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      Social & cultural history
      December 2014

      The experience of suburban modernity

      by Michael John Law

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      November 2020

      Major Scientific and Technological Innovation in Ancient China: Three Agricultural Vehicles

      by Institute of the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

      Explain scientific and technological inventions from historical and modern vivid cases. Show the new scientific research results and precious pictures of our country.

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      November 2020

      Major Scientific and Technological Innovations in Ancient China (First Series)

      by Institute of the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

      This book provides us with historical clues and development status of China's major scientific and technological inventions, which is conducive to inspiring readers to create new inspirations, trigger new scientific thinking, and develop new technological achievements.

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      Society & culture: general
      May 2014

      The end of the experiment?

      From competition to the foundational economy

      by Andrew Bowman, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, John Law, Adam Leaver, Mick Moran and Karel Williams

      For thirty years, the British economy has repeated the same old experiment of subjecting everything to competition and market because that is what works in the imagination of central government. This book demonstrates the repeated failure of that experiment by detailed examination of three sectors: broadband, food supply and retail banking. The book argues for a new experiment in social licensing whereby the right to trade in foundational activities would be dependent on the discharge of social obligations in the form of sourcing, training and living wages. Written by a team of researchers and policy advocates based at the Centre for Research on Socio Cultural Change, this book combines rigour and readability, and will be relevant to practitioners, policy makers, academics and engaged citizens.

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      September 2020

      Cartoon Nobel Scientist: Physics Prize

      by Pang Le

      The Nobel Prize is generally regarded as the most important award in all award fields worldwide. The Nobel Prize has led mankind to science and the future. The content of this book relates to how the Nobel Prize in Science was selected? How did the Nobel Prize and a group of brilliant geniuses affect the world? Are there competitions, contradictions and conflicts among scientists who have won the Nobel Prize? The author combined original two-dimensional cartoons and relaxed language to show the nature of the research work of world-class scientists such as Einstein and Fermi from the perspective of popular science. He has made significant contributions in changing our world. His and personal experience, the main problems encountered, and his exploration and critical spirit. This book combines legends, stories, theoretical analysis, scientific history, etc., and takes you to the most coveted and persuasive awards of this era-those little-known winners of Nobel Prizes and outstanding geniuses thing.

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      June 2024

      Key Questions in Wildlife & Nature Conservation Law

      A study and revision guide

      by Paul A. Rees

      Law plays an essential part in the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems. The study of wildlife and nature conservation law is an important component of a wide range of programmes of study including wildlife conservation, environmental management and environmental law. This book is a study and revision guide for students following such programmes. It contains 600 multiple choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: 1. Principles of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Law 2. History of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Law 3. Species Protection and Exploitation I - EU and International Law 4. Species Protection and Exploitation II - National Laws 5. Protected Areas and Habitats I - EU and International Laws 6. Protected Areas and Habitats II - National Laws 7. Planning, Pollution, Restoration and Conservation Funding 8. Wildlife Trade, Animal Collections and Alien Species 9. Wildlife Law Enforcement and Penalties 10. Legal Texts This book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time, in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in wildlife and nature conservation law and study the role of legislation at national, European Union (EU) and international level in the protection of individual species, habitats and landscapes. It uses examples from a wide variety of taxa, habitats and protected areas selected from a range of jurisdictions from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia to Antarctica and the High Seas. Topics include the control of hunting, the conservation of trees and forests, the protection of National Parks and wilderness areas, wildlife trade and the organisations involved in the enforcement of wildlife laws. The structure of the book allows the study of one topic area at a time, progressing through simple questions to those that are more demanding. Some of the questions require students to use their knowledge to interpret information provided in the form of photographs and legal texts.

    • Business, Economics & Law
      March 1905

      The Path of the Law

      by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

      In The Path of the Law, Holmes discusses his personal philosophy on legal practice. The Common Law is a series of lectures that established Holmes's reputation as a witty and articulate writer.

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      Health & Personal Development

      Physics of Miraculous Healing

      How Emotion, Mind, and Spirit Enable Unlimited Self-Healing

      by Joseph Selbie

      No disease is incurable. Extraordinarily rapid, miraculous healing is possible. Modern physics’ breakthroughs in quantum physics and M-Theory—along with scientifically verified phenomena such as the placebo effect and instant physiological changes undergone by multiple-personality sufferers—support millennia old spiritual traditions that suggest that not only is extraordinary, miraculous healing possible, but that we have innate soul powers—our emotions, personal beliefs, and our ability to connect to Spirit—that directly and powerfully determine our health and ability to self-heal.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      September 2024

      Law across imperial borders

      British consuls and colonial connections on China’s western frontiers, 1880-1943

      by Emily Whewell

      Law across imperial borders offers new perspectives on the complex legal connections between Britain's presence in Western China in the western frontier regions of Yunnan and Xinjiang, and the British colonies of Burma and India. Bringing together a transnational methodology with a social-legal focus, it demonstrates how inter-Asian mobility across frontiers shaped British authority in contested frontier regions of China. It examines the role of a range of actors who helped create, constitute and contest legal practice on the frontier-including consuls, indigenous elites and cultural mediators. The book will be of interest to historians of China, the British Empire in Asia and legal history.

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      Business, Economics & Law
      January 2026

      Latin America and international investment law

      A mosaic of resistance

      by Sufyan Droubi, Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo

      Latin America has been a complex laboratory for the development of international investment law. While some governments and non-state actors have remained true to the Latin American tradition of resistance towards the international investment law regime, other governments and actors have sought to accommodate said regime in the region. Consequently, a profusion of theories and doctrines, too often embedded in clashing narratives, has emerged. In Latin America, the practice of international investment law is the vivid amalgamation of the practice of governments sometimes resisting and sometimes welcoming mainstream approaches; the practice of lawyers assisting foreign investors from outside and within the region; and the practice of civil society, indigenous peoples and other actors in their struggle for human rights and sustainable development. Latin America and international investment law describes the complex roles that governments have played vis-à-vis foreign investors and investments; the refreshing but clashing forces that international organizations, corporations, civil society, and indigenous peoples have brought to the field; and the contribution that Latin America has made to the development of the theory and practice of international investment law, notably in fields in which the Latin American experience has been traumatic: human rights and sustainable development. Latin American scholars have been contributing to the theory of international investment law for over a century; resting on the shoulders of true giants, this volume aims at pushing this contribution a little further.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      January 2013

      Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

      by Anthony Musson, Edward Powell

      This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      January 2025

      Catholics and the law in Restoration Ireland

      by Paul Smith

      In 1660 Charles II was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland, but his hold on power was precarious. In particular, Ireland was fundamentally unstable - Catholics formed the majority of the population in a country where Protestantism was the established religion, a state of affairs unique in Europe. It was through the law that the restored Stuart monarchy governed its subjects and its colonial dependencies, and this book examines how Catholics engaged with and experienced English common law primarily through the eyes of Catholic clerics and Gaelic poets. It also examines how Catholics engaged with the Courts and the particular challenges they faced as lawyers. The book draws on an extensive body of primary source materials, including Irish-language poetry and little-used archival material relating to elite Catholic families.

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      September 2013

      The Newly-Born States

      by Zhang Wushen

      This book tells about the born of the U.S. Federal Government, the open-up of virgin land,the westward and the civil War,etc.

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      Business, Economics & Law
      January 2026

      Sovereignty disputes and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

      A public order perspective

      by Thomas D. Grant

      Because maritime questions are often admixed with territorial sovereignty questions, parties sometimes seek to settle them together. Jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea-UNCLOS-according to the received view does not encompass disputes concerning territorial sovereignty. In this book, international law scholar and practitioner Thomas D. Grant argues that the received view overstates the exclusion of sovereignty disputes. In Coastal State Rights, UNCLOS Annex VII arbitrators overstated the scope of the term 'sovereignty dispute' as well, an error of definition compounded when they ignored evidence probative as to whether a sovereignty dispute exists. Examining UNCLOS, its drafting history, and decades of decided cases, Sovereignty Disputes and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relates an important problem of international dispute settlement to the public order of which UNCLOS forms part.

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      December 2024

      Introduction to Animal and Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology

      by Victoria Aspinall, Melanie Cappello

      A sound knowledge of anatomy and physiology is an essential basis for the effective clinical treatment of companion animals and farm animals alike. The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide students with a comprehensive description of the anatomy and physiology of dogs, cats, birds, exotics, farmed animals, and horses. This new edition: Contains detailed descriptions of the systematic anatomy and physiology of a wide range of animal species with expanded bird coverage for the first time. Includes applied anatomy tips that relate theory to clinical practice. Considers anatomy education not only for veterinary science students, but also those studying wider animal science, animal behaviour, or agriculture. Newly enhanced with an online test-yourself course and augmented reality animations to view on your phone and bring the subject to life, this book is an essential and easy to understand introduction for all those embarking upon a veterinary, animal science or animal management career.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      January 2018

      Law and violence

      by Christoph Menke, David Owen

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      February 2010

      Physics and Politics

      Research and Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective

      by Herausgegeben von Trischler, Helmuth; Herausgegeben von Walker, Mark

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