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This extensively updated textbook introduces the transport system
and its societal impacts in a holistic and multidisciplinary way. A
timely second edition, it includes new analyses of travel behaviour
and the transport system’s impacts on health and well-being. Key
Features: Guidance for transport policy evaluation methods and
modelling approaches Systematic approach to analysing higher-order
impacts of interventions in the transport system Discussion of
topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current
transport innovations The use of case studies to highlight
interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance
to decision making Exploration of the role of transport systems in
providing accessibility and their impact on the environment,
safety, health and well-being International in scope, this textbook
will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students
studying disciplines such as transport policy and transport
geography. It will also be useful to the professionals and
policymakers in the transport industry.
‘Passing-on’ occurs when harm or loss incurred by a business is
passed on to burden that business’s customers or the next level
of the supply chain. In this thoroughly revised and updated second
edition, the authors provide the only available comprehensive
examination of passing-on in damages and restitution under EU law.
The analysis covers a broad range of contexts including competition
damages and the repayment of charges. The book offers a systematic
examination of the key questions facing parties in a passing-on
situation: When can downstream claimants bring an action? How can
claimants demonstrate sufficient proximity to the original harmful
act or unjustified transaction? Will the possibility of passing-on
be relevant to the estimation of the award? These questions are
assessed for actions against the EU, a Member State and private
individuals. Key Features: A specific focus on EU law and guidance
that will be relevant to lawyers throughout the EU A multi-faceted
and fully contextualised analysis of the defence of passing-on and
the position of potential claimants downstream in the supply chain
Practical suggestions for consistent approaches to passing-on in EU
law across existing and future contexts Extensive updates
comprising new case law and materials across all contexts examined
An expansion of discussions to encompass crucial new developments
since the first edition of the book This magisterial work is an
invaluable point of reference for practitioners working in damages
and restitution law, but also in other fields of commercial law,
including competition law and consumer law. Legislators and
policy-makers in the EU and beyond will also benefit from the lucid
analysis of the various policy choices made in the EU and US.
This extensively updated textbook introduces the transport system
and its societal impacts in a holistic and multidisciplinary way. A
timely second edition, it includes new analyses of travel behaviour
and the transport system’s impacts on health and well-being. Key
Features: Guidance for transport policy evaluation methods and
modelling approaches Systematic approach to analysing higher-order
impacts of interventions in the transport system Discussion of
topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current
transport innovations The use of case studies to highlight
interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance
to decision making Exploration of the role of transport systems in
providing accessibility and their impact on the environment,
safety, health and well-being International in scope, this textbook
will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students
studying disciplines such as transport policy and transport
geography. It will also be useful to the professionals and
policymakers in the transport industry.
This ground-breaking book makes visible the global counter-movement
for environmental justice. Combining 500 in-depth empirical
analyses of environmental conflict with expansive theorising in
ecological economics and political ecology, Joan Martínez-Alier
reveals that though grassroots movements for socio-economic
sustainability are deeply diverse, there are profound global
patterns of environmental action and empowerment. Using rich
personal and community stories of conflict drawn from the Atlas of
Environmental Justice, Martínez-Alier analyses the commonalities
shared by environmental defenders and offenders respectively. Each
narrative is set within a cohesive framework, emphasising the
diverse vocabularies, iconographies, and valuation languages of
poor and indigenous activists without losing sight of the global
scale of climate action and biodiversity loss. Revealing the
circularity gap at the centre of the industrial economy, the book
focuses on the frontiers of commodity extraction and waste
disposal. Alongside exploring diverse geographies of resistance and
protagonists of conflict, chapters delve into commodity extraction,
corporate irresponsibility, unequal trade, and feminist
neo-Malthusianism. Land, Water, Air and Freedom will be essential
reading for students and scholars of environmental social sciences
and humanities, anthropology, geography, international relations,
and ecology. It will also guide activists seeking to understand
their place in the movements for environmental justice and
environmental sustainability.
This incisive book evaluates the legal effects of soft law, its
foundations and how they behave in some of the most innovative
areas of EU law. Combining theory, language and sectoral insights,
this comprehensive review uses case studies to shed new light on
the three core areas of soft law. The book opens with an
exploration of the meaning and scope of EU soft law’s legal
effects from a theoretical and doctrinal perspective. Chapters
analyse the role, contribution and broader legal effectiveness of
the language employed by EU authorities when drafting soft law
instruments. Finally, in a ground-up approach to the research
topic, the book discusses soft law’s legal effects within three
areas of EU legislation, namely financial supervision, technical
standardisation and telecommunications law. Advancing a legal and
argumentative toolkit to evaluate and improve EU soft law’s
persuasiveness, this title will be advantageous to academics,
practitioners and policy-makers with specialisations in European
law, constitutional and administrative law and regulation and
governance.
Drawing together the work of leading researchers from various
disciplines and backgrounds, this illuminating Research Handbook
contributes to a revitalised understanding of migration governance.
It introduces novel debates regarding how actors and institutions
shape significant migration dynamics. This erudite Research
Handbook features a systematic review of the analytical framework
of global migration governance. Chapters identify and explain key
institutions involved in global migration, focusing on changes in
patterns and actor behaviours. Key actors explored in the Research
Handbook include international organisations, migrant networks,
civil society groups, smuggling cartels, religious transnational
organisations, security firms and trade unions. Ultimately, it aims
to contribute to a renewed understanding of migration drivers and
proceedings. Students and advanced scholars of international
relations and politics studying topics such as migration policy
will find this thorough Research Handbook to be incredibly
valuable. Experts and agents of international and non-government
organisations will additionally find it to be beneficial.
This timely book scrutinises the mechanisms for guaranteeing
respect for the rule of law in the European legal system. Focusing
on external relations, it assesses the capacity of the EU to
disseminate these values as a global actor and offers novel
suggestions for how this capacity could be exercised more
effectively. Using EU legislation and case law, the book identifies
the essential elements of the rule of law, and distinguishes the
general limits it places on the behaviour of public authorities.
Focusing on EU sanctions, trade policy and relations with
neighbouring and membership candidate countries, it argues that the
EU’s promotion of the rule of law internally and externally has
strengthened considerably over time. Nevertheless, given the
degradation of the rule of law on the international scene,
contributors call for an overhaul of EU rule of law policy to
uphold the EU’s ethical commitments and strengthen its
international standing. This book will be an important read for
scholars and students of European law, trade law and international
relations. Presenting detailed analyses of EU policy and case law,
it will also be highly useful for practitioners and policy-makers
seeking to promote human rights and democracy.
Positioning industrial relations in a discussion that is sensitive
to broader political, historical, and ideological tensions, this
insightful book offers reflections on the politics of de-regulation
that have developed in southern European work and employment
relations over the past 20 years. Interwoven with case studies from
Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the book reviews critical
debates and issues related to de-regulation in employment relations
and neoliberalism in southern Europe. Taking stock of major changes
and crises affecting these national contexts over time, from
austerity politics to the COVID-19 pandemic, chapters investigate
how new voices, actors, and social movements are beginning to
emerge and engage with the politics of work. The book ultimately
posits that debates on production and work need to pay closer
attention to changes in patterns of consumption and the changing
nature of worker voice, and highlights how these changes are being
used to undermine collective and social rights. Surveying political
shifts in collective worker voice and representation over time, the
book will benefit students and scholars of industrial relations,
labour studies, the sociology of work, and employment politics. Its
evaluation of the impact of de-regulation strategies imposed across
southern Europe will prove invaluable to practitioners and
policymakers involved in public employment and industrial
relations.
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Taming Papa
Mylène Goupil; Translated by Shelley Tanaka
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Courage to Dream (Paperback)
Neal Shusterman; Illustrated by Andr�s Vera Mart�nez
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National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a
graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through surreal visions and a
textured canvas of heroism and hope. Courage to Dream plunges
readers into the darkest time of human history - the Holocaust.
This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in
modern memory, delving into the core of what it means to face the
extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. This gripping,
multifaceted tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural
history Five interlocking narratives explore one common story –
the tradition of resistance and uplift Internationally renowned
author Neal Shusterman and illustrator Andrés Vera Martínez have
created a masterwork that encourages the compassionate, bold
reaching for a dream
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Plant Life (Hardcover)
Hélène Druvert; Text written by Juliette Einhorn
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A beautiful picture book with layers of intricate lasercuts and
enchanting illustrations. Here are plants as you've never seen them
before! Hélène Druvert’s meticulous lasercuts and beautiful
illustrations take you on a trip around the world to visit some of
the most fascinating examples of plant life, from the tiniest algae
to the tallest trees. Learn how plants are pollinated and how they
spread their seeds, how trees communicate with each other, how
carnivorous plants attract their prey, and how plants play a vital
part in making our planet a great home for humans. This fact-filled
journey is by Hélène Druvert, the acclaimed author and
illustrator of Anatomy, Garden Jungle, Ocean, The Sky, Paris Up, Up
and Away, Mary Poppins Up, Up and Away and New York Melody.
The stories and strategies of student activists fighting against
sexual violence in the #MeToo era. The global #MeToo movement that
began in 2017 sparked an explosion of activism to address systemic
problems of discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence. In
Voices of Campus Sexual Violence Activists, Ana M.
Martínez-Alemán and Susan B. Marine share the important stories
of college student activists fighting sexual violence. Based on
research and interviews, this timely book provides a close
examination of the promise and perils of activism on today's
college campuses. Martínez-Alemán and Marine map the terrain of
student activists whose work to influence institutional, state, and
federal policy represents a testament to the rich legacies of 1960s
activism and signals a new wave of social media–centered work in
the #MeToo era. These students share their strategies for
addressing sexual violence on their campuses and organizing and
rallying other students to their work. They describe their
motivations, their experiences dealing with the police and campus
administrations, and their goals as well as the effects of activism
on their mental health and physical well-being. Gen Z students
describe how they use collective mobilization and activism through
social media in addition to long-established campus organizing
techniques in the service of eradicating sexual violence on campus.
Unlike other explorations of the #MeToo movement, this book
highlights the experiences of prominent campus activists and their
allies and the policy and practice implications of their movements
for campus leaders, including senior student affairs administrators
and faculty. Martínez-Alemán and Marine conclude with
recommendations for institutional decision-making and practices
that incorporate the experiences and opinions of student activists.
Voices of Campus Sexual Violence Activists calls for a cultural
reset in institutional cultures to end sexual violence on campuses.
This book seeks to address US public diplomacy strategies in Latin
America, of particular importance during the 1960s when the
leadership of the United States had been questioned after the Cuban
revolution. The implicit mandate was "No more Cubas" so that what
happened in the Caribbean country would not spread to other
countries. The actions of the United States towards its southern
neighbors in the first half of the twentieth century are quite well
known. In contrast, Latin American scenarios of the Cultural Cold
War have remained relatively less well known. The contributors and
editors of this volume examine various facets and means of action
used by the "U.S. machinery of persuasion" with the aim of
disseminating the virtues of its socioeconomic and political model,
including both public and private efforts, and the significance of
nonstate actors. Subjects examined include the impact of the theory
of modernization, anti-Americanism, the deployment of public
diplomacy in the region, the activities of the Congress for
Cultural Freedom and the Rockefeller Foundation, and the influence
of these efforts on sporting, artistic, and musical events. This
volume will be value to students and scholars alike interested in
Latin American history and history of the Americas.
This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and
traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also
emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and
food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal
Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the
traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of
medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional
and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of
Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for
human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and
the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich
with medicinal plants. Exploring the benefits of medicinal plants
in disease prevention, treatment, and management, Volume 1
discusses the traditional use of medicinal plants as promising
therapeutics for cancer, liver conditions, COVID-19, and other
human ailments. It examines the efficacy of Ayurvedic and Chinese
herbal medicine, Indian traditional medicine, and other ethnic
herbal practices used by indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan, South
America, Turkey, India, etc. A variety of plants are discussed, and
the ethnomedicinal applications of over 100 wild mushrooms for
their medicinal and healthcare purposes are elaborated on. While
volume 1 focuses primarily on natural plant resources for
addressing specific health issues, volume 2 looks at traditional
medicinal plant use for their nutritional and dietary benefits,
while also encouraging the preservation of biodiversity for healthy
and sustainable diets. The volume presents information on over 2200
vascular plant taxa from 127 families as well as many taxa from
leaf parts, fruits, underground parts, floral parts, seeds, and
more that have potential use as edible food plants. Ethnic
knowledge on the wild edible mushrooms is an emerging area, which
is unique and is dependent on the folk knowledge of tribals; this
volume discusses the unique nutritional attributes of wild edible
mushrooms (206 species belonging to 73 genera) in Southern India.
The authors look at various lichens as nutritional aids and
medicine and as flavoring agents and spices. Fucoidans derived from
the seaweeds (and spirulina) are described for their antioxidant
activity, nutritional and anti-aging properties, antiviral
activities, anti-cancer properties, anti-diabetic properties, and
more. The authors also examine how ethnicity affects
healthcare/nutritive systems at different levels through various
dynamics such as lower income, inability for services uptake,
disputes among different ethnic groups, cultural attitudes (some
ethnic group are vegetarian), lack of socio-economic resources, and
disease prevalence. Together, these two important volumes aim to
preserve and disseminate the valuable ethnic knowledge of medicinal
plants gained over thousands of years and to promote the value of
integrating and safeguarding biodiversity.
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Monsters Never Get Haircuts
Marie-Hélène Versini; Illustrated by Vincent Boudgourd
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These stories describe the radical journey of creating a life with
purpose, hope, and belonging. In Finding Our Way Home, Killian Noe
draws from her experience as co-founder and program director at
Samaritan Inns, an organization serving addicted and homeless men
and women. Reading these stories can lead you to awareness of your
own addictions and divine love, a journey that can lead you home.
92 Pages.
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The Missing Sound (Disney Encanto)
Susana Illera Martínez; Adapted by Nicole Johnson; Illustrated by Disney Storybook Art Team
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Courage to Dream (Hardcover)
Neal Shusterman; Illustrated by Andr's Vera Mart-Nez
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National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel
exploring the Holocaust through surreal visions and a textured
canvas of heroism and hope. Courage to Dream plunges readers into
the darkest time of human history - the Holocaust. This graphic
novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory,
delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of
everything and everyone you hold dear. This gripping, multifaceted
tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history Five
interlocking narratives explore one common story - the tradition of
resistance and uplift Internationally renowned author Neal
Shusterman and illustrator Andres Vera Martinez have created a
masterwork that encourages the compassionate, bold reaching for a
dream
This book seeks to address US public diplomacy strategies in Latin
America, of particular importance during the 1960s when the
leadership of the United States had been questioned after the Cuban
revolution. The implicit mandate was "No more Cubas" so that what
happened in the Caribbean country would not spread to other
countries. The actions of the United States towards its southern
neighbors in the first half of the twentieth century are quite well
known. In contrast, Latin American scenarios of the Cultural Cold
War have remained relatively less well known. The contributors and
editors of this volume examine various facets and means of action
used by the "U.S. machinery of persuasion" with the aim of
disseminating the virtues of its socioeconomic and political model,
including both public and private efforts, and the significance of
nonstate actors. Subjects examined include the impact of the theory
of modernization, anti-Americanism, the deployment of public
diplomacy in the region, the activities of the Congress for
Cultural Freedom and the Rockefeller Foundation, and the influence
of these efforts on sporting, artistic, and musical events. This
volume will be value to students and scholars alike interested in
Latin American history and history of the Americas.
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The Missing Sound (Disney Encanto)
Susana Illera Martínez; Adapted by Nicole Johnson; Illustrated by Disney Storybook Art Team
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Gotham City has never been darker or deadlier. And after Failsafe,
there is no Batman to save it. The mean streets of Gotham City have
gotten meaner as the likes of Harvey Dent and Killer Croc roam
free, brutalizing the population. Where is Batman and why hasn t he
responded to the cries of a city in peril?! Can Bruce Wayne find
the answers before the mysterious Red Mask captures him? Chip
Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez continue their incredible Batman run with
Batman Vol. 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham!
Do you feel like you're missing out on your sexuality? Has the time
spent with your lover(s) become a bit predictable and boring? Are
you tired of the same old storylines about sex – foreplay,
penetrate, ejaculate, repeat? In Sex Tips for Creative Lovers,
Jüne Plã teaches you how to let go of your hang-ups and explore
your sexuality at your own pace. You will learn everything there is
to know about sex outside of the ‘penetration’ box, regardless
of your gender or sexual orientation. With maps of pleasure zones
as well as an inventory of moves, it is full of tips and tricks on
how to pleasure yourself and your partner, resulting in explosive
new experiences. Whether you’re a virgin or sex expert, Sex Tips
for Creative Lovers is perfect for anyone wanting to reinvigorate
their sex life.
THE DEBUT THRILLER FROM N.E. SOLOMONS ON THE ROAD TO DISCOVERY,
EVEN THE DEAD HAVE SECRETS. High up on a mountain road in the
Balkans, former Olympic cyclist Heather Bishop races her journalist
boyfriend Ryan. But when he suddenly disappears during the ride,
suspicion falls on her. Local police inspector Simo Subotic already
has his hands full investigating two mutilated bodies that have
washed up on the banks of the River Drina. Something is telling him
that these two cases are connected but nothing could prepare him
for what is to come. Only together can Simo and Heather hope to
uncover the truth in time. Their search not only exposes the
darkness of Ryan's past but exhumes dangerous secrets of a region
still reeling from the trauma of war. Are some secrets so
devastating that they should remain buried?
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