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Learn Haskell by Example
by Phillip HagenlocherLearn Haskell by doing Haskell projects! In this book, you&’ll get practical experience writing Haskell code and applying functional programming to actual development challenges.In Learn Haskell by Example, you&’ll build your Haskell skills by working through hands-on challenges and conundrums. You&’ll learn to look at each project through a Haskell lens, and then solve it using features like lazy evaluation, immutable data structures, and monads. In Learn Haskell by Example you will learn how to: • Use Haskell for daily programming tasks • Effectively apply functional concepts • Avoid common beginner pitfalls of Haskell • Apply abstract concepts in the Haskell language • Debug and profile Haskell applications • Improve the performance of Haskell applications Haskell is an amazing choice for applications that need an extra guarantee of safety, such as in smart contracts, data intensive applications, and large scale distributed systems. In this book, you&’ll see just how practical Haskell can be for creating programs by building your own engaging projects! Learn how to structure real-world applications, how to work with the Haskell tool chain effectively, and what to look out for when writing critical sections in the program's logic. Best of all, each project in this book is fully extensible and customizable so you can keep tinkering with your favorites! About the technology Programmers spend a lot of time debugging and refactoring code, reading comments and documentation, and trying to make sense out of complex designs. Haskell, a powerful, beautiful, and challenging functional programming language, promises a different path. By focusing your attention on simple functions, clearly-defined behaviors, and the right high-level abstractions, Haskell disallows the dangerous behaviors that usually lead to bugs and crashes. About the book Learn Haskell by Example teaches you to build applications in Haskell by designing and coding fun and engaging projects. In this easy-to-follow guide, you&’ll create a domain specific language for music, an image processing library, and more! You&’ll learn Haskell from the ground-up with a focus on important concepts like function design, composition, and data immutability. Each project gives you a new insight into how to think in Haskell and helps you understand why many Haskell developers say they will never use another language again. What's inside • Use Haskell for daily programming tasks • Purely functional programming • Avoid common Haskell pitfalls About the reader For readers who know how to program in an object-oriented language. About the author Philipp Hagenlocher is a full time Haskell developer, and the creator of the beloved Haskell for Imperative Programmers YouTube course. The technical editor on this book was Alexander Vershilov. Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Ancient secret keeping on modern machines 3 Every line counts 4 Line numbering tool 5 Words and graphs 6 Solving the ladder game 7 Working with CSV files 8 A tool for CSV 9 Quick checks and random tests 10 Digital music box 11 Programming musical compositions 12 Parsing pixel data 13 Parallel image processing 14 Files and exceptions 15 Transformers for synchronizing 16 JSON and SQL 17 APIs using Servant Appendix A The Haskell Toolchain Appendix B Lazy evaluation
The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, The World's Most Versatile Genius
by Mark Skousen&“I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to have been born two or three centuries hence.&” -- Ben FranklinWas Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant or a cunning chameleon? A hard-headed entrepreneur or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man or a notorious womanizer? A scientist and inventor or a hoaxer and self promoter? A believer or a heretic? The first civilized American or the most dangerous man in America? Read this book, and you decide! In The Greatest American, Dr. Mark Skousen—&“America&’s Economist&” and a direct descendant of the old man—reveals many new features and little-known facts about Ben Franklin, such as: - Why Franklin was a free trader: "No nation was ever ruined by trade." - The surprising benefits of inflation to pay for the American Revolution. - How the War of Independence transformed him from a religious heretic to a believing theist. - Why he hated party politics. - How he changed his mind about slavery and became a devote abolitionist. - The truth about his love affairs with women. Did he really abandon his wife Deborah, or did she abandon him? - Why he never applied for any patents for his famous inventions. - Why George Washington loved Franklin and John Adams despised him. - Why he turned against his beloved son, William, and never forgave him. - His preference for private welfare and charities rather than state-run social programs and welfare. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers -- he was indeed a whole generation ahead of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson -- and yet he was the most forward-looking of the group and the most modern of the founders. The Greatest American shows just how much of an impact Benjamin Franklin had on American politics and daily life. &“Few scholars today know Benjamin Franklin as well, or as intimately, as Mark Skousen. That familiarity is on full display in The Greatest American. Skousen, a direct descendant of his subject, ranges nimbly across the remarkable breadth of Franklin&’s life, from his views on business and economics to education and, yes, sex. Along the way, he makes a com- pelling case not only for Franklin&’s greatness but also for his relevance today. He is the most modern of founders—and the most fun.&” —Eric Weiner, author, Ben and Me, and former foreign correspondent for NPR &“Mark Skousen lucidly, delightfully and successfully lays out the life of one the most extraordinary figures in American— and indeed world—history. Franklin personified and promoted the characteristics and culture that made America great, especially the drive for self-improvement and inventiveness. His genius for diplomacy was absolutely essential for the success of the American Revolution. The significance of his astonishing scientific achievements, insights, and research are only now being fully appreciated. One can only exclaim: What a man!&” —Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief, Forbes magazine &“If anyone embodies the Renaissance man, it&’s Ben Franklin— printer, scientist, musician, inventor, author, activist, statesman, and diplomat. Mark Skousen delves into every facet of his remarkable life, including Franklin&’s surprisingly active love life into his eighties, in this lively and entertaining book. Highly recommended!&” —Alexander Green, chief investment strategist, The Oxford Club, and author of Beyond Wealth
Sunny: Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu (Track #3)
by Jason ReynoldsSunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could take them to the state championships. They all have a lot to lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold&’s electrifying middle grade series. Sunny is just that—sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But his life hasn&’t always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny&’s dad treats him—ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never &“Dad&”—it&’s no wonder Sunny thinks he&’s to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad&’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn&’t like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race. With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies—his only friends—behind. But you can&’t be on a track team and not run. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny&’s answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can&’t be on a track team and dance. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard beats of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. But as he practices for this new event, can he let go of everything that&’s been eating him up inside?
The Five Archetypes: Discover Your True Nature and Transform Your Life and Relationships
by Carey DavidsonDiscover the personality archetypes within you and improve your life and relationships with a new self-guided system of personal transformation.In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) philosophy, the elements Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water are the foundation of how nature grows and evolves. They are believed to help us understand everything from illness and healing to the fundamental processes of child development—and they continue to inform Chinese medicine practice today. But as Ayurvedic nutritionist, reiki master, and Tournesol founder Carey Davidson demonstrates in this book, each of the five elements can also be seen as a personality archetype—and inside all of us is a unique blend of these archetypes that serves as a window into living a more fulfilling life on every level. In The Five Archetypes, Davidson explains that by knowing the personality traits associated with each type and using what she calls the Five Archetypes method, you can actually start to predict your behavioral patterns—not only with yourself but also with your friends, your romantic partner, your children, and even your colleagues. By practicing this method, you will also: -Learn how to exercise more control over behaviors that thwart your potential -Hone your self-awareness and self-regulation skills in the face of day-to-day stress -And understand what really makes people tick, so that you spend less time in stagnant relationships and more time in gratifying ones Through her study of the elements and the observations she&’s made in her work with individuals, couples, companies, parents, kids, and educators, Davidson has created a simplified and practical guide to harnessing the strengths of our five archetypes. Complete with an assessment designed to help you discover your primary, secondary, and lowest types, The Five Archetypes will not only teach you more about yourself and others but also transform your relationships and set you on the path to personal and interpersonal harmony.
Kotlin in Action, Second Edition (In Action)
by Dmitry Jemerov Svetlana Isakova Sebastian Aigner Roman ElizarovExpert guidance and amazing examples from Kotlin core developers! It&’s everything you need to get up and running fast.Kotlin in Action, Second Edition takes you from language basics to building production-quality applications that take advantage of Kotlin&’s unique features. Discover how the language handles everything from statements and functions to classes and types, and the unique features that make Kotlin programming so seamless. In Kotlin in Action, Second Edition you will learn: Kotlin statements and functions, and classes and types Functional programming on the JVM The Kotlin standard library and out-of-the-box features Writing clean and idiomatic code Combining Kotlin and Java Improve code reliability with null safety Domain-specific languages Kotlin coroutines and flows Mastering the kotlinx.coroutines library Kotlin in Action, Second Edition is a complete guide to the Kotlin language written especially for readers familiar with Java or another OO language. Its authors—all core Kotlin language developers and Kotlin team members—share their unique insights, along with practical techniques and hands-on examples. This new second edition is fully updated to include the latest innovations, and it adds new chapters dedicated to coroutines, flows, and concurrency. About the technology Kotlin is a low-hassle, high-productivity programming language flexible enough to handle any web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise application. Java developers will appreciate the simple syntax, intuitive type system, excellent tooling, and support for functional-style programming. Plus, since Kotlin runs on the JVM, it integrates seamlessly with existing Java code, libraries, and frameworks, including Spring and Android. About the book Kotlin in Action, Second Edition teaches you Kotlin techniques you can use for almost any type of application, from enterprise services to Android apps. The authors are all members of the Kotlin team, so you can trust that even the gnarly details are dead accurate. You&’ll start with Kotlin fundamentals, learning how the language handles everything from statements and functions to classes and types, and about its unique features that make Kotlin programming so seamless. As you progress through this masterful book, you&’ll get hands-on with the Kotlin standard library, functional programming in Kotlin, and advanced features such as generics and reflection. And this updated second edition now covers coroutines and structured concurrency to help you create efficient high-performance applications. What's inside Guidance from members of the Kotlin team Domain-specific languages Kotlin coroutines and flows About the reader For readers familiar with Java or another OO language. About the author Sebastian Aigner is a Developer Advocate at JetBrains, and host of the Talking Kotlin podcast. Roman Elizarov was the lead designer of the Kotlin language. JetBrains Developer Advocate, Svetlana Isakova, was a member of the Kotlin compiler team. Dmitry Jemerov is one of Kotlin&’s initial developers.
Where Are The Children?
by Mary Higgins ClarkNancy Harmon has a new home, a loving husband and two beautiful children. The thing is, she's had all this before . . . Seven years ago she escaped from a volatile marriage and the devastating deaths of her first two children. Now, she's trying to start afresh. The accusations. The newspaper stories. The blame. That's all behind her. Or so she thinks. For someone has not forgotten. Somebody who is determined to bring the terror and the pain hurtling back. One cold morning, Nancy leaves her children to play outside - but when she returns, they have disappeared. With growing terror, she realises it has begun again . . .
Dork Diaries: Spectacular Superstar (Dork Diaries #14)
by Rachel Renee RussellWelcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide!Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad Boyz! The only problem? Nikki's frenemy, MacKenzie, has weaseled her way on to the tour too. And, worse, she's going to be Nikki's roomate! Will Nikki's dream tour turn into a nightmare?! With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Don&’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Have you read all the DORK DIARIES series?Dork Diaries Dork Diaries 2: Party Time Dork Diaries 3: Pop Star Dork Diaries 4: Skating Sensation Dork Diaries 5: Dear Dork Dork Diaries 6: Holiday Heartbreak Dork Diaries 7: TV Star Dork Diaries 8: Once Upon a Dork Dork Diaries 9: Drama Queen Dork Diaries 10: Puppy Love Dork Diaries 11: Frenemies Forever Dork Diaries 12: Crush Catastrophe Dork Diaries 13: Birthday Drama Dork Diaries 14: Spectacular Superstar Dork Diaries 15: I Love Paris! - Out now!
Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving
by Iyanla Vanzant&“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.&” —Oprah Winfrey What if your deepest pain held the key to your greatest healing?In Yesterday, I Cried, New York Times bestselling author and spiritual teacher Iyanla Vanzant shares her powerful personal story—a journey marked by abuse, neglect, heartbreak, and loss. With unflinching honesty and raw emotion, she invites us to witness how life&’s most painful moments can transform into profound lessons of resilience, self-love, and spiritual growth. Through deeply personal reflections, Iyanla shows how crying—once seen as a sign of weakness—became her pathway to strength, clarity, and healing. Her story is not just her own, but one many will recognize: the struggle to rise above past wounds and reclaim inner peace. This soul-stirring work is for anyone who&’s ever felt broken by life, yet still hopes to find wholeness. If you&’ve ever asked, &“Why me?&” or &“How do I move forward?&”—this book offers an honest, compassionate answer.
Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for Today
by Frank LavinAn inside look at the most successful president of modern times.What makes a good White House memoir? The right mix of personal stories, insight on the president, discussion of policy and historical events, and crazy, colorful anecdotes that capture the reader&’s attention. Inside the Reagan White House has all this—plus a vivid take on the Reagan assassination attempt, , Gorbachev and the Reykjavik summit, Ollie North and the Contras, , the 1988 Bush-Dukakis contest—and other critical moments of that era. Original insight on Ronald Reagan, as well as discussions of cabinet members and others, are interspersed with personal anecdotes, off-hand comments, and unique family details that historians and general readers will love. On the colorful side, the action moves from movie stars to Soviet spies to (literal) knife fights, neo-Nazis, plain old Nazis, intimate affairs, fights on planes, and con men chased by INTERPOL. And at the heart of the story are the thousands of dedicated, patriotic Americans who helped Ronald Reagan as he worked to push back against the Soviet Union, promote democracy, improve trade, lower taxes, and reduce the size and scope of government.
Everyday Data Visualization: Design effective charts and dashboards
by Desireé AbbottRadically improve the quality of your data visualizations by employing core principles of color, typography, chart types, data storytelling, and more.Everyday Data Visualization is a field guide for design techniques that will improve the charts, reports, and data dashboards you build every day. Everything you learn is tool-agnostic, with universal principles you can apply to any data stack. In Everyday Data Visualization you&’ll learn important design principles for the most common data visualizations: Harness the power of perception to guide a user&’s attention Bring data to life with color and typography Choose the best chart types for your data story Design for interactive visualizations Keep the user&’s needs first throughout your projects This book gives you the tools you need to bring your data to life with clarity, precision, and flair. You&’ll learn how human brains perceive and process information, wield modern accessibility standards, get the basics of color theory and typography, and more. About the technology Even mundane presentations like charts, dashboards, and infographics can become engaging and inspiring data stories! This book shows you how to upgrade the visualizations you create every day by improving the layout, typography, color, and accessibility. You&’ll discover timeless principles of design that help you highlight important features, compensate for missing information, and interact with live data flows. About the book Everyday Data Visualization guides you through basic graphic design for the most common types of data visualization. You&’ll learn how to enhance charts with color, encourage users to interact and explore data and create visualizations accessible to everyone. Along the way, you&’ll practice each new skill as you take a dashboard project from research to publication. What's inside Bring data to life with color and typography Choose the best chart types for your data story Design interactive visualizations About the reader For readers experienced with data analysis tools. About the author Desireé Abbott has over a decade of experience in product analytics, business intelligence, science, design, and software engineering. The technical editor on this book was Michael Petrey. Table of Contents PART 1 1 Hello, data viz! 2 How we perceive information 3 It&’s all about the data PART 2 4 Choosing colors 5 Typography 6 Creating a good chart 7 Designing for interactivity PART 3 8 Research, design, and development 9 Troubleshooting Appendix
Crash Test: A Novel
by Amy JamesFormula 1 meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in this contemporary romance in which an F1 phenom battling for the championship is sent spinning after his secret love is involved in a massive crash.Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an incredible racing season, with the championship well within his sights. But when a massive crash in Formula 2 leaves driver Jacob Nichols in critical condition, Travis’s world is flipped upside down. No one knows, but he and Jacob have been dating for almost a year.Now the only boy he’s ever loved is clinging to life, his F1 team can’t understand why his performance is faltering, and he’s locked in a cold war with Jacob’s parents, who want him as far away from their son as humanly possible. Travis is sure everything will get better when Jacob wakes up, but he soon realizes he’s underestimated Jacob’s parents’ influence on their son.As the F1 season barrels on, Travis and Jacob find themselves alone and miserable on opposite sides of the globe. But with some new friends by their sides, both drivers will be pushed outside of their comfort zones and onto a journey of self-discovery—one that just might lead them back to each other in the end.
The Dirty Version: A Novel
by Turner Gable Kahn"A steamy romcom about...female rage? You heard me! This is a super smart take on the genre that even non romance girlies will enjoy." —Red MagazineHeat rises and sparks fly when a surf-town author and an intimacy coordinator are thrown together to write new, steamy sex scenes for a TV series based on her hit novel in this deliciously fun debut romance.Tash was thrilled when the dramatic rights to her surprise-hit feminist novel were snapped up by an indie film studio. But no one warned her that a Hollywood shuffle could land her smart, literary epic in the hands of a huge action-movie franchise director more famous for his machismo than his artistry.And now this big shot director wants “the dirty version” of her book, demanding Tash transform the strong, complex female warriors she created into eye candy. Despite her best efforts to stall, the studio assigns Tash to its golden-boy intimacy coordinator to help her add spice to the script. Tash resents Caleb from the first word of the first sentence they write together, certain he's the enemy and too handsome to be trusted. But the longer they collaborate on her characters, the more she's attracted to his firm grasp of emotional (and fine, physical) nudity. Soon they're burning up the bedsheets along with their new pages, blurring romantic storylines.But just when Tash feels it’s all coming together, the whole plot falls apart. Can she find a narrative that saves her show and her own love story, or are both lost forever?
Goodbye to Inflammation: Your All-Natural Plan to Reclaim Health, Lose Weight, and Feel Better than Ever
by Sandra MoninoThe #1 international bestseller—a groundbreaking guide to preventing and reversing inflammation, by renowned nutritionist and social media star Sandra Moñino.What if you could resolve the root factor that exacerbates weight gain, bloat, stress, and and aging? What if you could reduce and prevent the underlying condition at the base of every chronic health issue? With a plan to fight inflammation, you can.Many people suffer from the effects of chronic inflammation: weight gain, skin problems, headaches, and more serious conditions—diabetes, hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and depression. In this life-changing guide, nutritionist and global sensation Sandra Moñino offers drug-free, evidence-based advice to help you feel your best again.In Goodbye to Inflammation, you will discover:Nine essential anti-inflammatory habitsA diet plan that works, beating bloat and weight gainEasy, healthy recipes plus a grocery shopping guideA three-day challenge to jumpstart your anti-inflammation journeyThe first step to healing your immune system, Goodbye to Inflammation empowers you with the basics you need to prevent inflammation and elevate your health and life.Translated from original Spanish into English by Katherine Cummings
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart: A Novel
by Nishant BatshaNamed a Summer Read by: New York Times * Los Angeles Times * Minneapolis Star Tribune * The MillionsAn expansive and poignant novel of love, radical ambition, and intellectual rebirth set at the dawn of World War IAt a party near Stanford University’s campus in 1917, Cora Trent, a graduate student raised in the rugged mining towns of the American West, meets Indra Mukherjee, an Indian revolutionary newly arrived in California. Indra is grieving the recent loss of a friend and unsure of the place violence has in the cause of national liberation, while Cora is seeking a new life that stays true to her aspirations as a writer and an idealist. They spark an instant connection, and their passionate romance deepens as they attend protests alongside anticolonial dissidents and socialize with eccentric thinkers in Berkeley and Palo Alto. All the while, Indra awaits orders from a mysterious German spymaster.Cora and Indra quickly marry, even as the United States is drawn into the conflict in Europe and wartime patriotism begins to give way to increasing intolerance. When news of arrests threatens their future together, they are forced to flee to New York City with the hope that they can avoid the attention of the British and American authorities. Trying to find footing in their new life, Cora and Indra must reckon with divergent ambitions that challenge the foundations of their hasty marriage—and their freedom.Profound, immersive, tenderly written, and with finely wrought characters drawn from the forgotten archives of American history, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is an extraordinary story of a marriage caught at the intersection of radical politics and everyday life.
I Am Ozzy: The classic autobiography from Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal music icon and frontman of Black Sabbath
by Ozzy OsbournePRE-ORDER NOW: LAST RITES by Ozzy Osbourne, the brutally honest, yet surprisingly life-affirming brand-new memoir from the legendary hellraiser, publishing October 7th 2025***'Mightily entertaining' - Heat People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and California, I wouldn't have put money on me, no f**king way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time. A lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. I've done some bad things in my time. But I ain't the devil. I'm just John Osbourne: a working class kid from Aston, who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time.
Rethinking Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformative Trajectories within a Decolonial Paradigm (Routledge Contemporary South Africa)
by Edited by Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis, Logan Govender, and Dennis Zami AtibuniThis book explores the opportunities and epistemological and structural challenges facing higher education in postcolonial South Africa and argues for a fundamental transformation to meet the needs of the 21st century.Taking the concept of transformation as a unifying thread, this book discusses the evolving trajectories of higher education in South Africa, with particular emphasis on the decolonial initiatives that have emerged in the post-Apartheid era. During this time, there have been persistent calls for South Africa to move beyond Eurocentric education programmes and curricula in favour of a system that reflects the continent’s culture and identities of all South Africans. The book argues that incremental reforms of existing structures are insufficient and that instead a deeper, more fundamental shift in higher education structures, values, and systems is needed. Overall, the book calls for a comprehensive transformation to expand access for historically disadvantaged communities, enhance quality and competitiveness, address past injustices, and improve the quality and capacity to act together for a more sustainable and just future.Also exploring the digital transformations which have accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book will be an essential read for researchers and policymakers working on higher education in South Africa.
Socioecological Transformations: Linking Ontologies with Structures, Personal with Collective Change (Rethinking Globalizations)
by Sabaheta Ramcilovic-SuominenSocioecological Transformations confronts dominant framings of transformation that either remain apolitical and ahistorical, or overemphasizes the structural causes, while bypassing the ontological roots of the present-day socioecological violence and destruction. It challenges the technocratic and structuralist tendencies that either reduce transformation to policy tweaks, or to social movements and activism. This volume reclaims socioecological transformations as a radical, justice-centred theory-praxis. By connecting the structural and the ontological roots of the colonial-racial-capitalist system of oppression, the book exposes how materialist-dualist ontology and associated worldviews uphold hierarchies of worth, which in turn serve and uphold the colonial-racial-capitalist system of oppression. In doing so, it widens the spectrum of viable responses to include in addition to social movements and activism, those that unsettle the ontological bases of our socioecological calamities—the human exceptionalism and the illusion of separation. The fifteen chapters span diverse geographies, struggles, and approaches, weaving together onto-epistemic inquiry with grounded transformative practices, movements and action. The contributions share the common focus on justice as both motivation and a guiding principle for transformations. The book calls for transformation where being, knowing, and doing are reimagined in relational, life-affirming terms. A vital resource for students, academics, activists inspired by political ecology, feminist studies, decolonial and relational approaches, social movements, and transformations, but also practitioners and policy actors seeking to engage transformation beyond surface-level solutions. Socioecological Transformations invites readers to embrace complexity, plurality, along the paradoxes that transformations entail, while building solidarities across polarized strategies, ontologies and worldviews. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Digital Platforms in Finance and Supply Chain Management: Governance, Ethics, and Industry 5.0 (Routledge Open Business and Economics)
by Piotr Łasak Sławomir WyciślakThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of digital platforms as the driving force of the modern economy, exploring their evolution, governance, and integration across financial and supply chain ecosystems. It presents a synthesis of theories, strategic models, and empirical insights to address the complexities of platform economies, making it an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and industry practitioners.The book is structured around core principles of digital platforms, including their definition, key features, and transformative impact on value creation. It delves into governance and ethical considerations, examining global regulatory frameworks and the emerging paradigms of Industry 5.0, where digital platforms intersect with economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The theoretical foundations are rooted in network effects, New Economic Geography, Platform Economics, Agency Theory, and Systems Theory, offering a robust analytical framework for understanding scalability, competition, and strategic decision- making in platform ecosystems.Two important areas — finance and supply chains— are explored in depth. The book investigates the digitalization of financial services, the risks and benefits of fintech innovations, and governance strategies within financial ecosystems. In parallel, it examines digital supply chain platforms, their integration challenges, and governance models that drive efficiency and value creation. The book culminates in a forward- looking synthesis, identifying synergies between financial and supply chain platforms while forecasting future trends in digital transformation.By integrating theoretical insights with practical case studies, this book provides a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to digital platforms, bridging gaps between economic theory, strategic management, and technological innovation.
An Introduction to Indian Parliament: Process and Practices
by Ravindra Garimella Prasad KunduriThis book presents a comprehensive introduction to Indian Parliament encapsulating the process and practices since its inception. It discusses crucial themes including the emergence of Parliament and its contours; constitutional provisions and rules of procedure; role of President as a part of the Parliament; parliamentary devices; privileges, norms of standards and etiquettes; legislation process and budget; accountability to Parliament and outreach; relationship with judiciary and media; Parliament and international institutions; and the role of Parliament on issues related to gender, minorities and reservation in India.This book will be an essential read for students of political science, Indian politics, and political institutions, along with journalists, political analysts, professionals in Indian think tanks, and Indian politicians.
The Swiss National Bank: An Unconventional History (Routledge Explorations in Economic History)
by Mikael HuberEchoing new trends in central banking history, this book traces the story of the Swiss National Bank from the end of World War II, going beyond monetary policy and inflation to explore the full scope of the bank’s activities.Drawing on extensive archival research, it examines the broader landscape in which the central bank operated, including the role of Swiss banks, government oversight via the Federal Council, the influence of the international monetary system, and the negotiation of central bank independence — particularly the use of non-legal instruments and their limitations within Switzerland’s decentralised political system. Throughout, the Swiss National Bank had to reconcile three sometimes conflicting factors: corporate liberalism, which allowed major economic players a say in policy; the imperative of maintaining the stability of the Swiss franc; and the need to kerb potential threats to monetary stability. In response, the SNB developed a sophisticated arsenal of non-legal and unconventional tools to regulate the financial system on a temporary basis. The history of these exceptional measures sheds light on the unconventional evolution of the Swiss National Bank.This book will appeal to readers of economic history, financial history, central banking, and Swiss history.
The Mechanics of Biological Materials
by John Morton Manuel Elices Gustavo GuineaThis book introduces the mechanical principles governing the behaviour of a wide range of biological materials, which are materials produced by a biological system. The approach is systematic and based on one-dimensional (fibres), two-dimensional (membrane), and three-dimensional (bulk) biological materials. The essential mathematical tools are developed from first principles and applied to materials as diverse as spider silk, blood vessels, and bone. It offers a progressive introduction of mathematics and mechanics concepts and offers detailed solutions to numerous worked examples. Provides an essential gateway to access complex treatises in the important and demanding models governing the observed behaviour of biological materials Teaches readers to exploit the wondrous properties found in nature in the development of biomimetic applications Offers a progressive introduction of mathematics and mechanics concepts Includes detailed solutions to numerous worked examples, case studies, and homework problems The text is aimed at students of chemistry, materials engineering, and biology, who do not have a background in mechanics but wish to further their knowledge of the mechanics of biological materials.A solutions manual is available to qualifying adopting professors.
Advanced Statistical Methods in Life Science
by Basavarajaiah D.M Narasimhamurthy BThis book introduces the principles and foundations of advanced statistical methods for designing experiments and testing hypotheses in life sciences. Advanced statistical methods, such as testing of hypotheses, recent methods of sample size determination/imputation, estimation techniques, probability distributions, and univariate analysis demonstrated with real data, and their integration into life sciences are included in this book. Advanced topics are presented with sufficient conceptual depth and examples to explain the use of recent statistical techniques and to demonstrate what conclusions can be drawn at the right time using modeling in life science research.Key features: Explains the derivation of statistical models to prove disease transmission using massive real-world datasets to explore practical applicability Incorporates the application of innovative advanced statistical and epidemiological models and demonstrates the possible solutions for public health policy intervention Helps to understand the process of hypothesis testing in small or larger observations by using weighted parameters Presents suitable examples and real-life research datasets, and all models can easily be followed in formulating statistical and mathematical derivations and key points Includes machine learning (ML), statistical methods for meta-analysis, testing of hypotheses, methods of imputation, estimation techniques, probability distributions, univariate analysis, and recent nonparametric methods, all illustrated through actual data This textbook is for students and scholars of various courses in life sciences, medicine, mathematics, and statistical science. It will also help academicians and researchers to understand the foundation of this topic.
Copyright Law in Photographic Works: Authorship, Originality, and Protection (Routledge Research in Intellectual Property)
by Faisal AlamriThis book presents an original theory of copyright authorship tailored for photographic works, grounded in the concepts of categorical intention, channelled selection, and causation. By addressing the unique dual nature of photography, where mechanical processes intersect with creative choices, it offers a fresh perspective on a longstanding legal challenge.Through a critical examination of select case law with a focus on Anglo-American law, the book highlights the complexities and inconsistencies in the current copyright protection for photographs due to their dual nature, which exhibits both mechanical and creative characteristics. It argues for moving beyond the conventional one-size-fits-all approach for copyright concepts in favour of adopting a tailored, contextual approach that acknowledges the nature and characteristics of the category of work in question. The book also alludes to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning models, considering their implications for copyright and creative expression. It also discusses how the history of copyright protection of photographic works may illuminate the path towards dealing with conflicts between copyright and perceived mechanical mediums of creative expression.This book will be of interest to researchers in copyright law and intellectual property law, especially those engaged with the legal treatment of mechanically produced creative works. It offers valuable insights into the evolving relationship between law, technology, and authorship in the digital age.
A Field Manual of Magnetotelluric (MT) Surveys with Case Studies for Earth Scientists and Engineers
by O. P. Mishra D. C. NaskarThis book details both conventional and advanced geophysical techniques with description of the Electromagnetic (EM) based physics involved in different methodologies of magnetotellurics (MT). It offers detailed discussions of the theory of EM and MT methods, and the operation of specific instruments, including the presentation of results and their interpretation in tabular format. The chapters describe the conceptual background of MT geophysical methods along with the related instrumentation, sufficient illustrations, and the applicability of the individual methodologies supported by successful case histories.Features: Provides a comprehensive introduction to the MT–geophysical method. Covers diverse geotectonic settings with several case studies, supported by diagrams and data tables. Describes the fundamentals of uncontrollable telluric and controllable non-telluric sources used in MT surveys. Reviews MT methods with emphasis on recent improvements, recognizing both static and distortion effects and their treatment in the analysis of impedance tensors in 3-D inversion codes. Explores integrated MT interpretation coupled with seismic and potential (gravity, magnetic) geophysical methods. This book is aimed at professionals, students, and researchers in geophysics, geology, civil, mechanical, petroleum, and geothermal engineering, and other branches of earth and environmental sciences.
Neural Information Processing: 31st International Conference, ICONIP 2024, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2–6, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15287)
by Kevin Wong M. Tanveer Mufti Mahmud Maryam Doborjeh Andrew Chi Sing Leung Zohreh DoborjehThe eleven-volume set LNCS 15286-15296 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2024, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2024.The 318 regular papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 1301 submissions. They focus on four main areas, namely: theory and algorithms; cognitive neurosciences; human-centered computing; and applications.