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This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human
extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work
on "existential risks." Many leading intellectuals agree that the
risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any
point in our 300,000-year history as a species. This book provides
insight on the key questions that inform this discussion, including
when humans began to worry about their own extinction and how the
debate has changed over time. It establishes a new theoretical
foundation for thinking about the ethics of our extinction, arguing
that extinction would be very bad under most circumstances,
although the outcome might be, on balance, good. Throughout the
book, graphs, tables, and images further illustrate how human
choices and attitudes about extinction have evolved in Western
history. In its thorough examination of humanity’s past, this
book also provides a starting point for understanding our future.
Although accessible enough to be read by undergraduates, Human
Extinction contains new and thought-provoking research that will
benefit even established academic philosophers and historians.
"Your Career Game" demonstrates how game theory can help readers to
understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy.
Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage
the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers,
managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career
efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The
key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"--in
short, nimble individuals are better game players.
Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful
professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop
(Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck),
and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how
their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach
to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for
anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job
market.
"Your Career Game" demonstrates how game theory can help readers to
understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy.
Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage
the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers,
managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career
efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The
key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"--in
short, nimble individuals are better game players.
Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful
professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop
(Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck),
and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how
their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach
to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for
anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job
market.
In bone surgery it is essential to compress fractures
interfragmentarily in order to make them resistant to the tensile
force of muscles and the force resulting from acceleration and
deceleration. This can be best achieved by the use of cable tension
bands as a traction mechanism. The cable tension band is - in terms
of stability of fractures - far superior to the conventional rigid
cerclage wire which has been widely used in osteosynthesis for over
100 years. The author explains the biomechanics of the tension band
in detail. Theoretical findings are confirmed by clinical test
results. All osteosynthetic techniques which can be carried out
with cables are described giving details of operation instructions.
Errors and risks are always pointed out. A reference book and
operative manual at a time.
American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is caused by the
protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. Sixteen to eighteen million
people are currently infected with this organism, and 45,000 deaths
are attributed to the disease each year. Infection with T. cruzi is
life-long, and 10-30% of persons who harbor the parasite
chronically develop cardiac and gastrointestinal problems
associated with the parasitosis. Although major progress has been
made in recent years in reducing vector-borne and
transfusion-associated transmission of T. cruzi, the burden of
disability and death in persons chronically infected with the
organism continues to be enormous. Eight to ten million persons
born in countries in which Chagas disease is endemic currently
reside in the United States, and epidemiologic and census data
suggest that 50,000-100,000 are chronically infected with T. cruzi.
The presence of these infected persons poses a risk of transmission
of the parasite in the USA through blood transfusion and organ
transplantation and several such cases have now been documented.
American Trypanosomiasis, volume seven of World Class Parasites is
written for students of tropical medicine, parasitology and public
health, for researchers and practitioners alike who wish to bring
themselves abreast of the status quo with respect to this disease.
It is intended to supplement formal textbooks, in order to broaden
and illuminate current areas of scientific and public health
concern. Uniquely for T. cruzi, this book addresses parasite,
vector and host biology, the pathogenesis of Chagas disease and
current and prospective therapeutics and control strategies in a
single volume.
Treat the stresses of modern-day life with The Little Book of Zen.
Who knew so much wisdom could come in such a small package? This little
book is packed full of easy practices and meditations to help you
introduce the principles of Zen Buddhism into your day-to-day: enhance
your spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing, tune into your natural
intuition, and find your inner calm.
Beautifully presented, this book is the perfect introduction to this
ancient practice.
Contents:
Chapter 1: The Overflowing Teacup and the Beginner's Mind
Chapter 2: A Practical Guide to Meditation
Chapter 3: The Moon in Water - Understanding What We Can't Understand
Chapter 4: Every Day Is a Good Day - Zen and the Art of Suffering
Chapter 5: Wash Your Bowl - Zen and the Physical World
American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is caused by the
protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. Sixteen to eighteen million
people are currently infected with this organism, and 45,000 deaths
are attributed to the disease each year. Infection with T. cruzi is
life-long, and 10-30% of persons who harbor the parasite
chronically develop cardiac and gastrointestinal problems
associated with the parasitosis. Although major progress has been
made in recent years in reducing vector-borne and
transfusion-associated transmission of T. cruzi, the burden of
disability and death in persons chronically infected with the
organism continues to be enormous. Eight to ten million persons
born in countries in which Chagas disease is endemic currently
reside in the United States, and epidemiologic and census data
suggest that 50,000-100,000 are chronically infected with T. cruzi.
The presence of these infected persons poses a risk of transmission
of the parasite in the USA through blood transfusion and organ
transplantation and several such cases have now been
documented.
American Trypanosomiasis, volume seven of World Class Parasites
is written for students of tropical medicine, parasitology and
public health, for researchers and practitioners alike who wish to
bring themselves abreast of the status quo with respect to this
disease. It is intended to supplement formal textbooks, in order to
broaden and illuminate current areas of scientific and public
health concern. Uniquely for T. cruzi, this book addresses
parasite, vector and host biology, the pathogenesis of Chagas
disease and current and prospective therapeutics and control
strategies in a single volume.
In this groundbreaking study, Andrew Miles subjects historical
evidence of intergenerational and career mobility from the records
of nineteenth-century marriages and autobiographical testimony to
the analytical techniques developed by social scientists.
Challenging previous assumptions about the long-term pattern of
mobility in Britain, he demonstrates that the increase in mobility
which accompanied the growth of an increasingly urbanized and
bureaucratic service economy over the second half of the nineteenth
century made English society more "open," while simultaneously
encouraging a process of working-class formation which helped shape
the emergence of modern labor politics.
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Philipp II
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El Sueño
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Work (Hardcover)
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Work (1901) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Published as
the second installment of his Les Quatre Évangiles, a series of
four novels inspired by the New Testament gospels and aimed at
investigating prominent social issues, Work was the last of
Zola’s novels to be published during his lifetime. Combining his
trademark naturalist style with an interest in Charles Fourier’s
theory of socialist utopianism, Zola crafts a story of hardship and
perseverance without losing sight of humanity. Luc Fremont, an
engineer, travels to a town at the heart of an important French
industrial region. While staying in Beaumont, he is struck by the
widespread poverty suffered by the working class, the very people
whose expertise and labor is essential to the economic health of
the nation. Calling upon an old friend, who owns a local
steelworks, Luc enters into a deal in order to manage the
production of La Crêcherie under an experimental cooperative
model. With his determination and the hard work of the people, Luc
establishes the steelworks as a functioning independent city-state,
known for its profit-sharing, free housing, and focus on the lives
of its workers and their families. As news of their success begins
to spread, similar experiments take place across France and the
globe, harnessing the transformative power of industry for the sake
of people, not profit. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Émile Zola’s
Work is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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Lourdes (Hardcover)
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Lourdes (1894) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Lourdes is
the first installment in Zola’s celebrated Three Cities Trilogy.
Published toward the end of Zola’s career, the trilogy is an
ambitious, sweeping study of one man’s struggle with faith in
political, religious, and social life. Following his protagonist
Abbé Pierre Froment, Zola provides a striking portrait of the soul
of modern man in crisis with itself and with an ever-changing
world. Lourdes opens as Abbé Froment departs on a journey from
Paris to the holy city of Lourdes. Accompanied by his childhood
love, a woman who was paralyzed in an accident at the age of
thirteen, Froment hopes to rediscover his faith and to reestablish
his position in a beleaguered Catholic Church. There, they meet a
series of diverse pilgrims, all of them dissatisfied, all of them
searching for something to change or to hold onto. For Froment,
this journey begins as a way to help an old friend and becomes a
chance at redeeming his wayward soul. At Lourdes, surrounded by
desperate, yet faithful people, he begins to remember what brought
him to God in the first place. Inspired by his experiences there,
he wonders if one priest could change the Church for the better.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Émile Zola’s Lourdes is a classic
work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Truth (Hardcover)
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Truth (1903) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Published as
the third installment of his Les Quatre Évangiles, a series of
four novels inspired by the New Testament gospels and aimed at
investigating prominent social issues, Truth was the last of
Zola’s novels to be published when it appeared the year after his
death. Combining his trademark naturalist style with aspects of his
experience advocating on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew
falsely convicted of spying, Zola crafts a story of prejudice and
institutional corruption without losing sight of humanity. In a
rural village in France, a young boy is discovered murdered and
sexually assaulted in his own bedroom. Shocked and outraged, the
people of the village initially turn toward a local vagrant as a
suspect. As his innocence becomes more and more apparent, however,
a story begins to circulate blaming the boy’s uncle, a Jewish
schoolmaster, who supposedly resented his brother’s marriage to a
Catholic woman. Spurred on by the local church, run by the
Christian Brothers, the people stoke the flames of antisemitism
while alienating the town’s growing secular minority in order to
scapegoat an influential—and innocent—Jewish man. Truth is a
terrifying, essential novel that looks unsparingly at the
prejudices rampant in European society only decades before the
Holocaust. Zola’s final novel is a thrilling examination of the
interconnected nature of politics, religion, and the press, and a
rallying cry for those brave souls who dare to take a stand against
violence and oppression. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Émile Zola’s
Truth is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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El Arte de Morir
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La JaurÃa
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Madame Sourdis
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Naïs Micoulin
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La Bestia Humana
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