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Book cover of Harvard Classics Volume 51
by Robert Matteson Johnston, Golden Deer Classics, William Scott Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion
Book cover of Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin

Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin

International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance

by Martin Kappas, Marcus Malsy, Martina Flörke
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...
Book cover of Alcoholism

Alcoholism

A Guide for the Primary Care Physician

by A. Abrams, Julius B. Richmond, M.D. Aronson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Based on the Commonwealth Harvard Alcohol Research and Teaching Program, this clinically oriented work is designed to give internists and primary care practitioners the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and care for patients with alcoholism.
Book cover of American Catholics and Civic Engagement
by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, W Shepherdson Abell, Kirk Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Book cover of Getting Through the Hurt
by Brother Francis Wagner, O.S.B., Silas Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015

Sometimes life just seems to get the best of us. The wounds can cut very deep on occasion: addiction, divorce, grief, feeling unloved and unwanted, and so many others. And the scars may never entirely heal. However, our Christian faith urges us to recall that Jesus rose from the tomb with visible...
Book cover of William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
by Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Book cover of Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria
by Funso Adesola, I. D. David, A. O. Ologunde
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013

Globally, women are oppressed and this book introduces the perspective of African women and especially that of Nigerian women. This book looks at the major themes that drive the women's empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, and since...
Book cover of A Christmas Treasury
by Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Clement Clarke Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

Here is A Christmas Treasury for all ages. Included are Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, and other delightful poetry and fiction. Beautifully illustrated, this book will become part of your family's Christmas tradition for years to come.
Book cover of Innovations in Higher Education

Innovations in Higher Education

Igniting the Spark for Success

by Linda L. Baer, David Bonsall, Jeff Bonsall
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
Book cover of Structural and Magnetic Phase Transitions in Minerals
by G.H. Wolf, T. Brückel, S. Ghose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Book cover of Modelling Population Dynamics

Modelling Population Dynamics

Model Formulation, Fitting and Assessment using State-Space Methods

by P. Besbeas, K. B. Newman, S. T. Buckland
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014

This book gives a unifying framework for estimating the abundance of open populations: populations subject to births, deaths and movement, given imperfect measurements or samples of the populations. The focus is primarily on populations of vertebrates for which dynamics are typically modelled within...
Book cover of Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions
by João F. D. Rodrigues, Tiago M. D. Domingos, Alexandra P.S. Marques
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010

Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of...
Book cover of Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Agrochemicals
by J.A. Butters, D.W. Hollomon, S.J. Kendall
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013

Over the past 30 years one alarming trend is the emergence of plant species resistant to agrochemicals (e.g. insecticides, herbicides, fungicides). Considering the fact that these pesticides are crucial to human health and to food, feed and fiber production, impressive research was carried out during...
Book cover of Water in Kentucky

Water in Kentucky

Natural History, Communities, and Conservation

by Tricia Coakley, Jeffrey W. Stringer, Emma Whitt
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017

Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth for centuries, and water has played a pivotal role...
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