From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet\'s next big thing: the

With a looming cloud of collective defeatism casting an increasing shadow across the NHS, this book offers a potential lifeline to exhausted individuals and organisations. \'Selective Blindness\' is cited as the reason why the root causes of the NHS\'s problems are failing to be addressed and the single biggest risk to the future of the NHS. Seeking to share experience and learning from a decade of

Following three years of ethnomusicological fieldwork on the sacred singing traditions of evangelical Christians in North-East Scotland and Northern Isles coastal communities, Frances Wilkins documents and analyses current singing practices in this book by placing them historically and contemporaneously within their respective faith communities. In ascertaining who the singers were and why, when, where,

This book focuses on the \"algorithmic turn\" in state surveillance and the development of new platforms that allow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to shape human behavior in all areas of life through its widespread social credit system.Perhaps no country has gone further than China in setting up overt systematic tracking, surveillance and constant computational evaluation of its citizens. Everyday

Drawing on a range of global case studies, Market Distortions in Privatisation Processes illustrates the ways in which market distortions damaged the ability of privatisation processes to yield concrete benefits to consumers. The book compares and contrasts privatisations of state-owned enterprises around the world where competition informed the regulatory design and thus liberated consumer welfare.

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In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in Travels in Alaska, a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward

This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists-Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin-who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California\'s cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco \"scene,\" the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley,

Mrs Cloudburst, the teacher in the Rainbow Arches Nursery School responsible for the education of little clouds, is very concerned that the Collywobbles has come to Featherwood Forest and the village of Ticklefield that are situated below the school in the sky. She is concerned that people and animals might get sick. She makes sure that Medic the cloud instructs all who live in the forest and the village

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An entertaining, at times humorous, always gentle approach to teaching kids the true meaning of love as described in 1 Corinthians 13--\"Love is patient, love is kind. ... Love never fails.\"--while celebrating the one-of-a-kind bonds kids have with their grandparents.Little Owl jingled the coins in his pocket. It was Grammy\'s birthday. And, finally, he had enough money to buy her something special--a

Why, after a childhood of emotional neglect and abuse, would a man move next door to the very parents who caused him pain? And how can a woman emerge from her mother\'s control in order to form healthy adult relationships? Giving up family attachments that failed to meet our needs as children, David Celani argues, is the hardest psychological task an adult can undertake. Yet the reality is that many

Friendship, ambition, betrayal - the brilliant novel from the author of BITTER

This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into the history and landscapes of the West Highland

Filling a key need, this unique handbook reviews the state of the science of group-based treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related problems and offers detailed descriptions of specific approaches. Leading clinician-researchers present their respective therapies step by step, including \"mini-manuals\" with extensive case examples. The volume provides practical guidance

A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star and award-winning voice in the crime genre. \'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction\' - The

Quanta and Fields, the second book of Sean Carroll\'s already internationally acclaimed series The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, is an adventure into the bare stuff of reality. Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. He cuts to the bare mathematical essence of our most profound

Inspired by the true events of the most notorious evictions in Irish

This publication presents some seventy masterworks on paper by leading Impressionists and