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  • Too Weak to Govern

    Majority Party Power and Appropriations in the US Senate

    by Peter Hanson ...
    Too Weak to Govern investigates the power of the majority party in the United States Senate through a study of the appropriations process over a period of nearly four decades. It uses quantitative analysis, case studies, and interviews with policy makers to show that the majority party is more likely to abandon routine procedures for passing spending bills in favor of creating massive 'omnibus' ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Cinema of Generation X

    A Critical Study of Films and Directors

    by Peter Hanson ...
    When Steven Soderbergh exploded onto movie screens with sex, lies, and videotape in 1989, it represented more than the arrival of an important new director--it heralded the arrival of an entire generation of important new directors. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Kevin Smith (Dogma), David Fincher (Fight Club), M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Ben Stiller (Reality Bites), Michael Bay ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Mismatch

    The lifestyle diseases timebomb

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson ...
    We have built a world that no longer fits our bodies. Our genes - selected through our evolution - and the many processes by which our development is tuned within the womb, limit our capacity to adapt to the modern urban lifestyle. There is a mismatch. We are seeing the impact of this mismatch in the explosion of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. But it also has consequences in earlier puberty ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Green Development and Finance in a Globalized Africa

    Edited by Vanessa T. Tang, Kobena T. Hanson, Korbla P. Puplampu, Peter Arthur ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume explores green development and financing in a post-pandemic globalized Africa. It offers a theoretical and empirical investigation of green development and finance and analyzes their implications for critical issues in governance, domestic resource mobilization and resource exploration, climate change, the green economy, the influence of foreign aid and foreign direct investment ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Edited by Lucilla Poston, Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson ...
    The concept of the early life developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) in adults has stimulated a new approach to understanding disease trajectories, with major public health implications. Indeed, the principle of the 'lifecourse of disease' now influences health policies internationally. Environmental influences during pregnancy and early life that affect lifelong health are well ... Read more

    $91.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Joy of Stress, The

    by Peter Hanson ...
    Narrated by Peter Hanson ...

    Unabridged

    47 min

    Born in Vancouver, Peter Hanson got his MD degree at age 24 which began at age 14 with comedy monologues on live TV. He became an emergency room physician for 3 years before he established his own family practice where he delivered over 1000 babies, made over 5000 house calls and saw the effects of stress on his many patients… He was particularly inspired by his patients who were able to thrive ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development, Digitalization, and the Green Economy in Africa Post-COVID-19

    Edited by Korbla P. Puplampu, Kobena T. Hanson, Peter Arthur ...
    This book examines sustainable development in the broader framework of Africa post COVID-19. Specifically, the book studies governance and digitalization from the perspective of natural environment management, climate change, the green economy, as well as agriculture and education. Digitalization supports the deepening of natural resource governance by assessing extractive practices, sovereign ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy

    Edited by Bruce Levin, Ardis Hanson, Peter D. Hurd ...
    Pharmacists are on the frontlines of public health. Their public-facing roles uniquely position them to identify and address emerging disease challenges, discrepancies in health literacy, and barriers to treatment in the communities they serve. In today's interconnected world, the clients consulting a neighborhood pharmacist are just as likely to hail from across an ocean as they are from around ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Tales from the Script

    50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories

    Edited by Peter Hanson, Paul Robert Herman ...
    Discover the secrets of Hollywood storytelling in this fascinating collection, in which fifty screenwriters share the inside scoop about how they surmounted incredible odds to break into the business, how they transformed their ideas into box-office blockbusters, how their words helped launch the careers of major stars, and how they earned accolades and Academy Awards.Entertaining, informative, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In-situ Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts

    Edited by Jonathan C. Hanson, Peter J. Chupas, José A. Rodriguez ...
    HELPS RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW CATALYSTS FORSUSTAINABLE FUEL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTIONReviewing the latest developments in the field, this book explores the in-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts, enabling readers to take full advantage of the sophisticated techniques used to study heterogeneous catalysts and reaction mechanisms. In using these techniques, readers can learn to improve ... Read more

    $148.00 USD

  • Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa

    Edited by Peter Arthur, Kobena T. Hanson, Korbla P. Puplampu ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines how disruptive technologies and innovation underpin the attainment of a broader development agenda in Africa. Contributors show how distinctive forms of technological innovation can impact critical development processes. For example, disruptive technologies can deepen the ongoing democratic and governance waves in Africa, specifically in the area of contested elections. ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Ingenious

    The Unintended Consequences of Human Innovation

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson ...
    As humans evolved, we developed technologies to modify our environment, yet these innovations are increasingly affecting our behavior, biology, and society. Now we must figure out how to function in the world we’ve created.Over thousands of years, humans have invented ingenious ways to gain mastery over our environment. The ability to communicate, accumulate knowledge collectively, and build on ... Read more

    $23.09 USD