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  • Deep Disposal

    A Documentary Account of Burying Nuclear Waste in Canada

    by William Leiss ...
    Canada is one of many countries around the world that use nuclear reactors to generate electrical power, in part to reduce our carbon footprint. Yet this energy produces hazardous, long-lived waste that emits dangerous radioactivity for tens of thousands of years.Nuclear waste, stored temporarily for decades, must be safely disposed of so it will not pose a serious threat to human health and the ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Deep Disposal

    A Documentary Account of Burying Nuclear Waste in Canada

    by William Leiss ...
    Canada is one of many countries around the world that use nuclear reactors to generate electrical power, in part to reduce our carbon footprint. Yet this energy produces hazardous, long-lived waste that emits dangerous radioactivity for tens of thousands of years.Nuclear waste, stored temporarily for decades, must be safely disposed of so it will not pose a serious threat to human health and the ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology

    by Joanna Drzewieniecki, Blair A. Ruble, William M. Reisinger, Marina Zaloznaya, Russell Bova, Nathaniel I. Richmond, Timothy K. Blauvelt, Christofer Berglund, David Foley, Andrew Feenberg0, William Leiss1, Carl Mitcham2, William N. Dunn3, Seymen Atasoy4, Vesna Danilovic5, Farida Jalalzai6, Lisa K. Parshall7, Claude E. Welch8, Jaroslaw Piekalkiewicz9, Jesse Driscoll0, Munroe Eagles1, Guoli Liu2, Alexander J. Motyl4, John S. Nelson5, Frank C. Zagare6, Frederic J. Fleron Jr.7 ...
    This volume presents state-of-the-art creative scholarship in political science and area studies with an emphasis on Russia. The contributors, all well-known in their specialties, share the conviction that advancement in the social sciences can only be achieved through plural methodological approaches and interaction with various disciplines. Their work in this collection provides critical ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The Essential Marcuse

    Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse

    by Herbert Marcuse ...
    The Essential Marcuse provides an overview of Herbert Marcuse's political and philosophical writing over four decades, with excerpts from his major books as well as essays from various academic journals. The most influential radical philosopher of the 1960s, Marcuse's writings are noteworthy for their uncompromising opposition to both capitalism and communism. His words are as relevant to today's ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Social Communication in Advertising

    Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace

    by William Leiss, Stephen Kline, Sut Jhally, Jackie Botterill, Kyle Asquith ...
    Newly updated for the digital era, this classic textbook provides a comprehensive historical study of advertising and its function within contemporary society by tracing advertising's influence throughout different media and cultural periods, from early magazines through to social media. With several new chapters on the rise of the Internet, mobile, and social media, this fourth edition offers new ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Canada and Climate Change

    by William Leiss ...
    Series Book 2 - Canadian Essentials
    Pandemics, massive earthquakes, war, and other catastrophes inspire immediate action because their casualties and destruction are immediately visible. Climate change is an unyielding problem because its long-range dangers are hidden, and thus it is a global risk unlike anything in human experience.The federal government recently announced aggressive climate targets for Canada. We have committed to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Priesthood of Science

    A Work of Utopian Fiction

    by William Leiss ...
    Series series Cangrande
    The global political situation is increasingly volatile, and Hera and her sisters are sealed off from the rest of the world in southern Nevada. She is still tormented by her parents’ decision to genetically modify the brains of their twelve daughters—and by her own agreement to allow a similar procedure to be used on a much larger group of human embryos.That group of engineered embryos has become ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector

    And Other Black Holes of Risk

    by William Leiss ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Risk Management
    In the past two years, the world has experienced how unsound economic practices can disrupt global economic and social order. Today’s volatile global financial situation highlights the importance of managing risk and the consequences of poor decision making.The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector reveals an underlying paradox of risk management: the better we become at assessing risks, the more we ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • C.B. Macpherson

    Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism

    by William Leiss ...
    Focusing on two key themes - property and the state - Leiss tracks Macpherson's analysis of the contradictions of liberal-democracy through all of his writings, beginning with his 1935 M.A. thesis supervised by Harold Laski at LSE. His concluding chapter critically examines the core of Macpherson's political philosophy - the distinction between extractive and developmental powers - against the ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Canada and Climate Change

    by William Leiss ...
    Narrated by Braden Wright ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Canadian Essentials

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    Pandemics, massive earthquakes, war, and other catastrophes inspire immediate action because their casualties and destruction are immediately visible. Climate change is an unyielding problem because its long-range dangers are hidden, and thus it is a global risk unlike anything in human experienceThe federal government recently announced aggressive climate targets for Canada. We have committed to ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Demon-Haunted World

    Science as a Candle in the Dark

    by Carl Sagan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to ... Read more

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  • Organization Theory

    by Ann L Cunliffe ...
    Series series SAGE Course Companions series
    The SAGE Course Companion on Organization Theory is an accessible introduction to a challenging subject area. This book helps readers to extend their understanding of theories and make the connection between them and organizational practice. It will enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements and provides support on how to revise for exams and prepare for and write assessed ... Read more

    $56.69 USD