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  • The Female Face of Shame

    by Anna Rocco, Suzette A. Henke, Frann Michel, Eliza Chandler, Sinead McDermott, Tamar Heller, Nicole Fayard, Jocelyn Eighan, Karen U. Lindo, Peiling Zhao, Namrata Mitra, Laura Martocci, Natalie Edwards ...
    The female body, with its history as an object of social control, expectation, and manipulation, is central to understanding the gendered construction of shame. Through the study of 20th-century literary texts, The Female Face of Shame explores the nexus of femininity, female sexuality, the female body, and shame. It demonstrates how shame structures relationships and shapes women's identities. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies

    Materials Science

    Edited by Rocco Furferi, Kate Seymour, Anna Pelagotti ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book features selected contributions from Florence Heri-Tech 2024, showcasing cutting-edge technologies for the analysis, conservation, and restoration of cultural heritage. It explores advancements in materials science, including nanotechnology and plasma-based restoration, as well as innovative diagnostic methods. The book provides insights into biotechnology, tailored materials, and novel ... Read more

    $280.99 CAD

  • Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution

    Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution

    Edited by Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Mary Voytek, Rocco Mancinelli ...
    These are indeed exciting times to be a microbiologist. With one of the buzzwords of the past decade-"Biodiversity," and microbes are reveling in the attention as they represent by far most of the biodiversity on Earth. Microbes can thrive in almost any environment where there is an exploitable energy source, and, as a result, the possible existence of microbial life elsewhere in the solar system ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • The Straight Mind

    And Other Essays

    by Monique Wittig ...
    These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist writer Monique Wittig.“Among the most provocative and compelling feminist political visions since The Second Sex. These essays represent the radical extension of de Beauvoir’s theory, its unexpected lesbian future. Wittig’s theoretical insights are ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

  • Bio-based Building Skin

    by Anna Sandak, Jakub Sandak, Marcin Brzezicki, Andreja Kutnar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ application in building facades, and offers ideas for new designs and novel solutions. It features a state-of-the-art review, addresses the latest trends in material selection, assembling systems, and innovative functions of facades in detail. Selected case studies on buildings ... Read more

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  • From Extreme Violence to the Problem of Civility

    A Selection from Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy

    by Étienne Balibar ...
    Translated by G.M. Goshgarian ...
    In this impassioned argument, Étienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of violence drawn from contemporary life, Balibar tests the limits of political philosophy to formulate new, productive conceptions of war, revolution, sovereignty, and class. Balibar explores ... Read more

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  • Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

    Volume 3

    Edited by Inge Hoff, Rabbira Saba, Helge Mork ...
    Innovations in Road, Railway and Airfield Bearing Capacity – Volume 3 comprises the third part of contributions to the 11th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (2022). In anticipation of the event, it unveils state-of-the-art information and research on the latest policies, traffic loading measurements, in-situ measurements and condition surveys, ... Read more

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  • On the Inconvenience of Other People

    by Lauren Berlant ...
    Series series Writing Matters!
    In On the Inconvenience of Other People Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII

    Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII (LACONA XIII), 12-16 September 2022, Florence, Italy

    Edited by Salvatore Siano, Daniele Ciofini ...
    Light allows us not only to see the works of art, but also to take care of them and preserve them for future generations, through diagnosis of the degradation and deterioration phenomena, conservation treatments, and monitoring based on light-material interaction processes. Recent progress on this subject was discussed during the 13th International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of ... Read more

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  • Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks

    Design, Properties and Durability

    Edited by Paulo B. Lourenco, S Kumar, Joao Labrincha, Prinya Chindaprasirt, Fernando Pacheco-Torgal ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    Masonry walls constitute the interface between the building's interior and the outdoor environment. Masonry walls are traditionally composed of fired-clay bricks (solid or perforated) or blocks (concrete or earth-based), but in the past (and even in the present) they were often associated as needing an extra special thermal and acoustical insulation layer. However, over more recent years ... Read more

    $278.99 CAD

  • Hooked

    Art and Attachment

    by Rita Felski ...
    "Examines the way we connect to novels, films, paintings and music, and argues that our enthusiasms should be an integral part of conversations about art." —Helen Thaventhiran, London Review of BooksHow does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into a funk when a favored TV series comes to an end? What ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Materials that Change Color

    Smart Materials, Intelligent Design

    by Marinella Ferrara, Murat Bengisu ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products. Introducing a class of smart materials, that change colors, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentialities and difficulties of applications of this to help understanding what they are, how they ... Read more

    $70.49 CAD