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Limits to Free Trade
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 40.00Explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the prospects for significant trade liberalization. This title examines the liability of global free trade through a review of the complaints these three countries raised about each other over a five-year period. more...
Preventing Alcohol Abuse
ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 103.95The prevailing neo-prohibitionist approach to reducing alcohol problems is generally ineffective, often counter-productive, and is doomed to failure. This work is to promote an effective alternative strategy to reducing the incidence of alcohol problems. The thesis is that a socio-cultural approach would be effective, and therefore, that public policy... more...
Breaking Through Concrete
University of California Press 2011; US$ 29.95People have always grown food in urban spaces?on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks?but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers David and Michael Hanson and urban farmer Edwin Marty document twelve... more...
The Coming Robot Revolution
Springer 2009; US$ 23.99How will the presence of the robots challenge our identity? This book discusses the emergence of humanlike robots into our world. It covers the trends, possibilities, and concerns we feel with their emergence. It explores the fascinating implications of robot technology while alerting of its possibly disturbing flipside. more...
Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun
Storey Publishing, LLC 2011; US$ 16.95Kids ages 8?12 will love these 22 exciting activities and experiments focused on producing and playing with renewable energy. Projects range from the quick and simple ? like the Pie Plate Wind-Maker ? to the thrillingly large-scale, like Pedal Power, in which kids use a bicycle to power a 12-volt battery. Each activity teaches children about renewable... more...
Functional Group Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry 2001; US$ 26.00Functional Group Chemistry presents the chemistry of functional groups with an emphasis on patterns of reactivity, the consequences of the relative electronegativity of the atoms that constitute functional groups, the role of lone pairs and the stereochemistry of reactions at a particular group. The material is presented in four chapters. The first... more...
Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems
Springer 2008; US$ 229.99This volume contains the contributions to the 9th International Workshop on Railway Noise, held Sept 04-08, 2007, in Munich, Germany. The workshop featured lectures by international leaders in the field of railway noise and vibration. All subjects relating to railway noise as noise sources (rolling noise, aerodynamic noise, bridge noise, sonic boom),... more...
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