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English | September 25, 2012 | ISBN: 1419704397 | 224 pages | MOBI | 39 Mb
With a style that is accessible and chic, Nathan Turner's aesthetic is Nate Berkus meets Colin Cowie and Domino Magazine. Turner's unique approach to design for living incorporates his accessible, California chic aesthetic. He will show readers how to design their home to create a space that is relaxed and stylish, but still functional and affordable. Turner's practical tips and tricks for affordable home makeovers and remodeling will also be included along with many never before seen projects, including his own Malibu retreat or his families Ranch in Northern California. The book will also incorporate another one of Turner's passions; entertaining. Turner will show readers how to create a space that's inviting for others and allows them to easily entertain in their home. His ideas, tabletop design, easy party themes and menus, teach readers to how to be chic hosts, ready to open up their home for visitors at any time. Informed by his eclectic background and varied passions for decor, travel, entertaining and food, Nathan Turner's American Style will appeal to readers looking to incorporate Turner's stylish and relaxed aesthetic into their home and life.

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032138726 | EPUB | pages: 156 | 0.8 mb
Narrative, Political Violence and Social Change is a call for engaging actively and critically with the ontological, epistemological, and methodological implications of narrative in the study of political violence and terrorism.

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Français | 14 mai 2025 | ISBN: 2415012394, 9782415012403 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 10 MB
Longtemps éclipsé par l'ombre de son illustre oncle, NapoléonIII reste une figure méconnue et souvent caricaturée de l'histoire française. Pourtant, son règne fut celui d'une modernisation fulgurante, d'une puissance économique retrouvée et d'un État stratège capable d'anticiper les défis d'un monde nouveau.

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English | ISBN: 1071638297 | 2024 | 305 pages | EPUB | 30 MB
This fully updated volume explores N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), and the structure-function relations, principles, and rules that govern how NMDARs operate in brain processing under normal and pathological conditions. With chapters from leading laboratories around the world, this book examines the expression and purification of diverse NMDA receptor subtypes, gene targeting and generation of conditional NMDAR mutant mouse lines, studies of NMDARs in zebrafish, electrophysiological studies, NMDARs modeling in silico, drug development with artificial intelligence, and much more. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

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English | 2011 | ISBN: 1441129766 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 1.0 mb
NATO and Terrorism focuses on the decades from 1989 until 2009, during which NATO underwent two major transformations. The first was the expansion from sixteen to twenty-six member states. This section traces the evolution of the new member states from communist enemies to democratic partners, looking at their differences and similarities, the reactions of their publics to membership, and their involvement in NATO activities. The second was the radical shift in the missions of the alliance and the book analyzes the military operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq as well as the new issue of the Missile Shield for Europe. Both sections also look at how inclusion of more states is predicated on the conclusion that their geopolitical position makes them a barrier against terrorism centered further east and how the missions involve the struggle against several varieties of terrorism.

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English | 2011 | ISBN: 1032928867 | EPUB | pages: 178 | 0.7 mb
Popular uprisings have taken many different forms in the last hundred or so years since Muslims first began to grapple with modernity and to confront various systems of domination both European and indigenous.The relevance of studies of popular uprising and revolt in the Muslim world has recently been underlined by shattering recent events, particularly in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and Libya.

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English | 2025 | ISBN: 3031901622 | 323 Pages | PDF (True) | 67 MB
This book highlights the vital role of vegetation in terrestrial surface systems, emphasizing its importance in regulating climate change, acting as a carbon sink, and maintaining the surface energy balance by absorbing CO2 from human activities. However, urbanization, extreme droughts, floods, fires, and other events negatively impact biodiversity, increase tree mortality, trigger wildfires, and exacerbate food insecurity and poverty. Understanding the influence of global climate change and human activity on vegetation patterns is essential. The structure and function of vegetation ecosystems result from interactions between natural ecological processes and socio-cultural factors, leading to variability across different spatial and temporal scales. While local-scale studies provide detailed insights, they are often difficult to generalize. Conversely, large-scale studies can inform comprehensive planning but may overlook nuances between subsystems. Therefore, enhancing research on the evolution of vegetation ecosystems and their responses to climate change across multiple scales is crucial to mitigate risks and maintain ecosystem balance.

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2014 | 221 Pages | ISBN: 9004280774 | PDF | 1 MB
Moshe Idel, the Max Cooper Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute, is a world-renowned scholar of the Jewish mystical tradition. His historical studies of rabbinic, philosophic, kabbalistic, and Hasidic texts have transformed modern understanding of Jewish intellectual history.

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English | ISBN: 9004735887 | 2025 | 362 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book gives a critical and historical study of French Marxist philosophy and social theory, from its origins to its peak in 1980. This second edition is augmented by later essays on key issues and thinkers in French Marxism.

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English | 2017 | ISBN: 3849678512 | EPUB | pages: 406 | 0.8 mb
American political scientists do not need to be told that James Bryce's work is one of the most important ever written on the principles and practice of democratic government. More than a century has passed since his masterly description and appreciation of the American Commonwealth put him at the head of all students of American government and politics. He has served as a member of three British cabinets, he has been the British ambassador to the United States, and he has traveled to all quarters of the globe, always keenly interested in the institutions of the lands he visited. Now he embodies the ripest fruits of these years of travel and study in two stout volumes. After some introductory considerations applicable to democratic government in general, he proceeds to a detailed comparison of the working of democracy in various countries, chiefly France, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, and concludes with some general observations and reflections on the present and future of democratic government. This is volume one out of two.