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    'In the same way as there's a partner for every person, there's a place. All you have to do is find the one that's yours among the billions that belong to someone else, you have to be awake, you have to choose.'With this conviction in mind, acclaimed Swedish writer Bodil Malmsten abandons her native country at the age of fifty-five and settles in Brittany.At the heart of this memoir is the ... Read more

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  • Global counter-terrorism

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    This collection aims to inaugurate a new direction in research on counterterrorism by exploring global connections - both in terms of practices and discourses, as well as shared ideas and epistemes - that animate counterterrorism practices. The chapters - grouped under the themes of postcoloniality and coloniality, and entanglements of the transnational and the local, and counterterrorism and ... Read more

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  • West Meets East

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    Series Book 8 - Research Methodology in Strategy and Management
    This book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique, commentary and discussion about key methodology issues in the strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. The eighth volume of the series is built around the theme of "West Meets East: ... Read more

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  • The Convergence of Learning Sciences and Science Education

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    Series series Education (R0)
    This edited volume advances science teaching and learning by engaging with the learning sciences—an interdisciplinary field spanning cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, and education. It compiles empirically grounded strategies that illuminate how learning unfolds in authentic contexts such as homes, schools, and museums, while leveraging innovative pedagogies and emerging technologies. ... Read more

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  • Innovative Building Technologies

    Select Proceedings of NHCE-ICEMS 2024 - Vol 2

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book provides recent innovations toward revolutionizing the building technologies toward achieving sustainability, efficiency, and resilience. While there has been significant attention given towards reducing the construction time and costs without compromising the quality with use of advanced AI based methods. A section on innovations in terms of smart materials such as self-healing concrete ... Read more

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  • Controversial Issues in Religious Education on Ethics, Values, and Beliefs

    Perspectives from Northern Europe

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book presents a broad and in-depth, research-based source for exploring how teaching controversial issues on ethics, values, and beliefs can be conducted in Religious Education. How may teachers conduct an objective and comprehensive education that respects children's and young people's divergent views, based on traditions and beliefs that characterize their background and family discourse ... Read more

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  • Going Circular

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    Series series Regional Studies Policy Impact Books
    Going Circular explores the concept of a circular economy (CE) and its transformative potential for cities and regions. It emphasises the importance of spatial planning and the role of urban and regional authorities in driving the transition to a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive economic and societal model. The authors offer a critical perspective, arguing that there is no onesize-fits ... Read more

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  • Ageing Equitably with Care

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    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.What are the consequences of growing old and needing care in a world shaped by inequality? Who provides the care? What are the challenges?This groundbreaking book delves into conditions for ageing and caring, asking how they could be improved for different communities living in high-income welfare states.Emphasising that equitable ageing ... Read more

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  • International Standardisation of Good Corporate Governance

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  • A Traitor to His Species

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    From an award-winning historian, the outlandish story of the man who gave rights to animals.In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and beast alike. The industrial city brought suffering, but it also inspired a compassion for animals that fueled a controversial anti-cruelty movement. From the center of these debates, Henry ... Read more

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  • Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State

    by Andreas Bergh ...
    Series series New Thinking in Political Economy series
    For some, Sweden is proof that a generous welfare state is fully compatible with a growing competitive economy. For others, it is a frightening example of what big government can do to a once thriving economy. Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State tackles a number of controversial questions regarding Sweden's economic and political development: How did Sweden become rich? How did ... Read more

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