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Michael E. Webber

A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat.Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental impacts from energy, we are at a crossroads and the stakes are hi...

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Michael Webber, Brian Finlayson, Jon Barnett, Mark Wang

With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource. Integrating the environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural dimensions of water management, the authors outline how future mega-city systems can maintain a high quality of life for its residents.With the rapidly evolving and wealthy Shanghai as the key example, the paradox between ...

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Michael E. Webber

These essays offer a whirlwind global tour of energy's relevance across modern society as we collectively grapple with an energy transition that is already underway

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Michael Wallace, Lawrence Webber

The twenty-first century is an unpredictable place. While you cannot predict or prevent disasters, you can prepare for them with effort and planning.A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes.With the detailed guidance found in the thoroughly updated version of this handbook, your company’s survival ...

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Michael E. Webber

Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted book offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water—a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure the continuing sustainability of both....

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Bella Forrest

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Emma Galvin, Zachary Webber, Holter Graham, Michael Braun, Becca Battoe

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A Shade of Vampire

The fourth book of the million-bestselling A Shade of Vampire series!"A Shadow of Light is by far the best book in the series yet. I would absolutely recommend this book a thousand times over!"- Pink Fluffy Hearts Reviews ★★★★★"A Shadow of Light throws you right into the heart of the Shade of Vampire series." -TeenBlurb ★★★★★"A riot among the humans. A siege at the port. A kingdom on the brink of civil war while still facing the threat of an attack from outs...

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Bella Forrest

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Emma Galvin, Zachary Webber, Holter Graham, Michael Braun

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A Shade of Vampire

When Sofia Claremont was kidnapped to a sunless island, uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet, she believed she’d forever be a captive of its dark ruler, Derek Novak.Now, after months of surviving an endless night, the morning sun may soon rise again for Sofia.Something has possessed Derek’s heart and he offers her a gift no human slave has ever been given in the history of his cursed island: escape. High school, prom and a chance t...

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Medicine (R0)

This disorder transcends multiple disciplines and demands a team approach to improve knowledge and treatment. The highly experienced internationally recognized authors have updated every section and added many new chapters, including some on genetic abnormalities in virus and host seen in PTLDs. In this successor edition, there is a completely new section on PTLDs after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The newest PTLD classifications and current treatment paradigms that reflect rec...

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Bella Forrest

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Emma Galvin, Zachary Webber, Holter Graham, Michael Braun, Becca Battoe

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A Shade of Vampire

What Sofia has with Derek feels like a sandcastle; temporary and something that the waves of life and time will soon ruin...Since the return of Gregor Novak, the island has turned several shades darker. His hatred toward Sofia and thirst for fresh blood lead to a brutal war igniting between father and son.Meanwhile, the hunters are gaining formidable strength and resources by the day; they know that the safety of The Shade hangs entirely on its ability to remain hidden from...

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Ying Zhu, Michael Webber, John Benson

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Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government’s administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been superceded by market relationships. These reforms have had far-reaching implications for many aspects of everyday life in Chinese society. This book appraises the impact of the economic reforms on the ...

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Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science

This book features 13 papers presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Recurrence Plots, held August 2013 in Chicago, IL. It examines recent applications and developments in recurrence plots and recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) with special emphasis on biological and cognitive systems and the analysis of coupled systems using cross-recurrence methods.Readers will discover new applications and insights into a range of systems provided by recurrence plot analysis and ...

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Medicine (R0)

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of conditions that straddle the borders between infection and malignancy. They were very rare prior to the mid-1980s but now can be expected to develop in 1-10% of transplant recipients. While some cases are reversible with reduction in immunosuppression, more severe forms are indistinguishable from frank lymphomas.This book sets out to cover in depth every aspect of these disorders, including both basic science and clinical...