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"Weird But True! Know-It-All titles take the same classic branding of Weird But True and dive deeper to provide kids with a comprehensive overview of everything they need to know about a single subject, while packing in all the wacky, weird tidbits! This edition explores a complicated and timely subject: the government of the United States!"--

"This volume surveys the diversity of Islamic legal thought and practice, a 1500 - year tradition that has been cultivated throughout the Islamic world. It features translations of Islamic legal texts from across the spectrum of literary genres (including legal theory, judicial handbooks, pamphlets) that represent the range of temporal, geographic and linguistic contexts in which Islamic law has been, and continues to be, developed. Each text has been chosen and translated by a specialist. It is accompanied by an accessible introduction that places the author and text in historical and legal contexts and explains the state of the relevant field of study. An introduction to each section offers an overview of the genre and provides a useful bibliography. The volume will enable all researchers of Islamic law - established academics, undergraduate students, and general readers -- to understand the tremendous and sometimes bewildering diversity of Islamic law, as well the continuities and common features that bind it together"--

This book offers a comprehensive review of smart technologies and provides perspectives on their applications in urban engineering. It covers a wide range of applications, from manufacturing engineering and transport logistics to information and computation technologies, providing readers with fresh ideas for future research and collaborations. The book showcases selected papers from the International Conference on Smart Technologies in Urban Engineering (STUE-2023), hosted by O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The conference, held on June 8-10, 2023, aimed to address the complex rehabilitation of areas damaged by military conflicts and natural disasters. The contributions within this book offer a wealth of valuable information, fostering a meaningful exchange of experiences among scientists in the field of urban engineering. By delving into this book, readers explore innovative approaches to tackle urban challenges, gain insights from experts, and contribute to the advancement of smart technologies for the betterment of cities worldwide

"In the aftermath of the cataclysm of the First World War, politicians, philanthropists and humanitarians directed aid to Europe's intellectuals and their shattered institutions to stabilise the continent's democracies and preserve international peace. This groundbreaking book tells the story of the postwar rebuilding of European intellectual life"--

"The Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law provides a definitive survey of the transitions and adjustments across the stakeholder community contributing to outer space activities. The interaction between New Space, traditional aerospace industrials and nontraditional space-related technologies is driving market changes which will affect state practice in what has until now been a government dominated market. Greater private commercial participation will lead to new economic approaches to risk-sharing models driven by a space services- dominated market. This handbook is a detailed reference source of original articles which analyze and critically evaluate the scope of the current paradigm change, and explaining why space contracts and risk apportionment as currently known will change in tune with ongoing market transitions. Reference is made to the scope of best practices across various leading states involved in space activities. With contributions from a selection of highly regarded and leading scholars and practitioners in Commercial Space Law field, and the inclusion of salient documents, regulatory and contractual documents, the Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law is an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners who are interested in the field of Commercial Space Law"--

Intro -- Contents -- Reviewers -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Campos Sulinos: Introduction to the Book -- 1.1 The Campos Sulinos: Continued Neglect in Conservation -- 1.2 A Brief Guide Through Terminology for the Campos Sulinos -- 1.3 Land Use Change in the Campos Sulinos and Impacts -- 1.4 Content of This Book -- 1.5 The Future of the Campos Sulinos -- References -- Part II: Setting the Scene: Origin, Environment, History of the Campos Sulinos -- Chapter 2: Geological Memories of South Brazilian Landscapes: From Precambrian Orogenesis to the Quaternary Coastal Plain -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Tremendous Geological Provinces: Records of Remnant and Recent Continents -- 2.3 The Mantiqueira Province: The Orogenesis that Structured a Supercontinent in the Precambrian -- 2.4 Paraná Province: A Complete History of the Western Gondwana Supercontinent in Paleozoic and Mesozoic Eras -- 2.5 The Gondwana Fragmentation and the Rising of the Meridional Plateau and the Serra do Mar in the Cenozoic Era -- 2.6 The Coastal Province: The Rise and Fall of the South Atlantic Level in the Quaternary -- References -- Chapter 3: A Look into the Past: Fossils from the Campos Sulinos Region -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Paleogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction -- 3.2.1 Permian -- 3.2.2 Triassic -- 3.2.3 Jurassic/Cretaceous -- 3.2.4 Pleistocene -- 3.3 Biodiversity and Paleoecological Reconstruction of Fauna and Flora -- 3.3.1 Permian -- 3.3.2 Triassic -- 3.3.3 Juro-Cretaceous -- 3.3.4 Pleistocene -- 3.4 Summary and Conclusions -- 3.4.1 Earlier Ecosystems -- 3.4.2 Pleistocene and Modern Ecosystems -- References -- Chapter 4: Dynamics of South Brazilian Grasslands During the Late Quaternary -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The South Brazilian Grassland Region -- 4.3 Reconstruction of Past Vegetation and Environments.

This book concerns the values and practices of participation in municipal public parks, and the connections they have with cultural policy, urbanism, and social life. Adopting a critical cultural policy lens, it identifies the park as a mundane but extraordinarily treasured place for the production and exchange of cultural values, regulation, resistance, and the practising of citizenship. Drawing on extensive mixed-methods research on everyday participation in diverse local cultural ecosystems in England and Scotland, the book examines the social lives of parks and their users, and the important public values that are generated through their common stewardship and usership. It presents case studies of parks and co-located museums as cultural public spheres, which promote both commoning and commodification. These are contextualized by histories of municipal parkmaking from the nineteenth century to the present and related to the making of local government and to other civic and cultural institutions. The book highlights contemporary issues of austerity, marketisation and de-municipalisation within local government in the context of urban development. It positions the public park as fundamental to democratic cultural governance and makes the case for the primacy of public trust, ownership, and park equity in safeguarding the right to the city