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Examines why so many Americans do not like, trust, approve of, or support their government.

Critical overviews from the front line of ionic liquids research Ionic liquids are valued for their tuneable physical properties, are promising "green" replacement for organic solvents, and are at the focus of burgeoning interest for industrial and academic research. With no measurable vapour pressure--and offering significant advantages in reaction rate, yield, and selectively-these low-melting salts are applicable to, among other things, or...

Mass extinction and cataclysmic volcanic activity: will fascinate everyone interested in the history of life and death on our planet.

This study asks whether democracy, modeled as competition between political parties that represent different interests in the polity, will result in educational funding policies that will, at least eventually, produce citizens who have equal capacities (human capital), thus breaking the link between family background and child prospects. Several models of the problem are studied, which vary according to the educational technology posited, i.e....

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 109. Chapters: Bjarne Stroustrup, Comparison of Java and C++, Template, Header file, Andrei Alexandrescu, C++0x, Operators in C and C++, Name mangling, C++ classes, Virtual function, Microsoft Visual C++ Name Mangling, Placement syntax, Boost C++ Libraries, Decltype, Template metaprogramming, Compatibility of C and C++, Concepts, Sizeof, Copy constructor, Reference, Opaque pointer, Database Management Library, Typedef...

This book analyses the signals people use to express emotion, looking at the social, cultural and political functions of emotional language.

This book, first published in 2001, combines traditional and novel methods of option evaluation into one systematic and versatile method.

The first book-length biography in English of Andres Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual, first published in 2001.

This book, first published in 2002, analyzes the legacy of the Communists in the CIO between the 1930s and 1950s.

This 1997 book assesses the impact of the Damascus affair on European and Jewish politics, including the Holocaust and creation of modern Israel.

In 2005, Robert Repenning, a Catholic priest served as an Army Chaplain in Iraq. This is the printed version of his on line journal, which he kept during his deployment. "By My Side" provides a unique perspective of his ministry in Iraq blending Catholicism, politics, rock and roll, and personal reflection while also being a vehicle to keep in touch with his loved ones while he was away.

This book provides an introduction to the major mathematical structures used in physics today. Topics covered include group theory, Lie algebras, topology, Hilbert space and differential geometry. Important theories of physics such as classical and quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and special and general relativity are also developed in detail. The book is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. It ...

This is an excellent book, which is extremely student-friendly while remaining critical and analytical."Prof. Caroline Fournet, University of Groningen and fellow at the ECIA The Human Rights Act 1998 is one of the most important statutes ever passed in the United Kingdom and this highly-acclaimed textbook provides law students with a thorough introduction to the Act and the mass of case law that has followed it.Human Rights in the UK has a cl...

Speaker, writer, podcaster & humorist Chuck Hansen's "Nose-Sucker Thingees, Weeds Whacking Back & Cats in the Tub" is a collection of his humor essays that provide a funny, refreshing, positive & insightful look holding onto balance & perspective throughout life's daily trials. Chuck's funny, insightful stories are gleaned from a life of adventure & 20+ years in some of America's most & least successful organizations. Chuck's early 'career' wa...

Leading international commentators examine the end of the Cold War and the implications for both the history and the future of the world order.