“…Serial conflicts and armed interventions projected a de facto state of perpetual war across the globe. Benton describes how seemingly limited war sparked atrocities, from sudden massacres to long campaigns of dispossession and extermination. …”

“…Since the early 1980s, social workers and mental health professionals around the globe have encountered clients reporting sexual abuse by organized groups or networks. …”

“…Grand Stand 4 is a visual feast of tempting temporary spaces from across the globe. Readers are invited to discover how ateliers and studios respond to the task of integrating brand identity into commercial presentations. …”

“…The Art of Brevity gathers fresh ideas about the theory and writing of short fiction from around the globe to produce an international, inclusive exploration of the steadily growing field of short story studies. …”

“…Cutlery made in SheffieldA" was used across the globe, and the city built armored plate for the navy in the run-up to the First World War. …”
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“…Viewing this age of empires through the lens of the Hajj puts it into a different perspective, by focusing on how increasing European dominance of the globe in pre-colonial and colonial times was entangled with Muslim religious action, mobility, and agency. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating all things hidden -- Drawing the hidden Canvas -- Picking the values -- Storing more data and using a lookup array -- Highlighting the country on mouse over -- Visualizing data per country and adding a tooltip -- Adding new data to our old globe -- Coloring the globe -- Adding a tooltip -- The HTML -- Building the static parts of the tooltip -- Showing and hiding the tooltip -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Shaping Maps with Data - Hexbin Maps -- Reviewing map visualization techniques -- Choropleth maps -- Cartograms -- Dot density maps -- Value and use of the hexagon -- Making a hexbin map -- Reviewing the hexbin algorithm -- Setting it up -- Drawing the map -- Drawing a point grid for our hexagons -- Keeping only the points within the map -- Making the hex tile -- Retrieving the hexagon center points -- Drawing the hex tiles -- Joining data points to the layout points -- Dressing our data for the final act -- Turning our visual into an interactive app -- Adding additional information on hover and click -- Changing the hexagon size -- Changing the color scale interpolator -- Browsing different datasets -- Encoding data as hexagon size -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Publishing Your Visualization with GitHub Pages -- What we will publish -- Understanding the type of content you can publish -- Hosting your code on GitHub -- Making sense of some key terms and concepts -- Tracking historic changes of your files -- Collaborating on a project -- Working on project branches -- Setting up a GitHub account -- Creating a repository -- Editing a file on GitHub -- Uploading files to the repository -- Publishing your project on GitHub Pages -- Preparing the files for publishing -- Keeping your paths absolute -- Changing the main HTML filename to index.html -- Publishing your project -- Summary -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cultural manifestation versus social reification -- Two Belarusian approaches to the politics of identity -- "The Belarusian globe" : an encyclopedia of what existed before communism -- Belarusian National Film Misterium occupation : distancing themselves from Soviets and Russians -- Free theater : alternative Belarusianness on the stage -- Independent rock music : critical reflection and protest -- Medieval reenactors : a manifestation of Belarus's European history -- The official politics of identity : social reification strategy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Defining, delineating and driving elite performance -- The principles of elite coaching : blending knowledge, experience and novelty -- Being the personal coach -- Being the national coach in an Olympic sport -- Coaching a national team in professional football -- doing it week in, week out -- Coaching in action/adventure sports : a novel challenge -- Specialist coaching : coaching quarterbacks in NFL, college and high school -- Developing the players of tomorrow -- physiology : working in endurance -- Strength & conditioning in the elite team sport environment -- Performance analysis : working in football -- Working with psychology in professional football -- Keeping them on the pitch -- Medical practice with elites athletes -- Effective performance support : an integrated view -- Interdisciplinary performance development in elite sport : applied sport science -- Using data in football -- Research and innovation : seeking and securing competitive advantage -- Culture, leadership and management with elites -- Developing elites : academy systems -- Supporting performance : a national institute perspective -- The performance director's role -- Leading a national system -- Managing a professional football club -- Managing impressions and relationships when speaking to the sports media -- Fitting within the social milieu -- Vive la difference : perspectives on the challenges of being a woman in high level sport -- Developing coaches and players around the globe -- The coach nomad -- The transition to elite performance : societal contrasts in the same sport -- The new kids on the block -- Staying at the top in Olympic rowing for 25 years -- Playing home and away and away and away -- Life and sport : making it happen and progressing while you play -- Driving the performance system : does research help? …”

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“…Contributors examine fans of high cultural texts and genres, the spaces of fandom, fandom around the globe, the impact of new technologies on fandom, and the legal and historical contexts of fan activity. …”

“…Contributors examine fans of high cultural texts and genres, the spaces of fandom, fandom around the globe, the impact of new technologies on fandom, and the legal and historical contexts of fan activity. …”

“…"Tracing constitutional thought from the Enlightenment to the present, Martin Loughlin shows how a tool for the protection of self-government has become a means for subverting popular will. Across the globe, constitutions now displace democratic decision-making, as courts interpret values in the law that ultimately trump legislative action"--Sitio web del editor…”

“…Its reception in later scriptures and religious writings, as well as in art and music, continues to inspire liberation movements across the globe. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore the re-use of the exodus narratives across a wide range of early Jewish and Christian literature including the Apocrypha and the New Testament. …”

“…The second section of the book explores the effects that have been reported already on the flora and fauna in different ecosystems around the globe. Among them, the ecosystems and landscapes in arctic and alpine regions are expected to be among the most affected by the change in climate, as they will suffer the more intense changes. …”

“…Based on research conducted in different geographical contexts, including the European Union, Turkey, and South Africa, and tackling the experiences and aspirations of migrants from various parts of the globe, the chapters comprised in this volume analyse labour-related mobilities from two distinct yet intertwined vantage points: the role of structures and regimes of mobility on the one hand, and aspirations as well as migrant imaginaries on the other. …”