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Arctic Security in an Age of Climate Change

Cambridge University Press, 2011

This is the first book to examine Arctic defense policy and military security from the perspective of all eight Arctic states. In light of climate change and melting ice in the Arctic Ocean, Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, and the United States, as well as Iceland, Sweden, and Finland, are grappling with an emerging Arctic...

Devices of the Soul: Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines

O'Reilly, 2007

"Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era. This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we have in mind anything remotely resembling what we do when we add numbers. In the computer's...

War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars (Publications of the German Historical Institute)

Cambridge University Press, 2019

The histories of modern war and childhood were the result of competing urgencies. According to ideals of childhood widely accepted throughout the world by 1900, children should have been protected, even hidden, from conflict and danger. Yet at a time when modern ways of childhood became increasingly possible for economic, social, and political...

Pro Tools LE 7 Ignite! (Pro Tools Le 7 Ignite!: The Visual Guide for New Users)

Course Technology PTR, 2008

Get ready to explore the world of computer music creation with Pro Tools® LE 7! Even if you’ve never created music on your computer, Pro Tools LE 7 Ignite!, Second Edition will give you the skills you need to record and mix with confidence. Completely updated to cover the new features of Pro Tools LE 7.3 and 7.4, the book presents...

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008

A sweeping narrative history of world trade--from Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization today--that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future

Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for...

Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy

Crown, 2011

Foreword by Morgan Spurlock

From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.

Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the...

The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success

Jossey-Bass, 2011

"When most people think of corporate responsibility, they are focusing on a business's effect on and relationship to stakeholders. A Responsible Business sees stakeholders as full partners and meaningful instruments for the evolution of healthier communities and more successful businesses."
—from the...

Cisco Security Architectures

McGraw-Hill, 1999

Cisco Security Architectures demystifies access lists, the PIX Firewall, and how to secure a Cisco based network.

In today's age of remote users and widespread Internet access, security continues to be of utmost importance to network administrators and engineers. This important, comprehensive guide shows you how to avoid common mistakes...

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger

Adventures Unlimited Press, 2005

Viktor Schauberger, 1885-1958, was a radical pioneer of the study of the subtle energies in nature and the importance of living water in all natural processes. From unusually detailed observations of the natural world, he pioneered a completely new understanding of how nature works. He foresaw, and tried to warn against global waste and costly...

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health And Medicine

Facts on File, 2006

"The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine" is a comprehensive, four-volume reference perfect for a wide audience - from students to health professionals to lay readers - looking for reliable, accurate, accessible health information. Under direction of the Medical Advisory Review Panel, this authoritative, reference...

Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond

Grove Press, 1994

Few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the Sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of LSD. This book for the first time tells the full and astounding storyÂpart of it hidden till now in secret Government filesÂof the role the mind-altering drug played in our recent...

Assessment of Aphasia

Oxford University Press, 2002

This book is addressed to the practicing speech clinician and neuropsychologist dealing with aphasic adults and children, as well as with children who have delayed or disordered language development. It is also written as a primary or ancillary text in graduate courses dealing with the assessment of speech and language problems. To...

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