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  • MERCENARIES AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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    MERCENARIES AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    EUGENIO CUSUMANO, CHRISTOPHER KINSEY, AND ROBERT PARR
    This book examines the debate over private security contractors, using historical and contemporary cases, including several non-Western examples. Since the end of the Cold War, security privatization has grown in its geographical outreach, breadth, and scope. This pervasive expansion of the private military and security market warrants a systematic investigation of commercial a...

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  • DEATH, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
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    DEATH, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
    ROBERT KASTENBAUM / CHRISTOPHER M. MOREMAN
    The 13th edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as individuals and as members of society. A landmark text in the field, the authors draw on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, including perspectives offered through history, philosophy, rel...

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  • RURAL ROAD ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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    RURAL ROAD ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    JASPER COOK / ROBERT CHRISTOPHER PETTS
    Rural Road Engineering in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive coverage of the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of rural roads in developing countries and emerging nations. It covers a wide range of technical and non-technical problems that may confront road engineers working in the developing world, focusing on rural roads which provide important links ...

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  • APPLIED ATTENTION THEORY
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    APPLIED ATTENTION THEORY
    CHRISTOPHER D. WICKENS / JASON S. MCCARLEY / ROBERT S. GUTZWILLER
    Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the design of warning systems to capture attention; attention distractions in the workplace; failures of dividing attention while driving; and the measurement of mental workload while flying. This new ...

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  • COPRODUCTION
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    COPRODUCTION
    ROBERT WILSMORE / CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
    Coproduction is dedicated specifically to the study of an emerging field in music production musicology. It explores the limits of what this field might be, from the workings of a few individuals producing music together in the studio, to vast contributions of whole societies producing popular music. Taking a wide-ranging approach to examining the field, Coproduction looks thro...

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  • INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT
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    INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT
    ROBERT A. WOELLNER / JOHN VOORHEES / CHRISTOPHER L. BELL
    Based on the first edition with extensive analysis of practical applications of environmental risk management and compliance management systems, this second edition of International Environmental Risk Management reflects updates made in the understanding and application of risk management best practices and makes available a frame of reference and systematic approach to environ...

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  • THE PHILOSOPHY OF AQUINAS
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    THE PHILOSOPHY OF AQUINAS
    ROBERT PASNAU / CHRISTOPHER SHIELDS
    This book introduces Thomas Aquinas's own principal fascinations in philosophy: rational theology, metaphysics, human nature, philosophy of mind, and value theory. It offers an introduction to his overarching explanatory framework in a distinctive deployment of an approach familiar from Aristotle. ...

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  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMOR AT WORK
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    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMOR AT WORK
    CHRISTOPHER ROBERT
    This is the first book to look at the psychological processes that enable humor to affect people and teams in the workplace. It recognizes that humor plays many roles beyond making people feel happier and more productive, and acknowledges humor’s potential darker side as well. Bringing together a small but growing field of study, the book features chapters around core psycholog...

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  • THE TIME OF CATASTROPHE
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    THE TIME OF CATASTROPHE
    CHRISTOPHER DOLE / ROBERT HAYASHI / ANDREW POE / AUSTIN SARAT
    If catastrophes are, by definition, exceptional events of such magnitude that worlds and lives are dramatically overturned, the question of timing would pose a seemingly straightforward, if not redundant question. The Time of Catastrophe demonstrates the analytic productiveness of this question, arguing that there is much to be gained by interrogating the temporal conceits of c...

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  • RACE, SPACE, AND EXCLUSION
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    RACE, SPACE, AND EXCLUSION
    ROBERT M. ADELMAN AND CHRISTOPHER MELE
    This collection of original essays takes a new look at race in urban spaces by highlighting the intersection of the physical separation of minority groups and the social processes of their marginalization. Race, Space, and Exclusion provides a dynamic and productive dialogue among scholars of racial exclusion and segregation from different perspectives, theoretical and methodol...

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  • BRUCE DERN
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    BRUCE DERN
    BRUCE DERN / CHRISTOPHER FRYER / ROBERT CRANE
    This memoir by the Academy Award nominee "proves that Dern off-screen is every bit as unpredictable, compelling and explosively honest as he is onscreen" ( Newsday). One of Hollywood's biggest personalities, Bruce Dern is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has left an indelible mark on numerous projects, from critically acclaimed films to made-for-TV movies and television ser...

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  • DEAF INTERPRETERS AT WORK
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    DEAF INTERPRETERS AT WORK
    ROBERT ADAM AND CHRISTOPHER STONE AND STEVEN D. COLLINS AND MELANIE METZGER (EDITORS)
    Now, for the first time, a collection featuring 17 widely respected scholars depicts the everyday practices of deaf interpreters in their respective nations. Deaf Interpreters at Work: International Insights presents the history of Deaf translators and interpreters and details the development of testing and accreditation to raise their professional profiles. Other chapters deli...

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  • CHINA'S ECONOMIC REFORM
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    CHINA'S ECONOMIC REFORM
    ASH, ROBERT / HOWE, CHRISTOPHER / KUEH, Y Y / KUEH, Y. Y.
    This book presents a collection and analysis of original policy documents, newly translated into English, from a key period of Chinese development, providing both a current and a retrospective analysis of China's economic reform efforts. Topics dealt with include the evolution of Chinese economic strategy; economic planning and the spread of market mechanisms; technology transf...

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  • JACK NICHOLSON
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    JACK NICHOLSON
    ROBERT CRANE / CHRISTOPHER FRYER
    A biography based on personal interviews with the actor as well as his friends and fellow filmmakers: "Entertaining . . . A must for cinema students." ― Hollywood Reporter   In 1975, Jack Nicholson was just becoming a household name after starring in, writing, or producing twenty-five films including Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, and Chinatown. At the time, Rob...

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  • 100 CASES IN RADIOLOGY
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    100 CASES IN RADIOLOGY
    ROBERT THOMAS / JAMES CONNELLY / CHRISTOPHER BURKE
    A 36-year-old housewife presents in the emergency department complaining of progressively increasing breathlessness over the lasttwo weeks, accompanied by wheeze and a productive cough. You are the medic on duty... 100 Cases in Radiology presents 100 radiological anomalies commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors on the ward, in outpatient clinics or in the emergenc...

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  • 100 CASES IN RADIOLOGY
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    100 CASES IN RADIOLOGY
    ROBERT THOMAS / JAMES CONNELLY / CHRISTOPHER BURKE
    A 36-year-old housewife presents in the emergency department complaining of progressively increasing breathlessness over the lasttwo weeks, accompanied by wheeze and a productive cough. You are the medic on duty... 100 Cases in Radiology presents 100 radiological anomalies commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors on the ward, in outpatient clinics or in the emergenc...

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  • MASS SPECTROMETRY BASICS
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    MASS SPECTROMETRY BASICS
    CHRISTOPHER G. HERBERT / ROBERT A.W. JOHNSTONE
    Mass Spectrometry Basics provides authoritative yet plain-spoken explanations of the basic concepts of this powerful analytical method without elaborate mathematical derivations. The authors describe processes, applications, and the underlying science in a concise manner supported by figures and graphics to further comprehension. The text provides ...

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  • PLAN, ACTIVITY, AND INTENT RECOGNITION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
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    PLAN, ACTIVITY, AND INTENT RECOGNITION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
    SUKTHANKAR, GITA / GEIB, CHRISTOPHER / BUI, HUNG HAI / PYNADATH, DAVID / GOLDMAN, ROBERT P.
    Plan recognition, activity recognition, and intent recognition together combine and unify techniques from user modeling, machine vision, intelligent user interfaces, human/computer interaction, autonomous and multi-agent systems, natural language understanding, and machine learning. Plan, Activity, and Intent Recognition explains the crucial role of these techniques in a wide...

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  • FOUR OVERARCHING PATTERNS OF CULTURE
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    FOUR OVERARCHING PATTERNS OF CULTURE
    ROBERT STRAUSS / CHRISTOPHER STRAUSS
    Justice has been the dominant cultural framework of people in the West for two centuries, ever since the rise of constitutional democracies. Consciously or not, most people in the West have a strong awareness of right and wrong. Their sense of morality is generally rooted in an obligation to the rule of law. In democratic societies, the rule of law ultimately relies on constitu...

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  • FLASH FICTION INTERNATIONAL: VERY SHORT STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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    FLASH FICTION INTERNATIONAL: VERY SHORT STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
    JAMES THOMAS, ROBERT SHAPARD, CHRISTOPHER MERRILL
    A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world. What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, ...

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  • ROLAND HAYES
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    ROLAND HAYES
    CHRISTOPHER A. BROOKS / ROBERT SIMS
    A "gripping, sensitive" biography of the trailblazing singer who carved a path for African American artists including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson ( The Atlanta Voice).   Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer. He became one of the few artists in t...

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  • BRUCE DERN
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    BRUCE DERN
    BRUCE DERN / CHRISTOPHER FRYER / ROBERT CRANE
    This memoir by the Academy Award nominee "proves that Dern off-screen is every bit as unpredictable, compelling and explosively honest as he is onscreen" ( Newsday). One of Hollywood's biggest personalities, Bruce Dern is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has left an indelible mark on numerous projects, from critically acclaimed films to made-for-TV movies and television ser...

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  • THE 2012 CAMPAIGN AND THE TIMELINE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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    THE 2012 CAMPAIGN AND THE TIMELINE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
    ROBERT S. ERIKSON / CHRISTOPHER WLEZIEN
    Do voters cast ballots for the candidates whose positions best match their own? Or does the race for president come down to who runs the most effective campaign? In their book, The Timeline of Presidential Elections, published in 2012, Erikson and Wlezien documented how both factors come into play. Having amassed data from national polls covering presidential elections from 195...

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  • THE TIMELINE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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    THE TIMELINE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
    ROBERT S. ERIKSON / CHRISTOPHER WLEZIEN
    In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Ro...

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  • THE DEPRESSION COMES TO THE SOUTH SIDE
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    THE DEPRESSION COMES TO THE SOUTH SIDE
    CHRISTOPHER ROBERT REED
    "Incorporate[s] microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago." — Journal of American Studies In the 1920s, the South Side of Chicago was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline—a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher ...

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