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A concept of game is justified and unfolded that revolves around the lure and threat of the unexpected. The author duo places their theory of ludic action in classical concepts of the game as well as in the current discourse of game studies. The phenomenal multiplicity...
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Springer
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2023-02-01
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Hundreds of novels, films, and TV shows have speculated about what it would be like for us Earthlings to build cities on Mars. To make it a reality, however, these dreamers are in sore need of additional conceptual tools in their belt—particularly, a rich knowledge...
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Springer
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2023-02-01
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"Can science be funny?" takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future: comedy!Readers are guided through vividly presented academic theory as well as exciting hands-on and best practice examples...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-02-01
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Taking the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan) as a theoretical framework, this book examines shrinking Japan from a regional variation perspective by municipality along the ancient Tokaido, which comprises 15 provinces, and seven...
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Springer
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2023-02-01
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This book is the first book that investigates aging and its impacts on transport system in China. Using various data, this book covers, but is not limited to, the development of population aging, the changes of travel demand, the features of travel behavior of China’s...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-31
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This volume addresses important questions related to the well-being and quality of life of emerging adults during crisis periods. It discusses the particular challenges that emerging adults face during a global or local crisis, the psychosocial resources they mobilize...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-31
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The book provides - for the first time in the German-speaking world - a comprehensive scientific contribution to the reappraisal of sexualized violence in a psychotherapy institute.The qualitative case study takes a look at decades of abuse of power and sexualized...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-31
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Essence Magazine 2023 Must ReadBet on Black is a call to action for Black people all over the world to adopt a fresh, highly informed mindset that will change their lives. Blackness is a rich, expansive place that centers resilience, excellence, beauty, panache, and...
Editeur :
Legacy Lit
Parution :
2023-01-31
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This book examines the challenges faced by developmental scientists as the population under the age of 18 in the United States has become a majority-minority, with no racial/ethnic group having a numeric majority. The volume tackles how these demographic shifts compel...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-30
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Fliegen fasziniert Menschen seit Angedenken. Seit es Computer gibt, versuchen Menschen dasFliegen am Computer nachzustellen – zur Ausbildung, aber auch zur Unterhaltung und um hinter die Geheimnisse der Luftfahrt zu blicken.Mit dem neuen Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-30
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Patient organizations today play a major role in the scientific, economic and political arenas. They have become the quasi-obliged partners of researchers, industrialists and political authorities. This book investigates this quite recent configuration by offering an...
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Presses des Mines
Parution :
2023-01-30
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This book focuses on home as a site of care, with new technologies and for elderly population. It pulls together findings from research in the social sciences and common knowledge of the actors themselves, especially stakeholders involved in the design, delivery and...
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Presses des Mines
Parution :
2023-01-30
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What does it mean to turn something into capital ?What does considering things as assets entail ?What does the prevalence of an investor's viewpoint require ?What is this culture of valuation that asks that we capitalize on...
Editeur :
Presses des Mines
Parution :
2023-01-30
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In today's organizational sociology, organizations are usually regarded as late achievements of modernity in the history of mankind. Max Weber is repeatedly cited as the supposed guarantor of this thesis. But neither his type of "bureaucratic rule" nor his concept of...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-30
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Drawing upon both ethnographic research and genealogical analysis, this book represents the first in-depth scientific analysis of criminal offenders’ electronic monitoring (EM) in Latin America’s largest country. It focuses on three empirical axes: 1) the implementation...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-30
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This volume provides a comprehensive examination and analysis of the concepts and issues related to police use of force, particularly the use of deadly force with a firearm, from multi-faceted and international perspectives. It explores innovative training, protocols,...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-28
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The new edition of the essential textbook on masculinity and representations of masculinity in the context of gender and cultural studies Popular dialogues on gender and sexuality have evolved rapidly in recent decades, and students are finding new and exciting...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2023-01-24
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This edited volume offers a rich collection of up-to-date research and critical scholarship from various African institutions on incidents of youth violence, intervention and prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. It integrates thinking, evidence, responses, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-01-20
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A New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023.A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of the Year. One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best History Books of 2023.A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2023. Winner of the Voltaire Medal.'An untold story of...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2023-01-19
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This book explores questions related to social and cultural sustainability of coastal communities in transition through the lens of childhood. Contributors explore diverse local and national contexts spanning several countries aiming to shed light on the shifting and...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-01-18
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