Forty-two essays by authors from five continents and many disciplines provide a synthetic account of the history of the social sciences - including behavioral and economic sciences since the late eighteenth century. The authors emphasize the cultural and intellectual preconditions of social science, and its contested but important role in the history of the modern world. While there are many historical

South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suitable for students at all levels and others interested in this topic. It assumes no prior knowledge of either the region or the discipline of anthropology. The book makes extensive use of existing publications to describe how anthropologists have approached

pPassenger planes are crashing three and four times a month in 1951 just as Americans are beginning to fly. Then, a loaded plane disappears in the night and can\'t be found. Panic and frustration reach all the way to the White House.br br Twenty-six are killed in the most spectacular crash that no one heard on a mountain frosted with snow and fog. Fourteen survivors are the largest group of plane

pThe United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America\'s Backyard tells the story of that intervention. pUsing newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet\'s coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death

For more than a hundred million years, the Dark Continent has kept a savage secret. While on the trail of a stolen tactical nuclear weapon, Jack Sigler, callsign King, and his black ops Chess Team, answer a cry for help. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the verge of exploding into another bloody civil war that will engulf all of Africa and put millions at risk, a crisis too politically volatile

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau\'s most important essays. Contained in this volume are the following essays Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, Night and Moonlight, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Herald of Freedom, Life

emNeonatal Formulary emprovides comprehensive guidance on the safe use of the drugs prescribed during pregnancy and commonly given to babies during labour and delivery, as well as during lactation and the first year of life. Treating the journey from pregnancy to parenthood as a continuous event, the new edition contains updated information on how the drugs affect both mother and baby. pThe first part

The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes\' night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses. And yet, was it definitely clear to anybody exactly what they had seen In the writhing, violent shadows, it seems as if the truth may have gone up in smoke.

Colloids And The Ultramicroscope A Manual Of Colloid Chemistry And Ultramicroscopy is a book written by Richard Zsigmondy in 1914. The book is a comprehensive guide to the study of colloids and ultramicroscopy, a technique used to observe and analyze particles that are too small to be seen with a traditional microscope. The book covers topics such as the physical and chemical properties of colloids,

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pWhile deep in the north woods on a fishing trip, Wilson -Tuck- Tucker and his best friend, Bob Haney, stumble across a crashed twin engine airplane with two dead bodies in the cockpit. After the good Samaritans notify the local authorities, they discover the plane contains an earth-shattering secret that, if released, could change the world as they know it and prompt even honest men to do whatever

Baseado na hist ria real de Mestre Ra lson, expoente internacional da Capoeira que vive no sul da Bahia, este romance de Antonella Yllana descreve sua trajet ria de desafios, paix o e crescimento. Dividido entre sua atra o pelo mundo e o amor de uma mulher, Ra lson transforma seu esp rito rebelde ao se dedicar de corpo e alma a esta express o da cultura brasileira, uma mistura de arte marcial, esporte,

This book emphasizes that learning efficiency of the learners can be increased by providing personalized course materials and guiding them to attune with suitable learning paths based on their characteristics such as learning style, knowledge level, emotion, motivation, self-efficacy and many more learning ability factors in e-learning system. Learning is a continuous process since human evolution.

Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education. While numerous memoirs recount physicians\' grueling experiences during residency, few

pUsing archival materials never previously accessible to Western scholars, Michael David-Fox analyzes Bolshevik Party educational and research initiatives in higher learning after 1917. His fresh consideration of the era of the New Economic Policy and cultural politics after the Revolution explains how new communist institutions rose to parallel and rival conventional higher learning from the Academy

January Billings is starting over after bringing her husband\'s murderer to justice when a stranger shows up at her ranch door. The sheriff, weaseling out of his duties, has sent Eli Pasco to enlist January\'s help in recovering a horse that\'s been stolen from him by a young girl.

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b Four starred reviews! pA powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet.b pAniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years

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