In The Body in Late-Capitalist USA, Donald M. Lowe explores the varied social practices that code and construct the body. Arguing that our bodily lives are shaped by a complex of daily and ongoing practices—how we work, what we buy and consume—Lowe contends that as a result of the commodification of these and other social practices in the late-twentieth century, what we often understand to be the needs of the body are in fact means for capital accumulation.Moving beyond st...

Eén van de allergrootste bestsellers in de geschiedenis. Na een flink aantal tegenslagen schreef Neale Donald Walsch in 1992 ontevreden en boos een brief aan God. Tot zijn verbijstering kreeg hij antwoord. In dit bijzondere boek beschrijft hij zijn gesprekken met God. Ze gaan over de mens, over goed en kwaad, over werk, liefde en de zin van het leven. Gods bemoedigende boodschap: de mens moet vooral de schepper van zijn eigen leven zijn.

這本關於中國經濟的評論集，探討了中國在疫情期間推行清零政策的原因及其經濟後果。書中論述，由於中國最初成功遏制新冠疫情，而大多數已開發國家未能有效控制病毒，清零政策逐漸演變為一種意識形態。推動清零政策的教條思維、自負及烏托邦式信念，同樣也導致了一系列對產業的打壓，儘管這些產業直到近期仍是中國經濟增長與創新的重要來源。其結果是中國經濟急劇下滑，外商直接投資下降，並出現債務通縮現象。與此同時，國家的社會工程師們試圖將經濟轉型為一個科技烏托邦，在未來產業中引領全球。然而，除非決策者承諾推動更深入的市場改革並建立新的社會契約，否則中國的經濟崛起之路恐將面臨危機。　　「劉浩典以毫無保留的態度，深刻剖析了中國當前的困境，在當今這個對中國未來充滿不確定性的時刻顯得彌足珍貴。他的批評建立在穩固的經濟分析與行為學理解之上，毫不畏懼且直言不諱。他對中國錯誤的清零政策所發出的警告，已被證明是極具先見之明的。這本論文集將讓讀者對中國近幾年的發展軌跡有更清晰的理解。」——馬努・巴斯卡蘭（Manu Bhaskaran）,C...

未來新加坡執政黨會否開啟國家民主化新時代？旅港新加坡學者之城邦國家政治沉思錄　　• 新加坡的威權管治模式正處於何種困境？• 為何新加坡執政黨崇尚精英主義，卻會利用民粹主義，以應對社會聲音？• 為何新加坡執政黨需要主動開啟國家民主化新時代？後李光耀時代的新加坡政治，一直受各界注視。在二〇二〇年大選，新加坡人民行動黨依然贏得選舉，繼續執政，但其得票率下降約百分之十，反對黨所得國會議席數目增至歷史新高，共得十席。對於未來新加坡政治會有何種走向，各界分析未有定論。評論者間漸有的共識是，新加坡管治模式已現暗湧，人民行動黨政府需要變革，以應對新的國家政治氣候轉變。新加坡未來政治想像，可概分為兩類：第一類，以人民行動黨為中心；第二類，以新加坡社會為中心。《威權政治之困境——新加坡未來政治想像》的兩位作者、新加坡學者施仁喬（Cherian George）與劉浩典（Donald Low）主張前者。他們肯定人民行動黨過去的治績，亦認為未來新加坡國家發展仍能受益於其強有力的管...

FOREWORD FROM THE LATE RAPPER DMXBorn in post-Depression era Detroit to a stable, Catholic, two-parent household, and heir to the family business, Donald Goines was instead drawn to the streets and to the dangerous lure of The Life. No writer would end up capturing it quite like Goines. He knew the hustle intimately: bootlegging, pimping, drugs, prostitutes, gambling, and prison. Inspired by the revolutionary author, Iceberg Slim, Donald drew on his own experiences...

One of the most widely used techniques for treating soils contaminated with volatile organic compounds, soil vapor extraction (SVE) can also be applied to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) if the soil is heated, by applying electromagnetic energy in the radio frequency (FR) range, to increase the vapor pressure of the contaminants. Although RF-SVE systems used in previous field demonstrations have had varying degrees of success, questions remain concerning its viability and cost-effe...

This collection of essays presents historical approaches to the links which have existed for over 800 years between Scotland and one of the areas of continental Europe closest to her: the Low Countries.Topics include: Flemish settlers in twelfth-century Scotland; the Count of Holland who claimed the Scottish throne in 1291; the Flemish aspect of the Auld Alliance with France; the view of Scotland taken by a Netherlands-born chronicler, Jean Froissart; Scotland’s late-medieval invol...

An easy-to-understand and engaging exploration of the battery's development across history that reveals current technological advances, celebrates the innovators who have led the charge forward, and shows how the electric battery represents the path to a low-carbon future.Now more than ever, consumers want to understand not only the basic facts behind the electric battery and the challenges of battery storage in everyday devices, including vehicles, but also whethe...

Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpin Singaporean exceptionalism are no longer accepted as easily and readily as before. Among these are the ideas that the country is uniquely vulnerable, that this vulnerability limits its policy and political options, that good governance demands a degree of political consensus that ordinary democratic arrangements cannot produce, and that the...

Singapore appears to be transitioning gradually to a more competitive and contentious democracy. For now, though, the People's Action Party still controls all the levers of power. The PAP's internal dynamics will be the primary determinant of its continued viability. This anthology of essays expands on one dimension of this inner struggle: between a conservative attachment to what worked in the past, and a boldly progressive vision for the future. The authors argue that a reformed PAP — co...

On the morning of 14 January 1975, Mrs Dorothy Whittle wakes to be faced with every mother's worst nightmare: finding her daughter has been abducted from her room. A note has been left downstairs, demanding a ransom. Later, a recorded message comes from Lesley herself saying where to leave the money but not to tell the police or she'll be killed. The family disobeys the instructions and informs the authorities, and together they struggle to understand and carry out their i...

**FOREWORD FROM THE LATE RAPPER DMXThe riveting biography of Donald Goines—one of the most authentic Black voices in American fiction—that explores the raw world of the street-smart literary icon and his remarkable legacy in the fifty years since his tragic death.**Born in post-Depression era Detroit to a stable, Catholic, two-parent household, and heir to the family business, Donald Goines was instead drawn to the streets and to the dangerous lure of The Life. No writer wo...