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  • The Economics of Prevailing Wage Laws

    by Peter Philips ...
    Series series Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics
    Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels. These laws require that construction workers employed by contractors on government works be paid at least the wage rates and fringe benefits 'prevailing' for similar work where government contract work is performed. The federal law (Davis-Bacon Act) was passed in 1931. By 1969 four ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • World Englishes

    by Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, Peter Sundkvist ...
    The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language, and trends for the future.Thoroughly updated ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The French Revolution and Napoleon

    A Sourcebook

    Edited by Philip Dwyer, Peter McPhee ...
    This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the origins of the Revolution to the counterrevolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Bonaparte.The achievements, terror and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Handbook of 3D Integration, Volume 3

    3D Process Technology

    Edited by Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Philip Garrou, Peter Ramm ...
    Edited by key figures in 3D integration and written by top authors from high-tech companies and renowned research institutions, this book covers the intricate details of 3D process technology. As such, the main focus is on silicon via formation, bonding and debonding, thinning, via reveal and backside processing, both from a technological and a materials science perspective. The last part of the ... Read more

    $160.00 USD

  • Your Computer Is on Fire

    Edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, Kavita Philip ...
    Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Empowered University

    Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success

    by Freeman A. Hrabowski III ...
    A practical and hopeful examination of how colleges and universities can create the best possible experience for students and faculty.There are few higher education leaders today that command more national respect and admiration than Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the outspoken president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Named one of America's Best Leaders by US News & World Report and ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt

    Edited by Peter Baehr, Philip Walsh ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Companions to Sociology
    The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt offers a unique collection of essays on one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers. The companion encompasses Arendt’s most salient arguments and major works – The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem, On Revolution and The Life of the Mind. The volume also examines Arendt’s intellectual relationships with Max Weber, ... Read more

    $27.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chemistry & Physics of Carbon

    Volume 8

    Edited by Philip L. Walker Jr., Peter A. Thrower ...
    Series series Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
    This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of carbon materials in terms of molecular structure, intermolecular relationships, bulk and surface properties, and their behavior in current and emerging applications. It also presents advances in carbon research and development. ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

  • The Ruby Workshop

    Develop powerful applications by writing clean, expressive code with Ruby and Ruby on Rails

    by Akshat Paul, Peter Philips, Cheyne Wallace, Dániel Szabó, Jagdish Narayandasani, Dixit Patel, Pankaj Bagwan ...
    Get to grips with the fundamentals of the Ruby programming language and learn how to build your own applications with the help of real-world examples and hands-on activitiesKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of Ruby object-oriented programming (OOP)Use the Ruby on Rails framework to build interactive web applicationsDiscover how to quickly build complex programs with fewer lines of codeBook ... Read more

    $27.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mental Health Research and Practice

    From Evidence to Experience

    Edited by Andrea Fiorillo, Peter Falkai, Philip Gorwood ...
    A comprehensive handbook covering current, controversial, and debated topics in psychiatric practice, aligned to the EPA Scientific Sections. All chapters been written by international experts active within their respective fields and they follow a structured template, covering updates relevant to clinical practice and research, current challenges, and future perspectives. This essential book ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space

    Edited by Kimberley Peters, Jon Anderson, Andrew Davies, Philip Steinberg ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Invisible as the seas and oceans may be for so many of us, life as we know it is almost always connected to, and constituted by, activities and occurrences that take place in, on and under our oceans. The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space provides a first port of call for scholars engaging in the ‘oceanic turn’ in the social sciences, offering a comprehensive summary of existing trends in making ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Nature of School Bullying

    A Cross-National Perspective

    Edited by Richard Catalano, JOSINE JUNGER-TAS, YOHJI MORITA, DAN OLWEUS, PHILIP SLEE, Peter K Smith ...
    The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique world-wide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out. Written and compiled by well known experts in the field, it provides a concise summary of the current state of knowledge of school bullying in nineteen different ... Read more

    $73.99 USD