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The knight and the barrel (Le Chevalier au barisel) (2019)
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Tudor, A. P. (2019). The knight and the barrel (Le Chevalier au barisel). Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

Le Chevalier au barisel is an established part of the Old French literary canon, but up to now it has not been available in English. This translation offers a vibrant but scholarly version of the exciting short story, suitable for a wide readership i... Read More about The knight and the barrel (Le Chevalier au barisel).

Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice (2019)
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Brennan, I., & Johnston, G. (2019). Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice. Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing

Across Europe, restorative justice has gained acceptance as a way of resolving disputes and mitigating the harm of crime in the community. Practitioners have also begun to coordinate restorative meetings in prisons in an effort to reduce the harms of... Read More about Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice.

Outsider leadership: Insights and interviews from business leaders (2019)
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O'Riordan, C., Kelliher, F., Flood, P. C., & Higgs, M. (2019). Outsider leadership: Insights and interviews from business leaders. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97463-7

Encompassing interviews with managing directors and CEOs, this book explores the role of business outsiders as leaders. Viewing the term ‘outsider’ in a broad sense, the book considers leader background, perspective, gender, training and family membe... Read More about Outsider leadership: Insights and interviews from business leaders.

Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal (2019)
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Smithers, G. (2019). Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press

Long before the indigenous people of southeastern North America first encountered Europeans and Africans, they established communities with clear social and political hierarchies and rich cultural traditions. Award-winning historian Gregory D. Smithe... Read More about Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal.

Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933 (2019)
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Wynne, C. (2019). Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimean War painting The Roll Call in 1874.

Society, Health and Disease in South Africa (2019)
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Gilbert, L., Walker, L., Cooper, S., Lewins, K., Matshedisho, R., Nunez-Carrasco, L., & Selikow, T. (2019). Society, Health and Disease in South Africa. (4th). Johannesburg, South Africa: Wits University Press

The onset of the quadruple burden of disease in South Africa, the challenges faced by the medical establishment to curtail the rapid growth of multiple epidemics, the inadequate response by the state to various inequities in the health system, and th... Read More about Society, Health and Disease in South Africa.

The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality (2018)
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MacDonald, M. N., & Hunter, D. (2019). The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97193-3

This book explores how language constructs the meaning and praxis of security in the 21st century. Combining the latest critical theories in poststructuralist and political philosophy with discourse analysis techniques, it uses corpus tools to invest... Read More about The discourse of security: language, illiberalism and governmentality.

Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia (2018)
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Affolderbach, J., & Schulz, C. (2018). Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia. (1). Cham: Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77709-2

This volume analyzes sustainability-related innovations in the building sector and discusses how regional contexts articulate transition trajectories toward green building. It presents ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building innovati... Read More about Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia.

Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application (2018)
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Bleay, S., Croxton, R., & De Puit, M. (2018). Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons

A comprehensive review of the latest fingerprint development and imaging techniques With contributions from leading experts in the field, Fingerprint Development Techniques offers a comprehensive review of the key techniques used in the developmen... Read More about Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application.

J SS Bach (2018)
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Goodman, M. (2018). J SS Bach. Hull: Wrecking Ball Press

J SS Bach is the story of three generations of women from either side of Germany’s 20th Century horror story – one side, a Jewish family from Vienna, the other linked to a ranking Nazi official at Dachau concentration camp – who suffer the consequenc... Read More about J SS Bach.

Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand (2018)
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Shah, N. (2018). Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand. London: Commonwealth Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.14217/58032f52-en

This resource book aims both to deepen understanding of the varying forms of VAWG and to raise awareness of the important role that the judiciary can play in tackling them. It is designed to be used by judicial offcers and other professionals as a pr... Read More about Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand.

Embedded control system for a multi DOF robotic manipulator (2018)
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Ali Ajwad, S., & Iqbal, J. (2018). Embedded control system for a multi DOF robotic manipulator. Lambert Academic Publishing

This book presents an expert's view of the control law design for robotic manipulators. Control algorithm dictates the performance and efficiency of these manipulators. Designing of control algorithm requires the knowledge of robot dynamics as well a... Read More about Embedded control system for a multi DOF robotic manipulator.

International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline (2017)
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Beyer, A. C. (2017). International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37779-1

This book intends to harvest insights from the discipline of Psychology, in its broad understanding, for application to International Relations. Although Psychology offers an abundance of theories that are useful for this purpose, they have so far re... Read More about International political psychology: Explorations into a new discipline.

Elite women and the agricultural landscape, 1700–1830 (2017)
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McDonagh, B. (2017). Elite women and the agricultural landscape, 1700–1830. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315579078

Social and economic histories of the long eighteenth century have largely ignored women as a class of landowners and improvers. 1700 to 1830 was a period in which the landscape of large swathes of the English Midlands was reshaped – both materially a... Read More about Elite women and the agricultural landscape, 1700–1830.

Reform of the House of Lords (2017)
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Norton, P. (2017). Reform of the House of Lords. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This book is the only one of its kind, providing a clear and exhaustive analysis of the different approaches to the future of Britain's second chamber. The House of Lords has long been the subject of proposals for reform - some successful, others not... Read More about Reform of the House of Lords.