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Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: The Pursuit of the Bangsamoro Right to Self-Determination (The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science)

Springer, 2019

This book presents the protracted right to self-determination conflict between the Philippine state and the Bangsamoro group in Mindanao, Philippines. In the five decades of attempts to achieve peace, a key element is the Bangsamoros’ search for a kind of development that is compatible with their aspirations for freedom and...

Gilded Youth: Privilege, Rebellion and the British Public School

Reaktion Books, 2019

The British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence, and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the...

The Food Lover's Garden: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Well (Urban Homesteader Hacks)

New Society Publishers, 2017

Grow it, cook it, eat it! From the vegetable patch to the dinner table

Put off by the origin-unknown, not-so-fresh, pesticide-laden offerings at the grocery store? Hungry for delicious high-quality veg and fragrant herbs, and looking to have some control over where your food comes from but never planted a seed in...

A Practical Guide to Content Delivery Networks, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2010

Following in the tradition of its popular predecessor, A Practical Guide to Content Delivery Networks, Second Edition offers an accessible and organized approach to implementing networks capable of handling the increasing data requirements of today's always on mobile society. Describing how content delivery networks...

Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About

Decker Publishing, 2020

It has become virtually impossible to honestly discuss race, gender, and class issues in mainstream American society because if you dare repeat certain "tabooo truths," you'll be ostracized as a bigot. Professor Wilfred Reilly (author of Hate Crime Hoax) fearlessly presents 10 of these truths here and investigates...

Mechanics of Biological Systems & Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics ... Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)

Springer, 2018

MechanicsofBiologicalSystems&Micro-andNanomechanics representsoneofeightvolumesoftechnicalpaperspresented at the 2018 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics organized by the Society for Experimental Mechanics and held in Greenville, SC, from June 4 to 7, 2018. The complete proceedings...

The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

“This is a must-read book for anyone searching for insight into the peace process of the divided Korean peninsula. As a peace researcher and activist, the author highlights the role of civil society in making peacebuilding possible and sustainable on the Korean peninsula. This volume opens a new horizon to the study of...

Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Measuring Changes Caused by Disease

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

This book was conceived one balmy March evening on the banks of the river Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia, where I had just arrived for a sabbatical, and it became clear that the traditions of measurement science and MRI should meet. The notion of a guide, a cook-book, for quantitative MRI (qMR) techniques took seed, and attained its own...

Place and Identity: The Performance of Home (Routledge Focus on Housing and Philosophy)

Routledge, 2018

The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other. Homelessness is on the increase and more people are at the mercy of landlords due to unaffordable housing. Place and Identity: Home as Performance highlights that the meaning of home is not just found within the bricks and mortar; it is constructed from the network of...

Introduction to Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

A practical and accessible guide to understanding digital signal processing

Introduction to Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design was developed and fine-tuned from the author's twenty-five years of experience teaching classes in digital signal processing. Following a step-by-step approach, students and...

Elements of Quantum Information

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

'Elements of Quantum Information' introduces the reader to the fascinating field of quantum information processing, which lives on the interface between computer science, physics, mathematics, and engineering. This interdisciplinary branch of science thrives on the use of quantum mechanics as a resource for high potential modern applications. With...

Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, and Regulations

Artech House Publishers, 1999

Many books and articles on the transition of television from analog to digital transmission have been published in recent years. This transition is still in its infancy, but it will inevitably take place in the years to come. Due to digitization, the existing barriers between audio, video, and data generation and transmission...

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