Paulão: 223 books
by Paul O’Hara
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Politics could be described as a kind of bartering that enables us to overcome the discontinuities in our lives by resolving conflicts in a peaceful rather than unruly manner, and seeking a sphere in which there is some common or general accord. It is thus the art of compromise, conciliation, and...
by C N Ram Rao, A Govindaraj, Paul O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Research and literature on nanomaterials has exploded in volume in recent years. Nanotubes (both of carbon and inorganic materials) can be made in a variety of ways, and they demonstrate a wide range of interesting properties. Many of these properties, such as high mechanical strength and interesting...
by Amanda Barnard, Alexander Ya. Vul, Anke Krueger
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The exceptional mechanical, optical, surface and biocompatibility properties of nanodiamond have gained it much interest. Exhibiting the outstanding bulk properties of diamond at the nanoscale in the form of a film or small particle makes it an inexpensive alternative for many applications.
Nanodiamond...
by Xinran Wang, Zongfu Yu, Bin Yang
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Nanoscale materials and structures have attracted great attention in recent years because of their unique physical and chemical properties and potential use in energy transport and conversion. This book puts the subject into context by first looking at current synthesis methods for nanomaterials,...
Safety at the Sharp End
A Guide to Non-Technical Skills
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed managers in such sectors have realised the necessity of understanding the human dimension to their operations if they...
Battleground
The Battle for The General Post Office, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
On Easter Monday, 24th of April 1916, members of the Irish Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers, under the command of Pádraig Pearse and James Connolly, occupied the General Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin. From the portico of this iconic building, an independent Irish Republic was declared....
God Ahead of Us
The Story of Divine Grace
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Pope Francis has stated that his own vocation as a Christian came to him as an awareness that “God is ahead of us,” that God thinks about us and looks after us before we even realize it. This is the essence of grace, a love story that begins with God. The present book is an introduction and exploration...
Notes of Encouragement
Reflections on the joy and power of practicing distinctively Christian healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This book is a must-read for Christians in healthcare who want to glorify God and bless their patients and communities through their medical ministries. Synthesizing years of research, healthcare practice, and pastoring those in medicine and dentistry, Notes of Encouragement answers the heartfelt...
Blood Red Turns Dollar Green
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Professional wrestling meets Empire in a trilogy that RollingStone.com called a one-of a kind literary offering for die-hard wrestling fans.”
New York City, 1969. Danno Garland is a middling member of the National Wrestling Council, a secretive syndicate of pro-wrestling promoters. He’s...
by Qasim Chaudhry, Hubert Rauscher, Lynn Frewer
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Nanotechnologies in Food provides an overview of the products and applications of nanotechnologies in agri-food and related sectors. Following on from the success of the first edition, this new edition has been revised and updated to bring the reader fully up to date on the emerging technological,...
Claiming the Streets
Processions and Urban Culture in South Wales, C.1830-1880
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Street processions were a defining feature of life in the Victorian town. They were diverse in character and took place regularly throughout the year in all towns. They provided opportunities for men and women to display themselves in public, carrying banners and flags and accompanied by musical bands....
Diatom Nanotechnology
Progress and Emerging Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Diatoms are single cell algae composed of silica. They represent one of the most outstanding natural materials with exceptional structural, mechanical, optical, photonic and chemical properties optimized through millions years of evolution. The unique nano and micro silica structures of the material...
Risk State
Japan's Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The increase of new complex security challenges and the heightening significance of a diverse array of actors has simultaneously posed a challenge to traditional perspectives on international relations and foreign policy and created an opportunity for new concepts to be applied. Conventional explanations...
Regional Risk and Security in Japan
Whither the everyday
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Japan’s unusual position in the realm of international politics encapsulates a three-fold juxtaposition: both in and out of Asia, both occupied by and a close ally of the United States, and both a key trade partner and a strategic rival of China. Whilst international relations theory offers a number...