Memory and Political Change
While political systems may change comparatively quickly, the social and cultural processes of adaptation and transformation take considerably longer. This volume explores memory as both a medium of and an impediment to change, offering an inroad into the problems, mechanisms and patterns involved in the complex processes that accompany the transition from authoritarian to democratic [...]
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire
The essential companion to Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher’s 2011 film adaptation Download: File pwd: ebookgroup.org
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Philosophy: The Basics
Philosophy: The Basics is the book for anyone coming to philosophy for the first time. Nigel Warburton’s best selling book gently eases the reader into the world of philosophy. Each chapter considers a key area of philosophy, explaining and exploring the basic ideas and themes. Download: File pwd: ebookgroup.org
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Highlights in Lie Algebraic Methods
This volume consists of expository and research articles that highlight the various Lie algebraic methods used in mathematical research today. Key topics discussed include spherical varieties, Littelmann Paths and Kac�CMoody Lie algebras, modular representations, primitive ideals, representation theory of Artin algebras and quivers, Kac�CMoody superalgebras, categories of Harish�CChandra modules, cohomological methods, and cluster algebras. Download: [...]
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Macromolecular Drug Delivery: Methods and Protocols
acromolecular drugs hold the promise of becoming new therapeutics for several major disorders, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. This incredible potential is explored in Macromolecular Drug Delivery, a volume which gives a wide-ranging overview of contemporary methods used in the field, and which addresses the limitations presented by a lack of safe and efficient drug [...]
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The Era of Uncertainty: Global Investment Strategies for Inflation, Deflation, and the Middle Ground
With macro forces governing the post-credit crisis world, and most likely to remain dominant for some time to come, the power of the business cycle is once again in the spotlight. In this type of environment, stock picking will have far less impact on portfolio returns than getting the "big picture" right. And using the [...]
England’s First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’
"The fables of witchcraft have taken so fast hold and deepe root in the heart of man, that few or none can endure with patience the hand and correction of God." Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (published in 1584) was England’s first major work of demonology, witchcraft, and the occult. The book was unashamedly [...]
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Changing the Way We Manage Change
To cope with the chaotic new business environment, organizations must find ways to manage the problems of change��but also the process of change itself. Yesterday’s solutions are obsolete. Innovative solutions are rare, yet even the best require not only the efforts of individuals but other agents as well. Sims sees change agents throughout any organization [...]
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HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers
Graphic Shaders are used throughout the game and movie industry to improve onscreen graphics. They are versatile, doing important tasks like making computer rendered aliens look realistic, providing the ripples on a background lake or growing fur on the latest Pixar monster. In the PC world, programmers are often delighted to find that shaders are [...]
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Getting Started with Metro Apps: A Guide to the Windows Runtime
Get a head start on creating "Metro"-style apps for the approaching release of Windows 8. If you��re new to .NET programming, this introductory guide will quickly get you up to speed on the tools you need to build user interfaces with Microsoft��s new design language, code-named Metro. Learn how to use WinRT and the preview [...]
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