S Anders: 18 books
by S Anders
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
This is a story that begins after the beginning and will probably end a long long time before the end knowing me. My name needs no introduction of course especially if you already know me or go to St Mungo's School in Zillion New Town better known as St Mongo's to anyone who actually goes there. Now...
by Pol Antràs, Ngo Van Long, Sebastian Benz
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on the fragmentation of production processes across borders, shedding light on global sourcing decisions and their economic effects.
Recent decades have seen a fragmentation of production processes across borders, as firms find it increasingly profitable...
African Conflicts and Informal Power
Big Men and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies...
The Long List Anthology Volume 4
More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
This is the fourth annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the...
Civil Society and the Governance of Development
Opposing Global Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
This book re-conceptualizes civil society engagement with global governance institutions in the field of development in terms of opposition. With an innovative theoretical framework, it maps and explains opposition strategies through detailed case studies on the EU, the Asian Development Bank, and the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
by Victoria Peel, Anders Sørensen
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of travel guidebooks and their conceptualisation, use and impact. Guidebooks have been key tourism paraphernalia for almost two centuries and although researched in some areas, academic knowledge on guidebooks in tourism has not been expansively...
Farming across Borders
A Transnational History of the North American West
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution,...
Action Whirligigs
25 Easy-to-Do Projects
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Whirligigs — those charming little wind-driven toys — make excellent introductory woodworking projects because they are easy to do, inexpensive and — most of all — great fun! Hobbyists at all levels of ability will love creating the 25 delightful projects described in this book, from the...
Imaginative Methodologies in the Social Sciences
Creativity, Poetics and Rhetoric in Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Imaginative Methodologies in the Social Sciences develops, expands and challenges conventional social scientific methodology and language by way of literary, poetic and other alternative sources of inspiration, as sociologists, social workers, anthropologists, criminologists and psychologists all...
by Lorella Ceschini, Arne Dahle, Manoj Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
The book looks into the recent advances in the ex-situ production routes and properties of aluminum and magnesium based metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs), produced either by liquid or semi-solid state methods. It comprehensively summarizes work done in the last 10 years including the mechanical...
Emergency Orthopedics
A Manual on Acute Conditions of the Locomotor System
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Emergency Orthopedics is a practical, up-to-date, and comprehensive manual on the diagnosis and treatment of emergency injuries and disorders of the locomotor system. Its problem-based structure, with each chapter addressing a particular symptom, is designed to allow the reader to rapidly locate hands-on...
Elementary Mechanics Using Matlab
A Modern Course Combining Analytical and Numerical Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This book – specifically developed as a novel textbook on elementary classical mechanics – shows how analytical and numerical methods can be seamlessly integrated to solve physics problems. This approach allows students to solve more advanced and applied problems at an earlier stage and equips...
Elementary Mechanics Using Python
A Modern Course Combining Analytical and Numerical Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
This book – specifically developed as a novel textbook on elementary classical mechanics – shows how analytical and numerical methods can be seamlessly integrated to solve physics problems. This approach allows students to solve more advanced and applied problems at an earlier stage and equips...
Costing Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Impact on the Individual and Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
The rapid increase in recent years in the number of children and adults accessing care for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), raises a number of questions. It is unclear whether the increase is due to an increased public and professional recognition and awareness of ADHD as a debilitating...
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