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America's Urban Future: Lessons from North of the Border
In this book, urban experts Tomalty and Mallach show how Canada, a country similar to the US in many respects, has fostered healthier urban centers and more energy‑ and resource‑efficient suburban growth. They call for a rethinking of US public policies across those areas and look closely at what may be achievable at federal, state, and local levels in light of both the constraints and oppo…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-61091-597-7
- Collation
- VIII, 300
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 307.2 TOM a
American Nightmare: Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism
Explaining the Donald Trump phenomenon is a challenge that will occupy critical theorists of U.S. politics for years to come. Firstly, Donald Trump won the Republican primary contest and is now a contender in the U.S. Presidential Election because he is the master of media spectacle, which he has deployed to create resonant images of himself in his business career, in his effort to become a cel…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-788-7
- Collation
- VIII, 110
- Series Title
- Transgressions
- Call Number
- 370 KEL a
American League Franchises: Team Performances Inspire Business Success
This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the American League, their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as competitive, popular, and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific information and relevant demographic, economic, and financial data, this brief will highlight when and how well these ML…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-25996-3
- Collation
- XX, 129
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Economics
- Call Number
- 338.9 JOZ a
American Jewish Year Book 2014: The Annual Record of the North American Jewis…
This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish American), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals and academic…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-09623-0
- Collation
- XVIII, 923
- Series Title
- American Jewish Year Book
- Call Number
- 304.6 AME a
American Circumstance
This is a novel about appearance versus reality – how our lives and relationships appear to others versus how they are experienced, and the complex ways that social class shapes identity, relationships, and the codes of friendship. American Circumstance also provides a window into the replication of wealth, power, and privilege. The novel can be used as supplemental reading in courses across …
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-576-0
- Collation
- XXII, 166
- Series Title
- Social Fictions Series
- Call Number
- 370 LEA a
Amebiasis: Biology and Pathogenesis of Entamoeba
This book documents and presents new developments in the study of amebiasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases. Nearly 50 million people worldwide are infected with the pathogen Entamoeba histolytica, causing large-scale morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries. This book will help clinicians for better diagnosis and management of the disease, researchers for initiating…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-4-431-55200-0
- Collation
- IX, 581
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 576.11 AME a
Diophantine analysis : course notes from a summer school
In July 2014, the number theory group of the Department of Mathematics at Wurzburg University organized an international summer school on Diophantine analysis. About fifty participants learned in three courses about different topics from Diophantine analysis; a fourth course gave in addition some historical background of some aspects of the early research in this direction. This volume presents…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319488172
- Collation
- xi, 232 pages
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- -
- Call Number
- 515
Ambulance Services: Leadership and Management Perspectives
This volume provides fresh insights and management understanding of the changing role of the ambulance services against the backdrop of massive cuts in health budgets around the world and the changing context of pre-hospital care within the wider healthcare networks. The challenges of funding, training and cultural transformation are now felt globally. The need to learn and adapt from suitable …
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-18642-9
- Collation
- XIV, 192
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 614 AMB a
Dipolar Correlation Spectroscopy Higher-Order Correlation Terms in Three-Spin…
Bettina Basel presents experimental conditions which allow to extract the three-spin contribution precisely from experimental multi-spin double electron-electron resonance (DEER) signals. The theory and concepts behind the used techniques, which are among others broadband chirp pump pulses, overcoupling of microwave resonators and echo reduction measurements, are discussed and explained in deta…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783658091910
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 540
Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music
Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music is a book that can benefit any English teacher looking for creative approaches to teaching reading, writing, and critical thinking. Providing theoretically-sound, classroom-tested practices, this edited collection not only offers accessible methods for including music into your lesson plans, but also provides a framework for thinking…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-606-4
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 370
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