreigners in Their Own Country: Identity and Rejection in France by Lawrence M. Martin (Berghahn Books) Price verified 7 hours 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 ...

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How To Save Jobs: Reinventing Business, Reinvigorating Work, and Reawakening the American Dream by David Gewirtz (4 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

A shocking and disturbing look into how changes worldwide have created enormous disruption in the very nature of jobs in America. Ideas, strategies, and innovative approaches for policy change that could make a real difference and help save and create jobs in America. Powerfully effective hands-on tips, techniques, and strategies that you personally can take to keep and create jobs, without waiting for politicians to get their act together.

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Winning Hearts and Minds: Public Diplomacy in ASEAN by Sue-Ann Chia (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

When we think of diplomacy, we often envisage Heads of State at formal settings or official meetings. In reality though, everyone can play a positive role in diplomacy.Public diplomacy, also referred to as people diplomacy, is about building friendships and understanding between peoples of different countries. Traditionally meant to promote national interests and advance foreign policy goals, public diplomacy today has evolved to embrace both formal and informal efforts by non-governmental organisations and institutions to cultivate ...

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Diamonds and War: State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine by David De Vries (Berghahn Books) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 14 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 ...

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An Accidental God: The Evolution of Religion, or How a Boy from the Dawn of Civilization Became the God of Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Aleron Zemplin (Double Triangle Press LLC) (87 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

An Accidental God tells how, through a series of accidents, a person who lived at the dawn of civilization became God. It is a fictionalized but historically plausible interpretation of the story of the biblical patriarch Abraham, focusing on how coincidental events and human misperceptions lead him to believe a particular ancestor, named Yehhi, is a powerful god. An earthquake shakes the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur; amid the devastation, Abraham sees that all the family idols have toppled over, all except for the statue of ...

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Mission AI: The New System Technology (Research for Policy) by Haroon Sheikh (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 5 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 ...

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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 8 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 ...

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Work and Livelihoods: History, Ethnography and Models in Times of Crisis (Routledge Studies in Anthropology) by Susana Narotzky (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Winner of the Society for the Anthropology of Work book prize 2017 This volume presents a global range of ethnographic case studies to explore the ways in which - in the context of the restructuring of industrial work, the ongoing financial crisis, and the surge in unemployment and precarious employment - local and global actors engage with complex social processes and devise ideological, political, and economic responses to them. It shows how the reorganization and re-signification of work, notably shifts in the perception and ...

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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 13 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 ...

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Chasing Greatness: On Russia's Discursive Interaction with the West over the Past Millennium (Configurations: Critical Studies Of World Politics) by Anatoly Reshetnikov (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Over the last two decades, it has become clear that Russia insists on its great power status, even at considerable cost. Chasing Greatness provides an interpretive explanation of the tacit rules that shape Russia's great power identity today. Anatoly Reshetnikov argues that this never-ending chase for greatness is a result of how Russia and its predecessors -- including the USSR, Russian Empire, Muscovy, and Kievan Rus' -- historically interacted with its neighbors to the east, the south, and particularly the west. By analyzing an ...

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The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz (1 Review)    Price verified 9 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.

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Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra Poor in Bangladesh by Elizabeth Bryan Price verified 8 hours ago

Bangladesh has some social safety net programs that transfer food to the poor, some that transfer cash, and some that provide a combination of both. This study evaluates the relative impacts of food and cash transfers on food security and livelihood outcomes among the ultra poor in Bangladesh. The programs impacts are evaluated according to various measures, including how well transfers are delivered; which transfers beneficiaries prefer; how accurately the programs target the extremely poor; effects on food security, livelihoods, ...

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New Social Mobility: Second Generation Pioneers in Europe (IMISCOE Research Series) by Jens Schneider (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 49 minutes 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 ...

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Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba by Bert Hoffmann (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours 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.

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Bending Over Backwards: Essays on Disability and the Body (Cultural Front) by Lennard J. Davis (4 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

With the advent of the human genome, cloning, stem-cell research and many other developments in the way we think of the body, disability studies provides an entirely new way of thinking about the body in its relation to politics, the environment, the legal system, and global economies. Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the ...

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Love the Least (A Lot) by Michael Spielman (46 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Abort73.com founder and director, Michael Spielman, explains why abortion-vulnerable children are as qualified to wear the "least of these" label as any victim class in the world. Whatever we fail to do in their defense, we fail to do for Christ.

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Judicial Governance and Democracy in Europe (SpringerBriefs in Law) by Pablo Castillo-Ortiz (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This is an Open Access book. Amid the growing debate about models of judicial governance and their relationship to democratic quality, this book offers a systematic and empirical study of this relationship. The book thereby contributes to filling in this gap for the European continent. Taking an interdisciplinary politics and law perspective, and combining empirical and theoretical considerations, the book addresses the important link between democracy and judicial governance. In particular, it provides for three interconnected ...

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Integrationism and the Self: Reflections on the Legal Personhood of Animals (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory) by Christopher Hutton (Routledge) Price verified 12 hours ago

In recent years a set of challenging questions have arisen in relation to the status of animals; their treatment by human beings; their cognitive abilities; and the nature of their feelings, emotions, and capacity for suffering. This ground-breaking book draws from integrational semiology to investigate arguments around the rights of certain animals to be recognized as legal persons, thereby granting them many of the protections enjoyed by humans. In parallel with these debates, the question of the legal personality of artificial ...

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I Am Vietnamese by Huy Pham (11 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Think Pho Ga for the Vietnamese soul. This is an edgy collection of 70+ English short stories from Vietnamese people across the world about our struggles with cultural identity, failure, parents, expectations, and life itself. Contributing authors include best-sellers Madeline Truong, Andrew Pham, Andrew Lam, and MasterChef Christine Ha, and many talented amateurs. Author proceeds go to charity! Within these 300 pages, you will find 70+ English short stories of a Vietnamese generation full of optimism and angst. These edgy stories ...

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All sciences. №9, 2023: International Scientific Journal by Aliyev Ibratjon Xatamovich (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The international scientific journal "All Sciences", created at Electron Laboratory LLC and the Scientific School "Electron", us a scientific publication that published the latest scientific results in various fields of science and technology, which is also a collection of publications on the above topics by a board of authors and reviewed by the editorial Board (academic Council) of the Scientific School "Electron" and on the Ridero platform monthly.

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The Vision Zero Handbook: Theory, Technology and Management for a Zero Casualty Policy by Karin Edvardsson Björnberg (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This open access handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of Vision Zero, an innovative policy on public road safety developed in Sweden. Covering all the major topics of the subject, the book starts out with a thorough examination of the philosophy, ideas and principles behind Vision Zero. It looks at conditions for the effectiveness of the policy, principles of safety and responsibility as well as critique on the policy. Next, the handbook focuses on how the Vision Zero ideas have been received and implemented in various ...

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Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States by Kristen M. Budd (Policy Press) Price verified 5 hours ago

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The year 2023 marks 50 years of mass incarceration in the United States. This timely volume highlights and addresses pressing social problems associated with the US's heavy reliance on mass imprisonment. In an atmosphere of charged political debate, including tough on crime rhetoric, the editors bring together scholars and experts in the criminal justice field to provide the most up-to-date science on mass incarceration and its ramifications on justice-impacted people and our ...

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The Violence of the Letter: Toward a Theory of Writing by Melanie McMahon (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

The emergence of the alphabet in ancient Greece, usually heralded as the first step in the inexorable march toward reason and progress, in fact signaled the introduction of a chance technology that hijacked the future, with devastating consequences for humanity. By investigating an array of cultural artifacts, ranging from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to the Oracle at Delphi to Luther's challenge to the Church, this book demonstrates how the apparently benign emergence of writing made possible far-ranging systems of organized ...

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The Theory of Everybody by Robert Fuller (21 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The Theory of Everybody explores, in a variety of genres, the advent of robots that do everything we do as well or better. Jennifer and God on Mount Palomar is a conversation between a young astrophysicist and God--as He faces retirement. Genomes, Menomes, Wenomes: Neuroscience and Human Dignity traces the development of mechanistic models of the body and the mind. When Robots Reign: Getting Along with Robo Sapiens is an interview with one of humanity's new overlords, Robo Sapiens, who is more agreeable than we might expect. The ...

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Overcome Yourself: How to Be Human pt. 2 by Jacob Kilgore (10 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This second installment to the How to Be Human series includes insights that will help you to refine yourself even further. In order to help you overcome false efficiency, Jacob Kilgore has provided alphabetically ordered essays with insights gained from pushing off our primordial impulses to do no more than remain simple and survive. A must read for any who aim to put into the world the beauty that humans are capable of.

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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 10 hours 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 ...

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2011 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility by Klaus von Grebmer (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The Global Hunger Index is a comprehensive measure of hunger worldwide and by country and region. Although the proportion of hungry people around the world has declined since 1990, global hunger remains at a level characterized as "serious." Global Hunger Index scores vary greatly across regions and countries. This year's report gives special attention to the issue of food prices. In recent years, world food markets have been characterized by rising and more volatile prices that leave many poor people unable to pay for all the goods ...

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Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos: Building Collaboration for Action by Amelie G. Ramirez (Springer) Price verified 3 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 ...

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The Logic of Causation by Avi Sion Price verified 7 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 ...

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Beyond Hashtags: Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks (Critical Cultural Communication Book 19) by Sarah Florini (NYU Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

How black Americans use digital networks to organize and cultivate solidarity Unrest gripped Ferguson, Missouri, after Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. Many black Americans turned to their digital and social media networks to circulate information, cultivate solidarity, and organize during that tumultuous moment. While Ferguson and the subsequent protests made black digital networks visible to mainstream media, these networks did not coalesce overnight. They were ...

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Politosophy: A handbook on philosophy and politics (Principlopedia 1) by Warisa Roongaraya (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Explore theories and principles about society, ranging from economics to politics. Learn more about issues and standpoints around us in this book

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Pandemic Ethics: 8 Big Questions of COVID-19 by Ben Bramble (15 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

PANDEMIC ETHICS is a clear and provocative introduction to the ethics of COVID-19 from a leading contemporary moral philosopher. It is suitable for university-level students, academics, and policymakers, as well as the general reader. It is also an original contribution to the emerging literature on this important topic. The author has made it available Open Access, so that it can be downloaded and read for free by all those who are interested in these issues. Key features include: * A neat organisation of the ethical issues raised ...

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The Law of Mind in Action: Unlocking the Power of the Mind by Fenwicke L. Holmes (Namaskar Books) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Discover the transformative potential of your mind and unlock the power within with "The Law of Mind in Action: Unlocking the Power of the Mind" by Fenwicke L. Holmes. Delve into the profound teachings of Holmes and embark on a journey towards personal and spiritual growth. As Holmes' insights unfold, immerse yourself in the intricate workings of the mind and its influence on every aspect of your life. Learn to harness the power of your thoughts and beliefs to create the reality you desire. But amidst the exploration of the mind's ...

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After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism by Antonia Darder (NYU Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

After Race pushes us beyond the old "race vs. class" debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While agreeing with those who have argued that the concept of "race" does not have biological validity, they go further to insist that the concept also holds little political, symbolic, or descriptive value when employed in social science and policy research. Darder and Torres argue for the need to jettison ...

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Fiery World III (The Agni Yoga Series Book 11) by Agni Yoga Society (24 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Fiery World III is the eleventh book from the Agni Yoga Series which is composed of fourteen books. In them is found a synthesis of ancient Eastern beliefs and modern Western thought and a bridge between the spiritual and the scientific. Unlike previous yogas, Agni Yoga is a path not of physical disciplines, meditation, or asceticism -- but of practice in daily life. It is the yoga of fiery energy, of consciousness, of responsible, directed thought. It teaches that the evolution of the planetary consciousness is a pressing necessity ...

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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 8 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 ...

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Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds (SUNY Press Open Access) by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

In Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes the agency of materiality -- the ability of materials to have an effect on both humans and deities -- beyond human intentions. Using materials from three regions where Flueckiger conducted extensive fieldwork, she begins with Indian understandings of the agency of ornaments that have the desired effects of protecting women and making them more auspicious. Subsequent chapters bring in examples of materiality that are agentive beyond human intentions, from ...

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Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns by Sir Robert Baden-Powell (9 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.

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Estetica come scienza dell'espressione e linguistica generale. English by Benedetto Croce (3 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.

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We so loved Open Access by Abel Packer Price verified 6 hours ago

The SciELO Program was created in the late 1990s when the idea of free access to scholarly content began to gain momentum, even before the term "open access" had been coined. At that time, access to academic publications was limited and costly, restricted to university libraries and the collections they subscribed to. With the emergence of the World Wide Web, electronic access to academic information became practically possible, allowing for wider and faster dissemination of scientific publications. However, the restricted access ...

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Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore by Fay-Cooper Cole (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 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.

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PRETENDING: … a way of wasting our lives by Adrian Gabriel Dumitru Price verified 7 hours ago

All my writings are kind of a... self therapy And i was writing on and on and on... defining my feelings and thoughts... But it was a little bit funny realizing the contradiction between what i thought, what i felt deep inside of my soul... and how i was acting on the stage of life... analyzing and defining myself... the one that i thought i was... deep into my soul... and the one from the outside world... i was realizing it's such a huge difference. And still... i was trying to be better... but all i was doing was... pretending... ...

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Learning Disability and Inclusion Phobia: Past, Present, Future (Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities) by C. F. Goodey (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

The social position of learning disabled people has shifted rapidly over the last 20 years, from long-stay institutions, first into community homes and day centres, and now to a currently emerging goal of "ordinary lives" for individuals using person-centred support and personal budgets. These approaches promise to replace a century and a half of "scientific" pathological models based on expert assessment, and of the accompanying segregated social administration which determined how and where people led their lives, and who they ...

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Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar by Chika Watanabe (University of Hawaii Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

International development programs strive not only to alleviate poverty but to transform people, aid workers and recipients alike. Becoming One grapples with this process by exploring the work of OISCA*, a prominent Japanese NGO in central Myanmar. OISCA's postwar origins at the intersection of Shinto, secularism, and rightwing politics, and its vision of inter-Asian solidarity and a sustainable future helped shape the organization's ideology and activities. By delving into the world of its aid workers -- their everyday practices, ...

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Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand by William John Cox (Mindkind Publications) (2 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

At 60 manuscript pages and based on 100 sources, Target Iran is of the new genre of eBooks on critical political subjects written for the modern on-the-go reader who wants reliable background information to reach an informed opinion, but whose time is too limited to go to the library or conduct independent research. A history of Iran and its conflict with the United States and Israel over its uranium enrichment program, a discussion of the likelihood of war between the parties and a peaceful solution that offers a comprehensive ...

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Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science by Sue V. Rosser (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Why are there so few women in science? In Breaking into the Lab, Sue Rosser uses the experiences of successful women scientists and engineers to answer the question of why elite institutions have so few women scientists and engineers tenured on their faculties. Women are highly qualified, motivated students, and yet they have drastically higher rates of attrition, and they are shying away from the fields with the greatest demand for workers and the biggest economic payoffs, such as engineering, computer sciences, and the physical ...

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Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security (Fast Track Books) by Loch K. Johnson (8 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

An "experienced overseer of intelligence" maps out the future of American intelligence and security Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and "an experienced overseer of intelligence" (Foreign Affairs), here ...

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Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (Critical America Book 32) by Jody David Armour (NYU Press) (21 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.

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Dangerous or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America by Jennifer Tilton (NYU Press) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

How do you tell the difference between a "good kid" and a "potential thug"? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as endangered and in need of protection by the state. Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation's most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship ...

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Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations by Clemens Striebing (Emerald Publishing Limited) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The era of team science has long since dawned. However, in order for the individual members of a team to work well, research organizations need to provide a productive and naturally non-discriminatory working environment. Bringing together and integrating researchers and their diverse backgrounds in effective teams does not happen on its own. To harness the positive effects of diversity, it must be understood and managed proactively. The edited ...

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“At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race by Enid Lynette Logan (4 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. In the weeks and months following the election, as in those that preceded it, countless social observers from across the ideological spectrum commented upon the cultural, social and political significance of "the Obama phenomenon." In "At this Defining Moment," Enid Logan provides a nuanced analysis framed by innovative theoretical insights to explore how Barack Obama's presidential candidacy both reflected and shaped the dynamics of race in the ...

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Genders 22: Postcommunism and the Body Politic by Ellen E. Berry (NYU Press) Price verified 42 minutes ago

The epidemic of mass rape in the former Yugoslavia has illustrated once again, and in particularly brutal fashion, the inextricable relationship between national politics, sexual politics, and body politics. The nexus of these three forces is highly charged in any culture, at any time in history, but especially so among cultures in which rapid, even cataclysmic, changes in material realities and national self-conceptions are eroding or overwhelming previously secure boundaries. The postcommunist moment in the so-called Second ...

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