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  • Too Weak to Govern

    Majority Party Power and Appropriations in the US Senate

    by Peter Hanson ...
    Too Weak to Govern investigates the power of the majority party in the United States Senate through a study of the appropriations process over a period of nearly four decades. It uses quantitative analysis, case studies, and interviews with policy makers to show that the majority party is more likely to abandon routine procedures for passing spending bills in favor of creating massive 'omnibus' ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Cinema of Generation X

    A Critical Study of Films and Directors

    by Peter Hanson ...
    When Steven Soderbergh exploded onto movie screens with sex, lies, and videotape in 1989, it represented more than the arrival of an important new director--it heralded the arrival of an entire generation of important new directors. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Kevin Smith (Dogma), David Fincher (Fight Club), M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Ben Stiller (Reality Bites), Michael Bay ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Tales from the Script

    50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories

    Discover the secrets of Hollywood storytelling in this fascinating collection, in which fifty screenwriters share the inside scoop about how they surmounted incredible odds to break into the business, how they transformed their ideas into box-office blockbusters, how their words helped launch the careers of major stars, and how they earned accolades and Academy Awards.Entertaining, informative, ... Read more

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  • Green Development and Finance in a Globalized Africa

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume explores green development and financing in a post-pandemic globalized Africa. It offers a theoretical and empirical investigation of green development and finance and analyzes their implications for critical issues in governance, domestic resource mobilization and resource exploration, climate change, the green economy, the influence of foreign aid and foreign direct investment ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    The concept of the early life developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) in adults has stimulated a new approach to understanding disease trajectories, with major public health implications. Indeed, the principle of the 'lifecourse of disease' now influences health policies internationally. Environmental influences during pregnancy and early life that affect lifelong health are well ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy

    Pharmacists are on the frontlines of public health. Their public-facing roles uniquely position them to identify and address emerging disease challenges, discrepancies in health literacy, and barriers to treatment in the communities they serve. In today's interconnected world, the clients consulting a neighborhood pharmacist are just as likely to hail from across an ocean as they are from around ... Read more

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  • Boundaries of Adult Learning

    Until relatively recently, adult learning in the UK was largely recognised as being situated mainly within the LEA adult education centre, university extra-mural departments and the WEA. However, this picture has changed. The major change has been a shift from 'education' to 'learning' as the key organising concept. A greater range of settings are now recognised as sites producing learning, and ... Read more

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  • In-situ Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts

    HELPS RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW CATALYSTS FORSUSTAINABLE FUEL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTIONReviewing the latest developments in the field, this book explores the in-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts, enabling readers to take full advantage of the sophisticated techniques used to study heterogeneous catalysts and reaction mechanisms. In using these techniques, readers can learn to improve ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Development, Digitalization, and the Green Economy in Africa Post-COVID-19

    This book examines sustainable development in the broader framework of Africa post COVID-19. Specifically, the book studies governance and digitalization from the perspective of natural environment management, climate change, the green economy, as well as agriculture and education. Digitalization supports the deepening of natural resource governance by assessing extractive practices, sovereign ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

  • Human Factors in the Health Care Setting

    A Pocket Guide for Clinical Instructors

    Human factors relates to the interaction of humans and technical systems. Human factors engineering analyzes tasks, considering the components in relation to a number of factors focusing particularly on human interactions and the interface between people working within systems. This book will help instructors teach the topic of human factors. ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

    Explaining the practical implications of new discoveries in 'life-course biology', Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding is an informed resource on factors that affect offspring development. The impact of parental lifestyle and behavioural choices influence not only fetal development and birth outcomes, but also postnatal development, yet guidance on appropriate diet, behaviour, ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Joy of Stress, The

    by Peter Hanson ...
    Narrated by Peter Hanson ...

    Unabridged

    47 min

    Born in Vancouver, Peter Hanson got his MD degree at age 24 which began at age 14 with comedy monologues on live TV. He became an emergency room physician for 3 years before he established his own family practice where he delivered over 1000 babies, made over 5000 house calls and saw the effects of stress on his many patients… He was particularly inspired by his patients who were able to thrive ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD