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Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring

Triumphs and Disasters

Edited by Adam Roberts, Michael J. Willis, Rory McCarthy, Timothy Garton Ash ...

Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs of non-violent action were ... Read more

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Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs of non-violent action were
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Cerebral Herniation Syndromes and Intracranial Hypertension

by Kevin Sheth, Margy McCullough, Syed Kazmi, Christos Lazaridis, Kristine O'Phelan, Starane A.I. Shepherd, Indira DeJesus-Alvelo, Scott A. Marshall, Adam M. Willis, Julia C. Durrant, Holly Hinson, Chad M. Miller, Margaret Lauerman, Deborah Stein, H. Alex Choi, Suhas Bajgur, Tiffany R. Chang ...

Series series Updates in Neurocritical Care
When the brain suffers an injury, the effects can be delayed and unpredictable. Cerebrospinal fluid can slowly build up, causing dangerously high levels of intracranial pressure (ICP), and the brain tissue can be displaced into adjacent compartments, resulting in cerebral herniation syndrome (CHS). Within the burgeoning field of neurocritical care, experts are just beginning to understand the ... Read more

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When the brain suffers an injury, the effects can be delayed and unpredictable. Cerebrospinal fluid can slowly build up, causing dangerously high levels of intracranial pressure (ICP), and the brain tissue can be displaced into adjacent compartments, resulting in cerebral herniation syndrome (CHS). Within the burgeoning field of neurocritical care, experts are just beginning to understand the
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Thirteen Tales of Speculative Fiction

by Adam Copeland, Jennifer Willis, Anthea Sharp ...

THIRTEEN TALES. THIRTEEN JOURNEYS.On a dusty desert road, a man offers the devil a deal. In the confines of a lab, a young woman faces her demons in virtual reality. Two interplanetary art dealers get more than they bargained for when hired guns try to stop them from selling a valuable piece. When a monster comes to town, a man must fight it by unleashing the monster under his own skin.In thirteen ... Read more

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THIRTEEN TALES. THIRTEEN JOURNEYS.On a dusty desert road, a man offers the devil a deal. In the confines of a lab, a young woman faces her demons in virtual reality. Two interplanetary art dealers get more than they bargained for when hired guns try to stop them from selling a valuable piece. When a monster comes to town, a man must fight it by unleashing the monster under his own skin.In thirteen
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Oxford Bookworms Library Level 3: The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo

by Tim Vicary, Jennifer Bassett, Tricia Hedge ...

Series Book 3 - Oxford Bookworms Library
Charles Bravo died from the poison antimony. He took three days to die, and the doctors could do nothing to help him. There were three people who had reasons for wanting Charles Bravo dead – Florence Bravo herself, Charles Bravo’s new young wife; Dr James Gully, Florence’s former lover; and Mrs Jane Cox, Florence’s friend and companion. But the enquiry into the death in 1876 could not decide who ... Read more

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Charles Bravo died from the poison antimony. He took three days to die, and the doctors could do nothing to help him. There were three people who had reasons for wanting Charles Bravo dead – Florence Bravo herself, Charles Bravo’s new young wife; Dr James Gully, Florence’s former lover; and Mrs Jane Cox, Florence’s friend and companion. But the enquiry into the death in 1876 could not decide who
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Lightspeed Magazine, August 2011

by John Joseph Adams, Connie Willis, Will McIntosh ...

Series series Lightspeed Magazine
“Defenders” by Will McIntosh explores an isolated nation and culture of created beings, who invite their creators for a visit twenty-eight years later.In John Varley’s “Just Another Perfect Day,” Varley attempts to convince us that we’ll be just fine … despite the panic, the amnesia, and the Martians.Genevieve Valentine returns to the fiction section of Lightspeed with “The Nearest Thing,” a ... Read more

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“Defenders” by Will McIntosh explores an isolated nation and culture of created beings, who invite their creators for a visit twenty-eight years later.In John Varley’s “Just Another Perfect Day,” Varley attempts to convince us that we’ll be just fine … despite the panic, the amnesia, and the Martians.Genevieve Valentine returns to the fiction section of Lightspeed with “The Nearest Thing,” a
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The First American Constitutions

Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era

by Willi Paul Adams ...

Translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ...

For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. Professor Adams combines a European perspective and a thorough knowledge of the antecedents of 1787 to create an insightful analysis of the replacement by the revolutionary ... Read more

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For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. Professor Adams combines a European perspective and a thorough knowledge of the antecedents of 1787 to create an insightful analysis of the replacement by the revolutionary
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The Boys of Everest

Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation

by Clint Willis ...

Narrated by James Adams ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

This gripping account of courage, achievement, and heartbreaking loss tells the story of Bonington's Boys, a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. The boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington's inner circle included a dozen of the most renowned climbers, who took increasingly terrible risks on now legendary expeditions to the world ... Read more

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This gripping account of courage, achievement, and heartbreaking loss tells the story of Bonington's Boys, a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. The boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington's inner circle included a dozen of the most renowned climbers, who took increasingly terrible risks on now legendary expeditions to the world
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Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts

Religion and Science as Political Theology

by Jennifer Baldwin, Lisa Stenmark, Whitney Bauman, Paul Allen, Craig Boyd, Knut-Willy Sæther, Graham Walker0, Adam Pryor1, Philip Clayton2, Ted Peters3 ...

Series series Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse
Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of “religion-and-science” and our contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the “post-truth society.” The rise of the post-truth society has specific importance and inherent ... Read more

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Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of “religion-and-science” and our contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the “post-truth society.” The rise of the post-truth society has specific importance and inherent
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Influence: Death on the Beach

by Carl Weber ...

Narrated by Ace Bentley, Ebony Ford, Sable Lyn, Adam Osborne, Mirron Willis ...

Series series Influence
Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Business crime series comes the next installmentin his provocative legal thriller series about the Hudson family, owners of a powerful law firm in Harlem.Singing sensation Savannah Kirby has won thirteen Grammys and married the man of her dreams in superstarrapper/actor Kyle Kirby. Together they are of one of the most dynamic and powerful ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Business crime series comes the next installmentin his provocative legal thriller series about the Hudson family, owners of a powerful law firm in Harlem.Singing sensation Savannah Kirby has won thirteen Grammys and married the man of her dreams in superstarrapper/actor Kyle Kirby. Together they are of one of the most dynamic and powerful
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Up and About

The hard road to Everest

by Doug Scott ...

Narrated by Saethon Williams ...

Unabridged

15 hours 13 min

'A full and fascinating portrait of one of the great figures of mountaineering.' – Michael PalinAt dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington's epic expedition to the mountain's immense south-west face.As darkness fell, Scott and Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metre... ... Read more

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'A full and fascinating portrait of one of the great figures of mountaineering.' – Michael PalinAt dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington's epic expedition to the mountain's immense south-west face.As darkness fell, Scott and Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metre...
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Ogre, The

Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent

by Doug Scott ...

Narrated by Saethon Williams ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

'One of the greatest mountaineering survival stories never told.' – The Sunday TimesSome mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed ... Read more

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'One of the greatest mountaineering survival stories never told.' – The Sunday TimesSome mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed
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Savage Arena

K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger

by Joe Tasker ...

Narrated by Stewart Crank ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

'One of the best and most important climbing books that has been written.' – Sir Chris BoningtonJoe Tasker lies, struck down by illness, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb Dunagiri, his first venture to the ‘big’ mountains. One of Britain’s foremost mountaineers and a pioneer of lightweight climbing, he is about to attempt one of the first ... Read more

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'One of the best and most important climbing books that has been written.' – Sir Chris BoningtonJoe Tasker lies, struck down by illness, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb Dunagiri, his first venture to the ‘big’ mountains. One of Britain’s foremost mountaineers and a pioneer of lightweight climbing, he is about to attempt one of the first
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