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A powerful debut novel set in Australia, continuing the legacy of
â€Master of the Genre’ Desmond Bagley. The Sequel to Desmond
Bagley’s DOMINO ISLAND Insurance investigator Bill Kemp had never
wanted to trek deep into Australia’s remote interior. But when
his clients Sophie and Adam Church inherit an abandoned opal mine,
triggering some explosive long-lost secrets, they – and Kemp –
find themselves facing an unknown enemy even more deadly than the
vast, forbidding wilderness of the Outback… The Desmond Bagley
centenary novel honours the legacy of the bestselling thriller
writer with a new adventure featuring Bill Kemp, described by
Jeffrey Deaver as â€part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all
hero’. Writer Michael Davies, who completed the first Kemp novel
Domino Island for publication nearly 40 years after the author’s
death, now weaves an original tale of danger and death under the
blistering Australian sun.
From the hosts of the popular podcast and tv show Men in Blazers,
comes their completely scientific, 100% definitive,
defend-to-the-death list of the greatest soccer players of all
time. Every fan has their own list of the 100 soccer players they
consider the greatest ever to play the game. A list based on
triumphs, sublime moments of skill, superhuman tenacity, and
telenovela-esque backstories. To the list-maker, that 100 feels
objective. Unequivocal. An absolute truth. This is one such list.
Written with the same signature Men in Blazers humor found in their
New York Times bestseller Encyclopedia Blazertannica, and
accompanied by Nate Kitch's iconic photographic illustrations, Men
in Blazers share the stories of household names like David Beckham
and Alex Morgan, along with cult icons such as Garrincha, the
Brazilian star of the 1960s who was born with one leg six inches
shorter than the other, and Briana Scurry, a trailblazer who paved
a path for young Black soccer-playing women. Page by page, you will
revel in the depictions of players you adore, discover tales you
have never heard, and experience vivid stories of dreams, loyalty,
perseverance, creativity, and luck. Together, they form an
alternative telling of the history of soccer, tracing the evolution
of the men's and women's games around the globe, one unlikely,
unbelievable, unforgettable career at a time. Thanks to the
transcendent career arcs depicted within, Gods of Soccer is rife
with tales that will make readers' hearts soar. Encourage them to
dream. And then quickly rush off to make their own lists. FOR
READERS OF: Complete Book of Soccer, The Baseball 100, Encyclopedia
Blazertannica, and Reborn in the USA A COMPANION TO MEN IN BLAZERS
PODCAST AND SHOWS: This is the perfect companion for avid fans of
the Men in Blazers podcast, one of the largest soccer podcasts in
the world, and their weekly NBC show. A GREAT GIFT: Surprise the
soccer fans in your life or introduce someone to the sport with
God's of Soccer. This will make a fantastic gift for both novice
and die-hard players and soccer fans of all ages.
Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has
become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients
across all modalities of care and in the home. The ability to
capture real-time patient data, no matter the location, via remote
patient monitoring, and to transmit that data to providers and
organizations approved by the consumer/patient, will become a
critical capability for all healthcare providers. Of all the remote
patient monitoring product designs, wearable medical devices are
emerging as the best positioned to support the evolving
patient-focused healthcare environment. This book is for those who
are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing
wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers.
This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that
mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver
successful projects using these technologies. It will discuss their
use in remote patient monitoring, the advantages and disadvantages
of different types of physiological sensors, different wireless
communication protocols, and different power sources. It will
describe issues and solutions in cybersecurity and HIPAA
compliance, as well as setting them up to be used in healthcare
systems and by patients.
Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to
Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education is a unique
handbook that teaches parents how to work with schools to achieve
optimal learning situations and accommodations for their child's
needs. From IEPs and 504 Plans, to IDEA and NCLB, navigating
today's school system can be difficult for even the most
up-to-date, education-savvy parent. Special needs advocates Rich
Weinfeld and Michelle Davis provide parents and professional
advocates with concise, easy-to-understand definitions and
descriptions of legal terms and school regulations, along with
checklists, tips, questionnaires, and other tools. Topics covered
in this handy guide include gathering accurate information about a
child's education, navigating school meetings, understanding
education law, and best practices in the classroom, working
effectively with parents and school systems, discovering
educational options beyond the standard, and much more. Parents and
advocates not only will feel informed by Weinfeld and Davis' vast
knowledge of the inner workings of the school system-they'll be
empowered to help their kids succeed in school. Educational
Resource
In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis
examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of
nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis
argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive ways to
propose a vision of mind as both fundamentally connected to the
external world and radically isolated from and independent of that
world. In showing the alignments between Eliot's work and the
formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles
Darwin, T. H. Huxley, and G. H. Lewes, Davis reveals how Eliot
responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of
mind, as she explores such fundamental issues as the mind/body
relationship, the mind in evolutionary theory, the significance of
reason and emotion, and consciousness. Davis also points to
important parallels between Eliot's work and new and future
developments in psychology, particularly in the work of William
James. In Middlemarch, for example, Eliot demonstrates more clearly
than either Lewes or James the way the conscious self is shaped by
language. Davis concludes by showing that the complexity of mind,
which Eliot expresses through her imaginative use of scientific
language, takes on a potentially theological significance. His book
suggests a new trajectory for scholars exploring George Eliot's
representations of the self in the context of science, society, and
religious faith.
Impressive in coverage, comprehensive in scope, there are few texts
that offer as compelling an introduction to the complex world of
international organisation as this. Readers are treated to a rich,
historically grounded, investigation of myriad international
organisations, and invited to consider international organisation
as a complete phenomenon rather than one that is subdivided into
segments that, when explored in isolation, tell us little about the
onward march of international institutionalisation. There is little
doubt this book is a major contribution to the field and a must
read for all interested in international organisation and global
governance.' - Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK'This
is by far the most comprehensive one-volume compendium yet
published on international organizations, far more useful and
interesting than any simple directory. Clear overviews are provided
of all the main organizations, including many less well-known and
usually ignored, interspersed with boxes of key individual and
milestone events. Professionals, international businessmen, even
diplomats, will find this a mine of relevant information, endlessly
useful, especially for the mature comments of well-informed
insiders. Students wanting an introduction to the UN, the
development banks or the Bretton Woods Institutions or writing
theses on international organizations will find it a wonderful
introduction to a complex and ever more important world.' - Sir
Richard Jolly, Co-author of UN Ideas That Changed the World This
text provides a pioneering and comprehensive analysis of over one
hundred international organizations. After introducing the broad
historical and contextual settings, the book covers the full range
of international organizations including those that are often
overlooked or get minimal inclusion elsewhere. Each organization is
analyzed in a stand-alone section that considers its origins, basic
mandates and evolution, the governance structure and the associated
key players, current activities and future challenges. The
descriptions also reflect each organization s broader relationships
with other international bodies. Some of the organizations covered
include: - The United Nations plus its system of semi-autonomous
and Specialized Agencies - The European Union and other regional
organizations - The development banks, international financial
institutions and other international economic organizations - The
international scientific, transport, communications and
agricultural organizations. This detailed textbook will serve as an
essential companion volume supplementing core texts on
undergraduate modules where international organizations have a
prominent role. Contents: 1. An Introduction to International
Organizations in Theory and Practice 2. International Organizations
an Early History 3. The Modern Historical Context 4. The Character
and Environment of International Organizations 5. The United
Nations 6. The United Nations Semi-autonomous Agencies 7. The
United Nations Specialized Agencies 8. The Development Banks 9. The
Money Managers 10. Economics, Trade and Commerce 11. The European
Union 12. The European Union's Semi-autonomous Agencies 13.
Political Alliances and Security 14. The Consultative Group for
International Agricultural Research 15. Intergovernmental
Scientific Organizations 16. Transport and Communications 17.
International Organizations: An Ever-expanding Universe?
Bibliography Index
Biological Effects of Low-Level Exposures, more commonly referred
to as BELLE, began as a conference in May 1990. Its members are
committed to the enhanced understanding of low-dose responses of
all types to human exposures to chemical and physical agents,
whether of an expected or paradoxical nature.
The focus of BELLE encompasses dose-response relationships to toxic
agents, pharmaceuticals, and natural products over wide dosage
ranges in both in vitro systems and in vivo systems, including
human populations. While BELLE promotes the scientific
understanding of low-level effects, its primary goal is the
scientific evaluation of existing literature and ways to improve
research and assessment methods.
Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has
become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients
across all modalities of care and in the home. The ability to
capture real-time patient data, no matter the location, via remote
patient monitoring, and to transmit that data to providers and
organizations approved by the consumer/patient, will become a
critical capability for all healthcare providers. Of all the remote
patient monitoring product designs, wearable medical devices are
emerging as the best positioned to support the evolving
patient-focused healthcare environment. This book is for those who
are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing
wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers.
This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that
mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver
successful projects using these technologies. It will discuss their
use in remote patient monitoring, the advantages and disadvantages
of different types of physiological sensors, different wireless
communication protocols, and different power sources. It will
describe issues and solutions in cybersecurity and HIPAA
compliance, as well as setting them up to be used in healthcare
systems and by patients.
When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found
dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the
greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The
Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on
police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast,
leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger
brother, Toby, discarded on the beach. Now, eight years on, music
journalist Natalie Glass stumbles across a blind item on a US
gossip website that suggests Naylor's death wasn't quite what it
seemed - and he might in fact still be alive. The item claims he is
the mystery songwriter who has for the past year been submitting
lyrics to producers in London via his lawyer for other artists to
record. He insists on anonymity and the only person who knows his
identity is the lawyer. But as she delves deeper into what
happened, the plot to stop her intensifies and Natalie finds she
has a stark choice: give up trying to find out what happened to
Naylor or risk her own obituary ending up in print.
"This assessment of the consequences of rural electrification in
developing areas, covers projects in two Latin American countries.
In one of these electricity is supplied by a cooperative, in the
other by a state-owned company. The authors examine a wide range of
variables and find that only living standard and occupational
status had a consistent positive association with electricity use.
The cooperative had little, if any, significance for its members,
aside from its function as an energy supplier. Household
electricity consumption levels were low, rarely exceeding 100
kilowatts per month and largely limited to use for lighting and
ironing. Farm consumption was minimal. The authors discuss energy
costs at the household level and look at alternative energy
sources, such as privately operated diesel generators, for
businesses and industries. Consideration is given to the
relationship between electricity and infrastructure development.
The study is unique in that it focuses on both social and economic
impacts of rural electrification and examines policy implications
from both social-benefits and economic-benefits approaches."
In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis
examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of
nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis
argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive ways to
propose a vision of mind as both fundamentally connected to the
external world and radically isolated from and independent of that
world. In showing the alignments between Eliot's work and the
formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles
Darwin, T. H. Huxley, and G. H. Lewes, Davis reveals how Eliot
responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of
mind, as she explores such fundamental issues as the mind/body
relationship, the mind in evolutionary theory, the significance of
reason and emotion, and consciousness. Davis also points to
important parallels between Eliot's work and new and future
developments in psychology, particularly in the work of William
James. In Middlemarch, for example, Eliot demonstrates more clearly
than either Lewes or James the way the conscious self is shaped by
language. Davis concludes by showing that the complexity of mind,
which Eliot expresses through her imaginative use of scientific
language, takes on a potentially theological significance. His book
suggests a new trajectory for scholars exploring George Eliot's
representations of the self in the context of science, society, and
religious faith.
Financing distribution of electric energy to rural areas in
developing countries is a relatively recent activity. The United
States Agency for International Development (AID) was the first to
loan funds for this purpose. In 1963 it authorized $400, 000 to
establish an electric cooperative in Nicaragua. Since then 15 loans
have been made by AID for establishing or expanding electric
service in nonurban areas of nine countries in Latin America. In
this book, the emphasis has been placed on identifying benefits
and, within the time and resources available, developing social
indicators to place beside economic measurements. The authors have
attempted to write this report in as nontechnical a style as
possible and to provide a full exposition of all variables and
methods employed so as to make it accessible to a general audience.
Humanities for the Environment, or HfE, is an ambitious project
that from 2013-2015 was funded by a generous grant from the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation. The project networked universities and
researchers internationally through a system of 'observatories'.
This book collects the work of contributors networked through the
North American, Asia-Pacific, and Australia-Pacific observatories.
Humanities for the Environment showcases how humanists are working
to 'integrate knowledges' from diverse cultures and ontologies and
pilot new 'constellations of practice' that are moving beyond
traditional contemplative or reflective outcomes (the book, the
essay) towards solutions to the greatest social and environmental
challenges of our time. With the still controversial concept of the
'Anthropocene' as a starting point for a widening conversation,
contributors range across geographies, ecosystems, climates and
weather regimes; moving from icy, melting Arctic landscapes to the
bleaching Australian Great Barrier Reef, and from an urban
pedagogical 'laboratory' in Phoenix, Arizona to Vatican City in
Rome. Chapters explore the ways in which humanists, in
collaboration with communities and disciplines across academia, are
responding to warming oceans, disappearing islands, collapsing
fisheries, evaporating reservoirs of water, exploding bushfires,
and spreading radioactive contamination.This interdisciplinary work
will be of great interest to scholars in the humanities, social
sciences, and sciences interested in interdisciplinary questions of
environment and culture.
Master the game before your friends! The Big Book of APEX LEGENDS
provides all the information and strategies to dominate the latest
free-to-play battle royale game, no matter the platform. Abundantly
illustrated with color screenshots, the guide presents: basic
information on weapons, gear and loot; essential combat techniques;
tips to master your Legend's abilities; offensive and defensive
tactics; advanced techniques and strategies and much more!
Ethics and the University brings together two closely related
topics, the practice of ethics in the university ("academic
ethics") and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the
university.
This volume is divided into four parts:
* A survey of practical ethics, offering an explanation of its
recent emergence as a university subject, situating that subject
into a wider social and historical context and identifying some
problems that the subject generates for universities
* An examination of research ethics, including the problem of
plagiarism
* A discussion of the teaching of practical ethics. Michael Davis
explores how ethics can be integrated into the university
curriculum and what part particular cases should play in the
teaching of ethics
* An exploration of sexual ethics
Ethics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative
analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students,
academics and practitioners.
Individually and collectively, these essays establish a new
direction for scholarship that examines the crucial activities of
reading and writing about literature and how they relate to
'authenticity'. Though authenticity is a term deep in literary
resonance and rich in philosophical complexity, its connotations
relative to the study of literature have rarely been explored or
exploited through detailed, critical examination of individual
writers and their works. Here the notion of the authentic is
recognised first and foremost as central to a range of literary and
philosophical ways of thinking, particularly for nineteenth-century
poets and novelists. Distinct from studies of literary fakes and
forgeries, this collection focuses on authenticity as a central
paradigm for approaching literature and its formation that bears on
issues of authority, self-reliance, truth, originality, the valid
and the real, and the genuine and inauthentic, whether applied to
the self or others. Topics and authors include: the spiritual
autobiographies of William Cowper and John Newton; Ruskin and
travel writing; British Romantic women poets; William Wordsworth
and P.B. Shelley; Robert Southey and Anna Seward; John Keats; Lord
Byron; Elizabeth Gaskell; Henry David Thoreau; Henry Irving; and
Joseph Conrad. The volume also includes a note on Professor Vincent
Newey with a bibliography of his critical writings.
Michael Davis revisits questions of interpretation in Greek tragedy
emerging in the thought of the late Seth Benardete. While this is
not the book Benardete would have written, it wrestles with
problems that bear his indelible mark. In the extant
tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, only one story is
treated by all three––the tale of Electra. Davis endeavors to
develop Benardete's understanding of the story's deeper meaning, as
well as the connections that might be drawn between the three
authors. He follows a thread that brings Aeschylus, Sophocles, and
Euripides closer together according to a powerful and shared
theme––namely, that the female is the deeper (even if less
easily accessible and articulated) of the pair of fundamental
principles constituting human beings. Davis accomplishes much more
than an exegetical bridge as he connects us with ancient memory and
wisdom. "When we cannot resist the temptation to recoil morally
from their terminology, we risk the tragedy of losing their
profound thoughts about our humanity––their philosophical
anthropology." Davis has remarkably made of a niche study a
stunning source material for more universal questions. This is a
book that is as timely as it is ageless.
'Gripping, thought-provoking and expertly plotted - a cracking
read' - Katerina Diamond, bestselling author of The Teacher.
7.15am: Two children are seen on top of a wall in a school. Shortly
later one of them lies fatally injured at the bottom. Did the boy
fall or was he pushed? As a family liaison offer, DC Maggie Neville
has seen parents crumble under the weight of their child's death.
Imogen Tyler is no different. Her son's fall was witnessed by the
school caretaker, a pupil is under suspicion, and Imogen is
paralysed by grief and questions. For Maggie, finding the truth is
paramount if she is to help the mother. But as she investigates,
further doubts emerge and the truth suddenly seems far from
certain. Could the witness be mistaken about what happened, and if
he is, then who is responsible? And how far will they go to cover
up the boy's death? False Witness by Michelle Davies is the
gripping third novel in the critically acclaimed Maggie Neville
series, following Gone Astray and Wrong Place.
Individually and collectively, these essays establish a new
direction for scholarship that examines the crucial activities of
reading and writing about literature and how they relate to
'authenticity'. Though authenticity is a term deep in literary
resonance and rich in philosophical complexity, its connotations
relative to the study of literature have rarely been explored or
exploited through detailed, critical examination of individual
writers and their works. Here the notion of the authentic is
recognised first and foremost as central to a range of literary and
philosophical ways of thinking, particularly for nineteenth-century
poets and novelists. Distinct from studies of literary fakes and
forgeries, this collection focuses on authenticity as a central
paradigm for approaching literature and its formation that bears on
issues of authority, self-reliance, truth, originality, the valid
and the real, and the genuine and inauthentic, whether applied to
the self or others. Topics and authors include: the spiritual
autobiographies of William Cowper and John Newton; Ruskin and
travel writing; British Romantic women poets; William Wordsworth
and P.B. Shelley; Robert Southey and Anna Seward; John Keats; Lord
Byron; Elizabeth Gaskell; Henry David Thoreau; Henry Irving; and
Joseph Conrad. The volume also includes a note on Professor Vincent
Newey with a bibliography of his critical writings.
Impressive in coverage, comprehensive in scope, there are few texts
that offer as compelling an introduction to the complex world of
international organisation as this. Readers are treated to a rich,
historically grounded, investigation of myriad international
organisations, and invited to consider international organisation
as a complete phenomenon rather than one that is subdivided into
segments that, when explored in isolation, tell us little about the
onward march of international institutionalisation. There is little
doubt this book is a major contribution to the field and a must
read for all interested in international organisation and global
governance.' - Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK'This
is by far the most comprehensive one-volume compendium yet
published on international organizations, far more useful and
interesting than any simple directory. Clear overviews are provided
of all the main organizations, including many less well-known and
usually ignored, interspersed with boxes of key individual and
milestone events. Professionals, international businessmen, even
diplomats, will find this a mine of relevant information, endlessly
useful, especially for the mature comments of well-informed
insiders. Students wanting an introduction to the UN, the
development banks or the Bretton Woods Institutions or writing
theses on international organizations will find it a wonderful
introduction to a complex and ever more important world.' - Sir
Richard Jolly, Co-author of UN Ideas That Changed the World This
text provides a pioneering and comprehensive analysis of over one
hundred international organizations. After introducing the broad
historical and contextual settings, the book covers the full range
of international organizations including those that are often
overlooked or get minimal inclusion elsewhere. Each organization is
analyzed in a stand-alone section that considers its origins, basic
mandates and evolution, the governance structure and the associated
key players, current activities and future challenges. The
descriptions also reflect each organization s broader relationships
with other international bodies. Some of the organizations covered
include: - The United Nations plus its system of semi-autonomous
and Specialized Agencies - The European Union and other regional
organizations - The development banks, international financial
institutions and other international economic organizations - The
international scientific, transport, communications and
agricultural organizations. This detailed textbook will serve as an
essential companion volume supplementing core texts on
undergraduate modules where international organizations have a
prominent role. Contents: 1. An Introduction to International
Organizations in Theory and Practice 2. International Organizations
an Early History 3. The Modern Historical Context 4. The Character
and Environment of International Organizations 5. The United
Nations 6. The United Nations Semi-autonomous Agencies 7. The
United Nations Specialized Agencies 8. The Development Banks 9. The
Money Managers 10. Economics, Trade and Commerce 11. The European
Union 12. The European Union's Semi-autonomous Agencies 13.
Political Alliances and Security 14. The Consultative Group for
International Agricultural Research 15. Intergovernmental
Scientific Organizations 16. Transport and Communications 17.
International Organizations: An Ever-expanding Universe?
Bibliography Index
Create your dream life on an island paradise! The BIG Book of
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the perfect (unofficial) guide to
help you create your paradise on a desert island as you explore,
create, and customize your ideal lifestyle. Building the house of
your dreams and starting a new life in an ideal setting has never
been as easy and fun! In this guide, you will find: tips and tricks
for building your house; activity ideas to help you progress; tips
on how to make the most of your time; information about special
events, and much more! About Animal Crossing: New Horizons Animal
Crossing is a life simulation video game developed by Nintendo and
this unofficial guide will help every step of the way. Once you've
escaped to your own desert island, you are free to occupy your time
as you wish: You can hunt insects, decorate your paradise, enjoy
sunsets on the beach or show off your island utopia to family and
friends. The options are endless. It's the perfect game to learn
how to enjoy your best life! New Horizons was released in March
2020, and had a stunning launch. More than 13 million copies of the
game were sold throughout the world in 6 weeks. This installment of
the game is the franchise's best-seller.
This volume brings together Seth Benardete’s studies of Hesiod,
Homer, and Greek tragedy, eleven Platonic dialogues, and
Aristotle’s Metaphysics. The Argument of the Action spans four
decades of Seth Benardete’s work, documenting its impressive
range. Benardete’s philosophic reading of the poets and his
poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground, guided by
the key he found in the Platonic dialogue: probing the meaning of
speeches embedded in deeds, he uncovers the unifying intention of
the work by tracing the way it unfolds through a movement of its
own. Benardete’s original interpretations of the classics are the
fruit of this discovery of the “argument of the action.”
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