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This is a novel and far reaching polyrhythmic theorisation of our collective living with energy in its many natural and technological forms. It provides a distinctive understanding of the urgent challenges of transforming future energy systems into more just and lower carbon configurations.

This book addresses the future of the multilateral system by analyzing its main building blocs of international and regional organizations.

Using six architectural examples from Philadelphia, this book present a distinct type of house inspired by organic architecture using words and over 200 photographs and drawings.

In Refugees, Nathan Bell argues for nothing less than a new concept of the political: that societies (liberal or not, in the mode of the sovereign state or some other form) embrace an ethos of responsibility for others, where the right to seek asylum becomes foundational for politics itself.

This book explores the idea that knowing is a feeling that results from the interactions of the brain's unconscious and conscious processes and not through the accumulation of facts. It explains what neuroscience and psychology reveal about what it means to know and how our brain learns.

This book testifies to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, and telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries.

Emphasizing imaginaries as an essential tool in deep understanding of social phenomena, the essays in this volume address socio-anthropological environments; collective dynamics of social integration; mass media metamorphosis; politics legitimation processes; symbolic dimension of economics and material culture; and representation of otherness.

This book explores the history of the Jeju massacre or Jeju 4.3, the deadliest civilian massacre in modern South Korean history. It examines state violence in relation to the birth of anti-communism, the reintegration of Jeju people through mobilization in the Korean War, the capitalist modernization movement, and attempts at reconciliation.

Essential Leadership Skills for Health Sciences Information Professionals is intended to provide a quick, readable introduction to key concepts in leadership and management so that a new leader can get up to speed quickly, and experienced leaders can increase, enhance, or refresh their skills.

This bookexplores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military's part in national economies, and the relationships between soldiers and civilians in wartime.

Growing old is challenging. The tendency is to think there is nothing left to live for; no point in defying the looming number on the mortality chart. Embracing Elderhood offers a palliative to the pessimism that leads to 'dying before we die!' It loudly proclaims, being old is about chronology; being an Elder is about attitude.

Examining the practice of design through the lens of professional ethics, this book's critical vision enables practitioners, academics and students to reflect on the ethics of designing. The volume argues for a practice-based cultivation of ethics and provides a normative direction to guide individual and collective professional design activity.

No matter the amount of losses, dysfunction, or controversy, the Cleveland Browns remain one of the most popular franchises in professional football. First and Ten covers the "new" history of the Browns after their return to the NFL in 1999, focusing on the positives without shying away from the negatives, for a fresh look at this storied team.

Jaime Pineda shows how the dynamics of anxiety and incessant rumination reflect uncontrolled creativity, and how using simple, time-tested techniques we can learn to control the chaos and recover our creative nature.

Parenting children who are hurt, angry, rejecting, and distant (HARD) can be difficult and heartbreaking. But there are ways to reach children with lasting results and better relationships. This book provides parents with the guidance and support they are looking for, teaching effective and empathic communication through a variety of methods.