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Gospel of Freedom

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation

by Jonathan Rieder ...

"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested. Alone in his cell, reading a newspaper, he found a statement from eight "moderate" clergymen who ... Read more

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"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested. Alone in his cell, reading a newspaper, he found a statement from eight "moderate" clergymen who
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Catastrophe Ethics

How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices

by Travis Rieder ...

How to live a morally decent life in the midst of today's constant, complex choicesIn a world of often confusing and terrifying global problems, how should we make choices in our everyday lives? Does anything on the individual level really make a difference? In Catastrophe Ethics, Travis Rieder tackles the moral philosophy puzzles that bedevil us. He explores vital ethical concepts from history ... Read more

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How to live a morally decent life in the midst of today's constant, complex choicesIn a world of often confusing and terrifying global problems, how should we make choices in our everyday lives? Does anything on the individual level really make a difference? In Catastrophe Ethics, Travis Rieder tackles the moral philosophy puzzles that bedevil us. He explores vital ethical concepts from history
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Baumann's Cosmetic Dermatology, Third Edition

by Leslie S. Baumann, Evan A. Rieder, Mary D. Sun ...

A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026!"A concise, well-written, and well-illustrated overview of the topic of cosmetic dermatology that will prove useful to all physicians who care for cosmetic patients."—Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reviewing the First EditionThe bestselling resource on cosmetic dermatology—updated to reflect the latest skin care procedures and treatmentsBaumann's ... Read more

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A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026!"A concise, well-written, and well-illustrated overview of the topic of cosmetic dermatology that will prove useful to all physicians who care for cosmetic patients."—Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reviewing the First EditionThe bestselling resource on cosmetic dermatology—updated to reflect the latest skin care procedures and treatmentsBaumann's
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Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

by John Rieder ...

This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism.In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he ... Read more

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This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism.In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he
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Pichia pastoris

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Xavier García-Ortega, Anton Glieder, Karin Kovar, Lukas Rieder ...

Series series Springer Protocols
This volume provides readers with a useful and comprehensive resource of laboratory protocols for working with Pichia pastoris. The chapters in this book are organized into seven parts: introduction, bioinformatics, cell and systems biology, gene expression cassettes and vectors, Pichia pastoris expression strains, upstream bioprocessing, and downstream processing and product analysis. This book ... Read more

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This volume provides readers with a useful and comprehensive resource of laboratory protocols for working with Pichia pastoris. The chapters in this book are organized into seven parts: introduction, bioinformatics, cell and systems biology, gene expression cassettes and vectors, Pichia pastoris expression strains, upstream bioprocessing, and downstream processing and product analysis. This book
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Mathematics of Wave Phenomena

Edited by Willy Dörfler, Marlis Hochbruck, Dirk Hundertmark, Wolfgang Reichel, Andreas Rieder, Roland Schnaubelt, Birgit Schörkhuber ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Wave phenomena are ubiquitous in nature. Their mathematical modeling, simulation and analysis lead to fascinating and challenging problems in both analysis and numerical mathematics. These challenges and their impact on significant applications have inspired major results and methods about wave-type equations in both fields of mathematics.The Conference on Mathematics of Wave Phenomena 2018 held ... Read more

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Wave phenomena are ubiquitous in nature. Their mathematical modeling, simulation and analysis lead to fascinating and challenging problems in both analysis and numerical mathematics. These challenges and their impact on significant applications have inspired major results and methods about wave-type equations in both fields of mathematics.The Conference on Mathematics of Wave Phenomena 2018 held
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Dynamic Optimization

Deterministic and Stochastic Models

by Karl Hinderer, Ulrich Rieder, Michael Stieglitz ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book explores discrete-time dynamic optimization and provides a detailed introduction to both deterministic and stochastic models. Covering problems with finite and infinite horizon, as well as Markov renewal programs, Bayesian control models and partially observable processes, the book focuses on the precise modelling of applications in a variety of areas, including operations research, ... Read more

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This book explores discrete-time dynamic optimization and provides a detailed introduction to both deterministic and stochastic models. Covering problems with finite and infinite horizon, as well as Markov renewal programs, Bayesian control models and partially observable processes, the book focuses on the precise modelling of applications in a variety of areas, including operations research,
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Truth, Lies, and Speculative Fiction

Confronting Dogmatism, Demagoguery, and Disinformation

by Professor John Rieder ...

An exploration of contemporary speculative fiction's power to intervene in social, political, and environmental crises, this book demonstrates how the genre provides resources against demagogic falsehoods, conspiratorial fantasies, and the denial of scientific and historical evidence.**In the face of conspiracy theories, climate change denial, and cultural warfare over gender, race, and history, ... Read more

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An exploration of contemporary speculative fiction's power to intervene in social, political, and environmental crises, this book demonstrates how the genre provides resources against demagogic falsehoods, conspiratorial fantasies, and the denial of scientific and historical evidence.**In the face of conspiracy theories, climate change denial, and cultural warfare over gender, race, and history,
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How to Read Economic News

A Critical Approach to Economic Journalism

Edited by Henry Silke, Fergal Quinn, Maria Rieder ...

Closely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic journalist.How to Read Economic News combines theory and practice to explore the discourse surrounding economics in the mass media and how this specialised form of reporting ... Read more

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Closely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic journalist.How to Read Economic News combines theory and practice to explore the discourse surrounding economics in the mass media and how this specialised form of reporting
... Read more
Developing Advanced English Language Competence

A Research-Informed Approach at Tertiary Level

Edited by Armin Berger, Helen Heaney, Pia Resnik, Angelika Rieder-Bünemann, Galina Savukova ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume presents a systematic approach to developing advanced English language competence at tertiary level. It includes the reflections of experienced language teachers and teacher-researchers in the English Language Competence programme at the University of Vienna and provides examples of good practice, amalgamating teaching expertise and research with aspects of curriculum design and ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This volume presents a systematic approach to developing advanced English language competence at tertiary level. It includes the reflections of experienced language teachers and teacher-researchers in the English Language Competence programme at the University of Vienna and provides examples of good practice, amalgamating teaching expertise and research with aspects of curriculum design and
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The Story of Sidonie C.

Freud's famous "case of female homosexuality"

by Ines Rieder, Diana Voigt ...

Translated by Jill Hannum ...

Now finally available in English, this biography of Margarethe Csonka-Trautenegg (1900-1999) offers a fully-rounded picture of a willful and psychologically complex aesthete. As Freud's never-before-identified "case of female homosexuality", her analysis continues to spark often heated psychoanalytic debate. Margarethe's ("Sidonie's") experiences spanned the twentieth century.Jewish by birth, she ... Read more

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Now finally available in English, this biography of Margarethe Csonka-Trautenegg (1900-1999) offers a fully-rounded picture of a willful and psychologically complex aesthete. As Freud's never-before-identified "case of female homosexuality", her analysis continues to spark often heated psychoanalytic debate. Margarethe's ("Sidonie's") experiences spanned the twentieth century.Jewish by birth, she
... Read more
News Discourse and Power

Critical Perspectives on Journalism and Inequality

Edited by Henry Silke, Fergal Quinn, Maria Rieder ...

The issue of socio-economic inequality has become an increasingly important question for journalism and the academy. The 2008 economic crisis and the years of austerity which followed exasperated class and regional division and as an even greater economic shock emerges from the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, the role of journalism and the wider media in the production and reproduction of ... Read more

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The issue of socio-economic inequality has become an increasingly important question for journalism and the academy. The 2008 economic crisis and the years of austerity which followed exasperated class and regional division and as an even greater economic shock emerges from the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, the role of journalism and the wider media in the production and reproduction of
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