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Asian and Pacific Regional Cooperation
by Michael HaasAsia and the Pacific have been transformed from a bloody zone of conflict to an unparalled arena of peace over the past 50 years. The reason, as explained in this book, is that leaders of Asian and Pacific countries undertook concerted and creative diplomatic efforts to find ways to cooperate infor... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Performance Anxiety: Sport and Work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism
by Michael HauPerformance Anxiety analyses the efforts of German elites, from 1890 to 1945, to raise the productivity and psychological performance of workers through the promotion of mass sports. Michael Hau reveals how politicians, sports officials, medical professionals, and business leaders, articulated a vis... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Instant Lucene.NET
Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A step-by-step guide that helps you to index, search, and retrieve unstructured data with the help of Lucene.NET.Instant Lucene.NET How-to is essential for developers new to Lucene and Lu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics
Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integrating Earth history a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Mastering pandas for Finance
If you are interested in quantitative finance, financial modeling, and trading, or simply want to learn how Python and pandas can be applied to finance, then this book is ideal for you. Some knowledge of Python and pandas is assumed. Interest in financial concepts is helpful, but no prior knowledge ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Learning pandas
If you are a Python programmer who wants to get started with performing data analysis using pandas and Python, this is the book for you. Some experience with statistical analysis would be helpful but is not mandatory.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
D3.js By Example
Create attractive web-based data visualizations using the amazing JavaScript library D3.js About This Book * Learn to use the facilities provided by D3.js to create data-driven visualizations * Explore the concepts of D3.js through examples that enable you to quickly create visualizations includin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Why Democracies Flounder and Fail: Remedying Mass Society Politics
by Michael HaasDemocracy is in crisis because voices of the people are ignored due to a politics of mass society. After demonstrating how the French Fourth Republic failed, wherein Singapore’s totalitarianism is a dangerous model, Washington is enmeshed in gridlock, and there is a global democracy deficit, solutio... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Learning pandas
<P><P>Key Features <P><P>Employ the use of pandas for data analysis closely to focus more on analysis and less on programming <P><P>Get programmers comfortable in performing data exploration and analysis on Python using pandas <P><P>Step-by-step demonstration of using Python and pandas with inter... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Python Web Scraping Cookbook: Over 90 Proven Recipes To Get You Scraping With Python, Micro Services, Docker And Aws
Python Web Scraping Cookbook is a solution-focused book that will teach you techniques to develop high-performance Scrapers, and deal with cookies, hidden form fields, Ajax-based sites, proxies, and more. By the end of this book, you will be able to scrape websites more efficiently with more accurat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice: The Long Shadow of Carl Schmitt
by Michael HeadWhy have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the Western countries regarded as the world's leading democracies, notably the United States? This book examines the extraordinary range of executiv... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand (CRC Biogeography Series #1)
Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to ecologists, evolutionary scientists, geographers, geologists, and scientists in related disciplines. It serves as a key addi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Domestic Military Powers, Law and Human Rights: Calling Out the Armed Forces
by Michael HeadThis book examines the national and international law, human rights and civil liberties issues involved in governments calling out the armed forces to deal with civil unrest or terrorism. The introduction of domestic military powers has become an international trend. Troops already have been seen on... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Crimes Against The State: From Treason to Terrorism
by Michael HeadIn the post-2001 context of economic and political conflict, this book presents a timely and detailed examination of the role of the criminal law in the protection of the existing order from political dissent and destabilization. It reviews offences such as rebellion, treason, mutiny, espionage, sed... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Interviewing For Assessment: A Practical Guide for School Psychologists and School Counselors
by Michael HassAn indispensable guide for school psychologists and school counselors on assessment interviewing Assessment Interviewing is a collaborative, strengths-based approach to the subject that helps professionals develop the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively gather the information they need in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Learning pandas - Second Edition
Get to grips with pandas—a versatile and high-performance Python library for data manipulation, analysis, and discovery About This Book • Get comfortable using pandas and Python as an effective data exploration and analysis tool • Explore pandas through a framework of data analysis, with an explan... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Racial Harmony Is Achievable: Lessons from the Kingdom of Hawai'i
by Michael HaasRacial and social relations can become harmonious and serene in every country of the world. Racism can be eliminated. The Kingdom of Hawaiʽi during the nineteenth century reveals a history of responsive politicians, economic progress, environmental preservation, and serene race relations because of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
International Human Rights: A Comprehensive Introduction
by Michael HaasThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights -- international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to world prominence, what is being done about violations of human rights, and what might be done to further promote the cause of int... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Evgeny Pashukanis: A Critical Reappraisal (Nomikoi: Critical Legal Thinkers)
by Michael HeadA thorough examination of Pashukanis’ writings, this book is a significant contribution to a proper assessment of Pashukanis’ work, the value of his theoretical legacy and the contemporary relevance of Marxist legal theory. Interest in the best-known Soviet legal scholar, Evgeny Pashukanis, remains... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Biogeography of Australasia
Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale. Furthermore, in studies of global biogeography and evolution, DNA sequencing has shown that many large groups, such as f... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Ansible: From Beginner to Pro
by Michael HeapThis book is your concise guide to Ansible, the simple way to automate apps and IT infrastructure. In less than 250 pages, this book takes you from knowing nothing about configuration management to understanding how to use Ansible in a professional setting. You will learn how to create an Ansible ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Python Web Scraping Cookbook: Over 90 proven recipes to get you scraping with Python, microservices, Docker, and AWS
by Michael Heydt • Jay ZengUntangle your web scraping complexities and access web data with ease using Python scripts Key Features Hands-on recipes for advancing your web scraping skills to expert level. One-Stop Solution Guide to address complex and challenging web scraping tasks using Python. Understand the web page stru... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Rainbow Custodians
The narrative Rainbow Custodians describes the incredible efforts of creatures to rise against the environmental destruction caused since the European invasion of Australia. The central characters Bert and Bennie Koala rally all manner of wildlife to jolt humans into growing a conscience and acting ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Legal Power to Launch War: Who Decides?
The issue of who has the power to declare war or authorise military action in a democracy has become a major legal and political issue, internationally, and is set to become even more pertinent in the immediate future, particularly in the wake of military action in Syria, ongoing wars in the Middle ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations: Unusual Interventions to Help Clients
by Monte Bobele • Michael HoytCreative Therapy in Challenging Situations introduces readers to the innovative approaches that therapists sometimes take when standardized, paint-by-numbers routines don’t work. Each chapter presents the story of one or more difficult psychotherapy situations followed by the therapists’ description... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019