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A global guidebook to the "utopias" being constructed—in cities, deserts, and on islands—in a capitalist era unfettered by union and state regulations.A New York Times Art and Architecture Critic's PickAlthough they read like science fiction, the case studies are shockingly real. In Dubai, where child slavery existed until very recently, a gilded archipelago of private islands known as "The World...

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Daniel M. Davis

A leading expert explains how discoveries about the immune system are leading the way to a revolution in beating cancer and other diseases.The immune system holds the key to human health. The scientific quest to understand how it works--and how it is affected by stress, diet, sleep, age, exercise and our state of mind--is now unlocking a revolutionary new approach to medicine and well-being.The body's ability to fight disease and heal itself is one of the g...

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SULI Daniel Johnson

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Davie Chase

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Practical Applications of Taoism

I decided to write this book after having written several books on the applications of Taoism in different areas. The applications of Taoism are broad. For everything that has been written, it remains poorly understood. There are several reasons for this. I have practiced Taoism for most of my life. I studied under a Taoist Master and spent many years in a temple. I have read a great deal on the subject. I have discovered that most of what is written is unclear and, in many cases, misleadi...

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Daniel Davis

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Governing Through Crisis

What if the problems in British policing aren't failures of the system — but features of it?Most discussions about policing assume the system is failing — that the problems we see today come from bad leadership, poor training, or a few individuals who break the rules. But what if the system is not failing at all? What if it is working exactly as designed?The Afterlife of Empire traces British policing back to its real origins: not as a neutral ...

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Daniel Davis, Phillip Greenwalt

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Emerging Civil War Series

Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task.Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their “March to the Sea” and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas. Locked in a desperate defense of Richmond and Petersburg, there was little Lee could do to stem Sherman’s tide—so he turned to Johnston.The one-time hero of Manassas had squabbled for years with Confederat...

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Daniel M. Davis

The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease. Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. The...

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Daniel M. Davis

“Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation.”—Bill Bryson • **“Wise, and beautifully written. . . . It will change the way you think about your body and live your life.”****—**Chris van Tulleken • “This great book from a world expert offers practical tips and dispels many myths.”—Tim SpectorA world-renowned scientist offers a much-needed analysis of what it takes to have good immune health—helping readers navigate what ca...

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Daniel Davies

Anytown, England. Jeremy Shepherd has reached post-ambition, giving up the trappings of his London life (flash job, flash cars, even flashier girlfriends) to move back to his home town and his parents' house. By day, he is a low-level civil servant, chained to his desk and content to idle away the hours filing and answering emails. There isn't a lot to do in a small town, but the English are very resourceful and Jeremy quickly finds a hobby that delivers lots of fresh air and exercise. By ...

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Daniel T. Davis

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Emerging Civil War Series

"Presents Custer's Civil War accomplishments in clear and engaging prose, while its ample images and battle maps place unfamiliar readers in the action." — The Civil War MonitorThrough the passage of time, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's last fight, the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, has come to overshadow the rest of his military career, which had its brilliant beginning in the American Civil War.Plucked from obscurity by Maj. Gen. George ...

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Daniel Davies

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The Middle Ages Series

A new account of medieval literature, told through its entanglements with the culture of perpetual warfare that helped engender itUnder Siege offers a new account of medieval literature, told through its entanglements with the culture of perpetual warfare that helped engender it. Daniel Davies argues that late medieval writers in England theorized the territorial conflicts endemic to medieval Europe as a distinct worldview centered on war. Unlike today, wh...

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James Luceno

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Daniel Davis

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Star Wars - Legends

He was the most powerful Sith lord who ever lived.But could he be the only one who never died?“Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.”—Suprem...

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Daniel M Davis

'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of developing specific cancers, or following...