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The Art of Diplomacy

How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World

by Stuart E. Eizenstat, James A. Baker III ...

**A riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more.“A magisterial tome on the international negotiations that shaped modern American history.... Grand in scope and grounded in decades of experience,** The Art of Diplomacy is a compelling work of political history aimed at the ... Read more

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**A riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more.“A magisterial tome on the international negotiations that shaped modern American history.... Grand in scope and grounded in decades of experience,** The Art of Diplomacy is a compelling work of political history aimed at the
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New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume I

Edited by Henry Bartholomew, Joan Passey, Jen Baker ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book provides an exciting and informed overview of new, emerging, and radical approaches to the long ghost story tradition. Interrogating established canons and recurring modes of ghost story analysis, New Directions explores where academic criticism of the genre stands today, and where it might be heading next. The first substantial project of its kind in the field, this two-volume set ... Read more

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This book provides an exciting and informed overview of new, emerging, and radical approaches to the long ghost story tradition. Interrogating established canons and recurring modes of ghost story analysis, New Directions explores where academic criticism of the genre stands today, and where it might be heading next. The first substantial project of its kind in the field, this two-volume set
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The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years

Enriched edition. Unsung Heroes of Innovation: A Journey Through African American Ingenuity

by Henry E. Baker, Kelsey Bates ...

In "The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years," Henry E. Baker meticulously chronicles the impactful contributions of African American inventors over five decades. This work stands as a significant literary endeavor, characterized by its detailed historical accounts and critical analysis of the socio-economic barriers faced by inventors of color in a racially stratified society. Baker employs ... Read more

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In "The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years," Henry E. Baker meticulously chronicles the impactful contributions of African American inventors over five decades. This work stands as a significant literary endeavor, characterized by its detailed historical accounts and critical analysis of the socio-economic barriers faced by inventors of color in a racially stratified society. Baker employs
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America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy

by Grace Lee Boggs, Benjamin DeMott, Erica Frankenberg, Andrew Grant-Thomas, Lani Guinier, Maria Hinojosa, Gary Howard, Colbert I. King, Marc Mauer, Trinh Minh-Ha, Michael Omi, John Telford, Lisa Thurau, Johanna Wald, James J. Zogby, Nell Irvin Painter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Houston Baker, Bob Herbert, Arthur Levine, Manning Marable, Alvin F. Poussaint, Cornel West, john a. powell ...

Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after ... Read more

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Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after
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In Other Words

A Coursebook on Translation

by Mona Baker, Henry Jones ...

In Other Words has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for more than three decades. Assuming no knowledge of languages other than English, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics. It thus provides a solid basis for training a new generation of well-informed, critical students of ... Read more

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In Other Words has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for more than three decades. Assuming no knowledge of languages other than English, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics. It thus provides a solid basis for training a new generation of well-informed, critical students of
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Next Generation Data Science

Second Southwest Data Science Conference, SDSC 2023, Waco, TX, USA, March 24–25, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Henry Han, Erich Baker ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Sescond Southwest Data Science Conference, SDSC 2023, held in Waco, TX, USa, during March 24-25, 2023.The 16 full and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were oragnized in topical sections named: Business social and foundation data science; and applied data science, artifiicial ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Sescond Southwest Data Science Conference, SDSC 2023, held in Waco, TX, USa, during March 24-25, 2023.The 16 full and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were oragnized in topical sections named: Business social and foundation data science; and applied data science, artifiicial
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The Recent Advances in Transdisciplinary Data Science

First Southwest Data Science Conference, SDSC 2022, Waco, TX, USA, March 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Henry Han, Erich Baker ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Southwest Data Science Conference, on The Recent Advances in Transdisciplinary Data Science, SDSC 2022, held in Waco, TX, USA, during March 25–26, 2022.The 14 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Business and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Southwest Data Science Conference, on The Recent Advances in Transdisciplinary Data Science, SDSC 2022, held in Waco, TX, USA, during March 25–26, 2022.The 14 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Business and
... Read more
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Fifty Shades of August

50 of the best poems about the month of August

by William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Nashe, Radclyffe Hall, Charlotte Mew, Isaac Rosenberg, Henry Baker, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Hafiz, Richard Le Gallienne, John Keats ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Shyama Perera ...

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1 hour 17 min

The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar brings summer to a close, at least on our calendars. Nature will continue with her wise and infinite ways regardless of our need to keep a count of where we expect her to be.Summer with its heat, its holidays has a lung-bursting capacity to energise our thoughts, our ambitions and our contentment.1 - Fifty Shades of August - An Introduction2 - Stanzas For ... Read more

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The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar brings summer to a close, at least on our calendars. Nature will continue with her wise and infinite ways regardless of our need to keep a count of where we expect her to be.Summer with its heat, its holidays has a lung-bursting capacity to energise our thoughts, our ambitions and our contentment.1 - Fifty Shades of August - An Introduction2 - Stanzas For
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media

Edited by Mona Baker, Bolette B. Blaagaard, Henry Jones, Luis Pérez-González ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Citizen Media
This is the first authoritative reference work to map the multifaceted and vibrant site of citizen media research and practice, incorporating insights from across a wide range of scholarly areas.Citizen media is a fast-evolving terrain that cuts across a variety of disciplines. It explores the physical artefacts, digital content, performative interventions, practices and discursive expressions of ... Read more

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This is the first authoritative reference work to map the multifaceted and vibrant site of citizen media research and practice, incorporating insights from across a wide range of scholarly areas.Citizen media is a fast-evolving terrain that cuts across a variety of disciplines. It explores the physical artefacts, digital content, performative interventions, practices and discursive expressions of
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The Reclamation of Exmoor Revisited

Rethinking the Consequences of Nineteenth-Century Landscape Change

by Henry French, Leonard Baker, Ralph Fyfe ...

Series series History (R0)
In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight. Through the nineteenth century the Knight family embarked on the largest upland reclamation scheme in southern England, on the biggest remaining area of uninhabited land. Their efforts were enormously costly, and only a partial success. The story of thwarted agricultural ‘improvement’ was told ... Read more

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In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight. Through the nineteenth century the Knight family embarked on the largest upland reclamation scheme in southern England, on the biggest remaining area of uninhabited land. Their efforts were enormously costly, and only a partial success. The story of thwarted agricultural ‘improvement’ was told
... Read more
Innovators and Their Greatest Achievements - 14 Classic Books

Inventions of the Great War, Stories of Useful Inventions, Great Inventions and Discoveries, Marvels of Scientific Invention, Historic Inventions, etc.

by A. Russell Bond, S. E. Forman, Willis Duff Piercy, Thomas W. Corbin, M. Grace Fickett, Gertrude L. Stone, Russell Doubleday, Harry E. Maule, Arthur May Mowry, William A. Mowry, Henry E. Baker, Rupert Sargent Holland, Edward Somerset Marquis of Worcester, J. A. V. Turck ...

Innovators and Their Greatest Achievements - 14 Classic Books is a compelling anthology that celebrates the ingenuity and visionary accomplishments of individuals who have shaped our world through their groundbreaking inventions and ideas. This collection captures a sweeping range of literary styles, from objective analyses and descriptive accounts to narratives that vividly bring to life the ... Read more

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Innovators and Their Greatest Achievements - 14 Classic Books is a compelling anthology that celebrates the ingenuity and visionary accomplishments of individuals who have shaped our world through their groundbreaking inventions and ideas. This collection captures a sweeping range of literary styles, from objective analyses and descriptive accounts to narratives that vividly bring to life the
... Read more
A Dictionary Of Men's Wear

by William Henry Baker ...

A Dictionary of Men’s Wear by William Henry Baker is not merely a reference book—it is a doorway into the language, tradition, and quiet authority of masculine style. This audiobook transforms what might appear to be a technical glossary into a compelling journey through the evolution of men’s clothing, where every term carries history, craftsmanship, and cultural meaning. Listening to it feels ... Read more

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A Dictionary of Men’s Wear by William Henry Baker is not merely a reference book—it is a doorway into the language, tradition, and quiet authority of masculine style. This audiobook transforms what might appear to be a technical glossary into a compelling journey through the evolution of men’s clothing, where every term carries history, craftsmanship, and cultural meaning. Listening to it feels
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