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The book entitled New Trends in the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage is a collection of twelve scientific articles (chapters) authored by Polish and foreign researchers in the field of cultural heritage protection. Specializing in various scientific disciplines (including legal, architectural, managerial, cultural studies considerations) and at different stages of scientific development, the authors of the individual texts from either a...
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Here's a call to colleges and universities to consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses, ensuring fair treatment of students and staff while minimizing institutional liability, protecting the campus community, and boosting morale. From an associate dean of student affairs who has put these models to work on his campus.
Restorative justice is a collaborative decision-making process that includes victims, offenders, and others who...
1423) Blockchain: Real-World Applications And Understanding: How Blockchain Can Be Applied In Your World
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You have heard the term blockchain, but what is it really? Based on the content from his Executive Blockchain course you can learn what is taught to executives, consultants, leaders, attorneys, marketing specialists, educators, etc. around the world to understand and apply blockchain concepts for real-world use. This the most up-to-date executive blockchain book on the market.
Wayne consults as an Associate Expert at the Nordic Blockchain Association...
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MuseWeb organizes conferences, workshops, and seminars; publishes articles and monographs; and consults for cultural organizations worldwide. Each member of our team has decades of experience in the cultural and heritage informatics field.
Our goal is to provide professionals in archives, libraries, museums, and cultural and heritage informatics with timely and challenging opportunities for exchange and training, and to develop a written record of...
1425) The defector: a novel
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Apollo murders volume 2
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In 1973 Israel, as the Yom Kippur War erupts and a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter makes an unexpected landing, NASA Flight Controller and former U.S. test pilot Kaz Zemeckis is drawn into a high-stakes game of spies, lies and secrets that hold the key to Cold War air and space supremacy.
1426) Hidden figures
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Follows three African American women working as human computers for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Dr Donna E. McFarlane Curator and Director of the Marcus Mosiah
Garvey Multimedia Museum (2003–2017) carefully reconstructs the history
of Jamaica's museums, and the world of new museum studies centered on
Jamaica's First National Hero life's work and philosophy. The timelessness of
Garvey and The Universal Negro Improvement (UNIA) is examined through
exhibitions, library holdings, local community activities and 21st
century museum technology housed...
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“Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win” tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.
Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of a collective of white allies of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, to an elected city council person who helped break the back of the racialized opposition to Harold...
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In this book, we will build the 'agile library' by using various e-tools ranging from cloud storage to e-content management to online delivery of information and it would be a handy guide for librarians to create the online library.
The book will start with a conversation on how the IT industry shifted from the 'waterfall model' to an 'agile model' and provided benefits to the end customers.
In the next part, the book will use this 'agile model'...
1430) Collateral Damage
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@realDonaldTrump: 'The wacky ambassador that the UK foisted on the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy ... We will no longer deal with him' Kim Darroch was British Ambassador to the US as the age of Trump dawned and Brexit unfolded. One of the UK's most experienced and respected diplomats, his unvarnished, behind-the-scenes account will reveal the inside story behind his resignation; describe the challenges of dealing...
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Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a pivotal modern figure and one of the first intellectuals to treat film as an art form, appreciating its far-reaching, transformative power. Although she had the bearing of an aristocrat, she was the self-educated daughter of a brass founder and a palm-reader from the Isle of Man. An aspiring poet, Barry attracted the attention of Ezra Pound and joined a demimonde of Bloomsbury figures, including Ford Maddox Ford, T. S....
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"Winner of the 2018 CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" Christo Sims is associate professor of communication and a founding member of the Studio for Ethnographic Design at the University of California, San Diego.
In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers. Conceived by a team of game...
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New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020
'Essential' – Sunday Times
'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books
'A real game-changer'– Economist
Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen.
Few artefacts embody this history...
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An essential, practical handbook that equips female worshippers to lead worship, work with musicians, pastor a worship team, write songs, and work effectively with their pastor. For women who are called to lead worship-or think they might be-worship leader Lex Buckley offers this essential handbook. Buckley shares from the Bible and from her heart to encourage, empower, and equip female worship leaders, urging them to be themselves and lead with confidence,...
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How can we tackle racism and sexism on our college and university campuses? What is the role of education leaders in advancing social justice? Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership addresses the urgent need for more than merely performative gestures toward-and a redoubled, authentically engaged investment in-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Seth N. Asumah and Mechthild Nagel examine how traditional leadership models have tended to exacerbate...
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Bill Morneau's experience as Canada's finance minister crystalized his vision for the country's potential for growth and prosperity. Where To from Here looks backward with coolness and candor and forward with a fresh vision of all that Canada can--and must--become. Much of the world reacted with surprise and admiration to the results of the 2015 Canadian federal election and the makeup of the government it produced. Led by a young charismatic leader...
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From Wilmington, Fayetteville, Greenville, New Bern, Elizabeth City, Wilson, Kinston, Goldsboro, and many points in between, this book offers a brief look at many of the historical asylums and sanatoriums, as well as temporary hospitals of war and disaster, in Eastern North Carolina. It shows what they were and what they became as they transformed into the great hospitals of today. Many of these old buildings have long since been torn down or reused...
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Cultural heritage is one of the most important tourism resources in the world. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical overview and applied knowledge of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism. The second edition has been updated to include timely and emerging topics such as geopolitics, conflict, solidarity tourism, overtourism and climate change. It also expands...
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An impassioned takedown of the undemocratic features of American electoral politics and their role in the 2016 election. Americans are taught to cherish our democracy, especially our right to vote. But after the 2016 presidential election, we are confronted, yet again, with the reality that our system is neither free nor fair. Almost every step along the way is filled with intentional and unintentional pitfalls, barriers, and dysfunction. The results...
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The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has the power to bring about lasting change. But will it? The historical evidence is weighed against 'lessons being learned' in a meaningful or enduring way. In an attempt to understand why, despite enormous...
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