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The Long Year

A 2020 Reader

by Andy Horowitz, Éric Charmes, Max Rousseau, Adam Tooze, Joan Wallach Scott, Andrew Lakoff, Keisha N. Blain, Natalia Molina, Marcia Chatelain, Michelle Cera, Gilles Guiheux, Ye Guo, Renyou Hou, Manon Laurent, Jun Li, Anne-Valérie Ruinet, Govindan Venkatasubramanian, Isabelle Guérin, Mathieu Ferry, Marine Al Dahdah, Neha Vora, Sulfikar Amir, Sherihan Radi, Mustafa Dikeç, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Simon Balto, Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Rachel Nolan, David Schmidt, Julie Livingston, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Xiaowei Wang, Priscilla Wald, Evan Lieberman, Warwick Anderson, Julia Foulkes, Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Sophie Lewis, Guobin Yang, Sophie Gonick, Margaret O'Mara, Alfonso Fierro, Erick Corrêa, Ananya Roy, Gianpaolo Biaocchi, Jake Carlson, Quentin Ravelli, Jean-Paul Gagnon, Rikki J. Dean, Afsoun Afsahi, Emily Beausoleil, Selen A. Ercan, Miguel Centeno, Gautam Bhan, Joanne Randa Nucho, Yarimar Bonilla, Jacob A.C. Remes, Warren Breckman, Cordula Dittmer, Daniel F. Lorenz, Kathryn Cai, Eric Klinenberg, David S. Barnes, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Merlin Chowkwanyun ...

Series series Public Books Series
Some years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexisting conditions, which together tilted the odds toward disaster. Perhaps 2020 wasn’t the year the ... Read more

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Some years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexisting conditions, which together tilted the odds toward disaster. Perhaps 2020 wasn’t the year the
... Read more
Modern Perspectives in Lattice QCD: Quantum Field Theory and High Performance Computing

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 93, August 2009

Edited by Laurent Lellouch, Rainer Sommer, Benjamin Svetitsky, Anastassios Vladikas, Leticia F. Cugliandolo ...

Series series Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School
The book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the École de Physique des Houches, held in August, 2009. The aim of the event was to familiarize the new generation of PhD students and postdoctoral fellows with the principles and methods of modern lattice field theory, which aims to resolve fundamental, non-perturbative questions about QCD without uncontrolled approximations. ... Read more

$73.99 CAD

The book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the École de Physique des Houches, held in August, 2009. The aim of the event was to familiarize the new generation of PhD students and postdoctoral fellows with the principles and methods of modern lattice field theory, which aims to resolve fundamental, non-perturbative questions about QCD without uncontrolled approximations.
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Respiratory Diseases of the Horse

A Problem-Oriented Approach to Diagnosis and Management

by Laurent Couetil, Jan F Hawkins ...

The authors provide a problem-oriented approach to the assessment and management of respiratory illness in horses. The book deals first with the anatomy, function and clinical examination of the respiratory system, followed by discussion of diagnostic tests and procedures. The clinical section is focused around the cardinal presenting manifestation ... Read more

$365.52 CAD

The authors provide a problem-oriented approach to the assessment and management of respiratory illness in horses. The book deals first with the anatomy, function and clinical examination of the respiratory system, followed by discussion of diagnostic tests and procedures. The clinical section is focused around the cardinal presenting manifestation
... Read more
Radiology of the Pancreas

by Albert L. Baert, G. Delorme, Y. Ajavon, P.H. Bernard, J.C. Brichaux, M. Boisserie-Lacroix, J-M. Bruel, A.M. Brunet0, P. Cauquil1, J.F. Chateil2, P. Brys3, H. Caillet4, C. Douws5, J. Drouillard6, M. Cauquil7, F. Diard8, P.M. Dubois9, J-F. Flejou0, J. Grellet1, N. Grenier2, P. Grelet3, B. Maillet4, G. Klöppel5, G. Marchal6, F. Laurent7, D. Mathieu8, E. Ponette9, A. Rahmouni0, A. Roche1, H. Rigauts2, E. Therasse3, B. Suarez4, V. Vilgrain5, P. Taourel6, J.P. Tessier7, W. Van Steenbergen8, J.P. Verdier9 ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with volume CT scanning, further progress in ultrasonography in the form of color duplex Doppler, and ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

For a long time the morphologic diagnosis of diseases of the pancreas - which is the most hidden organ of the abdomen - by means of radiologic methods was inade quate. Diagnostic radiology of pancreatic diseases has been revolutionized by new cross-sectional methods such as computed tomography with volume CT scanning, further progress in ultrasonography in the form of color duplex Doppler, and
... Read more
The Haiti Reader

History, Culture, Politics

Edited by Laurent Dubois, Kaiama L. Glover, Nadève Ménard, Millery Polyné, Chantalle F. Verna ...

Series series The Latin America Readers
While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history and culture from the viewpoint of Haitians from all walks of life. Its dozens of selections—most of which appear here in ... Read more

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While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history and culture from the viewpoint of Haitians from all walks of life. Its dozens of selections—most of which appear here in
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Intervention Research

From Conceptualization to Publication

Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Henri Savall, Laurent Cappelletti ...

Series series Research in Management Consulting
This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE), a foundation dedicated to closing the gap between the teaching and ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE), a foundation dedicated to closing the gap between the teaching and
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1

Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques

by Dr Shoba Sivasankar, P. Preciado-Rangel, F. A. Beltrán-Morales, F. H. Ruiz-Espinoza, B. Murillo-Amador, Dr Yinglong Chen, Ivica Djalovic, Dr Paula Bramel, Prof. Hari Upadhyaya, Prof. Juan M. Osorno0, Phillip E. McClean2, Timothy Close3, Dr Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur4, Kiran Kumar Sharma5, Dr Diego Rubiales6, Dr Bodo Raatz7, Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo8, Wilfred Odhiambo9, Chris Johansen0, Dr Laurent Bedoussac2, E-P. Journet3, H. Hauggaard-Nielsen4, C. Naudin5, G. Corre Hellou6, E. S. Jensen7, Prof. Samuel Adjei-Nsiah8, B. D. K. Ahiabor9, Dr Keith Thomas0, Tolulope A. Agunbiade2, Weilin Sun3, Brad S. Coates4, Fousséni Traore5, James A. Ojo6, Anne N. Lutomia7, Julia Bello-Bravo8, Saber Miresmailli9, Joseph E. Huesing0, Michael Agyekum1, Dr Manuele Tamò3, Prof. Barry Pittendrigh5, Prof. Don W. Morishita6, Dr L. L. Murdock7, D. Baributsa8, C. B. Singh9, Prof. D. S. Jayas0, Elizabeth Ryan1, Indi Trehan2, Kristie Smith3, Dr Mark Manary4, Dr Alan de Brauw5, Dr Enrique Troyo-Dieguez6, A. Nieto-Garibay7, J. L. García-Hernández8, Professor Kadambot Siddique9, Dr Eric Justes0 ...

Series Book 35 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varietiesCoverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storageDiscusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management ... Read more

$215.99 CAD

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varietiesCoverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storageDiscusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
... Read more

Empty Planet

The Shock of Global Population Decline

by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson ...

From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape.For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different ... Read more

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From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape.For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different
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Spin Doctors

How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Nora Loreto ...

As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and public health officials were mostly given the benefit of the doubt that what they said was true and that ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and public health officials were mostly given the benefit of the doubt that what they said was true and that
... Read more
Survival of the City

The Future of Urban Life in an Age of Isolation

by Edward Glaeser, David Cutler ...

**“Expansive and entertaining. . . . [A] fast-paced and highly readable journey . . . the book serves as a useful tool in the effort to redefine the role of the city in an age of increasingly polarized politics, and reminds us that urban health is—as Fiorello La Guardia once remarked about cleaning the streets—not a Democratic or Republican issue.” —New York Times Book ReviewOne of our great ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

**“Expansive and entertaining. . . . [A] fast-paced and highly readable journey . . . the book serves as a useful tool in the effort to redefine the role of the city in an age of increasingly polarized politics, and reminds us that urban health is—as Fiorello La Guardia once remarked about cleaning the streets—not a Democratic or Republican issue.” —New York Times Book ReviewOne of our great
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Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students

by David Coghlan, Abraham B. Shani ...

Series series Mastering Business Research Methods
In Conducting Action Research, Coghlan and Shani explain how action research differs from more detached research methods and provides expert guidance on how to engage effectively with it, helping the reader to complete both a successful research project and produce findings that are useful in an organizational context.Ideal for Business and Management students reading for a Master’s degree, each ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

In Conducting Action Research, Coghlan and Shani explain how action research differs from more detached research methods and provides expert guidance on how to engage effectively with it, helping the reader to complete both a successful research project and produce findings that are useful in an organizational context.Ideal for Business and Management students reading for a Master’s degree, each
... Read more
How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies

Taking On Liberal Arguments with Logic and Humor

by Will Witt ...

Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media in this instant national bestseller.Popular culture in America today is dominated by the left. Most young people have never even heard of conservative values from someone their age, and if they do, the message is often bland and outdated. Almost every ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

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Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media in this instant national bestseller.Popular culture in America today is dominated by the left. Most young people have never even heard of conservative values from someone their age, and if they do, the message is often bland and outdated. Almost every
... Read more

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