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Why do states persist in using force to enhance their deterrent posture, even though it is not clear that it is effective? This book develops an innovative framework to answer this question, viewing deterrence as an idea. This allows the author to explain how countries institutionalize deterrence strategy, and how this internalization affects policy. He argues that the US and Israel have both internalized

Illuminating Albers\'s skill as a weaver, her material awareness and acute understanding of art and design, this much-needed publication is a celebration of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and her endless

Christians need to pause once in a while to get their bearings. For perspective on our own times and how we got here, it helps to listen to wise guides from other eras. In An Infinite Fountain of Light, the renowned American historian George Marsden illuminates the landscape with wisdom from one such mentor: Jonathan Edwards.Drawing on his deep expertise on Edwards and American culture, Marsden explains

A leader in the data economy explains how we arrived at AI--and how we can navigate its future In The Datapreneurs, Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI--and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how

\'There\'s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.\' In Arthur Conan Doyle\'s A Study in Scarlet a popular cultural phenomenon is born. We meet two of the most famous characters in modern literary history: the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, an army doctor home on sick leave, for the first time. Through Watson we learn a little about the eccentric

This vibrant story of wildlife conservation beams with hope and joyfully celebrates difference. Unless Jo and Alex can find the last Rainbow Bird, its species will become extinct. Journeying by riverboat through a spectacular forest, the children find many extraordinary birds - elegant Underwater Birds, glowing Lamp Birds and excitable Big-to-Little Birds - but will they find the last Rainbow Bird?

This easy-to-follow textbook introduces the mathematical language, knowledge and problem-solving skills that undergraduate students need to enter the world of computer and information sciences. The language is in part qualitative, with concepts such as set, relation, function and recursion/induction; but it is also partly quantitative, with principles of counting and finite probability. Entwined with

In a brilliant procession through the last 250 years, Ute Frevert looks at the role that public humiliation has played in modern society, showing how humiliation - and the feeling of shame that it engenders - has been used as a means of coercion and control, from the worlds of politics and international diplomacy through to the education of children and the administration of justice. We learn the stories

The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider -- a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party -- won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified Republican

The only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise, practise, practise. This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy and will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills, build your confidence and feel

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Machi Tawara\'s first book of poems, Salad Annivsersary, combines the classical \'tanka\' form with the subject of a modern love affair. It became a sensation, selling over 2 million copies - and the \'salad phenomenon\' in Japanese culture was comparable to the \'bananamania\' that followed publication of the first novel by Tawara\'s contemporary Banana Yoshimoto. Contains 15 poems: \'August Morning\'

*As featured in a BBC documentary*Born in Milan, Anna del Conte grew up in Italy in a gentler time. Her story is informed and enlivened by the food and memories of her native land - from lemon granita to wartime risotto with nettles, from vitello tonnato to horsemeat roll, from pastas to

This student version of the popular bestseller, Life Cycle Assessment Handbook, is not a watered-down version of the original, but retains all of the important information and valuable lessons provided in the first book, along with helpful problems and solutions for the student learning about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). As the last several decades have seen a dramatic rise in the application of LCA

Alt werden will jeder. Alt sein nicht nicht unbedingt. Aber was heien Alter und Altern? Wodurch ist unser Leben im Alter - jenseits von biologischen Faktoren - bestimmt? A. Kruse und H.-W. Wahl, zwei fuhrende Alternsforscher, vermitteln in diesem klar geschriebenen Buch anhand der Befunde moderner Forschung die Botschaft: Alter kann, je nach individueller und gesellschaftlicher Weichenstellung, einen

The minefield of Elvis Cole\'s past is coming back to haunt him - with a vengeance... \'Edge-of-the-seat exciting ... utterly compelling\' IRISH

A world of gods and monsters. An elemental power, rising. This is Robin Hood, reborn, as he has never been seen before . .