Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and …

"Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, a core research project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long international research project.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Gam…

An examination of the many complex aspects of game audio, from the perspectives of both sound design and music composition. A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player's actions can trigger dialogue, sound effects, ambient sound, and music. And yet game sound has been neglected in the growing literature on game studies. …

Introducing Arguments

This compositional theory of verbal argument structures explores how 'noncore' arguments (i.e. arguments that are not introduced by verbal roots themselves) are introduced into argument structure, and examines cross-linguistic variation in introducing arguments.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

A history of North and South America : including the celebrated work ... cont…

IN conformity with the plan of the NATIONAL LIBRARY, the present HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES is a careful Compilation from the Standard Authors on the subject; and it will be sufficient to say

The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI …

The first ages of the Scottish History are dark and fabulous. Nation^, as well a'o men, arrive at maturity by degrees, and the events which happened during their infancy or early youth, cannot be recollected, and deserve not to be remembered.

The flower-patch among the hills

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The legion of marching madmen

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Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy

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Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism

How do radical religious sects run such deadly terrorist organizations? Hezbollah, Hamas, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban all began as religious groups dedicated to piety and charity. Yet once they turned to violence, they became horribly potent, executing campaigns of terrorism deadlier than those of their secular rivals. In Radical, Religious, and Violent, Eli Berman approaches the question …

The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans

A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care, and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card which can sa…