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Zero Footprint: The true story of a private military contractor's secret wars in the world's most dangerous places
by Simon ChaseSimon Chase's life is a maze of burner phones, encrypted emails, secret meetings, and weaponry - all devoted to executing missions too sensitive for government acknowledgement. Working for shadowy British and American organisations, Chase has been on the trail of Bin Laden in Afghanistan, protected ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Modernism and Naturalism in British and Irish Fiction, 1880-1930
by Simon JoyceThis book argues that the history of literary modernism is inextricably connected with naturalism. Simon Joyce traces a complex response among aesthetes to the work of Émile Zola at the turn of the century, recovering naturalism's assumed compatibility with impressionism as a central cause of their... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Unborn Child: Beginning a Whole Life and Overcoming Problems of Early Origin
by Simon House • Roy RidgwayThe Unborn Child is essential reading for parents, potential parents and grandparents, as well as professionals with responsibility for children, and bringing babies into the world. This book describes prenatal and perinatal development, considering the legacy of health from both parents and grandpa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Zero Footprint: The True Story of a Private Military Contractor¿s Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, And the World¿s Most Dangerous Places
A dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting.Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions--this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author Simon Chase, many PMCs were once the world's top military operatives, and since retiri... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016
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Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
by Ravi Malhotra • Jeffrey Simpson • Paul Daly • David Robitaille • Jomo Kwame Sundaram • Katherine Fierlbeck • Grégoire Webber • Pat Armstrong • Hugh Armstrong • Jane Philpott • Delphine Nakache • Ivy Bourgeault • Daniel Weinstock • Aimée Craft • Anis Chowdhury • Teresa Scassa • Chidi Oguamanam • E. Richard Gold • Olivia Lee • Carissima Mathen • Steven J. Hoffman • Vanessa Gruben • Martha Jackman • Bryan Thomas • Lorian Hardcastle • Deborah McGregor • Jeffery Hewitt • Michelle Giroux • Amir Attaran • Adam R. Houston • Alexandra Flynn • Mel Cappe • Tim Caulfield • Marie-France Fortin • Jennifer A. Quaid • Kumanan Wilson • Kelly Bronson • Jason Millar • Vardit Ravitsky • Terry Skolnik • Yves Le Bouthillier • Martine Lagacé • Linda Garcia • Leilani Farha • Kaitlin Schwan • Adelina Iftene • Jamie Chai Liew • Y. Y. Chen • Anne Levesque • Kwame McKenzie • Jennifer A. Chandler • Mona Gupta • Yasmin Khaliq • Simon Hatcher • Tess Sheldon • Katherine Lippel • Louise Bélanger-Hardy • Sarah Berger Richardson • Sam Halabi • Patrick Fafard • Céline Castets-Renard • Eleonore Fournier-Tombs • Jeremy De Beer • Matthew Herder • Jason W. NickersonThe novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica. Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Thoma Bravo--Citect Corporation Take-Private
In 2006, Citect Corporation, a publicly traded Australian software company, was the target of a takeover battle between a financial sponsor and a strategic buyer. Thoma Bravo, the US-based private equity firm, had to decide on its acquisition strategy in the face of competition from Schneider Electr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Fair Play
Addressing both collegiate and professional sports, the updated edition of Fair Play: The Ethics of Sport explores the ethical presuppositions of competitive athletics and their connection both to ethical theory and to concrete moral dilemmas that arise in actual athletic competition. This fourth e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1975 -
The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)
by Georg Gasser • Simon KittleThis book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework. This b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Psychiatry
The Mount Sinai Expert Guides, published by Wiley and endorsed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, provide rapid access, point-of-care clinical information on the most common diseases in a range of different therapeutic areas. Each title focuses on a different speciality and emphasis thro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous
The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion provides a comprehensive guide to the study of monsters and the monstrous from historical, regional and thematic perspectives. The collection reflects the truly multi-disciplinary nature of monster studie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
In Care and After: A Positive Perspective (Anthropology And Sociology Ser.)
Based on research from the Thomas Coram Research Unit, the contributors to this text look at the views and experiences of young people and provide an encouraging outlook of what those in care have the potential to achieve. Those factors that help to result in more successful outcomes are identified,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Monstrosity, Disability, and the Posthuman in the Medieval and Early Modern World (The New Middle Ages)
This collection examines the intersection of the discourses of “disability” and “monstrosity” in a timely and necessary intervention in the scholarly fields of Disability Studies and Monster Studies. Analyzing Medieval and Early Modern art and literature replete with images of non-normative bodies, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Model-Driven Software Development
by Jorn Bettin • Simon Helsen • Markus Völter • Arno Haase • Thomas Stahl • Krzysztof Czarnecki • Bettina Von StockflethModel-Driven Software Development (MDSD) is currently a highly regarded development paradigm among developers and researchers. With the advent of OMG's MDA and Microsoft's Software Factories, the MDSD approach has moved to the centre of the programmer's attention, becoming the focus of conferences s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
The Concise Book of Trigger Points, Third Edition
Most muscular aches and pains are caused or affected by untreated "trigger points," localized tender spots in muscles. Understanding and treating these points can lead to rapid and lasting pain relief. Trigger point therapy is a powerful tool in the management of both acute and chronic pain, includi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies
Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies presents an original discussion in an edited volume of how the links between identity, political participation, radicalization, and integration can provide a scientific understanding of the complex issue of coexistence between groups in cult... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
A World Without Values: Essays on John Mackie's Moral Error Theory (Philosophical Studies Series #114)
What kind of properties are moral qualities, such as rightness, badness, etc? Some ethicists doubt that there are any such properties; they maintain that thinking that something is morally wrong (for example) is comparable to thinking that something is a unicorn or a ghost. These "moral error theori... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Inventing Love
When Samuel receives a call out of the blue about the death of his lover, Clara, his own numbing existence seems about to come to an end. Does it matter that he never knew Clara? And, if he invents a past for his love and his loss, could he even fake his way through her funeral? Unable to pass up th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
ICT Analysis and Applications: Proceedings of ICT4SD 2019, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #93)
This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 4th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2019), held in Goa, India, on 5–6 July 2019. The conference provided a valua... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Cambridge IGCSE Spanish Student Book Third Edition
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2021.Strengthen language skills and cultural awareness with a differentiated approach that offers comprehensive coverage of the revised Cambridge IGCSE? Spanish (0530/7160) syllab... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Profit from Procurement: Add 30% to Your Bottom Line by Breaking Down Silos
Your lack of focus on Procurement is limiting your profits. Multiply them by making Procurement a company-wide priority. Profit from Procurement: Add 30% to Your Bottom Line by Breaking Down Silos delivers an insightful, compelling, and fresh take on a subject that typically comprises 50% of a busin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
ICT Analysis and Applications: Proceedings of ICT4SD 2020, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #154)
This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 5th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2020), held in Goa, India, on 23–24 July 2020. The conference provided a val... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
ICT Analysis and Applications (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #314)
This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 6th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2021), held in Goa, India, on 5–6 August 2021. The book covers the topics su... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
ICT Analysis and Applications: Proceedings of ICT4SD 2022 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #517)
This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 7th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2022), held in Goa, India, on July 29–30, 2022. The book covers the topics s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Kernel Adaptive Filtering
Online learning from a signal processing perspectiveThere is increased interest in kernel learning algorithms in neural networks and a growing need for nonlinear adaptive algorithms in advanced signal processing, communications, and controls. Kernel Adaptive Filtering is the first book to present a ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010