Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies
Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies, Air Force Studies Board and Division on Engi
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Technological innovations are key causal agents of surprise and disruption. In the recent past, the...
Transboundary Water Resources in Afghanistan: Climate Change and Land-Use Implications
John F. Shroder and Sher Jan Ahmadzai
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Transboundary Water from Afghanistan: Climate Change, and Land-Use Implications brings together...
Water: Nature and Culture
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Since the beginning of time humans have had a vital relationship with water. Water considers...
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination
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In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations,...
The Iraq War in Documentary Film
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This book is the first comprehensive study of documentary film on the Iraq War. In a series of close...
Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier
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The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for...
Derby in 50 Buildings
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Straddling the Derwent River, the cathedral city of Derby, its foundations in the Roman occupation...
The Good Gardener?: Nature, Humanity and the Garden
Annette Giesecke and Naomi Jacobs
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The Good Gardener? Nature, Humanity, and the Garden illuminates both the foundations and...
The World of a Wayward Comic Book Artist: The Private Sketchbooks of S. Plunkett
Sandy Plunkett and Michael William Kaluta
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The World of a Wayward Comic Book Artist: The Private Sketchbooks of S. Plunkett is a fascinating...
Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era
Martha L. Carter and Prudence O. Harper
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The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient...