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This third edition combines embodied and operational emissions into a structured approach for achieving zero emissions by a specific year with certainty. It is a major positive step towards design thinking that makes achieving zero carbon emissions a reality.

Slavery, first published in 1958, examines four main types of modern slavery: chattel slavery, the sale of women into marriage, the sale of children into work and prostitution, serfdom. It marshals an astonishing array of findings into modern slavery, and outlines the history of the anti-slavery movement.

Slavery in the Roman Empire, first published in 1928, examines the working of slavery in the first two centuries of the Roman Empire. It analyses the means by which peoples were enslaved, and the roles in which they worked in Roman society.

Do you know how to design for a circular economy? A truly sustainable, circular economy is both a robust and viable option for architecture. Through 24 inspirational case studies, interviews and essays, this book is an accessible and practical guide to how architects can move from a linear economy towards a circular economy.

Slavery in the Twentieth Century, first published in 1986, draws together all the forms of slavery in their modern guises - in the far recesses of Africa and Arabia, in the industrial towns of Italy, the factories and mines of South America, and in the prison farms of the United States.

Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic investigates, analyses and presents statistics to assess the claim by UN WOMEN that domestic violence constituted a 'shadow' pandemic to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Out of the House of Bondage, first published in 1986, focuses on the day-to-day patterns of resistance that directly affected the lives of slaves. It examines acts of resistance in both the Americas and Africa, runaways and resistance and uses runaways as a means to further analyse slavery and the wider slave population.

A Land of Dreams, first published in 1993, explores the settlement of East European Jews in the East End of London, and the growth of an African-Caribbean community in Birmingham. It is an ethnographic study of two first-generation migrant communities, built upon the experiences of the migrants themselves.

The book provides a gentle introduction to Universal Artificial Intelligence (UAI), a theory that provides a formal underpinning of what it means for an agent to act intelligently in a general class of environments.

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Africa's Slaves Today, first published in 1975, examines the question of the persistence of slavery in modern Africa. It concludes that slavery is by no means dead in certain regions, but that at the same time clear-cut definitions of 'slave' and 'free' are often impossible to establish.

Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. A major theme of the book is the extent to which the Cape slaves were able to build a culture of their own, and the legacy of slavery to their descendants in modern South Africa.

This book explores our corporeal connections to the past by considering what three theoretical approaches-somaesthetics, posthumanism, and the uncanny-may reveal about both premodern and postmodern terms of embodiment.

Antislavery Political Writings, first published in 2004, presents the best writings of the leading American antislavery thinkers, activists and politicians in the years between 1830 and 1860. These chapters demonstrate the range of theoretical and political choices open to antislavery advocates during the antebellum period.

Forced Migration, first published in 1982, examines the impact of the slave trade on Africa. Some claim the huge numbers of slaves trafficked set back Africa's development, and others claim the figures were lower and had a lesser impact. This book examines both claims and asseses slavery's impact on Africa.

Out of Slavery, first published in 1985, offers a broad reappraisal on slavery, and of the contribution and personality of the Abolitionists, particularly of their leader and spokesman William Wilberforce.

The African Link, first published in 1978, analyses a vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical writings from the 17th and 18th centuries to fill a considerable gap in the history of racial attitudes.

The book provides a gentle introduction to Universal Artificial Intelligence (UAI), a theory that provides a formal underpinning of what it means for an agent to act intelligently in a general class of environments.

The third edition of this incisive practitioner resource and course text--updated for the DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)--takes the reader step by step through diagnostic decision making in mental health. Guidelines are presented for evaluating information from multiple sources, constructing a wide-ranging differential diagnosis, creating a safety hierarchy, and using decision trees to derive a valid working diagnosis. The book addresses speci...