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  • Around the World in 100 Years

    Dispatches from the Institute of Current World Affairs

    Edited by Gregory Feifer, Elizabeth Wise, Steven Tagle ...
    On the morning of December 17, I left Nanking aboard a C-47 bound for Beijing. None of the 13 persons aboard the plane knew whether or not we would be able to land at our destination. Four days previously, the Communist Army had opened an attack on the city. The west airfield was known to be out of commission. The south field was reported to be under fire from Communist artillery, and Red troops ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Evolutionary Road to Human Memory

    by Elisabeth A. Murray, Steven P. Wise, Mary K. L. Baldwin, Kim S. Graham ...
    We tend to think about memory in terms of the human experience, neglecting the fact that we can trace a direct line of descent from the earliest vertebrates to modern humans. But the evolutionary history that we share with other vertebrates has left a mark on modern memory, complemented by unique forms of memory that emerged in humans. This book tells an intriguing story about how evolution shaped ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Frontiers of Labor

    Comparative Histories of the United States and Australia

    by Shelton Stromquist, Robin Archer, Nikola Balnave, James R. Barrett, Bradley Bowden, Verity Burgmann, Robert Cherny, Peter Clayworth, Tom Goyens, Dianne Hall0, Benjamin Huf1, Jennie Jeppesen2, Marjorie A Jerrard3, Jeffrey A Johnson4, Diane Kirkby5, Elizabeth Malcolm6, Patrick O’Leary7, Greg Patmore8, Scott Stephenson0, Peta Stevenson-Clarke1, Nathan Wise2 ...
    Series Book 1 - Working Class in American History
    Alike in many aspects of their histories, Australia and the United States diverge in striking ways when it comes to their working classes, labor relations, and politics.Greg Patmore and Shelton Stromquist curate innovative essays that use transnational and comparative analysis to explore the two nations’ differences. The contributors examine five major areas: World War I’s impact on labor and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Easy R

    Access, Prepare, Visualize, Explore Data, and Write Papers

    by Elizabeth A. Gohmert, Quan L. Li, Douglas R. Wise ...
    Do you want to learn R? This book is built on the premise that anyone with a bit of free time and a healthy curiosity can learn to use R in their studies or at work. The authors focus on using R to do useful things like writing reports, creating data and graphs, accessing datasets collected by others, preparing data, and conducting simple data analysis.In this book you’ll learn how to: install R ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Evolution of Memory Systems

    Ancestors, Anatomy, and Adaptations

    by Elisabeth A. Murray, Steven P. Wise, Kim S. Graham ...
    Series series
    Current theories about human memory have been shaped by clinical observations and animal experiments. This doctrine holds that the medial temporal lobe subserves one memory system for explicit or declarative memories, while the basal ganglia subserves a separate memory system for implicit or procedural memories, including habits. Cortical areas outside the medial temporal lobe are said to function ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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  • Strangers at Our Gates

    Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540–2015

    by Valerie Knowles ...
    In this new and revised edition, Knowles explores new materials relating to multiculturalism and immigration.Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians’ perception of themselves as a country and a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped ... Read more

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  • Prisoners of Geography

    Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

    by Tim Marshall ...
    Series series Politics of Place
    UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVENTS! In this fascinating New York Times bestseller—fully revised to reflect the events of our current world—award-winning journalist Tim Marshall uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain how physical landscapes influence geopolitical strategies of world leaders, showing “how geography shapes not just history but destiny” (Newsweek).Maps have always captivated us, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Strangers at Our Gates

    Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-2006 Revised Edition

    by Valerie Knowles ...
    Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians' perception of themselves as a country and as a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped to define the character of Canadian immigrants over the centuries. Key policymakers and moulders of public ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mobile Design and Development

    Practical concepts and techniques for creating mobile sites and web apps

    by Brian Fling ...
    Mobile devices outnumber desktop and laptop computers three to one worldwide, yet little information is available for designing and developing mobile applications. Mobile Design and Development fills that void with practical guidelines, standards, techniques, and best practices for building mobile products from start to finish. With this book, you'll learn basic design and development principles ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Fairness and Freedom:A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

    A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

    by David Hackett Fischer ...
    Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies--New Zealand and the United States--with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these elements take different forms, because constellations of value are far apart. The dream of living free ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Disunited Nations

    The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World

    by Peter Zeihan ...
    Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns?Most countries and companies are not prepared for the world Peter Zeihan says we’re already living in. For decades, America’s allies have depended on its might for their economic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • If We Burn

    The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

    by Vincent Bevins ...
    The fascinating history of a decade aflame—and what we can learn from its embers.**"Disturbing and exhilarating." —**New YorkerFrom 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins carried out hundreds of interviews around the world, guided by a ... Read more

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