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    Profile Of A North American Bioregion

    Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been for thousands of years home to one of the highest densities of human settlements on the continent. Given its mild climate, magnificent scenery, and abundant natural resources, the region should continue to support robust economies and vibrant communities ... Read more

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  • Taking Parenting Public

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    Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment-both personal and public-into the work of raising children and argues that we are all "stockholders" in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West, Taking Parenting Public crosses boundaries to bring together thinkers from ... Read more

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  • The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society

    Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
    The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society brings together well-regarded academics and experienced practitioners to explore how communication intersects with policing in areas such as cop-culture, race and ethnicity, terrorism and hate crimes, social media, police reform, crowd violence, and many more. By combining research and theory in criminology, psychology, and ... Read more

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  • Can Physics Save Miami (and Shanghai and Venice, by Lowering the Sea)?

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    Series series IOP Concise Physics
    The sea is steadily rising, presently at ~3.4 per year, and it is already costing billions in Venice, on the Thames river and in New York City, to counter sea-level-related surges. Experts anticipate an accelerated rise, and credible predictions for sea-level rise by the year 2100 range from 12 inches to above six feet. Study of the Earth’s geologic history, through ice-core samples, links sea ... Read more

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  • Princess Yvonne

    Princess Yvonne a High Royal Fairy Princess Witch embarks on a quest with three brave and noble half Human half Fairy men to the treacherous mountains of Angeland to end the nightmarish Black Plague of Death that was caused by her evil step-sister Stella and her demonic pet Black Dragon that spread the dreaded disease throughout the land. As they reach the mountain where Stella and the Dragon live ... Read more

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  • Quantum Nanoelectronics

    An Introduction to Electronic Nanotechnology and Quantum Computing

    A tutorial coverage of electronic technology, starting from the basics of condensed matter and quantum physics. Experienced author Ed Wolf presents established and novel devices like Field Effect and Single Electron Transistors, and leads the reader up to applications in data storage, quantum computing, and energy harvesting.Intended to be self-contained for students with two years of calculus ... Read more

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  • Nanophysics and Nanotechnology

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    Long awaited new edition of this highly successful textbook, provides once more a unique introduction to the concepts, techniques and applications of nanoscale systems by covering its entire spectrum up to recent findings on graphene. ... Read more

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  • Physics and Future of Hurricanes

    This monograph is about hurricanes, prompted by a discovery that suggests they will become more powerful with global warming. It provides, at a college physics level, a basic understanding of hurricanes emphasizing the flow of energy into and out of these storms and, as a textbook, covers some material that might be taught in meteorology or atmospheric physics courses. The text is centered on a ... Read more

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  • Nanophysics of Solar and Renewable Energy

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    Series series Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature
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    Inheritances are often regarded as a societal "evil," enabling great fortunes to be passed from one generation to another, thus exacerbating wealth inequality and reducing wealth mobility. Discussions of inheritances in America bring to mind the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, and "trust fund babies"---people who receive enough money through inheritances or gifts that they do not have any need to work ... Read more

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