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America's War Machine

Vested Interests, Endless Conflicts

by James McCartney, Molly Sinclair McCartney ...

A veteran Washington reporter reveals how years of military-slanted domestic and foreign policy have turned the U.S. into a perpetual war machine.When President Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared to leave the White House in 1961, he did so with an ominous message for the American people about the "disastrous rise" of the military-industrial complex. Fifty years later, the complex has morphed into a ... Read more

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A veteran Washington reporter reveals how years of military-slanted domestic and foreign policy have turned the U.S. into a perpetual war machine.When President Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared to leave the White House in 1961, he did so with an ominous message for the American people about the "disastrous rise" of the military-industrial complex. Fifty years later, the complex has morphed into a
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New Technology in Sociology

Practical Applications in Research and Work

by Grant Blank, James L. McCartney, Edward Brent ...

When technology has been applied in business environments, its justification has usually been cast in terms of saving time or saving money. In the social sciences, the justification must be different; the viability of sociology as a profession, for example, will not be enhanced by cost reductions. The focus in this volume is on a different bottom l ... Read more

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When technology has been applied in business environments, its justification has usually been cast in terms of saving time or saving money. In the social sciences, the justification must be different; the viability of sociology as a profession, for example, will not be enhanced by cost reductions. The focus in this volume is on a different bottom l
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The SuperCollider Book, second edition

Edited by Scott Wilson, David Cottle, Nick Collins ...

A comprehensive update of the essential reference to SuperCollider, with new material on machine learning, musical notation and score making, SC Tweets, alternative editors, parasite languages, non-standard synthesis, and the cross-platform GUI library.SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with wide-ranging applications across installations, real ... Read more

$92.99 USD

A comprehensive update of the essential reference to SuperCollider, with new material on machine learning, musical notation and score making, SC Tweets, alternative editors, parasite languages, non-standard synthesis, and the cross-platform GUI library.SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with wide-ranging applications across installations, real
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Bond, The

Two epic climbs in Alaska and a lifetime's connection between climbers

by Simon McCartney ...

Narrated by Robert James Bayley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 23 min

WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureWINNER: Mountain and Wilderness Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Competition'Man, the only – only – good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.'Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but it was a chance meet... ... Read more

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WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureWINNER: Mountain and Wilderness Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Competition'Man, the only – only – good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.'Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but it was a chance meet...
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Business ReLOVEution

A Mindset Paradigm for the Modern Entrepreneur

by Toby McCartney ...

★★★★★ "A modern business book with humour...Genius!" - Reader ReviewIt's not easy being an entrepreneur. In fact, it is often really hard!You are constantly struggling with your own ethical stance in life, your values are frequently being challenged and you have to make decisions you feel are completely outside your knowledge and skills base.Even if you are doing it right, you are often ridiculed ... Read more

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★★★★★ "A modern business book with humour...Genius!" - Reader ReviewIt's not easy being an entrepreneur. In fact, it is often really hard!You are constantly struggling with your own ethical stance in life, your values are frequently being challenged and you have to make decisions you feel are completely outside your knowledge and skills base.Even if you are doing it right, you are often ridiculed
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Replacement Parts

The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans

by Arthur L. Caplan, James J. McCartney, Daniel P. Reid, Elysa R. Koppelman, Robert D. Truog, Franklin G. Miller, Scott D. Halpern, Frank C. Chaten0, Winston Chiong1, David Magnus2, Ben S. Wilfond3, Karol Wojtyła4, D. Alan Shewmon5, James L. Bernat6, Dominic Wilkinson7, Julian Savulescu8, Kristin Zeiler9, Elisabeth Furberg0, Gunnar Tufveson1, Staffen Welin2, Alexander M. Capron3, Richard M. Zaner4, Canadian Paediatric Society5, Ahad J. Ghods6, Shokoufeh Savaj7, Amelie Raz8, Rachel Kohn9, Michael Rey0, David A. Asch1, Peter Reese2, Sheila M. Rothman3, David J. Rothman4, Leigh Turner5, Gabriel M. Danovitch6, Alan B. Leichtman7, David Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber8, Robert Fitzgerald9, Kyle Powys Whyte0, Evan Selinger1, Jathan Sadowski2, Ian Kennedy3, Robert A. Sells4, Abdallah S. Daar5, Ronald D. Guttmann6, Raymond Hoffenberg7, Michael Lock8, Janet Radcliffe-Richards9, Nicholas L. Tilney0, Sahin Aksoy1, Jennifer A. Chandler2, Jacquelyn A. Burkell3, Sam D. Shemie4, Barbara L. Neades5, David Serur6, Michael R. Charlton7, Charles Bradley Wallis8, Kannan P. Samy9, Alvin Elliot Roth0, Michael A. Rees1, Kristina Fiore2, Francis L. Delmonico3, Rosamond Rhodes4, Thomas D. Schiano5, Mohammad Sanaei Ardekani6, Janis M. Orlowski7, Jennifer deSante8 ...

In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary ... Read more

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In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary
... Read more
Health, Disease, and Illness

Concepts in Medicine

by Arthur L. Caplan, Galen, Maimonodes, Roy Porter, G.S. Rousseau, Samuel A. Cartwright, Georges Canguilhem0, Thomas S. Szaz1, George L. Engel2, Robert A. Aronowitz3, Christopher Boorse4, K. Danner Clouser5, Charles M. Culver6, Bernard Gert7, Roberto Mordacci8, Andrew Sobel9, R.E. Kendell0, Winston Chiong1, Alice Domurat Dreger2, Peter Conrad3, Norma C. Ware4, John T. E. Richardson5, Frances B. McCrea6, Martha Holstein7, Sander Gilman8, George C. Williams9, David Magnus0, Eric T. Juengst1, Peter J. Whitehouse2, Maxwell J. Mehlman3, Thomas H. Murray4, Paul R. Wolpe5 ...

In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor—and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental ... Read more

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In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor—and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental
... Read more
Authentic Being

Dynamic Creativity

by Dr. James R. McCartney ...

This is a book about the importance of choice in the lives of people. Two philosophies, Existentialism and New Thought Philosophy, speak in their own language of taking the heros journey by accepting and expressing life authentically. This book looks at things that get in the way of choosing our true life; it is about the courageous adventure of being authentic. It is a book about you and me, it ... Read more

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This is a book about the importance of choice in the lives of people. Two philosophies, Existentialism and New Thought Philosophy, speak in their own language of taking the heros journey by accepting and expressing life authentically. This book looks at things that get in the way of choosing our true life; it is about the courageous adventure of being authentic. It is a book about you and me, it
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Staring Into The Fridge

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by Annie McCartney ...

Narrated by James Nesbitt, Jonathan Harden, Katy Gleadhill, Marcella Riordan, Mark Lambert, Richard Orr ...

Unabridged

43 min

A BBC Radio 4 kitchen comedy by Annie McCartney, starring James Nesbitt as the Fridge. ‘Staring into the Fridge’ was originally broadcast as the ‘Afternoon Play’ on 13 September 2010. With two twenty-something children and a dubious boyfriend eating her out of house and home, Maggie (Annie McCartney) is beginning to lose the will to live. She feels she has no one to talk to or to listen. But all ... Read more

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A BBC Radio 4 kitchen comedy by Annie McCartney, starring James Nesbitt as the Fridge. ‘Staring into the Fridge’ was originally broadcast as the ‘Afternoon Play’ on 13 September 2010. With two twenty-something children and a dubious boyfriend eating her out of house and home, Maggie (Annie McCartney) is beginning to lose the will to live. She feels she has no one to talk to or to listen. But all
... Read more

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Unraveled

A Climber's Journey Through Darkness and Back

by Katie Brown ...

Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious ... Read more

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As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious
... Read more

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Drift

The Unmooring of American Military Power

by Rachel Maddow ...

The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war.Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war. To understand how we've arrived at such a dangerous place, Maddow takes us from the Vietnam War to today's war in ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war.Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war. To understand how we've arrived at such a dangerous place, Maddow takes us from the Vietnam War to today's war in
... Read more

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Architectural Research Methods

by Linda N. Groat, David Wang ...

ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH METHODSARCHITECTURE/GENERALA PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS—NOW UPDATED AND EXPANDED!From searching for the best glass to prevent glare to determining how clients might react to the color choice for restaurant walls, research is a crucial tool that architects must master in order to effectively address the technical, aesthetic, and behavioral issues ... Read more

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ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH METHODSARCHITECTURE/GENERALA PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS—NOW UPDATED AND EXPANDED!From searching for the best glass to prevent glare to determining how clients might react to the color choice for restaurant walls, research is a crucial tool that architects must master in order to effectively address the technical, aesthetic, and behavioral issues
... Read more

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