Simon James: 86 books
by Simon P. James
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible introduction to Zen and an important contribution to the debate concerning the environmental implications of the tradition,...
Computational Botany
Methods for Automated Species Identification
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
This book discusses innovative methods for mining information from images of plants, especially leaves, and highlights the diagnostic features that can be implemented in fully automatic systems for identifying plant species. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it explores the problem of plant species...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
Animal health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
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by James Barton, Simon Horner
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Are you embarking on the daunting and highly competitive medical school application process? Do you want to know how you can increase your chances of gaining a place? Competition is tougher than ever. Your one-stop-guide to getting into one of the toughest courses in the UK. Includes:...
Reflections on Sentiment
Essays in Honor of George Starr
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Reflections on Sentiment not only addresses current scholarly interest in feeling and affect but also provides an occasion to celebrate the career of George Starr, who, in more than fifty years of incisive scholarship and committed teaching, haselucidated the work of Daniel Defoe and the role of sentimentalism...
Forensic Psychology
Routes through the system
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
This brand new textbook provides a complete course in forensic psychology, covering the criminal justice system, law and legislation, and treatments and outcomes for offenders. It offers rigorous coverage of the major topics: from theoretical concepts and research methods to explaining criminal acts...
by Glen G. Scorgie, Simon Chan, Gordon T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
In recent decades Christian spirituality, spiritual formation and spiritual theology have become important concepts in the global evangelical community. Consequently, an accessible and reliable academic resource is needed on these topics—one that will offer a discerning orientation to the wealth...
Catalysis in Ionic Liquids
From Catalyst Synthesis to Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...
Hezbollah: From Islamic Resistance to Government
From Islamic Resistance to Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This detailed analysis follows the rise and evolution of Hezbollah from an Islamic resistance movement to its role as a governing force in Lebanon, exploring the group's impact on the security and power dynamics in the Middle East.
• Features maps, organizational charts, and a timeline of...
Psychiatry in Prisons
A Comprehensive Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health...
Programming Web Services with XML-RPC
Creating Web Application Gateways
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2001
Have you ever needed to share processing between two or more computers running programs written in different languages on different operating systems? Or have you ever wanted to publish information on the Web so that programs other than browsers could work with it? XML-RPC, a system for remote procedure...
Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)
From the Global to the Individual
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states'...
Learning Rails 3
Rails from the Outside In
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
If you’re a web developer or designer ready to learn Rails, this unique book is the ideal way to start.
Rather than throw you into the middle of the framework’s Model-View-Controller architecture, Learning Rails 3 works from the outside in. You’ll begin with the foundations of the Web...
99 erotische Bettgeschichten
99 x atemberaubender Sex
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In diesem Buch erwartet Sie pure, hemmungslose Erotik! Auf fast 1.000 Seiten tauchen Sie ein in hochgradig lustvolle Sex-Erlebnisse, die den Leser ungezügelte, tabulose Leidenschaft hautnah miterleben lassen. Diese "99 Bettgeschichten" beweisen einmal mehr: der animalische Sex-Trieb ist...