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Volume 18 of the popular "Political Power and Social Theory" series is broken up into three parts examining political power, state formation, and economic development with examples from Africa, Russia, and Chile. It also looks at the status of opposition politics in America. It is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the field of political science and social theory. Part I examines political power, state formation, and economic de...

Oh, no! There's a lack of kindness in the world! This is a job for the Motivation Queen! When Queen attends a new school, she is scared but also determined. She was taught from a young age about the power of positivity and of understanding other people, even in the face of a bully. So, she begins teaching her classmates about these wonderful lessons, and as she does, something incredible happens! She grows into the one, the only Motivation Q...

Tragic Victory: Learning to Navigate Life In Tough Times is an intimate and transparent memoir of how one mother discovered her own inner strength while enduring the heartbreaking fight for her children's lives. Author Diane Davis documents the tragedy of addiction, depression, and the downward spiral of those closest to her. Although tragic, she discovers victory, love, and an unexpected, joyful new beginning. This story will empower survivor...

Everyone wants to be successful in Life! Success is the goal of so many visionaries and creator. But what is success? Is success measured by the acquisition of material goods? A larger home, an exotic car, a bigger yacht, a private jet has become the icons that some people measure their success by. While there is nothing wrong with having things in life, genuine success cannot be measured through things that you can physically touch. Success i...

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Space, governance, and ethnic conflict in contested cities

This is a work in progress.Beginning with the ever changing world we live in and the people that we meet. Obesity has been a long standing problem in our society. We now recognize it as a great health concern with many co-morbidities that come with being obese. The nurses at the bedside who minister to the patient when illness ensues can tell you a whole different story when it comes to care. There must be many things done differently. Beds mu...

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This simple, true children's story documents the life of Taylor, a beautiful Labrador retriever, who becomes a fun, loving addition to a regular all-American family of four. Taylor's life with the Davis family unfolds from puppyhood through full maturity over the period of fourteen years. Taylor, a Faithful Family Dog is written with authenticity, charisma, and the joyful knowledge that dog ownership can provide every family!

Transforming Urban Transport offers a detailed analysis of the origins and implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations in eight major, democratically governed cities around the world.

Transforming Urban Transport offers a detailed analysis of the origins and implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations in eight major, democratically governed cities around the world.

This second edition has been updated with respect to current regulations, changes in old regulations and evolving standards of practice. It is written at a level that works for an undergraduate student as well as a practising laboratory professional who wants to perfect a facility's safety programme.

Existing models of state formation are derived primarily from early Western European experience, and are misleading when applied to nation-states struggling to consolidate their dominion in the present period. In this volume, scholars suggest that the Western European model of armies waging war on behalf of sovereign states does not hold universally. The importance of 'irregular' armed forces - militias, guerrillas, paramilitaries, mercenaries...

Print and electronic works that encompass the plant kingdom in all its divisions and aspects are cited in this useful survey.

Tells the story of crippling overdevelopment in Mexico's economic and social center. Through historical analysis of Mexico City, this book identifies political actors responsible for the uncontrolled industrialization of Mexico's economic and social center, its capital city.

An examination of South Korea's and Taiwan's economic successes and Argentina's and Mexico's relative 'failures' through their rural middle classes.

Rhetoric and composition theory has shown a renewed interest in sophistic countertraditions, as seen in the work of such "postphilosophers" as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Helene Cixous, and of such rhetoricians as Susan Jarratt and Steven Mailloux. As D. Diane Davis traces today's theoretical interest to those countertraditions, she also sets her sights beyond them. Davis takes a "third sophistics" approach, one that focuses on the p...

Deals with some of the weightiest subjects in the contemporary social sciences: race and class and their impact on political and economic organization. This title includes three historical papers on Cuba, Tanzania, and Mexico that explore the complex relations between race, class, ethnicity, and nationalism.