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Traffic Engineering

A Practical Approach

by Franco Callegati, Walter Cerroni, Carla Raffaelli ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook discusses the principles of queuing theory and teletraffic engineering in telecommunication networks. The book lays out the rigorous theoretical background while keeping strong links to practical applications and real-life scenarios. The overall goal of this textbook is to provide students with in-depth and broad understanding of the operational framework of teletraffic problems, and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This textbook discusses the principles of queuing theory and teletraffic engineering in telecommunication networks. The book lays out the rigorous theoretical background while keeping strong links to practical applications and real-life scenarios. The overall goal of this textbook is to provide students with in-depth and broad understanding of the operational framework of teletraffic problems, and
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Arts Management

Managing a Culturepreneurial Organization

by Carla Stalling Walter ...

Series series Discovering the Creative Industries
Providing a comprehensive introduction to arts and cultural management, this textbook incorporates new insights, from technological innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), to its popular practical approach to helping learners understand how to build and grow an arts organization. With practical case studies throughout, this book also includes coverage of key contemporary topics such as ... Read more

$79.99 USD

Providing a comprehensive introduction to arts and cultural management, this textbook incorporates new insights, from technological innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), to its popular practical approach to helping learners understand how to build and grow an arts organization. With practical case studies throughout, this book also includes coverage of key contemporary topics such as
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A Multi-Perspective Approach to Narratives in Health Communication

by Anthony Acheampong, Francis Ametepey, Diliara Bagautdinova, Elisabeth Bigsby, Colin Cameron, Gemme Campbell-Salome, Jorge Castillo, Minhey Chung, Mary E. Cooley, Anneke de Graaf, Rosanna F. DeMarco0, Enny Das1, Carla L. Fisher2, Chiara Fioretti3, Lynn M. Harter4, Callie Kalny5, Chuck Kaminski6, Amanda Kastrinos7, Sun S. Kim8, Jody Koenig Kellas9, Laura Laine0, Patty Mitchell1, Robin Nabi2, Cassidy Taladay-Carter3, Julie E. Volkman4, Hylie M. Voss6, Nathan Walter7, Megan Westervelt8, Jill Yamasaki9 ...

Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Health Communication
This edited volume offers an accessible avenue for improving health and well-being by demonstrating the power of narrative in advocating for yourself, your family, and your community. Leading scholars of health communication draw on a variety of perspectives, theories, and methodologies and incorporate their own personal experiences of narratives to demonstrate the compelling reasons why ... Read more

$97.19 USD

This edited volume offers an accessible avenue for improving health and well-being by demonstrating the power of narrative in advocating for yourself, your family, and your community. Leading scholars of health communication draw on a variety of perspectives, theories, and methodologies and incorporate their own personal experiences of narratives to demonstrate the compelling reasons why
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Sacred Dance Meditations

365 Globally Inspired Movement Practices Enhancing Awakening, Clarity, and Connection

by Carla Walter ...

Achieve balance, connect to Spirit, and tap into the sacred power of dance with 365 daily movement meditations.Throughout human history, people all over the world have recognized dance as an age-old yet timeless connection to Spirit. In celebration, to mark moments of change, and in times of despair, dance has been used to seek the Divine, connect with the Earth, and call into being the sacred ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Achieve balance, connect to Spirit, and tap into the sacred power of dance with 365 daily movement meditations.Throughout human history, people all over the world have recognized dance as an age-old yet timeless connection to Spirit. In celebration, to mark moments of change, and in times of despair, dance has been used to seek the Divine, connect with the Earth, and call into being the sacred
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Global Movements

Dance, Place, and Hybridity

by Olaf Kuhlke, Adam M. Pine, Yuko Aoyama, Mary Lynn Babcock, France Joyal, Lynnette Young Overby, Steve Smith, Kristin Harris Walsh, Carla Walter0 ...

Global Movements: Dance, Place, and Hybridity provides a theoretical and practical examination of the relationships between the global mobility of ideas and people, and its impact on dance and space. Using seven case studies, the contributors illustrate the mixture of dance styles that result from the global diffusion of cultural traditions and practices. The collection portrays a multitude of ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Global Movements: Dance, Place, and Hybridity provides a theoretical and practical examination of the relationships between the global mobility of ideas and people, and its impact on dance and space. Using seven case studies, the contributors illustrate the mixture of dance styles that result from the global diffusion of cultural traditions and practices. The collection portrays a multitude of
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Sustainability in the Curriculum and Operations of Universities

Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Jaluza Maria Lima Silva Borsatto, Carla Bonato Marcolin, Amanda Lange Salvia, João Eustachio, Ayyoob Sharifi ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores how higher education institutions are integrating sustainability into both their academic programs and operational practices. Authored by an international group of scholars and practitioners, this book highlights how universities around the world are advancing sustainability through teaching, research, student engagement, and campus innovation. The chapters cover a wide range of ... Read more

$161.09 USD

This book explores how higher education institutions are integrating sustainability into both their academic programs and operational practices. Authored by an international group of scholars and practitioners, this book highlights how universities around the world are advancing sustainability through teaching, research, student engagement, and campus innovation. The chapters cover a wide range of
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The American Story

Conversations with Master Historians

by David M. Rubenstein ...

Narrated by David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden, David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Taylor Branch, A. Scott Berg, Cokie Roberts0, Jay Winik1, Jean Edward Smith2, Bob Woodward3, H.W. Brands4 ...

Series series Gift for History Buffs
Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

Cofounder of The Carlyle Group, patriotic philanthropist, and bestselling author of The American Experiment David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians.In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Cofounder of The Carlyle Group, patriotic philanthropist, and bestselling author of The American Experiment David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians.In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and
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Opting Out

Women Messing with Marriage around the World

by Joanna Davidson, Dinah Hannaford, Julia Pauli, Jacqueline Solway, Sarah Lamb, Laura C. Nelson, Kimberly Walters, Melanie A. Medeiros, Carla Freeman0, Akiko Takeyama1, Brady G'Sell2, Carla Jones3 ...

Series series Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
Women around the world are opting out of marriage. Through nuanced ethnographic accounts of the ways that women are moving the needle on marital norms and practices, Opting Out reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in places where marriage has long been obligatory. Each chapter invites readers into the lives of particular women and the changing circumstances in which ... Read more

$31.69 USD

Women around the world are opting out of marriage. Through nuanced ethnographic accounts of the ways that women are moving the needle on marital norms and practices, Opting Out reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in places where marriage has long been obligatory. Each chapter invites readers into the lives of particular women and the changing circumstances in which
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Iron Empires

Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America

by Michael Hiltzik ...

Narrated by Nick Tecoksy ...

Unabridged

14 hours 57 min

In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition between empire builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, and E. H. ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition between empire builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, and E. H.
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The Hidden History of the War on Voting

Who Stole Your Vote—and How to Get It Back

by Thom Hartmann ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

"Hartmann's history of voter suppression in America is necessary information given current news about voter registration purges and redistricting...a particularly timely topic for an election year, and anyone who is seriously concerned about the survival of American democracy will want to read this book and apply its lessons."-BooklistIn today's America, only a slim majority of people register to ... Read more

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"Hartmann's history of voter suppression in America is necessary information given current news about voter registration purges and redistricting...a particularly timely topic for an election year, and anyone who is seriously concerned about the survival of American democracy will want to read this book and apply its lessons."-BooklistIn today's America, only a slim majority of people register to
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Fire and Light

How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World

by James MacGregor Burns ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

Unabridged

14 hours 33 min

In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment, during which audacious questions and astonishing ideas tore across Europe and the New World, transforming thought, bringing down governments, and inspiring visionary political experiments that would ultimately reach every corner of the globe. Unlike most historians, Burns ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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In this engaging history, James MacGregor Burns brings to vivid life the two-hundred-year conflagration of the Enlightenment, during which audacious questions and astonishing ideas tore across Europe and the New World, transforming thought, bringing down governments, and inspiring visionary political experiments that would ultimately reach every corner of the globe. Unlike most historians, Burns
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American Struggle

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham ...

Narrated by Jon Meacham, Fred Sanders, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson0, JD Jackson1, Tavia Gilbert2, Keith Szarabajka3, Full Cast4 ...

Unabridged

20 hours 22 min

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes—from ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes—from
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