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From the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to the escalating effects of climate change, public consciousness of existential…
threat waxes and wanes. Despite the occasional intense capacity to imagine the global consequences of our cumulative actions, we seem to lack a collective will to act alternatively and systematically to conserve the fundamental conditions for human life. This book confronts the basic challenges of insecurity, violence, genocide, refugee displacement and technoscientific intrusions on embodiment and identity – but it also points to other worlds that are possible. It argues for an engaged cosmopolitanism, grounded in place and guided by local and global debates around principles of what constitutes good ways of living. In order to create a positive change, we must better understand the human condition in crisis, the causes of the global crisis and the possible pathways to human flourishing.
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Biography, General non-fiction
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When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, causing more than 1,800 deaths and more than $100 billion in damages, it was…
deemed a “once-in-a-lifetime storm.” After the hurricane, over 1.5 million volunteers came to New Orleans through various nonprofit organizations, and around 500 new charities were established to aid the city’s recovery. We Came to Rebuild New Orleans documents this significant movement through interviews with the activists who spearheaded the city’s recovery.Despite widespread acknowledgment of the crucial role of nonprofit organizations in New Orleans’s recovery, scholarly examinations of these recovery workers’ experiences remain scarce. We Came to Rebuild New Orleans fills this gap, drawing on a vast corpus of interviews with more than fifty leaders and staff involved in Katrina recovery across various areas, including housing, criminal justice reform, legal aid, and wetlands restoration. The interviews seek to understand what motivates individuals to devote significant portions of their lives to recovery, and to assess whether nonprofit volunteer labor was an effective recovery strategy. Analysis of the testimonies of participants reveals that most of the disaster recovery corps, even those in their early twenties, had histories of activism or civic engagement before committing to New Orleans recovery work. While significant, their recovery work in New Orleans tended to represent a single chapter in a broader life story of service and civic engagement. Despite the good intentions of the volunteers, their testimonies also highlight the limitations of relying on volunteer nonprofit organizations for disaster recovery. We Came to Rebuild New Orleans thus offers an extraordinary new look at long-term disaster recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sharing the personal stories of nonprofit workers from many walks of life, the book emphasizes their persistent spirit of activism and civic engagement, while also reflecting critically on the effectiveness of volunteer-based disaster recovery initiatives.
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Philosophy, Islam
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A comprehensive overview of the most misunderstood movement in modern Islam: Salafism.The Salafi movement invokes fear and dread in outsiders…
who treat Salafism as synonymous with religious extremism. For Salafis themselves, it&’s a jealously guarded title, always in danger of dilution. Salafism has changed the face of Islam; its ideas reach far outside its own ranks. Yet popular portrayals never go beyond hackneyed stereotypes. In Understanding Salafism, Dr Yasir Qadhi delves into the origins of the movement, from the earliest debates in Islam to Salafism today, in both the Western and Islamic worlds. In an analysis covering Salafism in the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Africa, he illuminates Salafism&’s theological ideas, the debates within Salafism about political participation, and its relationship to other schools in Sunni Islam.----- Yasir Qadhi is a resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Texas, and dean of the Islamic Seminary of America. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with Western academic training in the study of Islam. ----- Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Conventions 1 Introduction: A Bird&’s Eye View of Salafism 2 A Comprehensive History of Salafi Thought: From its Origins to Modernity 3 Wahhabism and Salafism 4 Salafism and Islamism: A Case Study of the Muslim Brotherhood 5 The Phenomenon of Jihadi-Salafism 6 Global Salafism in the Contemporary World Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Science and technology
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This open access book provides the uniaxial, triaxial, fatigue, creep, creep-fatigue loading tests in order to investigate the salt mechanical…
response and the related damage mechanisms defining relation between plastic deformation, dilatancy and damage. Based on the experimental results, a new creep-fatigue constitutive model for salt rock that considers creep-fatigue interaction was established by incorporating a state variable that characterizes rock hardening level on the basis of the Norton creep model. Different salt rock mechanical test data sets with varying stress paths were used to validate this creep-fatigue constitutive model. The fit curves and test curves of the stress paths demonstrate good consistency, indicating that the model comprehensively considers the effects of time, load, and state on salt rock's creep-fatigue, effectively describing the creep-fatigue plastic deformation features of salt rock under different stress paths.
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Computers and internet
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Learn about the most common and known threats and attacks in the gaming industry. Cybersecurity is a critical concern in…
the gaming industry due to the significant financial investments, personal data, and intellectual property at stake. Game developers, publishers, and players all have a vested interest in maintaining a secure gaming environment. This pocketbook is about why cybersecurity in the gaming industry is essential to protect player data, maintain a secure gaming environment, and safeguard intellectual property. Both players and game developers need to remain vigilant, educate themselves about potential threats, and employ best practices to ensure a safe and enjoyable gaming experience. We will describe the most common type of targeted games facing cybersecurity attacks as well as some of the most common types of cyber threats faced by the gaming industry such as malware, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, data breaches, etc. What You Will Learn Describes the importance cybersecurity in the gaming industry Explains key aspects of cybersecurity in the gaming Describes the common types of cyber threats faced by the gaming industry Who Is This Book For The book assumes you have strong gaming development and security knowledge. The book will be written mainly for developers who want to learn how to choose the right tools, what are the best practice, the threats, and vulnerabilities
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Arts and entertainment, Science and technology
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This book states that the proceedings gathers selected papers from 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture (ICCEA 2024),…
which was held in Da Nang, Vietnam on December 7-9, 2024. The conference is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and practical civil engineering and architecture. And this proceedings from the conference mainly discusses architectural design and project management, environmental protection and spatial planning, design and analysis of building materials, and structural engineering and safety. And these materials can be useful and valuable sources for researchers and professionals working in the field of civil engineering and architecture.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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This three-volume set LNAI 15708-15709-15110 constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2025, held in…
Chongqing, China, during May 11–13, 2025.The 90 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 187 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Rough Set Models and Foundations; Fuzzy Rough Sets and Rough Fuzzy Sets; and Granular Computing.Part II: Rough Set Applications; Feature Selection and Knowledge Discovery; and Cognitive Computing.Part III: Three-way Data Analytics and Decision; Medicine and Health Data Mining; and Applications of Deep Learning and Soft Computing.
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Psychology
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This book discusses the association between ecological and social determinants and suicidal behavior. Suicidal behavior is an extremely complex human…
behavior. It is an outcome of complex interactions among multiple factors like gene and environment, biopsychosocial, proximal and distal factors. Several risk factors such as psychiatric disorders, life events, social deprivation, personality traits and disorders, and substance abuse have been identified even though those vary based on culture, time, country, and methods of assessment. In recent times, evidence has shown associations among ecological variables like the human development index, the income of the country, the GINI index, educational attainment, the green environment, climate change, and suicidal behavior. At the same time, there are interlinked confounding variables that challenge the findings. Given the lack of literature discussing these findings, this book seeks to compare and contrast the ecological aspects and suicidal behavior holistically.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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This book contains select chapters on a range of topics in directional statistics, multivariate statistical inference, financial statistics, statistical machine…
learning and reliability inference. At the 43rd Annual Convention of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS) held in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India, from 6–8 February 2024, attribute was paid to Prof. Ashis SenGupta on the occasion of his 70th birthday. He has pioneered research on directional statistics in the modern era in India and enhanced it worldwide and contributed significantly to the advancement of the following topics: Highly flexible distributions on manifolds Statistical machine learning in data science Big data on manifolds Optimal multiparameter, multivariate statistical inference Reliability inference and stress-dependent-strength models Directional statistics for highly volatile financial models Cylindrical, spherical and toroidal regression analysis Innovative applications of emerging real-life directional data
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Business and economics, General non-fiction
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History, geography, culture, and the legal framework influence the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in and around organisations. Yet, most…
academics and practitioners still approach themes of diversity in organisations relying on standardised discourses and practices, often transferred uncritically from the Anglo-Saxon context. Adopting a contextual approach that takes into account the specificities of the Italian context, this book explores a wide array of themes related to diversity and inclusion in organisations and society. Focusing on the Italian context, the book offers new insights into themes already well-established in the diversity debate, such as gender, age and disability. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on categories, organisational forms, and stakeholders rarely associated with diversity, such as social class, family businesses, and trade unions, but also to consider the role of technology and the arts as tools for both inclusion and exclusion. The contributions draw on different disciplines and perspectives and provide insights relevant not only with respect to Italy but also to other national and international contexts. This volume is aimed at both researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a more nuanced and mature understanding of diversity in organisations and society.
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Medicine, Law and crime, Social issues
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Preventing Violence argues that we can move towards safer and better societies by…
advancing holistic public health approaches to violence prevention. It explores the serious limitations of contemporary public health approaches and proposes an alternative path forward. Based on data from a three-year, ESRC-funded project 'Public Health, Youth and Violence Reduction', it also examines in-depth the work of 20 Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales. The book makes clear recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and researchers working to prevent violence and improve the lives of children and young people.
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Arts and entertainment
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Liberty is the last word in bohemian luxury, a destination and brand celebrated for its unique blend of avant-garde design…
and expert craftsmanship.Liberty: The History celebrates the historic beginnings of the iconic store as well as their contemporary vision - from their 'Eastern Bazaar' of objets d'art, rugs and textiles from Japan and the East to the brand's association with the developing Art Nouveau movement, their whimsical window displays and quintessential Art Fabrics, to the innovations in design and printmaking and the savvy collaborations and creative direction that have kept Liberty at the forefront of the fashion world.With treasures from the Liberty archives including classic silk scarves, designs spanning over a century and original sketches for Liberty Art Fabrics, this is the official invitation into a London institution and a global icon.This deluxe edition features a cloth-bound hardback book, 10 exquisite art prints and a stunning collectible gift box.
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Music, Arts and entertainment
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K-Pop: The Ultimate Fan Book is your essential guide to all the bands, songs and styles behind the most diverse…
and exciting genre in pop music today. 2018 was a breakout year for K-Pop (Korean Pop) on the global stage, with boy-band BTS reaching number 1 in the UK album chart and selling out live shows around the world including Wembley in June 2019. But there's so much more to this cultural movement. Featuring all the hottest K-Pop bands, from BTS and Red Velvet to TWICE and EXO, K-Pop: The Ultimate Fan Book is packed with dozens of vibrant photos and a colourful, eye-catching design.
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Serious and literary fiction, Historical romance
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South London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head…
down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed. Daphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic, and they form an intense bond. As they navigate growing up in a volatile, rapidly changing city, their families become close, and their friendship begins to shift into something more complicated. But when Connie reveals that he is 'nuh land' - meaning he's in England illegally - Daphne realizes that she is dangerously entangled in Connie's fragile home life. Soon, long-buried secrets in both families threaten to tear them apart permanently.Spanning one tumultuous decade, from the industrial docklands of the Thames to the sandy beaches of Calabash Bay, Jamaica Road is a deftly plotted and emotionally expansive debut novel about race and class, the family you're born with and the family you choose and the limits of what true love can really conquer.
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Humour
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NEW FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF HOW TO POO AT WORKFrom the excretion experts who brought you the global phenomenon…
How to Poo at Work comes Things to Do While You Poo. Specifically written to help those pooing on the job, this book is the ultimate guide to sedentary self-improvement.Expert authors Mats and Enzo share their scientific advice crafted over a lifetime of lavatory investigations to help improve every aspect of your life. From success in your career to a satisfying sex life, from health and fitness to simply earning a bit of extra cash, this book is guaranteed to help you become a better you, eight minutes at a time.Learn how to: Find the spirituality of your sphincter with meditation Start a really crap YouTube cooking channel Become a travel influencer without leaving the stall Relax with flush-friendly yoga poses Get a six pack in just 30 days of pooing Find true loo-ve!With detailed diagrams, expert advice and tried-and-tested testimonials, discover how to squeeze more into your day as you squeeze one out.
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Religious texts, Health and medicine
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Packed with resonant and thoughtful reflections, chosen as indispensable signposts for all who wish to make the best possible progress…
on life's journey.Offering inspiration for any situation you might face, Bible Verses to Lift the Soul is the perfect easy-to-use life companion, full of invaluable insights to steer you through your days and weeks.Reflection helps us to become more self-aware, and guided journaling is a great tool to enhance our everyday self-reflective practice. The Bible offers timeless wisdom - the 52 verses with accompanying prompts in this journal have been carefully selected to help you navigate life's challenges.Let faith, strength, love and truth guide you to greater peace.
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Health and medicine, Self help, Addiction and substance abuse
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How to develop healing routines for alcohol-free growth using the seasons as your guide. The book explores old wisdoms, new…
science and the female experience and includes tasks to shift mindset, questions for reflection, nervous system regulations techniques, menstrual and hormonal health tips.
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Disabilities, Psychology
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Informative, empathetic and empowering for families and their brilliant neurodivergent children. Alex Partridge, bestselling author of Now It All Makes…
SenseA must-read for every parent or teacher of a child with ADHD. Lisa Lloyd, bestselling author of Raising the SEN-BetweenersIs your ADHD child struggling at school? Do they make friends, but find it difficult to keep them? Do your attempts to get them off their screens end in tears (and that's just you)? Jessie Hewitson, award-winning journalist, ADHDer and parent to two fantastically neurodivergent children, has been there.Here she asks whether ADHD is over diagnosed, is medication the solution, and how can parents best support ADHD kids to become the happiest version of themselves at school, in their friendships, and at home.For more than a decade Jessie has been on a quest to better understand neurodivergent happiness and the many barriers young ADHD people face in finding it. Now she shares everything she has learned, including interviews with world-leading scientists, researchers and experts in the field. Combined with her own personal experience, ADHD will empower you to centre happiness in what can be a more complicated and ultimately more rewarding parenting journey.
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Food and drink
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Cold brew has taken the coffee world by storm, with its sweeter, mellower taste and potential health benefits. Brewed by…
leaving coffee grounds to steep in cold water for hours, it offers a fresh take on coffee - and once you try it, there's no going back.This handy guide will give you all the knowledge you need to get on top of this trend that's here to stay, with illustrated step-by-step techniques for making your own cold brew at home, plus expert advice to help you get the best results from your drink. Also featuring more than 35 delicious recipes for creating cocktails and desserts with your cold brew coffee, from Espresso Martini and Cold Brew Negroni to Coffee Chocolate Tart and Coffee French Toast, this is a must-have for brewing beginners and small-batch artisans alike.This new and updated edition features sections on coffee and sustainability, the effect of coffee on our mental and physical wellbeing, and alternative uses for coffee grounds, as well extra recipes like Bulletproof Coffee and Coffee Water Kefir.
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Adventure stories, Fantasy
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Flora Stormer has a brush with death when she finds an ancient Egyptian amulet and meets Rana, the ghost of…
its former owner! Rana needs Flora's help - she's afraid tomb raiders will steal the magical feather given to her by the god Horus. The powerful feather would be very dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands . . . Flora's relaxing Nile cruise becomes a race through the desert as she searches for Rana's hidden tomb. From angry hippos to lethal booby-traps, there is danger at every turn!Can Flora find the feather and protect it for eternity?