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News from the John W. Kluge Center: TOMORROW - Ivan Krastev on Europe's Illiberal Turn

It's not too late to sign up for our author salon with Ivan Krastev on The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy.

Get your free tickets here.

It’s happening TOMORROW, February 19, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Join former Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Ivan Krastev as he is interviewed on his new book about Europe’s, and the world’s, turn towards illiberalism.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Get your free tickets here.

The event is free, but registration is recommended. Entry is not guaranteed.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Join us for a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin

On May 13, join the John W. Kluge Center for the first in our Conversations on the Future of Democracy series featuring Yuval Levin, who will be discussing his new book, A Time to Build, a look at the critical importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem.

Find the event on May 13 at the Library’s showcase for everything you can access while the doors are closed: Library of Congress: Engage!

And sign up for a free ticket to get a reminder when the event happens.

Yuval Levin is a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. Levin is also the editor-in-chief of National Affairs.

Also, we’ve got a packed schedule of virtual events lined up, so stay tuned for more.




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Gurugram school boy commits suicide after girl levels allegations on him on Instagram

The 17-year-old boy committed suicide in Gurugram`s upscale building after a girl made serious allegations against him on Instagram.




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Yogi Adityanath reviews COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday (May 9) stressed on the need to understand the "chemistry of corona while administering its treatment".




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Informality Revisited: Latin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market


 

Informality Revisited offers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty.



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Microaggressions in Everyday Life, 2nd Edition


 

The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated

The revised and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction to the concept of microaggressions, classifies the various types of microaggressions, and offers solutions for ending microaggressions at the individual, group, and community levels. The authors—noted experts on the topic—explore the psychological effects of microaggressions



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Quantum Brownian Motion Revisited: Extensions and Applications.

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The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics / by Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard

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General relativity: a concise introduction / Steven Carlip, The University of California at Davis

Hayden Library - QC173.55.C37 2019




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Beyond the dynamical universe: unifying block universe physics and time as experienced / Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt (Elizabethtown College)

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S55 2018




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Einstein's unfinished revolution: the search for what lies beyond the quantum / Lee Smolin ; illustrations by Kaca Bradonjić

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S6545 2019




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Factorization algebras in quantum field theory / Kevin Costello, Owen Gwilliam

Hayden Library - QC174.45.C68 2017




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Many worlds?: everett, realism, and quantum mechanics / edited by Simon Saunders [and others]

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Reviews in plasmonics 2017 / Chris D. Geddes, editor

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Fundamentals of spin exchange: story of a paradigm shift / Kev M. Salikhov

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Quantum physics: states, observables and their time evolution / Arno Bohm, Piotr Kielanowski, G. Bruce Mainland

Online Resource




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Geometric methods in physics XXXVII: Workshop and Summer School, Białowieża, Poland, 2018 / Piotr Kielanowski, Anatol Odzijewicz, Emma Previato, editors

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Holographic quantum matter / Sean A. Hartnoll, Andrew Lucas, and Subir Sachdev

Barker Library - QC173.457.H65 H37 2018




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Physics, Technologies and Innovation (PTI-2019): Proceedings of the VI International Young Researchers' Conference: 20-23 May 2019, Ekaterinburg, Russia / editors, Vladimir A. Volkovich, Sergey V. Zvonarev, Ilya V. Kashin, Andrey A. Smirnov and Evgeni

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Quantum field theory: Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism and its applications / Pavel Mnev

Hayden Library - QC174.45.M635 2019




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Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and emerging 2D materials for electronic and photonic devices IX: 28-31 August 2016, San Diego, California, United States / Manijeh Razeghi [and three others], editors ; sponsored by SPIE

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Proceedings of the 35th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-35): 26-30 May 2019, Cesme-Izmir, Turkey / editors, Fevzi Cakmak Cebeci, Yusuf Z. Menceloglu, Serkan Unal and Yakup Ulcer

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Modern condensed matter physics / Steven M. Girvin, Kun Yang

Barker Library - QC173.454.G57 2019




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Evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams to be done at home by teachers

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said 1.5 crore answer sheets of already conducted class 10, 12 exams will be delivered to teachers. "From the 3,000 schools, these copies will go the evaluators and evaluation will begin tomorrow," he added.




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Part 1 – Ch10 – Even One Word is Enough

These are the recordings of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are published in 'The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah', 2011. This was read by Ajahn Amaro during the winter of 2012

The post Part 1 – Ch10 – Even One Word is Enough appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.





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Are political and charitable giving substitutes? [electronic resource] : Evidence from the United States / Maria Petrova, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Andrei Simonov, Pinar Yildirim

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Polarization and public health [electronic resource] : partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic / Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob C. Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, David Y. Yang

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Developments [electronic resource] : child, image, nation / Erica Burman

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008




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A Companion to Television, 2nd Edition


 

The latest edition of the acclaimed volume on television studies, featuring new original essays from leading scholars in the field

Although the digital age has radically altered the media and communications landscape worldwide, television continues to play a significant part of our lives. From its earliest beginnings through to the present day, television and its influence has been the subject of extensive study, critique, and analysis.



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Urban transformations: from liberalism to corporatism in greater Berlin, 1871-1933 / Parker Daly Everett

Rotch Library - HT169.G32 B386 2019




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Urban composite development index for 17 Shandong cities: ranking and simulation analysis based on China's five development concepts / Tan Khee Giap [and four others]

Rotch Library - HT384.C62 S428 2018




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Smart cities, green technologies and intelligent transport systems: 7th International Conference, SMARTGREENS, and 4th International Conference, VEHITS 2018, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, March 16-18, 2018: revised selected papers / Brian Donnellan, Cornel K

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Public space design and social cohesion: an international comparison / edited by Patricia Aelbrecht and Quentin Stevens

Rotch Library - HT185.P833 2019




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Legacy cities: continuity and change amid decline and revival / edited by J. Rosie Tighe & Stephanie Ryberg-Webster

Rotch Library - HT384.U5 L44 2019




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Future Cities Laboratory / Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas (ed.), ETH Zürich / Singapore - ETH Centre

Rotch Library - HT166.F892 2019




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Computing and communication systems in urban development: a detailed perspective / Anandakumar Haldorai, Arulmurugan Ramu, Suriya Murugan

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Inhabiting the sacred in everyday life: how to design a place that touches your heart, stirs you to consecrate and cultivate it as home, dwell intentionally within it, slay monsters for it, and let it loose in your democracy / Randolph T. Hester, Jr. and

Rotch Library - HT167.H47 2019




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Uneven urbanscape: spatial structures and ethnoracial inequality / Paul M. Ong, Silvia R. Gonzalez

Rotch Library - HT151.O67 2019




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GIS in sustainable urban planning and management: a global perspective / edited by Martin van Maarseveen, Javier Martinez, and Johannes Flacke

Rotch Library - HT166.G5577 2019




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City development and internationalization in China: Quanzhou, Yiwu, and Nanning / Qianyi Wang, Kee Cheok Cheong, Ran Li

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Under construction: technologies of development in urban Ethiopia / Daniel Mains

Rotch Library - HT384.E8 M35 2019




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China's development under a differential urbanization model / Qiang Li

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China's urban champions: the politics of spatial development / Kyle A. Jaros

Rotch Library - HT169.C6 J37 2019




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Walkable cities: revitalization, vibrancy and sustainable consumption / Carlos J. L. Balsas

Rotch Library - HT175.B356 2019




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Gendered approaches to spatial development in Europe: perspectives, similarities, differences / edited by Barbara Zibell, Doris Damyanovic, and Ulrike Sturm

Rotch Library - HT169.E85 G46 2019




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Soft city: building density for everyday life / David Sim

Rotch Library - HT166.S56 2019




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POVERTY OF TERRITORIALISM: a neo-medieval view of europe and european planning.

Rotch Library - HT395.E8 F35 2018




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African cities and the development conundrum / edited by Carole Ammann, Till Forster

Rotch Library - HT384.A35 A3195 2018




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Early medieval Britain: the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West / Pamela Crabtree, New York University

Rotch Library - HT133.C713 2018