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Its a cliche to say that diseases do not respect national borders, but the realities of this aphorism present serious and significant challenges to the global community. Health and disease are intimately connected with the movement of people, goods, and …
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The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace
Hamilton Books
On Human Conflict excavates the cavernous philosophical foundations of war and peace. The magnum opus is bracketed by the author's experience of the Cuban missile crisis as a schoolboy, and his witnessing of 9/11 as an adult. It studies the …
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Effective communication in a multilingual world
Transform your international communication skills with this unique, easy-to-read guide.Is that clear? is a small and user-friendly guide for any native English speaker working or socialising with international colleagues and friends.Condensed into bitesize chapters, this indispensable book explores the common …
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A Trans Girls Notes from the End of the World
Arsenal Pulp Press
Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature; American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would …
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The Wild History of a City's Nightlife
A raucous history of Vancouvers music and entertainment venues, from Prohibition-era nightclubs and Chinatown cabarets to gay bars, dive bars, goth hideaways, discos, and taverns. Archival posters and photos chronicle how the citys nightlife changed with times, and how some …
Das vorliegende Lehrbuch ist eine Einfuhrung in die globale Optimierung, die mathematische Sachverhalte einerseits stringent behandelt, sie aber andererseits auch sehr ausfuhrlich motiviert und mit 75 Abbildungen illustriert. Das Buch richtet sich daher nicht nur an Mathematiker, sondern auch an …
Johnny Adair was born in the Shankhill Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The youngest of seven children he was raised a Protestant. As a teenager Johnny and his gang would roam the streets looking for Catholics for no other …
With his twinkling eyes, boundless energy and unrivalled natural wit, Robin Williams was the comedian who brought laughter to a generation.Through roles in cherished films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Aladdin and Hook, he became the genial face of family …
THIS IS THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT STARTED AN ENTIRE GENRE THE STORY OF THE MOST ICONIC HARDMAN OF THEM ALL.Lenny McLean was one of the deadliest bareknuckle fighters Britain has ever seen. He had dear, powerful friends, but he also …
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Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-health World
If you have been told that you must take statins or risk a devastating heart attack or stroke, you need to read this book. Dr Kendrick, a well-known statin sceptic and author of the bestselling The Great Cholesterol Con, has …
View book details for Social Movements in Chile
Organization, Trajectories, and Political Consequences
This book presents rich empirical analyses of the most important movements in Chiles post-transition era: the Student Movement, the Mapuche Movement, the Labor Movement, the Feminist Movement, and the Environmental Movement. The chapters illuminate the processes that led to their …
View book details for Finding Purpose in a Godless World
Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn't
A psychiatrist presents a compelling argument for how human purpose and caring emerged in a spontaneous and unguided universe. Can there be purpose without God? This book is about how human purpose and caring, like consciousness and absolutely everything else …
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The Classic Blockbuster from the Author of Lion & Lamb
When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson's tense thriller.Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, …
Severn House Publishers
Introducing Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins as an unusual detective duo in the first of a brand-new Victorian mystery series. When Inspector Field shows his friend Charles Dickens the body of a young woman dragged from the River Thames, he …
Actress Enora Andresson is dragged into the UKs exploding drugs scene when her sons girlfriend is kidnapped. Malo is in trouble again. Enora Andressens wayward son has received a ransom demand for the return of his girlfriend, the daughter of …
Severn House Publishers
Two violent suicides leave Coroner Martha Gunn with some disturbing questions to answer but the most difficult one of all lies closer to home . . . Gina Marconi was a beautiful young barrister with everything to live for a …
Severn House Publishers
Tish Tarragons preparations for Coleton Creeks annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered. Literary caterer Letitia Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creeks annual garden club awards, …
Severn House Publishers
A midwife disappears after attending the birth of a child in another community, leading to an investigation that uncovers innumerable lies and secrets. 1790s, Maine. In the depths of winter Hortense, a midwife, disappears after attending a birth in the …
View book details for Dateline-Liberated Paris
The Hotel Scribe and the Invasion of the Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vividly capturing the heady times in the waning months of World War II, Ronald Weber follows the exploits of Allied reporters as they flooded into liberated Paris after four dark years of Nazi occupation. He traces the remarkable adventures of …
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The Unauthorized Biography of Joan Jett
Bad Reputation is the unexpurgated story of Joan Jett, the single most exciting rocker of the American 1980s, one of the biggest-selling acts of the age, and one of punk rock's most valued elder statespeeps.Through its pages, a welter of …
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The Autobiography of Buck Owens
Buck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona, Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield, California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers, songwriters, and …
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Know the Man, Play the Music
The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been. Blending jazz and gypsy influences, his exuberant solos and incisive rhythm playing have fascinated and tantalized guitarists for half a century. In this book, leading jazz …
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The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years On
The Beatles' sixth studio album, Rubber Soul, was a game changer. By December 1965, when the album was released, the Beatles had played the first arena rock show at Shea Stadium for 55 000 delirious fans, been awarded MBE (Member …
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An Illuminated Man
Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded Desafinado which stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard charts. Since then, no one …
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Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests
African Dream Machines takes African headrests out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of art objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book …
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