Persist, Paperback

DescriptionThis book is designed to be a practical study in infectious disease dynamics. The book offers an easy to follow implementation and analy...

Reducere. Laying the groundwork for building children's curiosity, openness to learning, ability to persist in the face of failure, and interest in connectin...

DescriptionGetting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subseq...

Reducere. DescriptionThe discovery of Victor, the wild boy of Aveyron, and the accomplishments of his teacher, Jean Marc Itard, launched a debate among philo...

Reducere. This book on rights, entitlements and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa shows how the playing field has not been as levelled as presumed b...

Reducere. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed housing discrimination by race and provided an important tool for dismantling legal segregation. But almost f...

DescriptionRootkits and Bootkits will teach you how to understand and counter sophisticated, advanced threats buried deep in a machine's boot proce...

Canadians can never not argue about taxes. From the Chinese head tax to the Panama Papers, from the National Policy to the Canada-United States-Mex...

Start building native Android apps the modern way in Kotlin with Jetpack's expansive set of tools, libraries, and best practices. Learn how to crea...

Reducere. This book provides a philosophical defence of open borders. Two policy dogmas are the right of sovereign states to restrict immigration and the inf...

DescriptionIn Foreclosed, Christopher K. Odinet gives voice to the stories of homeowners that have been neglected, particularly those facing forecl...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Neil H. RiordanStem cells are the repair cells of your body. When there aren't enough of them, or they aren't working prope...

DescriptionMichael Johnston argues that corruption will persist, and even be the rule rather than the exception, until those with a stake in ending...

Reducere. Theories and Practices of Architectural Representation focuses on the study of architectural knowledge approached through the lens of representatio...

Reducere. In this thought-provoking book, Frank Smith explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning...

This book is a comprehensive study of cooperation among the advanced capitalist countries. Can cooperation persist without the dominance of a singl...

Reducere. In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium, written with Niles Eldredge. Challenging a c...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Gospel of John's account of doubting Thomas is often told as a lesson about the veracity and triumph of Christian faith. And yet it ...

Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when "Damned Whores and God s Police" was f...

The Politics of the Anthropocene is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-tho...

Reducere. Beast was the nickname of a shocking new race engine unveiled for the 1994 Indianapolis 500. The massive effort to design and build it in a seeming...

Reducere. September 2001 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Treaty, formally ending the Second World War. In signing this tr...

Reducere. A step-by-step system for mastering trading psychology. Think about your most costly and recurring trading mistakes. Chances are that they're relat...

Reducere. In this influential 1925 essay, presented here in Spanish and English, Jos Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in whi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jean-Luc NancyTranslator: Charlotte MandellIn this lyrical meditation on listening, Jean-Luc Nancy examines sound in relati...

DescriptionThe United States has poured over a billion dollars into a network of interagency intelligence centers called "fusion centers." These ce...

Reducere. DescriptionHow does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the wo...

Description Scholars have devoted considerable energy to understanding the history of ethnic cleansing in Europe, reconstructing specific events, s...

Reducere. Since the inception of our industrial revolution, we increasingly ingenious Homo sapiens have been depleting - persistently and increasingly - the ...

DescriptionCases of famine, governmental overreach, political abuse and neglect persist even in today's globalised world. Corporate malfeasance, di...

Reducere. Who--or what--is God? Is God like a person? Does God have a gender? Does God have a special relationship with the Jewish people? Does God intervene...

While many doctors claim that Lyme disease--a tick-borne bacterial infection--is easily diagnosed and treated, other doctors and the patients they ...

Reducere. Mathematics is beautiful--and it can be fun and exciting as well as practical. Good Math is your guide to some of the most intriguing topics from t...

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked ...

Although the era of European colonialism has long passed, misgivings about the inequality of the encounters between European and non-European langu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nene Molefi"The ideas and experiences shared by author Nene Molefi speak directly to the troubling prejudices and inequitie...

Reducere. The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American SouthDespite dramatic social transformations in the United State...

Reducere. Immigration makes America what it is and is formative for what it will become. America was settled by three different models of immigration, all of...

Reducere. Painstakingly researched by an authority on the history of the Secret Service and based on primary, firsthand accounts from more than 80 former age...

Reducere. For most of human history, people have lived in durable, comfortable buildings made from natural materials such as soil, sand, rocks, and fiber. Al...

Reducere. The Philosophy of Death is a discussion of the basic philosophical issues concerning death, and a critical introduction to the relevant contemporar...

Record contracts have been the goal of aspiring musicians, but are they still important in the era of SoundCloud? Musicians in the United States st...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rashne R. JehangirAuthor: Michael J. StebletonAuthor: Veronica DeenanathIn January 2014, the White House urged that college...

Reducere. Traumatic experiences leave a "living legacy" of effects that often persist for years and decades after the events are over. Historically, it has a...

Reducere. From the Foreword: "This book provides a concise and useful guide for horse owners to take immediate and productive action against laminitis and ke...

Reducere. By the 1920s, Denver had outgrown its frontier-town beginnings. But for some, life was still as perilous as the surrounding terrain. The insidious ...

DescriptionA lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced sur...

From Eisner Award nominee, Ray Fawkes, comes ONE LINE, the third book in the ambitious, intricately constructed One Soul series. As One Soul follow...

Reducere. DescriptionIn The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic ...

Reducere. Dante is one of the towering figures in world literature, and yet many riddles and questions about his life and work persist. In the first full-len...

Why should we care what happens to future generations? Samuel Scheffler argues that we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may...

Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, but su...

The idea that physical death may not mark the end of an individual's existence has long been a source of fascination. Whether, and how, one can exi...

Reducere. DescriptionGlimmerings is a compilation of stories told by 15 trans elders. Champions exist in every community. These are the courageous, resolute,...

Reducere. This illustrated book traces the history of an unlikely force in the shaping of Western civilization: the use of psychedelic mushrooms, namely by a...

Reducere. Compiled from the lectures of Neville Goddard, "The Story Of Jesus Is Persistent Assumption: A Metaphysical Interpretation Of Scripture" is excerpt...

Reducere. In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck th...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Ame...

Reducere. Christ is coming again. Since the first century, Christians have agreed that Christ will return. But since that time there have also been many disa...

Reducere. How has an archaic, burdensome law been able to persist for a century?Passed in 1920, the Jones Act restricts the waterborne transport of cargo wit...

Reducere. DescriptionToday's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite ...

Reducere. High-Stakes Drama Meets High-Tension Romance In 1883 Michigan, Lily Young is on a mission to save her lost sister, or die trying. Heedless of the d...

Reducere. Geography matters. We long for diverse, thriving neighborhoods and churches, yet racial injustices persist. Why? Because geographic structures and ...

Reducere. At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned ...

An argument for there being more to the investment in patriarchy's continuation than just the fact that men profit from it, with the alternatives t...

Discover the proven method helping thousands of women make simple, positive habit changes for big results in their effort to erase PCOS symptoms fo...

Reducere. The Conduct of War is the study of the way in which political and economical changes since the French Revolution have altered both the techniques a...

Reducere. If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threateni...

Reducere. Walk the Path of Magic This is a book about the religion of Witchcraft. It honors the old Gods, the ancient mysteries, and the secrets of magic. It...

Reducere. When Jose Saramago decided to write a book about Portugal, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he has...