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This title provides an approach to three interdependent concepts of text, culture and technology, in order to show what semiotics had always had to marginalize, forget or not see in the quest to professionalize itself.

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America's mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret documents, the Obama administration's own reforms have also helped bring the National Security Agency and its programs of signals intelligence collection out of the shadows. The real question is: What should we do about mass surveillance

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This textbook examines the relationships between soccer, politics, and international relations. It uses soccer players and other individuals connected to the game in order to teach political science conceptssuch as geopolitics, ideology, and sovereigntyand IR theoriesincluding realism, postcolonialism, and feminism.

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This textbook examines the relationships between soccer, politics, and international relations. It uses soccer players and other individuals connected to the game in order to teach political science conceptssuch as geopolitics, ideology, and sovereigntyand IR theoriesincluding realism, postcolonialism, and feminism.

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This contribution to the military history of World War II, focuses attention upon individual battles and operations on the Eastern Front, especially Field Marshall Erich von Manstein's conduct of operations as the commander of the German Army Group Don from November 1942 to March 1943.

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This book spotlights the plight of African American boys and men, examining multiple systems beyond education, incarceration, and employment to assess their impact on the mental and physical health of African American boys and men-and challenges everyday citizens to help start a social transformation.

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Its comparative approach in revisionist political economy allows for issues such as the new international division of labor to become central to the analysis of the relationship between developed and underdeveloped countries.

The state-centric approach, although useful, may have missed important undercurrents in civil society.

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This in-depth analysis of Heidegger's major works finds a fundamental thematic unity in the philosopher's effort to overcome the subjectivism of modern philosophy and to account for the ontological hierarchy that it alone constitutes a foundation for everything else.

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This examination of youth violence provides readers with insights from international experts and real-life examples of how nations and communities around the world have successfully dealt with the issue.

The magnitude of the problem of youth violence in nations throughout the world is shocking.

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What happens when libraries find themselves in a society characterised by increased information availability This book offers ideas about how libraries can not only survive in the short term but also take advantage of the emergent opportunities and to do so by judiciously adopting the development tools and concepts espoused by the business world.

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Examines the impact of FDI in manufacturing on growth and welfare in developing countries, and explores how host governments can take advantage of the contributions of foreign investment while avoiding the hazards to lower-skilled workers.

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Lewis Terman heralded the field of gifted education in the United States by tracing the development of high-IQ children from their childhood in the1920s to midlife and beyond. The contemporary field of gifted education, building on the work of Terman and others, presumes that gifted children become exceptional adults.

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This book offers a revealing picture of the myths and realities of the energy world by one of our most renowned energy experts and managers.

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This book explores specific problems related to the phenomenon of the Arab Spring in North Africa. These topics include sexual minorities, youth, and gender issues, as well as broader themes covering the ideological, social, political, and religious backgrounds of the Arab Spring.

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Essential perspectives for understanding Greeces recent and historical financial crises

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Although most baseball fans are familiar with the on-the-field accomplishments of Hall of Famers, few are as knowledgeable regarding who the players were beyond the ballpark. This book probes into the personal lives of fifty members of the Hall of Fame, examining their childhoods, families, influences, impactful life-changing events, and more.

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Have your students experience the thrill of life and growth through gardening, book-sharing, and other activities. Lessons integrate gardening, children's literature, and language arts through creative activities that that have poetry, word play, and recipes.

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Beyond the Bedtime Story: Promoting Reading Development during the Middle School Years was written for practitioners and educators, classroom teachers and school administrators, as well as parents and policymakers who are deeply invested in the reading development and academic success of middle school students.

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Beyond the Bedtime Story: Promoting Reading Development during the Middle School Years was written for practitioners and educators, classroom teachers and school administrators, as well as parents and policymakers who are deeply invested in the reading development and academic success of middle school students.

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The goal of this book is to supplement and enrich your existing tools with others you can quickly implement when working with these students during their most challenging states.

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The goal of this book is to supplement and enrich your existing tools with others you can quickly implement when working with these students during their most challenging states.