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The Risk Controllers
by Peter NormanClearing houses, or CCPs, were among the very few organisations to emerge from the global financial crisis with their standing enhanced. In the chaotic aftermath of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, they successfully completed trades worth trillions of dollars in a multitude of financial instrument... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Slum Clearance: The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies)
Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1976 -
Unholy Alliance: A History Of Nazi Involvement With The Occult
In June of 1979, Peter Levenda flew to Chile―then under martial law―to investigate claims that a mysterious colony and torture center in the Andes Mountains held a key to the relationship between Nazi ideology and its post-war survival on the one hand, and occult ideas and practices on the other. He... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse: For Professionals And Students
Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but even many experienced programmers find it challenging. Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be difficult to determine which features are useful in which situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the debugg... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Archives of Library Research From the Molesworth Institute
An anthology of library humor by the director of the mythical Molesworth Institute, Norman Stevens, this book is sure to provide librarians with many hours of amusement. This collection is full of Stevens’most memorable papers describing the odd kinds of research conducted by the Institute, such as ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1986 -
Becoming an Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text
Becoming an Addictions Counselor, Third Edition provides evidence-based findings, cutting-edge treatment techniques, and a focus on critical thinking to show future counselors how to respond to clients' needs rather than impose "cookie-cutter" routines. With thorough discussions on ethics, treatme... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Bullying: A Comprehensive and International Review of Research and Intervention
Explore the latest research and theory on bullying with this international reference from leading voices in the field The two-volume Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying delivers a comprehensive exploration of a wide range of research on bullying, broadly defined. School bullying is dealt with at le... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Quick Calculus: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)
Discover an accessible and easy-to-use guide to calculus fundamentals In Quick Calculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition, a team of expert MIT educators delivers a hands-on and practical handbook to essential calculus concepts and terms. The author explores calculus techniques and applications, s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most scathing and powerful critiques of philosophy, religion, science, politics and ethics ever written. In it, Nietzsche presents a set of problems, criticisms and philosophical challenges that continue both to inspire and to trouble contemporary thought. In add... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Censored 2006: The Top 25 Censored Stories
The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship. The top stories are listed democra... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System (Books In Soils, Plants, And The Environment Ser. #Vol. 103)
Addressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of the rice-wheat farming system. The book reveals new systems of rice intensification and management and... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Steel, Structure and Architecture: A Survey of the Material and Its Applications
Norwegians Eggen, an architect, and Sandaker, an engineer, sample some of the applications of steel in architecture, engineering, industrial design, and art during the 19th and 20th centuries, and discuss the material's properties, production methods, dimensioning, rust prevention and other surface ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
A Cabinet of Curiosity (Conjunctions #71)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Howard Norman • John Edgar Wideman • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Norman Manea • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroJoyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie, Diane Ackerman, and more explore the double-edged sword of curiosity . . . Curiosity is as central to life as breathing. And like breath itself, when it ceases, the vibrancy of life fades and disappears. Curiosity leads to discoveries both beneficent and, at times, de... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law
by Norman Sartorius • Graham Thornicroft • Julio Arboleda-Flórez • Peter Bartlett • Heather Stuart • José Taborda • Felicity Callard • Hanfried HelmchenThis book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues su... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Other Aliens (Conjunctions #67)
by Peter Straub • Howard Norman • John Edgar Wideman • Elizabeth Hand • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Joanna Scott • John Ashbery • Robert Kelly • William H. Gass • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Norman Manea • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroNew writings on our fear of—and fascination with—the “other” from Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and more.Alien is a powerful and flexible word. Aliens are “other.” Aliens are the stuff of science fiction and fantasy. Aliens are traditional literary figures that cause us ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Nocturnals (Conjunctions #72)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Quincy Troupe • Rick Moody • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Norman Manea • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Fred Moten • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroThis spring 2019 edition of Bard College’s literary journal explores the fascination and mystery of night through stories, poems, essays, and memoirs. Scheherazade famously spun stories for a thousand and one nights in order to sustain her life. In recognition of how vital it is to voice our own sto... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Sanctuary: The Preservation Issue (Conjunctions #70)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Howard Norman • John Edgar Wideman • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroExploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited. Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from every stratum of life. The archivist, the linguist, the local town historian. The paleontologist, the heirloom... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Temperate and Subtropical Fruit Production
by David Jackson • Michael Morley-Bunker • John Palmer • Peter Lyford • David Mcneil • R Chapman • William Atkinson • Graham Thiele • Roy Edwards • David Penman • Norman LooneyEffective fruit production requires general knowledge of fruit husbandry such as nutrition, propagation, pruning and training, effects of climate and crop protection as well as specific cultivation techniques for each fruit. Fully revised and expanded to include organic fruit production, this new e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Managing A Nation: The Microcomputer Software Catalog--second Edition
by Richard Harwood • David Holland • John D. Sterman • James W. Mercer • Margee M. Ensign • Martha J. Garrett • Gerald O. Barney • W. Brian Kreutzer • Stephen J. Binhak • Jennie M. Hommel • J. G. Krishnayya • Lynn A. Kurtz • Kenneth L. Kvamme • Norman Meyers • Peter J. Opdahl • Ann Elise Schneider • Alan M. Thorndike • Daniel Tunstall • Sheryl WilkinsThis book is a collection of reviews of microcomputer programs of special relevance to those people around the world who are responsible for the management of the current and future affairs and business of their countries.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1991 -
Being Bodies (Conjunctions #69)
by Maud Casey • Edward Carey • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Kyoko Mori • Peter Orner • Elizabeth Gaffney • Nomi Eve • Stephen O'Connor • Sallie Tisdale • Carole Maso • Michael M. Weinstein • Aurelie Sheehan • Anne Waldman • Dina Nayeri • Forrest Gander • Rosamond Purcell • Jessica Reed • Mary Caponegro • Rachel Blau DuPlessis • Bin Ramke • Sejal Shah • Samantha Stiers • Kristen Posehn • Alan Rossi • Gregory Norman Bossert • Fern Seiden • Jorge Ángel Pérez • Jean Osman • Emily Geminder • Michael IvesThe human body is admired, displayed, and dissected in this eclectic collection of stories, poems, and essays from Rick Moody, Edward Carey, and more. Being Bodies is an exploration of the complex circumstances of our flesh-and-blood existence. Our bodies dance; they’re inked; they contain prosthet... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Everyday Haiku: An Anthology
by Jennifer Steil • Teri Crane • Nicole Galland • Esther Cohen • Jenny Douglas • Ruth Thompson • Kristen Ringman • Gillian Barlow • Jennifer Cool • Pete Follansbee • Erika Hansen • Pam Helberg • Rebecca Lovering Johnson • Lisa Lutwyche • Dori McCraw • Eve Moore • Carrie Nassif • Mil Norman-Risch • Mary Pecaut • Jennfier Newsome • Marsha Pincus • Tania Pryputniewicz • Jocelyn Rasmussen • Lisa Rizzo • Frances Benson • Lisa Sukenic • Sean Tribe • Ellen Tumavicus • Liz Boquet • Nance Broderzen • Mandy Brown • Jill Martindale Farrar • Deb CookAn anthology of modern "everyday" haiku by thirty-three brave writers who spent all of 2014 writing one haiku a day and sharing them in an online group called The Haiku Room.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023