The essays here investigate the reasons why India has fared better than other emerging market economies, and discuss whether other countries can take inspiration from this model and rebuild their own countries based on their national resources and cultural heritage.
Principles of Human Locomotion
What separates the living from the inanimate? This book seeks answers in the biology of human locomotion, exploring how our adaptations to physical exercise reveal the fundamental principles of life itself. A thought-provoking analysis for any curious mind.
Film as an Expression of Spirituality
What makes a film ‘spiritually significant’? These essays explore the Arts & Faith Top 100 list, with close readings of films by Dreyer, Kubrick, Scorsese, and others—a foundational introduction for those seeking to understand film as an expression of human spirituality.
Born a slave, C.H.J. Taylor became an influential, controversial figure in African American conservatism. He argued poverty, not racism, was the principal barrier to Black advancement, recruiting Blacks to vote Democratic and clashing with figures like Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
Byzantine Settlements of the Negev Desert
This book synthesizes the newest research on the Byzantine Negev Desert (363-640 AD). Using archaeology, historical sources, and UAV surveys, it challenges earlier theories and reveals a cycle of long settlement expansion followed by sudden breakdowns.
Reflections on Our Relationships with Anne of Green Gables
International readers and critics explore our relationship with Anne of Green Gables. Through studies of fan culture, translation, and adaptation, this unique collection of essays bridges the divide between a critical and deeply personal response to literature’s iconic girl.
The Origins of the Love Song
This book offers a new perspective on the origins of human sexuality. It reveals that romantic love and exclusive pair-bonds are not our original evolutionary features. Early humans practiced multiple-partner relations until culture restrained their innate sexual nature.
Ovid’s Heroides gives voice to mythical heroines in letters to their absent lovers. This groundbreaking volume offers the first-ever databank of medieval readings and modern conjectures, an essential resource for understanding how the poems’ texts were established.
Ethics in Child Health
How do you approach the tough ethical dilemmas in child health? This concise, practical case-based workbook helps healthcare professionals and students critically think about ethical problems through interactive case studies and thought-provoking discussions.
Cinema and Intermediality (Second, Enlarged Edition)
This ground-breaking book explores the relationship between cinema and other arts. Through case studies of films by auteurs like Hitchcock, Antonioni, Godard, and Varda, it clarifies key ideas of intermediality and offers insightful analyses. Revised and enlarged edition.
Heat transfer is vital for efficient power production. This book covers efficiently utilizing energy by integrating heat exchangers into power production units. It provides descriptions of heat transfer applications in everyday life and industry, supported by practical examples.
A guide for business students, investors, and professionals to learn R and Python. This book uses a unique R-assisted learning environment and provides 15 weeks’ worth of teaching material.
In response to Britain’s economic decline, the Conservative Government of 1959-1964 effected a series of striking and controversial policy transformations. This book examines their ambitious aim: to fashion a modern nation and ensure their continuation in power.
When Energy is Released from Atoms
The Manhattan Project was the largest, most costly, and influential scientific project in history—a work of collective knowledge from a human race on the edge of obliteration. This book shares stories of its central characters, technical standards, and profound historical legacy.
This book sets forth the theory of optimal manoeuvring near a circular orbit for transfer and rendezvous problems. It presents simple analytical methods for real spacecraft and details effective methods for manoeuvre assessment to more accurately propagate collision hazards.
Ecofeminism explores the interconnections between feminism and ecology. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach to address the most pertinent issues in this emerging field, examining them from various perspectives to avoid any hegemonic categorization.
Across seven centuries, trace the global journey of Chinese art. These essays reveal how collectors and museums in Japan, Europe, and America have shaped its circulation, taste, and cultural meaning across cultures.
Our Self-Organized Brains
This book describes the dynamic nature of the brain and how it learns. Using a systemic approach to neuroscience, it introduces concepts of feedback control and self-organized systems in plain language for a holistic understanding of the human learning process.
Psychoanalytic and Anthropological Considerations of Gilgamesh
A 5000-year-old quest for immortality, the Gilgamesh Epic reflects our timeless struggle with mortality. This psychoanalytic exploration reveals the myth’s enduring relevance, dissecting its themes of power, sexuality, and the human condition for a modern audience.
This book clearly describes engineering simulation methods for biomechanics and biological processes. It covers numerical methods like the Finite Element Method and presents relevant applications, from lung airflow to mechanobiology. For students, academics, and professionals.
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