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This comprehensive textbook on linear integral equations and integral transforms is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics and physics. The book covers a range of topics including Volterra and Fredholm integral equations, the second kind of integral equations with symmetric kernels, eigenvalues and eigen functions, the Hilbert¿Schmidt theorem, and the solution of Abel integral equations by using an elementary method...

The eighth edition of this seminal guide is designed to support public health practitioners in keeping up-to-date amid the rapidly changing, complex challenges and contexts facing population health in the twenty-first century.Suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates across a range of professions, thePractical Guideprovides theories, principles and competencies for effective health promotion in multiple settings. The book is organised...

One magical spring afternoon, when the leaves on the trees were budding and the birds in the air were singing, Walter Kaaden, a mechanical engineer looking for work, found an abandoned motorcycle deep in the forest outside of Zschopau, East Germany. Walter used the principles of V-2 rocketry he learned from Werner von Braun at Peenemünde to coax the genie - trapped inside Dita's piddly 50 cc motor - to life. Under his care and attention, Dita ...

Mid-19th century white woman Louise Wright and Walking Elk fall in love, resulting in a daughter he never knows about. Three generations later, Louise's great-granddaughter struggles to face her prejudices

A former chef and her husband try to escape painful memories in a small town--but you can't hide from the world forever . . . "Deeply affecting." --Vanessa Carnevale, author of My Life for Yours After a life-shattering tragedy, Amy and Matt have resettled in the little community of Blackwood. They want to start fresh, but despite their efforts, shadows still hang over them: Amy struggles with panic attacks, depression, and anger, while Matt fe...

The first systematic account of how structures of justice led to the emergence of representative institutions and state-formation in Western Europe. It will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, political economy and economic history, history, historical sociology, political sociology, law and legal history.

This book sets out an original perspective on the argument for one of the most important theories in the history of science: Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. The book will appeal to students, scholars and scientists interested in Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Civil resistance campaigns have proven capable of toppling regimes and bringing about revolutionary political change. But how do dissidents come to embrace a nonviolent strategy in the first place? Thurber examines the social underpinnings of challenger movements to understand how they perceive, evaluate, and decide upon strategies of resistance.

This book offers a novel perspective on how people sense the materiality of the world together. It introduces a new methodology for how to think about sensing in social interaction, featuring fascinating empirical case studies dealing with how people sense and react to food in gourmet cheese shops across Europe.

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the complex meanings of the idea of 'freedom', especially as it relates to other fundamental social values. It will be of interest to philosophers and political theorists, legal scholars, feminists, people in disability studies and other social theorists and critics.

Kant's Mathematical World aims to transform our understanding of Kant's philosophy of mathematics and his account of the mathematical character of the world. Daniel Sutherland reconstructs Kant's project of explaining both mathematical cognition and our cognition of the world in terms of our most basic cognitive capacities.

This collection of new essays presents cutting-edge research from an international group of scholars on the semantic conception of logic, the invariance criteria of logicality, grammaticality, and logical truth. The book will be invaluable to philosophers and logicians alike.

Reading and textual interpretation are ordinary human activities, but precisely how they function as sources of knowledge is not well understood. In this book, Rene van Woudenberg explores the nature of reading and interpretation and argues they are distinct sources of knowledge that are irreducible to perception and testimony.

Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? In this book, Jim Baxter aims to find serious answers to these philosophical questions, drawing on contemporary insights from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience and law.

Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, the Furious Legacy series is an urban fantasy adventure filled with creatures from Greek mythology and midwest lore. It has unforgettable characters and one lovable hellhound. After a daring escape from the Underworld, Erin's family is more splintered than ever and her life is in turmoil. Helios, the Titan sun god is free from his prison and getting stronger every day. When he starts on a path of revenge,...

Real men drink Just look at all the macho reasons for drinking: great nights, less stress, high jinx, amazing sex. It's what proper blokes do. Except, that's rubbish. Alcohol doesn't make you tough, it makes you weak. It doesn't remove your stress, it causes it. Behaving like a lad is preventing you from becoming a man. You can take control of your drinking. And if you do, you'll start to:Increase performance in every area of your li...

(Romans 1:16)_"...For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth...

Whether you already play old-time music, or you are just getting started, this is the book for you. Dan Levenson's Master Collection of Old-Time Tunes presents more than 300 tunes in standard notation with suggested chords for you to explore and enjoy. All but a few are traditional or older tunes and are easily searched online to discover their pedigree as well as several recorded versions of them.Some might call this a complete repertoire in ...

Practicing scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility on the viola, but it is easy to slip into the habit of playing scales automatically, without paying attention to tonality or sound production. The 29 single-page studies in this book focus the attention of violists on the beauty of sound, with a particular concern for the way different keys resonate on the viola.The first 24 studies address all mi...