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    Dieppe, My Prison follows the harrowing wartime account of Jacques Nadeau as told by Matin Chaput and Jacques’ son, Jean-Guy, from his early life and military enrolment in 1941 through his training and transport to England where he waited to be sent into combat. When he finally sees action, it is at Dieppe, one of the bloodiest battles of WWII for Canadian troops. Not only does Jacques see his ... Read more

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  • Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies

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    Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) includes scholars and practitioners throughout the world working in peace studies, conflict analysis and resolution, conflict management, appropriate dispute resolution, and peace and justice studies. They come to the PCS field with a diversity of ideas, approaches, disciplinary roots, and topic areas, which speaks to the complexity, breadth, and depth needed to ... Read more

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  • The Independence of Official Statistics

    Norms, Arrangements, Instruments

    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book explores the independence of official statistics and describes the various legal and professional norms, institutional arrangements, instruments and practices that statisticians have developed over recent decades to protect their work from political interference. It argues that this ‘drive for independence’, which saw the replication of these norms, arrangements, and instruments across ... Read more

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  • Computational Semiotics

    Series series Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics
    Can semiotics and computers be compatible? Can computation advance semiotics by enhancing the scientific basis of the theory of signs?Coupling semiotics, a philosophical and phenomenological tradition concerned with theories of signs, with computation, a formal discipline, may seem controversial and paradoxical. Computational Semiotics tackles these controversies head-on and attempts to bridge ... Read more

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  • Statistics, Public Debate and the State, 1800-1945

    A Social, Political and Intellectual History of Numbers

    Series series Studies for the International Society for Cultural History
    Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are able to present a truly original work. ... Read more

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  • Lactic Acid Bacteria

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    Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a diverse group of bacteria that comprise low GC content Gram-positive cocci or rods that produces lactic acid as the major end product of the fermentation process. Bifidobacterium genera may also be considered as a part of the LAB group for possessing some similar phenotypical characteristics despite the higher GC content. The key feature of LAB metabolism is ... Read more

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  • Religious Diversity Today

    Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World [3 volumes]

    This insightful three-volume set examines faith through the social and cultural perspective of anthropology, sociology, and religious studies, shedding light on the role of religion in the human experience.Why is human suffering and the existence of evil part of the human experience? How does religious doctrine establish one's identity? In what ways does religion interact with and shape the social ... Read more

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