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Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age. Without missing a beat, he often moves between Washington insider talk and culturally Black ways of speaking--as shown in a famous YouTube clip, where Obama declined the change offered to him by a Black cashier...

Controversies Over Free SpeechMost liberal societies are deeply committed to free speech, but there is evidence        that some kinds of speech can be harmful in ways that are detrimental to important        liberal values, such as social inequality. This volume draws on a range of        approaches in order to explore the problem and determine...

The book treats microfluidics theory and its applications to lab-on-a-chip systems. It covers fluid dynamics and how to control flows and solutions in microsystems with various external fields. Containing a broad range of exercises, the text is developed for advanced undergraduates, intending to enable the students to confront real problems....

Motor neuron disease (MND) is a common but devastating disability that has a        profound impact on people's lives. This book provides an easily-accessible guide to        the disease for patients with motor neuron disease and their carers. The authors        have organised it around a series of the commonest questions asked in their...

What limits, if any, should be placed on a government's efforts to spy on its        citizens in the name of national security? Spying on foreigners has long been        regarded as an unseemly but necessary enterprise. Spying on one's own citizens in a        democracy, by contrast, has historically been subject to various forms of legal...