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Presents an analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. This title also re-examines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power.

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Australia has found it difficult to effectively influence Pacific Island states in pursuit of its strategic interests. Informed by interviews with key decision makers, Pacific Power analyses why Australia has had difficulty exercising influence in the Pacific Islands and identifies how Australia can more effectively influence Pacific Island states in pursuit of its strategic interests.

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"Police Brutality and White Supremacy demands accountability and justice for those responsible for and impacted by police violence and terror. The books looks at practical solutions for racist policing as well as methods to work against the promotion of white supremacy, stressing the importance of white allyship"--

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"Police Brutality and White Supremacy demands accountability and justice for those responsible for and impacted by police violence and terror. The books looks at practical solutions for racist policing as well as methods to work against the promotion of white supremacy, stressing the importance of white allyship"--

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The Dawkins reforms of the late 1980s and the creation of the Unified National System roused passions at many universities across Australia over fears for the academic enterprise and the system of free, public university education. This volume tells the story of the Dawkins reforms at Australia's oldest university, the University of Sydney.

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A definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. Coronavirus crisis from one of the most recognisable and influential voices in healthcare.

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A path breaking study of the brain and how the invention of reading has altered man's evolution.

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A powerfully inspiring and unflinchingly honest story of how best-selling author and abuse recovery expert Beverly Engel made her way in the worldin spite of her mothers neglect and constant criticism, being sexually abused at nine, and raped at twelve.

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Religion plays a key role in everyday affairs in Indonesia - including governance at the local, regional and national level. This book investigates local governance landscape of the world's largest Muslim majority state, Indonesia, and its local governance landscape by providing a detailed account of local communities and religious authority on the eastern Indonesian island of Lombok.

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Examines what drives the different regional security strategies of four middle powers in the Asia Pacific: Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia. Drawing on the extant middle power literature, the authors argue that the regional security strategies of middle powers could take two forms: functional or normative.

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The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has given national consciousness to the problematic treatment of sexual assault in Australias past. Yet we still have little knowledge of the policing, prosecution and punishment of sexual crimes in the past. Sex Crimes in the Fifties examines this history by investigating Australia in the 1950s.

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A detailed case-study on Shanghai, which looks into the future of a city in need of regeneration. Will be of interest to students of architecture and design, as well as those who want to know more about Shanghai.

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What with visual illusions and misinformation, positive mindsets and negative thoughts, social anxiety and personal constructs, the modern landscape of the human mind is an intriguing place to explore. But how are you expected to navigate this hidden world

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Three former CIA officers - the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behaviour - share their techniques for spotting a lie.

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The United States has always exerted a strong, if intermittent, influence on the conduct of Australian politics. Stepping Up to the Plate argues that Australia has experimented with an alternating party system more authentic than the American two-party system and more connected with the people. It mounts a defence of Australian democracy as we have known it.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Taking each theory in turn, Stuff They Don't Want You to Know considers more than 80 conspiracies, examining the evidence and key suspects in an explosive account of the world's secrets.

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A book which raises all those tricky questions that children ask their teachers and parents, such as 'what is infinity' 'what is democracy' or even 'can I own a gun'

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Fifty percent of teachers today say they want to leave the profession; for a good while, Jennifer Nelson was one of them. But as a single mother who needed a steady job, she had to make teaching workand gradually, she learned what it took to make the classroom a place where both she and her students could thrive.

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This book addresses philosophically the moral and political underpinnings of terrorism and anti-terrorism. It brings together authors with different attitudes and original perspectives on attitudes and ethical and practical justifications for terrorism.

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From the bestselling author who inspired Bryan Cranston's The Infiltrator.