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  • Race, Rights, and Redemption

    The Derrick Bell Lectures on the Law and Critical Race Theory

    Edited by Janet Dewart Bell, Vincent M. Southerland ...
    Leading legal lights weigh in on key issues of race and the law—collected in honor of one of the originators of critical race theory"Penetrating essays on race and social stratification within policing and the law, in honor of pioneering scholar Derrick Bell." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)When Derrick Bell, one of the originators of critical race theory, turned sixty-five, his wife founded a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Behavior of Lizards

    Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives

    Edited by Vincent Bels, Anthony Russell ...
    Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Biomimicry ─ A Functional Approach

    Edited by Vincent Bels, Stanislav N. Gorb, Roi Gurka ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biomimetics, Bionics, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Biomimicry are terms describing the branch of science between the studies of nature’s solutions and their inspiration on engineering sciences and technologies. Bioinspiration is viewed as using almost all biological phenomena to stimulate research in non-biological sciences and technologies for modifying and improving human life and welfare. ... Read more

    $251.99 USD

  • Convergent Evolution

    Animal Form and Function

    Edited by Vincent L. Bels, Anthony P. Russell ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutionary mechanism resulting in responses to similar environmental constraints in mechanically similar ways. The contributors to this volume have selected and documented cases of convergent evolution of form and function that are perceived to be driven by ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Biology of Turtles

    From Structures to Strategies of Life

    Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels ...
    Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Feeding in Vertebrates

    Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, Biomechanics

    Edited by Vincent Bels, Ian Q. Whishaw ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Based on recent technical developments and novel conceptual approaches, the book covers functional questions on trophic behavior in nearly all vertebrate groups including jawless fishes. The book describes mechanisms and ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Young People in Out-of-Home Care

    Findings from the Ontario Looking After Children Project

    by Elisa Romano, Lauren Stenason, M Erik Michael, Robert J. Flynn, Meagan Miller, Tessa Bell, Barbara Greenberg, Cynthia Vincent ...
    Series series Health and Society
    La maltraitance est généralement considérée comme étant la forme d’adversité la plus grave à laquelle peuvent être confrontés les enfants et les adolescents. Les jeunes victimes de mauvais traitement qui présentent le niveau de risque le plus élevé sont susceptibles d’être prises en charge dans des structures extrafamiliales – familles d’accueil, soins intrafamiliaux, foyers de groupe ou vie ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures (Unabridged)

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    by Gertrude Bell ...
    Narrated by Jessica Meachen, Nathaniel Newhouse, Herman Siegel, Vincent Newark ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 1 min

    Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    by Jon Meacham ...
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  • The Idea Machine

    How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

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    The Tragic Side of the American Founding

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