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Earth System Science
From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2000
Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested...
The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 5
January 1794 to December 1797
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
The first five volumes of the Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham contain over 1,300 letters written both to and from Bentham over a 50-year period, beginning in 1752 (aged three) with his earliest surviving letter to his grandmother, and ending in 1797 with correspondence concerning his attempts to...
Accelerated Expertise
Training for High Proficiency in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Speed in acquiring the knowledge and skills to perform tasks is crucial. Yet, it still ordinarily takes many years to achieve high proficiency in countless jobs and professions, in government, business, industry, and throughout the private sector. There would be great advantages if regimens of training...
by Charlotte J. Lundgren, Alun H. Mr. Thomas, Robert C. York
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African countries. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that translating this resource wealth...
The World's Water 2008-2009
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Produced biennially, The World’s Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the msignificant trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. The 2008-2009...
by Hentschel Jesko; Aran Meltem; Can Raif; Ferreira Francisco H.G.; Gignoux Jérémie; Uraz Arzu
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Children in Turkey have vastly different odds of success. Their paths are affected by factors over which they have no control, such as how wealthy or educated their parents and even grandparents are. By investing in its children and youth, Turkey can create a virtuous cycle whereby these children and...
by J.H. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Everyone’s favorite dog is back and cuter than ever! Following up on the internationally bestselling Boo: The Life of the World’s Cutest Dog, this latest volume features Boo’s adventures in the big city. Get ready for tons of all-new irresistible photos of Boo going shopping, hitting the beach, making doggy friends, and just generally being adorable.
by R. H. B. Ranns, E. J. M. Ranns
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Filled with practical advice for all aspects of the construction manager's role, this invaluable book fills a need for training in this essential subject, to ensure greater efficiency on site and smoother client-contractor relations.
Developed as a handy-reference guide for practitioners and...
Those Were the Days: Funny, Crazy & Weird
50 Malaysian Short Stories and Photos of the 1950s to The1970s
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Those Were The Days: on Funny, Crazy & Weird 50 Malaysian Short Stories and Photos of the 1950s to the1970s The book covers three decades of Malaysian social history based on actual persons, true events and genuine stories. Those were the days filled with joy, laughter and good memories... This...
The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development
Eight Essays on Trade and Tariff When Factors Move with Special Reference to Canadian Protectionism, 1870-1955
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
Canadian historians have always looks favourably on Macdonald's national policies, including the protective tariff. On the other hand, the canons of economic theory have little or nothing to say in favour of protection. Professor Dales attempts in these essays to bridge this gap between trade theory...
by J. H. Blake
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Originally published early 1900s. A well illustrated and informative book dealing with the various ways to end a game of chess. Contents Include: Pawn Endings - Miscellaneous Endings - Solutions etc. Many of the earliest games books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now...
by H. Clarke, P. Kellner, M. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This is a comprehensive study of the 2015 general election in Britain designed not only for students and scholars of British politics, but also for the interested reader. It looks at the record of the Coalition government both in terms of its plans and performance, particularly in relation to the...
Rethinking Risk Assessment
The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for...
by Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces...