J E S : 315 books
by Wolfgang Palaver, Nancy Popp, Robert Doran
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
For half a century René Girard’s theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers in many fields as an incisive look into the human condition, particularly the roots of violence. In a 1993 interview with Rebecca Adams, he highlighted the positive...
Viewpoints on Media Effects
Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
by John Creed, Sheng Ding, Joseph Fewsmith
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
State–society relations and governance are closely related areas of study and have become important topics in the social sciences in the past decades, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. In China, state-society relations have been changing in the new era of reform and...
Disruptive Tourism and its Untidy Guests
Alternative Ontologies for Future Hospitalities
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
This book invokes the radical potentialities of 'untidiness' to envision alternative arrangements of social life and hospitality. Instead of trying to manage sustainability or tidy up tourist situations, the authors embrace the messiness of human relations and argue for more creative, embodied and ethical ontologies of tourism and mobility.
Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin
International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance
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...
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
Cross-Cultural Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
by G.H. Wolf, T. Brückel, S. Ghose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Venoms to Drugs
Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in biologics from animal venoms as a potential source for therapeutic agents in recent years, with a particularly emphasis on peptides. To date six drugs derived from venom peptides or proteins have been approved by the FDA, with nine...
Ray Tracing and Beyond
Phase Space Methods in Plasma Wave Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
This complete introduction to the use of modern ray tracing techniques in plasma physics describes the powerful mathematical methods generally applicable to vector wave equations in non-uniform media, and clearly demonstrates the application of these methods to simplify and solve important problems...
by Buddy D. Ratner, Allan S. Hoffman, Frederick J. Schoen
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the biomedical engineering...
A New Ecology
Systems Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to...
The Forest Farms of Kandy
and Other Gardens of Complete Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems. These are small, low-input, but productive and sustainable family units of highly diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines, with few...
AfroMyth: A Fantasy Collection
AfroMyth, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
Afrocentric Books presents twelve tales that will transport you from Regency England to Post-Apocalyptic Africa. From the lofty branches of a mythical tree to the depths of the underworld, Afromyth explores fantastical worlds through the eyes of characters of indigenous African descent. Meet men who...
The Self-Inflicted Relative
33 Fantastic Stories in 100 Words
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Fairies splat on the windscreen. A werewolf looks for sympathy in vain. Climbing the Everest can be a disturbing experience.
Drabbles are miniature stories of exactly 100 words, no more, no less. Leave it to the Finnish authors of speculative fiction to weave their magic and create 33 entire...