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  • 42 REASONS TO HATE THE UNIVERSE
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    42 REASONS TO HATE THE UNIVERSE
    CHRIS FERRIE / WADE DAVID FAIRCLOUGH / BYRNE LAGINESTRA
    If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right! Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just h...

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  • CIVIL SOCIETY, PEACEBUILDING, AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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    CIVIL SOCIETY, PEACEBUILDING, AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    SEAN BYRNE
    This book examines the role of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and some of the challenges they face. The work explores the perspective and experiences of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland about their analysis and critique of liberal peacebuilding, their hopes, and concerns, and how they are aligned with external f...

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  • COMPLEXITY THEORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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    COMPLEXITY THEORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
    DAVID BYRNE / GILLIAN CALLAGHAN
    This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, widening social inequality, and impending social and ecological catastrophe wrought by glob...

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  • THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO IN THE ARCTIC AND HIGH NORTH
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    THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO IN THE ARCTIC AND HIGH NORTH
    SIDHARTH KAUSHA / JAMES BYRNE / JOSEPH BYRNE / GIANGIUSEPPE PILLI / GARY SOMERVILLE
    The resurgence of Russian power in the Arctic and High North will be a key consideration for NATO planners. The Alliance’s northern flank represents both a potential vulnerability due to its relative isolation and an area in which NATO enjoys options for horizontal escalation in a conflict. Moreover, as the effects of climate change create opportunities for both navigation and ...

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  • UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
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    UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
    ZINTA S. BYRNE
    Understanding Employee Engagement is a comprehensive source for the science and practice of employee engagement. This book provides a rigorous and objective review of scholarship and empirical research on engagement from around the world. Grounded in theory and empirical research, this book debates the definitions of engagement, provides a thorough evaluation of empirical findi...

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  • THE HERITAGE CORRIDOR
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    THE HERITAGE CORRIDOR
    DENIS BYRNE
    The Heritage Corridor argues for a transnational approach to investigating and recording heritage places that emerge from histories of migration. Addressing the material legacy of migration, this book also relates it to issues of contemporary importance. Presenting an image of the built environment of migration as one shaped by the ongoing flows of people, ideas, objects and mo...

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  • INEQUALITY IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CRISIS AFTER COVID
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    INEQUALITY IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CRISIS AFTER COVID
    DAVID BYRNE
    Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID uses a complex realist approach to examine the crisis of three interconnected problems: economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely acknowledged as the key driver of political discontent and social instability, economic inequality across high and middle-income countries is profoundly interconnected...

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  • PRANKLAB
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    PRANKLAB
    CHRIS FERRIE / BYRNE LAGINESTRA / WADE DAVID FAIRCLOUGH
    Fun and educational science experiments to teach and excite kids about physics, biology, chemistry, and more—from the #1 science author for kids! What's even better than a practical joke? A super awesome science experiment that's fun! Your friends and family might be surprised at first ... until they realize they're learning about science too! Each activity includes: Step-by-st...

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  • SOCIAL RESEARCH AND DISABILITY
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    SOCIAL RESEARCH AND DISABILITY
    CIARAN BURKE / ‎BRONAGH BYRNE
    Social Research and Disability argues that the contemporary rules of sociological methods outlined in numerous research methods texts make a number of assumptions concerning the researcher including ambulance, sight, hearing and speech. In short, the disabled researcher is not considered when outlining the requirements of particular methods. Drawing upon these considerations, t...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING IN UK HIGHER EDUCATION
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING IN UK HIGHER EDUCATION
    NUALA BYRNE / CHRISTOPHER BUTCHER
    Covering everything you need to know about teaching within the UK higher education system, this book is the ideal introduction for anyone looking to start their teaching career. A must-read guide for international staff new to teaching in UK higher education, this key text focuses on what is particular and often baffling to those who are new to higher education teaching in the ...

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  • CLINICAL HELPER FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
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    CLINICAL HELPER FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
    LOUISE BYRNE / TIMOTHY WAND
    Are you anxious about your mental health placement? Do you need help remembering the terms, therapies and guidelines? Mental health is a fascinating specialised field where you can make a real difference. The Clinical Helper for Mental Health Nursing is a quick and reliable reference for students and new graduates to reduce stress and boost confidence in the clinical setting. C...

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  • LOGICS OF GENOCIDE
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    LOGICS OF GENOCIDE
    ANNE O'BYRNE / ‎MARTIN SHUSTER
    This book is concerned with the connection between the formal structure of agency and the formal structure of genocide. The contributors employ philosophical approaches to explore the idea of genocidal violence as a structural element in the world. Do mechanisms or structures in nation-states produce types of national citizens that are more susceptible to genocidal projects? Th...

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  • MINSTREL TRADITIONS
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    MINSTREL TRADITIONS
    KEVIN BYRNE
    Minstrel Traditions: Mediated Blackface in the Jazz Age explores the place and influence of black racial impersonation in US society during a crucial and transitional time period. Minstrelsy was absorbed into mass-culture media that was either invented or reached widespread national prominence during this era: advertising campaigns, audio recordings, radio broadcasts, and film....

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  • GOVERNING THE ATOM
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    GOVERNING THE ATOM
    JOHN BYRNE / ‎STEVEN M. HOFFMAN
    Promoted as a form of limitless, low-cost energy without the polluting effects of Its fossil fuel counterparts, nuclear power has enjoyed unparalleled support in several countries. Despite the development of an extensive set of policy and institutional mechanisms to foster its use. nuclear technology has been troubled by a wide range of problems and continues to pose risks many...

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  • CHINESE-ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART, 1644–1912
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    CHINESE-ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART, 1644–1912
    EMILY BYRNE CURTIS
    Chinese-Islamic studies have concentrated thus far on the arts of earlier periods with less attention paid to works from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). This book focuses on works of Chinese-Islamic art from the late seventeenth century to the present day and bring to the reader’s attention several new areas for consideration. The book examines glass wares which were probably mad...

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  • THE SOLAR ENERGY TRANSITION
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    THE SOLAR ENERGY TRANSITION
    DANIEL RICH / JON M VEIGEL / ALLEN M BARNETT / JOHN BYRNE
    Solar energy is considered by many an attractive and practical option for America's energy future, one that is technically and commercially feasible as well as socially and environmentally desirable. Sun-generated power could meet upwards of 20 percent of U.S. energy needs by the year 2000—but only if there is a concerted national effort to use this energy option. The issues of...

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  • FAMILIES AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
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    FAMILIES AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
    JOHN BYRNE / DAVID A. SCHULZ / MARVIN B. SUSSMAN
    Originally published in 1985. This volume on household energy conditions considers the energy crisis in the United States and offers an important appraisal of the future of energy consumption by families and the family's adaptations to decreasing energy availability. The chapters in the first section investigate the cultural dimensions of energy use at the household level, look...

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  • NEOLIBERALISMS IN BRITISH POLITICS
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    NEOLIBERALISMS IN BRITISH POLITICS
    CHRISTOPHER BYRNE
    Taking a chronological approach, this book challenges established economistic and ideologistic narratives of neoliberalism in Britain by charting the gradual diffusion of an increasingly interventionist neoliberal governmental rationality in British politics since the late 1970s, and the various means by which the project has furnished itself with a hegemonic basis for its popu...

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  • IMAGE-BASED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS
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    IMAGE-BASED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS
    MICHAEL O’BYRNE / BIDISHA GHOSH / FRANCK SCHOEFS / VIKRAM PAKRASHI
    Inspection is crucial to the management of ageing infrastructure. Visual information on structures is regularly collected but very little work exists on its organised and quantitative analysis, even though image processing can significantly enhance these inspection processes and transfer real financial and safety benefits to the managers, owners and users. Additionally, new opp...

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  • GREEN ENERGY ECONOMIES
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    GREEN ENERGY ECONOMIES
    JOHN BYRNE
    Green Energy Economies offers insight into the major drivers that are shaping a new future powered by clean energy sources. Assembling cutting-edge researchers as contributors, the book provides a comprehensive account of the shift underway, examining in detail the complexities and intricacies involved with such a transition. The book first details the promises and problems of...

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  • PEACE LEADERSHIP
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    PEACE LEADERSHIP
    STAN AMALADAS AND SEAN BYRNE
    This book examines the concept of peace leadership, bringing together scholars and practitioners from both peace and conflict studies and leadership studies. The volume assesses the activities of six peace leaders, the place and role of women and youth in leading for peace, military peace leadership, Aboriginal peace leadership, and theoretical frameworks that focus on notions ...

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  • SUCCESSFUL SPOKEN ENGLISH
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    SUCCESSFUL SPOKEN ENGLISH
    CHRISTIAN JONES / SHELLEY BYRNE / NICOLA HALENKO
    Successful Spoken English demonstrates how spoken learner corpora can be used to define and explore the constituents of successful spoken English. Taking the approach that language learners can speak effectively whilst still using some non-standard forms, this book: Examines databases of transcribed speech from learners at each different CEFR level to analyse what makes a succe...

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  • THE UNKNOWN SCHUBERT
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    THE UNKNOWN SCHUBERT
    LORRAINE BYRNE BODLEY
    Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. His keen understanding of poetry and his uncanny ability to translate his profound understanding of human nature into remarkably balanced compositions marks him out from other contemporaries in the field of song. Schubert was one of the first major ...

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  • GLOBAL ETHICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
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    GLOBAL ETHICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
    DARREN O'BYRNE
    This detailed and timely volume examines the impact of global transformations on concepts of civil society. Divided into two sections, it evaluates changing notions of ethics and how these transformations are operationalized. The first part deals with the theoretical aspects while the second examines the practical impact of the evolution of global ethics and norms on society. P...

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  • KANT ON GOD
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    KANT ON GOD
    PETER BYRNE
    Peter Byrne presents a detailed study of the role of the concept of God in Kant's Critical Philosophy. After a preliminary survey of the major interpretative disputes over the understanding of Kant on God, Byrne explores his critique of philosophical proofs of God’s existence. Examining Kant’s account of religious language, Byrne highlights both the realist and anti-realist ele...

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  • STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH AMOS
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    STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH AMOS
    BARBARA M. BYRNE
    This bestselling text provides a practical guide to structural equation modeling (SEM) using the Amos Graphical approach. Using clear, everyday language, the text is ideal for those with little to no exposure to either SEM or Amos. The author reviews SEM applications based on actual data taken from her own research. Each chapter "walks" readers through the steps involved (speci...

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  • WORLD CLASS HEALTH AND SAFETY
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    WORLD CLASS HEALTH AND SAFETY
    RICHARD BYRNE
    Getting your qualification is just the start of the safety professional’s journey towards effective workplace practice. World Class Health and Safety doesn’t repeat the whys and whats of health and safety management, instead it is a helpful how-to guide for newly qualified and experienced health and safety professionals to get the best out of their knowledge, experience and the...

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  • SURROGACY, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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    SURROGACY, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    PAULA GERBER / KATIE O'BYRNE
    Surrogacy presents particularly complex questions for human rights law and theory. This book provides a unique and insightful examination into the underexplored issues of how domestic and international law is responding to the sharp increase in the use of surrogacy. The work presents critical analysis of the current regulation of surrogacy via domestic law in Australia, India ...

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  • A FIRST COURSE IN OPTIMIZATION
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    A FIRST COURSE IN OPTIMIZATION
    CHARLES BYRNE
    Give Your Students the Proper Groundwork for Future Studies in OptimizationA First Course in Optimization is designed for a one-semester course in optimization taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences and engineering. It teaches students the basics of continuous optimization and helps them better ...

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  • A FIRST COURSE IN OPTIMIZATION
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    A FIRST COURSE IN OPTIMIZATION
    CHARLES BYRNE
    Give Your Students the Proper Groundwork for Future Studies in OptimizationA First Course in Optimization is designed for a one-semester course in optimization taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences and engineering. It teaches students the basics of continuous optimization and helps them better ...

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