Element - Böcker

Why do some people adapt to the risks of climate change, while others do not? This Element provides an in-depth overview of the psychology of climate change adaptation. It begins with an overview of adaptation behaviour and highlights the importan...

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Moral Theory: An Introduction explores some of the historically most important and currently debated moral theories about the nature of the right and the good, including divine command theory, relativism, natural law theory, consequentialism, egoi...

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A sparkling debut fantasy with Celtic tones set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan. Enchantments run deep on the magical Is...

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Edith Södergrans aforismer, publicerade i samlingen Brokiga iakttagelser och i tidskriften Ultra, hamnar ofta i skymundan när hennes författarskap diskuteras. Nu ställs den delen av hennes korta, intensiva produktion i fokus i och med denna första...

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New Religious Movements have arisen not only in the present but have also developed in the past. While they differ in ideology and practice, they generally seem to live in high tension with mainstream society, especially when it comes to child-rea...

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Nervpirrande, spännande och garanterat beroendeframkallande läsning i en otroligt häftig värld! Plötsligt börjar det dyka upp underliga och mystiska meddelanden. Det viskas också om ett märkvärdigt spel ... Välkommen att inträda i spelet om De Fyr...

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Nervpirrande, spännande och garanterat beroendeframkallande läsning i en otroligt häftig värld! Plötsligt börjar det dyka upp underliga och mystiska meddelanden. Det viskas också om ett märkvärdigt spel ... Välkommen att inträda i spelet om De Fyr...

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THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ELEMENTS OF CADENCE DUOLOGY The stunning sequel to A River Enchanted finds the delicate balance between the human and faerie realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defea...

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Plötsligt börjar det dyka upp mystiska meddelanden i tidningen och det viskas om ett märkvärdigt spel, Spelet om De Fyra Elementen, som folk sägs ha hamnat i. Men den plats där spelet brukar utspela sig har drabbats av en stor katastrof och därför...

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In a perfect market economy, the cost of raising another euro of tax revenue equals one. However, once distortionary taxes on goods and factors are introduced, the marginal cost of public funds, MCPF, typically deviates from one. Often it exceeds ...

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Nervpirrande, spännande och garanterat beroendeframkallande läsning i en otroligt häftig värld! Plötsligt börjar det dyka upp underliga och mystiska meddelanden. Det viskas också om ett märkvärdigt spel ... Välkommen att inträda i spelet om De Fyr...

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Stan Hieronymus expertly explains the nature of hops, their origins, hop quality and utilization--and even devotes an entire chapter to dry hopping. For the Love of Hops also includes a reference catalog of more than 100 varieties and their charac...

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Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be under...

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Creativity, the generation of novel and useful ideas, and innovation, the transformation of these ideas into new products, processes, and services, are both critical for the long-term viability, profitability, and growth of organizations. Moreover...

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Praised in its original edition for its up-to-date, rigorous presentation of current debates and for the clarity of its presentation, Robert Stecker's new edition of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art preserves the major themes and conclusions o...

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Use of partisan media is often associated with political misperceptions but little research has investigated whether partisan media can change beliefs and, if so, the mechanism through which that process occurs. This Element argues that political ...

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The overriding question discussed in this Element can be stated simply as: can computers create art? This Element presents an overview of the controversies raised by various answers to this question. A major difficulty is that the technology is de...

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This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. It ranges from the discovery of irrational numbers in ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century ...

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This Element develops a theory of institutional acceleration to explain the transformation to a digital economy through a cluster of frontier technologies: artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, cryptography, and low-earth orbit i...

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This Element engages with fundamental questions concerning the future trajectory of professions as a distinct occupational category and of the formal organizations, which represent, employ or host professionals. It begins with a literature review ...

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Brewers often call malt the soul of beer. Fourth in the Brewing Elements series, Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse delves into the intricacies of this key ingredient used in virtually all beers. This book provides a comprehensive ove...

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This Element analyses the political dynamics of neo-extractivism in Latin America. It discusses the critical concepts of neo-extractivism and the commodity consensus and the various phases of socio-environmental conflict, proposing an eco-territor...

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For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and...

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De drivs inte av ära och pengar. De drivs av längtan! Vårterminen är slut och Embla har ställt in sig på att tillbringa ännu ett trist sommarlov på landet hos herr och fru Karstén när någonting lika osannolikt som fantastiskt inträffar. Embla hamn...

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The ninth book in Harper Design's deluxe classic illustrated series-a beautiful and inventive fresh take on the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, including "Snow White," with stunning full-color artwork and interactive features created by MinaLima, the...

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This Element presents the notion of legal personhood, which is a foundational concept of Western law. It explores the theoretical and philosophical foundations of legal personhood, such as how legal personhood is defined and whether legal personho...

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The Hippodrome of Constantinople was constructed in the fourth century AD, by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, in his new capital. Throughout Byzantine history the Hippodrome served as a ceremonial, sportive and recreational center of the city; in...

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War is bad for nature, yet relatively little attention has been devoted to environmental military ethics by just war theorists and philosophers of war. Most wars since 1945 have been civil conflicts, often in areas containing the greatest biodiver...

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Heidegger is often understood to have forsaken the very possibility of ethics - we find numerous variations of this view in the secondary literature. And yet, in Letter on Humanism, Heidegger stresses the importance of ethics (thought anew as orig...

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