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        Medicine
        April 2019

        Poultry Feathers and Skin

        The Poultry Integument in Health and Welfare

        by Oluyinka A Olukosi, Ariane Helmbrecht, Victor Olori, Nick French, Sarah Lambton

        Based on the proceedings of a recent symposium, this book documents the significant developments that have been made in our understanding the importance of the integument to poultry species. It traces the development of the skin and feathers over time and discusses our current understanding of the integument's embryonic development. A broad range of studies are included, covering: genetics, welfare, health, nutrition, and management. The book provides a comprehensive yet concise summary of information that will be useful both in the poultry industry and for researchers in animal science and welfare at a postgraduate level.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2025

        The four dimensions of power

        Understanding domination, empowerment and democracy

        by Mark Haugaard

        In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment. Building upon the perspectives of Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Hannah Arendt, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu and others, he offers a clear theoretical framework, delineating power in four interrelated dimensions. The first and second dimensions of power entail two different types of social conflict. The third dimension concerns tacit knowledge, uses of truth and reification. Drawing upon genealogical theory and accounts of slavery as social death, the fourth dimension of power concerns the power to create social subjects. The book concludes with an original normative pragmatist power-based account of democracy. Offering lucid and entertaining illustrations of complex theoretical perspectives, this book is essential reading for scholars and activists.

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        Children's & YA

        What's On Your Face?

        by Fatima Jamal Abdullah

        Amin, a little boy, is the narrator of this story. Ill with the vitiligo disease, which causes his skin to have large white stains, Amin struggles in school.As Amin describes his daily challenges, young readers gain a better understanding of his behaviors and learn valuable lessons about tolerance and acceptance. As his parents say, what matters is that he has a white heart, pure and kind

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        Biography & True Stories
        May 2025

        Mrs Dalloway

        Biography of a novel

        by Mark Hussey

        A compelling biography of one of the most celebrated novels in the English language. The fourth and best-known of Virginia Woolf's novels, Mrs Dalloway is a modernist masterpiece that has remained popular since its publication in 1925. Its dual narratives follow a day in the life of wealthy housewife Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked war veteran Septimus Warren Smith, capturing their inner worlds with a vividness that has rarely been equalled. Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel offers new readers a lively introduction to this enduring classic, while providing Woolf lovers with a wealth of information about the novel's writing, publication and reception. It follows Woolf's process from the first stirrings in her diary through her struggles to create what was quickly recognised as a major advance in prose fiction. It then traces the novel's remarkable legacy to the present day. Woolf wrote in her diary that she wanted her novel 'to give life & death, sanity & insanity. to criticise the social system, & to show it at work, at its most intense.' Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel reveals how she achieved this ambition, creating a book that will be read by generations to come.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        November 2019

        Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage

        by Daniel H Olsen, Maximiliano E Korstanje

        In recent years there has been a growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. Expanding on this trend, this book examines dark tourism through the new lens of pilgrimage. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations, dark tourists as pilgrims, and pilgrimage as a form of dark tourism. Taking a broad definition of pilgrimage so as to consider aspects of both religious and non-religious travel that might be considered pilgrimage-like, it covers theories and histories of dark tourism and pilgrimage, pilgrimage to dark tourism sites, and experience design. A key resource for researchers and students of heritage, tourism and pilgrimage, this book will also be of great interest to those studying anthropology, religious studies and related social science subjects.

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        July 2016

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        by Etzold, Veit

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        April 2023

        The Battle for Water

        In the century of drought

        by Jürgen Rahmig

        — Water as a reason for war and a political instrument of power — Unique overview of global water conflicts — Foreword by Wolfgang Ischinger Every year, droughts in African countries cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and much suffering. Europe also experienced drought in 2022's summer of record temperatures. Without water, there can be no life. More and more people are suffering from water shortages. Climate change is fuelling the distribution battles for water; violent conflicts over this precious resource are the order of the day. Whether the protests in Iraq, the war in Syria, in the Himalayas, the Nile conflict and in many other places, water is already a reason for war and is being misused as a political instrument of power. The construction of huge dams, the targeted closure of locks, river diversions, water and land grabbing bring wars over the "blue gold" with them. In a unique overview, journalist Jürgen Rahmig describes the struggle for water in the 21st century. Where do dangers lurk today; where will they be tomorrow, and how can we prevent wars over precious water?

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        Sauvez votre peau

        by Dr. Ronni Wolf

        Sauvez votre peau par le Dr. Ronni Wolf Ce guide pratique de santé expose les effets des produits cosmétiques sur la peau du point de vue du consommateur et de celui du praticien. S’adressant quasiment à tout un chacun, il est l’œuvre de l’un des plus grands dermatologues d’Israël, maître de conférence à la Faculté de Médecine de de l’Université de Tel-Aviv et médecin-chef de l’un des plus grands centres hospitaliers du pays, de renom international puisqu’il est également membre du Conseil Américain de Dermatologie et de l’Académie de Chirurgie Esthétique et Restauratrice des Etats-Unis.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2020

        The four dimensions of power

        by Mark Haugaard, Mark Haugaard

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        Medicine

        Learning Guasha from Zero-basis: Image-based Analysis of Skin Scraping

        by Meng Xianwei

        The book selects Meng Xianwei’s more than 100 original images of guasha (skin scraping) collected for many years in clinic and analyzes the truth of diseases behind the images to teach one guasha step by step. It not only introduces guasha therapies for various chronic diseases and common diseases in detail, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and the pain of neck, shoulder, waist, legs, but also explains other scraping methods for health care like improving sub-health, eliminating toxin, beautifying skin and cultivating viscera. The methods of guasha are parsed step by step in the book, so one can treat illness or preserve health by following the procedure. Once mastering the skills that Dr. Meng imparts, one can do guasha with ease.

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        CUIDE SU PIEL

        by Dr. Ronni Wolf

        CUIDE SU PIEL: Guía popular de salud por el Dr. Ronni Wolf Esta guía de gran aceptación explica los efectos de los cosméticos sobre la piel desde el punto de vista del médico y del consumidor, lo que la convierte en relevante para un extenso público. Está escrita por uno de los más destacados dermatólogos israelíes, miembro del American Board of Dermatology (el Consejo de Dermatología de los EE.UU.) y de la US Academy of Aesthetics and Restorative Surgery (la Academia de Cirugía Estética y Restauradora de los EE.UU.) .Gracias a estos conocimientos en dermatología internacional, el libro del Dr. Wolf ha sido un gran éxito en Israel y recientemente se ha publicado la actualización de su  tercera edición en hebreo.

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