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Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy presents new critical analysis about related developments in the field such as significantly changed concepts of peer review, merit review, the emergence of big data in the digital age, and the rise of an economy and society dominated by the internet...
The Prester John of the Indies
A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, being the narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520, written by Father Francisco Alvares Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is an account of the Portuguese mission which landed at Massawa on the west coast of the Red Sea in April 1520 and re-embarked 6 years later. It was the first European embassy known to have reached the Ethiopian court and returned safely from it. It was a small group of fourteen, among whom was...
by W.B. Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2019
In this theatrical lament on age and thwarted aspirations, a faery child encounters the newlyweds Shawn and Mary Bruin at their home, shared with Maurteen Bruin and Bridget Bruin, Shawn's parents. The child, who at first is thought of by the Bruins as of gentle birth, denounces God and shocks Father Hart.
by W.B. Gerard
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The first full-length and comprehensive study of the illustrations of Sterne's work, this book explores the ability of Sterne's texts to inspire the visual imagination. It helps to explain why scores of editions of his fiction have been illustrated, some profusely: to fulfill the reader's desire,...
Where Youth and Laughter Go
With "The Cutting Edge" in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Where Youth and Laughter Go: With The Cutting Edge” in Afghanistan completes LtCol Seth Folsom’s recounting of his personal experiences in command over a decade of war. It is the culminating chapter of a trilogy that began with The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq in 2006 and continued...
by W. B. Pakker, Joseph Jastrow
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
What is the nature of belief? What are the conditions under which it arises? and What are the causes for its appearance? The purpose of this book is to answer these questions and to investigate the nature of deception, of the formation of false beliefs leading to erroneous action.
“No one allowed...
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family
How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this book encourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well. Satter uses simple,...
Karst Hydrology
Concepts from the Mammoth Cave Area
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
This volume has its roots in the distant past of more than 20 years ago, the International Hydrologic Decade (IHD), 1964-1974. One of the stated goals of the IHD was to promote research into groundwater situations for which the state of knowledge was hopelessly inadequate. One of these problem areas...
by Karl W. Böer
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
This handbook is a compendium giving a comprehensive description of the basics of semiconductor physics relevant to the design and analysis of thin film solar cell materials. It starts from the basics of material science, describing the material and its growth, defect and electrical properties, the...
Intelligence, security and the Attlee governments, 1945–51
An uneasy relationship?
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Drawing on recently released documents and private papers, this is the first book-length study to examine the intimate relationship between the Attlee government and Britain's intelligence and security services at the start of the Cold War. Often praised for the formation of the modern-day 'welfare...
Nervous Breakdown (Psychology Revivals)
Its Cause and Cure
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Originally published in 1934, excerpts from the original preface read: "A Nervous breakdown is a terrifying experience. When it occurs, the patient, his family, and often his friends are panic-stricken. No one knows just what to do with the patient, and the patient is incapable of helping himself....
by John W. B. Hershey
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology and translational science. It contains contributions from leaders in their fields and abundant references. This volume focuses on translational control...
by Ellyn Satter, M.S., R.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Feeding with Love and Good Sense: 18 months through 6 years I can’t believe it is so simple,” says a parent who adopted Satter’s methods instead of putting her toddler on a diet. The very day, the very first meal that I followed your advice, everything was better,” says another. Ellyn Satter...