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Healthy Cities : Public Health Through Urban Planning
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Subject(s): City planning -- Health aspects | Urban health | Public health Summary: "Mounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities' built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the 'urban health niche' as a novel appro

Tourism Management
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Subject(s): Tourism -- Textbooks | Tourism -- Textbooks -- Management Summary: "One of the leading texts in the field, Tourism Management is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of tourism as you study for a degree, diploma or single module in the subject. It is written in an engaging style that assumes no prior knowledge of tourism a

Apartheid, 1948-1994
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The Invention of News : How the World Came to Know About Itself
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Subject(s): Journalism -- History -- Europe Summary: "Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought

Understanding Green Building Materials
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Subject(s): Building materials -- Environmental aspects | Green products Summary: Architects, Designers, And Contractors are increasingly familiar with the policies, procedures, and guidelines for achieving sustainable, or "green" building standards. But what about the green building materials themselves? What are they, what are the opt

Eastern Fortress : a Military History of Hong Kong, 1840-1970
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Subject(s): Hong Kong (China) -- History, Military -- 19th century | Hong Kong (China) -- History, Military -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- China Hong Kong Summary: Examines the role of Hong Kong as a vital but vulnerable link in British imperial defence strategy, including challenges from Russia, France, the United States, Germa

Humanity in War : Frontline Photography Since 1860
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Subject(s): International Committee of the Red Cross -- Pictorial works -- History | International Committee of the Red Cross -- History | War photography -- History | War -- Pictorial works | Red Cross -- Pictorial Works Summary: From the American Civil War to the conflicts of the early 21st century, the photographer has been a constant presen

Ancient Syria : a Three Thousand Year History
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Subject(s): Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D | Syria -- Antiquities Summary: Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, and kingdoms that

Action Research for Climate Change Adaptation : Developing and Applying Knowledge for Governance
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Subject(s): Climate change mitigation -- Case studies | Climatic changes -- Case studies -- Government policy Summary: "Governments all over the world are struggling with the question of how to adapt to climate change. They need information not only about the issue and its possible consequences, but also about feasible governance strategies

Akbar : the Great Emperor of India
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Subject(s): Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605 -- Exhibitions | Art, Mogul -- Exhibitions -- India | Mogul Empire -- Exhibitions -- Court and courtiers Summary: "An amazing exhibition catalogue showing the splendors of one of the greatest rulers of the world, India's Emperor Akbar (1542-1605). Akbar the Great is considered one of th

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