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  • The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California

    A Personal History

    by James L. Heft SM ...
    I asked a distinguished international group of Catholic scholars what would most help Catholic universities stay Catholic and break new intellectual ground. Their reply was unanimous: found an independent research institute, locate it in the United States at a major secular research university, and form a lay board of trustees capable of funding, guiding, and defending it. This book explains why ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Prophet's Pulpit

    Commentaries on the State of Islam

    by Khaled Abou El Fadl ...
    In this collection of twenty-two Islamic sermons, Khaled Abou El Fadl, distinguished law professor and classically trained Islamic jurist, delivers incisive commentaries on the current state of Islam and the Muslim world from the symbolic pulpit of the Prophet of Islam. Part Qur'anic exegesis and part socio-ethical commentary, this volume showcases the knowledge, enlightenment, and dedication to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Prophet's Pulpit

    Commentaries on the State of Islam Volume II

    by Khaled Abou El Fadl ...
    Praise for The Prophet's Pulpit: Commentaries on the State of Islam, Volume I"In this volume, one of the most gifted and influential Muslim scholars of our time critically examines the contemporary state of Islam, offering a set of inspirational meditations on its essential, but neglected, teachings. The result is profound, powerful, and transformative. This is a must-read."Ziba Mir-Hosseini, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Toward Inclusion and Social Justice in Institutional Translation and Interpreting

    Revealing Hidden Practices of Exclusion

    Edited by Esther Monzó-Nebot, María Lomeña-Galiano ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
    This collection re-envisions the academic study of institutional translation and interpreting (ITI), revealing oppression in established institutional spaces toward challenging existing policies and the myths which inhibit critical inquiry within the field.ITI is broadly conceived here as translation and interpreting delivered in or for specific institutions, understood as social systems and ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Ferroelectrics

    Advances in fundamental studies and emerging applications

    Edited by Yang Bai, Ilya Grinberg ...
    Series series IOP ebooks
    Due to the structural and functional flexibility and complexity of ferroelectrics, the fundamental science and applications of this material family is continuously evolving. This reference text covers the most significant advances in the field of ferroelectrics over the past decade. The fundamental aspects describe studies based on first-principles calculations, multiscale simulation and ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Critical Approaches to Institutional Translation and Interpreting

    Challenging Epistemologies

    Edited by Esther Monzó-Nebot, María Lomeña-Galiano ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
    This collection re-envisions the academic study of institutional translation and interpreting (ITI), uncovering the ways in which institutional practices have inhibited knowledge creation and encouraging stakeholders to continue to challenge the assumptions and epistemics which underpin the field.ITI is broadly conceived here as translation and interpreting delivered in or for specific ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Map Data Processing

    Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Map Data Processing Held in Maratea, Italy, June 18–29, 1979

    Edited by Herbert Freeman, Goffredo G. Pieroni ...
    Map Data Processing is a collection of papers from a NATO study on the same subject. This collection deals with the exchange of ideas and setting directions in research, particularly in pattern-recognition-, image-processing-, and computer-related issues. The papers discuss the usefulness of computer systems in geographical data processing, as well as the viability of scan digitization resulting ... Read more

    $64.79 CAD

  • The Prophet's Pulpit

    Commentaries on the State of Islam, Volume III

    by Khaled Abou El Fadl ...
    Praise for The Prophet's Pulpit: Commentaries on the State of Islam, The Trilogy"Dictators and apologists for authoritarianism and imperialism will hate these books; supporters of freedom, human rights, democracy, and Islamic reform will embrace these magisterial tomes."Nader Hashemi, Director, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University."A sublime read, but also an ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Advancing Excellence

    The Making of Texas A&M University's Hagler Institute for Advanced Study

    by Tim Gregg ...
    From its post–Civil War beginnings as a land-grant institution, Texas A&M has become a place where great minds are cultivated, nurtured, and given free rein. It is in that spirit that a center was established on campus to enhance excellence through the exchange of ideas and collaboration with the world’s finest scholars, researchers, and industry leaders. That goal, cultivated in large part by the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Institutional Violence and Disability

    Punishing Conditions

    by Kate Rossiter, Jen Rinaldi ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
    "This was several times with that damn cribbage board. I hate cribbage boards to this very day. They never beat us on the arms or legs or stuff, it was always on the bottom of the feet, I couldn't figure it out." Brian L., Huronia Regional Centre SurvivorOver the past two decades, the public has borne witness to ongoing revelations of shocking, intense, and even sadistic forms of violence in ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Memory

    by Philippe Tortell, Mark Turin, Margot Young ...
    November 11, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, a time of remembering and memorial, of linking past events to the world we live in today. Taking this particular moment as a catalyst, this book examines the character and relevance of memory more broadly. The essays in this collection ask readers to think creatively and deeply about notions of memory – its composition ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Public Management in Korea

    Performance Evaluation and Public Institutions

    Edited by Soonae Park ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
    Many books on performance management or evaluation are about the public sector in general or specifically about some programs or organizations. Only a few of them target the public institutions. This book addresses what types of challenges that performance evaluations of public institutions actually face and how to overcome them through the analysis of Korea’s three-decade long experiences.This ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD