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Bangladesh in Bondage: Tarique Rahman, SQC, LB, and Other Essays

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

This book brings together a collection of essays about the untenable political status quo in Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina. Since democratization in the 1990s, Bangladeshi political life has been characterized by fierce battles over the role of religion in society, corruption, and the obstacles to constructing a society with freedom...

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Apress, 2007

Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands In Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full...

The ThoughtWorks Anthology, Volume 2: More Essays on Software Technology and Innovation

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012

While many companies are primarily defined by a business model, Thought- Works is primarily defined by a social model. We define three pillars to measure success in our business and to influence our business decisions.

• Run a sustainable business.

• Champion software excellence, and...

Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Implantable Biomimetic Electronics as Neural Prostheses

MIT Press, 2005

This book has its origins in a meeting entitled ‘‘Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Intracranial Implantation of Hardware Models of Neural Circuitry,’’ that took place in Washington, D.C., in August 1999. The meeting was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the University of Southern California...

Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

This volume--along with its companion Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods--fills an important gap in research on Chicago and, more generally, on language use in globalized metropolitan areas. Often cited as a quintessential American city, Chicago is, and always has been, a city of immigrants. It...

Mathematical Methods in Computer Science: Essays in Memory of Thomas Beth

Springer, 2008

This Festschrift volume contains the proceedings of the conference Mathematical Methods in Computer Science, MMICS 2008, which was held during December 17-19, 2008, in Karlsruhe, Germany, in memory of Thomas Beth.

The themes of the conference reflected the many interests of Thomas Beth. Although, these interests might seem diverse, mathematical...

The Radio Station, Eighth Edition: Broadcast, Satellite and Internet

Focal Press, 2009

The Radio Station is considered the standard work on radio media. It remains a concise and candid guide to the internal workings of radio stations and the radio industry in all of its various forms. Not only will you begin understand how each job at a radio station is best performed, you will learn how it meshes with those of...

Atheist Identities - Spaces and Social Contexts (Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies)

Springer, 2015

The essays in this book not only examine the variety of atheist expression and experience in the Western context, they also explore how local, national and international settings may contribute to the shaping of atheist identities. By addressing identity at these different levels, the book explores how individuals construct their own...

L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema

University of California Press, 2015

L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is the first book dedicated to the films and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African, Caribbean, and African American independent film and video artists that formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the 1970s and 1980s. The group—including Charles Burnett,...

Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America

Oxford University Press, 2002

Thorough, enjoyable, and rigorous, this study documents the major "unconventional" healing movements of 19th- and 20th-century America. Whorton (history of medicine, Univ. of Washington) traces the origins and influences of Thomsonianism, homeopathy, mesmerism, Christian Science, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, and acupuncture,...

Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community

Oxford University Press, 1996

"This is a clear, insightful book that takes an alternative look at some of the broader issues surrounding software development.... The commentary on the work of Christopher Alexander, currently being taken up so fervently by the software architecture community, is particularly appealing."--Sanjiv Gossain, Associate Director, Cambridge...

Encyclopedia of Pain (3 volume set)

Springer, 2006

From the reviews:

"Preparing such a mammoth book must have been a massive task. Two editors, 35 section editors and over 500 contributors … all took part. … All-in-all, this encyclopedia is an outstandingly useful resource for clinicians and scientists. … this book could be equally recommended to major...

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