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The ultimate book for anyone interested in domestic dogs, this new edition of a classic text includes seven new chapters covering topics such as behavioral modification and training, dog population management, molecular evidence for dog domestication, canine behavioral genetics, cognition, and the impact of free-roaming dogs on wildlife conservation.

A comprehensive guide for healthcare providers, focusing on the practical aspects of anesthestic care, Essentials of Anesthesia for Infants and Neonates will become a valuable point of reference for any practicing physician interested in pain management in the first year of life.

For decades, the starting point of international relations (IR) scholars was the anarchic nature of international politics. Recent examples of political and financial turmoil, however, have shown the inadequacies of existing theoretical frameworks. This ground-breaking book brings leading IR scholars together in order to move the discipline in a new direction.

Prepared by an international group of experts, Tallinn Manual 2.0 provides a comprehensive treatment of public international law as it applies to cyberspace. The manual builds on the highly influential first edition by expanding its treatment to the law of peacetime cyber operations.

Theoretically informed but accessibly written, this volume of sixteen original essays explores the many aspects of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and explores the novel in social, literary, scientific and historical contexts, showing how critical theories such as ecocriticism, posthumanism and queer theory generate new and important discussion.

Charles Holcombe begins this extraordinarily ambitious book by asking the question 'What is East Asia?' A shared past and the interconnections among the distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century.

Xenophon, the Athenian philosopher and historian, holds a central place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present. This accessible volume explains the major problems and issues that are at stake in the study of his writings, while simultaneously pointing the way forward to newer methodologies, issues and questions.

This extended and thoroughly updated second edition introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.

The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order.

This highly topical book provides a global synthesis and integrated analysis of environmental drivers and quantitative rates of solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold environments, and the likely impact of projected climate change. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology, and global environmental change.

Originally published in 1903, this book presents the complete Greek text of Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio Catechetica. The text is consummately edited with detailed textual notes and a long critical introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Gregory of Nyssa, theology and the history of Christianity.

Originally published in 1914, this book contains a transcription of leaves from three Arabic Qurans, purchased in Egypt in 1895. Lewis and Mingana date the sections to pre-Othmanic Islam, and each reveal surprising variations in the original Quranic texts.

Few books in the English language seem to demand a companion more insistently than Ulysses. This volume offers fourteen concise and highly accessible essays by accomplished scholars that explore this masterpiece of world literature. It also includes numerous resources to aid both new and returning readers on their own Odyssean journey through the novel.

This 1748 publication, edited by naval chaplain Richard Walter (1717-85), documents the extraordinary and lucrative circumnavigation accomplished by the British naval officer George Anson (1697-1762) in 1740-4. Despite the significant loss of crew, the expedition became famous for its capture of Spanish treasure.

This volume showcases the impact of the work of Douglass North, winner of the Nobel Prize and father of the field of new institutional economics. It speaks concisely about his legacy across multiple social sciences disciplines, specifically on scholarship pertaining to the understanding of property rights and economic growth.

Machine learning is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science, with far-reaching applications. This book explains the principles behind the automated learning approach and the considerations underlying its usage. The authors explain the 'hows' and 'whys' of machine-learning algorithms, making the field accessible to both students and practitioners.

This volume focuses on the years between the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557 and the lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695. Comprising thirty-eight chapters, it looks at how printed texts interacted with oral and manuscript cultures in a time of religious divisions and civil war.

The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Breconshire by Christopher J. Evans was first published in 1912 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

A fascinating account of how cotton transformed the world we live in today: it industrialised Europe and became the first item to be traded globally. It ranges from Asian and European technologies and African slavery to cotton plantations in the Americas and consumer desires across the globe.

Sir Thomas Little Heath used his time away from his job as a civil servant to publish many works on the subject of ancient mathematics. First published in 1926, this book contains the final volume of his three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements, covering Books Ten to Thirteen.

Sir Thomas Little Heath used his time away from his job as a civil servant to publish many works on the subject of ancient mathematics. First published in 1926, this book contains the second volume of his three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements, covering Books Three to Nine.

Sir Thomas Little Heath used his time away from his job as a civil servant to publish many works on the subject of ancient mathematics. First published in 1926, this book contains the first volume of his three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements, covering Books One and Two.

Originally published in 1936, this book presents the ancient Greek text of the paraphrases and quotations of Zeno's philosophical arguments, together with a facing-page English translation and editorial commentary. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout and a bibliography is also included.

This is the revised edition of the Cambridge translation of Immanuel Kant's Groundwork, one of the most powerful texts in the history of ethical thought. It includes a revised text and updated introductory material. For undergraduate and graduate students of the history of philosophy, ethics and Kant studies.

This is the first book to provide a general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement that integrates its literary and visual art forms and explains what made the Pre-Raphaelite style unique in painting, poetry, drawing and prose.

An indispensable text in the history of medieval Jewish-Christian relations, this work documents one of the first allegations of Jewish ritual murder. This 1896 edition includes an English translation and extensive introductory material by Augustus Jessop and M. R. James.

Down syndrome is one of the most commonly occurring developmental disorders and it is now possible to define opportunities for neurocognitive rehabilitation of those with the condition. This book describes how early cognitive intervention in children can be carried out, and can reduce, or compensate for, the major characteristic deficits.

A complete and essential activity-based guide to ELT classroom management.

Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation is one of the first books exclusively devoted to applying the theories, findings and approaches used in work with non-retarded children to several types of retarded individuals. The editors and contributors define the developmental approach and explore theoretical issues as they relate to retarded populations.

Connecting micro- and nanoscopic theories and emphasizing topics relevant to solid-state thermo-mechanical behaviour, this book treats subjects directly related to nonlinear materials modeling. Together with Modeling Materials, it presents the fundamentals of multiscale materials modeling for graduate students and researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and engineering.