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  • THE INDEPENDENT VOTER
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    THE INDEPENDENT VOTER
    THOM REILLY / JACQUELINE S. SALIT / OMAR H. ALI
    Independent voters—the 40–50 percent of Americans who reject identification with either of the two major parties or with any party—are increasing in number and impact. Independents are determining the outcome of major elections, upending the long-held categories of political science. Drawing on historical and contemporary data (including survey data, participant observation, in...

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  • SOUND ART
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    SOUND ART
    THOM HOLMES
    Sound Art offers the first comprehensive introduction to sound art written for undergraduate students. Bridging and blending aspects of the visual and sonic arts, modern sound art first emerged in the early 20th century and has grown into a thriving and varied field. In 13 thematic chapters, this book enables students to clearly grasp both the concepts behind this unique area o...

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  • EVERYDAY BORDER STRUGGLES
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    EVERYDAY BORDER STRUGGLES
    THOM TYERMAN
    This book examines everyday borders in the UK and Calais as sites of ethical political struggle between segregation and solidarity. In an age of mobility, borders appear to be everywhere. Encountered more and more in our everyday lives, borders locally enact global divisions and inequalities of power, wealth, and identity. Critically examining everyday borders in the UK and Cal...

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  • PUNISHMENT
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    PUNISHMENT
    THOM BROOKS
    Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is the death penalty ever justified? These questions and many more are examined in this highly engaging and accessible guide. Punishment is a critical introduction to the philosophy of punishment, offering a new and refresh...

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  • ELECTRONIC AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
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    ELECTRONIC AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
    THOM HOLMES
    Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, Sixth Edition, presents an extensive history of electronic music—from its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging present—recounting the musical ideas that arose in parallel with technological progress. In four parts, the author details the fundamentals of electronic music, its h...

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  • THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICA
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    THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICA
    THOM HARTMANN
    The New York Times–bestselling author “delivers a full-throated indictment of the U.S. Supreme Court in this punchy polemic” (Publishers Weekly). In this book, Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America, explains how the Supreme Court has spilled beyond its Constitutional powers—and how we the people should take that power back. Taking his typically in-de...

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  • THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF GUNS AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
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    THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF GUNS AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
    THOM HARTMANN
    The New York Times–bestselling author explores the real history of guns in America and how to limit both their lethal impact and the gun lobby’s power. Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America, examines the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native America...

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  • STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND MORPHOGENESIS
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    STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND MORPHOGENESIS
    RENE THOM
    First Published in 2018. It is now some fifteen years since Structural Stability and Morphogenesis was first published in the French edition. The purely mathematical theory of singularities of smooth maps has developed tremendously in that time, however, the main interest of this book lies not in its mathematics, but in the methodological perspective opened up by Catastrophe Th...

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  • MEDIEVAL MODAL SYSTEMS
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    MEDIEVAL MODAL SYSTEMS
    PAUL THOM
    This book explores noteworthy approaches to modal syllogistic adopted by medieval logicians including Abélard, Albert the Great, Avicenna, Averröes, Jean Buridan, Richard Campsall, Robert Kilwardby, and William of Ockham. The book situates these approaches in relation to Aristotle's discussion in the Prior and Posterior Analytics, and other parts of the Organon, but also in re...

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  • RAWLS AND LAW
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    RAWLS AND LAW
    THOM BROOKS
    John Rawls (1921-2002) is widely held to be amongst the most important political philosophers for over a century. This volume, which is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most influential essays in the field, features articles on a wide range of subjects including constitutionalism, democratic theory, egalitarianism, feminism, global justice, political liber...

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  • JUSTICE AND THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH
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    JUSTICE AND THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH
    THOM BROOKS
    The capabilities approach is a widely influential alternative theory of justice, popularized by Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and also by Martha Nussbaum. Justice and the Capabilities Approach is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most influential essays in the field covering a number of topics, including constitutional law, cosmopolitanism, distributive ju...

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  • ALCOHOL, POWER AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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    ALCOHOL, POWER AND PUBLIC HEALTH
    SHANE BUTLER / KAREN ELMELAND / BETSY THOM / JAMES NICHOLLS
    In recent years, the reduction of alcohol-related harm has emerged as a major policy issue across Europe. Public health advocates, supported by the World Health Organisation, have challenged an approach that targets problem-drinking individuals, calling instead for governments to control consumption across whole populations through a combination of pricing strategies, restricti...

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  • TAX POLITICS AND POLICY
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    TAX POLITICS AND POLICY
    MICHAEL THOM
    Taxes are an inescapable part of life. They are perhaps the most economically consequential aspect of the relationship between individuals and their government. Understanding tax development and implementation, not to mention the political forces involved, is critical to fully appreciating and critiquing that relationship. Tax Politics and Policy offers a comprehensive survey o...

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  • DISRAELI THE NOVELIST
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    DISRAELI THE NOVELIST
    THOM BRAUN
    First published in 1981, this book attempts to approach a better understanding of Disraeli the man through his life as a novelist. It is not a series of literary criticisms, rather an attempt to see how ‘fiction’ and the act of ‘fictionalising’ played an important part in Disraeli’s life. The author discusses how Disraeli’s novels in terms of how they reflected various stages o...

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  • LITERARY PHILADELPHIA
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    LITERARY PHILADELPHIA
    THOM NICKELS
    “Peppered with many . . . unexpected literary treasures . . . A wonderful introduction to/overview of [Philadelphia’s] abundant literary heritage” (Philly.com).   Since Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin put type to printing press, Philadelphia has been a haven and an inspiration for writers. Local essayist Agnes Repplier once shared a glass of whiskey with Walt Whitman, who fr...

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  • THE ROUTLEDGE GUIDE TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
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    THE ROUTLEDGE GUIDE TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
    THOM HOLMES
    First published in 2006. This guide is an A to Z trade reference aimed at music students, technophiles and audio-video computer users. The world of music technology has exploded over the last decades thanks to introductions of new digital formats. At the same time there has been a renaissance in analog high fidelity equipment and resurgent interest in turntables, long playing r...

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  • THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
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    THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
    THOM S. RAINER
    Following Jesus is a journey none of the people in this book ever expected to take. Why did they?What difference did it make?The book you’re holding is dangerous. If you read it, you’ll see that God is still active in saving even the most unexpected people: An atheist woman who viewed Christians as “idiots.” A married couple high in the leadership ranks of the Mormon church. An...

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  • THE BUILDINGS AROUND US
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    THE BUILDINGS AROUND US
    THOM GORST
    Buildings surround and affect us all. In this clear and concise introduction to buildings Thom Gorst demystifies the culture of architecture and shows how an interest in our environment - whatever our cultural position - can be of great value to us. ...

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  • CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDANCE NOTES
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    CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDANCE NOTES
    GEOFFREY GRIFFITHS / NICK THOM
    This comprehensive design guide summarizes current developments in the design of concrete pavements. Following an overview of the theory involved, the authors detail optimum design techniques and best practice, with a focus on highway and infrastructure projects. Worked examples and calculations are provided to describe standard design methods, ill ...

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  • CLIMATE CHANGE ETHICS FOR AN ENDANGERED WORLD
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    CLIMATE CHANGE ETHICS FOR AN ENDANGERED WORLD
    THOM BROOKS
    Climate change confronts us with our most pressing challenges today. The global consensus is clear that human activity is mostly to blame for its harmful effects, but there is disagreement about what should be done. While no shortage of proposals from ecological footprints and the polluter pays principle to adaptation technology and economic reforms, each offers a solution – bu...

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  • FINDING WHAT MATTERS MOST TO PATIENTS
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    FINDING WHAT MATTERS MOST TO PATIENTS
    THOM WALSH
    Research shows that the importance of patient-reported outcomes, improved decision support, and care coordination is growing rapidly as new payment models transform healthcare delivery. This has led to the use of new measures and communication techniques, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing. Using patient-reported outcomes at the point of service help...

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  • FINDING WHAT MATTERS MOST TO PATIENTS
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    FINDING WHAT MATTERS MOST TO PATIENTS
    THOM WALSH
    Research shows that the importance of patient-reported outcomes, improved decision support, and care coordination is growing rapidly as new payment models transform healthcare delivery. This has led to the use of new measures and communication techniques, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing. Using patient-reported outcomes at the point of service help...

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  • UNEQUAL PROTECTION
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    UNEQUAL PROTECTION
    THOM HARTMANN
    “This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies.” —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling author   NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED    Unequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained...

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  • REBOOTING THE AMERICAN DREAM
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    REBOOTING THE AMERICAN DREAM
    THOM HARTMANN
    “If we are going to live in a democracy, we need to have a healthy middle class . . . tells us what needs to be done to reclaim what it is to be American.” —Eric Utne, founder, Utne Reader   America does not need an “upgrade.” For years the Right has been tampering with one of the best political operating systems ever designed. The result has been economic and environmental dis...

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  • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF 1800
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    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF 1800
    DAN SISSON / THOM HARTMANN
    An insightful assessment of Jefferson’s defeat of Adams in the 1800 election, and how it represented a blow against elitism and authoritarianism.   In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger o...

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  • CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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    CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    THOM BROOKS
    Current Controversies in Political Philosophy brings together an international team of leading philosophers to explore and debate four key and dynamic issues in the field in an accessible way. 　 Should we all be cosmopolitans? – Gillian Brock and Cara Nine Are rights important? – Rowan Cruft and Sonu Bedi Is sexual objectification wrong and, if so, why? – Lina Papadaki and Scot...

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  • RETHINKING PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION
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    RETHINKING PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION
    THOM REILLY
    Designed as a comprehensive overview of public sector compensation, the book addresses strategies for change, with the author warning that failure of the profession to address this issue will ultimately lead to citizens taking matters in their own hands. The author's issues-oriented approach addresses his core messagethat the escalation of public sector compensation is impactin...

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  • BEADING ARTISTRY FOR QUILTS
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    BEADING ARTISTRY FOR QUILTS
    THOM ATKINS
    “I love patchwork, beadwork, and I love handwork . . . The instructions are easy to follow and it’s nothing short of divine inspiration for me.” —Mark Lipinski, editor, Quilter’s Home magazine Use beads and simple stitches to create magnificent texture, dimension, and lifelike details on any quilt. Award-winning quilter, Thom Atkins, teaches you everything you need to know abou...

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  • BLUEBERRY FOOL
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    BLUEBERRY FOOL
    THOM ROCK
    Is it possible to find the revelatory, to find faith in a tiny blue berry? This is but one of the questions explored in this collection of engaging essays aimed at the intrinsically human intersection of memory and belief. Threaded throughout with an ever-changing cast of meadowland characters, not the least of which is a rambling barren of wild blueberries, these writings offe...

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  • A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS
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    A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS
    THOM ROCK
    The joyful premise at the heart of this book is that there is a table lavishly spread for all who hunger for forgiveness--the believer, the doubter, and the famished. The book's journey begins and ends with this assertion: not only is there a table of forgiveness set for us in the many wildernesses of life, there is a seat waiting for each and every one of us at that table. Wha...

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