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Simon Wolf describes how the growing awareness for the economic consequences of climate change and the economic opportunities of climate protection has led to changes in the rationality of governing c
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With the Lapps in the High Mountains is an entrancing true account, a classic of travel literature, and a work that deserves wider recognition as an early contribution to ethnographic writing. Publi
Since its origination in the mid-twentieth century, the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undergone a number of developments. While the early interest in AI was mainly triggered by the desire t
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This book contains the joint proceedings of the Winter School of Hakodate (WSH) 2011 held in Hakodate, Japan, March 15–16, 2011, and the 6th International Workshop on Natural Computing (6th IWNC) held
Greg Wrenn's debut collection opens with a long poem in which a man undergoes surgery to become a centaur. Other poems speak in voices as varied as those of Robert Mapplethorpe, Hercules, and a Wise M
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This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applied Parallel and Scientific Computing, PARA 2012, held in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2012. The 35 revised f
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The 34 chapters of the 2nd edition of How to Gain Gain give a detailed insight into a collection (54) of the most common gain producing, constant current generating possibilities, and electronic noise
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This story tells of a family whose lives were ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. It is about the very unusual set of circumstances that highlighted the joy and pain of living and dying. It i
Occasionally, one gets the opportunity to witness mastery at work, as well as the work of mastery. Such was presented to me by Izzaak in his "Poetic Duty I- Coming from Carriacou." The poems and the w
Occasionally, one gets the opportunity to witness mastery at work, as well as the work of mastery. Such was presented to me by Izzaak in his "Poetic Duty I- Coming from Carriacou." The poems and the w
A child of god, an expressive writer; born in Mitchell Town, Clarendon, Jamaica; now living in Toronto, Canada with his wife and daughter. Worrel has produced three gospel albums and is the author of
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This is my little hope book. It reminds me I've gone through the tunnel of depression and come out enlightened to who I am today. I'm no longer a depressed person. I am a person living with depression
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This marriage-enrichment book explores how God, in the Song of Solomon, instills in his human creatures the passion to create within the marital bond a life of joy and commitment. The author structure
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Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Has the Lord called you? This book is for you. Following Your Steps
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"Gramics" is a word that I made up for my own use to capture the essence of the meaning and use of anagrams in a cartoon or comic form. An anagram is a word or phrase that uses the same letters as ano
"Gramics" is a word that I made up for my own use to capture the essence of the meaning and use of anagrams in a cartoon or comic form. An anagram is a word or phrase that uses the same letters as ano
You might not be able to change your past, but you can change your future by changing your actions today. In Don't Rock My Boat, author Abiola Olaifa takes you on a journey of self-discovery in order
