J Nicholas: 169 books
America's Strategy in World Politics
The United States and the Balance of Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Less than a year after the United States entered the Second World War, Nicholas Spykman wrote a book that placed the war effort in the broader context of the 1940s global balance of power. In America's Strategy in World Politics, Spykman examined world politics from a realist geopolitical perspective....
Shakespeare's Late Plays
Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Shakespeare's late plays are a 'mixed bag' with a common theme: from the fiendishly jealous Leontes to the saintly Pericles; from the ineffectual Cymbeline to the omnipotent Propspero; from the 'sprites and goblins' of The Tempest to the famous bear of The Winter's Tale, the characters have excited...
Trusting Enemies
Interpersonal Relationships in International Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
How can two states with enemy relations transform their relationship? Nicholas Wheeler argues that the discipline of International Relations has not done a good job of answering this question because its focus has been on the state and the individual levels of analysis. In this ground-breaking book,...
Getting Started with Fluidinfo
Online Information Storage and Search Platform
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Imagine a public storage system that has a place online for structured data about everything that exists—or that could exist. This book introduces Fluidinfo, a system that enables you to store information about anything, real or imaginary, in any digital form. You’ll learn how to organize and...
by Dr Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Dr Brigitte Laliberté, Dr Chris Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa...
by Nicholas Higham, M. J. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 3
Dairy herd management and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;
Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;
Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
by Nancy M. Khardori, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The Year Book of Medicine brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in medicine, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice....
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Synthesis
Catalytic Processes in Research and Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Presents the most effective catalytic reactions in use today, with a special focus on process intensification, sustainability, waste reduction, and innovative methods
This book demonstrates the importance of efficient catalytic transformations for producing pharmaceutically active molecules....
by Rachel Brahinsky, Lisa Beard, Brian Norman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
In seminal works such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and The Fire Next Time, acclaimed author and social critic James Baldwin (1924--1987) expresses his profound belief that writers have the power to transform society, to engage the public, and to inspire and channel conversation...
Violence
Humans in Dark Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
There are a number of anthologies on violence, but none exist as presented in this conversational interview format, which provides a meaningful and sophisticated introduction into the most cutting-edge thinking on the problem of violence in the contemporary world.
The market for this book includes...