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The vast majority of the growing literature in recent years has dealt with some aspect of technological change. The driving forces of the information era are developments in computer technology and related developments in satellites and telecommunications and these forces have had a fundamental impact on all aspects of cartography. It is understandable that the attention of cartographers has been focussed on technological change, especially in a situation where the speed of that change is so rapid. The half life of knowledge in some areas can now be measured in months, rather than years, and cartographers have been fully occupied with the struggle to adapt to rapidly changing technological circumstances. Computer technologies are now so all pervasive that there is little cartography without them and earlier terms such as digital cartography, automated cartography or computer assisted cartography which emerged in the 1960s and 70s are now anachronistic.<p>What can be described as obsession with technological change has, in the last two decades in particular, led to a relatively narrow "technologized" normative and formalistic approach to cartography and to the relative neglect of the consideration of a wide range of policy issues which are imbedded in the societal context in which modern cartography finds itself. It is to a discussion of policy issues that this book hopes to make a contribution. As with the technology of the information revolution, the policy issues involved are not unique to cartography but several key policy issues are of special interest to cartographers. 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It has also provided contributors with a medium in which they can examine their subjects in greater depth and breadth than that allowed by standard journal articles. As a result, many articles have become standard references that continue to be of significant, lasting value despite the rapid growth taking place in the field.<br>Volume 47 contains seven chapters. The first four cover artificial intelligence, which is the use of technology to perform tasks generally assumed to require human thinking. These chapters present natural language processing, visualization, and self-replication as machine implementations of human activities. 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Using the exponential scale the authors show that the addition of planes gives the polyhedra, or any solid. The substraction of planes gives saddles. The multiplication of planes gives the general saddle equations and the multispirals. The equation of symmetry is derived, which contains the exponential scale with its functions for solids, the complex exponentials with the nodal surfaces, and the GD (Gauss Distribution) mathematics with finite periodicity.<p><br>Piece by piece, the authors have found mathematical functions for the geometrical descriptions of chemical structures and the structure building operations. Using the mathematics for dilatation; twins, trillings, fourlings and sixlings are made, and using GD mathematics these are made periodic. This description of a structure is the nature of mathematics itself. Crystal structures and 3D mathematics are synonyms. Mathematics are used to describe rod packings, Olympic rings and defects in solids. Giant molecules such as cubosomes, the DNA double helix, and certain building blocks in protein structures are also described mathematically.http://www.lybrary.com/the-nature-of-mathematics-and-the-mathematics-of-nature-p-297996.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-nature-of-mathematics-and-the-mathematics-of-nature-p-297996.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 03:33:13 EDT The previous edition of Ship Design for Efficiency and Economy was published as a Butterworth's marine engineering title. It has now been completely revised and updated by Schneekluth and Bertram.<p><br> This book gives advice to students and naval architects on how to design ships - in particular with regard to hull design. The previous edition of this book was published in 1987. Since then, there have been numerous important developments in this area and the new additions to this book reflect these changes. 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In this outstanding survey of combinatorial organic chemistry, the authors, Obrecht who has established a new combinatorial chemistry company called <i>Polyphor</i>, and Villalgardo have brought together the literature, including that from 1998, and have concisely analysed the applications and achievements of this new field. This work will be of value to all chemists engaged in preparative work, both in industry and academe.http://www.lybrary.com/solidsupported-combinatorial-and-parallel-synthesis-of-smallmolecularweight-compound-libraries-p-297994.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/solidsupported-combinatorial-and-parallel-synthesis-of-smallmolecularweight-compound-libraries-p-297994.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 03:33:08 EDT Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks.
<p>A concise guide that delivers immediate results with practical recipes on learning practical hints and avoiding pitfalls in Eclipse 4 development.
<p>You will find this book useful if you are looking to create cross-platform rich client applications. Eclipse platform is built with Java, so basic knowledge of Java is essential. The focus of this book is to understand the new APIs and concepts of the Eclipse 4 platform. Prior knowledge of basic concepts of the Eclipse framework (plugin, extension, perspective, workspace, and so on), SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit), and JFace would be beneficial in understanding the examples in this book quicker.http://www.lybrary.com/instant-eclipse-4-rcp-development-howto-p-297993.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/instant-eclipse-4-rcp-development-howto-p-297993.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:31:06 EDT Presented in a hands-on style, this guide presents you with real world examples to guide you through every process step by step.
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<p>This book is for users who already have completed at least one simple app using Corona and are familiar with mobile development using another platform and have done Lua programming in another context. Knowledge of the basic functions of Corona routines, as well as an understanding of the Lua programming language's syntax and common libraries, is assumed throughout.http://www.lybrary.com/corona-sdk-hotshot-p-297990.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/corona-sdk-hotshot-p-297990.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:59 EDT Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. This is a Packt Instant How-to guide, which provides concise and clear recipes for configuring RazorView and working with its syntax and view types.
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The State of Nursing and Nursing Education in Africa covers: • In-depth reports on 22 countries • WHO Millennium Development Goals and the progress each country is making • Forecasts for the future of nursing and nursing education in Africa Learning how nurses are functioning in developing and advanced countries gives us insight into how health care systems change, as well as data about developing education, health care, pharma and care markets. And, understanding the state of nursing education in Africa gives us a glimpse into the fhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-state-of-nursing-and-nursing-education-in-africa-a-countrybycountry-review-p-297988.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-state-of-nursing-and-nursing-education-in-africa-a-countrybycountry-review-p-297988.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:54 EDT <p>Crushing on your straight best friend will make any normally outgoing high school football player withdraw from his friends. Unrequited love can do that to you. But when Dwight Varley's mom dies, he's also left with a burden of guilt he finds difficult to shake. To make matters worse, Dwight must cope with his distant, grieving father, who spirals into depression.</p><p>Playing it straight helps Dwight save face temporarily, but living a lie tears his insides apart. Tell his dad... Don't tell his dad... Some choices seem too hard to make. Besides, what if coming out sends his dad over the edge?</p><p><b>A Bittersweet Dreams title:</b> It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending, but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you to tears.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/everything-we-shut-our-eyes-to-p-297987.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/everything-we-shut-our-eyes-to-p-297987.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:52 EDT Series Description: This new BIG LITTLE CRITTER BOOK series provides a wonderful library for kids, parents, and even teachers to use, enjoy, discuss, laugh about, lean from, and be Entertained by for countless hours in all situations and circumstances. The five-book series will cover areas of behavior, character building andlife lessons in the humorous, entertaining and comforting ways only the world-famous, best-selling and beloved Little Critter could share and emulate. Heart-warming and lovable, these books are sure to charm both parent and child alike. Title Description: This special collection features entertaining stories about being healthy and STAYING WELL (THIS IS MY BODY, TAKING CARE OF MOM, I WAS SO SICK, THE LOOSE TOOTH) and uses words and phrases to help children develop reading abilities. As always, the beloved and internationally-acclaimed Little Critter character is at the center of attention and action. The Author: Mercer Mayer is one of the most prolific, talented, beloved, and bestselling children's book authors and illustrators of all time. He began writing and illustrating children's books in 1966, and since that time, he has published over 300 titles. Open almost any of the award-winning author/illustrator's books, and out may pop dragons, cuddly monsters, wonderful creatures, and endearing critters. His legendary books and quintessential characters are classic favorites of kids and families around the globe and address timeless subjects that every child experiences, such as going to the dentist or being scared of big thunderstorms. Not only do the books provide great lessons, but Mr. Mayer also inserts his gentle humor into the books to show how the adorable critter and monster characters deal with common issues - thus providing wonderful child development and socialization skills support within creative story-telling venues. Home town: Roxbury, Connecticut.http://www.lybrary.com/mercer-mayers-staying-well-p-297986.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mercer-mayers-staying-well-p-297986.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:50 EDT Sun. Sailing. Murder. Just another day in Key West. Newspaper columnist and hotel owner Rafa Blue hides her sordid Key West past from her boyfriend, shrimper Kane Riley. But after Rafa Blue finds her friend Diego Casterano dead at Vexton's Daiquiri Dock she and Kane are under suspicion of murdering him. Rafa remembers seeing blue rope on Kane's shrimp boat similar to the rope found at the crime scene. Is Kane the guilty one? Hoping to clear Kane's name, Rafa decides to secretly learn the killer's identity, but the path to answers is a dangerous one. As she investigates her friend's death, she soon finds herself facing Diego's angry son, a couple with everything to lose and a body count that's rising as quickly as the tide. There's definitely trouble in paradise, and if Rafa isn't careful, her days in the sun may be numbered.http://www.lybrary.com/daiquiri-dock-murder-p-297985.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/daiquiri-dock-murder-p-297985.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:48 EDT <p>Phillip and José, newly minted Ivy League roommates, couldn't be more different. Phillip is an only child from a wealthy New York City family. 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If his relationship with Phillip is to survive, they have to bridge the gap between two very different worldhttp://www.lybrary.com/when-dachshunds-ruled-the-serengeti-p-297984.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/when-dachshunds-ruled-the-serengeti-p-297984.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:46 EDT Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program-ICP is the most comprehensive accounting ever presented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs reveal the relative sizes of economies by converting their gross domestic products and related measurements into a common currency, thereby enabling comparisons based on economic and statistical theory. By disclosing the theory, concepts, and methods underlying the estimates, this book increases the transparency of the ICP process. Greater transparency allows researchers, users of PPPs, and those involved in implementation of the program to better understand the strengths, limitations, and assumptions underlying its results. is book also provides a forward-looking view of methodological developments with an eye toward improving the quality of future comparisons. The ICP is now the largest and most complex statistical program in the world. In 2005 it included 100 countries and economies, working in parallel with the 46 countries in the Eurostat-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) PPP program. Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy was prepared by the ICP Global Office in the World Bank, with contributions from the leading international experts in the fields of economics and statistics on international comparisons.http://www.lybrary.com/measuring-the-real-size-of-the-world-economy-the-framework-methodology-and-results-of-the-international-comparison-program-i-p-297983.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/measuring-the-real-size-of-the-world-economy-the-framework-methodology-and-results-of-the-international-comparison-program-i-p-297983.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:42 EDT The gradual acceleration of growth in developing countries is a defining feature of the past two decades. This acceleration came with major shifts in patterns of investment, saving, and capital flows. This second volume in the Global Development Horizons series analyzes these shifts and explores how they may evolve through 2030. Average domestic saving in developing countries stood at 34 percent of their GDP in 2010, up from 24 percent in 1990, while their investment was around 33 percent of their GDP in 2012, up from 26 percent. These trends in saving and investment, along with higher growth rates in developing countries, have resulted in developing countries' share of global savings now standing at 46 percent, nearly double the level of the 1990s. The presence of developing countries on the global stage will continue to expand over the next two decades. Analysis in this report projects that by 2030, China will account for 30 percent of global investment activity, far and away the largest share of any single country, while India and Brazil (at 7 percent and 3 percent) will account for shares comparable to those of the United States and Japan (11 percent and 5 percent). The complex interaction among aging, growth, and financial deepening can be expected to result in a world where developing countries will contribute 62 of every 100 dollars of world saving in 2030, up from 45 dollars in 2010, and where they account for between $6.2 trillion and $13 trillion of global gross capital flows, rising from $1.3 trillion in 2010. Trends in investment, saving, and capital flows through 2030 will affect economic conditions from the household level to the global macroeconomic level, with implications not only for national policy makers but also for international institutions and policy coordination. Policymakers preparing for this change will benefit from a better understanding of the unfolding dynamics of global capital and wealth in the future. This book is accompanied by a website, http://www.worldbank.org/CapitalForTheFuture, that includes a host of related electronic resources: data sets underlying the two main scenarios presented in the report, background papers, technical appendixes, interactive widgets with variations to some of the assumptions used in the projections, and related audio and video resources.http://www.lybrary.com/capital-for-the-future-saving-and-investment-in-an-interdependent-world-p-297982.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/capital-for-the-future-saving-and-investment-in-an-interdependent-world-p-297982.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:40 EDT Blinded in a hate attack, painter Rowan McCall sells his soul to a demon to restore his sight, and his guardian angel's arrival may do more harm than good. Rowan McCall is about to start a new phase in his painting career with a one-man show at a prestigious San Francisco art gallery. His moment of triumph is snatched away and Rowan's life changes forever. Left alone and suicidal, Rowan is determined to do anything to get his life back on track. He strikes a deal with an angel who's all too willing to help him. Then Rowan discovers Tur'el is anything but an angel-he's a demon. But he's just desperate enough to go ahead with the bargain. Zethan, Rowan's guardian angel, arrives too late. In order to save Rowan's soul, Zethan makes a deal of his own with Tur'el. With his sight restored and possessed by Tur'el, Rowan searches for Zethan on Earth. Rowan is obsessed with capturing Zethan's angelic beauty on canvas. When he meets a mortal who embodies the same beauty, Tur'el and Rowan are overjoyed. But finding Zethan again may prove deadly for all of them.http://www.lybrary.com/a-lesser-evil-p-297981.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-lesser-evil-p-297981.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:38 EDT Can a woman learn to trust her heart enough to give her dream another chance? Can a man reveal all, in order to keep his love safe in his arms? Mandy would do almost anything for Mac, anything except give him her heart-again. She has spent five long years trying to get over him. Now, forced back into his arms, will she finally have the courage to reach for her dream? Or will she lose him before she has even gotten a chance to be in his arms? Mac has never been able to shake his need for Mandy-not even after five long years without her. Now she is back but instead of the young, sweet girl who gave him her innocence, she is a fierce, courageous woman-so sexy he can barely keep his eye on the prize-her in his arms for the rest of their lives. A Mexican Mafia hit thrusts them into a race to survive. Alone with Mac, Mandy must learn to listen with her heart. While Mac will have to reveal himself for the killer he is, if he's to ever have Mandy safe in his arms.http://www.lybrary.com/safe-in-his-arms-p-297980.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/safe-in-his-arms-p-297980.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:36 EDT Neither kink nor curse can stop a woman with a mission. Cecily Harrowsmith, secret agent extraordinaire, is a woman on a mission. When the remote Indian kingdom of Rajasthan refused to remit its taxes to the Empire, Her Majesty imposed an embargo. Deprived of the energy-rich mineral viridium, essential for modern technology and development, Rajasthan was expected to quickly give in and resume its payments. Yet after three years, the rebellious principality still has not knuckled under. Cecily undertakes the difficult journey to the rugged, arid land of the Rajputs to determine just how it has managed to survive, and if possible to convince the country to return to the Empire's embrace. Instead, she's taken captive by a brigand who turns out to be the ruler's half-brother Pratan and delivered into the hands of the sexy but sadistic Rajah Amir, who expertly mingles torture and delight in his interrogation of the voluptuous interloper. Cursed before birth by Amir's jealous mother, Pratan changes to a ravening wolf whenever the moon is full. Cecily uncovers the counter-spell that can reverse the effects of the former queen's hex and tries to trade that information for her freedom. Drawn to the fierce wolf-man and sympathising with his suffering, she volunteers to serve as the sacrifice required by the ritual-offering her body to the beast. In return, the Rajah reveal Rajasthan's amazing secret source of energy. In the face of almost impossible odds, Cecily has accomplished the task entrusted to her by the Empire. But can she really bear to leave the virile half-brothers and their colourful land behind and return to constraints of her life in England?http://www.lybrary.com/rajasthani-moon-p-297979.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rajasthani-moon-p-297979.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:34 EDT Face to face, and rifle to rifle. The time and location change, but never the circumstance. Merq Grayson and Armise Darcan are enemies. And neither will be considered successful until the other is dead. It is the year 2558. A mere decade has passed since the signing of the treaty which ended the three hundred year long Borders War. In the midst of an uneasy peace, the world gathers for the first Olympic games since the war began. The Rifle competition showcases the very soldiers who fought in the war, pitting former enemies against one another again. Continental States Peacemaker Merq Grayson will once again battle the Dark Ops officer from the People's Republic of Singapore, Armise Darcan, this time under the flag of their own uneasy truce. The relationship between Merq and Armise is one of violence, secrecy, and a growing intimacy that could have them both branded as traitors. But there is more at stake than pride or medals in these games. And neither Merq nor Armise may be able to make it out alive before the fires of revolution are set ablaze again.http://www.lybrary.com/one-breath-one-bullet-p-297978.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/one-breath-one-bullet-p-297978.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:32 EDT After spending years defending his country, will Jonathan lose the battle over his heart? When Jonathan Stevens meets Kai Stromwell, it's attraction at first sight, but can a brief sizzle turn into a lasting fire? A series of events leads Jonathan to believe someone is trying to kill Kai. The question is who? With no obvious motives the most he can do is stick close to the handsome man and stay alert. Keeping Kai safe becomes the focus of his life while he fights his own personal demons. Kai Stromwell has worked hard to build up his fortune. Upon meeting Jonathan he wonders if maybe there is more to life than long hours at the office. When attempts on his life become more and more aggressive, he turns to his new love for answers. Depending on someone had never been easy but he would give up his millions if he could spend the rest of his life teasing Jonathan.http://www.lybrary.com/teasing-jonathan-p-297977.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/teasing-jonathan-p-297977.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:29 EDT When Nature Antillean, aka Nate the Crate, poses as a male stripper to arrest a sexy-as-hell fugitive, he has no intention of taking his disguise all the way-until he meets her. Lydia Franklin is more than eager to take her gorgeous strip-o-gram for a wild ride, considering how desperately life on the run sucks. The resulting encounter is explosive, but ends with Lydia handcuffed and Nate honor-bound to take her to jail. The fireworks aren't over yet, however, for Nate discovers he's now a victim of the same setup that got Lydia accused of a crime she didn't commit. With both of them declared fugitives, Nate must work with the woman he swore to bring to justice in order to defeat the plot and reclaim their lives. His hot body and stellar moves give Lydia plenty of motivation for teaming up in more ways than one, but she knows that the criminal he hopes to protect her from is one she must face-alone. A Romantica contemporary erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/natures-bounty-p-297976.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/natures-bounty-p-297976.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:27 EDT Dakota Daniels is an exorcist. Or at least she used to be, until a demon destroyed her life, killing her mother and sending her into hiding. She never knows what's around the next corner or whether she'll live through the night. Brady Knox, billionaire tech guru and media darling, is a man used to getting what he wants. Except when it comes to his sister Sydney. She is the secret he never tells a soul. After all, how do you tell the world your sister has been possessed since she was ten years old without seeming like a lunatic? When Brady seeks out Dakota's assistance, he expects to get it. When she doesn't comply, he's willing to use every resource at his disposal-even if that means seducing her into doing his bidding. Dakota's body yearns for Brady but she isn't easily fooled, and if she decides to help him it will be on her own terms-assuming they can both make it through the night with their souls intact. A Romantica erotic horror romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/demon-within-p-297975.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/demon-within-p-297975.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:25 EDT Book seven in the Werewolf Sentinels series. Carson lost the love of his life four years ago. As a mortal, he'd given Laci his heart. But then he went and screwed it all up. Now she's back in Juneau-and he's a werewolf sentinel. The moment he sees Laci again, his mating urge takes hold and he knows he must have her. In every way possible. To win her back, Carson must prove he's worth more than a thrilling ride in bed. He's worth forever. Laci decided her ex wasn't going to keep her from the city where she'd been born and raised. She's over him, after all. At least she thought so, until he touched her. She doesn't want to risk her heart, but can't resist her sexy ex. As Carson and Laci grow closer, the shifter side of Carson's life is revealed before Laci is ready. And he has to hope their newfound relationship will be enough to help her accept the man he's become. A Romantica paranormal erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/love-on-the-ice-p-297974.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/love-on-the-ice-p-297974.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 02:30:23 EDT The steamy standalone sequel to Dangerously Mine. Kane Epps divides his life into two distinct parts-before the alien invasion and after. Before the invasion, he had a pregnant wife and a high-powered job. After the invasion, he's left with only himself and his hatred for all things alien. He channels his bitterness by captaining a vessel of renegade humans-space pirates who don't think twice about taking what they need. Princess Sa'Mya is on the run. She and a few trusted advisers fled her home planet only to be captured by the sexy, dangerous Captain Epps. He claims to hate aliens but can't seem to resist touching her or kissing her...everywhere. As Kane introduces Sa'Mya to ever-increasing, unimaginable realms of pleasure, the princess becomes determined to earn his trust. She's used to getting what she wants. And this time, what she wants is Kane Epps. Inside Scoop: This space-opera romance contains male/male sex scenes, girl-on-girl action, group sex and some good old-fashioned voyeurism. A Romantica sci-fi erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/dangerously-yours-p-297973.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dangerously-yours-p-297973.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:31:09 EDT Rough Boys, Book 2 Mason is having a hell of a time making it through the workday with temptress Eva working mere feet from him. But if he's going to keep his late father's dream alive and his logging business afloat, he can't be distracted. Eventually, temptation wins out and wherever he takes her-to bed, over a fallen tree or against a wall-his passion for domination rages free. Soon she's wiggled closer to his heart than he ever dreamed possible. As a widow and mother of a young son, Eva struggles to make ends meet. Her job at Dorsey Forestry would be adequate-if she didn't secretly dump half her pay back into the company account in order to make up for her late husband's embezzlement. Her life might be spiraling out of control, but in Mason's bed, she can let go and feel safe. But she can't tell him her secret, let alone the state of her heart. A Romantica contemporary erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/untouched-p-297972.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/untouched-p-297972.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:31:07 EDT Once Julianna had hoped for a wonderful life married to the man she loved. But betrayal, civil war and death intervened and she was forced to let her lover go to save the people of Teran Four. Ten years is a long time, and now she is the dictator's lover and the Voice of Davida-a genetically enhanced tool of the reigning powers. Bud Masterson has escaped the brutal prison of Teran Four and he's back to find the family he'd thought dead, murdered by the dictator who destroyed his life. It's a trap, and Bud finds himself at the mercy of the woman he once loved and who betrayed him. But nothing on Teran Four is what it seems and Julianna and Bud will discover that everything they know about their past and their future is an illusion. As erotic heat flares between them, to save their people and possibly humanity itself, Julianna and Bud will have to find the truth that lies in their dark past. Inside Scoop: This book contains branding, collaring and everything else you'd expect from a sizzling D/s relationship. A Romantica science fiction erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/dark-past-p-297971.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dark-past-p-297971.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:31:04 EDT Hunting is a young man's game and Miho is well suited to it. He is a product of centuries of selective breeding, making him human-plus. He has a reputation for finding his quarry. But he doesn't expect to find an older man at the Tag Board looking for work of his own. Hevik was outlawed and banished from his homeworld, and now lives a solitary life hunting small-time criminals among the planets. A pretty boy with hair as dark as deep space makes him reconsider that lifestyle. As the fates keep throwing them together while they pursue the same bounty, both of them discover depths about themselves, and about their lust and need for each other, that makes chasing their quarry all the more dangerous. Inside Scoop: This highly charged male/male tale of two bounty hunters scorches across galaxies! There are scenes of m/f, f/f, threesomes and moresomes. There is also a very brief rape scene. Don't worry, our heroes get their happy ending! A Romantica gay erotic romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/hearts-bounty-p-297970.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hearts-bounty-p-297970.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:31:02 EDT Blush sensuality level: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic). A beautiful hawk tamer enslaved by Vikings. Ragnar Ulfsson must find his king a concubine. His solution is Isolde, captured while climbing the sea cliffs for falcons. Enslaved in his own way, Ragnar has few qualms about binding another to his lord for the greater good. After all, it is an honor to share the bed of a king. Isolde does not view slavery so complacently. Like a hawk caged, she is frantic to escape. The king's hall is a bubbling stew of political intrigue and Isolde is an essential ingredient in the mix. Her only hope is Ragnar, who captured her but also promises to free her-eventually. But there is something strange about this dark Viking, oddly withdrawn and controlled, and their growing bond will lead her into greater danger still. For Ragnar doesn't touch women. For good reason. A Blush historical romance from Ellora's Cavhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-hawk-enslaved-p-297969.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-hawk-enslaved-p-297969.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:59 EDT Book 6 in the Dancin' With the Devil series. Astra Q. Phelps was stripped of her magic and the experience has understandably changed her life. While she's no longer a slave to the constant sexual demands of her Settling, she's now powerless and emotionally bereft. The über-sexy Dialle, king of the Royal Devils, is also in trouble. He's lost his anchor to the light and dark forces are threatening to pull him under. Through it all, deadly forces battle to keep the two lovers apart, plaguing them with doubts of their future. Is Dialle really the devil she needs? Is Astra the devilish miss he wants? They'll have to decide if their love is worth the risks...or if they'd be better off letting it slip away. A Romantica paranormal erotic romance from Ellora's Cahttp://www.lybrary.com/the-devil-you-need-p-297968.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-devil-you-need-p-297968.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:57 EDT Estep blends the perfect amount of action, romance and comedy. --<i>RT Book Reviews </i><p>I'm Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was--until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.<p>Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I'm fine, that Loki and the Reapers don't have a hold on me anymore, but I can't risk it. I can't risk hurting Gwen again. So I'm leaving Mythos and going somewhere far, far away.<p>I know Gwen wonders what's happening to me, whether I'm safe. I can't tell her, but this is my story. . .<p><b>Praise for the Mythos Academy Series</b><p>"The strongest installment thus far--Estep delivers." --<i>Library Journal </i>on <i>Dark Frost</i><p>"Lots of twists and turns and a surprise ending will leave the reader breathless!" --<i>RT Book Reviews </i>on <i>Kiss of Frost, 4 Stars </i><p><i>"Recommended for fans of Richelle Mead, Rachel Hawkins and P.C. Cast." --<i>NocturneReads</i> </i><p><i>"Ms. Estep's Mythos Academy is sure to appeal to all those who love a good character-driven YA that uses humor, snark, and seriousness to create a world you won't want to leave." --Heroes &Heartbreakers </i><p><i>"It has literally everything: mystery, romance, mythology, boarding schools. What could be better?" --Simply Nerdy Book Reviews on <i>Touch of Frost</i><p>14,767 Wordshttp://www.lybrary.com/spartan-frost-p-297967.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/spartan-frost-p-297967.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:54 EDT <p>'The young bloods did not care whether they killed criminals or civilians . . .'</p><p>The Cartel is Britain's biggest drugs gang, a global corporation employing thousands of criminals and flooding Britain with cocaine and heroin. Yet the established order is under threat: street gangs are overwhelming the old-school Cartel godfathers with a campaign of violence, intimidation and mayhem, heralding a series of events that has had devastating consequences for the whole of society.</p><p>In <i>Young Blood</i>, the explosive follow-up to <i>The Cartel</i>, bestselling true-crime author Graham Johnson reveals how the brutal assassination of drug baron Colin 'King Cocaine' Smith in 2007 by a group of young bucks triggered the rise of the foot soldier, and exposes the bitter struggle that has spread throughout Europe as various factions battle to seize control of the most lucrative crime syndicate in British history.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/young-blood-the-inside-story-of-how-street-gangs-hijacked-britains-biggest-drugs-cartel-p-297966.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/young-blood-the-inside-story-of-how-street-gangs-hijacked-britains-biggest-drugs-cartel-p-297966.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:51 EDT <b>His Victims...<br></b><br>A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive-and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear...<p><b>Will Take His Secrets...</b></p><p>To journalist Nikki Gillette, this disturbing story is a ticket out of small-town Savannah and on to the big time. She's already given the killer a nickname-The Grave Robber-and she's spending every minute dogging tough cop Pierce Reed's investigation, trailing him through Savannah's deep thickets and crumbling cemeteries...even though she's starting to wonder about the secrets he's keeping...<p><b>To The Grave</b><p>Another body is found. And another. Each gruesome discovery unnerves Nikki a little more...there's something familiar about it, something she should know. Now, as a serial killer pulls her ever deeper into his sick game, she has no idea how close she's getting to the truth-or how deadly it will be...<p><b>Includes an excerpt of Lisa Jackson's newest novel, Tell Me!</b>http://www.lybrary.com/the-morning-after-p-297965.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-morning-after-p-297965.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:49 EDT There's something about a high school reunion that brings out the worst insecurities in a person.http://www.lybrary.com/pretty-is-as-pretty-does-class-reunion-series-1-p-297964.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/pretty-is-as-pretty-does-class-reunion-series-1-p-297964.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:46 EDT Considerations for everyday life - and everyday livinghttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-grace-how-to-find-god-in-the-everyday-p-297963.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-grace-how-to-find-god-in-the-everyday-p-297963.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:44 EDT Small actions can change a life and inspire us to engage more fully in our own spiritual journey.http://www.lybrary.com/finding-god-in-a-bag-of-groceries-seeking-food-discovering-grace-p-297962.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/finding-god-in-a-bag-of-groceries-seeking-food-discovering-grace-p-297962.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:42 EDT <p><i>Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a tennis star? </i></p><p><i></i></p><p>This is Andy Murray's story - from the first time he picked up a tennis racquet, to his Grand Slam win at the US Open.</p><p>Did you know that Andy was approached by a major football club? Or that he used to play doubles with Novak Djokovic? Follow the Scot's rise to stardom in this brand-new biography of one of tennis's brightest talents.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/andy-murray-tennis-ace-p-297961.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/andy-murray-tennis-ace-p-297961.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:39 EDT <p>How would YOU feel if you woke up and found another head growing out of YOUR neck? What's more it's a living, breathing, TALKING head, with a rude, sharp tongue and an evil sense of humour. It knows all your darkest thoughts and it's not afraid to say what it thinks. To ANYBODY.</p><p>That's exactly what happens to eleven-year-old Richard Westlake. Prepare to be stunned.</p><p>Part thriller, part horror, part comedy - this is one of the most riveting novels about fear and friendship that you will ever read, straight out of the astonishing storytelling HEAD of Andy Mulligan(author of the amazing <i>Trash</i>) direct to your very own BRAIN.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-boy-with-two-heads-p-297960.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-boy-with-two-heads-p-297960.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:37 EDT Life in a city can be atomizing, isolating. And it certainly is for William G. and Neaera H., the strangers at the center of Russell Hoban's surprisingly heartwarming novel <i>Turtle Diary</i>. William, a clerk at a used-book store, lives in a rooming house after a divorce that has left him without home or family. Neaera is a successful writer of children's books, who, in her own estimation, "looks like the sort of spinster who doesn't keep cats and is not a vegetarian. Looks…like a man's woman who hasn't got a man." Entirely unknown to each other, they are both drawn to the turtle tank at the London zoo with "minds full of turtle thoughts," wondering how the turtles might be freed. And then comes the day when Neaera walks into William's bookstore, and together they form an unlikely partnership to make what seemed a crazy dream become a reality.http://www.lybrary.com/turtle-diary-p-297959.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/turtle-diary-p-297959.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:35 EDT <p><strong>A major new collection of modern commentary- from scholars, historians, and Civil War buffs-on the significant events of the Civil War, culled from <i>The New York Times'</i> popular <i>Disunion</i> on-line journal </strong><br /><br />Since its debut on November 6, 2010, Disunion, <i>The New York Times'</i> acclaimed journal about the Civil War, has published hundreds of original articles and won multiple awards, including "Best History Website" from the New Media Institute and the History News Network. Following the chronology of the secession crisis and the Civil War, the contributors to <i>Disunion</i>, who include modern scholars, journalists, historians, and Civil War buffs, offer ongoing daily commentary and assessment of the Civil War as it unfolded.<br /><br />Now, for the first time, this fascinating and historically significant commentary has been gathered together and organized in one volume. In <i>The New York Times: Disunion</i>, historian Ted Widmer, has selected more than 100 articles that cover events beginning with Lincoln's presidential victory through the Emancipation Proclamation. Topics include everything from Walt Whitman's wartime diary to the bloody guerrilla campaigns in Missouri and Kansas. Esteemed contributors include William Freehling, Adam Goodheart, and Edward Ayers, among others.<br /><br />The book also compiles new essays that have not been published on the <i>Disunion</i> site by contributors and well-known historians such as David Blight, Gary Gallagher, and Drew Gilpin Faust. Topics include the perspective of African-American slaves and freed men on the war, the secession crisis in the Upper South, the war in the West (that is, past the Appalachians), the war in Texas, the international context, and Civil War-era cartography. Portraits, contemporary etchings, and detailed maps round out the book.<br /><br /> **This electronic edition includes 15 additional articles, more than 70 new photos, and downloadable audio recordings.**</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-york-times-disunion-modern-historians-revisit-and-reconsider-the-civil-war-from-lincolns-election-to-the-emancipation-p-297958.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-york-times-disunion-modern-historians-revisit-and-reconsider-the-civil-war-from-lincolns-election-to-the-emancipation-p-297958.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:32 EDT <p><b>GRACE </b>and her mates hate late lunches and being last in the canteen queue. They always get stuck with the rank leftovers. But then they think of a <i>wicked</i> plan . . .</p><p><b>DEAN</b> is always up for making some extra cash. When he gets his hands on a sweet stash of mobile phones and games, he knows he's going to make millions. Unless school bully Jason makes trouble instead . . .</p><p>Two hilarious stories from the Devana High gang.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/trouble-p-297957.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/trouble-p-297957.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:30 EDT <p>For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years ago. Some pterosaurs, such as the giant azhdarchids, were the largest flying animals of all time, with wingspans exceeding thirty feet and standing heights comparable to modern giraffes. This richly illustrated book takes an unprecedented look at these astonishing creatures, presenting the latest findings on their anatomy, ecology, and extinction.</p><p><i>Pterosaurs</i> features some 200 stunning illustrations, including original paintings by Mark Witton and photos of rarely seen fossils. After decades of mystery, paleontologists have finally begun to understand how pterosaurs are related to other reptiles, how they functioned as living animals, and, despite dwarfing all other flying animals, how they managed to become airborne. Here you can explore the fossil evidence of pterosaur behavior and ecology, learn about the skeletal and soft-tissue anatomy of pterosaurs, and consider the newest theories about their cryptic origins. This one-of-a-kind book covers the discovery history, paleobiogeography, anatomy, and behaviors of more than 130 species of pterosaur, and also discusses their demise at the end of the Mesozoic.</p><ul><li>The most comprehensive book on pterosaurs ever published </li><li>Features some 200 illustrations, including original paintings by the author </li><li>Covers every known species and major group of pterosaurs </li><li>Describes pterosaur anatomy, ecology, behaviors, diversity, and more </li><li>Encourages further study with 500 references to primary pterosaur literature</li></ul>http://www.lybrary.com/pterosaurs-natural-history-evolution-anatomy-p-297956.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/pterosaurs-natural-history-evolution-anatomy-p-297956.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:27 EDT <p>An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend.</p>In her compelling and intimate portrait, presidential historian Barbara A. Perry captures Rose Kennedy's essential contributions to the incomparable Kennedy dynasty. This biography-the first to draw on an invaluable cache of Rose's newly released diaries and letters-unearths the complexities behind the impeccable persona she showed the world. The woman who emerges in these pages is a fascinating character: savvy about her family's reputation and resilient enough to persevere through the unfathomable tragedies that befell her. As a young woman, she defied her father, Boston mayor John Fitzgerald, by marrying ambitious businessman Joseph Kennedy. During Joe's diplomatic career, she began carefully calibrating her family's image, stage-managing photo shoots and interviews of her nine children and herself. After husband Joe's isolationist views on the eve of World War II made him a political liability, Rose took to the campaign trail for son Jack. Her perfectionism, initially a response to the strictures imposed on Catholic women, ultimately created a family portrait that resonated in modern politics and media.<p>Perry's account looks past the fanfare, poignantly revealing the matriarch's vulnerability. Rose sought solace from crushing personal tragedies and a philandering husband in prayer, habitual shopping, travel, and medication. Initially ashamed and afraid of daughter Rosemary's mental disability, Rose ultimately shined a light on the affliction, raising millions of dollars for disabled children. An indefatigable campaigner for Jack, Bobby, and Teddy, she had an unshakable Catholic faith that informed their compassionate social policies and her daughters' philanthropies.</p><p>The definitive biography, <i>Rose Kennedy</i> provides unequaled access to the life of a remarkable woman who witnessed a century of history and masked her family's more inconvenient truths while capturing the American imagination.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/rose-kennedy-the-life-and-times-of-a-political-matriarch-p-297955.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rose-kennedy-the-life-and-times-of-a-political-matriarch-p-297955.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:24 EDT <p><b>A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life.</b></p><p>In this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N.D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Every second we create more of our past-more decisions, more breathing, more love and more loathing, all of it slides by into the <i>gone</i> as we race to grab at more moments, at more memories made and already fading.</p><p>We are all authors, creators of our own pasts, of the books that will be our lives. We stare at the future or obsess about the present, but only the past has been set in stone, and we are the ones setting it. When we race across the wet concrete of time without purpose, without goals, without laughter and love and sacrifice, then we fail in our mortal moment. We race toward our inevitable ends without artistry and without beauty. <br></p><p>All of us must pause and breathe. See the past, see your life as the fruit of providence and thousands of personal narratives. What led to you? You did not choose where to set your feet in time. You choose where to set them next.</p>Then, we must see the future, not just to stare into the fog of distant years but to see the crystal choices as they race toward us in this sharp foreground we call the present. We stand in the <i>now.</i>  God says create. Live. Choose. Shape the past. Etch your life in stone, and what you make will be forever.http://www.lybrary.com/death-by-living-life-is-meant-to-be-spent-p-297954.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/death-by-living-life-is-meant-to-be-spent-p-297954.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 01:30:21 EDT One of the aims of the conference on which this book is based, was to provide a platform for the exchange of recent findings and new ideas inspired by the so-called <i>Hungarian construction</i> and other approximate methodologies. This volume of 55 papers is dedicated to Miklós Csörgő a co-founder of the <i>Hungarian construction school</i> by the invited speakers and contributors to ICAMPS'97. <br>This excellent treatize reflects the many developments in this field, while pointing to new directions to be explored. An unequalled contribution to research in probability and statistics.http://www.lybrary.com/asymptotic-methods-in-probability-and-statistics-a-volume-in-honour-of-mikloacute-s-csouml-rgodblac-p-297953.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/asymptotic-methods-in-probability-and-statistics-a-volume-in-honour-of-mikloacute-s-csouml-rgodblac-p-297953.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:35:03 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/among-the-kings-soldiers-p-297952.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/among-the-kings-soldiers-p-297952.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:35:01 EDT An ideal gift book for leaders, features 30 heartfelt prayers, insightful reflections, and Scripture.http://www.lybrary.com/leadership-prayers-p-297951.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/leadership-prayers-p-297951.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:58 EDT <b>The Human Genome: A User's Guide</b> provides a concise discussion of contemporary and relevant topics in human genetics. It begins coverage of the fundamental concepts of genetics and heredity, then illustrates these concepts as they relate to the development of human sexual differentiation and sexuality. The book describes the role of the X and Y chromosomes, the role of hormone-controlled differential gene expression in sex determination, and the role of genetics in sexual orientation and sex-role development. <b>The Human Genome</b> discusses the interface between science and society, covering the basic intellectual processes that underlie genetic analysis and gene therapy. It also looks at the use of cloning techniques to search for genes responsible for such human disease states as cystic fibrosis, cancer, AIDS, and mental illness. Written in an inviting and engaging style, <b>The Human Genome</b> meets the interests and answers the questions of today's students.<p>Key Features:<br>* Offers a concise discussion of contemporary human genetics and relevant topics<br>* Accessible to the reader with no formal science background<br>* Reviews the fundamental principles that underlie genetic analysis, prenatal diagnosis, and gene therapy<br>* Makes use of the most up-to-date information on the genetic aspects of AIDS, sexual orientation, and gender research<br>* Includes a controversial discussion of gene therapy and the "old" and "new" eugenics <br>* Presents stories of real and fictional people, bringing the concepts of human inheritance "to life"<br>* Appropriate as supplemental or recommended reading for courses on human genetics and reproductive biology for majors as well as on genetics for non-majors or sexuality and human development for psychology studentshttp://www.lybrary.com/the-human-genome-a-users-guide-p-297950.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-human-genome-a-users-guide-p-297950.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:56 EDT One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate probing of the nature of human suffering. Plays for Performance Series.http://www.lybrary.com/antigone-in-a-new-translation-by-nicholas-rudall-p-297949.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/antigone-in-a-new-translation-by-nicholas-rudall-p-297949.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:54 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/imperial-russia-p-297948.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/imperial-russia-p-297948.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:52 EDT 101 More Illustrated Crossword Puzzles includes 10 reproducible units, 9 of which focus on a thematic approach. The tenth unit is made up of combinations of words from the first nine units. The 10 units are: Opposites, Outer Space, Safety, Sea Creatures, Taking A Trip, In the City, Insects, Musical Instruments, Health Care and Unit Ten includes 11 twenty-four word crossword puzzles made up of words from the first nine units. Each unit focuses on the study of 30 thematically linked vocabulary words. There is a complete answer key.http://www.lybrary.com/101-more-illustrated-crossword-puzzles-p-297947.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/101-more-illustrated-crossword-puzzles-p-297947.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:49 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/dialogues-of-plato-volume-4-platos-parmenides-revised-edition-p-297946.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dialogues-of-plato-volume-4-platos-parmenides-revised-edition-p-297946.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:47 EDT An informed and viciously satirical look at the Ontario Tories, who've polarized public opinion unlike any other government in the province's history. Three years into Ontario's Common Sense Revolution, hospitals and schools are closing by the hundreds; thousands of nurses and teachers and other workers are jobless; schools are in chaos; pregnant welfare mothers have lost their nutrition allowance because the Premier thinks they'll spend it on beer; Toronto the megacity is collapsing under the weight of its own amalgamated administration; the Premier's last cultural experience was Mr. Silly; the rich are getting larger tax cuts while the province won't spring to bury the homeless; and welfare recipients deserve to be fingerprinted, but motorists running red lights shouldn't have their pictures taken because it would violate their privacy. What can you do but laugh? That's the approach taken by Linwood Barclay, who's been skewering the current occupiers of Queen's Park in his Toronto Star column since they took office.http://www.lybrary.com/mike-harris-made-me-eat-my-dog-p-297945.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mike-harris-made-me-eat-my-dog-p-297945.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:45 EDT Offers insights on currently-used concrete formwork structures, from classification, system components and materials' properties to selection and construction requirements and procedures, while considering product quality, labour, safety and economic factors throughout. The text details hand-set, crane-dependent and crane-independent systems.http://www.lybrary.com/concrete-formwork-systems-p-297944.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/concrete-formwork-systems-p-297944.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:43 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/models-of-cognitive-development-p-297943.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/models-of-cognitive-development-p-297943.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:41 EDT Designed for use by teachers and teachers educators, "Beyond Nostalgia" will help both novice and experienced teachers reinterpret their working lives. The reader is led on a path of personal exploration that goes beyond standard approaches and leads from the personal to the critical. Illustrative material is drawn from all levels, from kindergarten to high school, to illuminate issues fundamental to teachers' lives.http://www.lybrary.com/reinventing-ourselves-as-teachers-p-297942.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reinventing-ourselves-as-teachers-p-297942.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:39 EDT This book gives an analytical overview of schools of thought on European integration which offer useful insights into EU social politics. It finds that the EU social policy-making environment has become increasingly corporatist in the 1990s. It closely examines actual developments since the Maastricht Treaty came into force in 1993.http://www.lybrary.com/eu-social-policy-in-the-1990s-p-297941.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/eu-social-policy-in-the-1990s-p-297941.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/secretory-systems-and-toxins-p-297940.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/secretory-systems-and-toxins-p-297940.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:34 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/visual-information-for-everyday-use-p-297939.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/visual-information-for-everyday-use-p-297939.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:32 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-inner-world-of-teaching-p-297938.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-inner-world-of-teaching-p-297938.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:30 EDT This study addresses the central areas of debate on the constitutional choices facing the EU, and the issues of political principle they raise. It considers political legitimacy, decision making and reforms, and citizen rights.http://www.lybrary.com/political-theory-and-the-european-union-p-297937.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/political-theory-and-the-european-union-p-297937.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:28 EDT This newly revised third edition provides an informed and balanced analysis of Suharto's New Order from its inception to the emergence of B.J. Habibie as President. The author reassesses the New Order's origins and its military roots and evaluates the considerable economic changes that have taken place since the 1960s. He examines Suharto's politics and, in a new chapter, the reasons behind the crisis and Suharto's fall.http://www.lybrary.com/indonesian-politics-under-suharto-p-297936.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/indonesian-politics-under-suharto-p-297936.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:26 EDT In this collection of interrogatory essays, Francis Duffy argues that the success of the architectural profession in post-war Britain is directly related to its stewardship of the intellectual property that he calls "architectural knowledge." The backdrop to this debate is the author's term of presidency of the RIBA between 1993 and 1995.http://www.lybrary.com/architectural-knowledge-p-297935.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/architectural-knowledge-p-297935.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:23 EDT Written in a non-technical way, this volume uses a principal-agent framework to provide a contemporary, global analysis of the practice of contracting relations. It draws on case studies to provide valuable insights into current UK venture capital practice.http://www.lybrary.com/venture-capital-investment-p-297934.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/venture-capital-investment-p-297934.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:21 EDT Kimie Hara explores the problems underlying foreign policy decision-making between Japan and Russia since 1945, including the infamous 'Northern Territories dispute'.http://www.lybrary.com/japanesesovietrussian-relations-since-1945-p-297933.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/japanesesovietrussian-relations-since-1945-p-297933.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:18 EDT Laboratory work has been part of science education for just over 100 years and is accepted as an essential and exciting element of the discipline. This book attempts to reflect on the value and purpose of practical laboratory work for the scientific curriculum. The chapters aim to examine how practical work is perceived by students and teachers; whether we will move on to the "virtual lab"; and what role experimentation plays in current educational practice.http://www.lybrary.com/practical-work-in-school-science-p-297932.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-work-in-school-science-p-297932.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:16 EDT This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations.<BR>The essays in this volume are concerned primarily with British, American and Australian sporting traditions and the themes covered include the consolidation of ethnic identity in host societies through participant immigrant sports and exclusive sporting organizations, assimilation into "host" societies through participation in indigenous, national sports, and the construction by outsiders of separate ethnic identities according to sporting criteria.http://www.lybrary.com/sporting-nationalisms-p-297931.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sporting-nationalisms-p-297931.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:13 EDT "Brain Mystique Light and Dark" bridges the gap between neuroscience, brain evolution and consciousness by examining scientific models of how the brain becomes conscious. The book argues that the spiritual dimension of life is compatible with scientific naturalism. Not bound by conventional stereotypes, Charles Don Keyes safeguards the unity of brain/mind, synthesized from a wide range of sources, reinterprets the triune brain concept and self-reference models of consciousness.http://www.lybrary.com/brain-mystery-light-and-dark-p-297930.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/brain-mystery-light-and-dark-p-297930.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:10 EDT This book presents a critical exposition of food systems theory and analyses the existing approaches to food consumption. Subjects discussed include the impact of the EU, lack of policy in the UK and resolving the diet paradox.http://www.lybrary.com/political-economy-of-diet-health-and-food-policy-p-297929.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/political-economy-of-diet-health-and-food-policy-p-297929.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:07 EDT At a time when the morality of government intervention into problems of individual housing is being hotly debated, this book links political theory and housing, and integrates both policy and economic approaches.http://www.lybrary.com/housing-individuals-and-the-state-p-297928.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/housing-individuals-and-the-state-p-297928.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:05 EDT Seeking to reinstate the importance of knowledge, truth and curriculum in contemporary intellectual debate, this book fills a major gap in the literature and greatly advances an exciting area of research.http://www.lybrary.com/education-knowledge-and-truth-p-297927.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/education-knowledge-and-truth-p-297927.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:02 EDT "Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls" explores the evidence about the different uses of time-measurement in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts. James C. VanderKam examines the pertinent texts, their sources and the different uses to which people put calendrical information in the Christian world. He argues that the scrolls indicate that a dispute about the correct calendar for dating festivals was one of the principal reasons for the separation of the authors of the scrolls from Jewish society.http://www.lybrary.com/calendars-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-p-297926.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/calendars-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-p-297926.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:34:00 EDT "Social Policy in a Changing Society" provides a clear introduction to social policy by building a link between theory and policy. It considers a range of interpretations of changes in society, politics and the economy, and assesses their implications for social welfare. The first part of the book considers conventional models, including Keynesian thought, Marxism, liberalism, conservatism, social democracy and socialism. The second part turns to new paradigms, including communitarianism, post-fordism, globalization, postmodernity, the risk society, critical theory, Foucauldian thought and patriarchy. In the third part, the authors review debates on social, economic and political change. The approach is mainly theoretical, with material drawn from sociology, political theory, economics and public and social administration. This will be essential reading for those studying social policy and sociology.http://www.lybrary.com/social-policy-in-a-changing-society-p-297925.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-policy-in-a-changing-society-p-297925.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:57 EDT Following a wave of de-industrialization and cutbacks in public spending, American downtowns are reinventing themselves in the image of Disneyland and Las Vegas. "Fantasy City" looks at the changing face of the city and what it means for its citizens and for the future of urban development. <BR>America's central cities more and more begin to resemble theme parks. While this appears to have brought a new energy and hope to the urban landscape, it has yet to deliver an economic miracle to the surrounding residents and merchants. Local communities struggle to maintain their distinctiveness even as they embrace the commercial fantasies offered by global entertainment companies. John A. Hannigan shows how the growth of the fantasy city reflects an ongoing search for risk-free mass entertainment by middle-class consumers. <BR>By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues, including casinos, malls, heritage developments and theme parks, Hannigan traces the rise of urban entertainment at the beginning of this century, its decline after World War II to its surprising renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s. He offers provocative insights into urban development from structuralist, cultural and constructionist perspectives. By drawing on extensive material from business, cultural studies and urban planning, he shows that the growth of the fantasy city signals not only the arrival of a new urban space, but also the eventual destruction of the "inner city."http://www.lybrary.com/fantasy-city-p-297924.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fantasy-city-p-297924.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:55 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/development-of-schoolbased-literacy-p-297923.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/development-of-schoolbased-literacy-p-297923.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:53 EDT Bringing together some of the leading commentators on the two regions, this book explores many of the key issues which have informed Europe's relationship with the Middle East from its colonial legacies to an uncertain economic future. It finds that Europe has been increasingly influential throughout the region through its economic strategies, although it is still severely limited in influencing security.http://www.lybrary.com/middle-east-and-europe-p-297922.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/middle-east-and-europe-p-297922.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:50 EDT This timely and topical book explores whether there is a place for ethics in the field of health care management and, if so, what this place is. Bringing together diverse views and including three international case studies, "Ethics and Values in Health Care" "Management" presents the debate between those who think that ethics should occupy a central place in health care management and those who deny that constructing an ethic for health care managers is a feasible project. Among the topics discussed are health care rationing, an analysis of how managers can be preoccupied with the goals of management and the values of doctors simultaneously, an outline of potential guidelines towards formulating a cohesion of health care management and ethical management, and a reassessment of the role of health care professionals. "Ethics" "and Values in Health Care Management" provides a much-needed analysis of subject and offers solutions towards improving health care organizations.http://www.lybrary.com/ethics-and-values-in-healthcare-management-p-297921.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ethics-and-values-in-healthcare-management-p-297921.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:48 EDT <p>Examining visual, musical and literary works from the late Tudor period to the First World War, <i>Mary Queen of Scots</i> traces a nation's long romance with the queen it once rejected.<br>Considering both mainstream works (from Edmund Spenser to Sir Walter Scott) and the attachments to Mary that have been formed and sustained by certain subaltern groups, particularly women, Jayne Lewis separates Mary's life from the myth that formed about her and shows how her prevailing image as a sexualized mother has made her a complicated object of political and personal desire. Lewis demonstrates how this desire emerged at a formative moment in the history of modern Britain, and, over time, subliminally shaped that very history.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/mary-queen-of-scots-p-297920.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mary-queen-of-scots-p-297920.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:46 EDT A companion volume to "In the Realm of Organization," this book explores in detail the intricate relationships that exist between technology, representation and organization from a diversity of perspectives, relocating the study of organization in wider social theory.http://www.lybrary.com/organized-worlds-p-297919.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/organized-worlds-p-297919.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:43 EDT Over the past thirty years Theatre du Soleil has become one of the most celebrated theater companies in Europe, and Ariadne Mnouchkine one of its best-known directors."Collaborative Theatre" is the first in-depth source book on the performance troupe, renowned as widely for its cutting edge theatrical production as its collectivist practices and ideals. Here critical and historical essays by theater critics from around the world are combined with essays by and interviews with members of Theatre du Soleil, past and present, to address the meaning of theater through examining five key plays by the company.http://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-theatre-p-297918.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-theatre-p-297918.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:41 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/affirmative-action-and-black-entrepreneurship-p-297917.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/affirmative-action-and-black-entrepreneurship-p-297917.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:39 EDT This book represents a much-needed analytical survey of current theories of nationalism by one of the leading authorities in the field. It contextualizes the new insights into nationalism and its relationship with states and state-building on one hand, and ethnicity and ethnic revival on the other. Anthony Smith assesses the contributions of key figures in the field. Given the extent of nationalist and ethnic phenomena and the diversity of approaches which have been put forward, Smith's accessible account will prove an indispensable guide.http://www.lybrary.com/nationalism-and-modernism-p-297916.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/nationalism-and-modernism-p-297916.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:37 EDT <p><i>The English Novel in History 1700-1780</i> traces the social and moral representations of the period in extended readings of the major novelists (Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Burney and Sterne), as well as evaluating the importance of lesser known ones. John Richetti traces the shifting subject matter of the novel, discussing: scandalous and amatory fictions by Behn, Manley and Eliza Haywood; criminal narratives of the early part of the century by Defoe; the more disciplined, realistic, and didactic strain that appears in the 1740's and 1750's; novels promoting new ideas about the nature of domestic life; novels by women and how they relate to the shift of subject matter, by writers such as Haywood, Sarah Scott and Frances Sheridan. This original and useful book revises traditional literary history by considering novels from those years in the context of the transformation of Britain in the eighteenth century.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-english-novel-in-history-17001780-p-297915.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-english-novel-in-history-17001780-p-297915.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:35 EDT Helps parents recognize the often subtle causes of alienation and teaches them how to prevent or minimize its damaging effects.http://www.lybrary.com/divorce-casualties-protecting-your-children-from-parental-alienation-p-297914.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/divorce-casualties-protecting-your-children-from-parental-alienation-p-297914.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:33 EDT The disturbance of soils, like other phenomena of environmental pollution, encountered in so many areas all over the world, has become a subject of extensive concern and has led to a vast amount of literature in the field of enzymology, too. <br>The book is the first comprehensive and updated review of the enzymological literature on three great categories of disturbed soils, including their remediation. The volume consists of three sections: I. Enzymology of oil-contaminated soils; II. Enzymology of soils affected by industrial emissions; and III, enzymology of technogenic soils. Within each section the reviewed studies are grouped by country. <br>The volume will be of great value to soil scientists, environmental scientists, conservationists, and many other scientists in these and related fields.http://www.lybrary.com/enzymology-of-disturbed-soils-p-297913.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/enzymology-of-disturbed-soils-p-297913.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:29 EDT The aim of this volume is to review reading research and merge it with instructional and curricular basics so that diverse learners can become successful readers.http://www.lybrary.com/what-reading-research-tells-us-about-children-with-diverse-learning-needs-bases-and-basics-p-297912.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/what-reading-research-tells-us-about-children-with-diverse-learning-needs-bases-and-basics-p-297912.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:27 EDT String Theory comprises two volumes which provide a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 2 begins with an introduction to supersymmetric string theories and presents the important advances of recent years. The first three chapters introduce the type I, type II, and heterototic superstring theories and their interactions. The next two chapters present important recent discoveries about strongly coupled strings, beginning with a detailed treatment of D-branes and their dynamics, and covering string duality, M-theory, and black hole entropy. The final chapters are concerned with four-dimensional string theories, showing how some of the simplest string models connect with previous ideas for unifying the Standard Model. They collect many important results on world-sheet and spacetime symmetries. An appendix summarizes the necessary background on fermions and supersymmetry. An essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.http://www.lybrary.com/string-theory-v2-p-297911.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/string-theory-v2-p-297911.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:24 EDT String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1 provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed treatments of the tree level and one loop amplitudes. Chapter eight covers toroidal compactification and many important aspects of string physics, such as T-duality and D-branes. Chapter nine treats higher-order amplitudes, including an analysis of their finiteness and unitarity, and various nonperturbative ideas. An appendix giving a short course on path integral methods is included. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.http://www.lybrary.com/string-theory-v1-p-297910.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/string-theory-v1-p-297910.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:21 EDT The whole field of ligand coupling has only emerged in the last decade as a basis for new synthetic transformations. As Professor Finet shows in this comprehensive survey, the recent clarification of reaction mechanisms of ligand coupling process around heteroatom centres, now provides an understanding of these reactions which are certain to permit their application in organic synthesis, thereby achieving transformations which are quite difficult to achieve by other methods. This book provides in a thorough and scholarly way, a balanced coverage of the whole field.http://www.lybrary.com/ligand-coupling-reactions-with-heteroatomic-compounds-p-297909.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ligand-coupling-reactions-with-heteroatomic-compounds-p-297909.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:19 EDT Many of us feel called to respond to the ecological destruction of our planet, yet we feel overwhelmed, immobilized, and unable to deal realistically with the threats to life on Earth. Noted spiritual and environmental thinkers Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown contend that this crippling response to world crisis is a psychological defense mechanism that has been endemic since the years of the Cold War arms race, when we had to adapt within a single generation to the horrific possibility of nuclear holocaust. Since its publication in 1983, Joanna Macy's book, Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age has sold nearly 30,000 copies and has been the primary resource for groups of men and women confronting the challenging realities of our time without succumbing to paralysis or panic. Coming Back to Life provides a much needed update and expansion of this pioneering work. At the interface between spiritual breakthrough and social action, Coming Back to Life is eloquent and compelling as well as being an inspiring and practical guide. The first third of the book discusses with extraordinary insight the angst of our era, and the pain, fear, guilt and inaction it has engendered; it then points forward to the way out of apathy, tio "the work that reconnects". The rest of the book offers both personal counsel and easy-to-use methods for working with groups in a number of ways to profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world.http://www.lybrary.com/coming-back-to-life-practices-to-reconnect-our-lives-our-world-p-297908.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/coming-back-to-life-practices-to-reconnect-our-lives-our-world-p-297908.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:17 EDT Designed for students who've learned the basic Tai Chi form, this book tells how to reach the next level of practice, gain a better understanding of the art, and achieve remarkable vitality.http://www.lybrary.com/the-tai-chi-book-refining-and-enjoying-a-lifetime-of-practice-p-297907.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-tai-chi-book-refining-and-enjoying-a-lifetime-of-practice-p-297907.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:14 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/communicating-gender-p-297906.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/communicating-gender-p-297906.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:12 EDT Quantum mechanics can describe the detailed structure and behavior of matter, from electrons, atoms, and molecules, to the whole universe. It is one of the fields of knowledge that yield extraordinary precessions, limited only by the computational resources available. Among these methods is density functional theory (DFT), which permits one to solve the equations of quantum mechanics more efficiently than with any related method.<br>The present volume represents the most comprehensive summary currently available in density functional theory and its applications in chemistry from atomic physics to molecular dynamics. DFT is currently being used by more than fifty percent of computational chemists.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-density-functional-theory-p-297905.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-density-functional-theory-p-297905.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 00:33:10 EDT Advances in Microbial Physiologyhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-microbial-physiology-p-297904.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-microbial-physiology-p-297904.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:52 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/applied-child-study-a-developmental-approach-p-297903.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/applied-child-study-a-developmental-approach-p-297903.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:50 EDT This series provides a venue for longer reviews of current advances in geophysics. Written at a level accessible to graduate students, the articles serve to broaden knowledge of various fields and may be useful in courses and seminars. Volume 39 includes two articles detailing aspects of tsunamigenic earthquakes and their consequences.http://www.lybrary.com/tsunamigenic-earthquakes-and-their-consequences-p-297902.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tsunamigenic-earthquakes-and-their-consequences-p-297902.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:48 EDT The once arid valleys and isolated coastal plains of California are today the center of fruit production in the United States. Steven Stoll explains how a class of capitalist farmers made California the nation's leading producer of fruit and created the first industrial countryside in America. This brilliant portrayal of California from 1880 to 1930 traces the origins, evolution, and implications of the fruit industry while providing a window through which to view the entire history of California. Stoll shows how California growers assembled chemicals, corporations, and political influence to bring the most perishable products from the most distant state to the great urban markets of North America. But what began as a compromise between a beneficent environment and intensive cultivation ultimately became threatening to the soil and exploitative of the people who worked it. Invoking history, economics, sociology, agriculture, and environmental studies, Stoll traces the often tragic repercussions of fruit farming and shows how central this story is to the development of the industrial countryside in the twentieth century.http://www.lybrary.com/the-fruits-of-natural-advantage-making-the-industrial-countryside-in-california-p-297901.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-fruits-of-natural-advantage-making-the-industrial-countryside-in-california-p-297901.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:46 EDT This book provides a detailed introduction to the ergodic theory of equilibrium states giving equal weight to two of its most important applications, namely to equilibrium statistical mechanics on lattices and to (time discrete) dynamical systems. It starts with a chapter on equilibrium states on finite probability spaces which introduces the main examples for the theory on an elementary level. After two chapters on abstract ergodic theory and entropy, equilibrium states and variational principles on compact metric spaces are introduced emphasizing their convex geometric interpretation. Stationary Gibbs measures, large deviations, the Ising model with external field, Markov measures, Sinai-Bowen-Ruelle measures for interval maps and dimension maximal measures for iterated function systems are the topics to which the general theory is applied in the last part of the book. The text is self contained except for some measure theoretic prerequisites which are listed (with references to the literature) in an appendix.http://www.lybrary.com/equilibrium-states-in-ergodic-theory-p-297900.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/equilibrium-states-in-ergodic-theory-p-297900.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:19 EDT The study of stable groups connects model theory, algebraic geometry and group theory. It analyses groups which possess a certain very general dependence relation (Shelah's notion of 'forking'), and tries to derive structural properties from this. These may be group-theoretic (nilpotency or solubility of a given group), algebro-geometric (identification of a group as an algebraic group), or model-theoretic (description of the definable sets). In this book, the general theory of stable groups is developed from the beginning (including a chapter on preliminaries in group theory and model theory), concentrating on the model- and group-theoretic aspects. It brings together the various extensions of the original finite rank theory under a unified perspective and provides a coherent exposition of the knowledge in the field.http://www.lybrary.com/stable-groups-p-297899.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/stable-groups-p-297899.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:33:00 EDT The first of two companion volumes on anabelian algebraic geometry, this book contains the famous, but hitherto unpublished manuscript 'Esquisse d'un Programme' (Sketch of a Program) by Alexander Grothendieck. This work, written in 1984, fourteen years after his retirement from public life in mathematics, together with the closely connected letter to Gerd Faltings, dating from 1983 and also published for the first time in this volume, describe a powerful program of future mathematics, unifying aspects of geometry and arithmetic via the central point of moduli spaces of curves; it is written in an artistic and informal style. The book also contains several articles on subjects directly related to the ideas explored in the manuscripts; these are surveys of mathematics due to Grothendieck, explanations of points raised in the Esquisse, and surveys on progress in the domains described there.http://www.lybrary.com/geometric-galois-actions-p-297898.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/geometric-galois-actions-p-297898.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:32:54 EDT The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to combinatorial group theory. Any reader who has completed first courses in linear algebra, group theory and ring theory will find this book accessible. The emphasis is on computational techniques but rigorous proofs of all theorems are supplied. This new edition has been revised throughout, including new exercises and an additional chapter on proving that certain groups are infinite.http://www.lybrary.com/presentations-of-groups-p-297897.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/presentations-of-groups-p-297897.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:32:43 EDT Harmonic maps are generalisations of the concept of geodesics. They encompass many fundamental examples in differential geometry and have recently become of widespread use in many areas of mathematics and mathematical physics. This is an accessible introduction to some of the fundamental connections between differential geometry, Lie groups, and integrable Hamiltonian systems. The specific goal of the book is to show how the theory of loop groups can be used to study harmonic maps. By concentrating on the main ideas and examples, the author leads up to topics of current research. The book is suitable for students who are beginning to study manifolds and Lie groups, and should be of interest both to mathematicians and to theoretical physicists.http://www.lybrary.com/harmonic-maps-loop-groups-and-integrable-systems-p-297896.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/harmonic-maps-loop-groups-and-integrable-systems-p-297896.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:32:34 EDT This volume contains survey papers by the invited speakers at the Conference on Semigroup Theory and Its Applications which took place at Tulane University in April, 1994. The authors represent the leading areas of research in semigroup theory and its applications, both to other areas of mathematics and to areas outside mathematics. Included are papers by Gordon Preston surveying Clifford's work on Clifford semigroups and by John Rhodes tracing the influence of Clifford's work on current semigroup theory. Notable among the areas of application are the paper by Jean-Eric Pin on applications of other areas of mathematics to semigroup theory and the paper by the editors on an application of semigroup theory to theoretical computer science and mathematical logic. All workers in semigroup theory will find this volume invaluable.http://www.lybrary.com/semigroup-theory-and-its-applications-p-297895.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/semigroup-theory-and-its-applications-p-297895.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:32:11 EDT The ICMS Workshop on Geometric and Combinatorial Methods in Group Theory, held at Heriot-Watt University in 1993, brought together some of the leading research workers in the subject. Some of the survey articles and contributed papers presented at the meeting are collected in this volume. The former cover a number of areas of current interest and include papers by: S. M. Gersten, R. I. Grigorchuk, P. H. Kropholler, A. Lubotzky, A. A. Razborov and E. Zelmanov. The contributed articles, all refereed, range over a wide number of topics in combinatorial and geometric group theory and related topics. The volume represents a summary of the state of knowledge of the field, and as such will be indispensable to all research workers in the area.http://www.lybrary.com/combinatorial-and-geometric-group-theory-edinburgh-1993-p-297894.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/combinatorial-and-geometric-group-theory-edinburgh-1993-p-297894.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:31:36 EDT Singularity theory encompasses many different aspects of geometry and topology, and an overview of these is represented here by papers given at the International Singularity Conference held in 1991 at Lille. The conference attracted researchers from a wide variety of subject areas, including differential and algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical physics. Some of the best known figures in their fields participated, and their papers have been collected here. Contributors to this volume include G. Barthel, J. W. Bruce, F. Delgado, M. Ferrarotti, G. M. Greuel, J. P. Henry, L. Kaup, B. Lichtin, B. Malgrange, M. Merle, D. Mond, L. Narvaez, V. Neto, A. A. Du Plessis, R. Thom and M. Vaquié. Research workers in singularity theory or related subjects will find that this book contains a wealth of valuable information on all aspects of the subjecthttp://www.lybrary.com/singularities-p-297893.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/singularities-p-297893.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:31:32 EDT In this book Professor Kempf gives an introduction to the theory of algebraic functions on varieties from a sheaf theoretic standpoint. By taking this view he is able to give a clean and lucid account of the subject which will be easily accessible to all newcomers to algebraic varieties, graduate students or experts from other fields alike. Anyone who goes on to study schemes will find that this book is an ideal preparatory text.http://www.lybrary.com/algebraic-varieties-p-297892.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/algebraic-varieties-p-297892.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:31:16 EDT Professor Retherford's aim in this book is to provide the reader with a virtually self-contained treatment of Hilbert space theory, leading to an elementary proof of the Lidskij trace theorem. He assumes the reader is familiar with only linear algebra and advanced calculus, and develops everything needed to introduce the ideas of compact, self-adjoint, Hilbert-Schmidt and trace class operators. Many exercises and hints are included, and throughout the emphasis is on a user-friendly approach. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students will find that this book presents a unique introduction to operators and Hilbert space.http://www.lybrary.com/hilbert-space-p-297891.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hilbert-space-p-297891.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:31:13 EDT Pesin theory consists of the study of the theory of non-uniformly hyperbolic diffeomorphisms. The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a straightforward account of this theory, following the approaches of Katok and Newhouse. The notes are divided into two parts. The first develops the basic theory, starting with general ergodic theory and introducing Liapunov exponents. Part Two deals with the applications of Pesin theory and contains an account of the existence (and distribution) of periodic points. It closes with a look at stable manifolds, and gives some results on absolute continuity. These lecture notes provide a unique introduction to Pesin theory and its applications. The author assumes that the reader has only a good background of undergraduate analysis and nothing further, so making the book accessible to complete newcomers to the field.http://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-ergodic-theory-and-pesin-theory-on-compact-manifolds-p-297890.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-ergodic-theory-and-pesin-theory-on-compact-manifolds-p-297890.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:31:06 EDT The use of geometric methods in classical mechanics has proven to be a fruitful exercise, with the results being of wide application to physics and engineering. Here Professor Marsden concentrates on these geometric aspects, and especially on symmetry techniques. The main points he covers are: the stability of relative equilibria, which is analyzed using the block diagonalization technique; geometric phases, studied using the reduction and reconstruction technique; and bifurcation of relative equilibria and chaos in mechanical systems. A unifying theme for these points is provided by reduction theory, the associated mechanical connection and techniques from dynamical systems. These methods can be applied to many control and stabilization situations, and this is illustrated using rigid bodies with internal rotors, and the use of geometric phases in mechanical systems. To illustrate the above ideas and the power of geometric arguments, the author studies a variety of specific systems, including the double spherical pendulum and the classical rotating water molecule. This book, based on the 1991 LMS Invited Lectures, will be valued by pure and applied mathematicians, physicists and engineers who work in geometry, nonlinear dynamics, mechanics, and robotics.http://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-mechanics-p-297889.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-mechanics-p-297889.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:30:53 EDT In this important theoretical treatist, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning - that learning is fundamentally a social process. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated activity has as its central defining characteristic a process they call legitimate peripheral participation (LPP). Learners participate in communities of practitioners, moving toward full participation in the sociocultural practices of a community. LPP provides a way to speak about crucial relations between newcomers and old-timers and about their activities, identities, artefacts, knowledge and practice. The communities discussed in the book are midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, and recovering alcoholics, however, the process by which participants in those communities learn can be generalised to other social groups.http://www.lybrary.com/situated-learning-p-297888.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/situated-learning-p-297888.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:30:48 EDT These volumes contain selected papers presented at the international conference on group theory held in St Andrews in 1989. The themes of the conference were combinatorial and computational group theory; four leading group theorists (J. A. Green, N. D. Gupta, O. H. Kegel and J. G. Thompson) gave courses whose content is reproduced here. Also included are refereed papers presented at the meeting. The many articles with their wealth of references demonstrate the richness and vitality of modern group theory and its varied connections with other areas of mathematics. These will be essential references for research and postgraduate mathematicians whose work involves group theory.http://www.lybrary.com/groups-st-andrews-1989-p-297887.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/groups-st-andrews-1989-p-297887.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:30:44 EDT Twistor theory has become a diverse subject as it has spread from its origins in theoretical physics to applications in pure mathematics. This 1990 collection of review articles covers the considerable progress made in a wide range of applications such as relativity, integrable systems, differential and integral geometry and representation theory. The articles explore the wealth of geometric ideas which provide the unifying themes in twistor theory, from Penrose's quasi-local mass construction in relativity, to the study of conformally invariant differential operators, using techniques of representation theory.http://www.lybrary.com/twistors-in-mathematics-and-physics-p-297886.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/twistors-in-mathematics-and-physics-p-297886.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:30:38 EDT This book is based on a course taught to an audience of undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford, and can be viewed as a bridge between the study of metric spaces and general topological spaces. About half the book is devoted to relatively little-known results, much of which is published here for the first time. The author sketches a theory of uniform transformation groups, leading to the theory of uniform spaces over a base and hence to the theory of uniform covering spaces. Readers interested in general topology will find much to interest them here.http://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-uniform-spaces-p-297885.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-uniform-spaces-p-297885.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 23:30:35 EDT In this volume, originally published in 1990, are included papers presented at two meetings; one a workshop on Number Theory and Cryptography, and the other, the annual meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society. Questions in number theory are of military and commercial importance for the security of communication, as they are related to codes and code-breaking. Papers in the volume range from problems in pure mathematics whose study has been intensified by this connection, through interesting theoretical and combinatorial problems which arise in the implementation, to practical questions that come from banking and telecommunications. The contributors are prominent within their field. The whole volume will be an attractive purchase for all number theorists, 'pure' or 'applied'.http://www.lybrary.com/number-theory-and-cryptography-p-297884.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/number-theory-and-cryptography-p-297884.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:20 EDT This textbook is an introduction to non-standard analysis and to its many applications. Non standard analysis (NSA) is a subject of great research interest both in its own right and as a tool for answering questions in subjects such as functional analysis, probability, mathematical physics and topology. The book arises from a conference held in July 1986 at the University of Hull which was designed to provide both an introduction to the subject through introductory lectures, and surveys of the state of research. The first part of the book is devoted to the introductory lectures and the second part consists of presentations of applications of NSA to dynamical systems, topology, automata and orderings on words, the non- linear Boltzmann equation and integration on non-standard hulls of vector lattices. One of the book's attractions is that a standard notation is used throughout so the underlying theory is easily applied in a number of different settings. Consequently this book will be ideal for graduate students and research mathematicians coming to the subject for the first time and it will provide an attractive and stimulating account of the subject.http://www.lybrary.com/nonstandard-analysis-and-its-applications-p-297883.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/nonstandard-analysis-and-its-applications-p-297883.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:13 EDT This book represents a comprehensive overview of the present state of progress in three related areas of combinatorics. It comprises selected papers from a conference held at the University of Montreal. Topics covered in the articles include association schemes, extremal problems, combinatorial geometrics and matroids, and designs. All the papers contain new results and many are extensive surveys of particular areas of research. Particularly valuable will be Ivanov's paper on recent Soviet research in these areas. Consequently this volume will be of great attraction to all researchers in combinatorics and to research students requiring a rapid introduction to some of the open problems in the subject.http://www.lybrary.com/algebraic-extremal-and-metric-combinatorics-1986-p-297882.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/algebraic-extremal-and-metric-combinatorics-1986-p-297882.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:11 EDT This book, which grew out of Steven Bleiler's lecture notes from a course given by Andrew Casson at the University of Texas, is designed to serve as an introduction to the applications of hyperbolic geometry to low dimensional topology. In particular it provides a concise exposition of the work of Neilsen and Thurston on the automorphisms of surfaces. The reader requires only an understanding of basic topology and linear algebra, while the early chapters on hyperbolic geometry and geometric structures on surfaces can profitably be read by anyone with a knowledge of standard Euclidean geometry desiring to learn more abour other 'geometric structures'.http://www.lybrary.com/automorphisms-of-surfaces-after-nielsen-and-thurston-p-297881.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/automorphisms-of-surfaces-after-nielsen-and-thurston-p-297881.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:08 EDT This book is concerned with the modern theory of Fourier series. Treating developments since Zygmund's classic study, the authors begin with a thorough discussion of the classical one-dimensional theory from a modern perspective. The text then takes up the developments of the 1970s, beginning with Fefferman's famous disc counterexample. The culminating chapter presents Cordoba's geometric theory of Kayeka maximal functions and multipliers. Research workers in the fields of Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis will find this a valuable account of these developments. Second year graduate students, who are familiar with Lebesgue theory and are acquainted with distributions, will be able to use this as a textbook which will bring them up to the exciting open questions in the field.http://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-bochnerriesz-means-p-297880.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/lectures-on-bochnerriesz-means-p-297880.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:04 EDT This 1987 volume presents a collection of papers given at the 1985 Durham Symposium on homotopy theory. They survey recent developments in the subject including localisation and periodicity, computational complexity, and the algebraic K-theory of spaces.http://www.lybrary.com/homotopy-theory-proceedings-of-the-durham-symposium-1985-p-297879.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/homotopy-theory-proceedings-of-the-durham-symposium-1985-p-297879.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:02 EDT This is an introduction to geometrical topics that are useful in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, including manifolds, metrics, connections, Lie groups, spinors and bundles, preparing readers for the study of modern treatments of mechanics, gauge fields theories, relativity and gravitation. The order of presentation corresponds to that used for the relevant material in theoretical physics: the geometry of affine spaces, which is appropriate to special relativity theory, as well as to Newtonian mechanics, is developed in the first half of the book, and the geometry of manifolds, which is needed for general relativity and gauge field theory, in the second half. Analysis is included not for its own sake, but only where it illuminates geometrical ideas. The style is informal and clear yet rigorous; each chapter ends with a summary of important concepts and results. In addition there are over 650 exercises, making this a book which is valuable as a text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.http://www.lybrary.com/applicable-differential-geometry-p-297878.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/applicable-differential-geometry-p-297878.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:31:00 EDT This book contains selected papers from the international conference Groups - St Andrews 1985. Five leading group theorists - Bachmuth, Baumslag, Neuman, Roseblade and Tits - have presented survey articles based on short lecture courses given at the conference and the rest of the book comprises both survey and research articles contributed by other conference speakers. The many articles with their wealth of references demonstrate the richness and vitality of modern group theory and its many connections with other area of mathematics. The book will prove invaluable to both experienced researchers and new postgraduates whose interests involve group theory.http://www.lybrary.com/proceedings-of-groups-st-andrews-1985-p-297877.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/proceedings-of-groups-st-andrews-1985-p-297877.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:58 EDT The papers in this volume, which were presented at the 1985 Australian Mathematical Society convention, survey recent work in Diophantine analysis. The contributors are leading mathematicians in the world, and their articles are state of the art accounts, many of which include open problems pointing the way to further research. The contributions will be of general interest to number theorists and of particular interest to workers in transcendence theory, Diophantine approximation and exponential sums.http://www.lybrary.com/diophantine-analysis-p-297876.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/diophantine-analysis-p-297876.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:55 EDT The aim of this book, which was originally published in 1985, is to cover from first principles the theory of Syzygies, building up from a discussion of the basic commutative algebra to such results as the authors' proof of the Syzygy Theorem. In the last three chapters applications of the theory to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry are given.http://www.lybrary.com/syzygies-p-297875.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/syzygies-p-297875.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:52 EDT This book, which is almost entirely devoted to unbounded operators, gives a unified treatment of the contemporary local spectral theory for unbounded closed operators on a complex Banach space. While the main part of the book is original, necessary background materials provided. There are some completely new topics treated, such as the complete spectral duality theory with the first comprehensive proof of the predual theorem, in two different versions. Also covered are spectral resolvents of various kinds (monotomic, strongly monotonic, almost localized, analytically invariant), and spectral decompositions with respect to the identity. The book concludes with an extensive reference list, including many papers published in the People's Republic of China, here brought to the attention of Western mathematicians for the first time. Pure mathematicians, especially those working in operator theory and functional analysis, will find this book of interest.http://www.lybrary.com/a-local-spectral-theory-for-closed-operators-p-297874.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-local-spectral-theory-for-closed-operators-p-297874.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:49 EDT The British Combinatorial Conference is an established biennial international gathering. This volume contains the invited papers presented, by several distinguished mathematicians, at the 1985 conference. The papers cover a broad range of combinatorial topics, including cryptography, greedy algorithms, graph minors, flows through random networks, (0, 1)-distance problems, irregularities of point distributions and reconstruction of infinite graphs.http://www.lybrary.com/surveys-in-combinatorics-1985-p-297873.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/surveys-in-combinatorics-1985-p-297873.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:47 EDT This book, which was originally published in 1985 and has been translated and revised by the author from notes of a course, is an introduction to certain central ideas in group theory and geometry. Professor Lyndon emphasises and exploits the well-known connections between the two subjects and, whilst keeping the presentation at a level that assumes only a basic background in mathematics, leads the reader to the frontiers of current research at the time of publication. The treatment is concrete and combinatorial with a minimal use of analytic geometry. In the interest of the reader's intuition, most of the geometry considered is two-dimensional and there is an emphasis on examples, both in the text and in the problems at the end of each chapter.http://www.lybrary.com/groups-and-geometry-p-297872.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/groups-and-geometry-p-297872.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:44 EDT This is a memorial volume to the distinguished Canadian-born mathematician Hugh Dowker, one of the most highly regarded topologists in the United Kingdom and sometime Professor at Birkbeck College, London. The volume comprises specially written articles on various topological topics by experts in many countries who worked with Dowker at one time or another. These include survey, expository and research articles on general topology, algebraic topology and related subjects such as knot theory and graph theory. The volume will be of great interest to graduate students and professional mathematicians whose speciality is topology, in all its aspects.http://www.lybrary.com/aspects-of-topology-p-297871.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/aspects-of-topology-p-297871.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:42 EDT Diophantine equations over number fields have formed one of the most important and fruitful areas of mathematics throughout civilisation. In recent years increasing interest has been aroused in the analogous area of equations over function fields. However, although considerable progress has been made by previous authors, none has attempted the central problem of providing methods for the actual solution of such equations. The latter is the purpose and achievement of this volume: algorithms are provided for the complete resolution of various families of equations, such as those of Thue, hyperelliptic and genus one type. The results are achieved by means of an original fundamental inequality, first announced by the author in 1982. Several specific examples are included as illustrations of the general method and as a testimony to its efficiency. Furthermore, bounds are obtained on the solutions which improve on those obtained previously by other means. Extending the equality to a different setting, namely that of positive characteristic, enables the various families of equations to be resolved in that circumstance. Finally, by applying the inequality in a different manner, simple bounds are determined on their solutions in rational functions of the general superelliptic equation. This book represents a self-contained account of a new approach to the subject, and one which plainly has not reached the full extent of its application. It also provides a more direct on the problems than any previous book. Little expert knowledge is required to follow the theory presented, and it will appeal to professional mathematicians, research students and the enthusiastic undergraduate.http://www.lybrary.com/diophantine-equations-over-function-fields-p-297870.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/diophantine-equations-over-function-fields-p-297870.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:39 EDT This is the first book on the subject of FPF rings and the systematic use of the notion of the generator of the category mod-R of all right R-modules and its relationship to faithful modules. This carries out the program, explicit of inherent, in the work of G Azumaya, H. Bass, R. Dedekind, S. Endo, I. Kaplansky, K. Morita, T. Nakayama, R. Thrall, and more recently, W. Brandal, R. Pierce, T. Shores, R. and S. Wiegand and P. Vamos, among others. FPF rings include quasi-Frobenius rings (and thus finite rings over fields), pseudo-Frobenius (PF) rings (and thus injective cogenerator rings), bounded Dedekind prime rings and the following commutative rings; self-injective rings, Prufer rings, all rings over which every finitely generated module decomposes into a direct sum of cyclic modules (=FGC rings), and hence almost maximal valuation rings. Any product (finite or infinite) of commutative or self-basic PFP rings is FPF. A number of important classes of FPF rings are completely characterised including semiprime Neotherian, semiperfect Neotherian, perfect nonsingular prime, regular and self-injective rings. Finite group rings over PF or commutative injective rings are FPF. This work is the culmination of a decade of research and writing by the authors and includes all known theorems on the subject of noncommutative FPF rings. This book will be of interest to professional mathematicians, especially those with an interest in noncommutative ring theory and module theory.http://www.lybrary.com/fpf-ring-theory-p-297869.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fpf-ring-theory-p-297869.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:37 EDT This book is a self-contained account of the theory of classgroups of group rings. The guiding philosophy has been to describe all the basic properties of such classgroups in terms of character functions. This point of view is due to A. Frohlich and it achieves a considerable simplification and clarity over previous techniques. A main feature of the book is the introduction of the author's group logarithm, with numerous examples of its application. The main results dealt with are: Ullom's conjecture for Swan modules of p-groups; the self-duality theorem for rings of integers of tame extensions; the fixed-point theorem for determinants of group rings; the existence of Adams operations on classgroups. In addition, the author includes a number of calculations of classgroups of specific families of groups such as generalized dihedral groups, and quaternion and dihedral 2-groups. The work contained in this book should be readily accessible to any graduate student in pure mathematics who has taken a course in the representation theory of finite groups. It will also be of interest to number theorists and algebraic topologists.http://www.lybrary.com/classgroups-of-group-rings-p-297868.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/classgroups-of-group-rings-p-297868.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:34 EDT Originally published in 1983, the principal object of this book is to discuss in detail the structure of finite group rings over fields of characteristic, p, P-adic rings and, in some cases, just principal ideal domains, as well as modules of such group rings. The approach does not emphasize any particular point of view, but aims to present a smooth proof in each case to provide the reader with maximum insight. However, the trace map and all its properties have been used extensively. This generalizes a number of classical results at no extra cost and also has the advantage that no assumption on the field is required. Finally, it should be mentioned that much attention is paid to the methods of homological algebra and cohomology of groups as well as connections between characteristic 0 and characteristic p.http://www.lybrary.com/finite-group-algebras-and-their-modules-p-297867.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/finite-group-algebras-and-their-modules-p-297867.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:31 EDT From rather modest beginnings, the British Combinatorial Conference grew into an established biennial international gathering. A successful format for the series of conferences was established, whereby several distinguished mathematicians were invited to give a survey lecture and to write a paper for the conference volume. The 1983 conference was held in Southampton, and this volume contains the invited papers, comprising three each from the United Kingdom, continental Europe and the United States. These papers cover a broad range of combinatorial topics, including enumeration, finite geometries, graph theory and permanents. The book will be of value not only to mathematicians, but also to scientists, engineers and others interested in combinatorial ideas.http://www.lybrary.com/surveys-in-combinatorics-p-297866.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/surveys-in-combinatorics-p-297866.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:29 EDT The central theme of this book is the theorem of Ambrose and Singer, which gives for a connected, complete and simply connected Riemannian manifold a necessary and sufficient condition for it to be homogeneous. This is a local condition which has to be satisfied at all points, and in this way it is a generalization of E. Cartan's method for symmetric spaces. The main aim of the authors is to use this theorem and representation theory to give a classification of homogeneous Riemannian structures on a manifold. There are eight classes, and some of these are discussed in detail. Using the constructive proof of Ambrose and Singer many examples are discussed with special attention to the natural correspondence between the homogeneous structure and the groups acting transitively and effectively as isometrics on the manifold.http://www.lybrary.com/homogeneous-structures-on-riemannian-manifolds-p-297865.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/homogeneous-structures-on-riemannian-manifolds-p-297865.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 22:30:27 EDT This collection of papers is dedicated to David Kendall (Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the University of Cambridge) on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The content of the contributions indicates the breadth of his interests in mathematics and statistics, and the interrelation between mathematical analysis, the theory of probability, and mathematical statistics. The topics will interest postgraduate and research mathematicians.http://www.lybrary.com/probability-statistics-and-analysis-p-297864.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/probability-statistics-and-analysis-p-297864.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:16 EDT This book is concerned with the research conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the theory of commutative Neotherian rings. It consists of articles by invited speakers at the Symposium of Commutative Algebra held at the University of Durham in July 1981; these articles are all based on lectures delivered at the Symposium. The purpose of this book is to provide a record of at least some aspects of the Symposium, which several of the world leaders in the field attended. Several articles are included which provide surveys, incorporating historical perspective, details of progress made and indications of possible future lines of investigation. The book will be of interest to scholars of commutative and local algebra.http://www.lybrary.com/commutative-algebra-p-297863.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/commutative-algebra-p-297863.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:13 EDT The aims of this book, originally published in 1982, are to give an understanding of the basic ideas concerning stochastic differential equations on manifolds and their solution flows, to examine the properties of Brownian motion on Riemannian manifolds when it is constructed using the stochiastic development and to indicate some of the uses of the theory. The author has included two appendices which summarise the manifold theory and differential geometry needed to follow the development; coordinate-free notation is used throughout. Moreover, the stochiastic integrals used are those which can be obtained from limits of the Riemann sums, thereby avoiding much of the technicalities of the general theory of processes and allowing the reader to get a quick grasp of the fundamental ideas of stochastic integration as they are needed for a variety of applications.http://www.lybrary.com/stochastic-differential-equations-on-manifolds-p-297862.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/stochastic-differential-equations-on-manifolds-p-297862.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:11 EDT This self-contained and relatively elementary introduction to functions of several complex variables and complex (especially compact) manifolds was first published in 1982. It was intended be a synthesis of those topics and a broad introduction to the field. The work as a whole will be useful to professional mathematicians or mathematical physicists who wish to acquire a further knowledge of this area of mathematics. Many exercises have been included and indeed they form an integral part of the text. The prerequisites for understanding Part I would be met by any mathematics student with a first degree and together the two parts were designed to provide an introduction to the more advanced works in the subject.http://www.lybrary.com/several-complex-variables-and-complex-manifolds-i-p-297861.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/several-complex-variables-and-complex-manifolds-i-p-297861.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:09 EDT Professor Arnold is a prolific and versatile mathematician who has done striking work in differential equations and geometrical aspects of analysis. In this volume are collected seven of his survey articles from Russian Mathematical Surveys on singularity theory, the area to which he has made most contribution. These surveys contain Arnold's own analysis and synthesis of a decade's work. All those interested in singularity theory will find this an invaluable compilation. Professor C. T. C. Wall has written an introduction outlining the significance and content of the articles.http://www.lybrary.com/singularity-theory-p-297860.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/singularity-theory-p-297860.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:06 EDT Originally published in 1981, this collection of 33 research papers follows from a conference on the interwoven themes of finite Desarguesian spaces, Steiner systems, coding theory, group theory, block designs, generalized quadrangles, and projective planes. There is a comprehensive introduction, which aims to interest the non-specialist in the subject and which indicates how the contributions fit together. This is a field of research pursued both for its intrinsic interest and its applications. These papers include a number of open problems whose statement requires very little mathematical sophistication.http://www.lybrary.com/finite-geometries-and-designs-p-297859.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/finite-geometries-and-designs-p-297859.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:31:02 EDT In these notes, first published in 1980, Professor Northcott provides a self-contained introduction to the theory of affine algebraic groups for mathematicians with a basic knowledge of communicative algebra and field theory. The book divides into two parts. The first four chapters contain all the geometry needed for the second half of the book which deals with affine groups. Alternatively the first part provides a sure introduction to the foundations of algebraic geometry. Any affine group has an associated Lie algebra. In the last two chapters, the author studies these algebras and shows how, in certain important cases, their properties can be transferred back to the groups from which they arose. These notes provide a clear and carefully written introduction to algebraic geometry and algebraic groups.http://www.lybrary.com/affine-sets-and-affine-groups-p-297858.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/affine-sets-and-affine-groups-p-297858.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:58 EDT Lie groups and their representations occupy an important place in mathematics with applications in such diverse fields as differential geometry, number theory, differential equations and physics. In 1977 a symposium was held in Oxford to introduce this rapidly developing and expanding subject to non-specialists. This volume contains the lectures of ten distinguished mathematicians designed to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the fundamental theory and appreciate the range of results. This volume contains much to interest mathematicians and theoretical physicists from advanced undergraduate level upwards.http://www.lybrary.com/representation-theory-of-lie-groups-p-297857.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/representation-theory-of-lie-groups-p-297857.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:56 EDT In 1977 several eminent mathematicians were invited to Durham to present papers at a short conference on homological and combinatorial techniques in group theory. The lectures, published here, aimed at presenting in a unified way new developments in the area. Group theory is approached from a geometrical viewpoint and much of the material has not previously been published. The various ways in which topological ideas can be used in group theory are also brought together. The volume concludes with an extensive set of problems, ranging from explicit questions demanding detailed calculation to fundamental questions motivating research in the area. These lectures will be of interest mainly to researchers in pure mathematics but will also prove useful in connection with relevant postgraduate courses.http://www.lybrary.com/homological-group-theory-p-297856.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/homological-group-theory-p-297856.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:53 EDT This exposition of research on the martingale and analytic inequalities associated with Hardy spaces and functions of bounded mean oscillation (BMO) introduces the subject by concentrating on the connection between the probabilistic and analytic approaches. Short surveys of classical results on the maximal, square and Littlewood-Paley functions and the theory of Brownian motion introduce a detailed discussion of the Burkholder-Gundy-Silverstein characterization of HP in terms of maximal functions. The book examines the basis of the abstract martingale definitions of HP and BMO, makes generally available for the first time work of Gundy et al. on characterizations of BMO, and includes a probabilistic proof of the Fefferman-Stein Theorem on the duality of H11 and BMO.http://www.lybrary.com/brownian-motion-hardy-spaces-and-bounded-mean-oscillation-p-297855.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/brownian-motion-hardy-spaces-and-bounded-mean-oscillation-p-297855.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:50 EDT The purpose of these notes is to give a geometrical treatment of generalized homology and cohomology theories. The central idea is that of a 'mock bundle', which is the geometric cocycle of a general cobordism theory, and the main new result is that any homology theory is a generalized bordism theory. The book will interest mathematicians working in both piecewise linear and algebraic topology especially homology theory as it reaches the frontiers of current research in the topic. The book is also suitable for use as a graduate course in homology theory.http://www.lybrary.com/a-geometric-approach-to-homology-theory-p-297854.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-geometric-approach-to-homology-theory-p-297854.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:48 EDT These are notes deriving from lecture courses given by the authors in 1973 at Westfield College, London. The lectures described the connection between the theory of t-designs on the one hand, and graph theory on the other. A feature of this book is the discussion of then-recent construction of t-designs from codes. Topics from a wide range of finite combinatorics are covered and the book will interest all scholars of combinatorial theory.http://www.lybrary.com/graph-theory-coding-theory-and-block-designs-p-297853.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/graph-theory-coding-theory-and-block-designs-p-297853.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:45 EDT These notes give a fairly elementary introduction to the local theory of differentiable mappings. Sard's Theorem and the Preparation Theorem of Malgrange and Mather are the basic tools and these are proved first. There follows a number of illustrations including: the local part of Whitney's Theorem on mappings of the plane into the plane, quadratic differentials, the Instability Theorem of Thom, one of Mather's theorems on finite determinacy and a glimpse of the theory of Toujeron. The later part of the book develops Mather's theory of unfoldings of singularities. Its application to Catastrophe theory is explained and the Elementary Catastrophes are illustrated by many pictures. The book is suitable as a text for courses to graduates and advanced undergraduates but may also be of interest to mathematical biologists and economists.http://www.lybrary.com/differentiable-germs-and-catastrophes-p-297852.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/differentiable-germs-and-catastrophes-p-297852.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:42 EDT The study of abelian manifolds forms a natural generalization of the theory of elliptic functions, that is, of doubly periodic functions of one complex variable. When an abelian manifold is embedded in a projective space it is termed an abelian variety in an algebraic geometrical sense. This introduction presupposes little more than a basic course in complex variables. The notes contain all the material on abelian manifolds needed for application to geometry and number theory, although they do not contain an exposition of either application. Some geometrical results are included however.http://www.lybrary.com/analytic-theory-of-abelian-varieties-p-297851.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/analytic-theory-of-abelian-varieties-p-297851.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:40 EDT This volume is a record of the papers presented to the fourth British Combinatorial Conference held in Aberystwyth in July 1973. Contributors from all over the world took part and the result is a very useful and up-to-date account of what is happening in the field of combinatorics. A section of problems illustrates some of the topics in need of further investigation.http://www.lybrary.com/combinatorics-p-297850.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/combinatorics-p-297850.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:38 EDT Eleven of the fourteen invited speakers at a symposium held by the Oxford Mathematical Institute in June 1972 have revised their contributions and submitted them for publication in this volume. The present papers do not necessarily closely correspond with the original talks, as it was the intention of the volume editor to make this book of mathematical rather than historical interest. The contributions will be of value to workers in topology in universities and polytechnics.http://www.lybrary.com/new-developments-in-topology-p-297849.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/new-developments-in-topology-p-297849.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:36 EDT A comprehensive treatment of elliptic functions is linked by these notes to a study of their application to elliptic curves. This approach provides geometers with the opportunity to acquaint themselves with aspects of their subject virtually ignored by other texts. The exposition is clear and logically carries themes from earlier through to later topics. This enthusiastic work of scholarship is made complete with the inclusion of some interesting historical details and a very comprehensive bibliography.http://www.lybrary.com/elliptic-functions-and-elliptic-curves-p-297848.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/elliptic-functions-and-elliptic-curves-p-297848.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:34 EDT Numerical Ranges II is a sequel to Numerical Ranges of Operators on Normed Spaces and of Elements of Normed Algebras written by the same authors and published in this series in 1971. The present volume reflects the progress made in the subject, expanding and discussing topics under the general headings of spatial and algebra numerical ranges and further ranges.http://www.lybrary.com/numerical-ranges-ii-p-297847.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/numerical-ranges-ii-p-297847.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:31 EDT This introduction to commutative algebra gives an account of some general properties of rings and modules, with their applications to number theory and geometry. It assumes only that the reader has completed an undergraduate algebra course. The fresh approach and simplicity of proof enable a large amount of material to be covered; exercises and examples are included throughout the notes.http://www.lybrary.com/commutative-algebra-p-297846.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/commutative-algebra-p-297846.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:29 EDT These notes constitute a faithful record of a short course of lectures given in São Paulo, Brazil, in the summer of 1968. The audience was assumed to be familiar with the basic material of homology and homotopy theory, and the object of the course was to explain the methodology of general cohomology theory and to give applications of K-theory to familiar problems such as that of the existence of real division algebras. The audience was not assumed to be sophisticated in homological algebra, so one chapter is devoted to an elementary exposition of exact couples and spectral sequenceshttp://www.lybrary.com/general-cohomology-theory-and-ktheory-p-297845.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/general-cohomology-theory-and-ktheory-p-297845.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 21:30:26 EDT This highly acclaimed series provides survey articles on the present state and future direction of research in important branches of applied mechanics.http://www.lybrary.com/solid-mechanics-p-297844.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/solid-mechanics-p-297844.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:53 EDT For more than thirty years, this serial has broadened the technical scope and expanded the scientific base of clinical chemistry. These volumes clarify the areas of molecular biology, informatics, and the monitoring of physiological parameters in critical situations as they pertain to clinical chemistry. Each volume of <b>Advances in Clinical Chemistry</b> contains an index, and each chapter includes references.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-clinical-chemistry-p-297843.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-clinical-chemistry-p-297843.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:51 EDT <b>Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics</b> merges two long-running serials--<b>Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics</b> and <b>Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy</b>. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains.http://www.lybrary.com/particle-beam-physics-p-297842.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/particle-beam-physics-p-297842.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:48 EDT A practical guide-book for teachers working across the 7-11 age-range. It offers more challenge and depth by encouraging teachers to really investigate music with the children and manage music more effectively and with less stress.http://www.lybrary.com/primary-music-later-years-p-297841.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/primary-music-later-years-p-297841.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:46 EDT Hippocrates' Woman presents an arresting study of the origins of gynaecology, an exploration of how the interior workings of the female body were understood and the influence of Hippocrates' theories on the gynaecology of subsequent ages.http://www.lybrary.com/hippocrates-woman-p-297840.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hippocrates-woman-p-297840.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:43 EDT The story of Jack Poolton's war experience, from his initial training to his capture and attempted escapes from a POW camp.http://www.lybrary.com/destined-to-survive-a-dieppe-veterans-story-p-297839.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/destined-to-survive-a-dieppe-veterans-story-p-297839.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:41 EDT Adam Smith wrote two books, one about economics and the other about morality. His Wealth of Nations argues for a largely free-market economy, while his Theory of Moral Sentiments argues that human morality develops out of a mutual sympathy that people seek with one another. How do these books go together? How do markets and morality mix? James Otteson provides a comprehensive examination and interpretation of Smith's moral theory and shows how his conception of the nature of morality applies to his understanding of markets, language and other social institutions. Considering Smith's notions of natural sympathy, the impartial spectator, human nature, and human conscience the author also addresses the issue of whether Smith thinks that moral judgments enjoy a transcendent sanction. James Otteson sees Smith's theory of morality as an institution that develops unintentionally but nevertheless in an orderly way according to a market model.http://www.lybrary.com/adam-smiths-marketplace-of-life-p-297838.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/adam-smiths-marketplace-of-life-p-297838.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:38 EDT This book is a study of popular responses to the English Reformation. It takes as its subject not the conversion of English subjects to a new religion but rather their political responses to a Reformation perceived as an act of state and hence, like all early modern acts of state, negotiated between government and people. These responses included not only resistance but also significant levels of accommodation, co-operation and collaboration as people attempted to co-opt state power for their own purposes. This study argues, then, that the English Reformation was not done to people, it was done with them in a dynamic process of engagement between government and people. As such, it answers the twenty-year-old scholarly dilemma of how the English Reformation could have succeeded despite the inherent conservatism of the English people, and it presents the first genuinely post-revisionist account of one of the central events of English history.http://www.lybrary.com/popular-politics-and-the-english-reformation-p-297837.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/popular-politics-and-the-english-reformation-p-297837.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:36 EDT Plasticity theory is widely used to describe the behaviour of soil and rock in many engineering situations. Plasticity and Geomechanics presents a concise introduction to the general subject of plasticity with a particular emphasis on applications in geomechanics. Derived from the authors' own lecture notes, this book is written with students firmly in mind. Excessive use of mathematical methods is avoided in the main body of the text and, where possible, physical interpretations are given for important concepts. In this way the authors present a clear introduction to the complex ideas and concepts of plasticity as well as demonstrating how this developing subject is of critical importance to geomechanics and geotechnical engineering. This book therefore complements Elasticity and Geomechanics by the same authors and will appeal to graduate students and researchers in the fields of soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and geomechanics.http://www.lybrary.com/plasticity-and-geomechanics-p-297836.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/plasticity-and-geomechanics-p-297836.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:33 EDT The physical properties of the ionized layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere enable us to use it to support an increasing range of communications applications. This book presents a modern treatment of the physics and phenomena of the high latitude upper atmosphere and the morphology of radio propagation in the auroral and polar regions. Chapters cover the basics of radio propagation and the use of radio techniques in ionospheric studies. Many investigations of high latitude radio propagation have previously only been published in Conference Proceedings and organizational reports. This book includes many examples of the behavior of quiet and disturbed high latitude HF propagation. Ample cross-referencing, chapter summaries and reference lists make this book an invaluable aid for graduate students, ionospheric physicists and radio engineers.http://www.lybrary.com/the-highlatitude-ionosphere-and-its-effects-on-radio-propagation-p-297835.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-highlatitude-ionosphere-and-its-effects-on-radio-propagation-p-297835.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:31 EDT Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). The popular view that law claims authority but does not have it is here reversed on both counts: Law does not claim authority but has it. Though the focus is on political obligation, the author approaches that issue indirectly by first developing a more general account of when deference is due to the view of others. Two standard practices that political theorists often consider in exploring the question of political obligation - fair-play and promise-keeping - can themselves be seen as examples of a duty of deference. In this respect the book defends a more general theory of ethics whose scope extends beyond the question of political obligation to questions of duty in the case of law, promises, fair play and friendship.http://www.lybrary.com/the-ethics-of-deference-p-297834.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-ethics-of-deference-p-297834.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:28 EDT In this completely revised and updated third edition of his highly successful book, Hamid Ghodse presents a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence. There is a particular emphasis on practical, evidence-based approaches to the assessment and management of a wide range of drug-related problems in a variety of clinical settings, and he has written an entirely new chapter on alcohol abuse. He defines all the terms, and describes the effects of substance misuse on a patient's life. Epidemiology, and international prevention and drug control policies are covered to address the global nature of the problem, and the appendix provides a series of clinical intervention tools, among them a Substance Misuse Assessment Questionnaire. This will be essential reading for all clinicians and other professionals dealing with addiction, from counsellors and social workers to policy makers.http://www.lybrary.com/drugs-and-addictive-behaviour-p-297833.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/drugs-and-addictive-behaviour-p-297833.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:25 EDT The Names of Plants is a handy two-part reference for the botanist and amateur gardener. The book begins by documenting the historical problems associated with an ever-increasing number of common names of plants and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical and horticultural nomenclature. It also outlines the rules to be followed when plant breeders name a new species or cultivar of plant. The second part of the book comprises an alphabetical glossary of generic and specific plant names, and components of these, from which the reader may interpret the existing names of plants and construct new names. For the third edition, the book has been updated to include explanations of the International Codes for both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995). The glossary has similarly been expanded to incorporate many more commemorative names.http://www.lybrary.com/the-names-of-plants-p-297832.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-names-of-plants-p-297832.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:23 EDT Self love is an inescapable problem for ethics, yet much of contemporary ethics is reluctant to offer any normative moral anthropologies. Instead, secular ethics and contemporary culture promote a norm of self-realization which is subjective and uncritical. Christian ethics also fails to address this problem directly, because it tends to investigate self love within the context of conflicts between the self's interests and those of her neighbors. Self Love and Christian Ethics argues for right self love as the solution of proper self-relation that intersects with love for God and love for neighbor. Darlene Fozard Weaver explains that right self love entails a true self-understanding that is embodied in the person's concrete acts and relations. In making this argument, she calls upon ethicists to revisit ontological accounts of the self and to devote more attention to particular moral acts.http://www.lybrary.com/self-love-and-christian-ethics-p-297831.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/self-love-and-christian-ethics-p-297831.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:21 EDT This is the remarkable story of the 250,000 Holocaust survivors who converged on the American Zone of Occupied Germany from 1945 to 1948. They envisaged themselves as the living bridge between destruction and rebirth, the last remnants of a world destroyed and the active agents of its return to life. Much of what has been written to date looks at the Surviving Remnant through the eyes of others and thus has often failed to disclose the tragic complexity of their lives together with their remarkable political and social achievements. Despite having lost everyone and everything, they got on with their lives, they married, had children and worked for a better future. They did not surrender to the deformities of suffering and managed to preserve their humanity intact. Mankowitz uses largely inaccessible archival material to give a moving and sensitive account of this neglected area in the aftermath of the Holocaust.http://www.lybrary.com/life-between-memory-and-hope-p-297830.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/life-between-memory-and-hope-p-297830.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:19 EDT Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love, and civic friendship as sources of political attachment, and as bonds of political association. Studying the ancient view of eros recovers a way of looking at political phenomena that provides a bridge, missing in modern thought, between the private and public spheres, between erotic love and civic commitment. Ludwig's study thus has important implications for the theoretical foundations of community.http://www.lybrary.com/eros-and-polis-p-297829.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/eros-and-polis-p-297829.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:16 EDT The success (and recent misfortunes) of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in modern economics. Many explanations focus on cultural and institutional factors, and in particular the role of 'Informality' (networks organising business activity and government policy). Adrian van Rixtel, an economist at the European Central Bank, provides the first quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. Having been based in Japan for three years, two years of which were spent at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, he is able to bring a unique 'insider-outsider' perspective to the subject.http://www.lybrary.com/informality-and-monetary-policy-in-japan-p-297828.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/informality-and-monetary-policy-in-japan-p-297828.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:14 EDT Divine Action and Modern Science considers the relationship between the natural sciences and the concept of God acting in the world. Nicholas Saunders examines the Biblical motivations for asserting a continuing notion of divine action and identifies several different theological approaches to the problem. He considers their theoretical relationships with the laws of nature, indeterminism, and probabilistic causation. His book then embarks on a radical critique of current attempts to reconcile special divine action with quantum theory, chaos theory and quantum chaos. As well as considering the implications of these problems for common interpretations of divine action, Saunders also surveys and codifies the many different theological, philosophical and scientific responses to divine action. The conclusion reached is that we are still far from a satisfactory account of how God might act in a manner that is consonant with modern science despite the copious recent scholarship in this area.http://www.lybrary.com/divine-action-and-modern-science-p-297827.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/divine-action-and-modern-science-p-297827.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:12 EDT David Kopp's book develops a model of chromatic chord relations in nineteenth-century music by composers such as Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms. The emphasis is on explaining chromatic third relations and the pivotal role they play in theory and practice. The book traces conceptions of harmonic system and of chromatic third relations from Rameau through nineteenth-century theorists such as Marx, Hauptmann, and Riemann, to the seminal twentieth-century theorists Schenker and Schoenberg and on to the present day. Drawing on tenets of nineteenth-century harmonic theory, contemporary transformation theory, and the author's own approach, the book presents a clear and elegant means for characterizing commonly acknowledged but loosely defined elements of chromatic harmony, and integrates them as fully-fledged entities into a chromatically-based conception of harmonic system. The historical and theoretical argument is supplemented by plentiful analytic examples.http://www.lybrary.com/chromatic-transformations-in-nineteenthcentury-music-p-297826.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/chromatic-transformations-in-nineteenthcentury-music-p-297826.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:09 EDT David Schalkwyk offers a sustained reading of Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to his plays. He argues that the language of the sonnets is primarily performative rather than descriptive, and bases this distinction on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin. In a wide-ranging analysis of both the 1609 quarto of Shakespeare's sonnets and the Petrarchan discourses in a selection of plays, Schalkwyk addresses such issues as embodiment and silencing, interiority and theatricality, inequalities of power, status, gender and desire, both in the published poems and on the stage and in the context of the early modern period. In a provocative discussion of the question of proper names and naming events in the sonnets and plays, the book seeks to reopen the question of the autobiographical nature of Shakespeare's sonnets.http://www.lybrary.com/speech-and-performance-in-shakespeares-sonnets-and-plays-p-297825.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/speech-and-performance-in-shakespeares-sonnets-and-plays-p-297825.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 20:33:07 EDT The first comprehensive study of US policy towards Cuba in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on interviews with Bush and Clinton policymakers, congressional participants in the policy debate, and leaders of the anti-sanctions business community, it makes an important original contribution to our knowledge of the evolution of American policy during this period. This study argues that Bush and Clinton operated within the same Cold War framework that shaped the Cuba policy of their predecessors. But it also demonstrates that US policy after 1989 was driven principally by the imperatives of domestic politics. The authors show how Bush and Clinton corrupted the policymaking process by subordinating rational decisionmaking in the national interest to narrow political calculations. The result was the pursuit of a policy that had nothing to do with its stated objectives of promoting reforms in Cuba and everything to do with getting rid of Fidel Castro's regime.http://www.lybrary.com/unfinished-business-p-297824.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/unfinished-business-p-297824.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:34:01 EDT Detection of Light provides a comprehensive overview of the important approaches to photon detection from the ultraviolet to the submillimeter spectral regions. This expanded and fully updated second edition discusses recently introduced types of detector such as superconducting tunnel junctions, hot electron bolometer mixers, and fully depleted CCDs, and also includes historically important devices such as photographic plates. Material from many disciplines is combined into a comprehensive and unified treatment of the detection of light, with emphasis on the underlying physical principles. Chapters have been thoroughly reorganised to make the book easier to use, and each includes problems with solutions as appropriate. This self-contained text assumes only an undergraduate level of physics, and develops understanding as it is needed. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and will provide a valuable reference for professionals in astronomy, engineering and physics.http://www.lybrary.com/detection-of-light-p-297823.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/detection-of-light-p-297823.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:58 EDT The Messier Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star clusters and nebulae, and includes many of the brightest and best-known objects in the sky. Amateur astronomers can challenge their abilities by attempting to find all the objects on the list in one night, and thus complete the Messier Marathon. This book contains over 90 easy-to-use star maps to guide the observer from one object to the next, and provides tips for a successful night of observing. The book also tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier, and how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. This complete guide to the Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the Messier Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a pair of binoculars.http://www.lybrary.com/the-observing-guide-to-the-messier-marathon-p-297822.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-observing-guide-to-the-messier-marathon-p-297822.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:56 EDT Daniel Moerman presents an innovative and enlightening discussion of human reaction to the meaning of medical treatment. Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures, but many things happen in medicine which simply cannot be accounted for in this way. The same drug can work differently when presented in different colours; drugs with widely advertised names can work better than the same drug without the name; inert drugs (placebos, dummies) often have dramatic effects on people (the 'placebo effect'); and effects can vary hugely among different European countries where the 'same' medical condition is understood differently, or has different meanings. This is true for surgery as well as for internal medicine. This lively book reviews and analyses these matters in lucid, straightforward prose, guiding the reader through a very complex body of literature, leaving nothing unexplained but avoiding any over-simplification.http://www.lybrary.com/meaning-medicine-and-the-placebo-effect-p-297821.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/meaning-medicine-and-the-placebo-effect-p-297821.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:50 EDT The human organs of perception are constantly bombarded with chemicals from the environment. Our bodies have in turn developed complex processing systems, which manifest themselves in our emotions, memory, and language. Yet the available data on the high order cognitive implications of taste and smell are scattered among journals in many fields, with no single source synthesizing the large body of knowledge, much of which has appeared in the last decade. This book presents the first multidisciplinary synthesis of the literature in olfactory and gustatory cognition. Leading experts have written chapters on many facets of taste and smell, including odor memory, cortical representations, psychophysics and functional imaging studies, genetic variation in taste, and the hedonistic dimensions of odors. The approach is integrative, combining perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and linguistics, and is appropriate for students and researchers in all of these areas who seek an authoritative reference on olfaction, taste, and cognition.http://www.lybrary.com/olfaction-taste-and-cognition-p-297820.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/olfaction-taste-and-cognition-p-297820.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:48 EDT In Modernism and Cultural Conflict, Ann Ardis questions commonly held views of the radical nature of literary modernism. She positions the coterie of writers centered around Pound, Eliot, and Joyce as one among a number of groups in Britain intent on redefining the cultural work of literature at the turn of the twentieth century. Ardis emphasizes the ways in which modernists secured their cultural centrality, she documents their support of mainstream attitudes toward science, their retreat from a supposed valuing of scandalous sexuality in the wake of Oscar Wilde's trials in 1895, and the conservative cultural and sexual politics masked by their radical formalist poetics. She recovers key instances of opposition to modernist self-fashioning in British socialism and feminism of the period. Ardis goes on to consider how literary modernism's rise to aesthetic prominence paved the way for the institutionalization of English studies through the devaluation of other aesthetic practices.http://www.lybrary.com/modernism-and-cultural-conflict-18801922-p-297819.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modernism-and-cultural-conflict-18801922-p-297819.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:45 EDT This is the only available systematic critical overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present. The book begins with the work of Baumgarten and covers all the major writers on German aesthetics that follow, including Kant, Schiller, Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Adorno. The book offers a clear and non-technical exposition of ideas, placing these in a wider philosophical context where necessary. Such is the importance of German aesthetics that the market for this book will extend far beyond the domain of philosophy to such fields as literary studies, fine art and music.http://www.lybrary.com/the-german-aesthetic-tradition-p-297818.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-german-aesthetic-tradition-p-297818.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:43 EDT In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop new conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems. Drawing on complex systems theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to change. The concept of resilience is central in this context. Resilient social-ecological systems have the potential to sustain development by responding to and shaping change in a manner that does not lead to loss of future options. Resilient systems also provide capacity for renewal and innovation in the face of rapid transformation and crisis. The term navigating in the title is meant to capture this dynamic process. Case studies and examples from several geographic areas, cultures and resource types are included, merging forefront research from natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities into a common framework for new insights on sustainability.http://www.lybrary.com/navigating-socialecological-systems-p-297817.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/navigating-socialecological-systems-p-297817.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:41 EDT The year is 1778, the ship is the 18-gun HMS Sparrow, England's finest sloop of war, and the Captain is Richard Bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of battle. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships, and it is up to young Bolitho to fight the colonial rebels, to stave off the treachery of a beautiful woman, and to overcome the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer before it is too late.http://www.lybrary.com/sloop-of-war-p-297816.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sloop-of-war-p-297816.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:38 EDT Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate, Phalarope, is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment.http://www.lybrary.com/to-glory-we-steer-p-297815.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/to-glory-we-steer-p-297815.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:36 EDT Cylindrical arrays lie at the heart of the antenna systems of most major radio communication systems, including broadcasting networks, cellular 'phone systems and radar. In this book, the authors present practical theoretical methods for determining current distributions, input admittances and field patterns of a wide variety of cylindrical antennas, including the isolated antenna, the two-element array, the circular array, curtain arrays, Yagi and log-periodic arrays, planar arrays and three-dimensional arrays. Coverage includes analysis of horizontal antennas over, on and in the earth and sea, large resonant arrays of electrically short dipoles and a chapter on the theory and techniques of experimental measurement. Written by three of the leading engineers in the field, and based on world-class research carried out at Harvard over the last 40 years, Cylindrical Antennas and Arrays is destined to become established as the basic reference for practising engineers and advanced students for many years to come.http://www.lybrary.com/cylindrical-antennas-and-arrays-p-297814.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cylindrical-antennas-and-arrays-p-297814.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:34 EDT This textbook describes all phases of a compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as the compilation of functional and object-oriented languages, that is missing from most books. The most accepted and successful techniques are described concisely, rather than as an exhaustive catalog of every possible variant, and illustrated with actual Java classes. The first part of the book, Fundamentals of Compilation, is suitable for a one-semester first course in compiler design. The second part, Advanced Topics, which includes the compilation of object-oriented and functional languages, garbage collection, loop optimization, SSA form, instruction scheduling, and optimization for cache-memory hierarchies, can be used for a second-semester or graduate course. This new edition has been extensively rewritten to include more discussion of Java and object-oriented programming concepts, such as visitor patterns. A unique feature is the newly redesigned compiler project in Java, for a subset of Java itself. The project includes both front-end and back-end phases, so that students can build a complete working compiler in one semester.http://www.lybrary.com/modern-compiler-implementation-in-java-p-297813.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modern-compiler-implementation-in-java-p-297813.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:31 EDT The life stage of adolescence now occurs in most corners of the world, but it takes different forms in different regions. Peers, with such a central role in Western adolescence, play a comparatively minor role in the lives of Arabic and South Asian adolescents. Emotional turmoil and individuation from family occur in some societies but not others. Adolescent sexual revolutions are sweeping through Japan and Latin America. In this book, scholars from eight regions of the world describe the distinct nature of adolescence in their regions. They draw on research to address standard topics regarding this age - family and peer relationships, schooling, preparation for work, physical and mental health - and show how these have a different cast across societies. As a whole, the book depicts how rapid global change is dramatically altering the experience of the adolescent transition, creating new opportunities and challenges for adolescents, parents, teachers, and concerned others.http://www.lybrary.com/the-worlds-youth-p-297812.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-worlds-youth-p-297812.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:29 EDT This book discusses emerging patterns of FDI and technology transfers, and the growth prospects for developing countries in the context of globalization.http://www.lybrary.com/globalization-foreign-direct-investment-and-technology-transfers-impacts-on-and-prospects-for-developing-countries-p-297811.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/globalization-foreign-direct-investment-and-technology-transfers-impacts-on-and-prospects-for-developing-countries-p-297811.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:26 EDT Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as <b>Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon,</b> and others promise indeed that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded.<br>Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry.http://www.lybrary.com/galliumnitride-gan-ii-p-297810.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/galliumnitride-gan-ii-p-297810.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:24 EDT This book challenges many of the popular myths surrounding informal economic activities, offering a radical reconceptualisation of their extent, growth, location and nature as well as evaluating the contrasting policy options.http://www.lybrary.com/informal-employment-in-advanced-economies-implications-for-work-and-welfare-p-297809.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/informal-employment-in-advanced-economies-implications-for-work-and-welfare-p-297809.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:21 EDT Examines the top ministerial team sent in 1872 by the new Meiji government to the West in order to idenitify, classify and assess Western technology and culture, and to open a dialogue to review the so-called 'unequal treaties'.http://www.lybrary.com/the-iwakura-mission-to-america-and-europe-a-new-assessment-p-297808.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-iwakura-mission-to-america-and-europe-a-new-assessment-p-297808.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:19 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/embodying-the-social-constructions-of-difference-p-297807.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/embodying-the-social-constructions-of-difference-p-297807.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:17 EDT A contract is an agreement under which two parties make reciprocal commitments in terms of their behavior to coordinate. As this concept has become essential to economics in the last 30 years, three main theoretical frameworks have emerged: 'incentive theory', 'incomplete-contract theory' and 'transaction-costs theory'. These frameworks have enabled scholars to renew both the microeconomics of coordination (with implications for industrial organization, labor economics, law and economics, organization design) and the macroeconomics of 'market' (decentralized) economies and of the institutional framework. These developments have resulted in new analyses of a firm's strategy and State intervention (regulation of public utilities, anti-trust, public procurement, institutional design, liberalization policies, etc.). Based on contributions by the leading scholars in the field, this book provides an overview of the past and recent developments in these analytical currents, presents their various aspects, and proposes expanding horizons for theoreticians and practitioners.http://www.lybrary.com/the-economics-of-contracts-p-297806.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-economics-of-contracts-p-297806.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:14 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/briefcase-on-commercial-law-p-297805.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/briefcase-on-commercial-law-p-297805.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 19:33:12 EDT This study offers a radical and multidisciplinary method of examining household formation and recognizes residence as the critical determinant of all household forming practices.http://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-households-an-atomistic-perspective-on-european-living-arrangements-p-297804.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-households-an-atomistic-perspective-on-european-living-arrangements-p-297804.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:34:01 EDT This book shows that co-operation between the more open regimes in the Middle East, such as Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Turkey, could pave the way to increased stability in the region.http://www.lybrary.com/the-political-economy-of-regional-cooperation-in-the-middle-east-p-297803.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-political-economy-of-regional-cooperation-in-the-middle-east-p-297803.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:58 EDT This book brings together the thoughts of leading experts on the Asian economy and provides a broad and thorough analysis of the economic situation. It provides case studies from fourteen countries in the region, how the crisis developed and affected them, and the response from governments.http://www.lybrary.com/east-asia-in-crisis-from-being-a-miracle-to-needing-one-p-297802.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/east-asia-in-crisis-from-being-a-miracle-to-needing-one-p-297802.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:52 EDT An introduction to the subject and the specific problems related to the conservation of modern structures. Celebrating the first five years of DoCoMoMo's role and influence, this collection covers policy, planning, and construction.http://www.lybrary.com/modern-movement-heritage-p-297801.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modern-movement-heritage-p-297801.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:46 EDT This book provides an original analysis of recent work in historical sociology and international relations. It investigates a number of issues that overlap between the two disciplines.http://www.lybrary.com/international-relations-and-historical-sociology-breaking-down-boundaries-p-297800.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/international-relations-and-historical-sociology-breaking-down-boundaries-p-297800.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:43 EDT A study of South African political reform within a broad framework of global patterns of democratization. The text includes interviews with members of the ANC, the Inkartha Freedom Party, the National Party and township representatives.http://www.lybrary.com/south-africa-reborn-building-a-new-democracy-p-297799.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/south-africa-reborn-building-a-new-democracy-p-297799.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:41 EDT This book details a new approach through a framework which should help schools to meet the dynamic conditions of the 21st century while responding to current pressures and demands.http://www.lybrary.com/strategic-direction-and-development-of-the-school-p-297798.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/strategic-direction-and-development-of-the-school-p-297798.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:38 EDT Brings together Ronald Britton's writing on the subject of belief and imagination over the last 15 years, exploring the concepts from a Kleinian perspective and examining the relationship between psychic reality and fictional writing.http://www.lybrary.com/belief-and-imagination-explorations-in-psychoanalysis-p-297797.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/belief-and-imagination-explorations-in-psychoanalysis-p-297797.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:36 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/leadership-in-times-of-change-a-handbook-for-communication-and-media-administrators-p-297796.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/leadership-in-times-of-change-a-handbook-for-communication-and-media-administrators-p-297796.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:33 EDT <b>International Review of Cytology</b> presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology-both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.<p>Key Features<br>* Control of Genes by Mammalian Retroposons<br>* Human Mitochondrial Diseases<br>* Occludin and the Functions of Tight Jurisdictions<br>* Pattern Formation and Cell Differentiation: Trichomes in <i>Arabidopsis</i> as a Genetic Model System<br>* The Armadillo Family of Structural Proteins<br>* HGF in Kidney Development and Regeneration<br>* Nature and Role of Proteasomes in Maturation of Fish Oocyteshttp://www.lybrary.com/international-review-of-cytology-a-survey-of-cell-biology-p-297795.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/international-review-of-cytology-a-survey-of-cell-biology-p-297795.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:31 EDT <b>International Review of Cytology</b> presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology-both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.<p>Key Features<br>* Autoregulation of Angiogenesis by Cells of the Vessel Wall<br>* Fibroblast Growth Factors as Malfunctional Signaling Factors<br>* Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Centrosome in Gametogenesis and Early Embryogenesis of Animals<br>* Cell and Molecular Biology of the Pars Tuberalis of the Pituitary<br>* Polariation of the Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase in Epithelia Derived from Neuroepithelium<br>* Desmosomes: Intercellular Adhesive Junctions Specialized for Attachment of Intermediate Filamentshttp://www.lybrary.com/international-review-of-cytology-a-survey-of-cell-biology-p-297794.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/international-review-of-cytology-a-survey-of-cell-biology-p-297794.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:29 EDT GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES<br>Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as <b>Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon,</b> and others promise indeed that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded.<br>Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry.<p>GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VOLUME<br>This volume has contributions on Advanced Characterization Techniques with a focus on defect identification. The combination of beam techniques with electrical and optical characterization has not been discussed elsewhere.http://www.lybrary.com/identification-of-defects-in-semiconductors-p-297793.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/identification-of-defects-in-semiconductors-p-297793.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:26 EDT Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, <b>Vitamins and Hormones</b> continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists. First published in 1943, <b>Vitamins and Hormones</b> is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. In the early days of the Serial, the subjects of vitamins and hormones were quite distinct. Now, new discoveries have proved that several of the vitamins function as hormones and many of the substances inferred by the title of the Serial function in signal transduction processes. Accordingly, the Editor-in-Chief has expanded the scope of the Serial to reflect this newer understanding of function- structure relationships in cellular communication. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology, and enzyme mechanisms. <b>Volume 55</b> of <b>Vitamins and Hormones</b> covers steroid hormone action, and includes two additional contributions on calcium and on peptide hormones.http://www.lybrary.com/vitamins-and-hormones-p-297792.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/vitamins-and-hormones-p-297792.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:24 EDT The UN Charter in 1945 prohibits all use of force by states except in the event of an armed attack or when authorized by the Security Council. This arrangement has only very imperfectly withstood the test of time. It did not anticipate the cold war which incapacitated the Security Council through the permanent members' frequent recourse to the veto. The Charter failed to address a growing phenomenon of clandestine subversion and of nuclear threats, nor did it make allowance for the rise in public support for human rights. Fortunately, although the Charter is very hard to amend, the drafters did agree that it should be interpreted flexibly by the UN's principal political institutions. In nearly sixty years, the text has undergone extensive interpretation through this practice. This book relates these changes in law and practice to changing public values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and promoting justice.http://www.lybrary.com/recourse-to-force-p-297791.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/recourse-to-force-p-297791.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:22 EDT This is the first systematic philosophical and conceptual study of the notion of a social practice. Raimo Tuomela explains social practices in terms of the interlocking mental states of the agents; he shows how social practices (for example customs and traditions) are 'building blocks of society'; and he offers a clear and powerful account of the way in which social institutions are constructed from these building blocks as established, interconnected sets of social practices with a special new social status. His analysis is based on the novel concept of shared 'we-attitudes', which represent a weak form of collective intentionality, and he makes instructive connections to major topics and figures in philosophy and the social sciences. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, psychology and sociology, and artificial intelligence.http://www.lybrary.com/the-philosophy-of-social-practices-p-297790.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-philosophy-of-social-practices-p-297790.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:19 EDT This book provides a broad introduction to the subject of dynamical systems, suitable for a one- or two-semester graduate course. In the first chapter, the authors introduce over a dozen examples, and then use these examples throughout the book to motivate and clarify the development of the theory. Topics include topological dynamics, symbolic dynamics, ergodic theory, hyperbolic dynamics, one-dimensional dynamics, complex dynamics, and measure-theoretic entropy. The authors top off the presentation with some beautiful and remarkable applications of dynamical systems to such areas as number theory, data storage, and Internet search engines. This book grew out of lecture notes from the graduate dynamical systems course at the University of Maryland, College Park, and reflects not only the tastes of the authors, but also to some extent the collective opinion of the Dynamics Group at the University of Maryland, which includes experts in virtually every major area of dynamical systems.http://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-dynamical-systems-p-297789.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-dynamical-systems-p-297789.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:17 EDT Unwelcome surprises in the life of any organization can often be traced to the failure of an assumption that the organization's leadership didn't anticipate or had 'forgotten' it was making. Assumption-based planning (ABP) is a tool for identifying as many as possible of the assumptions underlying the plans of an organization and bringing those assumptions explicitly into the planning process. This book presents a variety of techniques for rooting out those vulnerable, crucial assumptions. The book also presents steps for monitoring all the vulnerable assumptions of a plan, for taking actions to control those vulnerable assumptions where possible, and for preparing the organization for the potential failure of those assumptions where control is not possible. The book provides a variety of examples and practical advice for those interested in carrying out an application of ABP in the fields of business, management, strategic planning, engineering, and in military applications.http://www.lybrary.com/assumptionbased-planning-p-297788.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/assumptionbased-planning-p-297788.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:15 EDT This book examines from a multidisciplinary viewpoint the question of what we mean - what we should mean - by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author, trained as a philosopher of science and language, explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a more comprehensive environmental policy. Choosing sustainability as the keystone concept of environmental policy, the author explores what we can learn about sustainable living from the philosophy of pragmatism, from ecology, from economics, from planning, from conservation biology and from related disciplines. The idea of adaptive, or experimental, management provides the context, while insights from various disciplines are integrated into a comprehensive philosophy of environmental management. The book will appeal to students and professionals in the fields of environmental policy and ethics, conservation biology, and philosophy of science.http://www.lybrary.com/searching-for-sustainability-p-297787.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/searching-for-sustainability-p-297787.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:12 EDT This book presents a functional approach to the construction, use and approximation of Green's functions and their associated ordered exponentials. After a brief historical introduction, the author discusses new solutions to problems involving particle production in crossed laser fields and non-constant electric fields. Applications to problems in potential theory and quantum field theory are covered, along with approximations for the treatment of color fluctuations in high-energy QCD scattering, and a model for summing classes of eikonal graphs in high-energy scattering problems. The book also presents a variant of the Fradkin representation which suggests a new non-perturbative approximation scheme, and provides a qualitative measure of the error involved in each such approximation. Covering the basics as well as more advanced applications, this book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in a wide range of fields, including quantum field theory, fluid dynamics and applied mathematics.http://www.lybrary.com/greens-functions-and-ordered-exponentials-p-297786.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/greens-functions-and-ordered-exponentials-p-297786.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:10 EDT In Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Law of Property, Wolfram Schmidgen draws on legal and economic writings to analyse the description of houses, landscapes, and commodities in eighteenth-century fiction. His study argues that such descriptions are important to the British imagination of community. By making visible what it means to own something, they illuminate how competing concepts of property define the boundaries of the individual, of social community, and of political systems. In this way, Schmidgen recovers description as a major feature of eighteenth-century prose, and he makes his case across a wide range of authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, William Blackstone, Adam Smith, and Ann Radcliffe. The book's most incisive theoretical contribution lies in its careful insistence on the unity of the human and the material: in Schmidgen's argument, persons and things are inescapably entangled. This approach produces fresh insights into the relationship between law, literature, and economics.http://www.lybrary.com/eighteenthcentury-fiction-and-the-law-of-property-p-297785.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/eighteenthcentury-fiction-and-the-law-of-property-p-297785.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 18:33:08 EDT <b>Cell Lineage and Fate Determination</b> provides a comprehensive view of the mechanisms regulating cell lineage and fate determination in an effort to understand how the fertilized egg is transformed into a complex of specialized tissues. It presents basic information on eight different animal models and recent developmental biological research done in each model. The book provides a focused forum presenting key information for researchers studying various aspects of developmental and cellular biology. Extensive use of tables and black-and-white and color figures helps illustrate each model. The book concludes by discussing future goals for bringing cellular, molecular, and genetic research to clinical applications and tissue replacement therapies.<p>Key Features<br>* Presents eight different animal models<br>* Provides a focused forum on cell fate determination that provides comprehensive and key information for researchers<br>* Illustrates the transitional relationship between researchers and clinicians<br>* Includes the extensive use of tables and color figureshttp://www.lybrary.com/cell-lineage-and-fate-determination-p-297784.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cell-lineage-and-fate-determination-p-297784.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:52 EDT When Majorities Fail is a study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature. Inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. The internal instability in Russia's parliament is known as cycling, one of the most important theoretical concepts in formal study of legislatures. There are few recorded cases of cycling in politically important settings. This book documents the presence of cyclical majorities in Russian Parliament with comprehensive case and statistical analysis, and demonstrates how the failure to adopt a new constitution led to the confrontation between parliament and president in the fall of 1993. Earlier research has shown that the design of a legislative institution is crucial in preventing cycling. The author shows how the institutional design of the parliament failed, underscoring the importance of institutional design in a democratic transition.http://www.lybrary.com/when-majorities-fail-p-297783.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/when-majorities-fail-p-297783.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:49 EDT This book explains the financial appraisal of capital budgeting projects. The coverage extends from the development of basic concepts, principles and techniques to the application of them in increasingly complex and real-world situations. Identification and estimation (including forecasting) of cash flows, project appraisal formulae, and the application of net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR) and other project evaluation criteria are illustrated with a variety of calculation examples. Risk analysis is extensively covered by the use of risk adjusted discount rate, certainty equivalent, sensitivity, simulation and Monte Carlo analysis. The NPV and IRR models are further applied to forestry, property and international investments. Resource constraints are introduced to the capital budgeting decisions with a variety of worked examples using linear programming technique. All calculations are extensively supported by Excel workbooks on the Web, and each chapter is well reviewed by end of chapter questions.http://www.lybrary.com/capital-budgeting-p-297782.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/capital-budgeting-p-297782.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:47 EDT In Religion, Toleration, and British Writing, 1790-1830, Mark Canuel examines the way that Romantic poets, novelists and political writers criticised the traditional grounding of British political unity in religious conformity. Canuel shows how a wide range of writers including Jeremy Bentham, Ann Radcliffe, Maria Edgeworth and Lord Byron not only undermined the validity of religion in the British state, but also imagined a new, tolerant, and more organised mode of social inclusion. To argue against the authority of religion, Canuel claims, was to argue for a thoroughly revised form of tolerant yet highly organised government, in other words, a mode of political authority that provided unprecedented levels of inclusion and protection. Canuel argues that these writers saw their works as political and literary commentaries on the extent and limits of religious toleration. His study throws new light on political history as well as the literature of the romantic period.http://www.lybrary.com/religion-toleration-and-british-writing-1790ñ1830-p-297781.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/religion-toleration-and-british-writing-1790ñ1830-p-297781.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:44 EDT Marian Eide argues that the central concern of James Joyce's writing was the creation of a literary ethics. Eide examines Joyce's ethical preoccupations throughout his work, particularly the tension between his commitment as an artist and his social obligations as a father and citizen during a tumultuous period of European history. Eide argues that his narrative suggestion that ethics, which etymologically signifies both 'character' and 'habitat', might be understood best as an interaction between immediate and intimate processes (character) and more external and enduring structures (habitat). Drawing on feminist theory, Eide focuses on the notions of alterity and difference. The literary ethics developed in this book proceed from a textual focus in order to examine how our assumptions about what it means to read and interpret produce within each reader an implicit ethical practice. This is the first study devoted to Joyce's ethical philosophy as it emerges in his writing.http://www.lybrary.com/ethical-joyce-p-297780.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ethical-joyce-p-297780.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:42 EDT What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India, and during the second half of the nineteenth century, over ten per cent of the land surface of the earth became protected as a public trust. Sprawling forest reservations, many of them larger than modern nations, became revenue-producing forests that protected the whole 'household of nature', and Rudyard Kipling and Theodore Roosevelt were among those who celebrated a new class of government foresters as public heroes. Imperial foresters warned of impending catastrophe, desertification and global climate change if the reverse process of deforestation continued. The empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and then the United States to other parts of the globe, and Gregory Barton's pioneering study is amongst the first to look at the origins of environmentalism in global perspective.http://www.lybrary.com/empire-forestry-and-the-origins-of-environmentalism-p-297779.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/empire-forestry-and-the-origins-of-environmentalism-p-297779.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:40 EDT The transmission mechanism of monetary policy explains how monetary policy works - which variables respond to interest rate changes, when, why, how, how much and how predictably. It is vital that central banks and their observers, worldwide, understand the transmission mechanism so that they know what monetary policy can do and what it should do to stabilise inflation and output. The volume sets out different aspects of the transmission mechanism. Some chapters scrutinise the relevance of practical issues such as asymmetries, recent structural changes and estimation errors using data on the US, Euro area and developing countries. Other chapters focus on modelling crucial aspects such as productivity, the exchange rate and the monetary sector. These issues are counterpointed by contributions, which analyse contemporary monetary policy in Japan and the UK.http://www.lybrary.com/monetary-transmission-in-diverse-economies-p-297778.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/monetary-transmission-in-diverse-economies-p-297778.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:37 EDT Peter Mack examines the impact of humanist training in rhetoric and argument on a range of Elizabethan prose texts, including political orations, histories, romances, conduct manuals, privy council debates and personal letters. Elizabethan Rhetoric reconstructs the knowledge, skills and approaches which an Elizabethan would have acquired in order to participate in the political and religious debates of the time: the approaches to an audience, analysis and replication of textual structures, organisation of arguments and tactics for disputation. Study of the rhetorical codes and conventions in terms of which debates were conducted is currently a major area of historical and literary enquiry, and Mack provides a wealth of new information about what was taught and how these conventions were exploited in personal memoranda, court depositions, sermons and political and religious pamphlets. This important book will be invaluable for all those interested in the culture, literature and political history of the period.http://www.lybrary.com/elizabethan-rhetoric-p-297777.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/elizabethan-rhetoric-p-297777.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:35 EDT This book offers a radically new interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno. In contrast to the conventional view that Adorno's is in essence a critical philosophy, Yvonne Sherratt traces systematically a utopian thesis that pervades all the major aspects of Adorno's thought. She places Adorno's work in the context of German Idealist and later Marxist and Freudian traditions, and then analyses his key works to show how the aesthetic, epistemological, psychological, historical and sociological thought interconnect to form a utopian image. The book will be eagerly sought out by students and specialists in philosophy, social and political theory, intellectual history, literary theory and cultural studies.http://www.lybrary.com/adornos-positive-dialectic-p-297776.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/adornos-positive-dialectic-p-297776.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:33 EDT In a rural community in Southern Ethiopia, there are two types of rituals performed by the same people. Historical evidence suggests that one has shown remarkable stability over the years, while the other has undergone massive transformations. External factors are the same, so how is this to be explained? Dena Freeman focusses on new ethnographical and historical data from the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia to tackle the question of cultural change and transformation. She uses a comparative perspective and contrasts the continuity in sacrificial rituals with the rapid divergence and differentiation in initiations. Freeman argues that although external change drives internal cultural transformation, the way in which it does is greatly influenced by the structural organisation of the cultural systems themselves. This insight leads to a re-thinking of the analytic tension between structure and agency that is at the heart of contemporary anthropological theory.http://www.lybrary.com/initiating-change-in-highland-ethiopia-p-297775.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/initiating-change-in-highland-ethiopia-p-297775.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:31 EDT Provides an in-depth treatment of the overlapping generations model in economics incorporating production. Chapter 1 investigates competitive equilibria and corresponding dynamics: existence and uniqueness of equilibrium, global dynamics of capital (including poverty traps), and various extensions of the model. Chapter 2 analyzes the optimality of allocations in this framework, using both the value function and marginal approaches. Optimality with unbounded growth is also analyzed. Policy issues including the Second Welfare Theorem, pensions, government spending, and optimal taxation, are discussed in chapter 3. The notion of public debt is introduced in chapter 4 and the sustainability of policies with budget deficits/surpluses is examined. The last chapter presents extensions of the model including altruism, education/human capital, and habit formation. Methodological emphasis is put on using general preferences and technologies, on the global study of dynamic aspects of the model, and on furnishing adequate tools to analyze policies involving inter-generational transfers.http://www.lybrary.com/a-theory-of-economic-growth-p-297774.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-theory-of-economic-growth-p-297774.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:28 EDT Free logic is an important field of philosophical logic that first appeared in the 1950s. J. Karel Lambert was one of its founders and coined the term itself. The essays in this collection (written over a period of 40 years) explore the philosophical foundations of free logic and its application to areas as diverse as the philosophy of religion and computer science. Amongst the applications on offer are those to the analysis of existence statements, to definite descriptions and to partial functions. The volume contains a proof that free logics of any kind are non-extensional and then uses that proof to show that Quine's theory of predication and referential transparency must fail. The purpose of this collection is to bring an important body of work to the attention of a new generation of professional philosophers, computer scientists, and mathematicians.http://www.lybrary.com/free-logic-p-297773.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/free-logic-p-297773.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:26 EDT This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. As the authors demonstrate, the South African context offers a treasure trove of data and examples for linguistic and sociolinguistic study. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of pre-colonial and colonial history; contact between the different language varieties, leading to language loss, pidginization, creolization and new mixed varieties; language and public policy issues associated with the transition to a post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages. It details the history of indigenous languages, the impact of European languages upon them, and of transformations to the European languages themselves. Written by a team of leading researchers, all the chapters are informed by the importance of socio-political history in understanding questions of language. The book will be welcomed by students and researchers in language and linguistics, sociology, anthropology and social history.http://www.lybrary.com/language-in-south-africa-p-297772.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/language-in-south-africa-p-297772.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:23 EDT This book rejects conventional accounts of how American political parties differ from those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of the direct primary and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. It overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by anti-party reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party 'regulars' and their opponents. Rather, the impetus for direct nominations came from attempts within the parties to subject informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late 19th century.http://www.lybrary.com/the-american-direct-primary-p-297771.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-american-direct-primary-p-297771.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:21 EDT Many commentators have assumed a close connection between liberal democracy and economic development. Sylvia Chan questions this assumption and suggests a new theoretical framework, in which liberal democracy is 'decomposed' into economic, civil and political dimensions that can be combined in different ways, allowing for a range of 'institutional matrices'. She then shows, in a case study of Japan and the Asian newly industrialising countries, how these seemingly less democratic countries have enjoyed a unique mix of economic, civil and political liberties which have encouraged economic development, without the need to share the institutional structures and cultural values of the West. Chan's model therefore provides a re-evaluation of the institutional capacities needed to sustain a competitive economy in a globalising world, and develops a more sophisticated understanding of the democracy-development connection.http://www.lybrary.com/liberalism-democracy-and-development-p-297770.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/liberalism-democracy-and-development-p-297770.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:19 EDT This book examines how the law was made, defined, administered, and used in eighteenth-century England. A team of leading international historians explore the ways in which legal concerns and procedures came to permeate society and reflect on eighteenth-century concepts of corruption, oppression, and institutional efficiency. These themes are pursued throughout in a broad range of contributions which include studies of magistrates and courts; the forcible enlistment of soldiers and sailors; the eighteenth-century 'bloody code'; the making of law basic to nineteenth-century social reform; the populace's extension of law's arena to newspapers; theologians' use of assumptions basic to English law; Lord Chief Justice Mansfield's concept of the liberty intrinsic to England; and Blackstone's concept of the framework of English law. The result is an invaluable account of the legal bases of eighteenth-century society which is essential reading for historians at all levels.http://www.lybrary.com/law-crime-and-english-society-1660ñ1830-p-297769.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/law-crime-and-english-society-1660ñ1830-p-297769.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:16 EDT For the past few years, the increase in cases of political corruption, the loss of politicians' credibility, the development of social and political forms of pathology (notably the rise of the extreme right along with exclusionist ideologies), and the role of the State have been at the center of political debates. In one way or another, these problems raise the question of the legitimacy of the established powers. The result is that legitimacy, a key notion of political thought in general, has today become a burning issue. Coicaud examines all these issues and proffers insightful answers to questions such as the connections between morality and politics, how rulers acquire or lose the right to govern, and how one can become the advocate of a theory of political justice that, while establishing limits, respects and even ensures the promotion of plurality within societies.http://www.lybrary.com/legitimacy-and-politics-p-297768.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/legitimacy-and-politics-p-297768.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:14 EDT This book is about the economy of the Carolingian empire (753-877), which extended from the Pyrenees and the northern shores of the Mediterranean to the North Sea, and from the Atlantic coast to the Elbe and Saale rivers. It is the first comprehensive evaluation of the topic in English in over twenty years. The study of the Carolingian empire as an economic rather than a political entity can be justified both because of the major interference of political authority in the economy, and because of the distinctive economic characteristic of growth; and while some regions within the empire had a much more developed economy than others, the whole period is basically one of economic expansion, in parallel with the cultural upheaval of the 'Carolingian Renaissance'.http://www.lybrary.com/the-carolingian-economy-p-297767.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-carolingian-economy-p-297767.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:12 EDT This book is an introduction to medieval economic thought, mainly from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, as it emerges from the works of academic theologians and lawyers and other sources - from Italian merchants' writings to vernacular poetry, Parliamentary legislation, and manorial court rolls. It raises a number of questions based on the Aristotelian idea of the mean, the balance and harmony underlying justice, as applied by medieval thinkers to the changing economy. How could private ownership of property be reconciled with God's gift of the earth to all in common? How could charity balance resources between rich and poor? What was money? What were the just price and the just wage? How was a balance to be achieved between lender and borrower and how did the idea of usury change to reflect this? The answers emerge from a wide variety of ecclesiastical and secular sources.http://www.lybrary.com/medieval-economic-thought-p-297766.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/medieval-economic-thought-p-297766.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:10 EDT This classic textbook offers a clear exposition of modern probability theory and of the interplay between the properties of metric spaces and probability measures. The first half of the book gives an exposition of real analysis: basic set theory, general topology, measure theory, integration, an introduction to functional analysis in Banach and Hilbert spaces, convex sets and functions and measure on topological spaces. The second half introduces probability based on measure theory, including laws of large numbers, ergodic theorems, the central limit theorem, conditional expectations and martingale's convergence. A chapter on stochastic processes introduces Brownian motion and the Brownian bridge. The new edition has been made even more self-contained than before; it now includes a foundation of the real number system and the Stone-Weierstrass theorem on uniform approximation in algebras of functions. Several other sections have been revised and improved, and the comprehensive historical notes have been further amplified. A number of new exercises have been added, together with hints for solution.http://www.lybrary.com/real-analysis-and-probability-p-297765.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/real-analysis-and-probability-p-297765.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 17:33:07 EDT This volume of <b>Advances in Veterinary Medicine</b>, derived in part from the First Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostic Conferences, deals with vaccines, an especially active area of veterinary research and controversy.http://www.lybrary.com/veterinary-vaccines-and-diagnostics-p-297764.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/veterinary-vaccines-and-diagnostics-p-297764.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:34:03 EDT <b>CNS Regeneration</b> focuses on some of the leading current neurological disease models and methods for promoting central nervous system regeneration. Editors and authors are experts in the field, with experience in basic as well as applied neuroscience. In a comprehensive, logical manner, the book unites important basic science advances in neuroscience with novel medical strategies.<p>Key Features<br>* The first comprehensive, authoritative volume on the topic of CNS regeneration<br>* Reviews current therapeutic approaches<br>* Editors and authors are experts in the field<br>* Appeals to those interested in basic science as well as those concerned with its medical applicationhttp://www.lybrary.com/cns-regeneration-basic-science-and-clinical-advances-p-297763.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cns-regeneration-basic-science-and-clinical-advances-p-297763.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:34:01 EDT This twenty-fourth volume of the long-running <b>Physical Acoustics</b> series provides a subject and author cumulative index and tables of contents for all previous volumes for easy reference.http://www.lybrary.com/cumulative-subject-and-author-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-123-p-297762.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cumulative-subject-and-author-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-123-p-297762.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:58 EDT Contemporary Romance: Steeler running back Mike Callahan has been in the game long enough to know that it isn't how much time-or love-you have that matters, but what you do with what you have. Now the time is up for his career, but he's ready to meet a new life head on.
<p>Sports reporter Magda Kovacs has been hiding her grief under a heavy work schedule and a ready wit. She has learned that advice is easier to give than to take. Her secret hero is more than just another assignment.
<p>They are thrown together in the Christmas gaiety of Pittsburgh, surrounded by the excitement of the season and the fund drive for Children's Hospital. It's a story to warm the coldest night the steel town ever saw.http://www.lybrary.com/time-of-possession-p-297761.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/time-of-possession-p-297761.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:55 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/france-p-297760.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/france-p-297760.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:53 EDT Combines general theoretical discussions of the principles of cultural pluralism, nationalism, and minority identities with informative studies of specific local histories and political conflicts.http://www.lybrary.com/multicultural-states-p-297759.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/multicultural-states-p-297759.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:50 EDT This volume focuses on the techniques and tools currently available to the environmental manager. A theoretical background is given together with an overview of those instruments in common use today.http://www.lybrary.com/environmental-management-in-practice-vol-1-p-297758.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/environmental-management-in-practice-vol-1-p-297758.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:48 EDT Introduces students to the central ideas which surround the chaos/complexity theories. It discusses key concepts before using them as a way of investigating the nature of social research.http://www.lybrary.com/complexity-theory-and-the-social-sciences-p-297757.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/complexity-theory-and-the-social-sciences-p-297757.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:46 EDT Based upon indepth case studies of companies such as Coca-Cola and 3M this book is an original and comprehensive analysis of learning organisations. Includes interviews with over seventy managers and employees.http://www.lybrary.com/organisational-learning-and-effectiveness-p-297756.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/organisational-learning-and-effectiveness-p-297756.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:44 EDT Rethinking the Mathematics Curriculum explores maths curricula around the world, and the differences in expectation, culture and politics that form them.http://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-the-mathematics-curriculum-p-297755.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-the-mathematics-curriculum-p-297755.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:42 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/quality-evidence-and-effectiveness-in-health-promotion-p-297754.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/quality-evidence-and-effectiveness-in-health-promotion-p-297754.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:40 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-dynamics-of-change-p-297753.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-dynamics-of-change-p-297753.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:37 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/athanasius-p-297752.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/athanasius-p-297752.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:35 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/tourism-geography-p-297751.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tourism-geography-p-297751.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:33 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-sociology-of-the-caring-professions-p-297750.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-sociology-of-the-caring-professions-p-297750.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:30 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/soviet-politics-p-297749.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/soviet-politics-p-297749.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:28 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/time-culture-and-identity-p-297748.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/time-culture-and-identity-p-297748.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:26 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-fifth-french-republic-presidents-politics-and-personalities-p-297747.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-fifth-french-republic-presidents-politics-and-personalities-p-297747.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:24 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/radical-orthodoxy-p-297746.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/radical-orthodoxy-p-297746.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:15 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/social-work-and-minorities-p-297745.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-work-and-minorities-p-297745.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 16:33:11 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/postcolonial-translation-p-297744.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/postcolonial-translation-p-297744.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:34:01 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/gender-planning-and-human-rights-p-297743.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gender-planning-and-human-rights-p-297743.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:58 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/who-benefits-from-privatisation-p-297742.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/who-benefits-from-privatisation-p-297742.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:54 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/european-and-native-american-warfare-16751795-p-297741.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/european-and-native-american-warfare-16751795-p-297741.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:51 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/old-age-p-297740.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/old-age-p-297740.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:49 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/health-care-ethics-and-insurance-p-297739.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/health-care-ethics-and-insurance-p-297739.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:46 EDT Mystery: Who would want to frame a young rookie cop for murder? Private investigator, Dan Starrett, is hired to find the answer. When he discovers his client was videotaped having sex with the murdered woman just hours before her body was found, he realizes he has to work fast before the blackmail tape surfaces. He also begins to believe his client might possibly be telling the truth when he says he didn't kill her, but still feels he's lying about something. As Starrett gets deeper into the investigation, he finds himself being drawn into the killer's game. The trick is staying alive long enough to discover the identity of the killer. But maybe a pair of crooked detectives can help Starrett with that, and help him settle an old score, too.http://www.lybrary.com/framework-p-297738.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/framework-p-297738.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:43 EDT This sensitive and biblically oriented book offers a roadmap for bereaved spouses on the journey through grief to resolution. Excellent for pastors, too.http://www.lybrary.com/getting-to-the-other-side-of-grief-overcoming-the-loss-of-a-spouse-p-297737.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/getting-to-the-other-side-of-grief-overcoming-the-loss-of-a-spouse-p-297737.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:40 EDT HORROR/DARK FANTASY ANTHOLOGY: 17 stories from today's modern masters of fright! Douglas Clegg, Stephen Dedman, Yvonne Navarro, Gary A. Braunbeck, Michael Laimo, Brian Hodge, Stephen M. Rainey, Nancy Kilpatrick and others... In Douglas Clegg's "265 And Heaven" meet Fazzo who holds the key to a very special doorway. A heaven like none anyone has ever seen, and that only a select few are permitted to enter. But not without a price. In Stephen M. Rainey's "Moving Pictures...
<p>Still Life" we find a young girl, brought up amidst religion, who must now face the devil himself for what she has ultimately chosen as destiny. Yvonne Navarro gives us an understanding why some things are better left dead, and Nancy Kilpatrick goes deep into the mind of a savage killer. These tales will leave you teetering on edge, a heavy sense of dread weighted in your gut. And from out of the shadows, ever faintly, there are whispers carrying on the wind, calling out to you. Dare to look inside.http://www.lybrary.com/dark-whispers-an-anthology-in-terror-p-297736.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dark-whispers-an-anthology-in-terror-p-297736.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:38 EDT In many ways the Lord's Prayer is the most fundamental of all Christian prayers. It was given by Jesus in response to his disciples' explicit request that he teach them to pray, and throughout the period of the early church, along with the creed, it was regarded as a basic catchetical text. For a large number of people in our own period, however, trying to pray this prayer in any meaningful way is fraught with difficulties. Roberta Bondi contends that christians are called to love God and our neighbors as ourselves, and that the Lord's Prayer, prayed honestly from the places we really are, is a basic tool to help us do it. A Place to Pray: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer is not an exegetical book; rather the reflections in it, which draw from the author's own experiences, teaching, and study of the early church, are presented in a series of letters to a fictional friend. In these letters Bondi addresses many of the issues that make praying the Lord's Prayer difficult. At the same time, she helps readers use the prayer as a means of helping them love God, neighbor, and self. An excellent resource for personal spiritual growh and development, this volume is also well suited for adult study groups and is an ideal text for courses in Christian Spirituality, Theology, Worship, and Pastoral Care.http://www.lybrary.com/a-place-to-pray-p-297735.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-place-to-pray-p-297735.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:35 EDT Unlocking the riddles of history, Eco explores the "linguistics of the lunatic", stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. The bewildering anecdotes and scholarly rigor entertain readers with a passion for the curious history of languages.http://www.lybrary.com/serendipities-language-lunacy-p-297734.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/serendipities-language-lunacy-p-297734.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:32 EDT Hiring Great People removes the guesswork from your hiring process, giving you solid, no-nonsense tools and processes to identify and attract your industry's highest performing employees.http://www.lybrary.com/hiring-the-best-p-297733.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hiring-the-best-p-297733.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:29 EDT The Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation is the first-ever reference to provide engineers and scientists with a detailed, top-to-bottom look at GPS and INS in a single volume.http://www.lybrary.com/the-global-positioning-system-p-297732.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-global-positioning-system-p-297732.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:26 EDT How do Americans use and understand the past? Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future.http://www.lybrary.com/presence-of-the-past-popular-uses-of-history-in-american-life-p-297731.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/presence-of-the-past-popular-uses-of-history-in-american-life-p-297731.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:23 EDT Easy to understand and applicable to numerous industries and environments, Motivating Employees will reveal how to motivate people with responsibility and authority - without losing your own influence and respect; tried-and-true tips for winning employee cooperation in virtually any situation; and 10 tips for promoting workteam synergy - and preparing your teams for success.http://www.lybrary.com/motivating-employees-p-297730.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/motivating-employees-p-297730.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:21 EDT Dynamic Soil-structure interaction is one of the major topics in earthquake engineering and soil dynamics since it is closely related to the safety evaluation of many important engineering projects, such as nuclear power plants, to resist earthquakes. In dealing with the analysis of dynamic soil-structure interactions, one of the most difficult tasks is the modeling of unbounded media. To solve this problem, many numerical methods and techniques have been developed.<p>This book summarizes the most recent developments and applications in the field of dynamic soil-structure interaction, both in China and Switzerland.<p>An excellent book for scientists and engineers in civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering and earthquake engineering.http://www.lybrary.com/dynamic-soilstructure-interaction-current-research-in-china-and-switzerland-p-297729.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dynamic-soilstructure-interaction-current-research-in-china-and-switzerland-p-297729.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:18 EDT This book originated out of a desire to combine topics on vibrational absorption, Raman scattering, vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) and Raman optical activity (VROA) into one source. The theoretical details of these processes are presented in ten different chapters. Using dispersive and Fourier transform techniques, the instrumentation involved in these spectral measurements are given in three chapters. Major emphasis is placed on the newer techniques, i.e. VCD and VROA, with the conventional vibrational absorption and vibrational Raman scattering methods incorporated as natural parts of the newer methods.<p><b>Features of this book:</b><p>• Comprehensive coverage of vibrational circular dichroism and vibrational Raman optical activity.<p>• Coverage of theoretical and instrumental details.<p>• A comprehensive survey of VCD and VROA applications is included, so that the reader can get an overview of theory, instrumentation and applications in one source.<p>The topics covered are of an advanced level, which makes this book invaluable for graduate students and practising scientists in vibrational spectroscopy.http://www.lybrary.com/vibrational-spectra-principles-and-applications-with-emphasis-on-optical-activity-principles-and-applications-with-emphasis-on-p-297728.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/vibrational-spectra-principles-and-applications-with-emphasis-on-optical-activity-principles-and-applications-with-emphasis-on-p-297728.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:16 EDT <p>The most exciting development in parallel computer architecture is the convergence of traditionally disparate approaches on a common machine structure. This book explains the forces behind this convergence of shared-memory, message-passing, data parallel, and data-driven computing architectures. It then examines the design issues that are critical to all parallel architecture across the full range of modern design, covering data access, communication performance, coordination of cooperative work, and correct implementation of useful semantics. It not only describes the hardware and software techniques for addressing each of these issues but also explores how these techniques interact in the same system. Examining architecture from an application-driven perspective, it provides comprehensive discussions of parallel programming for high performance and of workload-driven evaluation, based on understanding hardware-software interactions.</p><p>* synthesizes a decade of research and development for practicing engineers, graduate students, and researchers in parallel computer architecture, system software, and applications development<p>* presents in-depth application case studies from computer graphics, computational science and engineering, and data mining to demonstrate sound quantitative evaluation of design trade-offs<p>* describes the process of programming for performance, including both the architecture-independent and architecture-dependent aspects, with examples and case-studies<p>* illustrates bus-based and network-based parallel systems with case studies of more than a dozen important commercial designshttp://www.lybrary.com/parallel-computer-architecture-a-hardwaresoftware-approach-p-297727.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/parallel-computer-architecture-a-hardwaresoftware-approach-p-297727.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:13 EDT Alienating for some, yet most intimate and real for others, emerging communications technologies are creating a varied array of cyberspace experiences. Nowhere are the new and old more intertwined, as familiar narratives of the past and radical visions of the future inform our attempts to assess the impact of cyberspace on self and society. Amidst the dizzying pace of technological innovation, Annette N. Markham embarks on a unique, ethnographic approach to understanding internet users by immersing herself in on-line reality. The result is an engrossing narrative as well as a theoretically engaging journey. A cast of characters, the reflexive author among them, emerge from Markham's interviews and research to depict the complexity and diversity of internet realities. While cyberspace is hyped as a disembodied cultural arena where physical reality can be transcended, Markham finds that to understand how people experience the internet, she must learn how to be embodied there_a process of acculturation and immersion which is not so different from other anthropological projects of cross-cultural understanding. Both new and not-so-new, cyberspace provides a context in which we can ask new sorts of questions about all cultural experience.http://www.lybrary.com/life-online-researching-real-experience-in-virtual-space-p-297726.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/life-online-researching-real-experience-in-virtual-space-p-297726.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:10 EDT Alienating for some, yet most intimate and real for others, emerging communications technologies are creating a varied array of cyberspace experiences. Nowhere are the new and old more intertwined, as familiar narratives of the past and radical visions of the future inform our attempts to assess the impact of cyberspace on self and society. Amidst the dizzying pace of technological innovation, Annette N. Markham embarks on a unique, ethnographic approach to understanding internet users by immersing herself in on-line reality. The result is an engrossing narrative as well as a theoretically engaging journey. A cast of characters, the reflexive author among them, emerge from Markham's interviews and research to depict the complexity and diversity of internet realities. While cyberspace is hyped as a disembodied cultural arena where physical reality can be transcended, Markham finds that to understand how people experience the internet, she must learn how to be embodied there_a process of acculturation and immersion which is not so different from other anthropological projects of cross-cultural understanding. Both new and not-so-new, cyberspace provides a context in which we can ask new sorts of questions about all cultural experience.http://www.lybrary.com/life-online-researching-real-experience-in-virtual-space-p-297725.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/life-online-researching-real-experience-in-virtual-space-p-297725.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:08 EDT <i>Fiction and Social Research</i> brings together writers from a variety of disciplines to explore and illustrate the possibilities of new narrative forms in social research. At the intersections of fiction, ethnography, and cultural studies, these essays demonstrate narratives that simultaneously enrich fieldwork and enliven research reporting. By arranging this volume into four areas of concern, this volume demonstrates how fiction can express issues of representation, subjectivity, critique and postmodern discourse. This volume is unique in its accessibility and will prove a valuable tool to the veteran scholar and beginning ethnographer alike.http://www.lybrary.com/fiction-and-social-research-by-ice-or-fire-p-297724.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fiction-and-social-research-by-ice-or-fire-p-297724.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:12 EDT ADVANCES IN THEORETICALLY INTERESTING MOLECULES VOLUME 4http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-theoretically-interesting-molecules-volume-4-v4-p-297723.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-theoretically-interesting-molecules-volume-4-v4-p-297723.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:10 EDT The 4th International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue and Elasto-Plastic Behaviour of Materials was held from 7-11 September 1998 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. <br><p>In response to a call for papers, nearly 200 extended abstracts from 32 countries were submitted to the organizing committee. These papers were presented at the conference as invited lectures or short contributions and as oral or poster presentation. All the papers were presented in poster form in extended poster sessions–a peculiarity of the LCF Conferences which allows an intense, thorough discussion of all contributions.<br><p>Each chapter provides a comprehensive overview of a materials class or a given subject. Many contributions could have been included in two or even three chapters and so, in order to give a better overview of the content, the reader will find a subject index, a material index and an author index in the back of the book.http://www.lybrary.com/low-cycle-fatigue-and-elastoplastic-behaviour-of-materials-p-297722.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/low-cycle-fatigue-and-elastoplastic-behaviour-of-materials-p-297722.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:08 EDT <p>If you want to go beyond physical and massage therapy to include working with the chakra system, meridians, and vibrational therapies, this is the book to get you started. Covers assessment techniques and the use of acupressure, massage, crystals, aromatherapy, homeopathy and to correct the imbalances in the body that result from emotional and physical issues and trauma. Illustrated. Appendix. Index.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/energetic-bodywork-practical-techniques-p-297721.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/energetic-bodywork-practical-techniques-p-297721.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:06 EDT Includes background information, creative, cross-curricular activities, hands-on reproducibles, poetry, art projects, games and a full-color bat poster!http://www.lybrary.com/bats-complete-crosscurricular-theme-unit-that-teaches-about-this-amazing-mammal-p-297720.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bats-complete-crosscurricular-theme-unit-that-teaches-about-this-amazing-mammal-p-297720.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:03 EDT Visit our website for sample chapters!http://www.lybrary.com/a-global-agenda-issues-before-the-53rd-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-p-297719.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-global-agenda-issues-before-the-53rd-general-assembly-of-the-united-nations-p-297719.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:34:00 EDT Presents in contemporary language Bernard's teachings on spiritual battle-perseverance through trials and victory over adversaries. A Rekindling the Inner Fire book.http://www.lybrary.com/your-angels-guard-my-steps-a-40day-journey-in-the-company-of-bernard-of-clairvaux-p-297718.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/your-angels-guard-my-steps-a-40day-journey-in-the-company-of-bernard-of-clairvaux-p-297718.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:58 EDT The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing on both the political and theatrical context, while the extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. In addition to situating Shaw's work in its own time, the Companion demonstrates its continuing relevance, and applies some of the newest critical approaches. Topics include Shaw and the publishing trade, Shaw and feminism, and Shaw and the Empire, as well as analyses of the early plays, discussion plays and history plays.http://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-george-bernard-shaw-p-297717.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-george-bernard-shaw-p-297717.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:56 EDT A guide to striking the balance between teaching research skills and giving children the freedom to develop creative, top notch papers and projects.http://www.lybrary.com/helping-students-write-the-best-research-reports-ever-easy-minilessons-strategies-and-creative-formats-to-make-research-mana-p-297716.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/helping-students-write-the-best-research-reports-ever-easy-minilessons-strategies-and-creative-formats-to-make-research-mana-p-297716.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:53 EDT Proof that learning grammar doesn't have to be boring. This easy-to-understand and humorous guide is for students in their second year of Greek study.http://www.lybrary.com/its-still-greek-to-me-an-easytounderstand-guide-to-intermediate-greek-p-297715.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/its-still-greek-to-me-an-easytounderstand-guide-to-intermediate-greek-p-297715.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:50 EDT Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Here too are "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language." (A Mariner Reissue)http://www.lybrary.com/collected-stories-of-carson-mccullers-p-297714.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/collected-stories-of-carson-mccullers-p-297714.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:48 EDT <p>The bestseller that reminded us what it means to be an American is more timely than ever in this updated and enlarged edition, including "Schlesinger's Syllabus," an annotated reading list of core books on the American experience.</p>The classic image of the American nation - a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy - is being replaced by an orthodoxy that celebrates difference and abandons assimilation. While this upsurge in ethnic awareness has had many healthy consequences in a nation shamed by a history of prejudice, the cult of ethnicity, if pressed too far, threatens to fragment American society to a dangerous degree. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in history and adviser to the Kennedy and other administrations, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., is uniquely positioned to wave the caution flag in the race to a politics of identity. Using a broader canvas in this updated and expanded edition, he examines the international dimension and the lessons of one polyglot country after another tearing itself apart or on the brink of doing so: among them the former Yugoslavia, Nigeria, even Canada. Closer to home, he finds troubling new evidence that multiculturalism gone awry here in the United States threatens to do the same. "One of the most devastating and articulate attacks on multiculturalism yet to appear."-<i>Wall Street Journal </i>"A brilliant book . . . we owe Arthur Schlesinger a great debt of gratitude."-C. Vann Woodward, <i>New Republic</i>http://www.lybrary.com/the-disuniting-of-america-reflections-on-a-multicultural-society-revised-and-enlarged-edition-p-297713.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-disuniting-of-america-reflections-on-a-multicultural-society-revised-and-enlarged-edition-p-297713.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:45 EDT Norton celebrates the 150th anniversary of Freud's birth by reissuing Peter Gay's best-selling biography, featuring a new introduction.http://www.lybrary.com/freud-a-life-for-our-time-p-297712.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/freud-a-life-for-our-time-p-297712.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:43 EDT GQ called the three short novels in this collection "wondrous." A woman returns to live on her family's west Texas ranch . . . a man tracks his wife through a winter wilderness . . . an ancient ocean buried in the foothills of the Appalachians becomes a battleground for a young wildcat oilman and his aging mentor. Here is Bass at his magical, passionate, and lyrical best.http://www.lybrary.com/the-sky-the-stars-the-wilderness-p-297711.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-sky-the-stars-the-wilderness-p-297711.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:41 EDT Set in Georgia on the eve of court-ordered integration, Clock Without Hands contains McCullers's most poignant statement on race, class, and justice. A small-town druggist dying of leukemia calls himself and his community to account in this tale of change and changelessness, of death and the death-in-life that is hate. It is a tale, as McCullers herself wrote, of "response and responsibility--of man toward his own livingness."http://www.lybrary.com/clock-without-hands-p-297710.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/clock-without-hands-p-297710.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:39 EDT Readers learn the alphabet along with George as the man in the yellow hat teaches the curious monkey how to read.http://www.lybrary.com/curious-george-learns-the-alphabet-p-297709.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/curious-george-learns-the-alphabet-p-297709.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:36 EDT Increased fluidity and pluralism in U.S. policy toward China in the postDCold War period have led to growing non-governmental influence as both the administration and Congress have become the target of intense lobbying by organized groups concerned with human rights, trade opportunities, relations with Taiwan, and other hotly debated issues. This balanced study examines the central role of these organizations and shows how the recent movement toward a more consistent and coherent administration policy on China remains tentative and under attack, especially in the wake of Asian campaign contributions. Although recognizing that U.S. policymakers must consider a wider range of interests in the current political climate, Sutter argues that following the prevailing consensus among organized interests may lead to bad policy. Instead, he contends that U.S. foreign policy must strike a balance between satisfying domestic concerns while buttressing interests abroad.http://www.lybrary.com/us-policy-toward-china-an-introduction-to-the-role-of-interest-groups-p-297708.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/us-policy-toward-china-an-introduction-to-the-role-of-interest-groups-p-297708.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:33 EDT <i>Fiction and Social Research</i> brings together writers from a variety of disciplines to explore and illustrate the possibilities of new narrative forms in social research. At the intersections of fiction, ethnography, and cultural studies, these essays demonstrate narratives that simultaneously enrich fieldwork and enliven research reporting. By arranging this volume into four areas of concern, this volume demonstrates how fiction can express issues of representation, subjectivity, critique and postmodern discourse. This volume is unique in its accessibility and will prove a valuable tool to the veteran scholar and beginning ethnographer alike.http://www.lybrary.com/fiction-and-social-research-by-ice-or-fire-p-297707.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fiction-and-social-research-by-ice-or-fire-p-297707.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:24 EDT The wonderful ideas presented in Bottle Cap Activities are versatile enough for use in classrooms, parties, summer camps, boy and girl scout troops, projects at home, and even senior citizen homes. This book also includes the musical play "The Bottle Cap Kids," which was performed at Disney World. The words, sheet music, and instructions for costume making are also included. Even the costumes are made from bottle caps! Activities include Bottle Cap Barnyard, Bottle Cap Band, a calendar of seasonal bottle cap crafts, and a variety of other fun environmental crafts.http://www.lybrary.com/bottle-cap-activities-recycled-crafts-for-all-ages-p-297706.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bottle-cap-activities-recycled-crafts-for-all-ages-p-297706.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:21 EDT A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature <BR> The e-book includes a sample chapter from the late Nobel Prize winner's final work, CAIN.http://www.lybrary.com/blindness-p-297705.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/blindness-p-297705.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:19 EDT This is the last word in quick effective NLP and yoga techniques to reduce stress at work and at home. The book offers a seven-day programme enabling readers to access their own relaxed core state. Unlimited web support is also provided. “ A masterpiece of its kind." The Hypnotherapisthttp://www.lybrary.com/instant-relaxation-how-to-reduce-stress-at-work-at-home-and-in-your-daily-life-p-297704.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/instant-relaxation-how-to-reduce-stress-at-work-at-home-and-in-your-daily-life-p-297704.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 14:33:16 EDT Just as athletes must master certain physical skills to dominate their sport, Christians must master certain basic principles of the faith to reach spiritual maturity. This book has 52 brief topical discussions, making the basics of Christianity accessible and understandable for everyone.http://www.lybrary.com/basics-for-believers-foundational-truths-to-guide-your-life-p-297703.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/basics-for-believers-foundational-truths-to-guide-your-life-p-297703.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:14 EDT These 544 pages of field-tested solutions deliver proven procedures, planning models, and copier-friendly forms for all aspects of local church administration. Packed with excellent guidelines and tools for assessing and improving parish management." A wealth of information on parish administration." -- The Living Churchhttp://www.lybrary.com/church-administration-and-finance-manual-resources-for-leading-the-local-church-p-297702.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/church-administration-and-finance-manual-resources-for-leading-the-local-church-p-297702.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:11 EDT In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920–1921 from their elementary school days in Oakland, California, through the 1960s. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, Elder assesses the influence of the economic crisis on the life course of his subjects over two generations. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this classic study includes a new chapter on the war years entitled, "Beyond Children of the Great Depression."http://www.lybrary.com/children-of-the-great-depression-25th-anniversary-edition-p-297701.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/children-of-the-great-depression-25th-anniversary-edition-p-297701.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:08 EDT <p>"A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy... Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and-this matters most-intensely ponderable." -Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review</p><p>"This is what literature is meant to be." -Anthony Burgess</p><p>"Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style... The conviction and consistency are total. Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece." -Anthony Thwaite, Observer</p><p>"Extraordinary... Suffused with melancholy and wonder, beautifully written, Riddley Walker is a novel that people will be reading for a long, long time." -Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World</p><p>"Stunning, delicious, designed to prevent the modern reader from becoming stupid." -John Leonard, The New York Times</p><p>"Highly enjoyable... An intriguing plot... Ferociously inventive." -Walter Clemons, Newsweek</p><p>"Astounding... Hoban's soaring flight of imagination is that golden rarity, a dazzlingly realized work of genius." -Jane Clapperton, Cosmopolitan</p><p>"An imaginative intensity that is rare in contemporary fiction.' -Paul Gray, Time</p><p>Riddley Walker is a brilliant, unique, completely realized work of fiction. One reads it again and again, discovering new wonders every time through. Set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England (Inland), Hoban has imagined a humanity regressed to an iron-age, semi-literate state-and invented a language to represent it. Riddley is at once the Huck Finn and the Stephen Dedalus of his culture-rebel, change agent, and artist. Read again or for the first time this masterpiece of 20th-century literature with new material by the author.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/riddley-walker-expanded-edition-p-297700.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/riddley-walker-expanded-edition-p-297700.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:06 EDT In this "ingenious" novel (New York Times) by "one of Europe's most original and remarkable writers" (Los Angeles Times), a proofreader's deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal's past. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.<br>http://www.lybrary.com/the-history-of-the-siege-of-lisbon-p-297699.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-history-of-the-siege-of-lisbon-p-297699.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:03 EDT Wood focuses on the prophets' daily circumstances to illuminate their message. Covers both the writing and non-writing prophets, including Miriam and Elijah.http://www.lybrary.com/the-prophets-of-israel-p-297698.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-prophets-of-israel-p-297698.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:34:00 EDT <p>"The cross-cultural understandings this book provides can do much to help us determine the distinctive shape and form American religious philanthropy might take in the future." -Christian Century</p><p>"The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition, and it clarifies the need for additional study." -Choice</p><p>An investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize "the good" through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Jewish, and Native American religious traditions and in cultures from Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/philanthropy-in-the-worlds-traditions-p-297697.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/philanthropy-in-the-worlds-traditions-p-297697.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:58 EDT Traces nine key theological strands through the Hebrew Scriptures and shows how they link to the New Testament. Highly accessible, profoundly insightful.http://www.lybrary.com/heart-of-the-old-testament-the-a-survey-of-key-theological-themes-p-297696.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/heart-of-the-old-testament-the-a-survey-of-key-theological-themes-p-297696.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:55 EDT The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern study of the relationship between agriculture and warfare in the Greek world. In this completely revised edition of <i>Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece</i>, Victor Davis Hanson provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare and describes the relationship between these two important aspects of life in ancient communities. With careful attention to agronomic as well as military details, this well-written, thoroughly researched study reveals the remarkable resilience of those farmland communities. In the past, scholars have assumed that the agricultural infrastructure of ancient society was often ruined by attack, as, for example, Athens was relegated to poverty in the aftermath of the Persian and later Peloponnesian invasions. Hanson's study shows, however, that in reality attacks on agriculture rarely resulted in famines or permanent agrarian depression. Trees and vines are hard to destroy, and grainfields are only briefly vulnerable to torching. In addition, ancient armies were rather inefficient systematic ravagers and instead used other tactics, such as occupying their enemies' farms to incite infantry battle. <i>Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece</i> suggests that for all ancient societies, rural depression and desolation came about from more subtle phenomena-taxes, changes in political and social structure, and new cultural values-rather than from destructive warfare.http://www.lybrary.com/warfare-and-agriculture-in-classical-greece-revised-edition-p-297695.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/warfare-and-agriculture-in-classical-greece-revised-edition-p-297695.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:50 EDT Published in 1998, <I>Wiring the Writing Cente</I>r was one of the first few books to address the theory and application of electronics in the college writing center. Many of the contributors explore particular features of their own "wired" centers, discussing theoretical foundations, pragmatic choices, and practical strengths. Others review a range of centers for the approaches they represent. A strong annotated bibliography of signal work in the area is also included.http://www.lybrary.com/wiring-the-writing-center-p-297694.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wiring-the-writing-center-p-297694.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:46 EDT In her memoir, and 1870s revision of her journal and diary, Louisa Barnes Pratt tells of childhood in Massachusetts and Canada during the War of 1812, and independent career as a teacher and seamstress in New England, and her marriage to the Boston seaman Addison Pratt. Converting to the LDS Church, the Pratts moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, from where Brigham Young sent Addison on the first of the long missions to the Society Islands that would leave Louisa on her own. As a sole available parent, she hauled her children west to Winter Quarters, to Utah in 1848, to California, and, in Addison's wake, to Tahiti in 1850. The Pratts joined the Mormon colony at San Bernardino, California. When in 1858 a federal army's march on Utah led to the colonists' recall, Addision-alienated from the Mormon Church after long absences-chose not to go. Mostly separated thereafter (Addison died in 1872), Louisa settled in Beaver, Utah, where she campaigned for women's rights, contributed to the Woman's Exponent, and depended on her own means, as she had much of her life, until her death in 1880.http://www.lybrary.com/history-of-louisa-barnes-pratt-p-297693.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/history-of-louisa-barnes-pratt-p-297693.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:38 EDT After several years of silence and seclusion in Beetlecreek's black quarter, a carnival worker named Bill Trapp befriends Johnny Johnson, a Pittsburgh teenager living with relatives in Beetlecreek. Bill is white. Johnny is black. Both are searching for acceptance, something that will give meaning to their lives. Bill tries to find it through good will in the community. Johnny finds it in the Nightriders, a local gang. David Diggs, the boy's dispirited uncle, aspires to be an artist but has to settle for sign painting. David and Johnny's new friendship with Bill kindles hope that their lives will get better. David's marriage has failed; his wife's shallow faith serves as her outlet from racial and financial oppression. David's unhappy routine is broken by Edith Johnson's return to Beetlecreek, but this relationship will be no better than his loveless marriage. Bill's attempts to unify black and white children with a community picnic is a disaster. A rumor scapegoats him as a child molester, and Beetlecreek is titillated by the imagined crimes. This novel portraying race relations in a remote West Virginia town has been termed an existential classic. It would be hard, said The New Yorker, to give Mr. Demby too much praise for the skill with which he has maneuvered the relationships in this book. During the 1960s Arna Bontemps wrote, "Demby's troubled townsfolk of the West Virginia mining region foreshadow present dilemmas. The pressing and resisting social forces in this season of our discontent and the fatal paralysis of those of us unable or unwilling to act are clearly anticipated with the dependable second sight of a true artist." First published in 1950, Beetlecreek stands as a moving condemnation of provincialism and fundamentalism. Both a critique of racial hypocrisy and a new direction for the African-American novel, it occupies fresh territory that is neither the ghetto realism of Richard Wright nor the ironic modernism of Ralph Ellison. Even after fifty years, more or less, William Demby said in 1998, "It still seems to me that Beetlecreek is about the absence of symmetry in human affairs, the imperfectibility of justice the tragic inevitability of mankind's inhumanity to mankind." William Demby is the author of The Catacombs and Love Story: Black. He lives in Sag Harbor, N. Y. James C. Hall, a professor of African-American Studies and English at the University of Illinois, Chicago, is the author of the forthcoming book, Mercy, Mercy, Me: African-American Culture and the American Sixties, and editor of Langston Hughes: A Collection of Poems.http://www.lybrary.com/beetlecreek-p-297692.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/beetlecreek-p-297692.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:36 EDT Details a practical, 10-step plan that can create exciting new relationships between businesses and nonprofits Weeden's plan could generate an additional $3 billion a year in corporate support for vital causes, improving quality of life for millions, while at the same time bolstering corporate profits Offers essential advice for businesses planning their corporate social investing strategies and nonprofits seeking corporate support Corporate philanthropy is on its way out. A new concept called "corporate social investing"-which requires that every commitment of money and/or product/equipment/land which a company makes must have a significant business reason-is taking its place. The transition has implications to every business and nonprofit organization in America. This book provides the strategic plan for making the transition to corporate social investing. By following the practical steps described here, businesses and nonprofits can forge creative alliances that can boost corporate profits while at the same time providing added resources for schools, colleges, cultural organizations, civic groups, and other important charities. Weeden's breakthrough plan, based on his innovative concept of corporate social investing, has the potential to dramatically change the way businesses and nonprofits interact. If widely implemented, it could substantially increase corporate support for nonprofits, turning the tide against cutbacks, offering profound benefits to businesses, and revitalizing the essential services nonprofits provide.http://www.lybrary.com/corporate-social-investing-the-breakthrough-strategy-for-giving-and-getting-corporate-contributions-p-297691.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/corporate-social-investing-the-breakthrough-strategy-for-giving-and-getting-corporate-contributions-p-297691.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:33 EDT One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared," Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals. <I>The Little School</I> is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables, <I>The Little School</I> is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing powers of art.<p>This second edition features a revised introduction by the author and a preface by Julia Alvarez.http://www.lybrary.com/the-little-school-tales-of-disappearance-and-survival-p-297690.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-little-school-tales-of-disappearance-and-survival-p-297690.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:30 EDT Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year—including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females the only mammals to go through menopause? Why is the human penis so unnecessarily large? Why do we differ so radically in these and other important aspects of our sexuality from our closest animal relatives and ancestors?With wit and fascinating scientific expertise, the author of <I>The Third Chimpanzee</I> explores the mystifying evolutionary forces that gave shape to our sexual distinctions and shows how they contributed to what it means to be uniquely human.http://www.lybrary.com/why-is-sex-fun-the-evolution-of-human-sexuality-p-297689.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/why-is-sex-fun-the-evolution-of-human-sexuality-p-297689.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:27 EDT <p>Martin Edwards . . . writes terrific crime novels about Harry Devlin, a charming but down-at-heel solicitor with bruised emotions, a nice line in self-deprecation, and a penchant for Mersey low-life."-<i>The Guardian</i></p>http://www.lybrary.com/eve-of-destruction-a-harry-devlin-mystery-p-297688.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/eve-of-destruction-a-harry-devlin-mystery-p-297688.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:25 EDT Jacob is a young boy with a gift for carpentry who is busy finishing up a project for a contest. His teacher, Rabbi Simeon, not only instructs him in carpentry, but also teaches him important lessons about God. Rabbi has just taught Jacob that when you give a gift to one of God's children, it's like giving a gift to God. The night before the contest while working on his project, Jacob has fallen asleep in the workshop and is awakened by a bright light. The light is a star which is directly over Jacob's father's stable. As he approaches the stable, he sees a man, a woman, and a newborn baby which is laying in the straw. Remembering what Rabbi Simeon had told him, Jacob returns to the workshop and takes his project (a feeding trough) to the new family. The morning of the contest, the Rabbi pleased to find out that Jacob has acted upon the lesson he learned and has truly given a gift to God.http://www.lybrary.com/jacobs-gift-p-297687.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jacobs-gift-p-297687.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:23 EDT <p>The timeless message of the New Testament applies to people of every culture and generation. Yet there is great value in understanding the world in which that message was first revealed - its social manners, politics, religious customs, and culture. Exploring the New Testament World, written by classics and Bible scholar Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr., illuminates the living context of the New Testament, immersing its readers in the intriguing world of Jesus and the early church.</p><p>An authority on ancient Greek and Roman language, culture, and history, Dr. Bell writes in a readable style that is accessible and enjoyable to any reader - an uncommon accomplishment among New Testament scholars today. Surveying Jewish factions of the era, the social and political structure of the Roman Empire, and the philosophies and religions that surrounded the early church, Dr. Bell helps his readers learn to think like first-century Jews, Greeks, and Romans, illuminating puzzling New Testament passages for clear understanding. Comprehensive Scripture and Subject Indexes make this volume even more useful as a "manners and customs" Bible companion.</p><p>This authoritative guide receives high praise from college professors and Sunday school teachers alike, proving its appeal to both popular and academic audiences. A "must-have" reference for every pastor and an indispensable resource to any Bible reader.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/exploring-the-new-testament-world-p-297686.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/exploring-the-new-testament-world-p-297686.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:20 EDT Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as <b>Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon,</b> and others promise indeed that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded.<br>Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry. <br>Volumes 54 and 55 present contributions by leading researchers in the field of high pressure semiconductors. Edited by T. Suski and W. Paul, these volumes continue the tradition of well-known but outdated publications such as Brigman's <b>The Physics of High Pressure</b> (1931 and 1949) and <b>High Pressure Physics and Chemistry</b> edited by Bradley. <br>Volumes 54 and 55 reflect the industrially important recent developments in research and applications of semiconductor properties and behavior under desirable risk-free conditions at high pressures. These developments include the advent of the diamond anvil cell technique and the availability of commercial piston–cylinder apparatus operating at high hydrostatic pressures. These much-needed books will be useful to both researchers and practitioners in applied physics, materials science, and engineering.http://www.lybrary.com/high-pressure-semiconductor-physics-i-p-297685.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/high-pressure-semiconductor-physics-i-p-297685.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:18 EDT The nature of true love has fascinated lovers, poets, philosophers, and troubadours throughout the centuries. for many it is the words of the collected here are some of the most beautiful and most profound expressions of love ever written.http://www.lybrary.com/where-love-reigns-p-297684.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/where-love-reigns-p-297684.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:16 EDT This text for the graduate classical electrodynamics course was left unfinished upon Julian Schwinger's death in 1994, but was completed by his coauthors, who have brilliantly recreated the excitement of Schwinger's novel approach. <I>Classical Electrodynamics</I> captures Schwinger's inimitable lecturing style, in which everything flows inexorably from what has gone before. An essential resource for both physicists and their students, the book includes a "Reader's Guide", which describes the major themes in each chapter, suggests a possible path through the book, and identifies topics for inclusion in, and exclusion from, a given course, depending on the instructor's preference. Carefully constructed problems complement the material of the text, and introduce new topics. The book will be of great value to all physicists, from first-year graduate students to senior researchers, and to all those interested in electrodynamics, field theory, and mathematical physics.http://www.lybrary.com/classical-electrodynamics-p-297683.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/classical-electrodynamics-p-297683.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 13:33:12 EDT Collected here in this omnibus edition are three of Nietzsche's three most important books: The Anti-Christ, Beyond Good and Evil, and Thus Spake Zarathustra, as well as The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry Louis Mencken. A perfect book for new readers of Nietzsche or anyone hoping to understand his writing and philosophy more thoroughly. The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry Louis Mencken was the first, and many believe the best book on the subject. Mencken was known for his attention to detail. This book is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand Nietzche and his underlying philosophy. Thus Spake Zarathustra is a masterpiece of philosophical literature, and it is here that Nietzsche uttered the famous phrase "God is dead!" This powerful book spells out Nietzsche's belief in the will to power, and serves as an introduction to his doctrine of eternal return. One of the most influential books of philosophy ever written. Nietzsche writes with style, power, and conviction. In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of the Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work attempts to moves "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favor of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual. Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy.http://www.lybrary.com/the-selected-writings-of-friedrich-nietzsche-p-297682.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-selected-writings-of-friedrich-nietzsche-p-297682.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:31:04 EDT Collected here are all four of Florence Scovel Shinn's landmark books. Her wisdom and advice are timeless. In these four books you will discover the power of the spoken word and how to invoke the Law of Attraction. In the Game of Life and How to Play It, Florence Scovel Shinn gives us the rules to the game of life. But more importantly she also gives us a manual that instructs us on how to win the game. A wonderful and simple-to-follow book on the power of right thinking. Your Word is Your Wand is a book of affirmations. These affirmations will help you invite the things that you want into your life and to banish those things you do not want. There is power in words, and this book helps you unlock that power. Within each of us there is a door to success. The difference between people who succeed and people who do not is the knowledge of how to succeed. Let Florence Scovel Shinn's classic book The Secret Door to Success show you how to find and unlock the door to the secret knowledge of success. Success can and will be yours! In the Power of the Spoken Word you will learn that our words have the power to change our lives. By paying more attention to how we speak, and hence how we think, we can change our circumstances for the better. The Power of the Spoken Word will help you make the positive changes that you've always wanted to make.http://www.lybrary.com/the-collected-wisdom-of-florence-scovel-shinn-p-297681.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-collected-wisdom-of-florence-scovel-shinn-p-297681.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:31:01 EDT Collected here are fourteen essays by Rudolf Steiner covering subjects such as Waldorf Education, The Reordering of Society, The Human Soul, Karma, and Knowledge. These essays are informative and lively. Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and esotericist. His contributions to society were immense.http://www.lybrary.com/an-introduction-to-waldorf-education-and-other-essays-p-297680.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/an-introduction-to-waldorf-education-and-other-essays-p-297680.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:59 EDT Henry Drummond was one of the first writers to try to reconcile religion and science. His evangelical lectures drew standing-room-only crowds in the biggest and smallest venues throughout the world. His messages are as inspiring today as they were when he first delivered them. This omnibus edition contains all of his most important works. Here are dozens of his lectures, papers, addresses and books. Included are Stones Rolled Away and Other Addresses, The New Evangelism and Other Papers, The Ideal Life and Other Unpublished Addresses, The Ascent of Man, Natural Law in the Spiritual World, The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses, A Life for A Life and Other Addresses, The Changed Life, The City Without a Church, Beautiful Thoughts From Henry Drummond, The Program of Christianity, and much, much more.http://www.lybrary.com/the-henry-drummond-reader-p-297679.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-henry-drummond-reader-p-297679.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:57 EDT Collected here in this 5-in-1 omnibus edition are five of Rudolf Steiner's most important works including Theosophy, an Introduction, An Esoteric Cosmology, Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path, An Introduction to Waldorf Education and Other Essays, and how to Know Higher Worlds. Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and esotericist.http://www.lybrary.com/the-essential-rudolf-steiner-p-297678.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-essential-rudolf-steiner-p-297678.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:55 EDT Edward Bounds, an American lawyer and pastor, wrote nine books in his lifetime, seven of which were about prayer. Known as a veritable powerhouse of spiritual maturity, Bounds has affected the prayer lives of thousands of people. This volume, Essentials of Prayer, focuses on the proper mindset believers must attain in order to have the best prayer life. He reminds readers that one must have a humble heart and undivided allegiance to God in order to pray effectively. He also believes strongly that prayer is available to all people -- even those who only come in times of trouble. His advice is intended for both personal and corporate prayer, and is a great help for serious meditation.http://www.lybrary.com/the-essentials-of-prayer-p-297677.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-essentials-of-prayer-p-297677.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:53 EDT L. Frank Baum's Oz series has captivated generations of readers. These books are as magical today as they were when they first appeared. Collected here in on volume are all 15 books. Now you can read the entire series again! This omnibus edition includes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz, Rinkitink in Oz, The Lost Princess of Oz, The Tin Woodman of Oz, The Magic of Oz, Glinda of Oz. Now you can bring home all of the magic Oz in one attractive oversized Volume.http://www.lybrary.com/the-complete-book-of-oz-p-297676.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-complete-book-of-oz-p-297676.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:51 EDT TARZAN THE UNTAMED With the speed of the great apes, Tarzan rushed through the jungle toward his home and family. But he was already too late. The marauders had been there before him. His farm was in shambles and no one was left alive. Silently, he swore his terrible vengeance against those who had done this monstrous deed. Then he set out grimly to track them . . . through warring armies . . . across a vast desert that no man had ever crossed . . . and to a strange valley where only madmen lived. TARZAN THE TERRIBLE Lieutenant Obergatz had fled in terror from the seeking vengeance of Tarzan of the Apes. And with him, by force, he had taken Tarzan's beloved mate, Jane. Now the ape-man was following the faint spoor of their flight, into a region no man had ever penetrated. The trail led across seemingly impassable marshes into Pal-ul-don--a savage land where primitive Waz-don and Ho-don fought fiercely, wielding knives with their long, prehensile tails--and where mighty triceratops still survived from the dim dawn of timehttp://www.lybrary.com/the-chronicles-of-tarzan-volume-iii-p-297675.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-chronicles-of-tarzan-volume-iii-p-297675.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:48 EDT Collected her in this mammoth oversized book are eight complete Tarzan novels by the master of pulp fiction Edgar Rice Burroughs. Include are Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Jungle Tales of Tarzan, Tarzan the Untamed, and Tarzan The Terrible. Journey to an Africa that never was and join Tarzan in his many adventures in the deepest, darkest jungle.http://www.lybrary.com/the-great-book-of-tarzan-p-297674.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-great-book-of-tarzan-p-297674.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:46 EDT In the Book of Life, Robert Collier shares with us the secrets of the ages. This book gives you the tools to have a happier and more successful life. Collier will show you how the way you think and the decisions you make have a direct influence on how successful and happy you are. With out the foundation that Collier laid herein, Rhonda Byrnes' The Secret could never have been written. Long before Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray reminded the world just how effective the power of positive thinking could be in Laws of Attraction and The Science of Success, there was Robert Collier's The Book of Life.http://www.lybrary.com/the-book-of-life-p-297673.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-book-of-life-p-297673.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:44 EDT School Education, the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents should practice what she calls "masterly inactivity"-not neglectful or permissive parenting, but simply allowing children to work things out for themselves, do things for themselves, learn from their own mistakes, and to have time for free play, and space for spontaneity. Charlotte Mason education uses "living books" instead of dry textbooks; in this book, she discusses what kinds of books to look for in each subject, and how to use them to teach children to love knowledge and become real readers and lifelong learners. Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorization and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interests such as handicrafts.http://www.lybrary.com/school-education-p-297672.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/school-education-p-297672.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:42 EDT Parents and Children consists of a collection of 26 articles from the original Parent's Review magazines to encourage and instruct parents. Topics include The Family; Parents as Rulers; Parents as Inspirers; Parents as Schoolmasters; The Culture of Character; Parents as Instructors in Religion; Faith and Duty (a secular writer has useful suggestions for using myths and stories to teach morals; along with the Bible, these can give examples of noble characters to emulate); Parents' Concern to Give the Heroic Impulse; Is It Possible?; Discipline; Sensations and Feelings Educable by Parents; What is Truth? (Dealing with Lying); Show Cause Why; A Scheme Of Educational Theory; A Catechism of Educational Theory; Whence and Whither; The Great Recognition Required of Parents; and The Eternal Child. Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorization and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interestshttp://www.lybrary.com/parents-and-children-p-297671.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/parents-and-children-p-297671.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:40 EDT Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. James Allen (1864-1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of self-help movement. Allen insists upon the power of the individual to form his own character and to create his own happiness. Thought and character are one, he says, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. Allen starts us thinking - even when we would rather be doing something else. He tells us how thought leads to action. He shows us how to turn our dreams into realities..... His is a philosophy that has brought success to millions. It is the philosophy of Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking and of Joshua Liebman's Peace of Mind. We become spiritually rich, Allen writes, when we discover the adventure within; when we are conscious of the oneness of all life; when we know the power of meditation; when we experience kinship with nature.http://www.lybrary.com/the-path-of-prosperity-p-297670.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-path-of-prosperity-p-297670.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:38 EDT Collected here in this oversized omnibus edition are five novels of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars, Gods Of Mars, Warlords of Mars, Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and The Chessmen of Mars. These novels will transport you to a lush Mars that never was. A Mars filled with strange and wonderful flora and fauna; giants and monsters, and most importantly maidens in distress and fabulous adventures. Join John Carter as he explores this fantastic milieu.http://www.lybrary.com/john-carters-chronicles-of-mars-p-297669.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/john-carters-chronicles-of-mars-p-297669.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:36 EDT Brenda Ueland was a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write, that everyone is talented, original, and has something important to say. In this book she explains how find that spark that will make you a great writer. Carl Sandburg called this book the best book ever written about how to write. Join the millions of others who've found inspiration and unlocked their own talent.http://www.lybrary.com/if-you-want-to-write-p-297668.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/if-you-want-to-write-p-297668.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:33 EDT Trusted and beloved by readers everywhere for his prosperity classic The Secret of the Ages, Robert Collier takes the next step in Riches Within Your Reach! and explains how to harness mental visualization to achieve financial and professional success. "A definite purpose, held on to in the face of every discouragement and failure, in spite of all obstacles and opposition, will win no matter what the odds," wrote Robert Collier. And with faith in your own definite purpose, taught the self-help master, there is no limit to what you can accomplish. In every adversity, there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage, and in each defeat, there is a lesson in how to achieve victory next time. This is the message of Riches Within Your Reach! In 1947, Collier produced Riches Within Your Reach! to assemble his most talked-about works into one simple guide. It features: The God in You (1937); The Magic Word (1940); The Secret of Power (1945); and The Law of Higher Potential (1947). Together, these pioneering works reveal all facets of one powerful secret: Human beings, since the dawn of history, have used the applied principles of mental visualization to achieve their aims. Many of the world's most successful figures -from Napoleon Bonaparte to Benjamin Franklin to Andrew Carnegie-began their lives at a significant disadvantage, without the wealth or health that many of their peers enjoyed. Yet they were able to triumph and succeed in ways that their contemporaries weren't-by tapping into the infinite power of their own minds. Riches Within Your Reach! not only builds upon this teaching but illuminates Collier's most remarkable lesson ever: that each of us has an equal chance to harness the powers within ourselves to succeed, but first, we must learn how to focus our desires.http://www.lybrary.com/riches-within-your-reach-p-297667.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/riches-within-your-reach-p-297667.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:31 EDT The Law of Success was a precursor to Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. Hill was well known for researching what made millionaires different from the common man. The sixteen lessons in this book perfectly crystallize everything you will need to know to succeed during these hard economic times. Many of today's best known self help books take there core concepts form this book. The Secret, the Power of Positive Thinking, the Millionaire next door, and The Law of Attraction all take their basic premises from this landmark work. Now you can get it from the source. Once you've read this book you will understand what gives certain people an edge over everyone else. By following the advice laid out clearly herein you'll be the one with an edge. It's time to stop wondering what it's like to be rich and start knowing. This book has changed countless lives and it can change yours! Unlike many of the other editions on the market today, this edition is complete and unabridged! Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.http://www.lybrary.com/the-law-of-success-in-sixteen-lessons-p-297666.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-law-of-success-in-sixteen-lessons-p-297666.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:29 EDT To make a life, as well as to make a living, is one of the supreme objects for which we must all struggle. The sooner we realize what this means, the greater and more worthy will be the life which we shall make...http://www.lybrary.com/stories-from-life-p-297665.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/stories-from-life-p-297665.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:27 EDT Collected in this Omnibus edition are three classic works exploring the mystical nature of God. Included are The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila, and Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross. The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the most beautiful and touching stories of Christian devotion ever written. Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite Brother known for his profound peace and deep relationship with God; many came to seek spiritual guidance from him. The wisdom that he passed on to them, in conversations and in letters, would later become the basis for the book. This edition has two translations of this book to help the reader find a more complete understanding of this wonderful and enduring story. This is the definitive edition of St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle: translated by E. Allison Peers. This mystic book is as inspirational and enlightening today as it was when it was first written. St. Teresa lays out the foundation for an ideal journey of faith. St. Teresa was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with Saint John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. She became the first female to be named a Doctor of the Church, in 1970, and is one of only three females to be awarded that honor. St. John of the Cross was a Carmelite friar and priest; he is renowned for his cooperation with Saint Teresa of Ávila in the reformation of the Carmelite order, and for his poetry and his studies on the growth of the soul. Dark Night of the Soul is considered one of the greatest religious poems ever written. This masterpiece of Mystic Christianity examines faith and how to keep faith when all seems lost. Think of it as guide to making it through the dark night of the soul to the brighter, happier, faith filled tomorrow that awaitshttp://www.lybrary.com/mystical-paths-to-god-three-journeys-p-297664.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mystical-paths-to-god-three-journeys-p-297664.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:25 EDT Here are the secrets to opening up your Mental Chemistry and finding The Master Keys to success. Long before Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray reminded the world just how affective the power of positive thinking could be Charles F. Haanel created a system that guides you step by step, lesson by lesson to a better, healthier, happier and more successful you through the power of positive thinking. Laws of Attraction, The Science of Success, and the Power of Positive Thinking all owe a great debt to Mental Chemistry and The Master Key System; and now you can have both books in one volume. This book will not only outline how important positive thinking is it will guide you through practical lessons that will make it easy for you to change your entire way of thinking. Success is right around the corner, this book holds the key.http://www.lybrary.com/the-master-key-system-mental-chemistry-p-297663.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-master-key-system-mental-chemistry-p-297663.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:23 EDT <b>A Winning State of Mind</b><br>
In which the spectator makes all the choices. But still ends up with four aces.
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<b>The GPS Card Trick</b><br>
The present location finds a selected card. No GPS required.
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<b>Foxy Double Card Stab Revisited</b><br>
A strong repeat card stab suitable for table hopping.
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<b>The Time Travel Experiment</b><br>
Three standard effects routined together into a time travel presentation, you probably already have the knowledge or props needed except for an inexpensive science toy.
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<b>The Psychic Agent</b><br>
The story of an entertainment agent who always knew the perfect act for the booking, and managed some very unusual acts. A spectator ends up with your business card because you're the perfect act. Gag business cards are detailed for you to print out onto card. You need to supply your own a pocket business card file.
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<i>1st edition 2013, 19 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/the-psychic-agent-and-other-odd-demonstrations-p-297662.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-psychic-agent-and-other-odd-demonstrations-p-297662.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:32:36 EDT The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edition of the work available, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic and literary allusions and define the slang of the time. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.http://www.lybrary.com/the-forsyte-saga-p-297661.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-forsyte-saga-p-297661.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:31:07 EDT First Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals, the latest addition to the popular Struik Nature series, introduces the most important and interesting rocks and minerals from our geologically exciting region.http://www.lybrary.com/first-field-guide-to-rocks-minerals-of-southern-africa-p-297660.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/first-field-guide-to-rocks-minerals-of-southern-africa-p-297660.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:31:04 EDT The author received the phone call that no parent wants, informing her of the tragic accident involving her children; and in an instant life was forever changed. She opens up her heart and her journals to share the journey of grief and the foundation of her ongoing hope. This book speaks to a twofold audience - those in deep grief, and those who walk alongside, desiring to comfort in truly meaningful ways, but often not knowing how. By allowing the reader into her heart and head, she shows how a simple question or an unthinking comment can cause further stress and pain. Both griever and comforter will be deeply affected and encouraged by this raw, honest response to personal crippling grief. This book encourages all to sing a new song with God's help, no matter what we face in life.http://www.lybrary.com/who-is-talking-out-of-my-head-grief-as-an-out-of-body-experience-p-297659.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/who-is-talking-out-of-my-head-grief-as-an-out-of-body-experience-p-297659.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:31:02 EDT Rita is a young and outgoing tomboy who is looking for a 'new sound' DJ. She's well known in her city's nightclub scene, with a reputation for one night stands. Then she meets Maggie - a shy want-to-be DJ who's happiest when she's spinning. The girls grow close as Maggie's career and confidence blooms, and they soon fall in love. Ibiza is the club capital of the world and with a DJ competition on the horizon -can the girls hold their relationship together amidst the chaos of Maggie's new dream job and Rita's journey to growing up?http://www.lybrary.com/journey-to-ibiza-p-297658.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/journey-to-ibiza-p-297658.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:59 EDT This book addresses several social issues from bullying to incest, poverty and pedophilia, a taboo seldom openly discussed. The action is sustained and methods employed by Johnny are imaginative if sometimes rough. The Mighty Goblin is a saga telling the tale of a migrant family, escaping genetically transmitted poverty, misery and despair. Johnny, the younger member of this Portuguese family ran the gauntlet and thrived against all odds. This runt of a man became a successful entrepreneur. He had to defend his `` Barcelo Recycling Inc`` against other ``scrap yard dogs`` and the Maine Environment Protection Agency; as well as against the New York Mafiosi, when the Familia attempted to evict him from the ``Saint Augustine``, Johnny`s lucrative ``fun and frolic place of ill repute`` . After twenty five years, restless because always looking for a mountain to climb, he drowned his extreme drive in alcohol. Then, he met Father Tim, a disenchanted priest. Priests collect the parish`s societal garbage; Father Tim learned of a particularly horrible situation. They teamed and saved a family of four from the tentacles of their sadist stepfather, a recidivist pedophile. Steven had sold the kids to other pedophiles who were also corralled and punished in a most unusual way. A TV chain paid millions to have exclusive access to video`s depicting the creative expiation forced on these five criminals. Paterson, the unrelenting detective drew blanks for a long time; but dogged Paterson finally caught Johnny. Paterson had seen the damage inflicted to these battered kids by the intricate court system, often allowing lawyers to further abuse the victims, while the wealthy perpetrators were walking free... He hesitates...http://www.lybrary.com/the-mighty-goblin-p-297657.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-mighty-goblin-p-297657.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:57 EDT ?Vital tips for visitors ?Best places to stay, eat and shop ? Star-rated top attractions ? Detailed regional profiles ? Essential area and transport maps ? Best tours and excursionshttp://www.lybrary.com/globetrotter-guide-zanzibar-p-297656.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/globetrotter-guide-zanzibar-p-297656.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:55 EDT Using a project-based approach, you will be able to learn the coolest aspects of working with Processing. Each project contains step-by-step explanations, diagrams, screenshots, and downloadable material to make learning Processing even easier.
<p>This book targets Processing developers ,visual artists, creative professionals, and students who want to move to the next level of learning Processing for gaining inspiration, work, or just for fun. The book assumes a basic understanding of programming. However, this book is also recommended to non-artistic readers, looking to expand their graphics and develop their creativity.http://www.lybrary.com/processing-2-creative-coding-hotshot-p-297655.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/processing-2-creative-coding-hotshot-p-297655.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:53 EDT This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development, as this is both discursively promoted (particularly through language policy) and practically realized in developing societies. It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader educational issues, on local language ecologies and on questions of cultural identity. It investigates these issues by drawing together a series of original examinations and case studies by a range of leading scholars working in this burgeoning field. The chapters focus on a variety of contexts from around the world, and the volume as a whole surveys and critiques the positioning and influence of English as a catalyst for development in the 21st century.http://www.lybrary.com/english-and-development-policy-pedagogy-and-globalization-p-297654.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/english-and-development-policy-pedagogy-and-globalization-p-297654.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:50 EDT This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful language learning and strategy use and development according to learner, situational or target variables. It considers strategy effectiveness from an individual point of view and discusses pedagogical issues, especially relating to teacher perceptions and training, classroom and learner factors, methodology and content. The book begins by discussing underlying theoretical issues and then presents evidence from empirical studies; in addition to presenting a quantitative view, the book also takes a qualitative look at strategy use by individuals. Rather than focusing on strategies divorced from the 'real world' of the classroom, this book explores the issues from the teaching/learning point of view.http://www.lybrary.com/the-strategy-factor-in-successful-language-learning-p-297653.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-strategy-factor-in-successful-language-learning-p-297653.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:48 EDT This is a book about the use of languages as a proxy for conflict. It traces the history of Algeria from colonization by the French in 1830 to the celebration of 50 years of independence in 2012, and examines the linguistic issues that have accompanied this turbulent period. The book begins with an examination of 'language conflict' and related concepts, and then applies them to both the French colonists' language policies and the Arabization campaigns which followed independence. This is followed by an analysis of the rivalry between the English and French languages in independent Algeria. The book concludes with a study of the language choices made by Algerian writers and the complex tensions which arose from these choices among intellectuals in the colonial and post-colonial periods.http://www.lybrary.com/language-conflict-in-algeria-from-colonialism-to-postindependence-p-297652.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/language-conflict-in-algeria-from-colonialism-to-postindependence-p-297652.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:45 EDT Affectivity is at the core of everything we do in life. Thus, its development is also central to learning/acquisition and is important for educational contexts. The studies presented in this volume consider the different contexts of language learning and examine different types of participants in this process. Most of them look at a formal instruction context, while others look beyond the classroom and even report on the author's own affectivity and its involvement in learning experiences. Affectivity is discussed here in relation to learners but also to teachers in their own professional contexts of teaching foreign languages. In the majority of cases, affectivity is explored in the case of bilinguals, but there are also articles which focus on multilingual language users and their affectivity as an evolving factor.http://www.lybrary.com/the-affective-dimension-in-second-language-acquisition-p-297651.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-affective-dimension-in-second-language-acquisition-p-297651.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:43 EDT This volume brings together chapters which collectively address issues relating to inclusive language education and technology. Topics include language teaching to the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and students with dyslexia, benefits of multimodal approaches for language learning, examples of software use in the language classroom, and copyright matters. The book demonstrates not only a commitment to inclusive practices but suggests practical ideas and strategies for practising and aspiring language teachers and those in support roles. The book also provides case studies and relates the issues to theoretical and policy frameworks. In drawing on different European perspectives, the book aims to promote discussion and collaboration within an international community of practice, especially about the role of technology in widening and strengthening opportunities for teachers and pupils alike and ensuring more effective Modern Foreign Language teaching, learning and assessment for all learners.http://www.lybrary.com/inclusive-language-education-and-digital-technology-p-297650.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/inclusive-language-education-and-digital-technology-p-297650.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:40 EDT Close your eyes and imagine that your life; you will never see again! How would your world change? Would you face your life with courage and determination or would you rely on others for the rest of your life. All May ever needed was to be with the blind boy she'd fallen in love with. Desperate for freedom she elopes. She knows that she must take a leap of faith if she is to ever have the chance of love and of freedom; but there are obstacles to smash down. She is certain that together the world will really be their oyster; but will it? Our true story begins in the late forties, when the world disabled people faced was so much more challenging, and ends in the present with the author still seeking answers...maybe you can help her! "It really is a journey of love, hate and compassion; writing that touches the heart."http://www.lybrary.com/searching-fifty-shades-of-sight-p-297649.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/searching-fifty-shades-of-sight-p-297649.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:38 EDT Book two in the The Euphemia Martins Mysteries is set a hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands.http://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-highlands-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297648.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-highlands-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297648.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:36 EDT The first book in the Euphemia Martins murder mystery series by Caroline Dunford.http://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-family-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297647.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-family-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297647.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:34 EDT Book three in the Euphemia Martins murder mystery series by Caroline Dunford.http://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-asylum-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297646.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-death-in-the-asylum-a-euphemia-martins-mystery-p-297646.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:32 EDT Alone in the museum, in the dark, Marion unravels a ball of string so Michael can venture into a mystery. In recent weeks, strange stirrings have haunted the ancient relics and rumours of a monster abound. Michael finds his way back to her and to an impossible situation. Marion flees and finds herself the prim centre of an over-sexed septuagenarian art group at a seaside resort. Here, Marion is infuriated by Mark, a wayward sommelier with an eye for the ladies, determined to disrupt her lessons and her life.http://www.lybrary.com/the-bull-the-moon-and-the-coronet-of-stars-p-297645.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-bull-the-moon-and-the-coronet-of-stars-p-297645.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:29 EDT Few events have sparked more legends and stories of the supernatural than America's Civil War. The accounts of gallantry and heroism have spread far and wide. Nancy Roberts grew up listening to her father's stories of the War Between the States and she trekked over many battle sites with him during her childhood. After reading about General Joshua Chamberlain's supernatural experience at the Battle of Gettysburg, Roberts began to collect tales of the blue and gray and write them down. In her latest collection, the reader will visit famous Civil War sites such as Fredericksburg, Antietam, Johnson's Island, Andersonville, Fort Davis, Gaines Mill, Gettysburg, Fort Monroe, Harpers Ferry, Vicksburg, Richmond, Charleston, New Bern, and Petersburg. Through these stories, the reader will hear the voices of those brave individuals who lived through that dramatic era. Visit with Brigadier General J.E.B. Stuart on the banks of the Chickahominy River. Get the real story about John Brown's activities at Harpers Ferry. Hear the eerie whistle of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train.http://www.lybrary.com/civil-war-ghost-stories-legends-p-297644.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/civil-war-ghost-stories-legends-p-297644.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:27 EDT This book is a personal journey out of financial despair. This book draws from the experience that the Israelites encounter on their journey to the promise. Their journey to the land of the promises was longer than god intended because of their behavior and attitude. Many of endure hardships longer than necessary because of our attitudes. This 40-day journey will change your thinking about how you should handle your current financial position and how to trust God for abundance as you put your faith to action.http://www.lybrary.com/entering-into-your-wealthy-place-a-forty-day-journey-out-of-your-financial-wilderness-p-297643.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/entering-into-your-wealthy-place-a-forty-day-journey-out-of-your-financial-wilderness-p-297643.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:25 EDT More spooky tales and folklore from a master storytellerhttp://www.lybrary.com/ghosts-of-the-carolinas-p-297642.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ghosts-of-the-carolinas-p-297642.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:30:23 EDT An approach to understanding Muslim mystics as perceiving divine beauty and human beauty as one reality.http://www.lybrary.com/sufi-aesthetics-beauty-love-and-the-human-form-in-the-writings-of-ibn-arabi-and-iraqi-p-297641.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sufi-aesthetics-beauty-love-and-the-human-form-in-the-writings-of-ibn-arabi-and-iraqi-p-297641.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:13 EDT In this book Debra shows you how you can WIN SOULS and DO OUTREACHES. Ordinary people can be used by God to do extraordinary things. Get ready for the fire of God to ignite you and for God to use you as never before to help hurting humanity!http://www.lybrary.com/relight-the-fire-p-297640.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/relight-the-fire-p-297640.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:11 EDT The reader will experience international intrigue at its best. Mysterious Islands takes the reader on a grand adventure which begins on a mountaintop and ends in the islands of the Caribbean and South Pacific. The book draws the reader into higher levels of knowledge of how the intelligence world works and how international private investigations are conducted.<p>An intelligence operative is forced to retire because he knows too much, and begins a private life under a new name. Only his private life becomes more complex and dangerous than his former was. In addition, this full-length novel takes its readers into a tale of suspense as the leading characters attempt to solve a fascinating series of puzzles.<p>The plot allows the reader to escape into a series of romantic locations with a cast of characters. The book is a page-turner that will provide the readers with an in-depth knowledge of each island, while drawing them closer and closer into the truth.http://www.lybrary.com/mysterious-islands-p-297639.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mysterious-islands-p-297639.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:08 EDT Dan Weston is a simple, hard working family man. That quickly and violently changes when he is forced to watch the senseless murder of his wife and child at the hands of demons hiding in human form. As the man/demon responsible toys with Weston as if he were a simple pawn, Weston swears a vow of vengeance on all of the demon kind. With nothing left to lose, he immerses himself in the dangerous world of preternatural creatures.<p>On his quest to find some inner peace, Weston begrudgingly accepts help from the beautiful demon, Lucy. He finds comfort in conversations with an old war vet and Weston's longtime friend, Father Robert tries to right Weston's sinking ship of morality.<p>In a battle that seems to be stacked against Weston, he fights not only for the memory of his wife and child, but also to keep from losing his humanity and becoming a monster himself.http://www.lybrary.com/coming-undone-p-297638.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/coming-undone-p-297638.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:06 EDT A highly regarded impressionist-style artist, George Ames Aldrich drew on his years of experience living and studying in Europe to create beautiful landscape paintings. His life and work are explored in this gorgeous book. Many of the artist's finest creations, some representing French subjects and others depicting the midwestern steel industry and American landscapes, are included in this book. It features color reproductions, along with other archival and contextual images. Essays by Michael Wright and Wendy Greenhouse explore in detail Aldrich's life, influences, sources of inspiration, and art historical context. Exploiting a wide variety of sources, Wright and Greenhouse have discovered exciting new information about the artist and his times.http://www.lybrary.com/the-art-of-george-ames-aldrich-p-297637.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-art-of-george-ames-aldrich-p-297637.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:04 EDT The work of T. C. Steele, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark, and Richard Gruelle, known collectively as the Hoosier Group, established plein air ("in the open air") painting as a major art form in Indiana. The vitality of this style is represented in Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place which includes 100 juried works by current Indiana plein air artists, along with paintings by the Hoosier Group, all featuring notable Indiana landmarks. This richly illustrated book will delight Hoosiers and art lovers around the world.http://www.lybrary.com/painting-indiana-iii-heritage-of-place-p-297636.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/painting-indiana-iii-heritage-of-place-p-297636.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:31:01 EDT <span><span><span style="font-style:italic;">Origins of Form </span><span>will make readers—especially those who design and build—aware of their physical environment. Williams' practical, no-nonsense approach and his exquisite drawings provide a clear understanding of what can and cannot be, how big or small and object should be, how its function will relate to its design, how its use will change it, and what laws will influence its development. <br></span></span></span>http://www.lybrary.com/origins-of-form-the-shape-of-natural-and-manmade-thingswhy-they-came-to-be-the-way-they-are-and-how-they-change-p-297635.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/origins-of-form-the-shape-of-natural-and-manmade-thingswhy-they-came-to-be-the-way-they-are-and-how-they-change-p-297635.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:57 EDT A raw and groundbreaking journey to the depths of addiction, from the author of Our Daily Bread, longlisted for the Giller Prize.<p>Colleen Kerrigan wakes up sick and bruised, with no clear memory of the night before. It's Monday morning, and she is late for work again. She's shocked to see the near-empty vodka bottle on her kitchen counter. It was full at noon yesterday; surely she didn't drink that much last night? As she struggles out the door, she fights the urge to have a sip, just to take the edge off. But no, she's not going to drink today.<p>But this is the day Colleen's demons come for her. A very bad day spirals into night as a series of flashbacks take the reader through Colleen's past—moments of friendship and loss, fragments of peace and possibility. The single constant is the bottle, always close by, Colleen's worst enemy and her only friend.<p>In this unforgettable work, acclaimed novelist Lauren B. Davis has created as searing, raw and powerful a portrayal of the chaos and pain of alcoholism as we have encountered in fiction. Told with compassion, insight and an irresistible gallows humor, The Empty Room takes us to the depths of addiction, only to find a revelation at its heart: the importance and grace of one person reaching out to another.http://www.lybrary.com/the-empty-room-p-297634.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-empty-room-p-297634.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:55 EDT In these 10 stories, Kiran Bhat has delve into the heart of what makes an American in the early 21st century. A mother, a soldier, and a refugee explore their own losses because of the War on Terror. A girl of Inuit descent finds herself in her vision of an aurora. A child waits neurotically for the news as to whether his grandfather has died or not. Political, piercing, and occasionally profound, Jihad of the American Fool is a collection of stories that marks the arrival of a writer of great promise.http://www.lybrary.com/jihad-of-the-american-fool-and-other-stories-p-297633.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jihad-of-the-american-fool-and-other-stories-p-297633.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:52 EDT In this short story cycle, Kiran Bhat endeavors to tell the story of Jesus Fernandez, a second generation Spaniard with parents from Equitorial Guinea. Having arrived in a time where immigrants were rarely seen in Spain, Jesus suffered many emotional and psychological hardships that made him the man he became. Over the course of these stories, Bhat traces how Jesus has found himself as a Spaniard, and then how he loses it all, his friendship to Juan, his relationship with his girlfriend and father, and even his identity as a Spaniard himself. Both insightful and penetrating, Bhat has re-constructed the city of Madrid from a distinct perspective, exposing both the beauties and the fallacies of what it means to be of Spain in the early 21st century.http://www.lybrary.com/jesús-lives-in-madrid-and-other-stories-p-297632.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jesús-lives-in-madrid-and-other-stories-p-297632.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:50 EDT The ultimate guide to retro game consoles, an ideal reference for collectors and enthusiasts..<p>Write ups, specs and pictures of over 85 collectible consoles and variant models from 1972 to 2000. From the Magnavox Odyssey right through to the Sega Dreamcast.<p>Including the history of the evolution of electronic gaming and advice on how to collect classic consoles.<p>A comprehensive database of collectible consoles. Written by fellow collectors and enthusiasts.http://www.lybrary.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-classic-game-consoles-p-297631.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-classic-game-consoles-p-297631.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:48 EDT <p>Gender isn't just about "male" or "female" anymore - if you have any doubts, just turn on your television. RuPaul is as familiar as tomato ketchup with national radio and television shows, and transgendered folk are as common to talk-shows as screaming and yelling. But if the popularization of gender bending is revealing that "male" and "female" aren't enough, where are we supposed to go from here? Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender, but none provide a hands-on, accessible guide to having your own unique gender. With <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><EM>My Gender Workbook</EM></STRONG>, Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living <EM>with</EM> or <EM>without</EM> a gender.<p>Bornstein starts from the premise that there are not just two genders performed in today's world, but countless genders lumped under the two-gender framework. Using a unique, deceptively simple and always entertaining workbook format, Bornstein gently but firmly guides you to discover your own unique gender identity. Whether she's using the USFDA's food group triangle to explain gender, or quoting one-liners from real "gender transgressors", Bornstein's first and foremost concern is making information on gender bending truly accessible. With quizzes and exercises that determine how much of a man or woman you are, <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><EM>My Gender Workbook</EM></STRONG> gives you the tools to reach whatever point you desire on the gender continuum.<p>Bornstein also takes aim at the recent flurry of books that attempt to naturalize gender difference, and puts books like <EM>Men are from Mars, Women</EM> <EM>are from Venus</EM> squarely where they belong: on Uranus. If you don't think you are transgendered when you sit down to read this book, you will be by the time you finish it!</p>http://www.lybrary.com/my-gender-workbook-how-to-become-a-real-man-a-real-woman-the-real-you-or-something-else-entirely-p-297630.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/my-gender-workbook-how-to-become-a-real-man-a-real-woman-the-real-you-or-something-else-entirely-p-297630.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:46 EDT Groundbreaking and timely, <EM>Race in Cyberspace</EM> brings to light the important yet vastly overlooked intersection of race and cyberspace.http://www.lybrary.com/race-in-cyberspace-p-297629.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/race-in-cyberspace-p-297629.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:43 EDT Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R&B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, great blues artists in their own right, were honored to sit in with his band. However, at the age of 37, he lay in a pauper's grave in Chicago. This book will tell the story of a man whose music, life and struggles continue to resonate to this day.http://www.lybrary.com/blues-with-a-feeling-the-little-walter-story-p-297628.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/blues-with-a-feeling-the-little-walter-story-p-297628.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:40 EDT <p>Filling a gap that exists in most traumatology literature, <EM>The Posttraumatic Self</EM> provides an optimistic analysis of the aftermath of a traumatic event.</p><p>This work appreciates the potentially positive effects of trauma and links those effects to the discovery of one's identity, character, and purpose. Wilson and his distinguished contributors explore the nature and dynamics of the posttraumatic self, emphasising human resilience and prompting continued optimal functioning. While taking into consideration pathological consquences such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the authors study the impacts a traumatic event can have on one's inner self, and they help the victims transform such an event into healthy self-transcendent lifecycles. <EM>The Posttraumatic Self</EM> will help victims and healers transform the way they deal with the complexities of trauma by making important connections that will allow for healing and growth.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-posttraumatic-self-restoring-meaning-and-wholeness-to-personality-p-297627.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-posttraumatic-self-restoring-meaning-and-wholeness-to-personality-p-297627.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:35 EDT <p><EM>Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders</EM> explores and defines the multifaceted relationship between these two fields in a cogent synthesis of prevalence, etiology, and treatment. The book brings together leading specialists in both fields, with a clinical focus on such topical issues as genetics, drug abuse, and childhood trauma-as they relate to each field and as they affect the relationship between the two disorders. Therapists who treat eating disorders will find the material on treatment approaches especially helpful in formulating interventions with particularly difficult patients. Therapists who work with patients with personality disorders will find that the interface between personality and eating disorders is relevant to various aspects of self-destructive behavior observed in these individuals.</p><p>This unique book enhances the assessment and treatment of individuals suffering from personality disorders and eating disorders, and it augments the understanding of both populations, while establishing a foundation for discussing each as they interface with one another.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/personality-disorders-and-eating-disorders-exploring-the-frontier-p-297626.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/personality-disorders-and-eating-disorders-exploring-the-frontier-p-297626.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:32 EDT Asian America.
<p>Net demonstrates how Asian Americans have both defined and been defined by electronic technology, illuminating the complex networks of identity, community, and history in the digital age.http://www.lybrary.com/asian-americanet-ethnicity-nationalism-and-cyberspace-p-297625.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/asian-americanet-ethnicity-nationalism-and-cyberspace-p-297625.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:29 EDT <p>More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S. history, and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currently possible--magazines, films, musical recordings, and websites. <BR><EM>Girls Make</EM> <EM>Media </EM>explores how young female media producers have reclaimed and reconfigured girlhood as a site for radical social, cultural, and political agency. Central to the book is an analysis of Riot Grrrl--a 1990s feminist youth movement from a fusion of punk rock and gender theory-and the girl power movement it inspired. The author also looks at the rise of girls-only media education programs, and the creation of girls' studies.<BR>This book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary female youth in today's media culture.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/girls-make-media-p-297624.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/girls-make-media-p-297624.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:27 EDT <EM>Cyberpop </EM>is an analysis of cyberculture and its popular cultural productions. The study begins with a Foucaultian model of cyberculture as a discursive formation, and explains how some key concepts (such as 'virtuality,' 'speed,' and 'Connectivity') operate as a conceptual architecture network linking technologies to information and individual subjects. The chapters then each focus on a particular cyberfiguration, including Hollywood films (<EM>GATTACA,</EM> <EM>The Matrix)</EM>, popular literature (William Gibson's <EM>Neuromancer</EM>, Scott Westerfeld's <EM>Polymorph</EM>), advertising for digital products and services (Apple Computer's '1984/McIntosh' campaign, AT&T's 'mLife' campaign), digital artworks (including virtual females such as Motorola's 'Mya' and Elite Modeling Agency's 'Webbie Tookay,' and work by visual artist Daniel Lee for Microsoft's 'Evolution' campaign), and video games (<EM>Tomb</EM> <EM>Raider</EM>). Each close reading illustrates the ways in which representations of digital lifestyles and identities - which typically fetishize computers and celebrate a 'high tech' aesthetic encourage participation in digital capitalism and commodity cyberculture. Matrix argues that popular representations of cyberculture often function as forms of social criticism that creatively inspire audiences to 'think different' (in the words of Mac advertising) about the consequences of the digitalization of everyday life.http://www.lybrary.com/cyberpop-digital-lifestyles-and-commodity-culture-p-297623.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cyberpop-digital-lifestyles-and-commodity-culture-p-297623.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:25 EDT <p>Historical film has been an important genre since the earliest silent films. The French Revolution, the American Civil War, the conquest of the New World, World War II--all have been repeatedly represented in film. But how do we distinguish between fictionalized spectacle and authentic historical representation?</p><p><EM>Writing History in Film</EM> sets out the narratological, semiological, rhetorical, and philosophical bases for understanding how film can function as a form of historical interpretation and representation. With case studies and an interdisciplinary approach, William Guynn examines the key issues facing film students and scholars, historians, and anyone interested in how we see our historical past.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/writing-history-in-film-p-297622.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/writing-history-in-film-p-297622.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:30:22 EDT Wayne Dobson has had a life full of incredible highs and hard-to-bear lows, and in this candidly written ebook, he lays it all before you. The full story is here charting his meteoric rise to international fame and TV stardom in which, when he was at the height of his powers, he became a household name in the UK and was seen as a genuine alternative to Paul Daniels as a mainstream TV magician, right through to his valiant and uncomplaining struggle with MS. It's a tale of courage, is often very funny, and it is always fascinating.
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As well as Wayne's life story this excellent ebook provides full details of 40 of Wayne's close up and stand up routines. Everything Wayne does is commercial and the methods are always straightforward and practical. You are bound to find many effects in this comprehensive collection that you will like and will use.
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Effects explained:
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<li>Imagine
<li>Invisible Lie Detector
<li>TNT
<li>Point Blank
<li>Ring Flash
<li>Stunning
<li>The Winning Hand
<li>Think As I Think
<li>Sweet
<li>Jack In The Box
<li>Vision
<li>Rainbow
<li>Tax
<li>Word
<li>Sharpie
<li>Man Eaters
<li>On The Bottom
<li>Janus
<li>Missing Think
<li>Spell Check
<li>Synchronicity
<li>Switch
<li>TLC
<li>Unique Prediction
<li>X-Change
<li>An Englishman In New York
<li>Chews A Card
<li>Zippered
<li>Magic Spell
<li>The Crying Game
<li>The Kid
<li>Tossed Deck
<li>I Swear
<li>Invisible
<li>Echo
<li>Oddball
<li>4seen
<li>Banana-Drama
<li>Dream
<li>Webmaster
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<i>1st edition 2007, 188 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/wd40-p-297621.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wd40-p-297621.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:18:46 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/interpreting-the-gospel-of-john-p-297620.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/interpreting-the-gospel-of-john-p-297620.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:57 EDT This, the culminating book of the stunning SF trilogy that began with Shanji and Empress of Light, takes to its conclusion the tale of three generations of Creators. Kati, the light-wielding genetic changeling who saved her planet and became its empress, is now threatened with assassination. Yesui, the daughter who came to control mass as well as light, faces revolution and learns the uses of diplomacy. And Bao and Shaan, Yesui's twin daughters, take the lineage to its limit. Leaving our universe behind, they spin forth a radiant new creation.http://www.lybrary.com/the-creators-p-297619.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-creators-p-297619.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:55 EDT The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, according to Grossman's controversial thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder and violence, especially among the young. ON KILLING is an important study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects the soldier, and of the societal implications of escalating violence.http://www.lybrary.com/on-a-wicked-wind-p-297618.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/on-a-wicked-wind-p-297618.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:52 EDT Double En, the most powerful corporation ever created, and its founders, Nakamura and Norton, are two of the most brilliant minds in history. But now they have launched a private war against each other and winner takes all. While Norton is hidden deep inside the heart of the Double En's mainframe, Nakamura is busy hiring the very best in computer warfare--that's Iceberg Berg, master of security systems. No one can penetrate a barrier he has created, except for one woman, his ex-wife, Icebreaker Calley. No wall has ever been a bar to her. Together again, they face the impossible task of separating Norton from his beloved matrix before the man becomes the computer and the computer becomes more powerful than anything humanity has ever seen.http://www.lybrary.com/dream-song-p-297617.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dream-song-p-297617.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:50 EDT This text provides an overview of age-related changes in cognitive functioning and explores the implications of these changes for the self- report of attitudes and behaviours.http://www.lybrary.com/cognition-aging-and-selfreports-p-297616.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cognition-aging-and-selfreports-p-297616.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:48 EDT Based on the life of Guillaume Apollinaire, early twentieth century French poet and critic, this sparkling novel recreates the spirit of the man and the age.http://www.lybrary.com/atmospheres-apollinaire-p-297615.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/atmospheres-apollinaire-p-297615.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:46 EDT This totally revised, updated and expanded edition provides proven techniques and procedures that extend machinery life, reduce maintenance costs, and achieve optimum machinery reliability. This essential text clearly describes the reliability improvement and failure avoidance steps practiced by best-of-class process plants in the U.S. and Europe.http://www.lybrary.com/practical-machinery-management-for-process-plants-volume-1-improving-machinery-reliability-p-297614.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-machinery-management-for-process-plants-volume-1-improving-machinery-reliability-p-297614.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:44 EDT Larsen's latest is packed with fun, inexpensive and brilliantly simple designs, each with a detailed schematic. There's an incendiary method of destroying inaccessible taps and bugs, circuits for detecting phone line cuts and usage, designs for undetectable phone taps, ways to use off-the-shelf components to remotely control a bug or phone tap, some low-power-drain circuits for marking hidden caches and much more! For academic study only.http://www.lybrary.com/more-workbench-silencers-p-297613.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/more-workbench-silencers-p-297613.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:41 EDT Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as <b>Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon,</b> and others promise indeed that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded.<br>Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in <b>Semiconductors and Semimetals</b> have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry.http://www.lybrary.com/cumulative-subject-and-author-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-150-p-297612.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cumulative-subject-and-author-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-150-p-297612.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:39 EDT A brutal sea captain, an inhuman chief mate, and an indignant crew set out to sea together-an obvious equation for disaster. This is the gripping tale of this voyage, and of Mr. Royle, the mild second mate who rises to the occasion, overcoming mutiny and shipwreck in an attempt to save the lives of two innocent civilians.http://www.lybrary.com/the-wreck-of-the-grosvenor-p-297611.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-wreck-of-the-grosvenor-p-297611.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:37 EDT This book deals with chromatographic and electrophoretic methods applied for the separation (quantitation and identification) of biologically relevant compounds. It is assumed that the potential reader is familiar with the basics of chromatographic and electromigration methods. Individual separation modes are dealt with to an extent which follows their applicability for biomedical purposes: liquid chromatography and electromigration methods are therefore highlighted.<p>Each chapter is completed with a list of recent literature covering the 1987-1997 period, which can be used for further guidance of the reader in his/her own field. The chapters have been written by specialists in a particular area and with an emphasis on applications to the biomedical field. This implies that theoretical and instrumental aspects are kept to a minimum which allows the reader to understand the text. Considerable attention is paid to method selection, detection and derivatization procedures and troubleshooting. The majority of examples given represent the analyses of typical naturally-occurring mixtures. Adequate attention is paid to the role of the biological matrix and sample pretreatment, and special attention is given to forensic, toxicological and clinical applications. The book is completed with an extensive Index of Compounds Separated.http://www.lybrary.com/advanced-chromatographic-and-electromigration-methods-in-biosciences-p-297610.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advanced-chromatographic-and-electromigration-methods-in-biosciences-p-297610.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:34 EDT Since its first volume in 1960, <b>Advances in Computers</b> has presented detailed coverage of innovations in hardware and software and in computer theory, design, and applications. It has also provided contributors with a medium in which they can examine their subjects in greater depth and breadth than that allowed by standard journal articles. As a result, many articles have become standard references that continue to be of significant, lasting value despite the rapid growth taking place in the field.<br>This volume is organized around engineering large scale software systems. It discusses which technologies are useful for building these systems, which are useful to incorporate in these systems, and which are useful to evaluate these systems.http://www.lybrary.com/the-engineering-of-large-systems-p-297609.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-engineering-of-large-systems-p-297609.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:32 EDT Sound advice and witty cartoons help kids deal with cliques, develop the skills needed to form positive, healthy relationships.http://www.lybrary.com/cliques-phonies-and-other-baloney-p-297608.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cliques-phonies-and-other-baloney-p-297608.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:29 EDT At thirteen, Tom Cringle enters the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Assigned at first to service in home water, Tom is soon transferred to the exotic Caribbean where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave running are the order of the day.http://www.lybrary.com/tom-cringles-log-p-297607.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tom-cringles-log-p-297607.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:27 EDT The third edition of this classic text combines thorough coverage of fundamental theory with a wide-ranging treatment of contemporary real-world applications. It is comprehensive, fully illustrated and contains many worked examples.http://www.lybrary.com/hydraulics-in-civil-and-environmental-engineering-p-297606.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hydraulics-in-civil-and-environmental-engineering-p-297606.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:24 EDT <b>Environmental Soil Physics </b> is a completely updated and modified edition of the Daniel Hillels previous, successful books, <b>Introduction to Soil Physics</b> and <b>Fundamentals of Soil Physics.</b> Hillel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, one of the true leaders in the field of environmental sciences. The new version includes a chapter and problems on computational techniques, addresses current environmental concerns and trends.<p>* Updates and expands the scope of Hillel's prior works, <i>Fundamentals of Soil Physics</i> (1980)and <i>Applications of Soil Physics</i> (1980)<br>* Explores the wide range of interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnections of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains<br>* Draws attention to historical and contemporary issues concerning the human management of soil and water resources<br>* Directs readers toward solution of practical problems in terrestrial ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering<br>* Incorporates contributions by leading scientists in the areas of spatial variability, soil remediation, and the inclusion of land-surface processes in global climate modelshttp://www.lybrary.com/environmental-soil-physics-fundamentals-applications-and-environmental-considerations-p-297605.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/environmental-soil-physics-fundamentals-applications-and-environmental-considerations-p-297605.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:22 EDT On January 1988, the ascertained and economically accessible reserves of Natural Gas (NG) amounted to over 144,000 billion cubic meters worldwide, corresponding to 124 billion tons of oil equivalents (comparable with the liquid oil reserves, which are estimated to be 138 billion TOE). It is hypothesized that the volume of NG reserve will continue to grow at the same rate of the last decade. Forecasts on production indicate a potential increase from about 2,000 billion cubic meters in 1990 to not more than 3,300 billion cubic meters in 2010, even in a high economic development scenario. NG consumption represents only one half of oil: 1.9 billion TOE/y as compared to 3.5 of oil. Consequently, in the future gas will exceed oil as a carbon atom source. In the future the potential for getting energetic vectors or petrochemicals from NG will continue to grow.<p>The topics covered in <i>Natural Gas Conversion V</i> reflect the large global R&D effort to look for new and economic ways of NG exploitation. These range from the direct conversion of methane and light paraffins to the indirect conversion through synthesis gas to fuels and chemicals. Particularly underlined and visible are the technologies already commercially viable.<p>These proceedings prove that mature and technologically feasible processes for natural gas conversion are already available and that new and improved catalytic approaches are currently developing, the validity and feasibility of which will soon be documented. This is an exciting area of modern catalysis, which will certainly open novel and rewarding perspectives for the chemical, energy and petrochemical industries.http://www.lybrary.com/natural-gas-conversion-v-p-297604.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/natural-gas-conversion-v-p-297604.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:20 EDT This volume is the second in the planned coverage of the neurochemical circuitry of the primate central nervous system. While this volume contains only two chapters, their topics and the extraordinarily comprehensive coverage with which the authors have dealt with their topics, will nevertheless contribute equal amounts of knowledge, wisdom, and opportunities for future research extensions as have every volume in this unique series. As such, these chapters extend the goals of this primate series to develop a broad coverage of human and non-human primate chemical neuroanatomic details in a volume which makes clear the known and desirable appreciation for differences between and among subsets of primate brains. <br>The first chapter covers the primate thalamus with equal emphases on new world, old world, pro-simian and human anatomic details and their differences. The second undertakes a comparably comprehensive examination of one of the most intensively studied regions of the primate brain, namely the primate visual cortex. While much has been studied, both chapters also reveal how much remains for future efforts in these enormously important regions which are the archetypes of primate sub-cortical and cortical function.http://www.lybrary.com/the-primate-nervous-system-part-ii-p-297603.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-primate-nervous-system-part-ii-p-297603.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:17 EDT Launches of several major magnetospheric research satellites (i.e., Polar, Wind, and Interball) set the scene for extensive multi-platform investigations of the Earth's plasma environment in the era of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program. Exciting new results from this Program and the ongoing innovative advances to scientific instrumentation and spacecraft technology are vitally important for the international space community in preparing for future plans in the upcoming new millenium. This volume is a product of the COSPAR Colloquium held in Beijing on April 15-19, 1996 aimed to consolidate these achievements. It contains state-of-the-art articles in the four areas of modern magnetospheric techniques, namely, (1) active experiment in space, (2) innovative measurement technique, (3) multi-point observation, and (4) numerical simulation and theoretical analysis. Researchers in the space community, both novices and experts, are expected to benefit from this collection of articles.http://www.lybrary.com/magnetospheric-research-with-advanced-techniques-p-297602.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/magnetospheric-research-with-advanced-techniques-p-297602.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:15 EDT <b>Advances in Immunology</b> presents current developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities. Edited and authored by the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-immunology-p-297601.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-immunology-p-297601.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:33:13 EDT Readers of <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/magicseen-one-year-subscription-p-94252.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><cite><u>Magicseen</u></cite></a> will be familiar with Andrew as there have been a couple of features on him and he has also appeared a few times answering questions in the Close Up Clinic. Now Andrew reveals the secrets of his commercial success by recounting his life story so far, gives readers excellent food for thought in a section called Devil's Advocate in which he passes opinion on all manner of magical themes, and finally he also gives full details of 28 of his pet routines for close up, stand up and mentalism. Everything Andrew does is geared to commercial performance and his methods are delightfully straightforward. Nicely produced, this book will be of interest to anyone who aspires to the performance of commercial magic.
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<i>1st edition 2009, 145 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/the-man-who-would-be-king-p-297600.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-man-who-would-be-king-p-297600.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:32:44 EDT Right from its first issue, Magicseen Magazine has sought to showcase talent from the UK, talent that sometimes can be a little swamped by high profile personalities from other parts of the world. To put this right, Magicseen approached a list of the UK's top performers and creators and invited them to contribute to a book that is designed to show the world what they have to offer. <cite>Best Of British</cite> contains routines from over 20 creative British magicians, including Wayne Dobson, <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/peter-duffie-m-52.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Peter Duffie</u></a>, Geoffrey Durham, Paul Gordon, <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/simon-lovell-m-5148.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Simon Lovell</u></a>, Shaun McCree, Marc Paul, Scott Penrose, Mark Shortland, Paul Stockman and many more. It's a fabulous collection of close up, stand up and mentalism effects from stars who really know what they are doing, and it's a must-read publication for anyone interested in good quality routines.
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<i>1st edition 2012, 148 pages.</i>
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<b>Table of Contents</b>
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<li value=8>The Mystery of the Blue and Yellow Paddles - Ian Adair
<li value=12>Cashpoint - It's A Killer! - Jasper Blakeley
<li value=20>Imp-ossible - Paul Brook
<li value=28>You've Got to be Joking - Chris Congreave
<li value=32>Nailed - Wayne Dobson
<li value=36>The Satisfaction of Creativity - Matthew J. Dowden
<li value=42>Brainwoven - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/peter-duffie-m-52.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Peter Duffie</u></a>
<li value=46>Re-Order - Chris Dugdale
<li value=52>The Sliding Knot - Geoffrey Durham
<li value=58>Approaching the Table - Wayne Fox
<li value=64>Diminishing? No Likely! - Paul Gordon
<li value=70>Name Power 2 - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/paul-hallas-m-171276.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Paul Hallas</u></a>
<li value=76>STP (Switch, Tear and Peek) - Gary Jones
<li value=82>The 'Moveless' Ring on String Move - Mark Leveridge
<li value=86>Flushing Smedley - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/simon-lovell-m-5148.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Simon Lovell</u></a>
<li value=90>Don't Do As I Didn't - Shaun McCree
<li value=94>Play Time - Marc Paul
<li value=100>Autograph Hunter - Scott Penrose
<li value=104>Yesterday's Dream - Harry Robson
<li value=108>Tric-Tac - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/alan-rorrison-m-648.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Alan Rorrison</u></a>
<li value=112>Ideas on the Watch Steal - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/tim-shoesmith-m-189.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Tim Shoesmith</u></a>
<li value=120>The Signature Box - Mark Shortland
<li value=124>TNT - Lee Smith
<li value=128>Sounds Colourful - Paul Stockman
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</table>http://www.lybrary.com/best-of-british-p-297599.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/best-of-british-p-297599.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:22:35 EDT This ebook contains all 56 Masterclass effects taken from volumes 5-8 of <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/magicseen-one-year-subscription-p-94252.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><cite><u>Magicseen</u></cite></a>. Among the 40 different contributors you will find close up, stand up, children's material, mentalism and even a stage illusion from well known stars such as Wayne Dobson, <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/jc-sum-m-109383.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>JC Sum</u></a>, Magic Dave, Jon Allen, Wayne Fox, Michael J. Fitch, Marc Spelmann, <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/john-bannon-m-348.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>John Bannon</u></a>, Paul Gordon, <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/peter-duffie-m-52.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Peter Duffie</u></a> and many more.
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With many colour photo illustrations, this is a must-have collection of varied magic.
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Contents:
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<li>Ace of Hearts - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/jozsef-kovacs-m-201.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Josef Kovacs</u></a>
<li>Ring Off - Ring On - Alexander Allen
<li>Sharpie - Wayne Dobson
<li>Rockng Horse - Gerry Luff
<li>Marked Coin Antics - Mark Leveridge
<li>Poket Full of Miracles - Alexander Allen
<li>Knotty - Alexander Allen
<li>Four Card Assembly - Victor Trabucco
<li>Fancy A Quickie? - Alexander Allen
<li>Card To Number - Nicholas Clement
<li>Please Pick Me - John Teo
<li>Coinexus - Enrico Varella
<li>Chase The Cross With Biz Cards - Tan Choon Tee
<li>Graffiti Girl - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/jc-sum-m-109383.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>JC Sum</u></a>
<li>Ten To One - Chris Wardle
<li>Simplicity Add A No. - Ian Adair
<li>You've Got The Power - Magic Dave
<li>My Signature Trick - Ian Adair
<li>Citizen Cane - Jon Allen
<li>Instant Sandwich - Jacob Rasmussen
<li>Regeneraser - Jeff Prace
<li>Coin Bottle, Bottle Coin - Andy Clockwise
<li>Price Is Right - Ian Adair
<li>Watchers - Lewis Jones
<li>Who's Under The Blanket - Andy Clockwise
<li>BCA - Bernard Sim
<li>Favourite Characters - Mark Leveridge
<li>Bias - Ben Prime
<li>No - Andy Clockwise
<li>Pick 'N' Mix - Alan Chitty
<li>Twisted - Wayne Fox
<li>Pene-sational - Ian Adair
<li>It's A Right Ear - Michael J. Fitch
<li>Time Is Of The Essence - Mark Spelmann
<li>Bullet Catcher - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/john-bannon-m-348.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>John Bannon</u></a>
<li>X-Change Of Mind - Mark Townsend
<li>4 Coin Production - Damian Surr
<li>1992 - Mike Gancia
<li>A Fine Chance - Wayne Fox
<li>Quarter Bird - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/jeff-stone-m-722.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Jeff Stone</u></a>
<li>The Sugar Routine - Dave Bonsall
<li>Spectator-Cut Christ Aces - Paul Gordon
<li>Laughing Queens - <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/peter-duffie-m-52.html?osCsid=3fc2a6a905874b599ccfe45fbd24236f"><u>Peter Duffie</u></a>
<li>Quick 'N' Dirty Cards To Pocket - Ian Kendall
<li>The Pateo Force - Alan White
<li>Impossible - Alan White
<li>Knockout Cards - Alan White
<li>Wild Card Reverse - Alexandr Erohin
<li>Cannibal Collectors - Marcus Gordon
<li>Wild Card Reverse 2 - Alexandr Erohin
<li>The Parrot - Graham Lee
<li>Mindful Coins - Gary Jones
<li>Order Order - Gary Jones
<li>Push Through Move - Jon Allen
<li>The AAAH! Game - Gary Dunn
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<i>1st edition 2013, 118 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/masterclass-2-p-297598.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/masterclass-2-p-297598.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:47:31 EDT <b>Perception and Cognition at Century's End</b> contains cognitive psychology surveys that are up-to-date and historically based, as well as references to the development of cognitive psychology over the past century. The book can serve as a central or specialized text for a range of psychology courses.<p>Key Features<br>* Written by prominent active researchers in the field<br>* Presents broad coverage of perception and cognition<br>* Considers perception and cognition in the context of the thought of the past half-century<br>* Contains extensive references; excellent resourcehttp://www.lybrary.com/perception-and-cognition-at-centurys-end-history-philosophy-theory-p-297597.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/perception-and-cognition-at-centurys-end-history-philosophy-theory-p-297597.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:42 EDT This volume focuses on molecular clusters, bound by van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds. Twelve chapters review a wide range of recent theoretical and experimental advances in the areas of cluster vibrations, spectroscopy, and reaction dynamics. The authors are leading experts, who have made significant contributions to these topics.<p>The first chapter describes exciting results and new insights in the solvent effects on the short-time photo fragmentation dynamics of small molecules, obtained by combining heteroclusters with femtosecond laser excitation. The second is on theoretical work on effects of single solvent (argon) atom on the photodissociation dynamics of the solute H<INF>2</INF>O molecule. The next two chapters cover experimental and theoretical aspects of the energetics and vibrations of small clusters. Chapter 5 describes diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations and non additive three-body potential terms in molecular clusters. The next six chapters deal with hydrogen-bonded clusters, reflecting the ubiquity and importance of hydrogen-bonded networks. The final chapter provides the microscopic theory of the dynamics and spectroscopy of doped helium cluster, highly quantum systems whose unusual properties have been studied extensively in the past couple of years.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-molecular-vibrations-and-collision-dynamics-volume-3-p-297596.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-molecular-vibrations-and-collision-dynamics-volume-3-p-297596.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:40 EDT This book presents the latest scientific developments in the field of positron emission tomography (PET) dealing with data acquisition, image processing, applications, statistical analysis, tracer development, parameter estimation, and kinetic modeling. It covers improved methodology and the application of existing techniques to new areas. The text also describes new approaches in scanner design and image processing, and the latest techniques for modeling and statistical analyses. This volume will be a useful reference for the active brain PET scientist, as well as a valuable introduction for students and researchers who wish to take advantage of the capabilities of PET to study the normal and diseased brain.<p>Key Features<br>* Authored by international authorities in PET<br>* Provides the latest up-to-date techniques and applications<br>* Covers all fundamental disciplines of PET in one volume<br>* A comprehensive resource for students, clinicians, and new PET researchershttp://www.lybrary.com/quantitative-functional-brain-imaging-with-positron-emission-tomography-p-297595.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/quantitative-functional-brain-imaging-with-positron-emission-tomography-p-297595.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:38 EDT <b>Proteins: Analysis and Design</b> focuses solely on individual experimental approaches, rather than on specific classes of proteins. The book provides insight into the important issues in protein science and how one can cope with them. These include all issues which explore the detailed relationship of protein structure to function.<p>Key Features:<br>* Provides problems and technical solutions<br>* Includes posttranslational modifications<br>* Uses synthetic peptides as biological models<br>* Details mutagenesis and protein engineering<br>* Covers design of protein structure and functionhttp://www.lybrary.com/proteins-analysis-and-design-p-297594.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/proteins-analysis-and-design-p-297594.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:35 EDT <b>Piperonyl Butoxide</b> contains 20 chapters contributed by world experts in the field on the properties, uses, plant metabolism, and mammalian and environmental toxicology of piperonyl butoxide. The mode of action of piperonyl butoxide is discussed as well as many other specialist topics, including the measurement of synergism in the laboratory, and the potential use of this chemical alone for the control of whiteflies, as well as with insect growth regulators. <br>This book will prove to be a valuable reference for all concerned with the designing of safe and cost-effective insecticide formulations, particularly those used in the home, industry, or on or near animals and food.http://www.lybrary.com/piperonyl-butoxide-p-297593.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/piperonyl-butoxide-p-297593.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:32 EDT Jointly hosted by the Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA) and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), this conference was attended by over 300 delegates and represented the largest and most prestigious gathering of eminent international ergonomists in the history of Africa. It also marked the beginning of a revival in concern for the well-being and productivity of people at work in South Africa.<br><p>The conference aimed to juxtapose two great ergonomic themes – the under-developed ethos of the affluent societies and the technologically advanced ethos of the most affluent societies. The structure of the proceedings reflects this with the first section addressing the priorities of countries in transition and the last section addressing the priorities of the most industrially-developed countries, who have, by and large, long since solved the sorts of ergonomics problems currently of concern in the under-developed world. In between these, in a roughly hierarchical arrangement from micro- to macro- levels of analysis, are sections which collectively help span the whole field of ergonomics. Section overviews are provided to outline the topics included in each section.http://www.lybrary.com/global-ergonomics-p-297592.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/global-ergonomics-p-297592.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:30 EDT The <b>Handbook of Religion and Mental Health</b> is a useful resource for mental health professionals, religious professionals, and counselors. The book describes how religious beliefs and practices relate to mental health and influence mental health care. It presents research on the association between religion and personality, coping behavior, anxiety, depression, psychoses, and successes in psychotherapy and includes discussions on specific religions and their perspectives on mental health.<p>Key Features<br>* Provides a useful resource for religious and mental health professionals<br>* Describes the connections between spirituality, religion, and physical and mental health<br>* Discusses specific religions and their perspectives on mental health <br>* Presents research on the association between religion and personality, coping behavior, anxiety, depression, psychoses, and successes in psychotherapyhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-religion-and-mental-health-p-297591.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-religion-and-mental-health-p-297591.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:27 EDT Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetryhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-thermal-analysis-and-calorimetry-principles-and-practice-p-297590.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-thermal-analysis-and-calorimetry-principles-and-practice-p-297590.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:25 EDT Power Electronics Design Handbook covers the basics of power electronics theory and components while emphasizing modern low-power components and applications. Coverage includes power semiconductors, converters, power supplies, batteries, protection systems, and power ICs.<p>One of the unique features of the Power Electronics Design Handbook is the integration of component and system theory with practical applications, particularly energy-saving low-power applications. Many chapters also include a section that looks forward to future developments in that area. References for further information or more in-depth technical reading are also included.<p>Nihal Kularatna is a principal research engineer with the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in Sri Lanka. He is also the author of Modern Electronic Test and Measuring Instruments, published by the Institute of Electrical Engineers.<p>Emphasizes low- and medium-power components<br>Offers a unique mix of theory and practical application<br>Provides a useful guide to further readinghttp://www.lybrary.com/power-electronics-design-handbook-lowpower-components-and-applications-p-297589.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/power-electronics-design-handbook-lowpower-components-and-applications-p-297589.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:22 EDT This is the most modern, comprehensive and system-oriented text on radio engineering in print, by a pioneer in the field. Engineers and students need to use this book, which covers the physics of radio systems from a quantum mechanical point of view and offers a unique insight into radio engineering by showing not only how but why radio systems work.<p>Professor Gosling has spent a lifetime in industry and education, including time as Technical Director of Plessey, President of EUREL (European Convention of Engineering Societies), Past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and Chair of Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath. He is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Bath. He has published eleven books and over fifty scientific papers.<p>Eminent author<br>Accessible treatment of a challenging subject<br>Together with 'Radio Spectrum Conservation' (1999) makes up Radio Engineering Fundamentalshttp://www.lybrary.com/radio-antennas-and-propagation-radio-engineering-fundamentals-p-297588.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/radio-antennas-and-propagation-radio-engineering-fundamentals-p-297588.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:20 EDT This book is essential reading for electronic consumer-product manufacturers doing business in the European marketplace. Compliance with directives and procedures can be a complex and confusing process, resulting in wasted money and effort. With the help of the CE Marking Handbook, engineers and managers can more easily identify which rules apply to them and pinpoint what they need to do to comply. Dave Lohbeck was formerly the Manager for Seminars and Training at TUV Rhineland, the largest German testing and certification agency. He has worked for many years as an engineer, including nine years in the field of European safety and EMC compliance.<p>A once complicated topic is made clear as the author addresses the confusion surrounding CE Marking. Lohbeck offers guidance on both legal and design issues. This book includes a step-by-step design guide aimed at both novice and experienced exporters. With its help, engineers and managers can easily identify which rules apply to their products and pinpoint what they need to do to comply. The information presented here is backed up with facts and examples. Many have been misled, unfortunately, but this book presents the real meaning of CE Marking.<p>Shows design engineers how to comply with CE requirements for product conformity<br>Explains legal and technical issues concisely and logically<br>Presents and illuminates US and EU differenceshttp://www.lybrary.com/ce-marking-handbook-p-297587.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ce-marking-handbook-p-297587.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:17 EDT The last book of essays by Church of Satan founder LaVey.http://www.lybrary.com/satan-speaks-p-297586.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/satan-speaks-p-297586.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:15 EDT This revised and expanded edition provides an inside look at provincial politics in Ontario through the eyes of the 17-year leader of the Ontario CCF/NDP.http://www.lybrary.com/the-happy-warrior-political-memoirs-p-297585.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-happy-warrior-political-memoirs-p-297585.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:13 EDT For the spiritual and energetic purification and revitalization of the subtle systems of a place or a natural or urban landscape, it is possible to use the healing vibrations of sound, color, dance and guided imagery, amongst other techniques, as well as the art of lithopuncture.http://www.lybrary.com/healing-the-heart-of-the-earth-p-297584.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/healing-the-heart-of-the-earth-p-297584.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:11 EDT This volume is for practitioners, experimentalists, and graduate students in applied physics, particularly in the fields of atomic and molecular physics, who work with vacuum ultraviolet applications and are in need of choosing the best type of modern instrumentation. It provides first-hand knowledge of the state-of-the-art equipment sources and gives technical information on how to use it, along with a broad reference bibliography.http://www.lybrary.com/vacuum-ultraviolet-spectroscopy-ii-p-297583.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/vacuum-ultraviolet-spectroscopy-ii-p-297583.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:08 EDT The first all-encompassing guide to the imrovisational rock music scene and the emerging wave of improvisational music now thriving in North America. The book spans the continent, identifying more than 175 of the most noteworthy jam bands. Each entry includes photos, biographies, discographies, personal insights from band members, web site listings, and descriptions and analyses of each group's distinctive musical styles and talents. Additionally, since all the profiled bands encourage live taping, Jam Bands offers a section devoted to the art of recording concerts and building a live-music library. Written by noted live-music fanatic and taper Dean Budnick, Jam Bands is sure to please both long-time devotees of the jam band scene and new initiates as well. From Aquarium Rescue Unit to Zero, with stops along the way for Medeski, Martin & Wood, Rusted Root, Strangefolk, and String Cheese Incident, Jam Bands will reacquaint readers with cherished groups and introduce new favourites, while unlocking the mysteries of tapinhttp://www.lybrary.com/jam-bands-north-americas-hottest-live-groups-p-297582.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jam-bands-north-americas-hottest-live-groups-p-297582.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:06 EDT This book presents a series of case studies that describe situations in financial markets where the opportunity for significant gains or losses has been present. The insights that emerge will help every investorâ€"whether beginner or experienced proâ€"to better assess future financial possibilities. Using U.S., U.K., and Canadian financial markets, Larry MacDonald illustrates various investment approachttp://www.lybrary.com/outperforming-the-market-a-case-study-approach-to-selecting-investments-p-297581.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/outperforming-the-market-a-case-study-approach-to-selecting-investments-p-297581.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:03 EDT Hockey legend Gordie Howe once said there were two superstars in the Hull family: Bobby, the Golden Jet and one of the greatest players ever to tie up a pair of skates, and his brother Dennis, who had a solid career with the Chicago Blackhawks. Dennis Hull outlines his life in hockey with humorous anecdotes, insights, and stories. Not just another sports autobiography, this book provides insight into the life of a hockey star without taking itself too seriously. Recounted are the time Hull taught Guy Lafleur to speak English; how he once won a coin toss worth $250,000; and his ongoing rivalry with Henri Richard, the younger brother of the legendary Canadiens' great Maurice Richard. Hull recounts the famed 1972 Russia-Canada series and speaks with stunning candor about his brother, Bobby; his nephew and St. Louis Blues' star Brett Hull; and hockey legends like Howe, Ken Dryden, and Bobby Orr.http://www.lybrary.com/third-best-hull-p-297580.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/third-best-hull-p-297580.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:34:01 EDT "Water and Environment" addresses imbalances between availability and demand, degradation of surface and ground waters, inter-sectorial, inter-regional and international competition in water management. The book includes coverage of issues including combating pollution, environmental impacts on the aquatic biosphere, water conservation practices, combined irrigation scheduling, re-use of return flows, demand and availability assessment, forecasting, planning and management.http://www.lybrary.com/water-and-the-environment-p-297579.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/water-and-the-environment-p-297579.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:57 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/financial-protection-in-the-uk-building-industry-p-297578.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/financial-protection-in-the-uk-building-industry-p-297578.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:55 EDT This path-breaking study in political economy scrutinizes the theory and practice of conditionality, drawing chiefly on the experiences of twenty-one developing countries. The fatal weakness of conditionality, the book concludes, is that donors are unwilling or unable to withhold aid from governments which renege on policy promises. Deep-rooted factors stand in the way of making conditionality more effective, reliance on which has hence wasted much aid. The book therefore presents ideas from improving donor-recipient relationships in ways which do not rely on an imagined financial leverage.http://www.lybrary.com/aid-and-the-political-economy-of-policy-change-p-297577.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/aid-and-the-political-economy-of-policy-change-p-297577.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:53 EDT < P> < i> Recasting Ritual< /i> explores how ritualized action diversifies in response to varying cultural, political and physical contexts. The contributors look at how issues such as globalization and technology affect ritual performance and how minorities often utilize performances to affirm their own identities while also speaking to outsiders.< br> < br> The contributors examine the relationship between ritual meaning and social identity through case studies drawn from the Pacific, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Latin America, Indonesia, and East and West Africa. Study of the theoretical underpinnings of social action affirms the independence of anthropology as a discipline from cultural, media and performance studies, according it a distinctive role in elucidating contemporary and emergent human conditions.< /P>http://www.lybrary.com/recasting-ritual-p-297576.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/recasting-ritual-p-297576.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:51 EDT The issue of belonging is crucial to the study of identity within social anthropology. "Locality and Belonging" explores how territory can become intertwined with belonging and shape a sense of community, often through bodily images, imagined pasts and experienced space. The contributors provide an international overview of the relationship between locality and belonging, with rigorous case studies from the Congo, Togo, Amazonia, Indonesia, Zanzibar, South Africa, Argentina and the United Kingdom. <BR>Contexts range from the use of "natural" features of the environment to those of nationhood and post-colonial identity-making. The examination of notions of space, memory, ethnicity, the mnemonic use of objects, mythologies of football and history, feature as some of the themes which reveal and express the relationship between locality and belonging.http://www.lybrary.com/locality-and-belonging-p-297575.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/locality-and-belonging-p-297575.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:49 EDT There is a wealth of published material which analyzes large-scale international development plans and policies. This collection shifts the focus away from this to examine the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminates the attitudes and actions of those involved in local development. <BR>The material is drawn from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. All the contributors use rigorous anthropological methods of analysis to shed light on the place of personal sentiment and identity in reactions to planned development schemes. In a world where direct action and public protest are routine responses to local development plans, they show how protesters, developers and politicians often hold very different fundamental views about the environment, society, government and development which go beyond partisan economic and political interests.http://www.lybrary.com/anthropological-perspectives-on-local-development-p-297574.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/anthropological-perspectives-on-local-development-p-297574.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:46 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/hitler-p-297573.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hitler-p-297573.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:44 EDT Unique in its focus, "Post-Colonial Shakespeares" examines how our assumptions about key ideas such as 'colonization', 'race', and 'nation' derive from early modern English culture and looks at how such terms are themselves embedded in "colonial" forms of knowledge. Featuring original work by some of the leading critics within the field, this impressive volume explores the multiple ways of reading Shakespeare in our postcolonial context. Contributors: Andreas Bertoldi, Jerry Brotton, Jonathan Burton, Jonathan Dollimore, Terence Hawkes, Margo Hendricks, David Johnson, Michael Neill, Avraham Oz, Nicholas Visser.http://www.lybrary.com/postcolonial-shakespeares-p-297572.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/postcolonial-shakespeares-p-297572.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:41 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/representing-consumers-p-297571.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/representing-consumers-p-297571.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:38 EDT This work is available on its own or as part of the 7 volume set "Selected Works of R. D. Laing"http://www.lybrary.com/selected-works-of-rd-laingself-and-other-v2-p-297570.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/selected-works-of-rd-laingself-and-other-v2-p-297570.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:36 EDT This book concentrates on the social aspects of disasters, focusing on the most expensive disaster to date in US history, the Northridge earthquake of 1994. Surveying historical and contemporary facets of life in Southern California, Robert Bolin explains how vulnerability to disaster has been shaped by more than a century of immigration, urbanization, environmental transformations, and economic development. This book also provides a global view of the social effects of other recent disasters in developed and developing countries. An invaluable insight into the field, the volume discusses key considerations of sustainable development and state policy, and suggests ways that vulnerability can be reduced in the future.http://www.lybrary.com/northridge-earthquake-p-297569.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/northridge-earthquake-p-297569.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:32 EDT Rather than "integrate" students with special educational needs into a system designed without their needs in mind, the predominant effort in education has been to rethink educational systems from the bottom up to include the full range of students' individual challenges and backgrounds. The contributions to this volume, derived from the work of the organization Inclusive International, emphasize the promotion of informed choices and active participation in the community throughout individual students' lives.http://www.lybrary.com/promoting-inclusive-practice-p-297568.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/promoting-inclusive-practice-p-297568.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:29 EDT This book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.http://www.lybrary.com/creativity-in-human-evolution-and-prehistory-p-297567.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/creativity-in-human-evolution-and-prehistory-p-297567.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:26 EDT This work offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the intramural activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms.http://www.lybrary.com/changing-boundaries-of-the-firm-p-297566.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/changing-boundaries-of-the-firm-p-297566.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:23 EDT Streets are the terrain of social encounters and political protest, sites of domination and resistance, places of pleasure and anxiety. The essays in "Images of the Street" explore how we imagine, create, experience, interact with and naturally transform the street.<BR> Using case studies of cities including New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Toronto and Vancouver, the contributors subject the street to sustained critical scrutiny. The essays examine the interplay between politics and planning, how social identities are shaped by the use of the street, and how these identities are represented in fiction and in films such as "Independence Day, Twelve Monkeys," and "The Fisherking," and how social life is increasingly regulated both directly by agencies such as the police, and indirectly through architecture and urban design. This book enriches and extends our understanding of the making and meaning of a key urban space.http://www.lybrary.com/images-of-the-street-p-297565.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/images-of-the-street-p-297565.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:21 EDT The story of Rose Bachmann, a woman at mid-tide in a life awash in the debris of a mysterious marriage in the magical coastline of the North Pacific.http://www.lybrary.com/moving-water-p-297564.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/moving-water-p-297564.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:19 EDT " Social Transformations in Archaeology" explores the relevance of archaeology to the study of long term change and to the understandings of our contemporary world.http://www.lybrary.com/social-transformations-in-archaeology-p-297563.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-transformations-in-archaeology-p-297563.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:33:16 EDT Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been the focus of much debate and development within education, especially in the primary sector. This text offers tried and tested ideas for using IT effectively across the whole primary curriculum.http://www.lybrary.com/500-ict-tips-for-primary-teachers-p-297562.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/500-ict-tips-for-primary-teachers-p-297562.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:31:09 EDT <p>In recent years the police have become one of the most watched and most visible organisations, and across the media there has been constant interest in the police. In such a situation the police themselves have been intensely concerned with promoting, projecting and protecting the police image.</p><p>This book is concerned to document and to explain this image work, the activities in which the police engage that construct and project images of policing. Drawing upon first-hand research with the police themselves (including such examples as the way the South Yorkshire Police handled the Miners Strike and the Hillsborough stadium disaster), the book includes a detailed look at police press and public relations officers at work, and at operational policing and police work. Its broader argument is that image work has the capacity to both legitimate policing and to mask problems of legitimation.</p><p>At a time of intense debate about the future role and nature of the police this book makes a key contribution, and raises important questions about the implications of police image work for both democratically accountable policing and the wider transformations in society being brought about by the media and its management.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/policing-images-p-297561.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/policing-images-p-297561.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:31:06 EDT "Breathtakingly frightening and hugely entertaining. . .a knockout debut. Ryan Lockwood is a talent to watch!" --Tripp Whetsell, <i>NY Daily News<p></i><p>In the bestselling tradition of Jaws, from the depths of the sea comes a new kind of terror.<p>In all his years as a professional diver, Will Sturman has never encountered a killing machine more ferocious than the great white shark or as deadly as the piranha. Now, off the coast of California, something is rising from the deep--and multiplying. Voracious, unstoppable, and migrating north, an ungodly life form trailed by a gruesome wake of corpses. With the help of the brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Valerie Martell, Will finds himself in a race against time to stop the slaughter--by a predator capable of devastating the world's oceans.<p><b>Pray it kills you quickly.</b><p>"In this brilliantly terrifying debut, Ryan Lockwood snaps hold of you and doesn't let go. . .with nerve-tingling suspense, BELOW is a thriller you won't easily put down--or forget." --Kevin O'Brien, <i>New York Times </i> bestselling author<p>"Absolutely terrifying. . .and all the more frightening because it could happen." --Marc Cameron, author of <i>State of Emergency</i>http://www.lybrary.com/below-p-297560.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/below-p-297560.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:31:03 EDT Fix the past. Save the future. What is the secret history connecting the SQ to the Ancient Mayans?http://www.lybrary.com/infinity-ring-book-4-curse-of-the-ancients-p-297559.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/infinity-ring-book-4-curse-of-the-ancients-p-297559.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:31:01 EDT In the tradition of WATERSHIP DOWN comes a brilliant novel about foxes, rabbits, and the cold calculation that leads to war. Imagine a world in which there are no people, but foxes are civilized. They wear clothes, they fight, they elect corrupt officials. They eat all kinds of things, but only lower orders with limited brainpower. Like mice. Or rabbits. Now imagine that one day the rabbits disappear, and slowly develop their OWN society away from the foxes. What happens when the two societies once again collide? A TASTE FOR RABBIT is a brilliant, piercing look at Harry the Fox, Quentin the Rabbit, the price of honor, and the "animal" parts of human nature.http://www.lybrary.com/a-taste-for-rabbit-p-297558.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-taste-for-rabbit-p-297558.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:58 EDT A funny, honest novel about being out, being proud . . . and being ready for something else. Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write. And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that GAY guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret -- not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben . . . who doesn't even know that love is possible. This witty, smart, coming-out-again story will appeal to gay and straight kids alike as they watch Rafe navigate being different, fitting in, and what it means to be himself.http://www.lybrary.com/openly-straight-p-297557.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/openly-straight-p-297557.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:55 EDT Any woman in the midst of pregnancy will tell you that it is, above all, a <I>bodily</I> function--from sore breasts to exhaustion to a wildly strong sense of smell. But the body is not the only storyline. Starting a family can be a downright magical time--the growth can be a welcome sign of a positive identity shift. It can feel exciting, exhilarating, and oftentimes suspenseful.<p>In twelve essays, <I>Parenting Uncensored: Straight Talk from Real Moms on Pregnancy</I> covers this whole gamut of changes, some pleasant and exciting, others surprising and uncomfortable. Lyz Lenz grapples with the shifting landscape in "Pregnancy Boobs": "I was warned that my boobs would get bigger. But I wasn't warned about the lifestyle change. About how everything from the way I slept at night, sat in a chair, and walked across a parking lot would change." Blogger Liz Gumbinner writes about gaining perspective when she comes down with a potentially hazardous case of toxoplasmosis. In her essay, "Obesity, Pregnancy, and the <I>New York Times</I>" Cecily Kellogg writes about weight discrimination and how her ideas about her own body changed during pregnancy. Hopefully, you'll be able to identify with at least one--and maybe more--of these stories and be inspired to join the conversation. The Babble community chose some of these essays as the most compelling and helpful examination of the topic.http://www.lybrary.com/parenting-uncensored-straight-talk-from-real-moms-and-dads-on-getting-pregnant-p-297556.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/parenting-uncensored-straight-talk-from-real-moms-and-dads-on-getting-pregnant-p-297556.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:53 EDT In this new heist adventure series, an elite team of four best friends must track down stolen gems! For Jasmine, Erin, Willow, and Lili, the first year of middle school is shaping up to be pretty awesome. They've been selected for an A-list academic team because of their expertise in art, math, science, and history. The Jewels, as they call themselves, are already winning tournaments. But things heat up when another local team, the Atkinson Prep Rivals, threatens to steal their spotlight. To further complicate matters, a beloved ruby necklace is stolen from their school, and the Jewels must go undercover with their skills to track down the culprit. Nothing seems to be adding up--until they look to the most unlikely of suspects . . . Can the Jewels figure out why the precious ruby was stolen and find it before it's too late? Packed with suspense, thrilling plot twists, and a dash of sparkle, this is a fun new series you won't want to miss!http://www.lybrary.com/jewel-society-1-catch-us-if-you-can-p-297555.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jewel-society-1-catch-us-if-you-can-p-297555.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:51 EDT The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues! Deep in the rainforest, danger awaits . . . The dragonets of destiny aren't sure what to expect in the RainWing kingdom - Glory hopes to learn more about her family, and since the RainWings aren't fighting in the war, all five dragonets think they might be able to hide safely for a while. But something deadly is stalking the peaceful kingdom, and the dragonets soon discover that RainWings have been mysteriously disappearing from the forest. When the RainWing queen won't do anything to find her missing tribe members, Glory and her friends set off on their own rescue mission - which leads them right back into enemy territory. . . .http://www.lybrary.com/wings-of-fire-book-three-the-hidden-kingdom-p-297554.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wings-of-fire-book-three-the-hidden-kingdom-p-297554.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:48 EDT Haunted by history. Bound by mystery. Lori Chase doesn't know what to think about ghosts. She may have seen a few in the past, but those were just childish imaginings . . . right? Only now that she is living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, spirits seem to be on everyone's mind. The town is obsessed with its bloody Civil War history, and the old inn that Lori's parent run is supposedly haunted by the souls of dead soldiers. Then Lori meets one such soldier -- the devastatingly handsome Nathaniel Pierce. Nathaniel's soul cannot rest, and he desperately needs Lori's help. Because Nathaniel was not killed in the famous battle. He was murdered. Lori begins to investigate the age-old mystery, stumbling upon shocking clues and secrets. At the same time, she can't help falling for Nathaniel, just as he is falling for her . . . .http://www.lybrary.com/rebel-spirits-p-297553.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rebel-spirits-p-297553.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:46 EDT "Will touch your heart and leave you breathless." --<i>Just Erotic Romance Reviews</i><p><b>Duty</b><p>Reporter Cheyenne Stenson's latest assignment has her trembling with fear--and simmering with secret desire. Forced by her bosses to infiltrate a sex club and report on her experiences, she's about to play a game she's only fantasized about--with a hard-bodied mystery man she's been thinking about way too much. . .<p><b>Desire</b><p>From the moment Cheyenne finds herself bound and throbbing in Mace's arms, she yearns to yield to him in all ways. But losing herself in her role is a dangerous game. Especially since Mace's only promise is to show her the power of erotic pleasure. . .<p><b>Destiny</b><p>The game becomes all too real when Cheyenne's employers become her captors. Now Mace is the only man she can trust. But dare she surrender everything to the stranger who dominates her every desire. . .and is destined to capture her heart?<p><b>Praise for Vonna Harper</b><p>"Sizzling attraction explodes in <i>Canyon Shadows."</i> --<i>Romance Reviews Today</i><p>"An amazing story. . .heart-wrenching and fulfilling." --<i>Coffee Time Romance </i>(4 Cups) on <i>Spirit of the Wolf</i><p><b>This book contains adult content</b>http://www.lybrary.com/his-slave-p-297552.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/his-slave-p-297552.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:44 EDT "A fast-paced, thrilling read." --Electa Rome Parks, author of <i>The Stalker Chronicles</i><p>Bail recovery agent Angel Crawford isn't sure which is tougher--fighting crime, letting go of the skeletons in her past, or planning for her wedding. Either way, she's dealt with her share of surprises. But just when she least expects it, she gets the shock of her life. . .<p>It's been months since Angel and Pastor Justus Too-Hot-To-Be-Holy Morgan announced their engagement. Yet Angel's barely begun wedding planning. It's not that she's having doubts. She just wants to make sure the past doesn't interfere with their future. For Angel, that means clearing up a kiss-tastrophe with U.S. Marshal Maxim West and facing off with her ex-fiancé's assassin. Angel wants to share her plans with Justus, but before she can do it, a new complication arrives. . .<p><b>Praise For Miranda Parker</b><p>"I had such a good time reading this novel! I was in the story, watching and sipping on a mocktail." --Pat G'Orge-Walker, <i>Essence</i> bestselling author, on <i>Can't Keep a Bad Bride Down</i><p>"Parker combines murder, romance, and church scandals amid plenty of suggestive sexuality." --<i>Publishers Weekly </i>on <i>A Good Excuse to Be Bad</i><p>"A surprise around every corner. . ..
<p>The combination of juicy mystery and the drama of a mega-church is an unbeatable one that makes this novel a real page-turner." --<i>RT Book Reviews </i>on <i>A Good Excuse to Be Bad</http://www.lybrary.com/cant-keep-a-bad-bride-down-p-297551.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cant-keep-a-bad-bride-down-p-297551.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:41 EDT <p><i>Public Education Under Siege</i> argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadership.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/public-education-under-siege-p-297550.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/public-education-under-siege-p-297550.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:39 EDT Murder is always on the menu for the ever chic and always capable Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier, highly esteemed member of the Paris Police Judiciaire. . .<p>Quel horreur! When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, everyone is convinced it's suicide. Distraught at rumors perpetuated by the vituperative food critic, Lucien Folon, that his restaurant La Mère Denis might lose its precious third Michelin star, Brault was considered to be très désolé by friends and family alike.<p>But when Capucine is called to the mise-en-scène, Capucine smells something fishier than a bouillabaisse gone bad. And when Le Monde suggests that Capucine's investigation is a cover up for the lethal consequences of food critics everywhere--a profession in which her husband takes great pride--she will stop at nothing to solve the case.<p>As evidence mounts, fine food, fraud, and kidnapping are all main ingredients in Capucine's search for the truth in this délicieux mélange of cuisine et le mhttp://www.lybrary.com/death-of-a-chef-p-297549.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/death-of-a-chef-p-297549.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:36 EDT <p>"David Alan is the epitome of Oscar Wilde's good advice: 'Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.' You can't get more 'yourself' than David, known far and wide for his unique, creative, and delightful Tipsy Texan handcrafted cocktails. And now, thanks to his truly delicious book, we can all mix up our own tastes of David's Texas—from Austin loquats to Hill Country peaches, blended with the state's finest artisan liquors. Cheers!"<BR><B>—Jim Hightower, author, nationally syndicated columnist, radio commentator, and editor of the </B><I><B>Hightower Lowdown</B></I></p><p>"Don't let the Tipsy Texan's clever nickname fool you: Here's a man who seriously understands the art and the lore of the cocktail. Long at the forefront of Texas mixology, David Alan has created a delightful new book that outlines all that's needed to make cocktails like a pro. His unique ability to dream up delicious takes on classic cocktails will inspire you. From 'light and refreshing' to 'big and boozy,' David delivers a cocktail for every taste and occasion. David may be a hardcore Texan, but his irresistible cocktails are certain to have universal appeal."<BR><B>—Rebecca Rather, Texas chef and author of <I>The Pastry Queen</I>, </B><I><B>The Pastry Queen </B><B>Christmas</B></I><B>, and </B><I><B>Pastry Queen Parties</B></I></p><i>Tipsy Texan</i> is a snapshot of the current Texas cocktail and spirit culture. Meet the bartenders who ushered in the Texas cocktail revival, and see the places where they ply their trade. Read about the distillers who have put Texas on the national craft distilling map, and all the wonderful cocktails that Texas bartenders (and bar patrons!) have devised in which to use these homegrown spirits. Join us on a tour of the gardens and farmers' markets that give Texans an incredible year-round assortment of fruits and vegetables, ripe for the picking—and ripe for the drinking. The book's recipes are organized by the way people drink: Big & Boozy drinks for when hearty, spirit-forward cocktails are the order; Light, Bright & Refreshing cocktails that will get you through those long, hot Texas summers; and Sweet, Creamy, and Desserty cocktails that will satisfy the sweet tooth. A section on techniques will reveal tricks of the trade, with each recipe accompanied by ingredient notes for anything out of the ordinary or that must be house-made. Recipes include the author's own creations, as well as classic cocktails with local and regional twists, such as the Old Austin, a Texas update on the Old Fashioned, sweetened with toasted pecan syrup. The Peach Tom Collins is a simple variation on the classic that tastes like Hill Country in a glass. As the summer recedes and the trees begin to bear fall fruits, the Harvest Punch showcases local rum, seasonal spices, and fresh pressed apple cider. Winter may come and go in the blink of an eye, at least in the state's southernmost parts, but there's at least enough time for a bowl of Absinthe Eggnog or a Golden Sleigh, an eggnog variation on the old Golden Cadillac. Succulent red grapefruits—the crown jewels of Texas's indigenous cocktail ingredients from the Rio Grande valley—figure prominently here.http://www.lybrary.com/tipsy-texan-spirits-and-cocktails-from-the-lone-star-state-p-297548.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tipsy-texan-spirits-and-cocktails-from-the-lone-star-state-p-297548.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:34 EDT Leave it to Big Nate to stake his claim on anything in reach!<p><BR>Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of<i> Big Nate</i>, the daily and Sunday comic strip. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.<BR>http://www.lybrary.com/big-nate-dibs-on-this-chair-p-297547.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/big-nate-dibs-on-this-chair-p-297547.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:32 EDT Big Nate, who is always notoriously unprepared for class, turns to divine intervention to spare him!<p>Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of<i> Big Nate</i>, the daily and Sunday comic strip. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.http://www.lybrary.com/big-nate-pray-for-a-fire-drill-p-297546.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/big-nate-pray-for-a-fire-drill-p-297546.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:29 EDT All couples walk to the altar dreaming of happily ever after, but many forces in our society work against healthy lifelong commitment. Renowned family therapist William J. Doherty has helped many thousands of readers understand how cracks can develop in even a rock-solid marriage--and what steps they can take to keep their love strong. Vivid stories illustrate ways to break free of common traps like confusing desires with needs, seeing your spouse as a consumer product to be traded in for a new model, or becoming overtime parents instead of full-time partners. Empathic and motivating, Dr. Doherty shows how to create doable relationship rituals that stand the test of time. The updated second edition incorporates Dr. Doherty's ongoing experience counseling couples in conflict, plus the latest information on marriage and health, how divorce affects kids, the pitfalls of social media, and more.http://www.lybrary.com/take-back-your-marriage-second-edition-sticking-together-in-a-world-that-pulls-us-apart-p-297545.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/take-back-your-marriage-second-edition-sticking-together-in-a-world-that-pulls-us-apart-p-297545.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:27 EDT <p>The emergence of e-government allows for effective governance, increased transparency, better management, and efficient services through the use of the internet and information and communication technologies. Therefore, world governments are mobilizing large amounts of resources in order to implement and promote the use of e-government.</p><p><b>Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies</b> presents frameworks and methodologies for strategies towards the design, implementation, and adoption of e-government projects. By providing best practices in the successful adoption of e-government, this book is essential for policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and students interested in the approaches utilized for the successful implementation of e-government projects.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/developing-egovernment-projects-frameworks-and-methodologies-p-297544.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/developing-egovernment-projects-frameworks-and-methodologies-p-297544.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:24 EDT For the past fifty years, <i>The New York Review of Books</i> has covered virtually every international revolution and movement of consequence by dispatching the world's most brilliant writers to write eyewitness accounts. <i>The New York Review Abroad </i>not only brings together twenty-eight of the most riveting of these pieces but includes epilogues that update and reassess the political situation (by either the original authors or by Ian Buruma). Among the pieces included are:<p>• Susan Sontag's personal narrative of staging <i>Waiting for Godot</i> in war-torn Sarajevo<br> • Alma Guillermoprieto's report from inside Colombia's guerrilla headquarters and her disturbing encounter with young female fighters <br> • Ryszard Kapuscinski's terrifying description of being set on fire while running roadblocks in Nigeria<br> • Caroline Blackwood's coverage of the 1979 gravediggers' strike in Liverpool—a noir mini-masterpiece<br> • Timothy Garton Ash's minute-by-minute account from the Magic Lantern theater in Prague in 1989, where the subterranean stage, auditorium, foyers, and dressing rooms had become the headquarters of the revolution<p>Among other writers whose <i>New York Review</i> pieces will be included are Tim Judah, Amos Elon, Joan Didion, William Shawcross, Christopher de Bellaigue, and Mark Danner.<p>A tour de force of vivid and enlightening writing from the front lines, this volume is indeed the first rough draft of the history of the past fifty years.http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-york-review-abroad-fifty-years-of-international-reportage-p-297543.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-york-review-abroad-fifty-years-of-international-reportage-p-297543.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 07:30:22 EDT Working on yourself doesn't revolutionize any area of your life. Personal transformation can only be found through knowing God!http://www.lybrary.com/to-know-him-how-intimacy-with-god-changes-everything-p-297542.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/to-know-him-how-intimacy-with-god-changes-everything-p-297542.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:31:05 EDT Find your way to the heart of God, where you will discover all you need to fulfill His purposes for your life.http://www.lybrary.com/finding-eve-discover-your-true-identity-as-a-daughter-of-god-p-297541.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/finding-eve-discover-your-true-identity-as-a-daughter-of-god-p-297541.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:31:03 EDT <p>Overflowing with thoughtful devotions, prayers, memorable quotations, and Bible promises, you'll find the blessings, encouragement, joy, and comfort your heart truly desires.</p><p>http://www.lybrary.com/sweet-hour-of-prayer-inspiration-from-the-beloved-hymn-p-297540.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sweet-hour-of-prayer-inspiration-from-the-beloved-hymn-p-297540.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:31:01 EDT A lavish and comprehensive new history of Australia told through the lives of young people, from the Ice Age to the Apology. 'Nadia has performed an essential service to history and the young.' - Thomas Keneallyhttp://www.lybrary.com/australians-all-a-history-of-growing-up-from-the-ice-age-to-the-apology-p-297539.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/australians-all-a-history-of-growing-up-from-the-ice-age-to-the-apology-p-297539.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:59 EDT In an effort to conquer his depression, Jimi Hunt decided to travel the length of New Zealand's longest river...on a lilo.http://www.lybrary.com/a-bit-mental-one-mans-mission-to-lilo-the-waikato-and-live-more-awesome-p-297538.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-bit-mental-one-mans-mission-to-lilo-the-waikato-and-live-more-awesome-p-297538.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:57 EDT The most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye.http://www.lybrary.com/the-baby-farmers-a-chilling-tale-of-missing-babies-shameful-secrets-and-murder-in-19th-century-australia-p-297537.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-baby-farmers-a-chilling-tale-of-missing-babies-shameful-secrets-and-murder-in-19th-century-australia-p-297537.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:54 EDT With a worldwide reputation for his work on pro-social modelling and working with families, Chris Trotter presents a step-by-step family problem-solving model for human service workers that is also readily understood by the clients.http://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-family-work-a-practical-guide-to-working-with-families-in-the-human-services-p-297536.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-family-work-a-practical-guide-to-working-with-families-in-the-human-services-p-297536.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:52 EDT Having a baby changes your life and new parents need to be prepared! This new handbook covers everything you need to know about your baby - feeding, sleeping and understanding their behaviour. Renee Kam is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, a physiotherapist with an interest in women's health, a mother of two girls, and a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with the Australian Breastfeeding Association. She has been conducting private antenatal baby education classes since 2008.http://www.lybrary.com/the-newborn-baby-manual-p-297535.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-newborn-baby-manual-p-297535.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:50 EDT Solve your most-pressing people problems-and sleep better at night.http://www.lybrary.com/what-keeps-leaders-up-at-night-recognizing-and-resolving-your-most-troubling-management-issues-p-297534.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/what-keeps-leaders-up-at-night-recognizing-and-resolving-your-most-troubling-management-issues-p-297534.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:48 EDT <p><I>Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats From Around the World </I>is a cookbook for the home chef who likes to explore a world of cuisines, regardless of allergies or dietary restrictions. Step inside and travel the globe while still adhering to your plant-based, gluten-free diet with ethnic entrees you may have thought were off-limits, but are actually even better re-imagined! From European classics like Fig Pastries with Clotted Cream and English Cottage Pie to Caribbean specialties like Jamaican Jerk Tofu and Plantain and Potato Soup, you'll dine on delicious dishes from all around the globe, while still pleasing every palate at your table.</p><p>Author Allyson Kramer, founder of the popular g-free vegan blog Manifest Vegan (http://www.manifestvegan.com), will walk you through each and every recipe-most of which include a photo-showing you exactly how to create gourmet meals that are impressive enough for even the most seasoned foodie. From tempting appetizers, to hearty mains, to luscious desserts, you'll find more than 100 globally-inspired recipes that prove eating vegan and gluten-free doesn't have to be a sacrifice, but rather an international delight!</p>http://www.lybrary.com/great-glutenfree-vegan-eats-from-around-the-world-fantastic-allergyfree-ethnic-recipes-p-297533.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/great-glutenfree-vegan-eats-from-around-the-world-fantastic-allergyfree-ethnic-recipes-p-297533.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:46 EDT "A voice of her generation." -<i>Black Issues Book Review<p></i><p>Essence bestselling author Daaimah S. Poole delivers an outrageously sexy tale of four women out to marry rich. And they don't just want half--they want it all . . .<p>Life as a pro athlete's baby mama isn't bringing in the big money Adrienne Sheppard expected. Now she's determined to get wifed. . ..
<p>Young Zakiya Lee will do anything to escape living with her troubled sister. . .. Tanisha Butler needs to redeem her one mistake--and reclaim her man. . .. And sports reporter Cherise Long has a "no athletes" romance rule. As different as these women are, they can't resist the same temptation: to win the ultimate gold ring. But between the pressures of 24/7 fame, greed, and betrayal, all four will find that the price of wealth is higher than they expected. . .<p>"Exciting and compelling. . .sizzles with sex, dazzles with drama, and captivates with boundless emotion among family, friends, and lovers." --RT book Reviews, 4 ½ Stars<p>"Colorful . . . if you love scandal, this is the book for you!" --Anna J on <i>A Rich Man's Baby</i><p>"Everything that glitters damn sure ain't gold in Daaimah's new delivery of drama!" --Miashttp://www.lybrary.com/whats-his-is-mine-p-297532.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/whats-his-is-mine-p-297532.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:43 EDT "A very entertaining and intriguing story." --Mary Monroe, <i>New York Times </i> bestselling author<p><b>Some secrets set you free. Some destroy your world. </b><p>After six years of marriage, Victoria and Ted are the ultimate power couple. She's a beautiful, business savvy sister who owns one of Atlanta's hottest event planning companies. He's a blue-eyed CEO who knows how to take care of business in and out of the boardroom. But their happy life quickly unravels when long held desires and decades-old secrets come back to haunt them.<p>It starts when Parker Brightwood re-enters Victoria's life. She thought she'd gotten over the handsome surgeon who once stole her heart, but unusual circumstances bring the ebony prince back on the scene--and now he's determined to win her at any cost. Ted's undoing begins with his mother's sudden death and a shocking revelation that threatens the life and marriage he treasures. Facing a road filled with uncertainty, can Victoria and Ted repair the damage done by secrets and lies before it's too late?<p>"Hickman hits all the high notes in this charming modern romance where love and loyalty trump race." -<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review) on <i>Unexpected Interruptions</i>http://www.lybrary.com/keeping-secrets-telling-lies-p-297531.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/keeping-secrets-telling-lies-p-297531.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:41 EDT Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for Bar Harbor's Island Times, is. . .well, kind of broke. So when she's selected for that extreme coupon-clipping reality game show coming to town. . .<p>. . . she's thrilled, especially when her competition is nasty nurse Candace Culpepper. But when Haley stumbles across a face-down-in-the-snow Candace--scissors gleaming between her shoulders--she knows the next thing she'll be selected for will probably be a police line-up.<p>Meanwhile, though Hayley's BFF Mona was only joking about "taking Candace out," Bruce Linney, the Island Times crime reporter, definitely isn't laughing. And what about the smarmy, cold-hearted host of the show, Drew Nickerson, who may have been having a steamy affair with the intentionally-iced nurse? Hayley needs to cut to the chase and find the killer. Everything may hinge on a stray coupon, but Hayley better keep her eyes on the real grand prize: staying out of permanent cold storage!<p><b>Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley's kitchen!</b><p><b>Praise for Death of a Kitchen Diva</b><p>"Delicious and satisfying. Another course, please." --Carolyn Hart<p>"Readers will be calling for a second round from author Lee Hollis." --Leslie Meier, author of <i>Chocolate Covered Murder</i>http://www.lybrary.com/death-of-a-coupon-clipper-p-297530.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/death-of-a-coupon-clipper-p-297530.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:39 EDT <p>"[Blandings] is an entire world unto itself and, one senses, Wodehouse pours into it his deepest feelings for England." -Stephen Fry</p>The final Uncle Fred novel marks his return to Blandings Castle to relieve Lord Emsworth's woes: a nagging secretary, prankster Church Lads, and a plot to thieve his prize-winning sow. Uncle Fred must serve up his brand of sweetness and light to ensure that everything turns out very capital indeed.http://www.lybrary.com/service-with-a-smile-p-297529.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/service-with-a-smile-p-297529.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:36 EDT The Others--vampires, werewolves, things that go chomp in the night--don't just live in nightmares anymore. They've joined with the mortal world. And for private investigator Shiarra Waynest, that means mayhem. . .<p>Have a one night stand with a vampire, and you can end up paying for it for eternity. P.I. Shiarra Waynest, an expert on the Others, knows that better than most. Yet here she is, waking up beside charismatic vamp Alec Royce with an aching head. . .and neck. Luckily, Shia has the perfect excuse for getting out of town--namely, a couple of irate East Coast werewolf packs who'd like to turn her into a chew toy.<p>On Royce's suggestion, Shia temporarily relocates to Los Angeles. But something is rotten--literally--in the state of California, where local vampires are being attacked by zombies. Who could be powerful enough to control them--and reckless enough to target the immortal? Following the trail will lead Shia to a terrifying truth, and to an ancient enemy with a personal grudge. . .<p>"It doesn't get much better for pure urban fantasy than Jess Haines." --All Things Urban Fantasyhttp://www.lybrary.com/forsaken-by-the-others-p-297528.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/forsaken-by-the-others-p-297528.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:34 EDT <b>She's his in every way. . .</b><p>When newly widowed Lady Fiona Libourg flees to Scotland in need of protection, Lord Gavin McLendon is powerless to refuse the British beauty. Especially when she offers herself in exchange. Now the brooding Scottish warrior can think of nothing else but ravishing his delectable new mistress, even though he's dutybound to marry another. . .<p><b>But one. . .</b><p>Fiona is shocked when Gavin accepts her scandalous offer--and fretful at the thought that he will discover how little she knows of seduction. But when Gavin proves to be a skilled and achingly sensuous teacher, Fiona doesn't want their passionate arrangement to end. Now she can't help but wonder just what it would take to go from Scottish mistress. . .to Scottish wife.<p><b><b>Praise for the novels of Adrienne Basso</b></b><p>"Basso has a gift for creating stories tinged with simmering passion and poignancy." --<i>Romantic Times </i> on <i>How to Enjoy a Scandal</i><p>"Basso expertly combines subtly nuanced characters with an impeccably crafted Regency setting and a revenge-fueled plot deftly laced with danger and desire." --<i>Booklist </i> on <i>A Little Bit Sinful</i>http://www.lybrary.com/how-to-be-a-scottish-mistress-p-297527.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/how-to-be-a-scottish-mistress-p-297527.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:32 EDT Published in 1829 in Boston, <i>The Frugal Housewife</i> was written by one of the foremost female writers and social reformers of her time, Lydia Maria Child. The charming collection of recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century emphasized frugality in the kitchen and self-reliance in the household—making this work wildly popular in its day. It had over 35 printings, and much of the content is relevant in modern times. <i>Frugal Housewife</i> was the first American cookbook to replace Amelia Simmons's <i>American Cookery</i>, still in use since publication in 1796, and it was also the first to emphasize the themes of thrift and economy in the kitchen. Considered a "must-read" for every new bride in the 19th century, <i>The Frugal Housewife</i> offered simple recipes such as Apple Pie, Corned Beef, Gingerbread, Indian Cakes, and Pie Crust, but also included advice on parenting, cleaning, and medical problems, plus numerous practical, Yankee-straightforward tips for saving money. Not just a collection for antiquarians, <i>The Frugal Housewife</i> is a fascinating work by a prolific author that will delight modern-day readers with its quaint but still usable recipes and tips. This edition of <i>The Frugal Housewife </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes. http://www.lybrary.com/the-frugal-housewife-dedicated-to-those-who-are-not-ashamed-of-economy-p-297526.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-frugal-housewife-dedicated-to-those-who-are-not-ashamed-of-economy-p-297526.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:29 EDT Published in 1901 in New Orleans, <i>The Picayune's Creole Cook Book</i> is widely credited with preserving the rich tradition of Creole cooking. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the <i>Picayune</i>, a New Orleans newspaper, was determined to save the local cuisine and collected it directly from the cooks and housekeepers who were the first practitioners of the Creole tradition. The book became wildly popular and has had over 15 editions printed throughout the twentieth century. As stated in the introduction, <i>The Picayune's Creole Cook Book</i> was published "to assist housekeepers generally to set a dainty and appetizing table at a moderate outlay; to give recipes clearly and accurately with simplicity and exactness" and the recipes blend a fantastic array of influences from French style and Spanish spices to African fruits and Indian gumbos. The recipe list includes classics such as seafoods, gumbos, cakes and pastries, jambalayas, and fruit drinks, along with many other delectable dishes. With its fascinating historical origins and delicious authentic recipes, <i>The Picayune's Creole Cook Book</i> is truly the bible of the rich Louisiana culinary tradition. This edition of <i>The Picayune's Creole Cook Book </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes. http://www.lybrary.com/the-picayunes-creole-cook-book-p-297525.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-picayunes-creole-cook-book-p-297525.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:27 EDT Published in 1841 in Philadelphia, the <i>Total Abstinence Cookery</i> is an appealing example of a mid-19th century temperance cookbook. During this period of growth in the American middle class, the importance of abstinence from alcohol emerged from the sober, moral beliefs of the new social class. Several cookbooks such as <i>Total Abstinence Cookery</i> were published as part of the movement. As stated in the preface by the author, merely known as "A Lady," "[t]he error of mixing intoxicating liquors in almost every article of cookery, has too long been countenanced by those who have the charge of families and every friend of temperance must most sincerely deplore the fact." As a guide for temperance, <i>Total Abstinence Cookery</i> provides alcohol-free recipes such as Beef-steak Broiled, Honey Cake, Raspberry Cream, Ham Dumplings, Macaroons, Peach Pot-Pie, and Sweet Breads. While the temperance movement might not be prevalent today, <i>Total Abstinence Cookery</i> is still significant within the historical context of its time period, and it provides an authentic example of a contemporary social trend reflected in a cookbook. This edition of <i>Total Abstinence Cookery </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.http://www.lybrary.com/total-abstinence-cookery-being-a-collection-of-receipts-for-cooking-from-which-all-intoxicating-liquids-are-excluded-p-297524.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/total-abstinence-cookery-being-a-collection-of-receipts-for-cooking-from-which-all-intoxicating-liquids-are-excluded-p-297524.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:25 EDT Published in 1853 in Boston, <i>The Pantropheon</i> provides a fascinating history of food focusing on the table of classical antiquity. Author Alexis Soyer was a renowned "gastronomic genius" in his day, as well as a chef and culinary writer. With beautiful black-and-white illustrations, Soyer presents a wealth of information about food in ancient times: agriculture, milling, recipes, mythological origin, ingredients, utensils, exotic dishes, dining habits and customs, and spices and seasonings. Within this cornucopia of food history, Soyer calls upon Jean Anthelme Brillat Savrin's quote, "Tell me what thou eatest and I will tell thee who thou art" to perfectly capture the essence of his tome, and it is precisely for this reason that his compendium is still culturally significant today and widely read among historians, food writers, and chefs. This edition of <i>The Pantropheon, or, History of Food, and Its Preparation </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.http://www.lybrary.com/the-pantropheon-or-history-of-food-and-its-preparation-from-the-earliest-ages-of-the-world-p-297523.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-pantropheon-or-history-of-food-and-its-preparation-from-the-earliest-ages-of-the-world-p-297523.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 06:30:23 EDT Published in 1848 in Massachusetts, <i>The People's Manual</i> offers practical and valuable guidance on the daily activities of farming, caring for livestock, cooking, and preparing medicinal cures—all of which provide the entire community with better products and health. As stated in the introduction, the author strove to write "valuable matter" that is of "highly practical importance" and divides the work into two primary sections: making butter and farm care, and preserving health through medicinal recipes. From constructing the best milk cellar and working butter to fattening swine, saving manure, preparing bedbug poison, and curing lock jaw, <i>The People's Manual</i> by a self-sufficient carpenter offers readers of the 19th century recipes and instructions of "the highest practical moment to every family" as well as giving modern readers a rare glimpse into the roots of self-sufficiency and farm-to-table living. This edition of <i>The People's Manual </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes. http://www.lybrary.com/the-peoples-manual-p-297522.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-peoples-manual-p-297522.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:31:11 EDT Published in 1829 in Philadelphia, <i>Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts</i> was an unknown "American physician's" adaptation of a best-selling British reference book by Colin Mackenzie. The book is an all-encompassing miscellanea of household information specifically revised from its original British publication for use in the United States. Covering everything from gardening, metallurgy, and pickling and preserving to watercolors, medical cures, perfumery, brewing, and cooking, this early 19th century compendium was an essential guide for cooking and managing a household during this time period. With the extensive material covered, the tome was very well received in America, as was the original publication in the United Kingdom. Even though the work was first published nearly 200 years ago, the recipes and advice have proven to be relevant today—lip balms citing the book as the recipe source can be found on the Internet, as well as numerous blogs referring to the brewing section of the book. While recipes such as Acorn Coffee, Clove Cordial, and Elephant's Milk may only be of historical interest, <i>Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts</i> still has significance today beyond simple historical curiosity. This edition of <i>Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.http://www.lybrary.com/mackenzies-five-thousand-receipts-in-all-the-useful-and-domestic-arts-p-297521.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mackenzies-five-thousand-receipts-in-all-the-useful-and-domestic-arts-p-297521.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:31:09 EDT Published in 1874 in Troy, New York, during the post-Civil War charity cookbook boom, the <i>Presbyterian Cook Book</i> is a fascinating, genuine example of how women during this time were able to express their political influence through the sales of cookbook collections. Besides the fund-raising that the cookbook provided, this culinary collection showcases the cooking talents of local women, what was common fare during the time period, and local community opinions and prejudices. The Andrews McMeel edition of <i>Presbyterian Cook Book</i> also features handwritten notes and recipes from the original owner, which offer an authentic and quaint addition to the book. The handwritten notes include recipes such as Wedding Cake, Blackberry Cordial, and Mrs. Roger's Clam Fritters, along with the individually attributed recipes printed in the book such as Mrs. Nash's Swan Pudding, Mrs. Vincent's Coconut Cake, Minnie's Caramels, and Miss Phipps's Corn Oysters. With the original handwritten notes, the historical significance of the work, and the charming recipes, <i>Presbyterian Cook Book</i> is truly a piece of culinary history to be treasured. This edition of <i>Presbyterian Cook Book </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.http://www.lybrary.com/presbyterian-cook-book-what-the-brethren-eat-and-how-the-sisters-prepare-it-p-297520.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/presbyterian-cook-book-what-the-brethren-eat-and-how-the-sisters-prepare-it-p-297520.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:31:06 EDT Published in 1792 in Philadelphia, <i>The New Art of Cookery</i> was the first cookbook published specifically for an American market that included New World ingredients, and it was unique until publication of Amelia Simmons's groundbreaking American-authored cookbook, <i>American Cookery</i>. While author Richard Briggs was a British culinary writer, he adapted this extensive collection of recipes for American cuisine and ingredients, as evidenced in the numerous recipes for turkey and stuffing a turkey. Highlighting the wide array of delectable meals available in the colonies in the late 18th century, <i>The New Art of Cookery</i> included recipes such as green pea soup, stewing oysters, broiling leg of turkey, baking herring, frying artichokes, lobster pie, and potato puddings, as well as Directions for Seafaring Men, Directions for the Sick, and How to Keep Garden Vegetables. With its wealth of information and wide array of recipes, <i>The New Art of Cookery</i> was understandably essential to the 18th century cook, and it is of great historical significance today. This edition of <i>The New Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice </i>was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-art-of-cookery-according-to-the-present-practice-being-a-complete-guide-to-all-housekeepers-on-a-plan-entirely-new-con-p-297519.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-art-of-cookery-according-to-the-present-practice-being-a-complete-guide-to-all-housekeepers-on-a-plan-entirely-new-con-p-297519.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:31:04 EDT <p>There's a reason the Bible has stood the test of time—actually, many reasons. And <I>Why the Bible Makes Sense</I> explains just why you can trust God's Word.</p><p>http://www.lybrary.com/why-the-bible-makes-sense-as-history-as-ultimate-truth-as-guide-for-life-p-297518.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/why-the-bible-makes-sense-as-history-as-ultimate-truth-as-guide-for-life-p-297518.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:31:01 EDT <p>Here is a delightful women's devotional that reminds Christian women of all ages that they are loved and cherished by their heavenly Father.</p><p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-apple-of-his-eye-becoming-a-beautiful-woman-of-god-p-297517.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-apple-of-his-eye-becoming-a-beautiful-woman-of-god-p-297517.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:59 EDT After a long period of 'resting', life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a new production of Hamlet. But rehearsals are fraught. Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a television talent show. Hamlet himself is also played by a reality TV contestant, Jared Root - and the two young stars have rather different views of celebrity and the theatre than the more experienced members of the cast.<br> But when the company reach the first staging post of their tour, the Grand Theatre Marlborough, matters get more serious, with one member of the company seriously injured in what appears to be an accident, and another dead. Once again, Charles Paris is forced to don the mantle of amateur detective to get to the bottom of the mystery.http://www.lybrary.com/a-decent-interval-p-297516.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-decent-interval-p-297516.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:56 EDT London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent asks for his help in sorting out 'a delicate matter', little does Langham realize what he's getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London's literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers' Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks suspiciously like murder - and there seems to be something horribly familiar about the various methods of despatch.<br>With the help of his literary agent's assistant, the delectable Maria Dupre, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer - a killer with old scores to settle.http://www.lybrary.com/murder-by-the-book-p-297515.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/murder-by-the-book-p-297515.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:54 EDT When four postcards are sent anonymously to the staff of an advice centre, each with the word 'murder' scribbled in a foreign language and the same precise OS map reference, the police are called. DCI Hennessey of the Vale of York police and his team of detectives visit the sinister location and make a chilling discovery: the body of a professional man who had been reported missing ten years earlier. Who sent the postcards, and why so long after the crime? As Hennessey and his team investigate - uncovering more past murders, a case of local authority corruption and two manipulative wives keen to gift-wrap their husbands as murderers in order to benefit financially from their estates - they find themselves drawn into a puzzling and dangerous investigation.http://www.lybrary.com/gift-wrapped-p-297514.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gift-wrapped-p-297514.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:51 EDT On-board the MV Helios, cruising around the Mediterranean, copywriter David Ansell is seeking inspiration to write a glowing account of his voyage for the ship's owner, Rex Cruising Company. His inspiration comes in the form of the blonde and beautiful Melanie Caine and they are inseparable for the rest of the cruise.<br>Back home in suburbia with his wife, Ansell is pining for Melanie, so is delighted to get a call from her summoning him to meet her - along with the toy monkey she asked him to take through customs for her. When she doesn't turn up, he assumes she's got cold feet and no longer wants to pursue their relationship. However, when reports of a woman's body being found, horrifically tortured, are aired on the news - and Ansell's home is broken into with tragic consequences - it seems there's something that Ansell may have that someone will do anything to find . . .http://www.lybrary.com/damned-by-logic-p-297513.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/damned-by-logic-p-297513.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:49 EDT July, Israel. Iraqi war vet and archaeology graduate Harper Jennings doesn't believe in the evil eye. So when Hagit - the woman assigned to show her and Chloe, Harper's fourteen-month-old baby, around Tel Aviv - drags the pair of them into a market to buy charms to ward off evil, it isn't the bad luck she fears but the market itself. Close, dark and crowded, the place worries Harper, and when an American man seems to be in trouble, it is only the presence of baby Chloe that stops her from wading in to help.<br>Later, to Harper's dismay, she learns that the man she saw was murdered. So when she's invited to take part in an dig fifty miles away, while her geologist husband Hank takes part in the international symposium that has brought them both to Israel, she accepts. It will be safer away from the market, she thinks. But Hagit, who's coming along to look after Chloe, disagrees. She is convinced the evil eye is to blame, and that it will follow Harper wherever she goes . . .http://www.lybrary.com/outside-eden-p-297512.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/outside-eden-p-297512.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:47 EDT What happened in the Lake District twenty-six years ago that resulted in a family being torn apart? An old tragedy, still unresolved, brings together estranged brother and sister Adam and Kirsty, who try to solve it despite their relatives' objections. Does a missing camera hold clues to what might have happened?<br>Meanwhile Kirsty, co-owner of a cake-making company, has more immediate worries in the form of increasingly threatening emails and gifts, all sent anonymously. Someone is watching her - someone who knows where she lives. Is it an obsessed stranger, or one of her circle of friends? Is there anyone she can trust?http://www.lybrary.com/the-unburied-past-p-297511.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-unburied-past-p-297511.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:44 EDT When Mrs Paxton, related to the aristocratic Leigh family of Sussex, is found poisoned in her bedroom one morning, fingers point towards her artist nephew Terence Napier, seen leaving the house earlier that previous evening after a row over her will. Months later and Napier has never been found, but curiously a dead body is discovered in a train compartment, and scattered at the dead man's feet are the famous Leigh sapphires - a necklace owned by Mrs Paxton, but destined to go back to the Leighs in the event of her death.<br>Scotland Yard once again call upon the services of author Jack Haldean to help solve this most complicated of cases. Soon there are links to a serial thief and murderer, known as the The Vicar, and it seems there is more to this case than a family feud over inheritance.http://www.lybrary.com/blood-from-a-stone-p-297510.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/blood-from-a-stone-p-297510.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:42 EDT Ex Ireland rugby player and now successful businessman Jim O'Connor is shot dead, point blank range, in the car park of a restaurant where he is hosting a family celebration. DCI Percy Peach is brought back from holiday to head up an investigation that has got nowhere. It seems Jim O'Connor had some rather unpleasant business contacts, many with the motive to get rid of him. However, when law-abiding Dominic O'Connor is also killed, within days of his brother, Brunton CID can only assume there must be some link between the two murders, so should they really be looking closer to home for the culprit. . . ?http://www.lybrary.com/brothers-tears-p-297509.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/brothers-tears-p-297509.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:40 EDT Happily married to the Reverend Simon Norwood, with a small daughter and another baby on the way, Fiona Norwood's happiness should be complete. But Fiona has a secret in her past, and a part of her can never forget the baby girl she gave birth to when she was seventeen years old, the child she held for only a few moments before being forced to give her up for adoption.<br> Meanwhile, Debbie Hargreaves has known ever since she was a little girl that she was adopted. Her parents, Vera and Stanley, are kind and loving and she has a happy home life. Despite that, once she reaches her teenage years, Debbie determines to find out about her birth mother and, if possible, to go and look for her. But is the past sometimes best left alone? Debbie's search will awaken powerful, long-buried emotions - and life for Debbie, Fiona, their friends and relatives will never be quite the same again.http://www.lybrary.com/families-and-friendships-p-297508.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/families-and-friendships-p-297508.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:37 EDT When Jack Colby hears the voice of his former wife Eva on the phone he fears the worst - and he is right to do so. The body of her husband, Mexican band leader Carlos, has been found on the towpath of the River Medway and Eva becomes the chief suspect. Car detective Jack goes into action - although he is hindered by a second case, as the beguilingly beautiful twenty-year-old Daisy is determined that his efforts should be devoted to finding her stolen Morris Minor classic known as Melody.<br>Jack storms ahead on both cases but runs into two firewalls: firstly, the unity presented by the remaining members of the Mexican band Carlos had formed at the May Tree pub twenty years earlier and then abandoned; and secondly, Daisy's grandmother, Belinda. When a second murder takes place, Jack is right in the centre of the action and the road to its solution means driving headlong into danger.http://www.lybrary.com/classic-mistake-p-297507.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/classic-mistake-p-297507.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:35 EDT The possibility of catching a serial killer is the bait used by Detective Superintendent Henry Christie's chief constable to lure him away from his planned Christmas festivities. Henry could have said no - but if there's one thing he can't refuse, it's the chance to bring a murderer to book.<br>In his thirty years with the Lancashire constabulary, Henry Christie has never known a case like this. What he couldn't anticipate was that he would be stretched to the limit both personally and professionally. Unexpectedly stepping into a blood-soaked turf war raging between two local crime families, Henry soon finds himself slap-bang in the middle of a violent situation where his own life is also on the line.http://www.lybrary.com/bad-tidings-p-297506.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bad-tidings-p-297506.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:32 EDT Christmas, 1483: Roger the Chapman is looking forward to twelve days of peace and celebration with his wife and children in Bristol. The family is particularly excited by the arrival of a troupe of mummers, who will perform their plays in the outer ward of the castle throughout the festival. But the gruesome murders of two of the town's most prominent and venerable citizens, both veterans of the French wars, scupper Roger's hopes as he is gradually drawn into the hunt for the killer. <br>Once again, Roger finds himself in grave danger, but it is someone else who pays the price of his inability to keep his nose out of matters that do not concern him . . .http://www.lybrary.com/the-christmas-wassail-p-297505.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-christmas-wassail-p-297505.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:30 EDT Robben Island - best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years - has been a place of harshness and brutality; its history steeped in the suffering of those banished there. Yet it has also become a universal symbol of hope, forgiveness, and triumph. Robben Island by Charlene Smith offers an absorbing and detailed account of the long and varied history of this famous world heritage site.http://www.lybrary.com/robben-island-a-place-of-inspiration-mandelas-prison-island-p-297504.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/robben-island-a-place-of-inspiration-mandelas-prison-island-p-297504.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:27 EDT <p>When you need a quick Bible reference on heaven, turn to the topically arranged scriptures, biblical insights, and quotes from Christian leaders in <I>What the Bible Says about Heaven</I>.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/what-the-bible-says-about-heaven-encouraging-insights-and-inspiration-p-297503.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/what-the-bible-says-about-heaven-encouraging-insights-and-inspiration-p-297503.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 05:30:24 EDT John Fleagle has improved on his 1988 text by reconceptualizing chapters and by bringing new findings in functional and evolutionary approaches to bear on his synthesis of comparative primate data. The Second Edition provides a foundation upon which students can develop an understanding of our primate heritage. It features up-to-date information gained through academic training, laboratory experience and field research. This beautifully illustrated volume provides a comprehensive introductory text explaining the many aspects of primate biology and human evolution.<p>Key Features<br>* Provides up-to-date information about many aspects of primate biology and evolution<br>* Contains a completely new chapter on primate communities<br>* Presents totally revised chapters on primate origins, early anthropoids, and fossil platyrrhines<br>* Includes an updated glossary, new illustrations, and a revised Classification of Order Primates<br>* Succeeds as the best introductory text on primate evolution because it synthesizes and allows access to primary literaturehttp://www.lybrary.com/primate-adaptation-and-evolution-p-297502.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/primate-adaptation-and-evolution-p-297502.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:34:05 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/playing-with-time-p-297501.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/playing-with-time-p-297501.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:34:01 EDT <p>Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. <i>Call in Pinkerton's</i> is the history of the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces.</p><p>During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton's operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down the Reno Brothers in Windsor, Ontario, and investigated labour unrest in Hamilton. The agency's detectives countered crimes all over Canada, particularly in the West and British Columbia. Pinkerton's activities went as far north as the Yukon, where fears were growing of an imminent invasion by a force of Americans from Alaska.</p><p><i>Call in Pinkerton's</i> is the first book to chronicle the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. This entertaining book provides accounts of actual Pinkerton's investigations while detailing the day-to-day activities of a private detective at work. <i>Call in Pinkerton's</i> is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in crime and espionage.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/call-in-pinkertons-american-detectives-at-work-for-canada-p-297500.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/call-in-pinkertons-american-detectives-at-work-for-canada-p-297500.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:58 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/celestial-objects-modern-telescopes-p-297499.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/celestial-objects-modern-telescopes-p-297499.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:56 EDT This is a volume of specially commissioned essays containing studies of Eugene O'Neill's life, his intellectual and creative forebears, and his relation to the theatrical world of his creative period, 1916ÇÆ'Ï42. Also included are descriptions of the O'Neill canon and its production history on stage and screen, and a series of essays on 'special topics' related to the playwright, such as his treatment of women in the plays, his portrayals of Irish and African Americans, and his attempts to deal in dramatic terms with his parental family culminating in his greatest play, Long Day's Journey Into Night. One of the essays speaks for those who are critical of O'Neill's work, and the volume concludes with an essay on O'Neill criticism containing a select bibliography of full-length studies of the playwright's wohttp://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-eugene-oneill-p-297498.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-eugene-oneill-p-297498.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:53 EDT In this first biography of Franz Johnston, the author describes the life, work, and times of this unjustly neglected but influential figure in Canadian art and culture.http://www.lybrary.com/a-grand-eye-for-glory-a-life-of-franz-johnston-p-297497.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-grand-eye-for-glory-a-life-of-franz-johnston-p-297497.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:51 EDT This volumes presents better ways to integrate research on management and ethics. The need for better communication and meaningful ways to change the pattern of thinking in complex organizational settings is discussed and explored.http://www.lybrary.com/managerial-ethics-moral-management-of-people-and-processes-p-297496.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/managerial-ethics-moral-management-of-people-and-processes-p-297496.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:48 EDT Alan Baker's 60th birthday in August 1999 offered an ideal opportunity to organize a conference at ETH Zurich with the goal of presenting the state of the art in number theory and geometry. Many of the leaders in the subject were brought together to present an account of research in the last century as well as speculations for possible further research. The papers in this volume cover a broad spectrum of number theory including geometric, algebrao-geometric and analytic aspects. This volume will appeal to number theorists, algebraic geometers, and geometers with a number-theoretic background. However, it will also be valuable for mathematicians (in particular research students) who would like to be informed of the state of number theory at the start of the 21st century and in possible developments for the future.http://www.lybrary.com/a-panorama-of-number-theory-or-the-view-from-bakers-garden-p-297495.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-panorama-of-number-theory-or-the-view-from-bakers-garden-p-297495.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:46 EDT Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson includes eleven new essays by accomplished Dickinson scholars. They cover Dickinson's biography, publication history, poetic themes and strategies, and her historical and cultural contexts. As a woman poet, Dickinson's literary persona has become incredibly resonant in the popular imagination. She has been portrayed as singular, enigmatic, and even eccentric. At the same time, Dickinson is widely acknowledged as one of the founders of American poetry, an innovative pre-modernist poet as well as a rebellious and courageous woman. This volume introduces new and practised readers to a variety of critical responses to Dickinson's poetry and life, and provides several valuable tools for students, including a chronology and suggestions for further reading.http://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-emily-dickinson-p-297494.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-cambridge-companion-to-emily-dickinson-p-297494.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:44 EDT Why is the sky blue and why are sunsets red? When can I see a rainbow? Why is the moon sometimes visible in daylight? In Out of the Blue skywatcher John Naylor offers practical advice about where and when you can expect to see natural phenomena, what you will see and how to improve your chances of seeing it. He takes in both the night and the day sky, and deals only with what can be seen with the naked eye. Drawing on science, history, literature and mythology, and written in a popular style that assumes only basic scientific know-how, Out of the Blue is for everyone who enjoys being outdoors and who feels curious or puzzled about things optical and astronomical.http://www.lybrary.com/out-of-the-blue-p-297493.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/out-of-the-blue-p-297493.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:41 EDT Power analysis is an essential tool for determining whether a statistically significant result can be expected in a scientific experiment prior to the experiment being performed. Many funding agencies and institutional review boards now require power analyses to be carried out before they will approve experiments, particularly where they involve the use of human subjects. This comprehensive, yet accessible, book provides practising researchers with step-by-step instructions for conducting power/sample size analyses, assuming only basic prior knowledge of summary statistics and the normal distribution. It contains a unified approach to statistical power analysis, with numerous easy-to-use tables to guide the reader without the need for further calculations or statistical expertise. This will be an indispensable text for researchers and graduates in the medical and biological sciences needing to apply power analysis in the design of their experiments.http://www.lybrary.com/power-analysis-for-experimental-research-p-297492.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/power-analysis-for-experimental-research-p-297492.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:39 EDT In a world plagued by disagreement and conflict one might expect that the exact sciences of logic and mathematics would provide a safe harbor. In fact these disciplines are rife with internal divisions between different, often incompatible, systems. Do these disagreements admit of resolution? Can such resolution be achieved without disturbing assumptions that the theorems of logic and mathematics state objective truths about the real world? In this original and historically rich book John Woods explores apparently intractable disagreements in logic and the foundations of mathematics and sets out conflict resolution strategies that evade or disarm these stalemates. An important sub-theme of the book is the extent to which pluralism in logic and the philosophy of mathematics undermines realist assumptions. This book makes an important contribution to such areas of philosophy as logic, philosophy of language and argumentation theory. It will also be of interest to mathematicians and computer scientists.http://www.lybrary.com/paradox-and-paraconsistency-p-297491.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/paradox-and-paraconsistency-p-297491.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:36 EDT This edited volume draws together a wide range of new and exciting developments in the study of marital interaction. A significant feature of the book is its focus, not only on conflict and negative interactions, but also on the processes by which couples maintain happy and constructive relationships. The chapters review and integrate the extensive literature in this area, as well as presenting important new research findings. The contributors come from the disciplines of communication, social psychology and clinical psychology, and have national and international reputations for their work in this area. The findings reflect the latest developments in theory and methodology, and have important implications for those working to strengthen and repair marital relationships.http://www.lybrary.com/understanding-marriage-p-297490.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/understanding-marriage-p-297490.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:34 EDT The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media. Journalists, diplomats and aid workers struggled to find a way to make sense of the bloodshed. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the region, and he explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. He also provides a sobering analysis of the way in which this simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis. Professor Pottier has extensive field experience in the region, from before and after the genocide, and he has also worked among refugees in eastern Zaire.http://www.lybrary.com/reimagining-rwanda-p-297489.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reimagining-rwanda-p-297489.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:31 EDT Humans have mixed emotions concerning carnivores. We admire them as beautiful hunters, cosset them as pets, and use their pelts and other products in clothing, medicines and cosmetics. However, they are also responsible for killing us and our livestock, carry disease and compete with us for space and food. While some advocate the conservation of predators such as wolves and tigers, others see them as vermin and want them gone. In this book, Hans Kruuk, a life-long naturalist with a passion for predators tells the fascinating story of carnivores and our intricate relationships with them. Illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, it deals with the wild beauty of carnivores and their conservation, but also with furs and medicine, man-eaters and sheep-killers, explaining in simple terms what the role of carnivores is in nature, how this impacts on human lives, our art and literature, how we instinctively respond to them and why.http://www.lybrary.com/hunter-and-hunted-p-297488.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hunter-and-hunted-p-297488.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:29 EDT The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. These forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This book focuses upon the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identify some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between 'information workers' and low-skill workers. But they also observe opportunities created by information technology, innovations in health service delivery and criminal-justice rehabilitation, and the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these and other macro-structural changes that will impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults.http://www.lybrary.com/the-changing-adolescent-experience-p-297487.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-changing-adolescent-experience-p-297487.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:26 EDT The importance of discourse markers (words like 'so', 'however', and 'well') lies in the theoretical questions they raise about the nature of discourse and the relationship between linguistic meaning and context. They are regarded as being central to semantics because they raise problems for standard theories of meaning, and to pragmatics because they seem to play a role in the way discourse is understood. In this new and important study, Diane Blakemore argues that attempts to analyse these expressions within standard semantic frameworks raise even more problems, while their analysis as expressions that link segments of discourse has led to an unproductive and confusing exercise in classification. She concludes that the exercise in classification that has dominated discourse marker research should be replaced by the investigation of the way in which linguistic expressions contribute to the inferential processes involved in utterance understanding.http://www.lybrary.com/relevance-and-linguistic-meaning-p-297486.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/relevance-and-linguistic-meaning-p-297486.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:24 EDT Rules of apportionment are elements of social and political order. In social gatherings, families and governments they assume a variety of written and unwritten forms and in every order they determine not only how collective decisions are made but also how and why a particular constitutional order develops over time. Recreating the American Republic provides a far-reaching analysis of when, how and why these rules change and with what consequences. Recreating the American Republic reveals the import of these rules of apportionment by engaging the three most widely recognized and studied eras and events of American political history: the Colonial era and the American Revolution; the early national years and the 1787 Constitutional Convention; and the nineteenth century and the American Civil War. Recreating the American Republic systematically compares each seemingly familiar era and event - revealing new insights and a new metanarrative of American political development between 1700 and 1870.http://www.lybrary.com/recreating-the-american-republic-p-297485.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/recreating-the-american-republic-p-297485.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:21 EDT 'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare addresses the fundamental issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years his authorship has been claimed for two poems, the lyric 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. These attributions have been accepted into certain major editions of Shakespeare's works but Brian Vickers argues that both attributions rest on superficial verbal parallels; both use too small a sample, ignore negative evidence, and violate basic principles in authorship studies. Through a fresh examination of the evidence, Professor Vickers shows that neither poem has the stylistic and imaginative qualities we associate with Shakespeare. In other words, they are 'counterfeits', in the sense of anonymously authored works wrongly presented as Shakespeare's. He argues that the poet and dramatist John Ford wrote the Elegye: its poetical language (vocabulary, syntax, prosody) is indistinguishable from Ford's, and it contains several hundred close parallels with his work. By combining linguistic and statistical analysis this book makes an important contribution to authorship studies.http://www.lybrary.com/counterfeiting-shakespeare-p-297484.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/counterfeiting-shakespeare-p-297484.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:18 EDT This volume contains nineteen of the more important of Frank Walbank's recent essays on Polybius and is prefaced by a critical discussion of the main aspects of work done on that author during the last quarter of a century. Several of these essays deal with specific historical problems for which Polybius is a major source. Five deal with Polybius as an historian and three with his attitude towards Rome; one of these raises the question of 'treason' in relation to Polybius and Josephus. Finally, two papers (one now appearing for the first time in English) discuss Polybius' later fortunes - in England up to the time of John Dryden and in twentieth-century Italy in the work of Gaetano de Sanctis. Several of these essays originally appeared in journals and collections not always easily accessible, and all students of the ancient Mediterranean world will welcome their assembly within a single volume.http://www.lybrary.com/polybius-rome-and-the-hellenistic-world-p-297483.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/polybius-rome-and-the-hellenistic-world-p-297483.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:15 EDT China has enjoyed considerable economic growth in recent years in spite of an immature, albeit rapidly developing, legal system, a system whose nature, evolution and path of development have been poorly understood by scholars. Drawing on his legal and business experience in China as well as his academic background in the field, Peerenboom provides a detailed analysis of China's legal reforms. He argues that China is in transition from rule by law to a version of rule of law, though most likely not a liberal democratic version as found in economically advanced countries in the West. Maintaining that law plays a key role in China's economic growth, Peerenboom assesses reform proposals and makes his own recommendations. In addition to students and scholars of Chinese law, political science, sociology and economics, this will interest business professionals, policy advisors, and governmental and non-governmental agencies as well as comparative legal scholars and philosophers.http://www.lybrary.com/chinas-long-march-toward-rule-of-law-p-297482.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/chinas-long-march-toward-rule-of-law-p-297482.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 04:33:13 EDT This is the third edition of William A. Schabas's highly praised study of the abolition of the death penalty in international law. Extensively revised to take account of developments in the field since publication of the second edition in 1997, the book details the progress of the international community away from the use of capital punishment, discussing in detail the abolition of the death penalty within the United Nations human rights system, international humanitarian law, European human rights law and Inter-American human rights law. New chapters in the third edition address capital punishment in African human rights law and in international criminal law. An extensive list of appendices contains many of the essential documents for the study of capital punishment in international law. The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law is introduced with a Foreword by Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice.http://www.lybrary.com/the-abolition-of-the-death-penalty-in-international-law-p-297481.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-abolition-of-the-death-penalty-in-international-law-p-297481.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:59 EDT Massive data acquisition technologies, such as genome sequencing, high-throughput drug screening, and DNA arrays are in the process of revolutionizing biology and medicine. Using the mRNA of a given cell, at a given time, under a given set of conditions, DNA microarrays can provide a snapshot of the level of expression of all the genes in the cell. Such snapshots can be used to study fundamental biological phenomena such as development or evolution, to determine the function of new genes, to infer the role individual genes or groups of genes may play in diseases, and to monitor the effect of drugs and other compounds on gene expression. This inter-disciplinary introduction to DNA arrays will be essential reading for both biology and computer science researchers wanting to take advantage of this powerful new technology.http://www.lybrary.com/dna-microarrays-and-gene-expression-p-297480.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dna-microarrays-and-gene-expression-p-297480.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:57 EDT In the Crystallization of Polymers 2nd Edition, Leo Mandelkern provides a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of polymer crystallization. All classes of macromolecules are included and the approach is through the basic disciplines of chemistry and physics. The book discusses the thermodynamics and physical properties that accompany the morphological and structural changes that occur when a collection of molecules of very high molecular weight are transformed from one state to another. Volume I is a presentation of the equilibrium concepts that serve as a basis for the subsequent volumes. In this volume the author shows that knowledge of the equilibrium requirements are vital to understanding all aspects of the polymer crystallization process, and the final state that eventually evolves. This book will be an invaluable reference work for all chemists, physicists and materials scientists who work in the area of polymer crystallization.http://www.lybrary.com/crystallization-of-polymers-p-297479.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/crystallization-of-polymers-p-297479.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:55 EDT In many applications, radio frequency (RF) signals need to be transmitted and processed without being digitalized. Optical fiber provides a transmission medium in which RF modulated optical carriers can be transmitted and distributed with very low loss, making it more efficient and less costly than conventional electronic systems. This volume presents a review of RF photonic components, transmission systems, and signal processing examples in optical fibers from leading academic, government, and industry scientists working in this field. It also introduces the reader to various related technologies such as direct modulation of laser sources, external modulation techniques, and detectors. The text is aimed at engineers and scientists engaged in the research and development of optical fibers and analog RF applications. With an emphasis on design, performance and practical application, this book will be of particular interest to those developing novel systems based on this technology.http://www.lybrary.com/rf-photonic-technology-in-optical-fiber-links-p-297478.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rf-photonic-technology-in-optical-fiber-links-p-297478.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:53 EDT The first of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important philosophical and methodological statements written over the past four decades, each carefully revised for publication in this form. In a series of seminal essays Professor Skinner sets forth the intellectual principles that inform his work. Writing as a practising historian, he considers the theoretical difficulties inherent in the pursuit of knowledge and interpretation, and elucidates the methodology which finds its expression in his two successive volumes. All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.http://www.lybrary.com/visions-of-politics-p-297477.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/visions-of-politics-p-297477.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:50 EDT In Modernism, Ireland and the Erotics of Memory Nicholas Miller re-examines memory and its role in modern Irish culture. Arguing that a continuous renegotiation of memory is characteristic of Irish modernist writing, Miller investigates a series of case-studies in modern Irish historical imagination. He reassesses Ireland's self-construction through external or 'foreign' discourses such as the cinema, and proposes new readings of Yeats and Joyce as 'counter-memorialists'. Combining theoretical and historical approaches, Miller shows how the modernist handling of history transforms both memory and the story of the past by highlighting readers' investments in histories that are produced, specifically and concretely, through local acts of reading. This original study will attract scholars of Modernism, Irish studies, film and literary theory.http://www.lybrary.com/modernism-ireland-and-the-erotics-of-memory-p-297476.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modernism-ireland-and-the-erotics-of-memory-p-297476.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:48 EDT This is the first book to examine the Aramaic dimension of Q since the Aramaic Dead Sea scrolls made such work more feasible. Maurice Casey gives a detailed examination of key passages in Matthew and Luke's gospels, demonstrating that they used two different Greek translations of an Aramaic source, which can be reconstructed. He overturns the conventional model of Q as a single Greek document, and shows that Jesus said everything in the original Aramaic source. Further analysis of other gospel passages shows the evangelists editing a Greek translation of an Aramaic source. On one, it can be shown that Mark utilises a different Aramaic source. A complex model of Q is thus proposed. Casey argues that Aramaic sources behind part of Q are of extremely early date, and should contribute significantly to the quest for the historical Jesus.http://www.lybrary.com/an-aramaic-approach-to-q-p-297475.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/an-aramaic-approach-to-q-p-297475.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:46 EDT There is currently a great deal of discussion in the humanities and social sciences about collective memory, but there is very little agreement on what it is. The first goal of this volume is to review various understandings of this term to bring some coherence to the discussion. Drawing on this review, James V. Wertsch goes on to outline a particular version of collective remembering grounded in the use of 'textual resources', especially narratives. This takes him into the special properties of narrative that shape this process and into the issues of how these textual resources are produced and consumed. Wertsch brings these general ideas to life by examining the rapid, massive transformation of collective memory during the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia.http://www.lybrary.com/voices-of-collective-remembering-p-297474.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/voices-of-collective-remembering-p-297474.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:44 EDT Long-awaited reforms in technology policy and corporate strategy are now taking place in Japan. This book asks whether it is the programme of reform or the will and ability to implement reforms which is new.http://www.lybrary.com/technology-and-innovation-in-japan-policy-and-management-for-the-twenty-first-century-p-297473.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/technology-and-innovation-in-japan-policy-and-management-for-the-twenty-first-century-p-297473.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:42 EDT Brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention.http://www.lybrary.com/men-who-sell-sex-international-perspectives-on-male-prostitution-and-hivaids-p-297472.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/men-who-sell-sex-international-perspectives-on-male-prostitution-and-hivaids-p-297472.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:40 EDT With chapters containing up to 50 percent new coverage, this book provides a thorough update of the latest research and development in the area of acquired aphasia. Coverage includes the symptoms of aphasia, assessment, neuropsychology, the specific linguistic deficits associated with aphasia, related disorders, recovery, and rehabilitation. This comprehensive compilation, written by some of the most knowledgeable workers in the field, provides an authoritative text and reference for graduate students, clinicians, and researchers.<p>Key Features<br>* Chapters include up to 50 percent new coverage<br>* Provides update of latest research in the field<br>* Includes writings by the most knowledgeable workers in the field<br>* Comprehensive, exhaustive reference toolhttp://www.lybrary.com/acquired-aphasia-p-297471.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/acquired-aphasia-p-297471.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:38 EDT This book provides a student text covering the major issues in feminist jurisprudence and to analyse the manner in which both traditional jurisprudence and law have remained a masculine subject.http://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-feminist-jurisprudence-p-297470.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-feminist-jurisprudence-p-297470.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:36 EDT This text presents a reflective theory of school didactics, incorporating German and Nordic research traditions in the theory of didactics, together with Anglo-American research on teaching instructional research and cognitivist theory.http://www.lybrary.com/school-didactics-and-learning-a-school-didactic-model-framing-an-analysis-of-pedagogical-implications-of-learning-theory-p-297469.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/school-didactics-and-learning-a-school-didactic-model-framing-an-analysis-of-pedagogical-implications-of-learning-theory-p-297469.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:33 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/pharmaceutical-experimental-design-p-297468.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/pharmaceutical-experimental-design-p-297468.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:30 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/julia-kristeva-p-297467.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/julia-kristeva-p-297467.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:28 EDT This volume looks at methods of raising funds, providing practical steps in preparing for new funding initiatives, and also focuses on the attitudes and mind-sets that form part of the whole picture.http://www.lybrary.com/the-funding-revolution-new-routes-to-project-fundraising-p-297466.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-funding-revolution-new-routes-to-project-fundraising-p-297466.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:26 EDT An exciting and original analysis of the development of capitalist classes such as the Freemasons that cross national boundaries in the global political economy.http://www.lybrary.com/transnational-classes-and-international-relations-p-297465.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/transnational-classes-and-international-relations-p-297465.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:24 EDT With contributions from leading American authors in the field of multicultural research, this text both dissects the multicultural issues facing education in the USA, and reveals the methods and procedures of research in this area.http://www.lybrary.com/multicultural-research-race-class-gender-and-sexual-orientation-p-297464.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/multicultural-research-race-class-gender-and-sexual-orientation-p-297464.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:21 EDT Looks at the portrayal of race and gender in popular culture, focusing on the representation of black women. It discusses the politics of representation in Britain and North America, and the shift from negative stereotypes to positive images.http://www.lybrary.com/tales-of-dark-skinned-women-race-gender-and-global-culture-p-297463.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tales-of-dark-skinned-women-race-gender-and-global-culture-p-297463.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:19 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/war-in-the-early-modern-world-p-297462.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/war-in-the-early-modern-world-p-297462.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:33:16 EDT This text focuses on changes in culture and society that concern women and feminists in the Nordic countries. It examines women's political strategies, questions of identity, rationality and subjectivity, and social and cultural values.http://www.lybrary.com/is-there-a-nordic-feminism-nordic-feminist-thought-on-culture-and-society-p-297461.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/is-there-a-nordic-feminism-nordic-feminist-thought-on-culture-and-society-p-297461.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:34:04 EDT This book explores television's role in fostering European cultural identity and the extent to which European public service broadcasters were able to meet the challenges posed by the introduction of new communication technologies.http://www.lybrary.com/from-satellite-to-single-market-new-communication-technology-and-european-public-service-p-297460.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/from-satellite-to-single-market-new-communication-technology-and-european-public-service-p-297460.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:34:01 EDT An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as popular culture, film and language.http://www.lybrary.com/politics-of-chinese-language-and-culture-the-art-of-reading-dragons-p-297459.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/politics-of-chinese-language-and-culture-the-art-of-reading-dragons-p-297459.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:59 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/tradition-change-performance-p-297458.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tradition-change-performance-p-297458.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:56 EDT Key Features<br>* Provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches and ideas in molecular biology<br>* Contributions from leaders in their fields<br>* Abundant referenceshttp://www.lybrary.com/progress-in-nucleic-acid-research-and-molecular-biology-p-297457.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/progress-in-nucleic-acid-research-and-molecular-biology-p-297457.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:54 EDT Alkaloids are a major group of natural products derived from a variety of organisms, which are widely used as medicinal and biological agents. This Series is world-renowned as the leading compilation of current reviews of this vast field. Internationally acclaimed for more than 40 years, this Series, founded by the late Professor R.H.F. Manske, continues to provide outstanding coverage of the rapidly expanding field of the chemotaxonomy, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and biology of all classes of alkaloids from higher and lower plants, marine organisms, or various terrestrial animals.<p>Each volume provides, through its distinguished authors, up-to-date and detailed coverage of particular classes or sources of alkaloids. Over the years, this Series has become the standard in natural product chemistry to which all other book series aspire. <b>The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology</b> endures as an essential reference for all natural product chemists and biologists who have an interest in alkaloids, their diversity, and their unique biological profile.<p>Key Features<br>* Indispensable reference work written by leading experts in the field<br>* Provides up-to-date, timely reviews on compounds and classes of great interest<br>* Covers synthesis, biosynthesis, biology, as well as isolation and structure elucidation<br>* An essential research tool for anyone working with alkaloids from a chemical or biological perspectivehttp://www.lybrary.com/chemistry-and-biology-p-297456.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/chemistry-and-biology-p-297456.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:52 EDT America after Tocqueville complements Harvey Mitchell's previous book, Individual Choice and the Structures of History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised (1996). His new study uses Democracy in America to study the condition of democracy in the United States in our own time. Three aspects of Americanism inform Harvey Mitchell's book, and cannot be separated from Tocqueville's consideration of the three races. First, he addresses tensions in the United States between ideas of equality and a political system that tries to keep it within bounds. He turns to the relationship between this system and the dynamics of American capitalism. and he analyzes the criteria for inclusion and exclusion in American life. Overall, he asks if Americans have surrendered to what Tocqueville called the materialization of life; if that compromise means their abandonment of their original spiritual quest; and, if they are on the way to a radical alienation from politics.http://www.lybrary.com/america-after-tocqueville-p-297455.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/america-after-tocqueville-p-297455.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:50 EDT Building Virtual Communities examines how learning and cognitive change are fostered by online communities. Contributors to this volume explore this question by drawing on their different theoretical backgrounds, methodologies, and personal experience with virtual communities. Each chapter discusses the different meanings of the terms community, learning, and change. Case studies are included for further clarification. Together, these chapters describe the building out of virtual communities in terms that are relevant to theorists, researchers, and practitioners. The chapters provide a basis for thinking about the dynamics of Internet community building. This includes consideration of the role of the self or individual as a participant in virtual community, and the design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of community building in cyberspace. Building Virtual Communities will interest educators, psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in human-computer interaction.http://www.lybrary.com/building-virtual-communities-p-297454.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/building-virtual-communities-p-297454.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:48 EDT This landmark interdisciplinary volume presents new methodological options for the study of religion in the twenty-first century. Ten distinguished scholars offer radical interpretations of religious belief and language from a variety of perspectives: anthropology of religion, ritual studies, cognitive psychology, semantics, post-analytic philosophy, history of religions, and philosophy of religion. For the first time, a collection of original essays explores the significance of Donald Davidson's 'radical interpretation', Robert Brandom's 'inferentialism', and Richard Rorty's pragmatism for issues in the study of religion. Related topics include cultural variations in belief from Madagascar to China, experimental research from cognitive science, and the semantics of myth, metaphor, mana and manna. Radical Interpretation in Religion will be of interest to both general readers and specialists seeking a deeper understanding of new directions in the study of religion.http://www.lybrary.com/radical-interpretation-in-religion-p-297453.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/radical-interpretation-in-religion-p-297453.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:45 EDT Using controversy over abortion as a lens through which to compare the political process and role of the media in these two very different democracies, this book examines the contest over meaning that is being waged by social movements, political parties, churches and other social actors. Abortion is a critical battleground for debates over social values in both countries, but the constitutional premises on which arguments rest differ, as do the strategies that movements and parties adopt and the opportunities for influence that are open to them. By examining how these debates are conducted and by whom in light of the normative claims made by democratic theorists, the book also offers a means of judging how well either country lives up to the ideals of democratic debate in practice.http://www.lybrary.com/shaping-abortion-discourse-p-297452.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/shaping-abortion-discourse-p-297452.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:43 EDT This comprehensive book examines approaches to teaching students who aim to make the leap from 'advanced' or 'superior' proficiency in a foreign language to 'near-native' ability. While there are copious publications on classroom techniques and methods for lower levels of instruction, virtually nothing exists about this transition, which is vital for those who intend to use foreign languages in high-level international arenas. This book, by leading practitioners in this area of foreign language teaching, aims to fill this gap and assist those developing language programmes at the 'advanced to distinguished' level.* Divided into three parts which provide information on different aspects of teaching at this level - theory of advanced language teaching - nine sample programs - description of highly advanced learners based on long-term experience and empirical research* Presents programs in seven languages - Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, English, French and German* Content is both theoretical and pragmatichttp://www.lybrary.com/developing-professionallevel-language-proficiency-p-297451.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/developing-professionallevel-language-proficiency-p-297451.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:40 EDT Coming at a time of profound change in the global conditions under which American organized labor exists, The Future of the American Labor Movement describes and analyzes labor's strategic alternatives. The analysis is broadly cast, taking into account ideas that range from the current European Social Dialogue to the methods of the nineteenth-century American Knights of Labor. There are a number of intriguing strategies that have potential for reviving the labor movement in the United States, of which worker ownership and labor capital strategies are examples. This book demonstrates the necessity for a number of diverse strategies to be pursued simultaneously. For this to work, one has to think in terms of a broad movement of labor, consisting of diverse parts, held together by a clear idea of its purpose and a new structure.http://www.lybrary.com/the-future-of-the-american-labor-movement-p-297450.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-future-of-the-american-labor-movement-p-297450.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:38 EDT In this book, the editors bring together results from studies on all kinds of animals to show how thinking on many behaviors as truly cognitive processes can help us to understand the biology involved. Taking ideas and observations from the while range of research into animal behavior leads to unexpected and stimulating ideas. <br>A space is created where the work of field ecologists, evolutionary ecologists and experimental psychologists can interact and contribute to a greater understanding of complex animal behavior, and to the development of a new and coherent field of study.http://www.lybrary.com/animal-cognition-in-nature-the-convergence-of-psychology-and-biology-in-laboratory-and-field-p-297449.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/animal-cognition-in-nature-the-convergence-of-psychology-and-biology-in-laboratory-and-field-p-297449.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:36 EDT Cocaine abuse remains a major public health problem and contributes to many of our most disturbing social problems, including the spread of infectious disease, crime, violence, and neonatal drug exposure. Cocaine abuse results from a complex interplay of behavioral, pharmacological, and neurobiological determinants. While a complete understanding of cocaine abuse is currently beyond us, significant progress has been made in preclinical research on fundamental determinants of this disorder. These advances are critically reviewed in the first section of this volume. Important advances also have been made in characterizing the clinical pharmacology of cocaine, and those advances have been extended to understanding individual vulnerability to cocaine abuse, development of effective treatments, and discussions of policy. Those advances are critically reviewed in the third section of this volume. Contributors to the book were selected because of their status as internationally recognized leaders in their respective areas of scientific expertise. Moreover, each is a proponent of the importance of a rigorous, interdisciplinary scientific approach to effectively addressing the problem of cocaine abuse. As such, this volume offers a coherent, empirically-based conceptual framework for addressing cocaine abuse that has continuity from the basic research laboratory through the clinical and policy arenas. Each of the specific chapters is sufficiently detailed, in-depth and current to be valuable to informed readers with specific interests while also offering a comprehensive overview for those who might be less informed or have broader interests in cocaine abuse. This blend of critical review within each chapter with an explicitly conceptual continuity that spans all of the chapters makes this volume a unique contribution to cocaine abuse in particular and substance abuse in general.<p>Key Features<br>* Discusses cocaine abuse within the context of current principles of psychology, pharmacology, neuroscience, genetics and epidemiology<br>* Chapters are all authored by scientific experts<br>* First of its kind book on cocaine abuse to recognize behavioral/environmental determinants<br>* Coverage is comprehensive<br>* Informative for experts and generalists alikehttp://www.lybrary.com/cocaine-abuse-behavior-pharmacology-and-clinical-applications-p-297448.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cocaine-abuse-behavior-pharmacology-and-clinical-applications-p-297448.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:33 EDT Many books cover the determination of rate constants under different experimental conditions and different chemical composition of the reaction mixture in their formal treatment of thermal kinetics. However, most textbooks are limited to simple mechanisms. In contrast, analogous treatment of photochemical reactions is limited to the publication of special reactions and investigations. Therefore, this book is aimed at providing an overall description of formal photokinetics covering a wider scope than the usual books on kinetics.<p>This volume attempts to provide a concise treatment of both thermo- and photochemical reactions by means of generalised differential equations, their set-up in matrix notation, and their solution by a formalism using numerical integration. At a first glance this approach might be surprising. However, apart from the argument that the didactics of thermal reactions are easier to handle than those of kinetics, the book provides additional reasons in support of this approach. Therefore, the formalism derived allows the evaluation of photochemical reactions, which are superimposed thermal reactions taking into account that the amount of light absorbed varies during the reaction. Because of this, any approximation, either by using total absorbance or negligible absorbance, will cause considerable errors even for simple reactions. The approach chosen to transform the axis of the radiation time into a new variable that includes the photokinetic factor proves that formal kinetics can be applied to thermal and photochemical reactions as well, and even allows the handling of solutions that cannot be homogenised or solid samples in which the concentration varies locally. By using this approach to introduce partial photochemical quantum yields even complex mechanisms can be determined quantitatively.<p>A large number of examples for different mechanisms and an introduction to many spectroscopic and chromatographic methods suitable for photokinetic analyses are provided to enable the reader to carry out a step-by-step evaluation of his own measurements. To reduce the number of formula in some chapters an appendix has been included which contains a detailed description of the calculus of some essential examples. For the convenience of the reader the following has been included:<p>• A large number of examples describing the use of formula<p>• A detailed description of the procedure for applying photokinetics to complex consecutive photoreactions<p>• An Internet address where the reader can find a tutorial for this procedure: http://www.barolo.ipc.uni-tuebingen.de/tele/photokin/<br><p>• A simple macro to help in programming his own evaluation procedure.http://www.lybrary.com/photokinetics-theoretical-fundamentals-and-applications-p-297447.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/photokinetics-theoretical-fundamentals-and-applications-p-297447.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:31 EDT As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome, the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the Acts.http://www.lybrary.com/the-first-christian-historian-p-297446.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-first-christian-historian-p-297446.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:29 EDT Aeroelastic and structural dynamic phenomena play an important role in many facets of engineering. In particular, an understanding of these disciplines is essential to the design of aircraft and space vehicles. This text provides an introduction to structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, with an emphasis on conventional aircraft. The primary areas considered are structural dynamics, static aeroelasticity, and dynamic aeroelasticity. The structural dynamics material emphasizes vibration, the modal representation, and dynamic response. Aeroelastic phenomena discussed include divergence, aileron reversal, airload redistribution, unsteady aerodynamics, flutter, and elastic tailoring. Both exact and approximate solution methodologies are stressed. More than one hundred illustrations and tables help clarify the text, while upwards of fifty problems enhance student learning. This text meets the need for an up-to-date treatment of structural dynamics and aeroelasticity for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate aerospace engineering students.http://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-structural-dynamics-and-aeroelasticity-p-297445.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-to-structural-dynamics-and-aeroelasticity-p-297445.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:27 EDT Developing the Horizons of the Mind is the first book on Relational and Contextual Reasoning (RCR), a new theory of the human mind which powerfully addresses key areas of human conflict such as the ideological conflict between nations, the conflict in close relationships and the conflict between science and religion. K. Helmut Reich provides a clear and accessible introduction to the new RCR way of thinking that encourages people to adopt an inclusive rather than an oppositional approach to conflict and problem-solving. Part One outlines the key aspects of RCR theory and supporting empirical data and Part Two provides examples of its application in the modern world. RCR provides a stimulating and challenging tool to several disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, religious studies and education, and this book will be a valuable resource for cognitive scientists, psychotherapists, theologians, educators and all those involved in conflict resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/developing-the-horizons-of-the-mind-p-297444.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/developing-the-horizons-of-the-mind-p-297444.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:24 EDT Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803) is one of the most important German philosophers of the eighteenth century, who had enormous influence on later thinkers such as Hegel, Schleiermacher and Nietzsche. His wide-ranging ideas were formative in the development of linguistics, hermeneutics, anthropology and bible scholarship, and even today they retain their vitality and relevance to an extraordinary degree. This volume presents a new translation of Herder's most important and characteristic philosophical writings (some of which have never before been translated) in his areas of central interest, including philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of history and political philosophy, as well as his general philosophical program. An introduction sets the writings in their historical context and examines their philosophical achievement.http://www.lybrary.com/herder-philosophical-writings-p-297443.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/herder-philosophical-writings-p-297443.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:22 EDT Johnson, Writing, and Memory demonstrates the importance of memory in Samuel Johnson's oeuvre. Greg Clingham argues that this is a notion of memory that is derived from the process of historical and creative writing, and is found to be embodied in works of literature and other cultural forms. He examines Johnson's writing, including his biographical writing, as it intersects with eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law and in its subsequent compatibility with and resistance to modern theory. Clingham's widely researched study provides an account of Johnson's intellectual positions that incorporates the challenges they pose to recent critical theory, and argues for Johnson's inclusion in a new theorisation of terms such as 'authority', 'nature' and 'memory'. Clingham does this work of intellectual abstraction while remaining focused in the concrete realities of Johnson's writing itself, offering a theoretically nuanced and original account of Johnson's work.http://www.lybrary.com/johnson-writing-and-memory-p-297442.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/johnson-writing-and-memory-p-297442.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:33:20 EDT Guanxi, translated as 'social connections,' or 'social networks,' is among the most important studied phenomena in China today. Guanxi lies at the heart of China's social order, its economic structure, and its changing institutional landscape. It is considered important in every realm of life, from politics to business, and officialdom to street life. This volume offers the latest scholarly thinking on the subject by top China sociologists whose work on guanxi has been influential and by new scholars offering cutting-edge insights on the topic. The authors examine the role of guanxi in: business decisions among managers and entrepreneurs; the decisions and practices of workers; the construction of new legal institutions; the new social order. Scholars and students of China will find this a rich source of detailed information on the workings of Chinese social relationships and a valuable, new interpretation of the meaning and place of guanxi today.http://www.lybrary.com/social-connections-in-china-p-297441.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-connections-in-china-p-297441.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:34:05 EDT This thoughtful and beautifully written book demonstrates compellingly that emotions are central to personality development across the lifespan. Carol Magai and Jeannette Haviland-Jones draw on a wealth of textual and film material to forge an original empirical and theoretical analysis of the dynamics of emotion in human development. For its content, the work examines the lives of three mid-century psychologists, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, and Fritz Perls. Each man adopted a unique stance on the question of emotion in personality and in therapeutic interventions and, tellingly, the therapeutic methods they developed necessarily reflected their own emotional dynamics. Drawing on the most important research in clinical, social, and personality psychology, the authors reveal the pervasive influence of emotional organization in the lives of these individuals. This book presents a new approach to personology, autobiography, autobiography, narrative studies, psychotherapy and the theory of emotions, and will be essential reading.http://www.lybrary.com/the-hidden-genius-of-emotion-p-297440.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-hidden-genius-of-emotion-p-297440.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:34:03 EDT Challenging and original, The Language Organ treats human language as the manifestation of a faculty of the mind, a mental organ whose nature is determined by human biology and whose functional properties should be explored just as physiology explores the functional properties of physical organs. It surveys the nature of the language faculty in its various aspects: the systems of sounds, words, and syntax, the development of language in the child and historically, and what is known about its relation to the brain. It discusses the kinds of work that can be carried out in these areas that will contribute to an understanding of the human language organ. This book will appeal to students and researchers in linguistics, and is written to be accessible to colleagues in other disciplines dealing with language as well as to readers with an interest in general science and the nature of the human mind.http://www.lybrary.com/the-language-organ-p-297439.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-language-organ-p-297439.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:59 EDT Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book provides a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. The topic of cohesion and the study of intermolecular forces has been an important component of physical science research for hundreds of years. This book is organised into four broad periods of advances in our understanding. The first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals. The final section gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems. The book will be of primary interest to physical chemists and physicists, as well as historians of science interested in the historical origins of our modern day understanding of cohesion.http://www.lybrary.com/cohesion-p-297438.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cohesion-p-297438.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:57 EDT This volume is devoted to the derivation and application of simplified bioclimatic boundary conditions at vegetated land surfaces using natural selection of vegetation characteristics driven by productivity maximization. It investigates the internal control of forest growth by the vertical fluxes of light, CO2, water vapor, and heat within the canopy, as well as the external control offered by the balances of thermal energy and water. Through these means it seeks to determine how the physical characteristics and productivity of forest communities are related to the climates and soils in which they are found. Ecohydrology bridges the fields of hydrology and ecology and proposes new unifying principles derived from the concept of natural selection. It also has potential application in determining the response of vegetation to slow variations in climate and will provide fascinating reading for graduate-level students and research scientists working in ecohydrology, hydroclimatology, forest ecology, and Surface Water Hydrology.http://www.lybrary.com/ecohydrology-p-297437.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ecohydrology-p-297437.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:55 EDT The second of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important essays on the political thought of the Italian renaissance, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form. All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.http://www.lybrary.com/visions-of-politics-p-297436.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/visions-of-politics-p-297436.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:52 EDT Based on the hit television program on CBS, this picture book is a must for the family. It tells the touching story of a small boy who loses his best friend but comes to a better understanding of friendship through the interaction of angels.http://www.lybrary.com/fear-not-story-of-hope-p-297435.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fear-not-story-of-hope-p-297435.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:49 EDT A young gymnast learns that it's not the winning or losing that counts in life, but the "getting up" and moving on. In this touching story, a family must learn together to move forward in life after losing their father. Tess, Andrew and Monica help them face their grief and learn what is truly important in life. The book is based on the TV episode which featured cameo appearances by Olympic gymnasts Bart Conner, Nadia Comaneci, and Kerri Strugg.http://www.lybrary.com/touched-by-an-angel-fiction-series-delicate-balance-p-297434.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/touched-by-an-angel-fiction-series-delicate-balance-p-297434.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:44 EDT What happens when your little brother looks remarkably like the picture of the missing child on the back of the milk carton? Two families are unwittingly bound over their love for the same son. A suspenseful story as the search for the truth unveils unbelievable family secrets and leads to a conclusion that shows true love in a family.http://www.lybrary.com/touched-by-an-angel-fiction-series-have-you-seen-me-p-297433.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/touched-by-an-angel-fiction-series-have-you-seen-me-p-297433.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:42 EDT She won our hearts when she told us she was out to change the world. But Ann Kiemel Anderson discovered that success can be addictive, and soon she found that the world had changed her. Ann's first book in five years, <i>Seduced By Success</i> chronicles two major battles in her life: combating an addiction to the praise of others and overcoming an addiction to pain medication for a chronic illness. Drug-free for the last two years, Ann now shares heart-to-heart with her readers, saying, "I no longer want power and glory. God has given me a second chance to be used by Him. With quiet joy, I prepare to write something beautiful for God."http://www.lybrary.com/seduced-by-success-p-297432.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/seduced-by-success-p-297432.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:36 EDT Science Fiction/Fiction: The story takes place in a ritual bound society, rife with court intrigues, upon a planet locked in perpetual winter. It concerns the generations old conflict between its King and Queen, and the love between a man and a woman that threatens to shatter the patterns established by the Rituals, the complex set of rules and customs that governs every aspect of life.http://www.lybrary.com/winterhold-p-297431.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/winterhold-p-297431.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:31 EDT Paranormal Romance: ALEXA WEST thinks she's found a man who loves her, but another man, JUSTIN LORD, woos her with an outlandish tale--they have loved and married for their last twelve reincarnations, and he will allow no other man to marry her in their thirteenth. Is Justin's story lunacy, a line, or a love that spans the ages?http://www.lybrary.com/time-after-time-p-297430.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/time-after-time-p-297430.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:29 EDT Informal Learning in the Workplace critically examines definitions of informal learning, focusing on a variety of workplace contexts.http://www.lybrary.com/informal-learning-in-the-workplace-p-297429.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/informal-learning-in-the-workplace-p-297429.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:26 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/balancing-acts-p-297428.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/balancing-acts-p-297428.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:24 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-founding-of-institutional-economics-p-297427.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-founding-of-institutional-economics-p-297427.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:21 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/inpatient-child-psychiatry-p-297426.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/inpatient-child-psychiatry-p-297426.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:18 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/jacques-derrida-p-297425.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jacques-derrida-p-297425.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:16 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/english-and-the-discourses-of-colonialism-p-297424.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/english-and-the-discourses-of-colonialism-p-297424.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:12 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/chinese-workers-p-297423.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/chinese-workers-p-297423.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:09 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/remaking-teaching-p-297422.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/remaking-teaching-p-297422.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:33:06 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/china-under-communism-p-297421.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/china-under-communism-p-297421.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:51 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/free-speech-p-297420.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/free-speech-p-297420.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:48 EDT Romantic Suspense: The man Josie had loved her whole life, her husband, Paul, left her without a word of explanation the day after their 1st anniversary. Years later, Josie's made a comfortable, uncomplicated life for herself, and a success of her bookstore, INK. She's well-liked and respected...and more than a little attracted to her best friend's brother, Marsh. And it's going well...until Paul turns up like proverbial bad penny. Only this time, he's brought with him his supermodel wife, Angelique. When Josie's accused of murdering Angelique, it's up to Marsh to uncover the truth.http://www.lybrary.com/betrayed-by-love-p-297419.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/betrayed-by-love-p-297419.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:45 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/managing-technological-discontinuities-p-297418.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/managing-technological-discontinuities-p-297418.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:42 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-economics-of-fire-protection-p-297417.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-economics-of-fire-protection-p-297417.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:40 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/twenty-years-after-the-worlds-classics-p-297416.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/twenty-years-after-the-worlds-classics-p-297416.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:38 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/the-work-of-poetry-p-297415.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-work-of-poetry-p-297415.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:36 EDT In the very first book on TMN, a network management expert demonstrates how to use and implement this emerging telecommunications tool effectively.http://www.lybrary.com/tmn-telecommunication-management-networks-p-297414.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tmn-telecommunication-management-networks-p-297414.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:33 EDT <b>Physics of Thin Films</b> is one of the longest running continuing series in thin film science, consisting of 25 volumes since 1963. The series contains quality studies of the properties of various thin films materials and systems.
<p>In order to be able to reflect the development of today's science and to cover all modern aspects of thin films, the series, starting with Volume 20, has moved beyond the basic physics of thin films. It now addresses the most important aspects of both inorganic and organic thin films, in both their theoretical as well as technological aspects. Therefore, in order to reflect the modern technology-oriented problems, the title has been slightly modified from <b>Physics of Thin Films</b> to <b>Thin Films</b>.http://www.lybrary.com/author-and-subject-cumulative-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-124-subject-and-author-cumulative-index-volumes-12-p-297413.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/author-and-subject-cumulative-index-including-tables-of-contents-volumes-124-subject-and-author-cumulative-index-volumes-12-p-297413.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:31 EDT Mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical, electronic and computing engineering technologies, is a truly multidisciplinary approach to engineering. New products based on mechatronic principles are demonstrating reduced mechanical complexity, increased performance and often previously impossible capabilities. This book contains the papers presented at the UK Mechatronics Forum's 6th International Conference, held in Skövde, Sweden, in September 1998. Many of these high-quality papers illustrate the tremendous influence of mechatronics on such areas as manufacturing machinery, automotive engineering, textiles manufacture, robotics, and real-time control and vision systems. There are also papers describing developments in sensors, actuators, control and data processing techniques, such as fuzzy logic and neural networks, all of which have practical application to mechatronic systems.http://www.lybrary.com/mechatronics-98-p-297412.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mechatronics-98-p-297412.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:29 EDT Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from valuing interpersonal, communal dependence and has greatly contributed to a rise in the number of people whose suffering is often expressed in addictions and personality disorders. Using actual patient material including diaries and letters, Karen Walant's <i>Creating the Capacity for Attachment</i> shows how "immersive moments" in therapy-moments of complete understanding between patient and therapist-are powerful enough to dislodge the alienated, detached self from its hiding place and enable the individual to begin incorporating his or her inner core into his or her external, social self.http://www.lybrary.com/creating-the-capacity-for-attachment-treating-addictions-and-the-alienated-self-p-297411.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/creating-the-capacity-for-attachment-treating-addictions-and-the-alienated-self-p-297411.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:27 EDT This is a user-friendly (and extensively tested) tool for educational researchers, whether students, faculty or researchers. It focuses on helpful phrases and concepts needed in the writing of research papers, articles, grant proposals, theses and doctoral dissertations.http://www.lybrary.com/the-research-writers-phrase-book-a-guide-to-proposal-writing-and-research-phraseology-p-297410.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-research-writers-phrase-book-a-guide-to-proposal-writing-and-research-phraseology-p-297410.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:24 EDT This volume is the fourth in the series and offers both quality and breadth. As a whole it reflects two increasingly discernible trends in modern structural chemistry. One trend is that parallel to the ever increasing specialization of techniques, there is a strong interaction between the techniques. This interaction crosses the boundaries between various experiments, between the experiments and computations, experiments and theory, and organic and inorganic chemistry. The other trend is the ever increasing penetration of the most modern aspects of structural chemistry the rest of chemistry, making the demarkation of structural chemistry increasingly fuzzy which is the most welcome development from a structural chemist's point of view.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-molecular-structure-research-volume-4-p-297409.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-molecular-structure-research-volume-4-p-297409.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:22 EDT The pages of this extraordinary regional book reveal Whitman not only as poet, but also as serious journalist. Whitman, who lived in the New York area for the first forty-two years of his life, wrote these articles to celebrate his zest and enthusiasm for New York City and Long Island. Originally newspaper serials, this collection bears the impress of Whitman's humanity.http://www.lybrary.com/walt-whitmans-new-york-from-manhattan-to-montauk-p-297408.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/walt-whitmans-new-york-from-manhattan-to-montauk-p-297408.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:19 EDT <b>Regression Analysis for Social Sciences</b> presents methods of regression analysis in an accessible way, with each method having illustrations and examples. A broad spectrum of methods are included: multiple categorical predictors, methods for curvilinear regression, and methods for symmetric regression. This book can be used for courses in regression analysis at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level in the social and behavioral sciences. Most of the techniques are explained step-by-step enabling students and researchers to analyze their own data. Examples include data from the social and behavioral sciences as well as biology, making the book useful for readers with biological and biometrical backgrounds. Sample command and result files for SYSTAT are included in the text.<p>Key Features<br>* Presents accessible methods of regression analysis<br>* Includes a broad spectrum of methods<br>* Techniques are explained step-by-step<br>* Provides sample command and result files for SYSTAThttp://www.lybrary.com/regression-analysis-for-social-sciences-p-297407.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/regression-analysis-for-social-sciences-p-297407.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:17 EDT "Coming down the coastal prairie from Houston on Interstate 45, you can smell the ghosts before you can see or hear them. They smell sweet and moldy, like the unfocused memory of some lost sensation jarred unexpectedly to mind."—from Chapter Onehttp://www.lybrary.com/galveston-a-history-of-the-island-p-297406.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/galveston-a-history-of-the-island-p-297406.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:14 EDT Fresh, interactive student-made bulletin boards that support the math standards. Includes graphing activities, number games, shape stories, how-tos, teaching ideas, AND photos of completed bulletin boards from real classrooms!http://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-math-build-math-concepts-and-skills-with-dozens-of-easytomake-displays-p-297405.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-math-build-math-concepts-and-skills-with-dozens-of-easytomake-displays-p-297405.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:12 EDT Dozens of language arts bulletin boards with complete how-tos, teaching ideas, and management tips! You'll turn to this resource again and again!http://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-language-arts-dozens-of-fresh-and-engaging-displays-that-teach-reading-and-writing-p-297404.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-language-arts-dozens-of-fresh-and-engaging-displays-that-teach-reading-and-writing-p-297404.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:10 EDT More than a dozen adorable activities, games, literature links, poetry, and more—to make the most of your fall themes!http://www.lybrary.com/early-themes-apples-pumpkins-and-harvest-readytogo-activities-games-literature-selections-poetry-and-everything-you-need-p-297403.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/early-themes-apples-pumpkins-and-harvest-readytogo-activities-games-literature-selections-poetry-and-everything-you-need-p-297403.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:08 EDT An insightful introduction to Christian spiritual teaching on the art of prayer with practical examples and exercises.http://www.lybrary.com/spiritual-masters-living-a-life-of-prayer-p-297402.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/spiritual-masters-living-a-life-of-prayer-p-297402.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 00:33:05 EDT These time-saving, year-round boards go up and stay up, growing and changing with the seasons and to fit your curriculum. Includes photos of each bulletin board, step-by-step how-tos, teaching ideas, and much more.http://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-september-to-june-dozens-of-timesaving-creative-displays-that-teach-across-the-curriculum-p-297401.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/interactive-bulletin-boards-september-to-june-dozens-of-timesaving-creative-displays-that-teach-across-the-curriculum-p-297401.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:59 EDT <p>A baby's cries distress everyone within hearing distance. When the crying won't stop, despite rocking, bouncing, feeding, and burping, parents experience helpless agony and frustration—and, sometimes, anger and depression. In <I>Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights, </I>Sandy Jones soothes overwrought parents and helps them identify the source of their baby's suffering. Writing with empathy for parent and child alike, Jones answers questions such as:</p>• What does my baby's cry mean?</p>• Is my baby suffering from colic? Allergies?</p>• Is there something wrong with my milk?</p>• How can I ever get some rest?</p><p>"A well-researched, sensitive, and practical book."http://www.lybrary.com/crying-baby-sleepless-nights-why-your-baby-is-crying-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-p-297400.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/crying-baby-sleepless-nights-why-your-baby-is-crying-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-p-297400.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:57 EDT Teach your students how to identify persuasive words, analyze ads and commercials, and to direct their own writing at a specific audience. Includes great ideas for writing and giving speeches, too!http://www.lybrary.com/persuasive-writing-minilessons-•-strategies-•-activities-p-297399.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/persuasive-writing-minilessons-•-strategies-•-activities-p-297399.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:55 EDT <span><span><span>This handy outdoor cooking guide covers everything from fires to fixin's and includes more than 200 easy, delicious recipes for preparing meats, vegetables, breads, and desserts. Photos and illustrations. </span></span></span>http://www.lybrary.com/campers-guide-to-outdoor-cooking-everything-from-fires-to-fixins-p-297398.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/campers-guide-to-outdoor-cooking-everything-from-fires-to-fixins-p-297398.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:52 EDT Another Claudia Valentine murder mystery, and winner of the 1993 Shamus Crime Fiction Award.http://www.lybrary.com/the-last-tango-of-dolores-delgado-p-297397.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-last-tango-of-dolores-delgado-p-297397.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:49 EDT <p>A team of scientists and researchers endured incredible hardships to reach a site many would rather avoid - the Alaskan wilderness - and in the process, uncovered unfossilized dinosaur bones. The implications are enormous, for how can dinosaurs be 65 million years old if their bones are still unfozzilized?</p><p>Join the team and thrill at the photographs and tales of danger, as <i>The Great Alaskan Dinosaur Adventure</i>drops a bombshell on the scientific community.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/great-alaskan-dinosaur-adventure-p-297396.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/great-alaskan-dinosaur-adventure-p-297396.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:46 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/treasury-of-texas-trivia-p-297395.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/treasury-of-texas-trivia-p-297395.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:44 EDT A fascinating biography of Bulgaria's tragic monarch, Boris III, based on private correspondence and extensive interviews with members of the Bulgarian royal family. The son of King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Boris became king after the first World War. Noted for defying Hitler wishes for Bulgaria's Jews, the popular king died mysteriously in 1943 after a stormy meeting with Hitler.http://www.lybrary.com/crown-of-thorns-the-reign-of-king-boris-iii-of-bulgaria-19181943-p-297394.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/crown-of-thorns-the-reign-of-king-boris-iii-of-bulgaria-19181943-p-297394.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:41 EDT In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States. How Americans address these issues, the contributors argue, will shape broader debates about multiculturalism, civic virtue and national identity. The response will also determine how many immigrants become citizens and under what conditions, what these new citizens learn_and teach_about the meaning of American citizenship, and whether Americans regard newcomers as intruders or as fellow citizens with whom they share a common fate.http://www.lybrary.com/immigration-and-citizenship-in-the-twentyfirst-century-p-297393.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/immigration-and-citizenship-in-the-twentyfirst-century-p-297393.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:39 EDT In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States. How Americans address these issues, the contributors argue, will shape broader debates about multiculturalism, civic virtue and national identity. The response will also determine how many immigrants become citizens and under what conditions, what these new citizens learn_and teach_about the meaning of American citizenship, and whether Americans regard newcomers as intruders or as fellow citizens with whom they share a common fate.http://www.lybrary.com/immigration-and-citizenship-in-the-twentyfirst-century-p-297392.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/immigration-and-citizenship-in-the-twentyfirst-century-p-297392.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:37 EDT To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.http://www.lybrary.com/messengers-of-god-a-jewish-prophets-whos-who-p-297391.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/messengers-of-god-a-jewish-prophets-whos-who-p-297391.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:33 EDT "Do I really need a budget? How can I get out of debt? Should I give my kids an allowance? Should Christians lend money and charge interest?" These questions and many others were often asked of respected Christian financial counselor Larry Burkett. To answer them in a direct and brief way and help you discover the way to financial wisdom, Larry wrote <EM>Personal Finances</EM>. To manage your finances correctly, you need a budget. Get on board with the basics of wise financial planning. From the youngest member of your family to the oldest, budgeting should accompany income. Learn how to create a budget and what it takes to stick with it in <EM>Personal Finances.</EM> This book is a handy quick-reference book, and is great for individuals and families. It gives readers the basics on creating and maintaining a budget.http://www.lybrary.com/personal-finances-p-297390.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/personal-finances-p-297390.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:30 EDT A handy quick-reference book, great for individuals and families. Readers will love this financial expert's explanation of the biblical instructions for giving sacrificially. Blend of dramatic vignettes and practical instruction.http://www.lybrary.com/giving-and-tithing-includes-serving-and-stewardship-p-297389.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/giving-and-tithing-includes-serving-and-stewardship-p-297389.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:28 EDT <p>Bill and Poetry catch the biggest fish ever to swim in Sugar Creek and then are nearly run over by a stampeding blue cow. Shorty Long's fence-crossing cow brings all kinds of adventure to the Sugar Creek Gang. Bill and Shorty mix it up several times, but a crisis with the cow brings the two boys together. See the power of prayer as Bill and his mother fight to save the life of Shorty's blue cow.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-blue-cow-p-297388.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-blue-cow-p-297388.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:25 EDT <p>Someone is stealing muskrats from Circus's traps. When the Sugar Creek Gang follows his hunting dog Old Jay, they discover much more than a raccoon trapped in a tree. This Indian summer adventure includes Halloween pranks, a wild truck ride through an apple orchard, and some genuine fistfights. Everything isn't always what it appears to be on the surface as the Sugar Creek Gang learns that honesty is more than just the best policy...it's the way God commands us to live.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-trapline-thief-p-297387.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-trapline-thief-p-297387.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:23 EDT <p>What do a stolen watermelon and a grocery store robbery have in common? You'll have to read <EM>The Watermelon Mystery</EM> to find out. First, Bill and Poetry discover somebody's watermelon in their favorite spring. Next, they spot a thief in the Collins' melon patch. And then there's that mysterious rowboat on Sugar Creek in the middle of the night. Tracking down a mystery requires courage and conviction on the part of the Sugar Creek Gang. Before the mystery is solved, the boys learn the importance of forgiving those who have sinned against us.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-watermelon-mystery-p-297386.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-watermelon-mystery-p-297386.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:21 EDT <p>Two leather-jacketed motorcycle gang members ride into town and steer the Sugar Creek Gang into a dangerous adventure. Two mysterious boxes form the heart of this mystery. Before it's over, the Sugar Creek Gang find themselves held hostage in Old Man Paddler's cabin. Read along as the gang sees a father's love in action, the kind that will track down a son who has gone astray.<p></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-brown-box-mystery-p-297385.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-brown-box-mystery-p-297385.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:19 EDT <p>The motorboat <EM>Vida Eterna</EM> is racing up and down Sugar Creek and leaving excitement in its wake. Its owner, John Fenwick, a missionary to Costa Rica, and his wife are spending a month in the new Sugar Creek missionary cabin. A new rifle and a fishing tackle box lead to some life or death adventures for the Sugar Creek Gang. As you read this book, you'll see the importance of swimming upstream with your life, like the Sugar Creek Gang, rather than floating downstream, like an old dead fish.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-white-boat-rescue-p-297384.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-white-boat-rescue-p-297384.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:17 EDT <p>A fine pet funeral for the finest dog that ever lived in the Sugar Creek territory kicks off this installment in the Sugar Creek Gang adventures. Mysterious howling in the middle of the night causes Bill to wonder if a ghost dog is roaming the woods. Later, in the same woods, strange lights in the sky cause the gang to wonder if a UFO has come to visit. Solve these nighttime mysteries with the Sugar Creek Gang and discover the answer to this burning question: Will my pet be in heaven?<p></p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-ghost-dog-p-297383.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-ghost-dog-p-297383.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:15 EDT Kids will love these lively, short and simple plays on favorite themes: pets, losing a tooth, making new friends, and more. Adorable illustrations, rhymes, repetition, and language help to bolster reading and oral language skills.http://www.lybrary.com/25-justright-plays-for-emergent-readers-reproducible-•-thematic-•-with-crosscurricular-extension-activities-p-297382.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/25-justright-plays-for-emergent-readers-reproducible-•-thematic-•-with-crosscurricular-extension-activities-p-297382.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 23:33:11 EDT Whether you're a master chef or a home cook, you know that great cooking starts with outstanding raw ingredients. Waldy Malouf is famous for the ways he transforms the rich harvest of his beloved Hudson River Valley into splendid fare that is elegant yet down-to-earth, innovative but true to its roots.<BR>In more than 200 recipes, Chef Malouf shares his pleasure in cooking with the many fresh ingredients, from delicate baby salad greens and earthy root vegetables to free-range chickens and handcrafted cheeses, widely available nowadays not just in the Hudson Valley but anywhere. In a book nominated for a prestigious Julia Child Cookbook Award, Malouf draws inspiration from the valley's landscape and its people as he serves up a feast of American regional cooking at its finest.http://www.lybrary.com/the-hudson-river-valley-cookbook-a-leading-american-chef-savors-the-regions-bounty-p-297381.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-hudson-river-valley-cookbook-a-leading-american-chef-savors-the-regions-bounty-p-297381.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:59 EDT <p>This set includes books 25-30 in the Sugar Creek Gang Series: <EM>The Ghost Dog</EM>, <EM>The White Boat Rescue</EM>, <EM>The Brown Box Mystery</EM>, <EM>The Watermelon Mystery</EM>, <EM>The Trapline Thief</EM>, and <EM>The Blue Cow</EM>.<p>In <EM>The Ghost Dog</EM>, a fine pet funeral for the finest dog that ever lived in the Sugar Creek Gang territory kicks off this exciting adventure. But when Bill hears a mysterious dog howling in the middle of the night, he wonders if a ghost dog is roaming the woods. And later, in those same woods, strange lights in the sky cause the Gang to wonder if a UFO has come to visit. Solve these nighttime mysteries with the Sugar Creek Gang and discover the answer to this burning question: Will my pet be in heaven?<p>In <EM>The White Boat Rescue</EM>, the <EM>Vida Eterna</EM> fishing boat is racing up and down Sugar Creek and leaving excitement in its wake. John Fenwick, a missionary to Costa Rica, and his wife are spending a month in the new Sugar Creek missionary cabin. New rifles and fishing tackle boxes lead to some life-or-death adventures for Gang. Come along with the Sugar Creek Gang and learn the importance of swimming upstream with your life, rather than floating downstream like an old, dead fish.<p>In <EM>The Brown Box Mystery</EM>, two leather-jacketed motorcycle gang members ride into town and steer the Sugar Creek Gang into a dangerous adventure. Two mysterious boxes, one from Palm Tree Island and the other offering an anonymous reward, are at the heart of the mystery. Before it's solved, the Gang find themselves held hostage in Old Man Paddler's cabin. Join the Sugar Creek Gang as they see the love of a father in action, the kind that will track down a son who has gone astray.<p>In <EM>The Watermelon Mystery</EM>, a grocery store robbery occurs. Then, somebody steals Bill Collins's prize watermelon. There's thievery going on near Sugar Creek! And Bill is sure thatthe Till boys have something to do with it! Poetry and Bill start collecting clues. They find a map of Sugar Creek territory hidden in a floating watermelon and encounter strange happenings in the middle of the night. Join the Sugar Creek Gang as they learn not to jump to conclusions, for some things are not as they appear.<p>In <EM>The Trapline Thief</EM>, someone is stealing muskrats from Circus's traps. When the Sugar Creek Gang follows Circus's hunting dog, Old Jay, they discover much more than a raccoon trapped in a tree. This Indian Summer adventure includes Halloween pranks, a wild truck ride through an apple orchard, and some genuine fistfights. Everything isn't always as it appears to be on the surface as the Sugar Creek Gang learns that honesty is more than just the best policy... it's the way God commands us to live.<p>In <EM>The Blue Cow</EM>, Bill and Poetry catch the biggest fish ever to swim in Sugar Creek and then are nearly run over by a stampeding blue cow. Shorty Long's fence-crossing cow brings all kinds of adventures to the Sugar Creek Gang. Bill and Shorty mix it up several times, but a crisis with Shorty's blue cow brings the two boys together. Experience the power of prayer as Bill and his mother fight to save the life of Shorty's blue cow.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/sugar-creek-gang-set-books-2530-p-297380.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sugar-creek-gang-set-books-2530-p-297380.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:56 EDT <i>Writing Fiction Step by Step</i> gives you more than 200 exercises that will sharpen your writing skills while helping you develop complete short stories, even novels.<p>In this sequel to his very popular <i>Fiction Writer's Workshop</i>, Whiting Award-winning author Josip Novakovich shows you that writing fiction is about making connections&#150between character and plot, setting and conflict, memory and imagination. You'll make these connections by linking the exercises. A character invented in chapter two can appear in a scene outlined in chapter eight and can speak in a voice developed in chapter ten.<p>Embark on a unique writing journey and learn step by step how to craft fiction that captivates readers.http://www.lybrary.com/writing-fiction-step-by-step-p-297379.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/writing-fiction-step-by-step-p-297379.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:54 EDT Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed, from visualizing lines to interpreting tire temps to put you in front of the pack. Includes discussion of practice techniques, chassis set-up, and working with your pit chief.http://www.lybrary.com/speed-secrets-professional-race-driving-techniques-p-297378.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/speed-secrets-professional-race-driving-techniques-p-297378.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:50 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/military-geography-p-297377.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/military-geography-p-297377.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:47 EDT A guide to the parallel revolutions in technology, organizations, and leadership This practical yet thought-provoking book presents a wealth of evidence to show that the two recurrent themes of democracy and enterprise are transforming our institutions. Organizations are becoming changing clusters of entrepreneurial units working together to form "internal markets," while this diversity is being integrated into a "corporate community" that unites the interests of investors, workers, clients, business partners, and the public. Even fierce competitors are cooperating. o "Serving enterprises" make customers working partners in the creation of value o "Knowledge entrepreneurs" form teams of self-managed internal enterprises o "Internal markets" and "Corporate community" harness external forces to drive continuous change o The power of "inner leadership" unites liberated workers, critical clients, and temporary business partners o "Intelligent growth" offers strategic advantage that is ecologically benign Illustrative examples, survey data, trends, anecdotes, and exercises offer original insights into the use of New Management principles. In addition, mini-case studies of MCI, Saturn, The Body Shop, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Southwest Airlines, Home Depot, IKEA, Wal-Mart and other great companies illustrate vividly how creative managers design and lead organizations in an era of global competition, constant change, and empowered people. The author also analyzes critical issues, such as the nagging old conflict between profit and society, to provide managers a comprehensive, stimulating guide to where their craft is heading. Halal argues that the transition to a New Management is almost inevitable because it is being driven not by altruism or even good leadership, but by the relentless advance of the Information Revolution. Only small entrepreneurial teams operating from the bottom-up can master today's exploding complexity, and gaining stakeholder support is now essential because a knowledge-based economy has made cooperation a competitive advantage. Rather than fussing over quick fixes, The New Management points the way toward more fundamental solutions to the massive changes that will confront all institutions as the transition to a knowledge society rolls on into the 21st century.http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-management-bringing-democracy-and-markets-inside-organizations-p-297376.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-management-bringing-democracy-and-markets-inside-organizations-p-297376.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:44 EDT A humorous survey of the more obscure species of dinosaurs, this book describes the appearance and habits of 18 outrageous creatures, including the Surfosaurus, Snifflesaurus, and Rockadopolis Rex.http://www.lybrary.com/dinosaurs-i-have-known-p-297375.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dinosaurs-i-have-known-p-297375.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:42 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/biological-magnetic-resonance-volume-14-spin-labeling-p-297374.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/biological-magnetic-resonance-volume-14-spin-labeling-p-297374.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:39 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/asking-to-die-inside-the-dutch-debate-about-euthanasia-p-297373.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/asking-to-die-inside-the-dutch-debate-about-euthanasia-p-297373.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:37 EDT " When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments. When a Korean came to stay at the 8076th, word of her beauty spread so rapidly that they needed MPs just to direct traffic. Apel also recalls a North Korean aviator, nicknamed "Bedcheck Charlie," who would drop a phony grenade from an open-cockpit biplane, a story later filmed for the television series. He also tells of the day the tent surrounding the women's shower was "accidentally" blown off by a passing helicopter. In addition to his own story, Apel details the operating conditions, workload, and patient care at the MASH units while revealing the remarkable advances made in emergency medical care. MASH units were the first hospitals designed for operations close to the front lines, and from this particularly difficult vantage, their medical staffs were responsible for innovations in the use of antibiotics and blood plasma and in arterial repair. On film and television, MASH doctors and nurses have been portrayed as irreverent and having little patience with standard military procedures. In this powerful memoir, Apel reveals just how realistic these portrayals were.http://www.lybrary.com/mash-p-297372.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mash-p-297372.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:34 EDT No family today is more dysfunctional than Joseph's. No one faces greated temptation than Potiphar's wife offered Joseph. No faith is challenged more severely than was Joseph's on death row. Yet Joseph stood firm, exemplifying what is possible when ordinary people maintain their connections with God. Like an epic novel filled with intrigue, tension, and torrential emotions, Joseph's triumphiant story touches us all. This third volume in Charles Swindoll's"Great Lives" series presents a fresh look at one of the most intriguing characters in the Old Testament and focuses on the virtue of forgiveness in the face of deceit and betrayal.http://www.lybrary.com/joseph-p-297371.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/joseph-p-297371.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:32 EDT This refreshing approach to the act of dreaming allows you to explore your full potential through the control of your dreams. It aches the reader how to construct dreams that will improve reality, and demonstrates how such dreams directly affect our lives.http://www.lybrary.com/dreaming-realities-p-297370.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dreaming-realities-p-297370.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:30 EDT Written by popular Christian singer Crystal Lewis, this devotional book reflects upon the songs on her latest album, Gold--songs that speak of God's faithfulness in the midst of hard times.http://www.lybrary.com/gold-p-297369.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gold-p-297369.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:27 EDT <p>A contemporary, foundational statement of classic reformed faith, now revised and updated.</p><ul> <li>Comprehensive, coherent, contextual, and conversational</li> <li>Scripture-saturated, with more exegesis and more Scripture quotations than other one-volume theologies</li> <li>Upholds classic Calvinist positions on baptism, the Trinity, church government, and much more</li> <li>Interacts with contemporary issues and the work of other theologians</li> <li>Reveals the author's warmth and sensitivity born of more than 25 years as a professor at leading Reformed seminaries</li> <li>Numerous appendices covering special topics; abundant resources for further study through footnotes, and a selective bibliography</li> <li>A textbook for theology students, a life-long reference for libraries, ministers, teachers, and professional theologians</li></ul>http://www.lybrary.com/a-new-systematic-theology-of-the-christian-faith-p-297368.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/a-new-systematic-theology-of-the-christian-faith-p-297368.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:25 EDT With her trademark combination of intrigue, adventure and sensual romance, <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Janelle Taylor crafts novels that hold readers spellbound time and time again, now, she recreates the rugged grandFR DE of the old southwest in her lushest, most romantic love story yet.<p>Feisty and beautiful Maggie Malone is determined to earn her livelihood as a private detective--a daunting profession unheard of for a woman on her own in the wild West. And when her stepfather asks her to help his son escape the hangman's noose for a bank robbery he didn't commit, she rises to the challenge. The Yuma Prison break will place Maggie's own life in jeopardy--and leave her with grave doubts about whether she's done right or terribly wrong...<p>Sworn to help clear her stepbrother's name by tracking down the men who framed him, Maggie meets Hawk Reynolds. An ex-Texas Ranger and half-blood Cheyenne, Hawk is on a vengeance quest to find his parents' killers--the same desperadoes Maggie is seeking. Destiny draws Hawk and Maggie to each other and to the stirring of an unbidden, irresistible desire. Together, they will ride into Tombstone and into a crossfire of lies, double dealings, and searing betrayal as they search for answers that will sow the seeds of suspicion between them--and arouse a passion fated to explode beneath the bright desert sky.http://www.lybrary.com/wild-winds-p-297367.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wild-winds-p-297367.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:23 EDT It's the little things that make a difference, especially when it comes to leading a worry-free life. Instead of getting bogged down in frustration and annoyance let the wisdom of the apostle Paul keep you on a steady course. From being the first one to forgive to learning to see difficult situations through the eyes of faith. 100 biblical principles give you tried and true ways to live life more fully, effectively, and joyfully.http://www.lybrary.com/god-said-it-dont-sweat-it-p-297366.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/god-said-it-dont-sweat-it-p-297366.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:21 EDT A brilliant, hallucinatory mixture of Boys' Own adventure, psychological thriller and small-town saga. Fourteen-year-old Neddy Poindexter and his mate Les take swift revenge on the chook-rustling Lynch Gang, but things turn sinister when Hubert Salter stalks into Klynham. There's a sex killer on the loose, and Neddy fears for his sister's safety.http://www.lybrary.com/the-scarecrow-p-297365.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-scarecrow-p-297365.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:18 EDT <I>Bitter Waters</I> is Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov's eyewitness account of life in the Soviet Union during the tumultuous 1930s, a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history. Forced collectivization, Five Year Plans, purges, and the phony achievements of “shock worker brigades" are only part of this story. Using this memoir of his youth to explore every aspect of Stalinist society, Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy to be little more than a web of corruption—a system that only functioned through bribery, barter, and brute force.http://www.lybrary.com/bitter-waters-life-and-work-in-stalins-russia-p-297364.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bitter-waters-life-and-work-in-stalins-russia-p-297364.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:15 EDT Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from valuing interpersonal, communal dependence and has greatly contributed to a rise in the number of people whose suffering is often expressed in addictions and personality disorders. Using actual patient material including diaries and letters, Karen Walant's <i>Creating the Capacity for Attachment</i> shows how "immersive moments" in therapy-moments of complete understanding between patient and therapist-are powerful enough to dislodge the alienated, detached self from its hiding place and enable the individual to begin incorporating his or her inner core into his or her external, social self.http://www.lybrary.com/creating-the-capacity-for-attachment-treating-addictions-and-the-alienated-self-p-297363.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/creating-the-capacity-for-attachment-treating-addictions-and-the-alienated-self-p-297363.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:33:13 EDT One in the 'Teenage Drama' series, this is a play which can be performed by three or more actors and deals with the relationship between parents and teenagers. In 1994 'Fossils' toured regional NSW after a successful premiere season at Wollongong's Theatre South. The author teaches broadcast production and scriptwriting courses at the Sydney Institute of Technology and playwriting at the Australian College of Entertainment.http://www.lybrary.com/fossils-p-297362.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fossils-p-297362.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:31:35 EDT An important play which raises many issues which need discussion in the 1990's. It paints a powerful picture of a family without moral, material, aesthetic or imaginative resource, each of them victims of a cycle of deprivation from which they can see relief only through money and physical power. The vicious murder of a woman is the culmination of the frustrated expression of anger by the men, who are, nonetheless, loved and cared for by their own women.http://www.lybrary.com/the-boys-p-297361.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-boys-p-297361.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:31:16 EDT Text of a play which was commissioned by the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney and deals with young people facing end-of-year exams. This author's previous works include The Kid', The Astronaut's Wife', On Top of the World' and Away'. Away' won the 1986 Premier's Award for Best Play, the Sydney Theatre Critics Award and the 1987 Awgie Award.http://www.lybrary.com/all-stops-out-p-297360.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/all-stops-out-p-297360.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:30:41 EDT Introducing issues in dynamic memory and case-based reasoning, this comprehensive volume presents extended descriptions of four major programming efforts conducted at Yale during the past several years. Each descriptive chapter is followed by a companion chapter containing the micro program version of the information.<p>The authors emphasize that the only true way to learn and understand any AI program is to program it yourself. To this end, the book develops a deeper and richer understanding of the content through LISP programming instructions that allow the running, modification, and extension of the micro programs developed by the authors.http://www.lybrary.com/inside-casebased-reasoning-p-297359.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/inside-casebased-reasoning-p-297359.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:23 EDT See Volume I (0-89859-367-0) for full description and TOC.http://www.lybrary.com/the-crosslinguistic-study-of-language-acquisition-volume-2-theoretical-issues-p-297358.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-crosslinguistic-study-of-language-acquisition-volume-2-theoretical-issues-p-297358.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:20 EDT In presenting an innovative theory of sex differences in the social context, this volume applies social-role theory and meta-analytic techniques to research in aggression, social influence, helping, nonverbal, and group behavior. Eagly's findings show that gender stereotypic behavior results from different male and female role expectations, and that the disparity between these gender stereotypes and actual sex differences is not as great as is often believed.http://www.lybrary.com/sex-differences-in-social-behavior-a-socialrole-interpretation-p-297357.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sex-differences-in-social-behavior-a-socialrole-interpretation-p-297357.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:18 EDT <EM>Defiance in the Family</EM> follows the treatment of childhood and adolescent defiance through therapy, from intake to termination. The authors take a unique view of defiance as an expression of a child's worry for a family that is not working properly and as the child's means of protecting the inner self in the face of family turmoil.http://www.lybrary.com/defiance-in-the-family-finding-hope-in-therapy-p-297356.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/defiance-in-the-family-finding-hope-in-therapy-p-297356.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:14 EDT There is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. But if we are to understand the role of alcohol in society, then at the very least we need to acknowledge the pleasure as well as the pain. Alcohol and Pleasure aims to bring together existing knowledge on the role of pleasure in drinking and determine whether the concept is useful for scientific understanding and policy consideration.http://www.lybrary.com/alcohol-and-pleasure-a-health-perspective-p-297355.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/alcohol-and-pleasure-a-health-perspective-p-297355.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:11 EDT This book uses current psychosocial literature in combination with empirical research and clinical accounts of family adaptation to help professionals and families cope with the impact of cancer. It is broad in scope and includes families in any life cycle (i.e. single adults, children, adolescents, and later life). This book, with its solid theoretical foundation, will be especially beneficial to any professional who is helping a family to adapt to cancer.http://www.lybrary.com/cancer-and-the-family-life-cycle-a-practitioners-guide-p-297354.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cancer-and-the-family-life-cycle-a-practitioners-guide-p-297354.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:08 EDT This classic text is an indispensable resource for beginning couples therapists: a concise, practical guide to moving from theory and content to process and the therapist's use of self.http://www.lybrary.com/couples-in-treatment-p-297353.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/couples-in-treatment-p-297353.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:04 EDT Through the use of case studies and more than 150 illustrations of patient artwork, this book summarizes findings of cognitive development and art therapy practices.http://www.lybrary.com/art-as-language-access-to-emotions-and-cognitive-skills-through-drawings-p-297352.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/art-as-language-access-to-emotions-and-cognitive-skills-through-drawings-p-297352.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:31:02 EDT This book introduces the reader to the approach and general philosophy of the use of art as an additional language in group therapy. It demonstrates the usefulness of the language of art in enabling group therapists and their clients to understand group members' perceptions of constructs and realities.http://www.lybrary.com/group-process-made-visible-the-use-of-art-in-group-therapy-p-297351.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/group-process-made-visible-the-use-of-art-in-group-therapy-p-297351.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:59 EDT This book will interest clinicians who have wondered what professional practice would be like in the corporate setting and want to learn more about the psychological and organizational dynamics that 'drive' executive behavior. Based on the premise that leadership effectiveness is a function of both leader productivity and health, this book reviews the latest information and research data and offers case studies to illustrate specific strategies for maximizing executive health. Len Sperry has been consulting to executives and organizations for 30 years and has written numerous articles and several books on executives and workplace dynamics.http://www.lybrary.com/effective-leadership-strategies-for-maximizing-executive-productivity-and-health-p-297350.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/effective-leadership-strategies-for-maximizing-executive-productivity-and-health-p-297350.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:56 EDT The authors of this controversial volume have collected case studies and observational accounts of caregivers for over 15 years. Iatrogenic harm is a serious and widespread problem that many have been reluctant to speak out about for fear of being blacklisted by their colleagues. In writing this book the authors hope to establish guidelines that will help caregivers to recognize and deal with potentially harmful behavior thereby improving the standards of care for all patients.http://www.lybrary.com/helping-the-helpers-not-to-harm-p-297349.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/helping-the-helpers-not-to-harm-p-297349.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:53 EDT <EM>Cognitive Coping Therapy</EM> partners coping skills therapy and cognitive behavior therapy. It offers cognitive coping therapy, which essentially develops coping skills therapy, into a comprehensive model of care. It presents a practiced theory and underlying philosophy for the approach, along with methodology and guidelines for implementing it. It refines and further extends cognitive behavioral practice theory and, in doing so, offers case studies to illustrate how to use the model with a variety of disorders. A new coping skills slant for treating a variety of disorders.http://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-coping-therapy-p-297348.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-coping-therapy-p-297348.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:50 EDT Edited by two significant contributors to the trauma literature, this book examines the long-lasting personal and multigenerational imprint of Soviet trauma and the ongoing stresses of life after Communism, and promises to be a classic work of value for years to come. Through the voices of East European clinicians from six countries, we learn of their professional lives under traumatic conditions and of their clients' lives, under similar conditions. The clinicians share case studies of clients ranging in age from childhood to late adulthood. Through the course of treatment, the psychopathologies resulting from living under oppressive conditions became clear. These effects are so powerfully widespread that the clinicians themselves discover that in order to treat their clients they must also explore and understand their own traumatic past. First-person narratives are interspersed with psychological theory and techniques, providing a full, rich understanding of the experience. Newly sensitized by international terrorism, we are now more aware than ever of the impact of a pervasively traumatic climate. Studying trauma in the Soviet era, has much to teach us regarding the fears of today. This book will be of interest to psychologists, historians, social psychologists, readers in political science, and mental health professionals at all levels, particularly those who work with individuals who have suffered trauma from political oppression or genocide.http://www.lybrary.com/beyond-invisible-walls-the-psychological-legacy-of-soviet-trauma-east-european-therapists-and-their-patients-p-297347.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/beyond-invisible-walls-the-psychological-legacy-of-soviet-trauma-east-european-therapists-and-their-patients-p-297347.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:47 EDT I<EM>Attachment and Family Systems</EM> is a cogent and compelling text addressing the undeniable overlap between two systems of thought that deal with the nature of interpersonal relationships and how these impact functioning. In this enlightening work, leading thinkers in the field apply attachment theory within a systemic framework to a variety of life cycle transitional tasks and clinical issues.http://www.lybrary.com/attachment-and-family-systems-conceptual-empirical-and-therapeutic-relatedness-p-297346.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/attachment-and-family-systems-conceptual-empirical-and-therapeutic-relatedness-p-297346.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:44 EDT This book is a compilation of twelve interviews with brief therapy experts and some of the field's most influential innovators (O'Hanlon, de Shazer, White, and Meichenbaum to name a few). The interviews, conducted to explore technical, theoretical, and ethical aspects of the theory and practice of brief therapy, offer the give-and-take spontaneity that can only be found in an interview style. The selection of the content is based on both the expertise of the interviewees as well as those issues of most concern to the field: managed care and economics, ethics, and being solution-focused.http://www.lybrary.com/interviews-with-brief-therapy-experts-p-297345.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/interviews-with-brief-therapy-experts-p-297345.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:41 EDT The new edition of this highly-regarded book includes comprehensive discussion of the nature of an affair and the five types of affairs and their underlying dynamics. The author addresses issues regarding revealing the affair, management of the consequences, rebuilding, and treating an unmarried third party, as well as the host of complex issues regarding children and custody arrangements. New material for the second edition includes cybersex and the effects of new technology on fidelity in marriage; the effects of managed care on treatment; marriage to the third party; and a new chapter on affairs and violence.http://www.lybrary.com/patterns-of-infidelity-and-their-treatment-p-297344.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/patterns-of-infidelity-and-their-treatment-p-297344.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:38 EDT <p><EM>The Quintessential Zerka</EM> documents the origins and development of the theory and practice of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy through the work and innovation of its co-creator, Zerka Toeman Moreno.</p><p>This comprehensive handbook brings together history, philosophy, methodology and application. It shows the pioneering role that Zerka, along with her husband J. L. Moreno, played in the development, not only of the methods of psychodrama and sociometry, but of the entire group psychotherapy movement worldwide. It demonstrates the extent to which Zerka's intuitive and intellectual grasp of the work, combined with her superb ability to organize and synthesize, continue to exert an influence on the field. Toni Horvatin and Edward Schreiber have selected articles that span a career of some sixty years, from Zerka's very first publication to recent, previously unpublished, work. Personal anecdotes and poetry from Zerka herself provide a valuable context for each individual article. The selection includes:</p><UL> <LI>psychodrama, it's relation to stage, radio and motion pictures</LI> <LI>psychodramatic rules, techniques and adjunctive methods</LI> <LI>beyond aristotle, breuer and freud: Moreno's contribution to the concept of catharsis</LI> <LI>psychodrama, role theory and the concept of the social atom.</LI></UL><p>This book provides a rich source of insight and inspiration for all those interested in the history, development and practice of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy, whatever their level of experience. It will be of interest to anyone involved in the fields of psychology, counselling, sociology, social work, education, theatre, or human relations.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-quintessential-zerka-writings-by-zerka-toeman-moreno-on-psychodrama-sociometry-and-group-psychotherapy-p-297343.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-quintessential-zerka-writings-by-zerka-toeman-moreno-on-psychodrama-sociometry-and-group-psychotherapy-p-297343.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:36 EDT This distinctive handbook is a key reference for both clinicians and researchers working in the scientific investigation of aphasia. The focus is on how the study of acquired language disorders has contributed to our understanding of normal language and its neural substrates, and to the clinical management of language disorders. The handbook is unique in that it reviews studies from the major disciplines in which aphasia research is conducted - cognitive neuropsychology, linguistics, neurology, neuroimaging, and speech-language pathology - as they apply to each topic of language. For each language domain (such as reading), there is a chapter devoted to theory and models of the language task, a chapter devoted to the neural basis of the language task (focusing on recent neuroimaging studies) and a chapter devoted to clinical diagnosis and treatment of impairments in that domain.http://www.lybrary.com/the-handbook-of-adult-language-disorders-p-297342.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-handbook-of-adult-language-disorders-p-297342.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:33 EDT This important new book explores the psychological motives that shape the extent and nature of people's cooperative behavior in the groups, organizations and societies to which they belong. Individuals may choose to expend a great deal of effort on promoting the goals and functioning of the group, they may take a passive role, or they may engage in behaviors targeted towards harming the group and its goals. Such decisions have important implications for the group's functioning and viability, and the goal of this book is to understand the factors that influence these choices.http://www.lybrary.com/cooperation-in-groups-procedural-justice-social-identity-and-behavioral-engagement-p-297341.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cooperation-in-groups-procedural-justice-social-identity-and-behavioral-engagement-p-297341.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:30 EDT Memory and consciousness have been objects of fascination to psychologists and other brain scientists for over one hundred years. Because of the complexity of the two topics, however, and despite great efforts spent on their study, the progress in their understanding over most of this time has been rather slow. Recently, thanks to new techniques and to changing pre-theoretical orientations, the study of the role of the brain in memory and consciousness has received an immense boost, and has become a central focus of research activity by thousands of researchers worldwide.<p>The volume reviews recent progress on our understanding of memory, consciousness and the brain and identifies a number of acute outstanding problems. The purpose of the volume, based on a conference in Tallinn, is to look to the future, and not simply to share knowledge from ongoing research. In this sense, the volume does not contain a comprehensive overview of the field, but rather showcases a selection of exciting ideas in cognitive neuroscience. Contributors include some of the world's best-known cognitive brain scientists who have greatly contributed to our understanding of memory as a relation between the brain and the mind, as well as a number of highly promising younger researchers in the field. Memory, Consciousness and the Brain will be essential reading for anyone interested in the latest cutting-edge thinking at the interface of these topics, and in the future directions in which it may take us.http://www.lybrary.com/memory-consciousness-and-the-brain-the-tallinn-conference-p-297340.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/memory-consciousness-and-the-brain-the-tallinn-conference-p-297340.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:30:27 EDT How do people search evidence for a hypothesis? A well documented answer in cognitive psychology is that they search for confirming evidence. However, the rational strategy is to try to falsify the hypothesis. This book critically evaluates this contradiction. Experimental research is discussed against the background of philosophical and formal theories of hypothesis testing with striking results: Falsificationism and verificationism - the two main rival philosophies of testing - come down to one and the same principle for concrete testing behaviour, eluding the contrast between rational falsification and confirmation bias. <BR>In this book, the author proposes a new perspective for describing hypothesis testing behaviour - the probability-value model - which unifies the contrasting views. According to this model, hypothesis testers pragmatically consider what evidence and how much evidence will convince them to reject or accept the hypothesis. They might either require highly probative evidence for its acceptance, at the risk of its rejection, or protect it against rejection and go for minor confirming observations. Interestingly, the model refines the classical opposition between rationality and pragmaticity because pragmatic considerations are a legitimate aspect of 'rational' hypothesis testing. Possible future research and applications of the ideas advanced are discussed, such as the modelling of expert hypothesis testing.http://www.lybrary.com/hypothesistesting-behaviour-p-297339.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hypothesistesting-behaviour-p-297339.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:18 EDT The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 left 25 million Russians living outside the Russian Federation. This important new book explores their social identity, examining the mutually held perceptions, fears and resulting nationalism of both the ethnic Russians living outside the Russian Federation and the indigenous, or 'titular', populations they live amongst. <BR>Based on a unique study involving national surveys conducted in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Kazakhstan, the book maps the main individual, intergroup and cross-national factors that shape the fears of 'titulars' and Russians as well as the possible consequences and the risk of ethnic conflict in the five republics. There is detailed statistical analysis of how background factors (personal and national) affect intergroup perceptions; along with discussion of mutual stereotypes, social distance, language and the perception of citizenship and analysis of the dynamics of assimilation and separation of Russians in former soviet states. The attitudes of both groups to other smaller minority groups are also examined.<BR>This book provides significant new conclusions on the complexity of intergroup relations and seeks to relate these findings to a general theory of intergroup relations. It will be essential reading for those working in this area within the disciplines of Psychology, Sociology and Politics.http://www.lybrary.com/intergroup-relations-in-states-of-the-former-soviet-union-the-perception-of-russians-p-297338.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/intergroup-relations-in-states-of-the-former-soviet-union-the-perception-of-russians-p-297338.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:15 EDT <p>Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and every other topic that is fundamental to social psychology.</p><p>Evolution and Social Psychology is the first book to review and discuss this broad range of social psychological phenomena from an evolutionary perspective. It does so with a critical and constructive eye. Readers will emerge with a clear sense of the intellectual challenges, as well as the scientific benefits, of an evolutionarily-informed social psychology.</p><p>The world-renowned contributors identify new questions, new theories, and new hypotheses-many of which are only now beginning to be tested. Thus, this book not only summarizes the current status of the field, it also sets an agenda for the next generation of research on evolution and social psychology. Evolution and Social Psychology is essential reading for evolutionary psychologists and social psychologists alike.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/evolution-and-social-psychology-p-297337.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/evolution-and-social-psychology-p-297337.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:12 EDT <p><EM>Close Relationships: Functions, Forms and Processes</EM> provides an overview of current theory and research in the area of close relationships, written by internationally renowned scholars whose work is at the cutting edge of research in the field.<p>The volume consists of three sections: introductory issues, types of relationships, and relationship processes. In the first section, there is an exploration of the functions and benefits of close relationships, the diversity of methodologies used to study them, and the changing social context in which close relationships are embedded. A second section examines the various types of close relationships, including family bonds and friendships. The third section focuses on key relationship processes, including attachment, intimacy, sexuality, and conflict.<p>This book is designed to be an essential resource for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and practitioners, and will be suitable as a resource in advanced courses dealing with the social psychology of close relationships.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/close-relationships-functions-forms-and-processes-p-297336.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/close-relationships-functions-forms-and-processes-p-297336.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:10 EDT <EM>Speech Production: Models, Phonetic Processes and</EM> <EM>Techniques</EM> brings together researchers from many different disciplines - computer science, dentistry, engineering, linguistics, phonetics, physiology, psychology - all with a special interest in how speech is produced. From the initial neural program to the end acoustic signal, it provides an overview of several dominant models in the speech production literature, as well as up-to-date accounts of persistent theoretical issues in the area. A particular focus is on the evaluation of information gleaned from instrumental investigations of the speech production process, including MRI, PET, ultra-sound, video-imaging, EMA, EPG, X-ray, computer simulation - and many others.<p>The research presented in this volume considers questions such as: the feed-back vs. feed-forward control of speech; the acoustic/auditory vs. articulatory/somato-sensory domains of speech planning; the innateness of human speech; the possible architecture of a speech production model; and the realization of prosodic structure in speech. Leaders in speech research from around the world have contributed their most recent work to this volume.http://www.lybrary.com/speech-production-models-phonetic-processes-and-techniques-p-297335.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/speech-production-models-phonetic-processes-and-techniques-p-297335.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:08 EDT <p>Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) has been identified as an important clinical transition between normal aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since treatments for AD are most likely to be most effective early in the course of the disease, MCI has become a topic of great importance and has been investigated in different populations of interest in many countries. This book brings together these differing perspectives on MCI for the first time.<p>This volume provides a comprehensive resource for clinicians, researchers, and students involved in the study, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with MCI. Clinical investigators initially defined mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a transitional condition between normal aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Because the prevalence of AD increases with age and very large numbers of older adults are affected worldwide, these clinicians saw a pressing need to identify AD as early as possible. It is at this very early stage in the disease course that treatments to slow the progress and control symptoms are likely to be most effective.</p><p>Since the first introduction of MCI, research interest has grown exponentially, and the utility of the concept has been investigated from a variety of perspectives in different populations of interest (e.g., clinical samples, volunteers, population-based screening) in many different countries. Much variability in findings has resulted. Although it has been acknowledged that the differences observed between samples may be 'legitimate variations', there has been no attempt to understand what it is we have learned about MCI (i.e., common features and differences) from each of these perspectives.</p><p>This book brings together information about MCI in different populations from around the world. <EM>Mild Cognitive Impairment</EM> will be an important resource for any clinician, researcher, or student involved in the study, detection, treatment, and rehabilitation of people with MCI.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/mild-cognitive-impairment-international-perspectives-p-297334.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mild-cognitive-impairment-international-perspectives-p-297334.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:05 EDT <p>Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we think we are. Unconscious or 'automatic' forms of psychological and behavioral processes are those of which we tend to be unaware, that occur without our intention or consent, yet influence us on a daily basis in profound ways. Automatic processes influence our likes and dislikes for almost everything, as well as how we perceive other people, such as when we make stereotypic assumptions about someone based on their race or gender or social class. Even more strikingly, the latest research is showing that the aspects of life that are the richest experience and most important to us - such as emotions and our close relationships, as well as the pursuit of our important life tasks and goals - also have substantial unconscious components.</p><p><EM>Social Psychology and the Unconscious: The Automaticity of Higher Mental Processes</EM> offers a state-of-the-art review of the evidence and theory supporting the existence and the significance of automatic processes in our daily lives, with chapters by the leading researchers in this field today, across a spectrum of psychological phenomena from emotions and motivations to social judgment and behavior.</p><p>The volume provides an introduction and overview of these now central topics to graduate students and researchers in social psychology and a range of allied disciplines with an interest in human behavior and the unconscious, such as cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, political science, and business.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/social-psychology-and-the-unconscious-the-automaticity-of-higher-mental-processes-p-297333.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-psychology-and-the-unconscious-the-automaticity-of-higher-mental-processes-p-297333.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:02 EDT <p>Cognitive reserve has emerged as a powerful concept for interpreting individual differences in susceptibility to, and recovery from, brain injury or pathology. Underlying cognitive reserve is the idea that individual differences in how cognitive tasks are mediated in the brain allow some people to cope with pathology to a greater degree than others. <EM>Cognitive Reserve: Theory and Applications</EM> describes in depth the source of these individual differences.</p><p>This volume provides a comprehensive review of theory, research and clinical application of the cognitive reserve. Chapters explore the theoretical underpinnings of cognitive reserve, and evidence for its existence. Various approaches for studying this concept are addressed, including epidemiologic, cognitive experimental, and neuroimaging. Possible genetic and physiologic underpinnings of cognitive reserve are presented. Application of this concept to a wide range of situations, including child development, aging, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, HIV, and head injury is discussed. The result is an up-to-date, global treatment of cognitive reserve that will be of interest to someone new to the concept or the experienced investigator.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-reserve-theory-and-applications-p-297332.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-reserve-theory-and-applications-p-297332.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:31:00 EDT <p>Although investigated for over 100 years, it is only now that we are beginning to understand how speed of information processing is affected in various clinical populations. Processing speed has a major impact on higher level cognitive abilities and is extremely vulnerable to neurological insult and the aging process. The importance of processing speed with respect to brain function, cognition and overall quality of life is now the focus of a new and exciting body of research in clinical populations.</p><p>This book provides a scholarly and clinically sensitive review of research on processing speed and its issues in clinical populations. Readers will come away with an in-depth understanding of human information processing speed including its historical development, its relationship to other cognitive functions, the developmental course of the ability across the lifespan, and its impact on everyday life in various clinical populations. Other highlights of the text are its discussion of the speed vs. accuracy trade-off, tools available for measuring processing speed, the unfolding research on genetic contributions to processing speed, and the latest ideas in rehabilitation.</p><p>With contributing authors who are experts in their fields, <EM>Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations</EM> represents a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and clinicians by providing a concise summary of the existing research on processing speed across an array of disciplines and populations.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/information-processing-speed-in-clinical-populations-p-297331.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/information-processing-speed-in-clinical-populations-p-297331.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:57 EDT <p>Although the two major research areas of the "Self" and "Social Relationships" have flourished, they have done so largely independently of each other. More and more research, however, has indicated that relationships shape the nature of the self and identity, and that self-views influence interpersonal processes and the manner in which people navigate their close relationships. The integration of research on self and social relationships has proved a particularly rich one, generating some of the most creative and insightful theories in psychology.</p><p><EM>The Self and Social Relationships</EM> is the first volume that marks, expedites, and defines this exciting new research synthesis. It serves both as a platform for authors to present their latest ideas on the topic and to encourage continued integration in this emerging field. The contributions represent a diverse set of perspectives from social/personality and clinical psychology. Each chapter covers a topic that is central to the study of self and relationships, and presents some of the most exciting research programs in the field.</p><p>This volume is essential reading for researchers and students in the areas of both self and relationships.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-self-and-social-relationships-p-297330.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-self-and-social-relationships-p-297330.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:55 EDT In this age of spiraling health care costs, it is imperative that the family's role in treating patients with chronic mental illness not be overlooked - by policy makers and clinicians alike. The families themselves insist that the government and care-providing agencies learn new ways to relate to them and patients. <EM>Helping Families Cope with Mental Illness</EM> is a comprehensive guide to the family's experience of chronic and serious mental illness for clinicians and educators in a wide range of mental health disciplines. It details all major areas of the clinician-family relationship - consumer perspectives, cultural diversity, social policy, ethical issues, practical coping strategies, research and training issues, major service issues, managed care, and cost-saving measures.http://www.lybrary.com/helping-families-cope-with-mental-illness-p-297329.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/helping-families-cope-with-mental-illness-p-297329.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:52 EDT This study combines an industry level and a firm level analysis on the wage and employment effects of multinational companies. This has not been attempted in any previous work. In view of the results, important questions are raised regarding how global changes in the structure of production may affect labour markets and the organisation of work in the future.http://www.lybrary.com/global-competition-and-the-labour-market-p-297328.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/global-competition-and-the-labour-market-p-297328.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:49 EDT <EM>Technology Transfer Out of Germany</EM> studies the movement of technology and scientists between East Germany and the Soviet Union, and West Germany and the Western Allies, using documented examples and case studies, and asks whether the confiscation of documents, equipment and scientists can really be considered to be a form of 'intellectual reparation.'http://www.lybrary.com/technology-transfer-out-of-germany-after-1945-p-297327.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/technology-transfer-out-of-germany-after-1945-p-297327.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:46 EDT This study is facilitated by following economic entomologists' and ecologists' changing ideas about different pest control strategies, chiefly 'chemical', 'biological', and 'integrated' control. The author then follows the efforts of one specific group of entomologists, at the University of California, over three generations from their advocacy of 'biological' controls in the 1930s and 40s, through their shifting attention to the development of an 'integrated pest management' in the context of 'big biology' during the 1970s.http://www.lybrary.com/entomology-ecology-and-agriculture-the-making-of-science-careers-in-north-america-18851985-p-297326.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/entomology-ecology-and-agriculture-the-making-of-science-careers-in-north-america-18851985-p-297326.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:42 EDT Volume 15 of <EM>The Jewish Law Annual</EM> adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes 1-14 of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly material meeting the highest academic standards. The volume contains six articles diverse in their scope and focus, encompassing legal, historical, textual, comparative and conceptual analysis, as well as a survey of recent literature and a chronicle of cases of interest. Among the topics covered are: lying in rabbinical court proceedings; unjust enrichment; can a witness serve as judge in the same case?; Caro's <EM>Shulham Arukh</EM> v. Maimonides' <EM>Mishne Torah</EM> in the Yemenite community, the New Jersey <EM>eruv</EM> wards.http://www.lybrary.com/the-jewish-law-annual-volume-5-p-297325.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-jewish-law-annual-volume-5-p-297325.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:39 EDT Rapidly growing numbers of mentally ill homeless present a significant challenge for care- givers everywhere. A practical guide to assist individuals starting programs to address the needs of this population, <EM>Mentally Ill and Homeless</EM> presents six research demonstration projects arising from the Federal McKinney Homelessness Act. Internationally recognized contributors from across the mental health disciplines assemble to present solutions. Discussed are the problems encountered by research teams, impressions of the overall success and/or failure of the projects, preliminary quantitative findings, and the implications for the future of such programs.http://www.lybrary.com/mentally-ill-and-homeless-special-programs-for-special-needs-p-297324.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mentally-ill-and-homeless-special-programs-for-special-needs-p-297324.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:36 EDT Reflecting current understanding of the complexities of sexual activity among persons with chronic mental illness, the text draws upon the collective wisdom and experience of experts from a variety of settings. Clinicians, advocates, consumers, researchers, legal experts, and administrators all contribute to document the concerns about sexual behavior and the consequent health risks for this at-risk population. The research presented here is particularly timely in view of recent emphases on patient choice, recovery, and advocacy, and can be used to provide guidance to clinicians, mental health administrators, policymakers, advocates, and researchers.http://www.lybrary.com/sexuality-and-serious-mental-illness-p-297323.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sexuality-and-serious-mental-illness-p-297323.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:34 EDT This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of scientific spacecraft that began exploring the universe. An introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.http://www.lybrary.com/reconsidering-sputnik-forty-years-since-the-soviet-satellite-p-297322.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reconsidering-sputnik-forty-years-since-the-soviet-satellite-p-297322.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:31 EDT Though clinical aspects of epilepsy such as seizure control are crucially important to its management, increasing attention is being given to wider quality of life issues. Epilepsy continues to be an often misunderstood and stigmatising condition; for the vast majority of people whose seizures can be well controlled, the social and psychological repercussions are often of greater significance than the seizures themselves.<BR>The increasing emphasis on the importance of non-clinical outcomes in the assessment of new treatments and management strategies for chronic conditions such as epilepsy has stimulated interest in methodological issues in assessing quality of life. This book reviews the recent literature on the impact of epilepsy on everyday experience and the methodological issues involved in assessing that impact. It also considers the perspectives of a range of health professionals involved in caring for people with epilepsy and how, through appropriate management, the impact on their lives can be minimised.http://www.lybrary.com/quality-of-life-in-epilepsy-beyond-seizure-counts-in-assessment-and-treatment-p-297321.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/quality-of-life-in-epilepsy-beyond-seizure-counts-in-assessment-and-treatment-p-297321.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:28 EDT Can we do what we want with other species? How do conflicting international interests affect global issues? What do we owe the next generation? <I>Just Environments</I> investigates these questions and the ethics which lie at their core.http://www.lybrary.com/just-environments-intergenerational-international-and-interspecies-issues-p-297320.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/just-environments-intergenerational-international-and-interspecies-issues-p-297320.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:30:25 EDT <EM>Literary Texts and the Roman Historian</EM> looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.<BR>Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like:<BR>* Cicero<BR>* Lucian<BR>* Aulus Gellius.<BR><EM>Literary Texts and the Roman Historian</EM> provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.http://www.lybrary.com/literary-texts-and-the-roman-historian-p-297319.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/literary-texts-and-the-roman-historian-p-297319.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:31:15 EDT In examining the social and psychological aspects of epilepsy, the author takes not only the perspectives of individuals and their families, but also popular conceptions of the disorder. The result is an illuminating account of the social reality of epilepsy that demonstrates the distinctive contribution that the social sciences can play in understanding illness.http://www.lybrary.com/epilepsy-p-297318.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/epilepsy-p-297318.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:31:09 EDT This important new book presents the background to the modern programme of European Community initiatives, tracing the origins of a European policy on occupational health and safety, and looking at the progressively expanding ambitions of Commission Action Programmes in this field.http://www.lybrary.com/european-communities-health-and-safety-legislation-p-297317.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/european-communities-health-and-safety-legislation-p-297317.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:31:06 EDT A moving and pioneering celebration of the male bisexual self that addresses biphobia in our society<br /><br />In today's sexual world, both straight and gay and lesbian communities still often refuse to accept the reality of bisexuality. Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way confronts head-on the limiting views that bisexuality is a transitional phase of sexual evolution or a simple refusal to accept being either homosexual or straight. This pioneering collection of moving personal essays by bisexual men and those who love them explores what it means to be bisexual in today's monosexually oriented society.<br /><br />The millennial shift in sexual perspectives draws more and more men to come out as being attracted to both women and men. Bisexual and bi-curious men will find comfort and camaraderie in these stories about coming out, its impact on family and marriage, evolving perspectives on bisexuals within the LGBT community, and the building of acceptance and affirmation for bisexuality and polyamory. <br /><br />The nearly three dozen essays in Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way are told in the honest words of bisexuals, confirming the validity of their place in the world while illustrating that there are more bi men than anyone ever realized. These diverse and pioneering men's stories reveal a long-disguised and unconventional truth—that bisexuality is a valid lifestyle that does not threaten either sexual camp. Each contributor to this collection affirms the innate fluidity of self, sexuality, family, and community, and proclaims that sexuality is truly diverse in its predispositions and creativity.<br /><br />Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way separates its essays into four parts: <br /><ul><li> coming out and personal realization of bisexual nature<br /><li> bisexuality's effects on family and marriage<br /><li> an examination of the shifting viewpoints of bisexuality within gay communities<br /><li> ways in which bisexuals can affirm and respect their own desires and celebrate their sexual selves</ul>These intimate stories address:<ul><li> biphobia <br /><li> monosexual prejudice<br /><li> the impact on marriage<br /><li> family issues<br /><li> coming out to self, spouse, and family<br /><li> political and community issues<br /><li> religious and spiritual concerns</ul>Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way is a vibrant, reassuring call to bisexuals, the bi-curious, or anybody who knows and loves a bisexual/bi-curious man, to read and more completely understand the unique issues of being bisexual while providing the ultimate affirmation of bisexuality's existence.http://www.lybrary.com/bi-men-coming-out-every-which-way-p-297316.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bi-men-coming-out-every-which-way-p-297316.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:31:04 EDT Urban nature conservation is a field that has grown rapidly in importance over the past 20 years and will continue to do so in the coming years as landscape ecology and greenspace planning become established disciplines. A widespread concern and interest in the wild plants and animal life found in urban areas now influences the policies and practices of land management organizations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject. It will assist professionals in formulating strategic management policies that integrate urban nature conservation into the wider context of landscape management and urban planning.http://www.lybrary.com/urban-planning-in-a-changing-world-p-297315.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/urban-planning-in-a-changing-world-p-297315.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:31:01 EDT <p>Critical international theory encompasses several distinct, radical approaches that focus on identity, difference, hegemonic power, and order. As an applied theory, critical international theory draws on critical social theories to shed light on international processes and global transformations. While this approach has led to increasing interest in formulating an empirically relevant critical international theory, it has also revealed the difficulties of applying critical theory to international politics. What are these difficulties and problems? And how can we move beyond them? This book addresses these questions by investigating the intellectual currents and key debates of critical theory, from Kant and Hegel to Habermas and Derrida, and the recent work of critical international theory, including Robert Cox and Andrew Linklater. By drawing on these debates, the book formulates an original theory of complementarity that brings together critical theory and critical international theory. It argues that complementarity-a governing principle in international law and politics-offers a conceptual framework for working toward two goals: engaging the changing contexts and forms of resistance and redressing some of the difficulties of applying critical theory to international relations.</p><p>In adopting three critical perspectives on complementarity to analyze the evolving social and political contexts of global justice, this book provides an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars interested in the application of critical theory to international relations.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/critical-theory-of-international-politics-complementarity-justice-and-governance-p-297314.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/critical-theory-of-international-politics-complementarity-justice-and-governance-p-297314.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:58 EDT <p>This highly topical and controversial book presents a lively re-appraisal of the current changes to the health service and analyzes their effects on the status and practice of health professionals.</p><p>Modern medicine is a powerful institution. With the help of highly-developed drugs and surgical techniques, it promises to relieve suffering, improve the quality of life and extend the life-span. Conversely, it is expensive for the governments, insurance companies and individuals who pay for it and sometimes appears to be insensitive to the needs of those for whom it provides. And while recent restructuring of healthcare delivery services has provided medical practitioners with new challenges, there has been very little consideration of the range of pressures that they now face.</p><p>Edited and written by experienced medical sociologists, this book draws together analysis of a number of diverse challenges to medicine, and provides original debate on the challenges posed from within medicine from nurses and managers and alternative practitioners, and from outside by self-help groups, the women's movement and the media.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/challenging-medicine-p-297313.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/challenging-medicine-p-297313.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:56 EDT <p>Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technological developments that have brought us to this pass, <EM>The Ethics of Genetic Engineering</EM> focuses on the ethical and policy debate, noting the deep divide that separates proponents and opponents. The book locates the source of this divide in differing framing assumptions: reductionist pluralist on one side, holist communitarian on the other. The book argues that we must bridge this divide, drawing on the resources from both encampments, if we are to understand and cope with the distinctive problems posed by genetic engineering. These problems, termed "fractious problems," are novel, complex, ethically fraught, unavoidably of public concern, and unavoidably divisive. Berry examines three prominent ethical and political theories - utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics - to consider their competency in bridging the divide and addressing these fractious problems.</p><p>The book concludes that virtue ethics can best guide parental decision making and that a new policymaking approach sketched here, a "navigational approach," can best guide policymaking. These approaches enable us to gain a rich understanding of the problems posed and to craft resolutions adequate to their challenges.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-ethics-of-genetic-engineering-p-297312.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-ethics-of-genetic-engineering-p-297312.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:53 EDT <p><EM>Africa after Modernism</EM> traces shifts in perspectives on African culture, arts, and philosophy from the conflict with European modernist interventions in the climate of colonialist aggression to present identitarian positions in the climate of globalism, multiculturalism, and mass media. By focusing on what may be called deconstructive moments in twentieth-century Africanist thought - on intellectual landmarks, revolutionary ideas, crises of consciousness, literary and philosophical debates - this study looks at African modernity and modernism from critical postcolonial perspectives. An effort to sketch contemporary frameworks of global intersubjective relations reflecting African cultures and concerns must resist taking modernism as a term of African periodization, or master-narrative, but as a constellation of discursive and subjective forms that obtains upon the present moment in African literature, philosophy, and cultural history. <EM>Africa after Modernism</EM> argues for a philosophical consciousness and pan-African multiculturalist ethos that operate, after the deconstruction of Eurocentrism, beyond self/other paradigms of exoticism or West/Africa political ideologies, in dialogue with postcolonial approaches to cultural reciprocity.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/africa-after-modernism-transitions-in-literature-media-and-philosophy-p-297311.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/africa-after-modernism-transitions-in-literature-media-and-philosophy-p-297311.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:51 EDT When she reaches the orderly house of her Dutch-Indonesian grandmothers, Marget learns quickly that if she only pays attention to them, then she can go unnoticed herself. And that is exactly what she needs just now. Marget is pregnant and alone. With her dancing career over and her mother absent, as always, Marget must decide for herself whether it is wise to continue the raveling line of her extended family. Mylène Dressler's powerful debut novel, The Medusa Tree, is the story of a family of displaced women, not all related by blood, who manage despite distance and conflict to provide one another sanctuary. In the tradition of Amy Tan and Gloria Naylor, Dressler brings us a bold and heartfelt debut, rich in culture and character. "The Medusa Tree is one of the best books I've read this year. Dressler's characters are unforgettable and her style fuses grace with power. I look forward to reading more of her." -Cynthia Shearer, author of The Wonder Book of the Aihttp://www.lybrary.com/the-medusa-tree-p-297310.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-medusa-tree-p-297310.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:49 EDT <h4>PICTURE THIS: A BOLD NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY DRAWN FROM TODAY'S HOTTEST VISUAL TRENDS</h4><p>Scientific studies have shown that looking at pictures, drawings, and other graphics engage both sides of the brain--opening the "mind's eye" and business systems to new possibilities we might not otherwise see. Frustrated by lackluster approaches to strategy, companies are combining illustrations and color with business strategy with phenomenal success.</p><p>If you want to go beyond drawing on the back of a napkin, this book shows you how.</p><p><i>Picture Your Business Strategy</i> will help you master the principles of "strategic illustration," a proven system for visualizing ideas. Pictures and strategy come to life in the board, conference, or meeting room quickly, easily, and brilliantly. With just a few markers and paper, you can:<ul><li>Use pictures to restructure, reorganize, and rethink your business plan<li>Draw lines between people, processes, and productivity<li>Create new business possibilities through pictures and idea sharing<li>Chart your progress with benchmarks and goal lines<li>Create a project activity map that allows you and your team to see the big picture--and make it succeed</ul></p><p>Packed with clever drawing tips and simple templates to help you unlock your creativity, this inspiring book gives you everything you need to start bringing your big ideas to life. Developed by Christine Chopyak at Alchemy: The Art of Transforming Business, the book provides a fresh new business model for developing specific "seeable" actions that can be measured, tracked, and cascaded intoother priority areas.</p><p>There are so many practical, purposeful ways to use drawings in your everyday work environment, you'll wonder why you never did it before. Most important, you and your team will learn how to turn strategic illustrations into real-world results.</p><p>Whether you're a boardroom doodler, corporate cartoonist, or Picasso for fun and profit, <i>Picture Your Business Strategy</i> will help you draw your way to success.</p><p><i>"With this approach, organizations can create a cohesive and authentic understanding among teams thatultimately leads to increased motivation and bottom-line results. Chris shows us that drawing isn't just for kids,it's for leaders looking for a competitive advantage."</i> --Tamara Kleinberg, serial entrepreneur and founder of TheShuuk.com</p><p><i>"A brilliant piece of work that brings together the finite world of words with the infinite possibilities of pictures, taking strategic thinking and collective wisdom to a whole new level and presenting a more colorful way ofimagining/imaging the future."</i> -- Sabina Spencer, business strategist and author of <b>The Heart of Leadership</b></p>http://www.lybrary.com/picture-your-business-strategy-transform-decisions-with-the-power-of-visuals-p-297309.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/picture-your-business-strategy-transform-decisions-with-the-power-of-visuals-p-297309.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:47 EDT The Power of Sound, written by Kenneth Stanley, is a book that will make you consider how God may be trying to get your attention. With all the busy-ness going on in your life, it recurrently becomes harder to distinguish who is actually talking to you. This book will deepen your understanding of the biblical foundations of God's voice. Get ready to: -Learn the key principles of sounds in your life, in everyday routines. -Discover the power you have with your voice in the Kingdom. -Unlock the ability to recognize sounds that the enemy operates in, in order to destroy your life and your family's lives. The Power of Sound is arranged to not only be an independent study, but can be used in small group form. This allowing churches, families and organizations an opportunity to learn how to hear the voice of God together. Kenneth Stanley has dedicated his life to serving God and humanity. Hoping to change lives around the world. As a child of God we are all encouraged to know the Father's voice. Famous people have always said the world will not be changed by people that talks all the time, but people that listens. Prepare yourself to hear the voice of God!http://www.lybrary.com/the-power-of-sound-p-297308.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-power-of-sound-p-297308.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:44 EDT Emanuel de Kadt discusses the relationship of religion to wider social issues such as human rights and multiculturalism. He traces the growth, during the religious revival over the past decades, of assertive, and even coercive, forms of religion, notably—but not exclusively—fundamentalist varieties. He deals with these questions as they relate to the three major Abrahamic religions, thereby addressing a readership wider than that made up of persons interested exclusively in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.http://www.lybrary.com/assertive-religion-religious-intolerance-in-a-multicultural-world-p-297307.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/assertive-religion-religious-intolerance-in-a-multicultural-world-p-297307.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:41 EDT <p>Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others - foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans - in Japanese cinema. By combining textual and contextual analysis, this book analyses the narrative and visual style of films of contemporary Japanese cinema in relation to their social and historical context of production and reception.</p><p>Mika Ko considers the ways in which 'multicultural' sentiments have emerged in contemporary Japanese cinema. In this respect, Japanese films may be seen not simply to have 'reflected' more general trends within Japanese society but to have played an active role in constructing and communicating different versions of multiculturalism. In particular, the book is concerned with how representations of 'otherness' in contemporary Japanese cinema may be identified as reinforcing or subverting dominant discourses of 'Japaneseness'. the author book also illuminates the ways in which Japanese films have engaged in the dramatisation and elaboration of ideas and attitudes surrounding contemporary Japanese nationalism and multiculturalism.</p><p>By locating contemporary Japanese cinema in a social and political context, <EM>Japanese Cinema and Otherness</EM> makes an original contribution to scholarship on Japanese film study but also to bridging the gap between Japanese studies and film studies.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/japanese-cinema-and-otherness-nationalism-multiculturalism-and-the-problem-of-japaneseness-p-297306.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/japanese-cinema-and-otherness-nationalism-multiculturalism-and-the-problem-of-japaneseness-p-297306.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:37 EDT <p><EM>"An image is powerful not necessarily because of anything</EM> <EM>specific it offers the viewer, but because of everything</EM> <EM>it apparently also takes away from the viewer."<BR></EM><EM>--Trinh T. Minh-ha</EM><p>Vietnamese filmmaker and feminist thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in independent filmmaking. In her writings and interviews, as well as in her filmscripts, Trinh explores what she describes as the "infinite relation" of word to image. <EM>Cinema-Interval</EM> brings together her recent conversations on film and art, life and theory, with Homi Bhabha, Deb Verhoeven, Annamaria Morelli and other critics. Together these interviews offer the richest presentation of this extraordinary artist's ideas.<BR>Extensively illustrated in color and black and white, <EM>Cinema-Interval</EM> covers a wide range of issues, many of them concerning "the space between"--between viewer and film, image and text, interviewer and interviewee, lover and beloved. As an added bonus, the complete scripts of Trinh's films <EM>Surname Viet Given Name Nam</EM> and <EM>A Tale of Love</EM> are also included in the volume.</p><p><BR><EM>Cinema-Interval</EM> will be an essential work for readers interested in contemporary film art, feminist thought, and postcolonial studies.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/cinemainterval-p-297305.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cinemainterval-p-297305.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:34 EDT <EM>GenX Religion</EM> is the first in-depth collection on this generation's religious experience. The contributors, mostly GenXers themselves, offer both a disciplined methodology and a valuable insider's sensitivity as they examine the differences between GenX religion and "traditional" religious avenues.http://www.lybrary.com/genx-religion-p-297304.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/genx-religion-p-297304.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:32 EDT To what extent can we have truly universal, comprehensive and timely health services, equally available to all? <EM>Access to Health Care</EM> considers the meaning of 'access' in health care and examines the theoretical issues that underpin these questions.<p>Contributors draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives to investigate key aspects of access, including:<BR>· geographical accessibility of services<BR>· socio-economic equity of access<BR>· patients' help-seeking behaviour<BR>· organisational problems and access<BR>· methods for evaluating access.<p>Access is considered in both a UK and international context. The book includes chapters on contrasting health policies in the United States and European Union.<p><EM> Access to Health Care </EM> provides both health care researchers as well as health professionals, managers and policy analysts, with a clear and wide-ranging overview of topical and controversial questions in health policy and health services organization and delihttp://www.lybrary.com/access-to-health-care-p-297303.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/access-to-health-care-p-297303.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:30 EDT <p>Review comment on the first edition</p><p><EM>"Wheldall asks himself and his readers what has transpired within the field of educational psychology ... and what its relevance actually is for teaching, learning and education. As such it is a 'must read' for all educational psychologists, students of educational psychology, teachers and teacher trainers."</EM></p><p>Professor Paul Kirschner, Open Universiteit, British Journal of Educational Technology</p><p>What is the relevance of educational psychology in the twenty first century?</p><p>In this collection of essays, leading educational psychologists reflect on the seminal developments which have been made in the field over the past twenty five years or so and assess how far we have progressed. Given a broad and personal remit to address a range of issues, the contributors review and critique a variety of topics, including:</p><UL><li>intelligence;</LI><li>communication;</LI><li>family environments;</LI><li>individual differences;</LI><li>reading;</LI><li>peer learning;</LI><li>classroom behaviour;</LI><li>and higher education.</LI></UL><p>Providing provocative and challenging insights into the state of contemporary educational psychology, the contributors acknowledge throughout the successes and progression in the field, but with a critical edge and a challenge being thrown down to psychologists of education to make study more seriously informed and as a consequence, reformed.</p><p>Now in its second edition this compelling text for students and researchers is thoroughly updated and includes four new chapters.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/developments-in-educational-psychology-p-297302.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/developments-in-educational-psychology-p-297302.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:28 EDT <p>During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host countries around the world. Continuing their interdisciplinary approach, editors Catherine Brettell and James Hollifield have included revised essays from the first edition in such fields as anthropology, political science, and history. This edition also features new essays by a demographer, geopgrapher, and sociologist.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/migration-theory-talking-across-the-disciplines-p-297301.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/migration-theory-talking-across-the-disciplines-p-297301.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:25 EDT Looking at the development of cultural identity in the global context, this text uses the approach of historical anthropology. It examines the way in which the West Indian Community of Nevis, has, since the 1600s, incorporated both African and European cultural elements into the framework of social life, to create an Afro-Caribbean culture that was distinctive and yet geographically unbounded - a "global culture". The book takes as its point of departure the processes of cultural interaction and reflectivity. It argues that the study of cultural continuity should be guided by the notion of cultural complexity involving the continuous constitution, development and assertion of culture. It emphasizes the interplay between local and global cultures, and examines the importance of cultural display for peoples who have experienced the process of socioeconomic marginalization in the Western world.http://www.lybrary.com/global-culture-island-identity-p-297300.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/global-culture-island-identity-p-297300.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:30:23 EDT The rise cognitive science has been one of the most important intellectual developments of recent years, stimulating new approaches to everything from philosophy to film studies. This is an introduction to what cognitive science has to offer the humanities and particularly the study of literature. Hogan suggests how the human brain works and makes us feel in response to literature. He walks the reader through all of the major theories of cognitive science that are important for the humanities in order to understand the production and reception of literature.http://www.lybrary.com/united-states-and-mexico-between-partnership-and-conflict-p-297299.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/united-states-and-mexico-between-partnership-and-conflict-p-297299.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:13 EDT <EM>Mental Health Professionals, Minorities, and the Poor</EM> <EM>provides mental health professionals with information</EM> <EM>essential to the accurate assessment and effective</EM> <EM>treatment of diver populations.</EM>http://www.lybrary.com/mental-health-professionals-minorities-and-the-poor-p-297298.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/mental-health-professionals-minorities-and-the-poor-p-297298.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:10 EDT More than a book about food alone, <EM>French Food</EM> uses diet as a window into issues of nationality, literature, and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies, literary criticism, performance studies, and the emerging field of food studies explore a wide range of food matters.http://www.lybrary.com/french-food-on-the-table-on-the-page-and-in-french-culture-p-297297.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/french-food-on-the-table-on-the-page-and-in-french-culture-p-297297.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:07 EDT Unfathomably merciless and powerful, the atomic bomb has left its indelible mark on film. In <EM>Atomic Bomb Cinema,</EM> Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema.<p>According to Shapiro, a "Bomb film" is never simply an exercise in ideology or paranoia. He examines hundreds of films like <EM>Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove,</EM> and <EM>The</EM> <EM>Terminator</EM> as a body of work held together by ancient narrative and symbolic traditions that extol survival under devastating conditions. Drawing extensively on both English-language and Japanese-language sources, Shapiro argues that such films not only grapple with our nuclear anxieties, but also offer signs of hope that humanity is capable of repairing a damaged and divided world.<p>www.atomicbombcinema.comhttp://www.lybrary.com/atomic-bomb-cinema-the-apocalyptic-imagination-on-film-p-297296.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/atomic-bomb-cinema-the-apocalyptic-imagination-on-film-p-297296.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:04 EDT The assumptive world concept is a psychological principle of the conservation of human reality or "culture" - it is a lens for seeing the psychological disturbances that occur in times of change. In this collection, the authors examine the assumptive world from diverse theoretical perspectives, providing the reader with an array of different viewpoints illuminating the concept and its clinical usefulness.http://www.lybrary.com/loss-of-the-assumptive-world-a-theory-of-traumatic-loss-p-297295.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/loss-of-the-assumptive-world-a-theory-of-traumatic-loss-p-297295.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:02 EDT <EM>Prevention: What Works with Children and Adolescents?</EM> deals with the prevention of psychological problems which are of central concern to those who fund and develop health, social and educational services for children, adolescents and their families. Problems addressed in this book include developmental delay in low birth weight infants and socially disadvantaged children; adjustment problems in children with sensory and additional disabilities and autism; challenging behaviour in children with intellectual disabilities; physical and sexual abuse; bullying; adjustment problems in children with asthma and diabetes; teenage smoking; alcohol use and drug abuse; teenage pregnancy, STDs and HIV infection; post-traumatic adjustment problems and adolescent suicide. Conclusions drawn in this book are based on the results of over 200 rigorously conducted studies of more than 70,000 children.http://www.lybrary.com/prevention-what-works-with-children-and-adolescents-p-297294.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/prevention-what-works-with-children-and-adolescents-p-297294.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:31:00 EDT This book is intended for undergraduate courses in social theory for second and third year sociology students, as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Secondary markets include social psychology, social geography, social anthopology, cultural studies.http://www.lybrary.com/modern-social-theory-key-debates-and-new-directions-p-297293.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modern-social-theory-key-debates-and-new-directions-p-297293.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:58 EDT Gifted pupils who also have special needs often receive provision for the special need whilst the giftedness is overlooked. Children with such double exceptionality can become depressed, frustrated and misbehave, and may not fulfil their potential. Based on international research and practice, this practical text enables the reader to identify highly able pupils with special needs, such as ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia and Downs Syndrome, and then make provision for them within the mainstream school. The book offers three emerging themes: creating a positive, constructive and supportive learning environment; offering a cognitively challenging curriculum; and engaging the learners in partnership to understand and manage their learning support. Whilst aimed mainly at teachers and students at both primary and secondary levels, this book should also be of interest to educators, researchers and educational psychologists. http://www.lybrary.com/gifted-and-talented-children-with-special-educational-needs-double-exceptionality-p-297292.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gifted-and-talented-children-with-special-educational-needs-double-exceptionality-p-297292.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:55 EDT <p>Drawing on the teachings of D.W. Winnicott and John Bowlby, who helped revolutionize thinking about relational psychology, <STRONG><EM>To Hold and Be Held</EM></STRONG> integrates the concepts of the 'holding environment' and attachment theory and describes how they are applied in a clinical setting. It also uses metaphor to both derive meaning from the language of the therapeutic process and to apply that meaning within a systems framework to effect significant therapeutic change.</p><p>As the number of children with complex problems increases and the facilities to treat and manage them decrease, schools are left with few resources to cope. Professionals such as teachers, psychologists, social workers, and counselors need a new framework in which to think about and advocate for services for these children. <STRONG><EM>To Hold and Be Held </EM></STRONG>describes the creation of a system of working that not only holds the child and his family, but also holds the larger system as well - a system in which therapeutic services are integrated at all levels and implemented in public schools in a way that supports all those involved. This is not only a unique and successful way of working with children and their families, but a timely one as well.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/to-hold-and-be-held-the-therapeutic-school-as-a-holding-environment-p-297291.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/to-hold-and-be-held-the-therapeutic-school-as-a-holding-environment-p-297291.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:53 EDT <p>In this volume, several leading foreign policy and international relations experts consider the long term prospects and implications of US foreign policy as it has been shaped and practiced during the presidency of George W. Bush.</p><p>The essays in this collection - based on the research of well-respected scholars such as Ole Holsti, Loch Johnson, John Ruggie, Jack Donnelly, Robert Leiber, Karen Mingst, and Edward Luck - offer a clear assessment: while US resources are substantial, Washington's ability to shape outcomes in the world is challenged by its expansive foreign policy goals, its exceptionalist approach to international relations, serious questions about the limits of its hard power resources as well as fundamental changes in the global system. Illustrating one of the central ironies of the contemporary situation in foreign affairs and international relations: that at the very time of the 'unipolar moment,' the world has become globalized to such an extent that the unilateralism of the Bush Administration leads as much to resistance as it does to coercion, compliance, and cooperation.</p><p><EM>American Foreign Policy in a Globalized World</EM> will be of interest to students and scholars of politics and international relations.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/american-foreign-policy-in-a-globalized-world-p-297290.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/american-foreign-policy-in-a-globalized-world-p-297290.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:50 EDT <p>Against all odds, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped to enact a global treaty banning antipersonnel mines in 1997. For that achievement it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.</p><p>In this volume, Leon Sigal shows how a handful of NGOs with almost no mass base got more than 100 countries to outlaw a weapon that their armies had long used. It is a story of intrigue and misperception, of clashing norms and interests, of contentious bureaucratic and domestic politics. It is also a story of effective leadership, of sustained commitment to a cause, of alliances between campaigners and government officials, of a US senator who championed the ban, and of the skilful use of the news media. Despite this monumental effort, the campaign failed to get the United States to sign the treaty. Drawing on extensive internal documents and interviews with US officials and ban campaigners, Sigal tells the story of the in-fighting inside the Clinton administration, in the Pentagon, and within the ban campaign itself that led to this major setback for an otherwise unprecedented, successful global effort.</p><p><EM>Negotiating Minefields</EM> will be of interest to students and scholars of military and strategic studies and politics and international relations.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/negotiating-minefields-the-landmines-ban-in-american-politics-p-297289.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/negotiating-minefields-the-landmines-ban-in-american-politics-p-297289.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:48 EDT <p>This book provides a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of the complex and often vexing problem of understanding the formation of US human rights policy over the past thirty-five years, a period during which concern for human rights became a major factor in foreign policy decision-making.</p><p>Clair Apodaca demonstrates that the history of American human rights policy is a series of different paradoxes that change depending on the presidential administration, showing that far from immobilizing the progression of a genuine and functioning human rights policy, these paradoxes have actually helped to improve the human rights protections over the years. Readers will find in a single volume a historically informed, argument driven account of the erratic evolution of US human rights policy since the Nixon administration.<p><EM>Understanding U.S. Human Rights Policy</EM> will be an essential supplement in courses on human rights, foreign policy analysis and decision-making, and the history of US foreign policy.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/understanding-us-human-rights-policy-a-paradoxical-legacy-p-297288.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/understanding-us-human-rights-policy-a-paradoxical-legacy-p-297288.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:46 EDT <p>This volume offers a comprehensive overview of international political violence by bringing together foreign policy experts on several regions who examine conflicts in the Fertile Crescent, the Balkans, the Post-Soviet Region, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. With cogent assessments of civil conflicts that threaten to be part of a 'global jihad', each chapter both dissects the historical roots and socio-economic causes that catalyze terrorism in those areas, as well as posits ways for the United States to meet the myriad of foreign policy challenges posed by the growing threat of contemporary international terrorism.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/flashpoints-in-the-war-on-terrorism-p-297287.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/flashpoints-in-the-war-on-terrorism-p-297287.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:43 EDT <EM>Hypnotherapy Scripts, 2nd Edition</EM> is a straightforward, practical guide for doing Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This book not only explains the rationale for every step in the hypnotherapeutic process, it also contains sample scripts for each step. This edition of Hypnotherapy Scripts guides professionals through the construction of their own hypnotherapy induction and suggestion scripts. Verbatim sample transcripts of various induction and therapeutic suggestion procedures with detailed guidelines for creating one's own hypnotherapeutic inductions and metaphors are included. Recent research and writings on the role of unconscious processes, wellness, and positive psychology have been added to this edition. Also included is a detailed review of the diagnostic trance process, a therapeutic procedure unique to this text.http://www.lybrary.com/hypnotherapy-scripts-a-neoericksonian-approach-to-persuasive-healing-p-297286.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/hypnotherapy-scripts-a-neoericksonian-approach-to-persuasive-healing-p-297286.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:40 EDT Chronic illness and pain are now, more than ever, seen asas major problems in the current health care system. Because they are unresponsive to both antibiotics and surgery, theyr are seen as elusive and mysterious. The National Medical Expenditure Survey estimates that over 80 million U.S. citizens live with a chronic illness. The most prevalent are arthritis, diabetes, respiratory diseases, hypertension and mental illness. This book uses the novel Robinson Crusoe as an archetypal metaphor for the patients who must learn to survive on their own isolated "island" of chronic pain. This unique style is combined with a variety of in-session approaches and other tools which clients have found helpful in identifying their goals and progress. By emphasizing the importance of self-care the authors hope to diminish the sense of helplessness felt by the both the patients their loved ones.http://www.lybrary.com/recrafting-a-life-coping-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-p-297285.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/recrafting-a-life-coping-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-p-297285.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:36 EDT In <EM>Cultures of Forgery</EM>, leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word "forge"-to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other.http://www.lybrary.com/cultures-of-forgery-making-nations-making-selves-p-297284.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cultures-of-forgery-making-nations-making-selves-p-297284.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:33 EDT <EM>Genre and Television</EM> proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from <EM>Dragnet</EM> to <EM>The</EM> <EM>Simpsons</EM>, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.http://www.lybrary.com/genre-and-television-from-cop-shows-to-cartoons-in-american-culture-p-297283.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/genre-and-television-from-cop-shows-to-cartoons-in-american-culture-p-297283.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:31 EDT <p>Cultures of Infancy presents the first systematic analysis of culturally informed developmental pathways, synthesizing evolutionary and cultural psychological perspectives for a broader understanding of human development. In this compelling book, author Heidi Keller utilizes ethnographic reports, as well as quantitative and qualitative analyses, to illustrate how humans resolve universal developmental tasks in particular sociodemographic contexts. These contexts are represented in cultural models, and three distinct models are addressed throughout the text: the model of independence with autonomy as developmental organizer; the model of interdependence with relatedness as the developmental organizer; and the model of autonomous relatedness representing particular mixtures of autonomy and relatedness.<p>The book offers an empirical examination of the first integrative developmental task-relationship formation during the early months of life. Keller shows that early parenting experiences shape the basic foundation of the self within particular models of parenting that are influenced by culturally informed socialization goals. With distinct patterns of results the studies have revealed, Cultures of Infancy will help redefine developmental psychology as part of a culturally informed science based on evolutionary ground work.<p>Scholars interested in a broad perspective on human development and culture will benefit from this pioneering volume.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/cultures-of-infancy-p-297282.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cultures-of-infancy-p-297282.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:27 EDT <i>Who Benefits From Special Education?: Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children</i> addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social construction of disability, the commercialization of special education, and related issues.<p>The theme that unifies the chapters is that tension exists between professional ideology and practice, and the wishes and expectations of the recipients of professional practice--children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and their families. These voices have rarely taken center stage in formulating important decisions about the quality and characteristics of appropriate practice. The dominant view in the field of special education has been that disability is a problem in certain children, rather than an artifact that results from the general structure of schooling; it does not take into consideration the voices of people with disabilities, their families, or their teachers. Offering an alternative perspective, this book deconstructs mainstream special education ideologies and highlights the personal perspectives of students, families, and front-line professionals such as teachers and mental health personnel. It is particularly relevant for special education/disabilities studies graduate students and faculty and for readers in general education, curriculum studies, instruction theory, and critical theory.http://www.lybrary.com/who-benefits-from-special-education-remediating-fixing-other-peoples-children-p-297281.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/who-benefits-from-special-education-remediating-fixing-other-peoples-children-p-297281.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:24 EDT <i>Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions</i> proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action. The place of this theory within the larger fields of motivation and attributional analyses is explored. It features new thoughts concerning social motivation on such topics as help giving, aggression, achievement evaluation, compliance to commit a transgression, as well as new contributions to the understanding of social justice. Included also is material on moral emotions, with discussions of admiration, contempt, envy, gratitude, and other affects not considered in Professor Weiner's prior work. The text also contains previously unexamined topics regarding social inferences of arrogance and modesty.<p>Divided into five chapters, this book:<br>*considers the logical development and structure of a proposed theory of social motivation and justice;<br>*reviews meta-analytic tests of the theory within the contexts of help giving and aggression and examines issues related to cultural and individual differences; <br>*focuses on moral emotions including an analysis of admiration, envy, gratitude, jealousy, scorn, and others;<br>*discusses conditions where reward decreases motivation while punishment augments strivings; and<br>*provides applications that are beneficial in the classroom, in therapy, and in training programs.<p>This book appeals to practicing and research psychologists and advanced students in social, educational, personality, political/legal, health, and clinical psychology. It will also serve as a supplement in courses on motivational psychology, emotion and motivation, altruism and/or pro-social behavior, aggression, social judgment, and morality. Also included is the raw material for 13 experiments relating to core predictions of the proposed attribution theory.http://www.lybrary.com/social-motivation-justice-and-the-moral-emotions-an-attributional-approach-p-297280.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/social-motivation-justice-and-the-moral-emotions-an-attributional-approach-p-297280.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 18:30:22 EDT A new edition of leading theologian Millard Erickson's classic text.http://www.lybrary.com/christian-theology-p-297279.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/christian-theology-p-297279.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:58 EDT Thrust into a life full of woeful twists and turns, Jason Marshall has contended with the prehistoric customs and immeasurable power of the Goreans. His struggles on Gor, a planet resembling Earth, included escaping imprisonment, enslavement, and redeeming lost land. Jason has fought to regain control of his life. Having ascended to a position of power in the Gorean army, Jason must prevail in a battle that seems destined to destroy Gor. Jason has a lot riding on his success as a war leader: prestige, wealth, and an Earth girl of goddesslike beauty. Will Jason be able to win the war and avoid a fate worse than death? Will he be able to find the girl who holds his affections? Will he be able to live as a free man on Earth's counterpart and rise to a still higher position of power and respect?http://www.lybrary.com/grey-wolf-grey-sea-p-297278.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/grey-wolf-grey-sea-p-297278.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:55 EDT Emotionally lost, Jason Marshall finds himself thrust into a lengthy struggle to save his beloved from slavery on an Earth-like world called Gor. Kidnapped and helpless, Jason begins a life on Gor as a slave and becomes a prominent warrior. He must battle his way to freedom, if only to liberate his love from the clutches of the alien slave emporium. Will Jason overcome the numerous obstacles he encounters? Will he ever reunite with the girl he loves? Can he survive the trials and tribulations he must endure on Gor?http://www.lybrary.com/fiesta-san-antonio-p-297277.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fiesta-san-antonio-p-297277.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:53 EDT New York graffiti artists are leaving their marks everywhere. Even on museum exhibit Uctut, the massive stone idol of the Actatl tribe, who had secretly survived since Cortez and his conquistadors. They are avenging the insult by killing museum trustees and a congressman--by the ancient ritual of cutting out their hearts! Remo and Chiun are entering the fray with ancient Sinanju, and Actatls biting the dust as the tribe musters to do battle with CURE. Meanwhile, Remo is acquiring two camp followers. One can't keep her mouth shut, the other can't keep her clothes on...the odds are sure loaded against CURE.http://www.lybrary.com/king-of-the-dead-p-297276.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/king-of-the-dead-p-297276.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:50 EDT For centuries, the ancient House of Sinanju has been recognized as the center of learning for all the martial arts. To become a Master of Sinanju, however, is to totally perfect one's mental, spiritual, and physical powers. Very few mortals possess even a fraction of the necessary skills. And now, for the first time, a Westerner, a white man, Remo Williams, is defending the Holy Place against his relentless archenemy, Nuihc. Not since the Mongol invasions and the barbaric Chinese warlords has the land trembled in such anticipation. The scenario begins in New Jersey. The die is cast in a U.S. government submarine. Now Chiun and the Premier of Korea will witness the Grand Battle. And Remo Williams - the Destroyer - is being allowed but one blow. One split-second opportunity to punch, slash, chop, smash or kick . The ghosts of a thousand warriors dance in the dust as the two men face each other. And Chiun knows...http://www.lybrary.com/assassin-of-gor-p-297275.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/assassin-of-gor-p-297275.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:48 EDT Vietnam. The Bay of Pigs. A November afternoon in Dallas pierced by gunshots. Robert Vaughan's eighth title in the American Chronicles series opens with the calamitous changes that define a generation and bid good-bye to innocence. With the charismatic young president in office, idealism and optimism run free, the youths of America believe in all possibilities. Deon Booker, a proud African-American, joins Mississippi's Freedom Riders on an unforgettable journey to a shocking revelation. His companion, heiress Alicia Canfield, finds no protection in her new law degree from the horrors of racial hatred and mob aggression. In Hollywood, screen gem Marcella Mills sees only the excitementó-not the riskó-of a clandestine affair that must be buried in official secrecy. Half a world away, Special Forces officer Jared Hawkins finds his conscience and his soul in peril carrying out orders in the jungle hell of Vietnam, as he joins in the loss of innocence of an entire generatiohttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-frontier-p-297274.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-frontier-p-297274.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:45 EDT The Divine Bliss Mission in India is just another money hustle--till its leader begins using his disciples to penetrate the higher U.S. echelons. The Blissful Master, alias whiz-kid Dom, has a nice line in drug-induced bliss for the converted and a sideline in painful death for unbelievers that has cost CURE four Agents. Remo and Chiun hit India, Dom flees, but curvaceous follower Joleen is prepared to embrace a new master--the outraged Chiun. Leaving behind them a trail of blissful dead, the three head for home--and more trouble.http://www.lybrary.com/his-noble-promise-p-297273.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/his-noble-promise-p-297273.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:43 EDT Learning a valuable lesson in gender roles, Jason Marshall, an Earthman enslaved by the Goreans, must prove himself on the planet Gor. Determined to find the beautiful Earthwoman who was kidnapped with him, Jason is caught in the middle of a devastating war between Ar and the Salerians. Jason must prove himself a real man and survive the war in hopes of finally finding the girl of his dreams.http://www.lybrary.com/rivals-p-297272.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rivals-p-297272.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:41 EDT The government's Witness Protection Program has been hitting a bit of a snag lately. Despite their brand new secret identities, certain loose-lipped mob stoolies are getting blown away by a group of gun-toting adolescents. And, in an effort to save face, a big-mouth Army bigwig's been pointing the accusing finger at the wrong assassins--Remo Williams and his mentor, Sinanju master Chiun! There's a new kind of "baby boom" going around. And before he plays dead for a bunch of homicidal half-pints, the Destroyer is going to nip the poisonous peewee pandemonium in the bud!http://www.lybrary.com/child-of-venus-p-297271.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/child-of-venus-p-297271.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:38 EDT Artists, composers, and writers are being mutilated and destroyed in the bloodiest murders in police history. This maniac is taking one thing - their brains! The chief of CURE nearly ends up as the next corpse . . . Remo and Chiun are acting fast, and discovering the killer's an old enemy, stockpiling brains to extract the creativity he's lacking . . . They are tracking him to Hollywood--top brain center--where work can be fun! A sexy agent wants Remo for a new career . . . Chiun meets his soap opera idol . . . and there's a great spectacle coming: irresistible force, Sinanju, meeting indestructible object, Mr. Gordons.http://www.lybrary.com/boss-man-from-ogallala-p-297270.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/boss-man-from-ogallala-p-297270.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:36 EDT The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy importance of this issue in the current environment of drastic consolidation of the aerospace defense industry, the authors here examine the history of the major prime contractors in developing jet fighters since World War II. They make use of an extensive RAND database that includes nearly all jet fighters, fighter-attack aircraft, and bombers developed and flown by U.S. industry since 1945, as well as all related prototypes, modifications, upgrades, etc. The report concludes that (1) experience matters, because of the tendency to specialize and thus to develop system-specific expertise; (2) yet the most dramatic innovations and breakthroughs came from secondary or marginal players trying to compete with the industry leaders; and (3) dedicated military R&D conducted or directly funded by the U.S. government has been critical in the development of new higher-performance fighters and bombers.http://www.lybrary.com/the-cutting-edge-a-half-century-of-us-fighter-aircraft-rd-p-297269.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-cutting-edge-a-half-century-of-us-fighter-aircraft-rd-p-297269.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:34 EDT ÊChasin' That Devil Music ä Searching for the BluesÊ presents the results of extensive research by a blues scholar who has researched the artists on old 78 RPM records to uncover their stories. Includes rare interviews and the actual songs which are onhttp://www.lybrary.com/chasin-that-devils-music-book-and-cd-softcover-p-297268.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/chasin-that-devils-music-book-and-cd-softcover-p-297268.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:28 EDT Deposition and aggregation of small solid particles are encountered in many natural and industrial environments. Whether it be deposition of particles onto a surface immersed in a liquid suspension or aggregateion of individual particles, these processes are of enotmous significance. They are vital to the manufacture of magnetic tape, purification of water using packed bed filters, selective capture of solids, cells and macromolecular species, and many other applications.<p><br> This book presents a unified approach to the measurement, modelling and simulation of these processes, bringing together the disciplines of colliod and surface chemistry, hydrodynamics, and experimental and computational methods. It will be required reading for graduates working in process and environmental engineering, postgraduates involved in industrial R & D and for all scientists wishing to gain a more detailed and realistic understanding of process conditions in these areas.http://www.lybrary.com/particle-deposition-aggregation-measurement-modelling-and-simulation-p-297267.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/particle-deposition-aggregation-measurement-modelling-and-simulation-p-297267.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:26 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/identity-and-power-puerto-rican-politics-and-the-challenge-of-ethnicity-p-297266.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/identity-and-power-puerto-rican-politics-and-the-challenge-of-ethnicity-p-297266.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:23 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/jim-bunning-p-297265.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jim-bunning-p-297265.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:20 EDT Maybe the best way to introduce this book to our audience is to quote Max Gahwyler when he read the book when it was in manuscript form. He said, "You must publish this. It is superb!" We agree this is, truly, one of, if not the, clearest, most readable books on training dressage ever written. It's just delightful! As Egon von Neindorf, a recognized master himself, says in the foreword, "If you are not fortunate enough to be taught by Walter Zettl personally, he gives you in this book a very valuable guide to the art of classical riding. In clearly worked out and easy to understand chapters, he takes you through each step of the training stages, discusses problems that occur, and assists with competent, sensible corrections, from Beginner to becoming a Master. With Walter Zettl's guidance, it is made possible."http://www.lybrary.com/dressage-in-harmony-from-basic-to-grand-prix-p-297264.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dressage-in-harmony-from-basic-to-grand-prix-p-297264.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:17 EDT The objective of the serial is to present considered reviews on the quantitative study of organic compounds and their behavior--physical organic chemistry in its broadest sense--in a manner accessible to a general readership.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-physical-organic-chemistry-p-297263.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-physical-organic-chemistry-p-297263.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:15 EDT This series of learning objectives offers all practitioners a description of the language needed to assure a learner's ability to deal with the challenges presented by everyday communication.http://www.lybrary.com/threshold-1990-p-297262.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/threshold-1990-p-297262.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:11 EDT In this comprehensive, accessible and beautifully illustrated book, Frank Sear traces the evolution of Roman architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic to AD 330, when Constantine moved the empire's capital to Constantinople.http://www.lybrary.com/roman-architecture-p-297261.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/roman-architecture-p-297261.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:08 EDT In the rush of modern life, we measure our lives by the clock, the calendar, the timetable. But there are older rhythms in nature: the call of chickadees before the first hint of spring, the golden face of a compass plant in July, the first snowfall. These signs mark the passage of time in a world that Aldo Leopold knew well and eloquently described. With notebook and camera in hand, John and Beth Ross revisit the Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve in south-central Wisconsin fifty years after Leopold's death. Thanks to the efforts of Leopold, his family, and the Leopold Foundation, this once-ruined farmland is now largely restored to a natural state. The Rosses explore the terrain of this sandy land, encounter its natural citizens, and relate life here to its physical underpinnings. Following Leopold's own practice of phenology, they note the seasonal changes: arrivals and departures of wild geese, the blossoming of the pasque flower at the edge of melting snow, the appearance of monarch butterflies on the milkweed. And further, they seek to find in this landscape an underlying morality, a communion of understanding, a sense of place in the cosmos. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, the book also includes notes on the behavior, habitat, and human interactions with ninety-four species of plants, birds, and other animals found in the reserve. An extensive glossary explains terms from geology, ecology, meteorology, and related life and earth sciences. "Prairie Time is about relationships-among prairie and woodland, climate and weather, moraine and outwash, annual cycles and the chronology of natural events-and the human relation to the land."-Nina Leopold Bradleyhttp://www.lybrary.com/prairie-time-the-leopold-reserve-revisited-p-297260.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/prairie-time-the-leopold-reserve-revisited-p-297260.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:33:06 EDT <p>The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing - its goals, methods, and consequences - into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: describe the nature of high-stakes testing; identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; analyze methods different groups of people have chosen for coping with the damage and suggest lessons to be learned from the high-stakes-testing experience.</p><p>The six groups of people whose coping strategies are inspected include: politicians and their staffs; educational administrators and their staffs; parents and the public; test makers and test administrators; teachers and students. Importantly, the author avoids aligning himself with the test-bashing rhetoric of those who oppose high-stakes testing, especially the No Child Left Behind Act.<p>Key features of this outstanding new book include:</p><UL> <LI>illustrative cases. The book offers more than 350 cases of collateral damage from high-stakes testing--and people's coping strategies--as reported in newspapers over the 2002-2004 period.</LI> <LI>background perspectives. Part I examines the influence of high-stakes testing on: 1) what schools teach; 2) how student progress is evaluated; 3) how achievement standards are set; and 4) how test results are used.</LI> <LI>participant responses. Part II, which is the heart of the book, devotes a separate chapter to the coping strategies of each of the major participants in the high-stakes testing movement: politicians and their staffs, educational administrators and their staffs, parents and the public, test-makers and test-givers, teachers, and students.</LI> <LI>summary chapter. The last chapter (Lessons to Learn) offers suggestions for minimizing collateral damage by adopting alternative approaches not used in the creation of our current high-stakes testing programs, particularly the federal government's No Child Left Behind Act.</LI></UL><p>This book is appropriate for any of the following audiences: students taking evaluation or administration courses in schools of education, inservice administrators and teachers, policy makers, and those members of the general public who are concerned about the fate of schooling in America.<BR></p>http://www.lybrary.com/highstakes-testing-coping-with-collateral-damage-p-297259.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/highstakes-testing-coping-with-collateral-damage-p-297259.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:16 EDT <EM>The Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis</EM> is the authoritative reference for the theory behind Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a burgeoning mathematical method used to analyze how words make meaning, with the desired outcome to program machines to understand human commands via natural language rather than strict programming protocols. The first book of its kind to deliver such a comprehensive analysis, this volume explores every area of the method and combines theoretical implications as well as practical matters of LSA.<BR>Readers are introduced to a powerful new way of understanding language phenomena, as well as innovative ways to perform tasks that depend on language or other complex systems. The <EM>Handbook</EM> clarifies misunderstandings and pre-formed objections to LSA, and provides examples of exciting new educational technologies made possible by LSA and similar techniques. It raises issues in philosophy, artificial intelligence, and linguistics, while describing how LSA has underwritten a range of educational technologies and information systems. Alternate approaches to language understanding are addressed and compared to LSA. <BR>This work is essential reading for anyone-newcomers to this area and experts alike-interested in how human language works or interested in computational analysis and uses of text. Educational technologists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and information technologists in particular will consider this volume especially useful.http://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-latent-semantic-analysis-p-297258.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-latent-semantic-analysis-p-297258.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:14 EDT <i>The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology </i>presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts. For the first time, extensive reviews of factors influencing witnesses of all ages-children, adults, and the elderly-are compiled in a single pair of volumes. The disparate research currently being conducted in eyewitness memory in psychology, criminal justice, and legal studies is coherently presented in this work.<p>Controversial topics such as the use of hypnosis, false and recovered memories, the impact of stress, and the accuracy of psychologically impaired witnesses are expertly examined. Leading eyewitness researchers also discuss the subjects of conversational memory, alibi evidence, witness credibility, facial memory, earwitness testimony, lineup theory, and expert testimony. The impact of witness testimony in court is considered, and each volume concludes with a legal commentary chapter.<p><i>The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology </i>is an invaluable aid to researchers, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers who need access to the most recent research in the field, accompanied by the interpretations and commentary of many of the world's leading authorities on these topics.http://www.lybrary.com/the-handbook-of-eyewitness-psychology-volume-ii-memory-for-people-p-297257.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-handbook-of-eyewitness-psychology-volume-ii-memory-for-people-p-297257.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:11 EDT Behavior analysis, a rapidly growing profession, began with the use and application of conditioning and learning techniques to modify the behavior of children or adults presenting severe management problems, often because of developmental disabilities. Now behavior analysts work in a variety of settings, from clinics and schools to workplaces. Especially since their practice often involves aversive stimuli or punishment, they confront many special ethical challenges. Recently, the Behavior Analysis Certification Board codified a set of ten fundamental ethical guidelines to be followed by all behavior analysts and understood by all students and trainees seeking certification.<p>This book shows readers how to follow the BACB guidelines in action. The authors first describe core ethical principles and then explain each guideline in detail, in easily comprehensible, everyday language. The text is richly illuminated by more than a hundred vivid case scenarios about which the authors pose, and later answer questions for readers. Useful appendices include the BACB Guidelines, an index to them, practice scenarios, and suggested further reading.<p>Practitioners, instructors, supervisors, students, and trainees alike will welcome this invaluable new aid to professional development.http://www.lybrary.com/ethics-for-behavior-analysts-a-practical-guide-to-the-behavior-analyst-certification-board-guidelines-for-responsible-conduct-p-297256.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ethics-for-behavior-analysts-a-practical-guide-to-the-behavior-analyst-certification-board-guidelines-for-responsible-conduct-p-297256.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:09 EDT <i>Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching</i> addresses two important questions:<br>*What aspects of linguistic knowledge are most useful for teachers to know?<br>*What kinds of activities and projects are most effective in introducing those aspects of linguistic knowledge to K-12 students?<p>The volume focuses on how basic linguistic knowledge can inform teachers' approaches to language issues in the multicultural, linguistically diverse classroom. The text also includes examples of practical applications of language awareness to pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum construction, which support the current goals of language arts, bilingual, and ESL education.<p><i>Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching</i> contributes to the resources on linguistics and education by taking prospective teachers beyond basic linguistics to ways in which linguistics can productively inform their teaching and raise their students' awareness of language. It is intended as a text for students in teacher education programs who have a basic knowledge of linguistics.http://www.lybrary.com/language-in-the-schools-integrating-linguistic-knowledge-into-k12-teaching-p-297255.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/language-in-the-schools-integrating-linguistic-knowledge-into-k12-teaching-p-297255.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:06 EDT At the turn of the 21st century, the most valuable commodity in society is knowledge--particularly new knowledge that may give a culture, company, or laboratory an adaptive advantage. Knowledge about the cognitive processes that lead to discovery and invention can enhance the probability of making valuable new discoveries and inventions. Such knowledge needs to be made widely available to ensure that no particular interest group "corners the market" on techno-scientific creativity. Knowledge can also facilitate the development of business strategies and social policies based on a genuine understanding of the creative process. Furthermore, through an understanding of principles underlying the cognitive processes related to discovery, educators can utilize these principles to teach students effective problem-solving strategies as part of their education as future scientists.<p>This book takes the reader out onto the cutting edge of research in scientific and technological thinking. The editors advocate a multiple-method approach; chapters include detailed case studies of contemporary and historical practices, experiments, computational simulations, and innovative theoretical analyses. The editors attempt a provocative synthesis of this work at the end.<p>In order to achieve true scientific and technological progress, an understanding of the process by which species are transforming the world is needed. This book makes an important step in that direction by leading to breakthroughs in the understanding of discovery and invention.http://www.lybrary.com/scientific-and-technological-thinking-p-297254.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/scientific-and-technological-thinking-p-297254.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:03 EDT This book is designed to acquaint serious students, scientists, and clinicians with magnetic source imaging (MSI)--a brain imaging technique of proven importance that promises even more important advances. The technique permits spatial resolution of neural events on a scale measured in millimeters and temporal resolution measured in milliseconds. Although widely mentioned in literature dealing with cognitive neuroscience and functional brain imaging, there is no single book describing both the foundations and actual methods of magnetoencephalopgraphy and its underlying science, neuromagnetism. This volume fills a long-standing need, as it is accessible to scientists and students having no special background in the field, and makes it possible for them to understand this literature and undertake their own research.<p>A self-contained unit, this book covers MSI from beginning to end, including its relationship to allied technologies, such as electroencephalography and modern functional imaging modalities. In addition, the book: <br> *introduces the field to the non-specialist, providing a framework for the rest of the book; <br> *provides a thorough review of the physiological basis of MSI; <br> *describes the mathematical bases of MSI--the forward and inverse problems; <br> *outlines new signal processing methods that extract information from single-trial MEG; <br> *depicts the early, as well as the most recent versions of MSI technology; <br> *compares MSI with other imaging methodologies; <br> *describes new paradigms and analysis techniques in applying MSI to study human perception and cognition, which are also applicable to EEG; and <br> *reviews some of the most important results in MSI from the most prominent researchers and laboratories around the world.http://www.lybrary.com/magnetic-source-imaging-of-the-human-brain-p-297253.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/magnetic-source-imaging-of-the-human-brain-p-297253.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:31:00 EDT <i>Configural Frequency Analysis</i> (CFA) provides an up-to-the-minute comprehensive introduction to its techniques, models, and applications. Written in a formal yet accessible style, actual empirical data examples are used to illustrate key concepts. Step-by-step program sequences are used to show readers how to employ CFA methods using commercial software packages, such as SAS, SPSS, SYSTAT, S-Plus, or those written specifically to perform CFA.<p>CFA is an important method for analyzing results involved with categorical and longitudinal data. It allows one to answer the question of whether individual cells or groups of cells of cross-classifications differ significantly from expectations. The expectations are calculated using methods employed in log-linear modeling or a priori information. It is the only statistical method that allows one to make statements about empty areas in the data space.<p>Applied and or person-oriented researchers, statisticians, and advanced students interested in CFA and categorical and longitudinal data will find this book to be a valuable resource. Developed since 1969, this method is now used by a large number of researchers around the world in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, education, medicine, and sociology. <i>Configural Frequency Analysis</i> will serve as an excellent text for courses on configural frequency analysis, categorical variable analysis, or analysis of contingency tables. Prerequisites include an understanding of descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, statistical model fitting, and some understanding of categorical data analysis and matrix algebra.http://www.lybrary.com/configural-frequency-analysis-methods-models-and-applications-p-297252.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/configural-frequency-analysis-methods-models-and-applications-p-297252.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:58 EDT This volume presents a series of studies that expand laws, invariants, and principles of psychophysics beyond its classical domain of sensation. This book's goal is to demonstrate the extent of the domain of psychophysics, ranging from sensory processes, through sensory memory and short-term memory issues, to the interaction between sensation and action. The dynamics and timing of human performance are a further important issue within this extended framework of psychophysics: Given the similarity of the various cortical areas in terms of their neuroanatomical structure, it is an important question whether this similarity is paralleled by a similarity of processes. These issues are addressed by the contributions in the present volume using state-of-the-art research methods in behavioral research, psychophysiology, and mathematical modeling.<p>The book is divided into four sections. Part I presents contributions concerning the classical domain of psychophysical judgment. The next two parts are concerned with elementary and higher-order processes and the concluding section deals with psychophysical models. The sections are introduced by guest editorials contributed by independent authors. These editorials present the authors' personals view on the respective section, providing an integrated account of the various contributions or highlighting their focus of interest among them. While also voicing their own and sometimes different point of view, they contribute to the process of discussion that makes science so exciting.<p>This volume should be of great interest to advanced students in neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, neuropsychology, and related areas who seek to evaluate the range and power of psychological work today. Established scientists in those fields will also appreciate the variety of issues addressed within the same methodological framework and their multiple interconnections and stimulating "cross-talk."http://www.lybrary.com/psychophysics-beyond-sensation-laws-and-invariants-of-human-cognition-p-297251.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/psychophysics-beyond-sensation-laws-and-invariants-of-human-cognition-p-297251.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:55 EDT This <i>Handbook </i>stands as the premier scholarly resource for Language and Social Interaction (LSI) subject matter and research, giving visibility and definition to this area of study and establishing a benchmark for the current state of scholarship. The <i>Handbook</i> identifies the five main subdisciplinary areas that make up LSI--language pragmatics, conversation analysis, language and social psychology, discourse analysis, and the ethnography of communication. One section of the volume is devoted to each area, providing a forum for a variety of authoritative voices to provide their respective views on the central concerns, research programs, and main findings of each area, and to articulate the present or emergent issues and directions. A sixth section addresses LSI in the context of broadcast media and the Internet. This volume's distinguished authors and original content contribute significantly to the advancement of LSI scholarship, circumscribing and clarifying the interrelationships among the questions, findings, and methods across LSI's subdisciplinary areas. Readers will come away richer in their understanding of the variety and depth of ways the intricacies of language and social interaction are revealed. As an essential scholarly resource, this <i>Handbook</i> is required reading for scholars, researchers, and graduate students in language and social interaction, and it is destined to have a broad influence on future LSI study and research.http://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-language-and-social-interaction-p-297250.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-language-and-social-interaction-p-297250.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:52 EDT This collection serves two important functions: it synthesizes theory and research in the vital and vibrant area of communication and emotion, and it highlights the scholarly work and contributions of Dolf Zillmann, the preeminent contributor to this area of inquiry.<p>As one of the most productive and influential scholars in the annals of communication inquiry, Zillmann is well known for his contributions in the areas of communication, emotion, media effects, and aggression. Editors Jennings Bryant, David Roskos-Ewoldsen, and Joanne Cantor have collected groundbreaking essays from scholars active in the field, all of whom studied under or worked with Zillmann during his exemplary career. The contributions included here acknowledge the significance of Zillmann's work and identify many of the intellectual streams that contributed to his scholarship.<p>Utilizing both psychology and communication perspectives, this volume covers the current literature in communication and emotion, with a focus on key theories, media effects, and entertainment theory. As a comprehensive synthesis of theory and research in communication and emotion, it will be of great interest to scholars in communication theory, cognitive and social psychology, and psychophysiology. With a concluding state-of-the-art chapter by Dolf Zillmann himself, this volume offers a thorough and distinctive examination of communication and emotion scholarship, and it will serve as an invaluable resource for current and future generations of scholars.http://www.lybrary.com/communication-and-emotion-essays-in-honor-of-dolf-zillmann-p-297249.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/communication-and-emotion-essays-in-honor-of-dolf-zillmann-p-297249.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:50 EDT <i>Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning</i> is about learning in schools and the central role of language in learning. The investigations of learning it reports are based on two premises: First, whatever you are trying to learn, there are certain necessary conditions for succeeding--although you cannot be sure that learning will take place when those conditions are met, you can be sure that no learning will occur if they are not. The limits of what is possible to learn is what the authors call "the space of learning." Second, language plays a central role in learning--it does not merely convey meaning, it also creates meaning. The book explicates the necessary conditions for successful learning and employs investigations of classroom discourse data to demonstrate how the space of learning is linguistically constituted in the classroom.<p><i>Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning:</i><br>*makes the case that an understanding of how the space of learning is linguistically constituted in the classroom is best achieved through investigating "classroom discourse" and that finding out what the conditions are for successful learning and bringing them about should be the teacher's primary professional task. Thus, it is fundamentally important for teachers and student teachers to be given opportunities to observe different teachers teaching the same thing, and to analyze and reflect on whether the classroom discourse in which they are engaged maximizes or minimizes the conditions for learning;<p>*is both more culturally situated and more generalizable than many other studies of learning in schools. Each case of classroom teaching clearly demonstrates how the specific language, culture, and pedagogy molds what is happening in the classroom, yet at the same time it is possible to generalize from these culturally specific examples the necessary conditions that must be met for the development of any specific capability regardless of where the learning is taking place and what other conditions might be present; and<p>*encompasses both theory and practice--providing a detailed explication of the theory of learning underlying the analyses of classroom teaching reported, along with close analyses of a number of authentic cases of classroom teaching driven by classroom discourse data which have practical relevance for teachers.<p>Intended for researchers and graduate students in education, teacher educators, and student teachers, <i>Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning</i> is practice- and content-oriented, theoretical, qualitative, empirical, and focused on language, and links teaching and learning in significant new ways.http://www.lybrary.com/classroom-discourse-and-the-space-of-learning-p-297248.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/classroom-discourse-and-the-space-of-learning-p-297248.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:47 EDT NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS ONLY: This is a revised edition of <i> Experiencing School Mathematics</i> first published in 1997 by Open University Press, © Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America only.<br>The first book to provide direct evidence for the effectiveness of traditional and reform-oriented teaching methods, <i>Experiencing School Mathematics</i> reports on careful and extensive case studies of two schools that taught mathematics in totally different ways. Three hundred students were followed over three years, providing an unusual and important range of data, including observations, interviews, questionnaires, and assessments, to show the ways students' beliefs and understandings were shaped by the different approaches to mathematics teaching. The interviews that are reproduced in the book give compelling insights into what it meant to be a student in the classrooms of the two schools. Questions are raised about and new evidence is provided for: <br> * the ways in which "traditional" and "reform oriented" mathematics teaching approaches can impact student attitude, beliefs, and achievement; <br> *the effectiveness of different teaching methods in preparing students for the demands of the "real world" and the 21st century; <br> *the impact of tracking and heterogeneous ability grouping; and <br> *gender and teaching styles--the potential of different teaching approaches for the attainment of equity.<p>The book draws some radical new conclusions about the ways that traditional teaching methods lead to limited forms of knowledge that are ineffective in non-school settings.<p>This edition has been revised for the North American market to show the relevance of the study results in light of the U.S. reform movement, the "math wars" and debates about teachers, assessment, and tracking. The details of the study have been rewritten for an American audience and the results are compared with research conducted in the U.S. This is an important volume for mathematics teachers and researchers, education policymakers, and for students in mathematics education courses.<p>NOTE: This is a revised edition of <i> Experiencing School Mathematics</i> first published in 1997 by Open University Press, © Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America only.http://www.lybrary.com/experiencing-school-mathematics-traditional-and-reform-approaches-to-teaching-and-their-impact-on-student-learning-revised-and-p-297247.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/experiencing-school-mathematics-traditional-and-reform-approaches-to-teaching-and-their-impact-on-student-learning-revised-and-p-297247.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:44 EDT This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment, relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities.<p>The chapter presentations examine language development across a variety of populations of children, from those with Specific Language Impairment to second language learners. The contributors discuss criteria for the definition of SLI, compare and contrast SLI with profiles of children with other disorders and dialects, and offer a comprehensive look at the Whole Human Language, which ties together spoken and signed languages.<p>Methodological concerns that affect the credibility and generalizability of the findings are discussed and controversies between opposing linguistic approaches to language acquisition are presented.<p>The conceptual thread that gradually reveals itself as the chapters unfold is a theoretical issue of central importance to cognitive theory, as well as to our understanding of the biological correlates of language--it concerns the variability that linguistic competence can manifest in children under different biological conditions and life circumstances.<p><i>Language Competence Across Populations: Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment</i> is an essential volume for advanced students and scholars in linguistics and psychology who have an interest in language acquisition and language disorders, as well as for the clinical professionals dealing with children with language impairments.http://www.lybrary.com/language-competence-across-populations-toward-a-definition-of-specific-language-impairment-p-297246.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/language-competence-across-populations-toward-a-definition-of-specific-language-impairment-p-297246.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:41 EDT <i>Teaching Academic ESL Writing: Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar</i> fills an important gap in teacher professional preparation by focusing on the grammatical and lexical features that are essential for all ESL writing teachers and student-writers to know. The fundamental assumption is that before students of English for academic purposes can begin to successfully produce academic writing, they must have the foundations of language in place--the language tools (grammar and vocabulary) they need to build a text. This text offers a compendium of techniques for teaching writing, grammar, and lexis to second-language learners that will help teachers effectively target specific problem areas of students' writing.<p>Based on the findings of current research, including a large-scale study of close to 1,500 non-native speakers' essays, this book works with several sets of simple rules that collectively can make a noticeable and important difference in the quality of ESL students' writing. The teaching strategies and techniques are based on a highly practical principle for efficiently and successfully maximizing learners' language gains.<p>Part I provides the background for the text and a sample of course curriculum guidelines to meet the learning needs of second-language teachers of writing and second-language writers. Parts II and III include the key elements of classroom teaching: what to teach and why, possible ways to teach the material in the classroom, common errors found in student prose and ways to teach students to avoid them, teaching activities and suggestions, and questions for discussion in a teacher-training course. Appendices to chapters provide supplementary word and phrase lists, collocations, sentence chunks, and diagrams that teachers can use as needed.<p>The book is designed as a text for courses that prepare teachers to work with post-secondary EAP students and as a professional resource for teachers of students in EAP courses.http://www.lybrary.com/teaching-academic-esl-writing-practical-techniques-in-vocabulary-and-grammar-p-297245.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/teaching-academic-esl-writing-practical-techniques-in-vocabulary-and-grammar-p-297245.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:39 EDT This book is a practical guide to building computational models of high-level cognitive processes and systems. High-level processes are those central cognitive processes involved in thinking, reasoning, planning, and so on. These processes appear to share representational and processing requirements, and it is for this reason that they are considered together in this text.<p>The book is divided into three parts. Part I considers foundational and background issues. Part II provides a series of case studies spanning a range of cognitive domains. Part III reflects upon issues raised by the case studies. Teachers of cognitive modeling may use material from Part I to structure lectures and practical sessions, with chapters in Part II forming the basis of in-depth student projects.<p>All models discussed in this book are developed within the COGENT environments. COGENT provides a graphical interface in which models may be sketched as "box and arrow" diagrams and is both a useful teaching tool and a productive research tool. As such, this book is designed to be of use to both students of cognitive modeling and active researchers. For students, the book provides essential background material plus an extensive set of example models, exercises and project material. Researchers of both symbolic and connectionist persuasions will find the book of interest for its approach to cognitive modeling, which emphasizes methodological issues. They will also find that the COGENT environment itself has much to offer.http://www.lybrary.com/modelling-highlevel-cognitive-processes-p-297244.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modelling-highlevel-cognitive-processes-p-297244.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:35 EDT This book offers a thorough examination of rumors and proposes strategies for organizations to use in combatting rumors that occur both internally and externally. Author Allan J. Kimmel explores the rumor phenomenon and distinguishes it as a distinct form of communication. He looks at psychological and social processes underlying rumor transmission to understand the circumstances under which people invent and circulate rumors. In addition, he examines how rumors are spread--both interpersonally and through mediated processes--and offers strategies for organizations to respond to rumors when they surface and methods for preventing their occurrence. Numerous examples are provided of actual rumor cases for which managers either successfully or unsuccessfully coped, including such companies as Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Snapple, Pepsi-Cola, and Gerber.<p><br>Intended to serve as a comprehensive compendium of strategies, this book was written with two objectives in mind. The first is to shed light on the often perplexing phenomenon of rumor by integrating disparate approaches from the behavioral sciences, marketing, and communication fields. The second is to offer a blueprint for going about the formidable tasks of attempting to prevent and neutralize rumors in business contexts. With these dual goals in mind--one theoretical, the other applied--this book will be of equal interest to both academics and managers in a wide range of professional contexts. In addition, it will guide organizational and marketing managers in their efforts to combat the potentially destructive consequences of rumors.http://www.lybrary.com/rumors-and-rumor-control-a-managers-guide-to-understanding-and-combatting-rumors-p-297243.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rumors-and-rumor-control-a-managers-guide-to-understanding-and-combatting-rumors-p-297243.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:32 EDT In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act.<p>A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at <b>http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/</b>http://www.lybrary.com/linguistic-genocide-in-education-or-worldwide-diversity-and-human-rights-p-297242.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/linguistic-genocide-in-education-or-worldwide-diversity-and-human-rights-p-297242.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:30 EDT Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it.<p>This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken, funded by the broadcasting industry. The study was carried out at the same time as similar industry-sponsored research was being conducted in the United States, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the U.S.A.<p>The book concludes that it is misleading to accuse all broadcasters of presenting excessive quantities of violence in their schedules. This does not deny that problematic portrayals were found. But the most gory, horrific and graphic scenes of violence were generally contained within broadcasts available on a subscription basis or in programs shown at times when few children were expected to be watching. This factual analysis proves that broadcasters were meeting their obligations under their national regulatory codes of practice.http://www.lybrary.com/violence-on-television-distribution-form-context-and-themes-p-297241.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/violence-on-television-distribution-form-context-and-themes-p-297241.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:26 EDT This book provides the most up-to-date and definite source of information currently available on setting performance standards. Chapters are grouped by common themes and provide diverse readers--educators, researchers, and policymakers-- ready access to the specific aspects of standard setting that interest them.<p>Part I presents perspectives on the nature and role of standard setting, focusing primarily on theoretical concerns. Part II provides practical details on various methods of standard setting and addresses such problems as how to identify and train participants in the standard-setting process. Part III covers the lingering dilemmas in standard setting that perplex theorists and practitioners.<p>By design, this book reflects the key aspects that dominate standard setting today and which are likely to do so in the coming years. Overall, it provides practitioners, scholars, and policymakers with the tools and perspectives that might fruitfully be applied to the challenges of standard setting today and to the unknown challenges that lie ahead.http://www.lybrary.com/setting-performance-standards-theory-and-applications-p-297240.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/setting-performance-standards-theory-and-applications-p-297240.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:23 EDT Patients with antisocial personality disorder (APD) have traditionally been considered difficult ot treat, or even untreatable, with psychotherapy. Recent clinical and research developments, however, have begun to change this view. In this book. both experienced and novice clinicians will gain an understanding of the developments in this area of psychotherapy.
<p>Rotgers and Maniacci present experts in the field of various models of treatment, among them Adlerian, biosocial-learning, motivational interviewing, Rogerian and psychopharmacological, to identify treatment goals, select assessment tools, conceptualize progression, pinpoint pitfalls, develop techniques, and move toward a successful therapeutic completion. By providing a brief overview of APD, discussing the ongoing controversies regarding the construct of APD, and assessing the responses to the same set of questions posed to each expert, the authors offers a glimpse into the difficult world of antisocial personality disorder.http://www.lybrary.com/antisocial-personality-disorder-a-practitioners-guide-to-comparative-treatments-p-297239.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/antisocial-personality-disorder-a-practitioners-guide-to-comparative-treatments-p-297239.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:12 EDT <p>Completely updated and extensively referenced, the new edition of this practical hands-on resource demonstrates the effective use of any ambulatory setting in medical education. The authors investigate the tools needed from a theoretical framework for teaching, in addition to essential teaching skills, dealing with difficult trainees, setting up a private practice as a setting for teaching, and more. The text provides pragmatic examples of real situations with specific strategies for addressing each.</p>;chapterhttp://www.lybrary.com/medical-teaching-in-ambulatory-care-springer-series-on-medical-education-p-297238.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/medical-teaching-in-ambulatory-care-springer-series-on-medical-education-p-297238.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:09 EDT This volume of <b>Advances in Marine Biology</b> contains four eclectic reviews on topics ranging from marine mollusc mucus to deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna.<p><b>Advances in Marine Biology</b> contains up-to-date reviews of all areas of marine science, including fisheries science and macro/micro fauna. Each volume contains peer-reviewed papers detailing the ecology of marine regions.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-marine-biology-p-297237.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-marine-biology-p-297237.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:07 EDT More Landmarks in Biochemistryhttp://www.lybrary.com/more-landmarks-in-biochemistry-p-297236.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/more-landmarks-in-biochemistry-p-297236.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:04 EDT <b>Tropical Mariculture</b> takes an in-depth look at developmental activities in a growing industry striving towards sustainability and environmental integrity. All of the contributors to this book have considerable experience and expertise in the field of tropical mariculture, and this is the first book to bring expert contributions together. The topics covered are wide and varied, ranging from general issues such as the impact of mariculture on coastal ecosystems to genetic improvement of cultured marine species, as well as the specifics of breeding selected marine species of current importance, such as groupers and sea bass. Significant coverage is also given to the problems of larval rearing in inland aquaculture as well as the demands of water- and land-based resources in a tropical environment. This book will be essential for everyone working in and researching tropical mariculture.<p>Key Features<br>* Looks at developmental activities in tropical mariculture<br>* All of the contributors are experts in the field<br>* Covers specific breeding problems and larval rearing<br>* Studies the environmental impact of inland aquacultural activities<br>* Provides detailed examples of cultivated species in the tropics<br>* Compiles mariculture strategies and discusses example species<br>* First book to give an overview of tropical mariculturehttp://www.lybrary.com/tropical-mariculture-p-297235.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tropical-mariculture-p-297235.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:01 EDT Volume 75 of <b>Advances in Cancer Research</b> continues the series' goal of publishing timely and authoritative reviews in the broad field of cancer research. Graves and Petersen begin the volume with a review of ets proteins and their role in biological specificity. Chapter 2 by Boshoff and Weiss discusses Kaposi's sarcoma and its associated herpesviruses. Chapter 3 by Taipale and colleagues discusses the ways in which the effects of TGF-B can be targeted through its deposition to the extracellular matrix in a latent form. Petersen and colleagues present their research on breast cancer from the phenotypic differentiation standpoint in Chapter 4. The clinical, pathological, and genetic characteristics of hereditary renal carcinoma are reviewed by Zbar and Lerman in Chapter 5. In Chapter 6, Ellem and co-workers discuss the numerous ways in which metastatic cells escape immune killing. Chapter 7 by Kramer <i>et al</i>. Concludes the volume with a discussion on the role of apoptosis via CD95 in liver, colon, and hematopoetic cells.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-cancer-research-p-297234.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-in-cancer-research-p-297234.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:58 EDT The proceedings of the VIIth International Symposium on the <i>Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts</i>, are in line with the general scope of this series of events. Emphasis in all Symposia has been on the scientific aspects of the preparation of new and industrial catalysts, or on new methods of preparation, rather than on the catalytic reactions in which such solids are ultimately used. In the present context, the catalytic event itself has only been considered as another, though often decisive, method of catalyst characterization.http://www.lybrary.com/preparation-of-catalysts-vii-p-297233.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/preparation-of-catalysts-vii-p-297233.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:55 EDT Time frequency analysis has been the object of intense research activity in the last decade. This book gives a self-contained account of methods recently introduced to analyze mathematical functions and signals simultaneously in terms of time and frequency variables. The book gives a detailed presentation of the applications of these transforms to signal processing, emphasizing the continuous transforms and their applications to signal analysis problems, including estimation, denoising, detection, and synthesis. To help the reader perform these analyses, <b>Practical Time-Frequency Analysis</b> provides a set of useful tools in the form of a library of S functions, downloadable from the authors' Web sites in the United States and France.<p>Key Features<br>* Detailed presentation of the Wavelet and Gabor transforms<br>* Applications to deterministic and random signal theory<br>* Spectral analysis of nonstationary signals and processes<br>* Numerous practical examples ranging from speech analysis to underwater acoustics, earthquake engineering, internet traffic, radar signal denoising, medical data interpretation, etc<br>* Accompanying software and data sets, freely downloadable from the book's Web pagehttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-timefrequency-analysis-gabor-and-wavelet-transforms-with-an-implementation-in-s-p-297232.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-timefrequency-analysis-gabor-and-wavelet-transforms-with-an-implementation-in-s-p-297232.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:53 EDT For centuries, scholars have debated the causes of aggression and the means to reduce its occurrence. <b>Human Aggression</b> brings together internationally recognized experts discussing the most current psychological research on the causes and prevention of aggression. Scholars, policy makers, practitioners, and those generally concerned with the growing issue of aggression find this a much needed reference work. Topics include how aggression is related to the usage of drugs, how temperature affects aggression, the effect of the mass media on aggression, violence by men against women, and the treatment of anger/aggression in clinical settings. The book also provides a comprehensive review of theory and methodology in the study of aggression.<p>Key Features<br>* Presents the latest research findings from internationally recognized researchers<br>* Familiarizes the reader with implications of aggression research<br>* Examines the causes and prevention of aggression<br>* Offers perspectives for both the researcher and policy makerhttp://www.lybrary.com/human-aggression-theories-research-and-implications-for-social-policy-p-297231.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/human-aggression-theories-research-and-implications-for-social-policy-p-297231.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:50 EDT <b>Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection</b> presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted reinterpretations of breeding behavior. This book provides a theoretical framework for the study of sperm competition, which is a central part of sexual selection. It also discusses the roles of females and the relationships between paternal care in sperm competition. The chapters focusing on taxonomic development are diverse and cover all the major animal groups, both vertebrate and invertebrate, and plants. The final chapter provides an overview discussing the relationship between sperm competition and sexual selection in terms of both function and mechanism and how these translate into species fitness. This book will be of prime interest to behaviorists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists, suggesting new avenues of research and new ways of approaching old problems.<p>Key Features<br>* The only up-to-date summary of a central and popular subject<br>* Well known editors and authors<br>* Provides a theoretical framework for the study of sperm competition<br>* Covers all major animal groups<br>* Includes a chapter on plantshttp://www.lybrary.com/sperm-competition-and-sexual-selection-p-297230.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sperm-competition-and-sexual-selection-p-297230.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:47 EDT <b>Handbook of the Aging Brain</b> brings together diverse scientific disciplines to cover the most recent research findings in an easy-to-read summary. Scientists and clinicians will find a wide spectrum of subjects including gerontology, neurology, psychology, molecular biology, and cellular biology. The book includes general chapters on the neuroanatomy and neurobiology of the aging brain, and moves on to discussion of specifics including signal transduction, cell death, and specific cellular and neurological changes associated with dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Other chapters discuss the affect of aging on learning and memory, language, and cognition.http://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-the-aging-brain-p-297229.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-the-aging-brain-p-297229.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:44 EDT In polymer science and technology, the advanced development of various new polymer materials with excellent properties and functions is desirable. For this purpose it is necesary to determine the exact relationship between physical properties and molecular structure-dynamics with powerful techniques. One such technique is solid state NMR. Recently, high resolution NMR studies of solids have been realized by using advanced pulse and mechanical techniques, which has resulted in a variety of structural and dynamical information on polymer systems. Solid state NMR has provided characteristic information which cannot be obtained by other spectroscopic methods.<p>This book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the principles of NMR, important NMR parameters such as chemical shifts, relaxation times, dipolar interactions, quadrupolar interactions, pulse techniques and new NMR methods. In the second part, applications of NMR to a variety of polymer systems in the solid state are described.<p><b>Features of this book:</b><p>• Contains an up-to-date and comprehensive account of solid state NMR of polymers by leading researchers in the field<p>• Provides a compilation of solid state NMR of polymers, which makes it an ideal reference book for both NMR researchers and general polymer scientists.<p>This book will be of interest to the NMR community, and will be invaluable for both the beginner and the expert.http://www.lybrary.com/solid-state-nmr-of-polymers-p-297228.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/solid-state-nmr-of-polymers-p-297228.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:41 EDT This book is written to serve as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in populations. It combines classical finite population sampling designs with population enumeration procedures in a unified approach for obtaining abundance estimates for species of interest. The statistical information is presented in practical, easy-to-understand terminology.<p>Key Features<br>* Presented in practical, easy-to-understand terminology<br>* Serves as a general reference for biologists and resource managers<br>* Provides the tools needed to detect trends in populations<br>* Introduces a unified approach for obtaining abundance estimateshttp://www.lybrary.com/monitoring-vertebrate-populations-p-297227.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/monitoring-vertebrate-populations-p-297227.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:38 EDT <b>The Psychology of Stalking</b> is the first scholarly book on stalking ever published. Virtually every serious writer and researcher in this area of criminal psychopathology has contributed a chapter. These chapters explore stalking from social, psychiatric, psychological and behavioral perspectives. New thinking and data are presented on threats, pursuit characteristics, psychiatric diagnoses, offender-victim typologies, cyberstalking, false victimization syndrome, erotomania, stalking and domestic violence, the stalking of public figures, and many other aspects of stalking, as well as legal issues. This landmark text is of interest to both professionals and other thoughtful individuals who recognize the serious nature of this ominous social behavior.<p>Key Features:<br>* First scholarly book on stalking ever published<br>* Contributions from virtually all major researchers in field<br>* Discussion of what to do when being stalked<br>* Uses examples from recent publicized caseshttp://www.lybrary.com/the-psychology-of-stalking-clinical-and-forensic-perspectives-p-297226.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-psychology-of-stalking-clinical-and-forensic-perspectives-p-297226.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:35 EDT Compliance with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) is now essential for CE marking. Products cannot leave your firm without it. This book provides essential and informative reading for company directors, engineers, designers and students designing, manufacturing or studying the design of electrical products covered by the Low Voltage Directive.<p>Unlike many textbooks that offer general guidance only this book provides illustrated examples of non-compliant products and suggests solutions. It also provides detailed guidance notes to EN60950 - one of the most widely used harmonised standards.<p>Gregg Kervill is an international consultant on European regulations and North American product safety standards. His clients include blue chip and Fortune 500 companies as well as Government agencies. Gregg Kervill advises his clients on self-declaration of the Low Voltage Directive.<p>A guide to LVD compliance for managers and engineers alike<br>Clear, concise guidance through a legislative minefield<br>Essential for companies all over Europehttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-guide-to-low-voltage-directive-p-297225.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-guide-to-low-voltage-directive-p-297225.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:33 EDT This book shows how a transformer can be put to use, common problems which a user will face, and which is the most appropriate in a particular situation. Anyone working with transformers will find this a valuable user guide. Theory and mathematics are kept to a minimum, and instead the everyday working of these devices is described. Practical Transformer Handbook covers transformers in electronic technology, control techniques, instrumentation, and other more unusual applications.<p>In this practical book a wide range of devices, uses and problems are explored, from parametric transformers, transmission line RF transformers and Tesla coils to the effect of geomagnetic storms on power transformers and dealing with the ever-present third harmonic in iron core transformers.<p>Irving Gottlieb is a leading author of many books for practising engineers, technicians and students of electronic and electrical engineering.<p><br>Practical, concise and wide-ranging coverage<br>Maths and theory kept to a minimum<br>Written for a wide professional markethttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-transformer-handbook-for-electronics-radio-and-communications-engineers-p-297224.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/practical-transformer-handbook-for-electronics-radio-and-communications-engineers-p-297224.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:29 EDT This comprehensive reference is the first to cover industrially important borates, from deposits, through chemistry, mining, processing, and applications. The reference work begins with a listing of the 238 currently known borate minerals, their formulas, and properties. It features modern theories on the origin of borate deposits, their molecular structure and detailed descriptions of the world's borate deposits. Garrett describes the fascinating history of the discovery and development of borate deposits with anecdotes of how resourceful operators overcame obstacles in obtaining their minerals. Chapters on mining technology and processing detail the mineral's development from the earliest recorded times up to the sophisticated operations of the present day. The book also contains a comprehensive literature on boron isotope chemistry, their diverse applications, and productions and resource statistics for the world's largest industrial producers.<p><br>* Functions as a complete reference for geologists, engineers, and consumers of borate products<br>* Includes crystallographic descriptions, solution chemistry, isotopic distributions, and other properties of 170 borate minerals<br>* Provides detailed descriptions of mining and processing methods and economic uses<br>* Includes statistical data on borate production, consumption, prices, and ore reserves for every country of the world<br>* Provides an extensive bibliography<br>* Author is an authority on industrial minerals through many years of consulting and process development workhttp://www.lybrary.com/borates-handbook-of-deposits-processing-properties-and-use-p-297223.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/borates-handbook-of-deposits-processing-properties-and-use-p-297223.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:26 EDT In this companion text to Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science, and Personalities, seventeen contributors present more tutorial, historical, and editorial viewpoints on subjects related to analog circuit design. By presenting divergent methods and views of people who have achieved some measure of success in their field, the book encourages readers to develop their own approach to design. In addition, the essays and anecdotes give some constructive guidance in areas not usually covered in engineering courses, such as marketing and career development.<p>*Includes visualizing operation of analog circuits<p>*Describes troubleshooting for optimum circuit performance<p>*Demonstrates how to produce a saleable producthttp://www.lybrary.com/the-art-and-science-of-analog-circuit-design-p-297222.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-art-and-science-of-analog-circuit-design-p-297222.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:24 EDT This finely textured ethnography weaves written texts with the voices of women and men who struggle to protect their sacred sites. It provides a deeper understanding of lives profoundly affected by two centuries of colonization.http://www.lybrary.com/ngarrindjeri-wurruwarrin-p-297221.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ngarrindjeri-wurruwarrin-p-297221.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:21 EDT Interviews with new parents about the gendered roles of mother and father Interviews with new parents about the gendered roles of mother and fatherhttp://www.lybrary.com/thinking-about-the-baby-gender-and-transitions-into-parenthood-p-297220.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/thinking-about-the-baby-gender-and-transitions-into-parenthood-p-297220.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:18 EDT Art therapy is one of the few psychotherapy services which people with learning difficulties are able to access. "Drawing on Difference" is an invaluable guide for those wishing to explore how art therapy can support and validate the emotional and mental health needs of people with learning difficulties. Particular emphasis is placed on service evaluation and standards, and on the client's personal experience. The case studies presented offer insight into the practical, professional and political issues which are shaping the practice of art therapy today.http://www.lybrary.com/drawing-on-difference-p-297219.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/drawing-on-difference-p-297219.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:12 EDT Informed professional debate about primary teacher education is long overdue. This book provides a sense of direction and impetus in this debate by focusing on pressing topical issues of policy and provision. There is focus on the current national scrutiny of initial and inservice teacher training, which is resulting in the development of a National Curriculum for ITE, the proposal of a General Teaching Council and Continuing Professional Development initiatives from the TTA. In addition, the book will be of direct use in the design and implementation of new courses in teacher education, and it takes a proactive stand on the issues in contrast to the dominant culture in teacher education, which is largely reactive to government policy shifts. All the contributions have been specially commissioned for this book, and will analyze trends, identify emerging issues and draw conclusions about likely future developments.http://www.lybrary.com/primary-teacher-education-p-297218.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/primary-teacher-education-p-297218.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:09 EDT Brings together new writing and research on feminist experience in academia. The book covers under-researched issues: provision of care, maternalism in the academy and dynamics of interaction between women in higher education. There are challenging and provocative analyses of many questions: how large is the gap between rhetoric and reality in HE institutions? How do institutions behave towards disabled staff? How far is stereotyping still affecting the roles which women play in academia? Coping mechanisms and survival tactics are scrutinized, and the effect they have on the behavior of female academics in their interactions with the institution and each other. This book provides substantial evidence for researchers developing their own theories, and also many fresh starting points for those wishing to undertake their own research.http://www.lybrary.com/surviving-the-academy-p-297217.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/surviving-the-academy-p-297217.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:33:06 EDT The study of speech errors, or "slips of the tongue," is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of data for building theories of speech production planning. However, until <i>Kids' Slips,</i> there has never been a corpus of such errors from children with which to work. This is the first developmental linguistics research volume to document how online processing is revealed in young children, ages 18 months through 5 years, through their slips of the tongue. Thus, this text provides a new methodology and data source, which will greatly expand our ability to uncover the details of early language development. Professor Jaeger's groundbreaking book incorporates both details of her methodology and findings with implications for different aspects of language development, including phonetics and phonology, the lexicon, semantics, morphology, and syntax. While all the child data is included in the book, a Web site hosted by the author provides readers with the adult data as well. <i>Kids' Slips</i> targets those who study language development in linguistics, developmental psychology, and speech and hearing, as well as those who study language representation and processing more generally in the same disciplines.http://www.lybrary.com/kids-slips-what-young-childrens-slips-of-the-tongue-reveal-about-language-development-p-297216.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/kids-slips-what-young-childrens-slips-of-the-tongue-reveal-about-language-development-p-297216.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:14 EDT What is parental control? Is it positive or negative for children? What makes parents controlling with their children, even when they value supporting children's autonomy? Are there alternatives to control and how might we apply them in important domains of children's lives, such as school and sports? This book addresses these and other questions about the meaning and predictors of parental control, as well as its consequences for children's adjustment and well-being. While the topic of parental control is not new, there has been controversy about the concept, with some researchers and clinicians weighing in on the side of control and others against it. This book argues that part of the controversy stems from different uses of the term, with some investigators focusing more on parents being in control and others on controlling children. Using a definition of control as "pressure for children to think, feel, or behave in specific ways," the author explores research on parental control, arguing that there is more consensus than previously thought. Using this research base, the author provides evidence that parental control can be subtle and can lurk within many "positive" parenting approaches; parental control undermines the very behaviors we wish to inculcate in our children; providing autonomy support--the opposite of control--is a challenge, even when parents are committed to doing so.<p>With controversy in the literature about parental control and attention in the media on the ways in which parents step over the control line (e.g., screaming on the soccer sidelines, pressuring children in academics), this book is especially timely. It provides an empathic view of how easily parents can become trapped in controlling styles by emphasizing performance and hooking their own self-esteem on children's performance. Examples of how this can happen in academic, sporting, and peer situations with their emphasis on competition and hierarchy are provided, as well as strategies for parenting in highly involved but autonomy supportive ways.<p>A highly readable yet research-based treatment of the topic of parental control, this book: <br> *explores the controversial topic of parental control; addresses controversy about the positive and negative effects of parental control; and disentangles various parenting concepts, such as involvement, structure, and control; <br> *illustrates how control can be overt, such as in the use of corporal punishment or covert, as in the use of controlling praise; <br> *provides evidence that control may produce compliance in children preventing them from initiating and taking responsibility for their own behavior; <br> *explores why parents are controlling with their children, including environmental and economic stresses and strains, characteristics of children that "pull" for control, and factors in parents' own psychologies that lead them to be "hooked" on children's performance; and <br> *provides examples of control in the areas of academics and sports--the hierarchical and competitive nature of these domains is seen as contributing to parents' tendencies to become controlling in these areas.http://www.lybrary.com/the-psychology-of-parental-control-how-wellmeant-parenting-backfires-p-297215.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-psychology-of-parental-control-how-wellmeant-parenting-backfires-p-297215.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:11 EDT <i>CSCL 2: Carrying Forward the Conversation</i> is a thorough and up-to-date survey of recent developments in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, one of the fastest growing areas of research in the learning sciences. A follow-up to <i>CSCL: Theory and Practice of an Emerging Paradigm</i> (1996), this volume both documents how the field has grown and fosters a meaningful discussion of how the research program might be advanced in substantive ways.<p>Recognizing the long-standing traditions of CSCL work in Europe and Japan, the editors sought to broaden and expand the conversation both geographically and topically. The 45 participating authors represent a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including anthropology, communication studies, computer science, education, psychology, and philosophy, and offer international perspectives on the field. For each chapter, the goal was not only to show how it connects to past and future work in CSCL, but also how it contributes to the interests of other research communities. Toward this end, the volume features a "conversational structure" consisting of target chapters, invited commentaries, and author responses. The commentaries on each chapter were solicited from a diverse collection of writers, including prominent scholars in anthropology of education, social studies of science, CSCW, argumentation, activity theory, language and social interaction, ecological psychology, and other areas.<br> The volume is divided into three sections:<br> *Part I explores four case studies of technology transfer involving CSILE, one of the most prominent CSCL projects.<br> *Part II focuses on empirical studies of learning in collaborative settings.<br> *Part III describes novel CSCL technologies and the theories underlying their design.<p>Historically, there has been a certain amount of controversy as to what the second "C" in CSCL should represent. The conventional meaning is "collaborative" but there are many C-words that can be seen as relevant. With the publication of this volume, "conversational" might be added to the list and, in this spirit, the book might be viewed as an invitation to join a conversation in progress and to carry it forward.http://www.lybrary.com/cscl-2-p-297214.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cscl-2-p-297214.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:08 EDT Finding ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination is the central issue in attacking racism in our society. Yet this book is almost unique among scientific volumes in its focus on that goal. This important book combines critical analysis of theories about how to reduce prejudice and discrimination with cutting-edge empirical research conducted in real-world settings, as well as in controlled laboratory situations.<p>This book's outstanding contributors focus on a common set of questions about ways to reduce intergroup conflict, prejudice, and stereotyping. They summarize their own research, as well as others, interpret the conclusions, and suggest implications concerning the practical methods that have been, or could be, used in programs aimed at reducing intergroup conflict. The chapters present solidly based critical analyses and research findings in clear, reader-friendly prose.<p>This book evolved from the Sixteenth Annual Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Each Symposium in the series concentrates on a single area in which social psychological knowledge is being applied to the resolution of a current social problem.<p>Ideal for teachers, social workers, administrators, managers, and other social practitioners who are concerned about prejudice and discrimination, this book will also serve as a valuable foundation of knowledge in courses that examine this topic.http://www.lybrary.com/reducing-prejudice-and-discrimination-p-297213.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reducing-prejudice-and-discrimination-p-297213.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:06 EDT A comprehensive overview of the mechanisms involved in how cognitive processes determine thought and behavior toward the social world, <i>Cognitive Social Psychology:</i> <br> *examines cognition as a motivated process wherein cognition and motivation are seen as intertwined; <br> * reviews the latest research on stereotyping, prejudice, and the ability to control these phenomena--invaluable information to managers who need to prevent against bias in the workplace; and <br> *provides a current analysis of classic problems/issues in social psychology, such as cognitive dissonance, the fundamental attribution error, social identity, stereotyping, social comparison, heuristic processing, the self-concept, assimilation and contrast effects, and goal pursuit.<p>Intended for psychology and management students, as well as social, cognitive, and industrial/organizational psychologists in both academic and applied settings. This new book is also an ideal text for courses in social cognition due to its cohesive structure.http://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-social-psychology-the-princeton-symposium-on-the-legacy-and-future-of-social-cognition-p-297212.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cognitive-social-psychology-the-princeton-symposium-on-the-legacy-and-future-of-social-cognition-p-297212.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:03 EDT The National Science Foundation funded the first Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology initiative to look at systems that support collaborations in business and elsewhere. This book explores the global revolution in human interconnectedness. It will discuss the various collaborative workgroups and their use in technology. The initiative focuses on processes of coordination and cooperation among autonomous units in human systems, in computer and communication systems, and in hybrid organizations of both systems. This initiative is motivated by three scientific issues which have been the focus of separate research efforts, but which may benefit from collaborative research. The first is the effort to discover the principles underlying how people collaborate and coordinate work efficiently and productively in environments characterized by a high degree of decentralized computation and decision making. The second is to gain a better fundamental understanding of the structure and outputs of organizations, industries, and markets which incorporate sophisticated, decentralized information and communications technology as an important component of their operations. The third is to understand problems of coordination in decentralized or open computer systems.http://www.lybrary.com/coordination-theory-and-collaboration-technology-p-297211.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/coordination-theory-and-collaboration-technology-p-297211.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:31:00 EDT The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when dementia is fully established. Yet patients in the early stages of cognitive decline, far more numerous, often still living independently with family members, present a bewildering variety of challenges.<p>Bringing together leading authors with diverse expertise, this <i>Handbook</i> offers the first comprehensive overview of approaches to the management of early-stage issues. The authors summarize the important implications of the latest research in their own fields for: <br> * the recognition and formal diagnosis of cognitive problems;<br> * the assessment of specific difficulties in daily functioning;<br> * the formulation of a management plan integrating pharmacological, neuropsychological, behavioral, and cognitive strategies; and<br> * the facilitation and support of caregivers' efforts.<p>All professionals involved in any way with the care of early Alzheimer's patients and their families will find this book an indispensable reference.http://www.lybrary.com/the-clinical-management-of-early-alzheimers-disease-a-handbook-p-297210.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-clinical-management-of-early-alzheimers-disease-a-handbook-p-297210.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:57 EDT This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the social interaction that occurs during later life. The edition provides a comprehensive update on the existing and emerging research within communication and aging studies and considers such topics as notions of successful aging, positive and negative stereotypes toward older adults, and health communication issues. It raises awareness of the barriers facing elderly people in conversation and the importance such conversations have in elderly people's lives. The impact of nonrelational processes, such as hearing loss, are considered as they impact relationships with others and affect the ability to age successfully.<p>The book is organized into 14 chapters. Each chapter is written so that the reader is presented with an exhaustive review of the pertinent and recent literature from the social sciences. As in the first edition, when the literature is empirically based, the communicative ramifications are then discussed.<p>Readers of this volume will gain greater understanding of the importance of their communicative relationships and how significant they remain across the life span. Developed for students in communication, psychology, nursing, social gerontology, sociology, and related areas, <i>Communication and Aging</i> provides important insights on communication to all who are affected by the aging process.http://www.lybrary.com/communication-and-aging-p-297209.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/communication-and-aging-p-297209.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:54 EDT The affective realm is a critical, but often forgotten, aspect of schooling. The development of character and the formation of appropriate learning environments rely to a large extent on understanding the affective nature of students. Even when the focus is on cognitive achievement, affect has a role to play. Teachers frequently mention a lack of motivation as a primary reason for students not achieving as well as they should or as well as their teachers would like.<p>Despite the importance of affect, educators rarely make an effort to systematically collect and use information about students' affective characteristics to better understand students and to substantially improve the quality of education they receive. This book's purpose is to provide educators with the knowledge and skills they need to design and select instruments that can be used to gather information about students' affective characteristics. Once valid and reliable information has been gathered, it can be used to aid in understanding and to improve educational quality.<p>The second edition features: <br> * an updated list of affective characteristics (i.e., attitudes, values, interests, self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control) <br> * a dual emphasis on selecting and designing affective assessment instruments<br> * an emphasis on multi-scale instruments (i.e., a single instrument with multiple affective scales) <br> * the use of a single small data set to illustrate and foster understanding of key concepts and procedures<br> * a dual emphasis on data about individual students and groups of students<br> * a dual focus on the instrumental value of affective data and the inherent value of affective data (i.e., affect is valuable in and of itself)http://www.lybrary.com/assessing-affective-characteristics-in-the-schools-p-297208.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/assessing-affective-characteristics-in-the-schools-p-297208.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:51 EDT A classic in the field, this third edition will continue to be the book of choice for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses in theories of human development in departments of psychology and human development. This volume has been substantially revised with an eye toward supporting applied developmental science and the developmental systems perspectives. Since the publication of the second edition, developmental systems theories have taken center stage in contemporary developmental science and have provided compelling alternatives to reductionist theoretical accounts having either a nature or nurture emphasis. As a consequence, a developmental systems orientation frames the presentation in this edition.<p><br> This new edition has been expanded substantially in comparison to the second edition. <b>Special features include:</b> <br> * A separate chapter focuses on the historical roots of concepts and theories of human development, on philosophical models of development, and on developmental contextualism. <br> * Two new chapters surrounding the discussion of developmental contextualism--one on developmental systems theories wherein several exemplars of such models are discussed and a corresponding chapter wherein key instances of such theories--life span, life course, bioecological, and action theoretical ones--are presented. <br> * A new chapter on cognition and development is included, contrasting systems' approaches to cognitive development with neo-nativist perspectives. <br> * A more differentiated treatment of nature-oriented theories of development is provided. There are separate chapters on behavior genetics, the controversy surrounding the study of the heritability of intelligence, work on the instinctual theory of Konrad Lorenz, and a new chapter on sociobiology. <br> * A new chapter concentrates on applied developmental science.http://www.lybrary.com/concepts-and-theories-of-human-development-p-297207.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/concepts-and-theories-of-human-development-p-297207.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:48 EDT Covering both formal and informal education, this volume examines Renaissance education in England and Italy, set within the relevant social, political and historical context.http://www.lybrary.com/education-in-renaissance-england-p-297206.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/education-in-renaissance-england-p-297206.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:46 EDT The editors, aware of the recent work in evolutionary theory and the science of chaos and complexity, challenge the sometimes deterministic flavor of this subject. They are interested in uncovering the place of agency in these theories that take history so seriously. In the end, they are as interested in path creation and destruction as they are in path dependence.<p>This book is compiled of both theoretical and empirical writings. It shows relatively well-known industries, such as the automobile, biotechnology, and semi-conductor industries in a new light. It also invites the reader to learn more about medical practices, wind power, lasers, and synthesizers.<p>Primarily written for academicians, researchers, and Ph.
<p>D. students in fields related to technology management, this book is research-oriented and will appeal to all managers.http://www.lybrary.com/path-dependence-and-creation-p-297205.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/path-dependence-and-creation-p-297205.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:43 EDT Feminist activism is often taught as an historical phenomenon, and many students entering courses on women's studies are not familiar with current feminist work in the field. This book documents a wide variety of different forms of feminist activism in the 1990s, from organisations such as "Rights for Women" and "Southall Black Sisters" to "Asian Women's Work in Refuges". It raises questions about the meaning of feminist activism and its interpretation within women's studies and other academic disciplines. The chapters suggest, against much current representation within women's studies and elsewhere, that feminism is still alive.; With a comprehensive introduction providing an historical overview of the development of feminist activism from second wave feminism onwards, this text is intended to be of use as a resource for all students of women's studies and related courses.http://www.lybrary.com/feminist-activism-in-the-1990s-p-297204.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/feminist-activism-in-the-1990s-p-297204.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:41 EDT A US/Brazil trade conflict on the Brazilian protectionist electronics policy developed during 198589. In that period and under the threat of trade sanctions, a few changes were made in the Brazilian policy. Major consequences of the conflict were felt after its conclusion. It was one important political factor among the forces that pushed for the opening of the Brazilian electronics market in the early 1990s.http://www.lybrary.com/winning-the-battle-to-lose-the-war-brazilian-electronics-policy-under-us-threat-of-sanctions-p-297203.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/winning-the-battle-to-lose-the-war-brazilian-electronics-policy-under-us-threat-of-sanctions-p-297203.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:39 EDT Published in 1988, Essays on the Economic History of the Middle East is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle Eastern Studies. http://www.lybrary.com/essays-on-the-economic-history-p-297202.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/essays-on-the-economic-history-p-297202.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:37 EDT Published in 1969, Manchester in 1844 is a valuable contribution to the field of History. http://www.lybrary.com/manchester-in-1844-its-present-condition-and-future-prospects-p-297201.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/manchester-in-1844-its-present-condition-and-future-prospects-p-297201.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:34 EDT Published in 1987, Unequal Educational Provision in England and Wales is a valuable contribution to the field of Education. http://www.lybrary.com/unequal-educational-provision-in-england-and-wales-the-nineteenthcentury-roots-p-297200.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/unequal-educational-provision-in-england-and-wales-the-nineteenthcentury-roots-p-297200.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:31 EDT Freire and Macedo analyse the connection between literacy and politics according to whether it produces existing social relations, or introduces a new set of cultural practices that promote democratic and emancipatory change.http://www.lybrary.com/literacy-reading-the-word-and-the-world-p-297199.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/literacy-reading-the-word-and-the-world-p-297199.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:29 EDT During the 1980s and 1990s Asian 'developmental states' attracted much attention in political science and economics literature, but the role of law in the economic development was neglected. It was only after the Asian crisis of 1997 that many analysts began to focus on a lack of regulation and transparency as a major factor triggering the crisis. The crucial questions now are how successful the current reforms will be, and which features of the Asian approach to commercial law will be resistant to reform pressures. This book examines the prospects for commercial law reform in Asia, giving particular attention to Japan and Singapore, as frequently cited role models for Asian developmentalism, and also examining development related business laws in countries such as China, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.http://www.lybrary.com/law-and-development-in-east-and-southeast-asia-p-297198.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/law-and-development-in-east-and-southeast-asia-p-297198.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:26 EDT Completed just before his death in 1817 by one of the foremost European pioneers in Arabic studies. Reprint with Introduction by C.E. Bosworth.http://www.lybrary.com/arabic-proverbs-the-manners-and-customs-of-the-modern-egyptians-p-297197.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/arabic-proverbs-the-manners-and-customs-of-the-modern-egyptians-p-297197.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:30:23 EDT <p>The author takes a new approach to teaching notation through movement exercises, thus enlarging the scope of the book to teachers of movement and choreography as well as the traditional dance notation students.</p><p>Updated and enlarged to reflect the most recent scholarship and through a series of exercises, this book guides students through:</p><p>movement, stillness, timing, shaping, accents</p><p>travelling</p><p>direction, flexion and extension</p><p>rotations, revolutions and turns</p><p>supporting</p><p>balance</p><p>relationships.</p><p>All of these movements are related to notation, so the student learns how to notate and describe the movements as they are performed.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/your-move-p-297196.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/your-move-p-297196.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:24 EDT This unique book is about landscape, sustainability and the practices of the professions which plan, design and manage landscapes at many scales and in many locations; urban, suburban and rural. Despite the ubiquity of 'sustainability' as a concept, this is the first book to address the relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability in a comprehensive way.<BR>Much in the book is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to be fine art. As this book argues, landscape is and must be much more than this; landscape architecture is about making places which are biologically wholesome, socially just and spiritually rewarding.http://www.lybrary.com/landscape-and-sustainability-p-297195.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/landscape-and-sustainability-p-297195.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:22 EDT <p>Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming common across the industry worldwide. This book is an invaluable guide to international construction law, written by a team of experts and focusing on the following national systems: Australia, Canada, China, England and Wales, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Quebec, Romania, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. The book provides a consistent and rigorous analysis of each national system as well as the necessary tools for managing conflict and resolving disputes on construction projects.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/dispute-resolution-and-conflict-management-in-construction-an-international-perspective-p-297194.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/dispute-resolution-and-conflict-management-in-construction-an-international-perspective-p-297194.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:19 EDT <p>The third volume of <EM>The U.S. Navy Warship Series</EM> covers the fifty-year period from 1883-1922. In 1883, Congress authorized the first ships of the "New Navy" and ordered removal of all obsolete ships. All US Navy ships since that time have stemmed from these first three cruisers. The numbering system in effect since 1920 was effectively begun in 1886.<BR></p><p>The ships built during the next few years fought in the Spanish-American War. The success and popularity of the naval victories of that war together with the acquisition of overseas territories were the impetus for a large naval shipbuilding program. The voyage around the world of the "Great White Fleet" was a prime example of the excitement felt by the American people about the Navy. This led naturally into the fleet of World War I and its vast expansion, terminating with its demobilization after the war and the succeeding naval disarmament treaty of 1992.<BR></p><p>This book will be arranged following the standard format with sections on Capital Ships, Cruisers, Destroyers, Submarines, Mines Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Tenders, Supply & Transport Ships, Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), and other government departments (Coast Guard, etc.).</p><p>A further article about Paul Silverstone and the Navy Warships series can be found at: http://www.thejc.com/home.aspxParentId=m11s18s180&SecId=180&AId=58892&ATypeId=1</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-navy-18831922-p-297193.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-navy-18831922-p-297193.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:15 EDT <EM>Music Cultures in the United States</EM> is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course. Taking a new, fresh approach to the study of American music, it is divided into three parts. In the first part, historical, social, and cultural issues are discussed, including how music history is studied; issues of musical and social identity; and institutions and processes affecting music in the U.S. The heart of the book is devoted to American musical cultures: American Indian; European; African American; Latin American; and Asian American. Each cultural section has a basic introductory article, followed by case studies of specific musical cultures. Finally, global musics are addressed, including Classical Musics and Popular Musics, as they have been performed in the U.S..<p>Each article is written by an expert in the field, offering in-depth, knowledgeable, yet accessible writing for the student. The accompanying CD offers musical examples tied to each article. Pedagogic material includes chapter overviews, questions for study, and a chronoloogy of key musical events in American music and definitions in the margins.http://www.lybrary.com/music-cultures-in-the-united-states-an-introduction-p-297192.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/music-cultures-in-the-united-states-an-introduction-p-297192.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:13 EDT <p>The binary model of sexuality can be devastating and even fatal for people left outside the category of heterosexuality. Essentialist categories of sexuality and gender are often enforced by harassment and violence, as is clear in the case of violence directed against sexual minorities such as homosexual men. This book investigates why men launch assaults on sexual minorities, why these attacks are so vicious and frequently irrational, the identities of perpetrators and their victims, and why such violence seems to have some acceptance in fields such as law, psychiatry, the media and popular opinion.</p><p>Tomsen discusses the theoretical and research literatures on models of understanding human sexuality and gender and the nature of hate violence and prejudice in contemporary societies, and also provides an analysis from his own original research to draw out the contradictory nature of both sexual identity and violence and the significance of viewing both fields as linked domains. This text makes an important contribution to current and future discussions of the nature of social prejudice and its ties to legal rulings, collective beliefs and mainstream culture.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/violence-prejudice-and-sexuality-p-297191.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/violence-prejudice-and-sexuality-p-297191.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:10 EDT <EM>Leaders and Legacies</EM> discusses leadership involvements in the historical development of the profession of counseling. The lives of 23 noteworthy counselors are also chronicled, documenting their dreams, work and accomplishments.http://www.lybrary.com/leaders-and-legacies-contributions-to-the-profession-of-counseling-p-297190.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/leaders-and-legacies-contributions-to-the-profession-of-counseling-p-297190.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:07 EDT The first place-by-place chronology of U.S. history, this book offers the student, researcher, or traveller a handy guide to find all the most important events that have occurred at any locality in the United States.http://www.lybrary.com/historical-gazetteer-of-the-united-states-p-297189.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/historical-gazetteer-of-the-united-states-p-297189.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:31:04 EDT <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><EM>Simians, Cyborgs and Women</EM></STRONG> is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may seem an odd threesome, Haraway describes their profound link as "creatures" which have had a great destabilizing place in Western evolutionary technology and biology. Throughout this book, Haraway analyzes accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs. At once a social reality and a science fiction, the cyborg--a hybrid of organism and machine--represents transgressed boundaries and intense fusions of the nature/culture split. By providing an escape from rigid dualisms, the cyborg exists in a post-gender world, and as such holds immense possibilities for modern feminists. Haraway's recent book, <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><EM>Primate Visions</EM></STRONG>, has been called "outstanding," "original," and "brilliant," by leading scholars in the field. <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><EM>Simians, Cyborgs, and Women</EM></STRONG> tradition--establishinghttp://www.lybrary.com/simians-cyborgs-and-women-the-reinvention-of-nature-p-297188.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/simians-cyborgs-and-women-the-reinvention-of-nature-p-297188.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:55 EDT <EM>Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis</EM> provides a highly readable account of the subject, and a picture of profiling which by no means accords with popular views and representations of what is involved. The book provides an overview of profiling techniques, offering some fascinating insights into the various approaches to profiling, and schools of thought, which have emerged ? looking particularly at the work of the FBI, and of British and Dutch profilers.http://www.lybrary.com/offender-profiling-crime-analysis-p-297187.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/offender-profiling-crime-analysis-p-297187.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:52 EDT <p>In recent years the police have become one of the most watched and most visible organisations, and across the media there has been constant interest in the police. In such a situation the police themselves have been intensely concerned with promoting, projecting and protecting the police image.</p><p>This book is concerned to document and to explain this image work, the activities in which the police engage that construct and project images of policing. Drawing upon first-hand research with the police themselves (including such examples as the way the South Yorkshire Police handled the Miners Strike and the Hillsborough stadium disaster), the book includes a detailed look at police press and public relations officers at work, and at operational policing and police work. Its broader argument is that image work has the capacity to both legitimate policing and to mask problems of legitimation.</p><p>At a time of intense debate about the future role and nature of the police this book makes a key contribution, and raises important questions about the implications of police image work for both democratically accountable policing and the wider transformations in society being brought about by the media and its management.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/policing-images-p-297186.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/policing-images-p-297186.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:49 EDT Take a cognitive approach to treating children with DCD!</br></br>Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is frustrating for the children who must deal with it every day, for their parents, and for the professionals who work with these children. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder offers new hope to children who are exeriencing this distinctive movement skill syndrome. It suggests ways they can overcome the challenges they encounter wherever motor skills are needed: in the classroom, on the playground, and at home doing self-care.</br></br>This groundbreaking volume challenges pediatric therapists to examine the assessment and intervention approaches that are currently being used with children who have DCD. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder offers new model that draws on research in the fields of motor learning, educational psychology, cognitive strategies, and occupational therapy. In addition to theoretical background, this book provides a detailed protocol for CO-OP (Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance), an intervention that has been shown to facilitate problem-solving and enhance motor skill acquisition for children with DCD. </br></br>Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder offers a comprehensive discussion of the disorder, including: <ul><li> identification and assessment of children with DCD <li> analysis of the Bruininks Osortesky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children <li> the theoretical and empirical basis for current treatment approaches <li> new motor learning theories and their implications for treatment <li> the systematic development and evaluation of the CO-OP approach, from early case studies through videotape analysis and retrospective chart review </br></br>Based on six years of systematic, cooperative research, Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder demonstrates the success of a unique cognitive approach to intervention with these frustrated children. </ul>http://www.lybrary.com/children-with-developmental-coordination-disorder-strategies-for-success-p-297185.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/children-with-developmental-coordination-disorder-strategies-for-success-p-297185.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:46 EDT Get practical solutions to the problems faced when implementing an electronic reserve service!<br /><br />Academic libraries that provide electronic reserve services offer convenient access to information to their students and faculty while gaining numerous other advantages, such as reducing both loss and staff workload. Marketing and Managing Electronic Reserves presents leading authorities with practical solutions to the challenges in effectively integrating electronic reserves services and marketing them to users. This book provides positive approaches that any academic library considering the implementation of an electronic reserve operation can use. All factors are considered, including size of institution, the relationship between the library and academic departments, and the budget and plan for marketing the service.<br /><br />More and more colleges and universities are implementing distance education programs, highlighting the increasing need for remote access to information in the library, including reserve material. But executing monumental change is always difficult. Marketing and Managing Electronic Reserves tackles the difficult issues, discussing various libraries' journeys in bringing about the changes needed to remain the central information source for students and faculty. Problems inherent in the evolution from traditional reserve services to electronic reserves are examined, offering effective strategies for smooth transition. Whatever type of system you are considering, from homegrown to commercial to hybrid electronic reserves service, this book can help. <br /><br />Marketing and Managing Electronic Reserves explains how others tackled challenges, such as:<br /><ul><li> implementing Endeavor's Voyager Integrated Library System and the software used for authenticating users<br /><li> handling copyright compliance<br /><li> integration of electronic reserves into course management systems<br /><li> moving from a paper-based to a Web-based course reserve system<br /><li> offering and marketing one-stop teaching support to faculty<br /><li> a large institution's shift to a collaborative approach with electronic reserves and course management software<br /><li> establishing a suite of electronic utilities that fulfills teaching and essential learning activities<br /><li> implementing the Blackboard Content System™<br /><li> marketing for a smooth transition from traditional to electronic reserves<br /><li> marketing to the faculty<br /><li> process improvement technique applied to electronic reserves<br /><li> integration of electronic reserve with a Library Management System and Course Management System<br /><li> trends for the future<br /><br /></ul>Marketing and Managing Electronic Reserves is crucial reading for access services librarians, circulation and reserve librarians, public service librarians, library school faculty who teach public services courses, integrated library systems managers, and university course management software specialists.http://www.lybrary.com/marketing-and-managing-electronic-reserves-p-297184.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/marketing-and-managing-electronic-reserves-p-297184.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:44 EDT Learn both theory and practice of knowledge management<br /><br />Sir Francis Bacon once wrote, “Knowledge is power.” Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism provides strategies to grab that power and the competitive edge in the tourism industry through knowledge management (KM) and quality assurance. Leading tourism and hospitality experts offer the latest theory and practical frameworks to expand the knowledge needed for creating and maintaining success at destinations around the world. Each cogent chapter provides fresh directions for future research and the creation of effective ways to share and use knowledge.<br /><br />As the tourism and hospitality industry expands, the competition increases as the search continues for ways to ensure quality, know the consumer, and discover the best standards of destination operation. Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism is a unique foundational text that clearly explains the theory and practical management of knowledge in this lucrative, very competitive industry. Knowledge theory is used to explore organizational functioning, change issues, and operations at destinations in industry clusters and networks. Chapters are extensively referenced. <br /><br />Topics in Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism include:<br /><ul><li> the role of higher education in transferring knowledge into practice<br /><li> four kinds of benchmarking <br /><li> e-mail response quality<br /><li> quality management at the destination level and its path to knowledge sharing<br /><li> tourism managers knowledge needs—the knowledge type, where the knowledge is available, and sharing that knowledge between academics and the industry<br /><li> strategic planning in knowledge management<br /><li> three element framework of knowledge management assessment<br /><li> a case study of an international tourism project and the use of knowledge management<br /><li> a case study of best practice in tourism research dissemination in Quebec and Queensland<br /><br /></ul>Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism is crucial, idea-sparking reading perfect for tourism researchers, tourism managers, administrators, educators, and students.http://www.lybrary.com/knowledge-sharing-and-quality-assurance-in-hospitality-and-tourism-p-297183.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/knowledge-sharing-and-quality-assurance-in-hospitality-and-tourism-p-297183.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:41 EDT An inside look at the unique challenges of the lesbian experience<br /><br />Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Family Therapy is a unique collection of interdisciplinary feminist examinations of the resiliency of lesbian couples and families. Leading feminist researchers and clinicians discuss parenting within lesbian families, with a focus on personal resiliency. These thought-provoking and insightful articles address the challenges of having and raising children in a society that struggles to accept alternative family structures.<br /><br />Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency examines a wide range of issues facing lesbian couples, with a special focus on parenting and couple violence. The book's contributors examine the unique challenges of lesbian and gay parenting; adversities facing lesbian parents and the coping methods they employ; violence among lesbian couples and the lesbian community's response to domestic violence; and the application of feminist theory to validate, strengthen, and promote resiliency in lesbian couples. The book also includes interviews with single or partnered lesbians who had children through adoption, artificial insemination, or a previous relationship.<br /><br />Topics examined in Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency include:<br /><ul><li> parenting<br /><li> artificial insemination<br /><li> lesbian family therapy<br /><li> family law<br /><li> couple violence<br /><li> lesbian community<br /><li> feminist research<br /><li> feminist couple therapy<br /><li> and much more</ul>Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency is a vital professional aid for psychotherapists, family therapists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors. It's an equally valuable resource for academics working in family studies, women's studies, queer studies, gender studies, and sociology. <br /></ul>http://www.lybrary.com/lesbian-families-challenges-and-means-of-resiliency-implications-for-feminist-family-therapy-p-297182.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/lesbian-families-challenges-and-means-of-resiliency-implications-for-feminist-family-therapy-p-297182.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:38 EDT Respond quickly and effectively to workplace trauma<br /><br />For years, employee assistance programs have been providing critical incidence stress management services to employees who have been involved in, or witness to, workplace fatalities and accidents that are likely to traumatize workers and affect quality of work and increase sick leave and health claims. Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management presents successful strategies for rapid response to episodes of workplace violence, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism that have become all-too-common occurrences in the workplace.<br /><br />Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management is a must read for professionals in the business of providing crisis response services and for employers responsible for planning and coordinating organizational responses to disasters. This unique book presents first-hand accounts from EAP program managers, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) professionals, and crisis managers on their trauma response techniques and from health professionals involved in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. <br /><br />Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management examines:<br /><ul><li> similar and dissimilar experiences of EAP professionals in responding to large scale traumatic events<br /><li> using military models in trauma response<br /><li> managing trauma in the South African mining industry<br /><li> trauma response techniques in high risk work settings<br /><li> compassion fatigue among professional helpers<br /><li> how various types of industries handle critical incidents<br /><li> EAP responses to natural disasters<br /><li> repetitious violence in the workplace<br /><li> organizational crisis intervention<br /><li> and much more</ul>Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management also includes Bern Beidel's first-person account as EAP Director for the United States House of Representatives of the response to anthrax contamination in mailrooms and office buildings in the nation's capital. <br /></ul>http://www.lybrary.com/workplace-disaster-preparedness-response-and-management-p-297181.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/workplace-disaster-preparedness-response-and-management-p-297181.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:35 EDT Can the Dewey Decimal System meet the needs of the rapidly changing information environment?<br /><br />Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer explores the Dewey Decimal System from a variety of perspectives, each of which peels away a bit of the “presentation layer”—the familiar linear notational sequence-to reveal the content and context offered by the DDS. Library professionals from around the word examine how the content and context offered by the DDS can evolve to meet the needs of the changing information environment, with a special focus on the impact of the Internet on current and future developments.<br /><br />Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer examines whether the Dewey Decimal System is a rigid structure best suited to a physical information environment or a polymorphic one that can be adapted to meet a variety of physical and virtual needs. This unique book reviews the 40-year history of the online use of classification systems, the development of the Relative Index over 22 editions of the DDC, recommendations to ensure the viability of the DDC in a time of mass digitization, using DDS in an environment where it hasn't been used before, teaching the DDS, special issues related to the use of the DDS in Europe, North America, and Africa, and the future of online classification.<br /><br />Topics examined in Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer include: <br /><ul><li> using the DDC as the browsing mechanism for resource discovery<br /><li> classification as an online cataloging tool<br /><li> classification as an online end-user tool<br /><li> browser behavior in a DDC-based Web service<br /><li> the role of the DDS in the ongoing HILT (High-Level Thesaurus) project<br /><li> using the DDS to organize Web resources<br /><li> localization and interoperability in knowledge organization<br /><li> mapping terminologies to classification systems<br /><li> the DeweyBrowser<br /><li> and much more</ul>Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer is an essential professional resource for librarians, information scientists, computer scientists, and metadata and Web services specialists.http://www.lybrary.com/moving-beyond-the-presentation-layer-content-and-context-in-the-dewey-decimal-classification-ddc-system-p-297180.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/moving-beyond-the-presentation-layer-content-and-context-in-the-dewey-decimal-classification-ddc-system-p-297180.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:32 EDT Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this, the most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, L.D. Danny Harvey lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably. The book begins with a succinct summary of the scientific basis for concern over global warming, then outlines energy basics and current patterns and trends in energy use. This is followed by a discussion of current and advanced technologies for the generation of electricity from fossil fuels. The book then considers in detail how energy is used, and how this use can be dramatically reduced, in the following end-use sectors: - buildings - transportation - industry - food and agriculture - municipal services The findings from these sector-by-sector assessments are then applied to generate scenarios of how global energy demand could evolve over the coming decades with full implementation of the identified and economically-feasible energy-saving potential. The book ends with a brief discussion of policies that can be used to reduce energy demand, but also addresses the limits of technologically-based improvements in efficiency in moderating demand and of the need to re-think some of our underlying assumptions concern ends with a brief discusing what we really need. Along with its companion volume on C-free energy supply, and accompanied by extensive supplementary online material, this is an essential resource for students and practitioners in engineering, architecture, environment and energy related fields. Online material includes: Excel-based computational exercises, teaching slides for each chapter, links to free software tools.http://www.lybrary.com/energy-and-the-new-reality-1-energy-efficiency-and-the-demand-for-energy-services-p-297179.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/energy-and-the-new-reality-1-energy-efficiency-and-the-demand-for-energy-services-p-297179.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:29 EDT <p>First published in English in 1914, this <EM>Routledge Revival </EM>is a reissue of Adolf Hausrath's edited collection: <EM>Treitschke: His Life and Works</EM>.</p><p>Treitschke remains one of the most important German historians of the nineteenth century. He is also famous for his nationalist sentiments and political career, rising to prominence during the period of Bismarck's unification of Germany.</p><p>This work begins with an introductory biography of Treitschke by theologian Adolf Hausrath. It also contains english translations of eight seminal essays by Treitschke on international relations and German expansionism.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/treitschke-his-life-and-works-p-297178.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/treitschke-his-life-and-works-p-297178.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:26 EDT <p>This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume, which include theoretical approaches to cross-cultural research, the dimensions of national cultures and their measurement, ecological and economic foundations of culture, cognitive, perceptual and emotional manifestations of culture, and bicultural and intercultural processes.</p><p>In addition to the individual chapters, the volume contains a dialog among 14 experts in the field on a number of issues of concern in cross-cultural research, including the relation of psychological studies of culture to national development and national policies, the relationship between macro structures of a society and shared cognitions, the integration of structural and process models into a coherent theory of culture, how personal experiences and cultural traditions give rise to intra-cultural variation, whether culture can be validly measured by self-reports, the new challenges that confront cultural psychology, and whether psychology should strive to eliminate culture as an explanatory variable.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/understanding-culture-theory-research-and-application-p-297177.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/understanding-culture-theory-research-and-application-p-297177.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:30:23 EDT <p>This interdisciplinary volume explores art, its development, and its role in the construction of knowledge. Presenting theory and research on artistic development as a cultural and creative endeavor, contributors examine the origins of human art during the Paleolithic cultural revolution, as part of a modern cultural transformation, in the growth of a creative artist, and in developing children.</p><p>Target chapters expressing the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, archaeology, communications, education, and the performing arts are followed by commentaries from internationally acclaimed scholars of human development. Part 1 explores how cultures harness and exploit the arts to give expression to values, social practices, and traditions. This section traces the emergence of new art forms that arose during social unrest, including the symbolization of spiritual beliefs expressed on the walls of Paleolithic caves, and the racial identity and cultural values expressed in the media of the hip-hop generation. Part 2 examines the journeys of a composer and a group of students to highlight the process of becoming an artist and the role education plays in its development. The book concludes with a focus on the development of aesthetic appreciation and artistic activity in childhood and adolescence, including, for example, how a child's developing theory of mind affects appreciation for the arts, and how developing empathy and emotional regulation contribute to the cognitive and affective underpinnings of acting in adolescence. As a whole contributors explore the developmental, sociocultural, and evolutionary processes that make the creation and experience of art possible.</p><p>Intended for researchers and advanced students in both human development and the arts, this book will also serve as a textbook for advanced courses on psychology and the arts and/or special topics courses in cognitive and/or human development.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/art-and-human-development-p-297176.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/art-and-human-development-p-297176.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:22 EDT <p>First published in 1962, <EM>The Theory of Economic Integration</EM> provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic. Professor Balassa has been remarkably successful in covering so much ground with such care and balance, in a treatment which is neither in any way abstruse nor unnecessarily technical. His book will interest economists in Europe by reason of its subject and treatment, but it is also a valuable and reliable textbook for students tackling integration as part of a course of International Economics and for those studying Public Finance.</p><p>He distinguishes between the various forms of integration (free trade area, customs union, common market, economics union, and total integration). In addition, he applies the theoretical principles to current projects such as the European Common Market and Free Trade Area, and to Latin American integration projects.</p><p>In offering this theoretical study, the author builds on the conclusions of other writers, but goes beyond this in providing a unifying framework for previous contributions and in exploring questions that in the past received little attention - in particular, the relationship between economic integration and growth (especially the interrelationship between market size and growth, and the implications of various factors for economic growth in an integrated area).</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-theory-of-economic-integration-routledge-revivals-p-297175.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-theory-of-economic-integration-routledge-revivals-p-297175.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:19 EDT <p>First published in 1937 this is a collection of articles written by the author under the pseudonym 'Waseda Eisaku' for the Japan Tourist Bureau's magazine over twenty five years. Intended to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of cultivated tourists from abroad by giving the insider's view of all things Japanese, it was published as a book just before the outbreak of World War II. <BR></p><p>Writing in the first person, Katsumata becomes both guide and confidante, writing about his own travel experiences in Japan and about Japanese customs and practices that interest him, such as traditional incense ceremonies, or fishing with rod and creel. This personal approach results in an unusual selection of topics and itineraries including tray landscapes, old Japanese clocks, hot springs, Japanese humour, sumo wrestling, pines in Japanese scenery, the Japanese sun flag and Buddhist temple bells. The author not only describes, but draws the reader into his own experiences - his joy on buying an antiquarian book he cannot really afford, the monotony he feels when travelling too long through snowy landscapes, the delight he takes in telling you that the best bait for carp fishing is sweet potato. Katsumata's unconventional choice of subjects and his informal and individualistic writing style make this a refreshingly different guide to Japan, and a valuable record of the period in which it was written.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/gleams-from-japan-p-297174.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gleams-from-japan-p-297174.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:17 EDT As a leading member of the Vienna Circle, Rudolph Carnap's aim was to bring about a "unified science" by applying a method of logical analysis to the empirical data of all the sciences. This work, first published in English in 1934, endeavors to work out a way in which the observation statements required for verification are not private to the observer. The work shows the strong influence of Wittgenstein, Russell, and Frege. http://www.lybrary.com/the-unity-of-science-p-297173.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-unity-of-science-p-297173.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:14 EDT <p><EM>History of Early Childhood Education</EM> presents a thorough and elegant description of the history of early childhood education in the United States. This book of original research is a concise compendium of historical literature, combining history with the prominent and influential theoretical background of the time. Covering historical threads that reach from ancient Greece and Rome to the early childhood education programs of today, this in-depth and well-written volume captures the deep tradition and the creative knowledge base of early care and education. <EM>History of Early Childhood Education</EM> is an essential resource for every early childhood education scholar, student, and educator.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/history-of-early-childhood-education-p-297172.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/history-of-early-childhood-education-p-297172.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:12 EDT This book examines works from twelve authors from colonized cultures who write in English: William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Maxine Hong Kinston, Amy Tan, Toni Morrison, Alic Walker, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, Louise Erdrich, and Leslie Marmon Silko. The book fins connection among these writers and their respective works. Patsy Daniels argues that the thinkers and writers of colonized culture must learn the language of the colonizer and take it back to their own community thus making themselves translators who occupy a manufactured, hybdid space between two cultures.http://www.lybrary.com/voice-of-the-oppressed-in-the-language-of-the-oppressor-a-discussion-of-selected-postcolonial-literature-from-ireland-africa-a-p-297171.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/voice-of-the-oppressed-in-the-language-of-the-oppressor-a-discussion-of-selected-postcolonial-literature-from-ireland-africa-a-p-297171.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:04 EDT <p>First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution.</p><UL> <LI>Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be used in ways which emasculated some of the suppositions of that tradition. </LI> <LI>Part 2 sets out a theory of revolutionary dissent, in which Dr Urry emphasizes the interconnection between analyses on the level of the social structure and the social actor. </LI> <LI>The final section demonstrates the value of this theory by using it to account for the varying patterns of action and revolutionary thought and action in the Dutch East Indies in the first half of this century.</LI></UL>http://www.lybrary.com/reference-groups-and-the-theory-of-revolution-routledge-revivals-p-297170.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reference-groups-and-the-theory-of-revolution-routledge-revivals-p-297170.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:31:01 EDT <EM>Write in Style</EM> is aimed at all for whom clarity and accuracy of expression are important skills. All the main styles and grammaticalrules are covered, their sense axplained and vivid examples given of how <EM>not</EM> to write. Plenty of sound and meticulous advice is offered in a friendly and enthusiastic toneand a large part of the book covers specific types of writing, from essays and articles to minutes and reportage. The many illustrations, examples and exercises throughout help the reader put into practice the techniques and skillds the book explores.http://www.lybrary.com/write-in-style-a-guide-to-good-english-p-297169.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/write-in-style-a-guide-to-good-english-p-297169.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:58 EDT First published in 1963.<BR> <EM>The Secret History</EM> (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese,) has been chiefly studied from a learned point of view and its quality as literature and hence its value to the lay reader have been greatly overlooked. The Chinese version has been used, but with constant reference to the Mongol text. The parts selected (founded on story-tellers' tales) date from the middle of the thirteenth century.http://www.lybrary.com/the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-and-other-pieces-p-297168.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-and-other-pieces-p-297168.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:53 EDT <p>This handbook provides the Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) co-ordinator in a school with everything that they need to deliver good practice in this subject. The book contains thorough guidance through policy and required practice and has a strongly practical bias. It shows through examples of good practice what can be achieved and how this can generally help to raise standards in schools.</p><p>This is a topical, lively and up-to-date book which tackles the real issues facing schools, heads, co-ordinators and classroom teachers in an engaging and practical manner. It quotes from examples and case studies where strategies worked, and failed - but also keeps the learning of the pupil as the focus of all activities.</p><p><EM>The PSHE Co-ordinators Handbook</EM> is what every Head and PSHE co-ordinator needs to help them make practical sense of the new curriculum, the new PSHE, the new healthy school standard, social inclusion, citizenship, school councils, and the new Ofsted requirements - and how these can be woven together in a coherent way to support the raising of academic standards.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-secondary-pshe-coordinators-handbook-p-297167.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-secondary-pshe-coordinators-handbook-p-297167.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:50 EDT <p>This is the first to book to explore Blondel's entire body of work and provides an introduction to his life and writings and their relevance to the debates surrounding the radical orthodoxy identity.</p><p>Detailing Blondel's impressive research output during the first half of the twentieth century, this volume highlights his relevance to philosophy and religion today and his commitment that philosophy cannot be separated from a theological narrative.</p><p>This highly original work will be of great interest to scholars of philosophy and religion, particularly the students of the radical orthodoxy movement.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-possibility-of-christian-philosophy-maurice-blondel-at-the-intersection-of-theology-and-philosophy-p-297166.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-possibility-of-christian-philosophy-maurice-blondel-at-the-intersection-of-theology-and-philosophy-p-297166.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:47 EDT The basic claim of this book is that for 2000 years and more the western tradition has relied on two very dubious assumptions about human communication: that each national language is a unique code and that linguistic communication consists in the utilization of such codes to transfer messages from mind to mind.http://www.lybrary.com/the-language-myth-in-western-culture-p-297165.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-language-myth-in-western-culture-p-297165.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:45 EDT This powerful book tells the story of one teacher's odyssey to understand the inner world of immigrant children, and to create a learning environment that is responsive to these students' feelings and their needs. Featuring the voices and artwork of many immigrant children, this text portrays the immigrant experience of uprooting, culture shock, and adjustment to a new world, and then describes cultural, academic, and psychological interventions that facilitate learning as immigrant students make the transition to a new language and culture.<p>Particularly relevant for courses dealing with multicultural and bilingual education, foundations of education, and literacy curriculum and instruction, this text is essential reading for <i>all</i> teachers who will -- or currently do -- work in today's school environment.http://www.lybrary.com/the-inner-world-of-the-immigrant-child-p-297164.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-inner-world-of-the-immigrant-child-p-297164.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:42 EDT Nishapuri flourished in the 12th century and wrote a succinct history in Persian of the Saljuq Turks, a tribal group from Central Asia who in the 11th century established a vast empire, enduring for some century and a half and bringing about lasting changes to the ethnic composition and the patterns of land utilisation in the northern tier of the Middle East.http://www.lybrary.com/the-history-of-the-seljuq-turks-the-saljuqnama-of-zahir-aldin-nishpuri-p-297163.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-history-of-the-seljuq-turks-the-saljuqnama-of-zahir-aldin-nishpuri-p-297163.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:40 EDT <p>In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the Continent but the whole climate of European moral and political thought. The overwhelming triumph of German military might, evoking general admiration and imitation, introduced an era of power politics, which was to reach its disastrous climax in 1914.</p><p>First published in 1961 and now with a new introduction, <EM>The Franco-Prussian War</EM> is acknowledged as the definitive history of one of the most dramatic and decisive conflicts in the history of Europe.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-francoprussian-war-the-german-invasion-of-france-18701871-p-297162.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-francoprussian-war-the-german-invasion-of-france-18701871-p-297162.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:37 EDT <p>Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries.</p><p>Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by international experts. Each chapter gives an overview of its topic, and also covers the latest research in the area. Chapters are divided thematically into seven sections, to enable a broader understanding of all the complexities of ancient Egyptian society without the constriction of chronological divisions, and illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and drawings.</p><p>Providing fresh perspectives on this ancient culture, a digest of current research trends in Egyptology as well as a unique examination of the Egyptian world, this fascinating title enables students to gain a clear understanding of ancient Egyptian society.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-egyptian-world-p-297161.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-egyptian-world-p-297161.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:34 EDT The purpose of this workbook is to provide students with practice in analyzing second language data. For the student of second language learning, "hands-on" experience with actual data is essential in understanding the processes involved in learning a second language. Working through exemplars of the kinds of interlanguages that learners do and do not create brings about a clearer understanding of the principles underlying these interlanguages, as well as the universal principles of language learning (those that are independent of particular languages and interlanguages).<p>The goal in this workbook is to present data organized in such a way that by working through pedagogically presented data-sets, students are led to a discovery and understanding of theoretical and/or methodological issues. In addition, they acquire the ability to interpret data and to begin to draw conclusions from them. The authors intend that students should go from the data to a conclusion that includes a 3-part statement: <br> *what else you should want to know about these data; <br> *why this, specifically, and not something else; and <br> *how one can empirically research what you want to find out. <br> This sequence of questions forces students to constantly keep in mind the important question of falsification: What kind of data would it take to falsify the particular conclusions the students come to?<p>As with the earlier edition of this workbook (Sorace, Gass, & Selinker), two audiocassettes provide language samples for use in the exercises. These cassettes and the teacher's manual are offered free of charge on adoption of the workbook for classroom use; a three-part set (workbook/manual/tapes) is also available.http://www.lybrary.com/second-language-learning-data-analysis-second-edition-p-297160.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/second-language-learning-data-analysis-second-edition-p-297160.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:31 EDT <p>This book argues that identity as a term needs to be problematized, not taken for granted - for both the risks and the potential that the concept offers to educators for understanding issues of social inequality and how social inequality is being reproduced, and for exploring possible alternative ways educators can work with identity de/formation processes to seek to break the social reproduction structures mediated through identity fixing and essentialization. It provides some of the meta-language and theoretical, analytical tools to embark on such a practice of making the familiar strange, problematizing the taken-for-granted, and uncovering the linguistic, discursive, and cultural processes that serve to subordinate some people while privileging others.</p><p>The chapters are organized around three themes: Identity, Class, and Difference; Gender, Ethnicity, and Education; and Gender, Ethnicity, and Language. The diverse sociocultural contexts in which the data and analyses are situated help to illustrate symbolic struggles and identity politics that are being engaged in by peoples in different cultures, languages, and societies of the world, offering insights from multidisciplinary, trans-cultural, and trans-local perspectives.</p><p>By offering a comprehensive integration and clarification/ delineation of the different ways identity has been thought about and used in different theoretical traditions, and discussing the implications of different theoretical senses of "identity" for language educators, this volume will be useful to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and educators in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, discourse analysis, sociology, education, gender studies, and cultural and media studies.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/problematizing-identity-everyday-struggles-in-language-culture-and-education-p-297159.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/problematizing-identity-everyday-struggles-in-language-culture-and-education-p-297159.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:28 EDT This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.<p>Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * pollution and human heath * human habitats * and ideology and politics.<p>With valuable reference aids--including bibliographies, sources for further research, an extensive index, and newly designed maps--this is an indispensable tool for students and educators alike.<p>For a detailed contents, a generous selection of sample articles, and more, visit the website <EM>Atlas of US</EM> <EM>and Canadian Environmental History</EM> website.<p>Also includes 46 color maps.http://www.lybrary.com/atlas-of-us-and-canadian-environmental-history-p-297158.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/atlas-of-us-and-canadian-environmental-history-p-297158.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:26 EDT Middle school teaching and learning has a distinct pedagogy and curriculum that is grounded in the concept of developmentally appropriate education. This text is designed to meet the very specific professional development needs of future teachers of mathematics in middle school environments.<p>Closely aligned with the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, the reader-friendly, interactive format encourages readers to begin developing their own teaching style and making informed decisions about how to approach their future teaching career. A variety of examples establish a broad base of ideas intended to stimulate the formative development of concepts and models that can be employed in the classroom. Readers are encouraged and motivated to become teaching professionals who are lifelong learners.<p>The text offers a wealth of technology-related information and activities; reflective, thought-provoking questions; mathematical challenges; student life-based applications; TAG (tricks-activities-games) sections; and group discussion prompts to stimulate each future teacher's thinking. "Your Turn" sections ask readers to work with middle school students directly in field experience settings. This core text for middle school mathematics methods courses is also appropriate for elementary and secondary mathematics methods courses that address teaching in the middle school grades and as an excellent in-service resource for aspiring or practicing teachers of middle school mathematics as they update their knowledge base.<br>Topics covered in <i>Teaching Middle School Mathematics:</i><br>*NCTM Principles for School Mathematics;<br>*Representation;<br>*Connections;<br>*Communication;<br>*Reasoning and Proof;<br>*Problem Solving;<br>*Number and Operations;<br>*Measurement;<br>*Data Analysis and Probability;<br>*Algebra in the Middle School Classroom; and<br>*Geometry in the Middle School Classroom.http://www.lybrary.com/teaching-middle-school-mathematics-p-297157.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/teaching-middle-school-mathematics-p-297157.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:30:23 EDT This practical book is intended to support schools and LEAs in developing effective strategies in working with teaching assistants. It is related to the DfEE's recently published <EM>Good Practice Guide</EM> (2000). Suggested approaches are supported with real examples from practice, showing the reality of how schools can review and develop practice and so become more effective in their management and support of teaching assistants. The aim is to enable managers in schools and LEAs to work effectively with teaching assistants; teachers to plan classroom approaches for working with teaching assistants; teaching assistants to improve their practice; and children to learn more effectively in inclusive settings. This book will be of use to headteachers, senior staff in schools, SENCOs, LEA support staff, class teachers and teaching assistants.http://www.lybrary.com/teaching-assistants-practical-strategies-for-effective-classroom-support-p-297156.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/teaching-assistants-practical-strategies-for-effective-classroom-support-p-297156.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:14 EDT In this book Tero Autio traces not only the key philosophical currents that structure traditional Anglo-American instrumental curriculum theory and Didaktik theories of curriculum which are lesser-known in the U.S., but also the divide between them and, implicitly, the opportunities for traversing this divide. Using careful historical and theoretical exposition to work through the tension between the two intellectual traditions, he describes a different perspective--one that counters the current move toward politicization and commodification. Autio's articulation of the complexity, intellectual honesty, and educational value of theoretical breakthroughs over the past few decades, especially in the American field of curriculum studies, leads to a better understanding of the complicated nature of curriculum work, as contrasted with the simplified demands of actual curriculum theory, policy, and practice worldwide.<p>This original work of great intellectual power and theoretical significance is an essential text for scholars in the fields curriculum studies, philosophy of education, and comparative education and for graduate-level courses in these areas.http://www.lybrary.com/subjectivity-curriculum-and-society-between-and-beyond-the-german-didaktik-and-angloamerican-curriculum-studies-p-297155.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/subjectivity-curriculum-and-society-between-and-beyond-the-german-didaktik-and-angloamerican-curriculum-studies-p-297155.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:11 EDT This is a study of the responses of the Soviet Union to the European crises which led to World War II. It is based on a substantial body of political and diplomatic documents that has become accessible to scholars since the opening up of former Soviet archives in 1992.http://www.lybrary.com/stalin-and-the-inevitable-war-19361941-p-297154.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/stalin-and-the-inevitable-war-19361941-p-297154.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:09 EDT "God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."--Otto von Bismarck<p>America's response to the September 11 attacks spotlighted many of the country's longstanding goals on the world stage: to protect liberty at home, to secure America's economic interests, to spread democracy in totalitarian regimes and to vanquish the enemy utterly.<p>One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, Walter Russell Mead, argues that these diverse, conflicting impulses have in fact been the key to the U.S.'s success in the world. In a sweeping new synthesis, Mead uncovers four distinct historical patterns in foreign policy, each exemplified by a towering figure from our past.<p>Wilsonians are moral missionaries, making the world safe for democracy by creating international watchdogs like the U.N. Hamiltonians likewise support international engagement, but their goal is to open foreign markets and expand the economy. Populist Jacksonians support a strong military, one that should be used rarely, but then with overwhelming force to bring the enemy to its knees. Jeffersonians, concerned primarily with liberty at home, are suspicious of both big military and large-scale international projects.<p>A striking new vision of America's place in the world, <EM>Special Providence</EM> transcends stale debates about realists vs. idealists and hawks vs. doves to provide a revolutionary, nuanced, historically-grounded view of American foreign policy.http://www.lybrary.com/special-providence-american-foreign-policy-and-how-it-changed-the-world-p-297153.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/special-providence-american-foreign-policy-and-how-it-changed-the-world-p-297153.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:06 EDT This text traces the development of special educational provision and goes on to concentrate on some of the key issues relevant to professionals currently working in the field. It looks at the recent drive towards inclusion and the implication this has for schools. In the present market-oriented context in education, there are a number of dilemmas facing schools that attempt to include all pupils and at the same time respond to the current focus on academic achievement in a national climate of competition and accountability. The book offers practical examples of ways to resolve these dilemmas at the level of the LEA, the school, the classroom and the individual child.<p>Part One gives an overview of special and inclusive education, current thinking around issues related to equal opportunities, and how this affects schools. It also illustrates how one Local Education Authority has tried to promote a policy of inclusion in its schools.<p>Part Two includes a discussion of the challenges facing teachers in schools who attempt to put current national policies related to inclusion into practice and provides practical examples of whole-school and classroom initiatives to support the learning of groups of pupils and individuals within them. Included are chapters on professional development for teachers of special educational needs, classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support teachers and advice on differentiation, OFSTED and inclusive schools, the SENCO in the secondary school, and equal opportunities for all.<p>This book will appeal to all teachers, SENCOs, head teachers and governors in every sector of the education system, parents, academics and course members on teachers' continuing professional development courses.http://www.lybrary.com/special-educational-provision-in-the-context-of-inclusion-policy-and-practice-in-schools-p-297152.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/special-educational-provision-in-the-context-of-inclusion-policy-and-practice-in-schools-p-297152.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:03 EDT The rise of Spain from obscurity to the position of one of Europe's greatest powers is centrally important in the history of Western Europe in the sixteenth century. <EM>Spain 1474-1598</EM> explores key themes including the unification of Spain and the domestic and foreign policies of each of the monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V and Philip II. This book also examines whether the sixteenth century was a 'golden century' for Spain culturally with its art and literature, as well as its society and economy.http://www.lybrary.com/spain-14741598-p-297151.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/spain-14741598-p-297151.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:31:00 EDT Explore the controversial legal history of the formation of the United States<p><EM>Prestatehood Legal Materials</EM> is your one-stop guide to the history and development of law in the U.S. and the change from territory to statehood. Unprecedented in its coverage of territorial government, this book identifies a wide range of available resources from each state to reveal the underlying legal principles that helped form the United States. In this unique publication, a state expert compiles each chapter using his or her own style, culminating in a diverse sourcebook that is interesting as well as informative.<p>In <EM>Prestatehood Legal Materials</EM>, you will find bibliographies, references, and discussion on a varied list of source materials, including:<BR> <UL> <LI>state codes drafted by Congress<li>county, state, and national archives<li>journals and digests<li>state and federal reports, citations, surveys, and studies<li>books, manuscripts, papers, speeches, and theses<li>town and city records and documents<li>Web sites to help your search for more information<li>and more</LI></UL><EM>Prestatehood Legal Materials</EM> provides you with brief overviews of state histories from colonization to acceptance into the United States. In this book, you will see how foreign countries controlled the laws of these territories and how these states eventually broke away to govern themselves. The text also covers the legal issues with Native Americans, inter-state and the Mexico and Canadian borders, and the development of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government.<p>This guide focuses on materials that are readily available to historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and researchers. Resources that assist in locating not-so-easily accessible materials are also covered. Special sections focus on the legal resources of colonial New York City and Washington, DC-which is still technically in its prestatehood stage. Due to the enormity of this project, the editor of <EM>Prestatehood Legal Materials</EM> created a Web page where updates, corrections, additions and more will be posted.<BR> <UL></UL>http://www.lybrary.com/prestatehood-legal-materials-a-fiftystate-research-guide-including-new-york-city-and-the-district-of-columbia-volumes-1-2-p-297150.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/prestatehood-legal-materials-a-fiftystate-research-guide-including-new-york-city-and-the-district-of-columbia-volumes-1-2-p-297150.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:58 EDT <EM>Planning Armageddon</EM> provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and employing recently declassified government documents, <EM>Planning Armageddon</EM> presents a systematic analysis of British involvement in nuclear planning from Hiroshima to the development of Polaris. At the same time, it provides an important examination of the operational weaknesses of the British nuclear deterrent and the potential hazards presented by unwarranted secrecy.http://www.lybrary.com/planning-armageddon-britain-the-united-states-and-the-command-of-western-nuclear-forces-19451964-p-297149.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/planning-armageddon-britain-the-united-states-and-the-command-of-western-nuclear-forces-19451964-p-297149.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:55 EDT <p>An exciting and creative approaches that links literacy and oracy in a way that children will enjoy. Performing poetry is also proven to boost self-esteem.</p><p>Includes:</p><p>* An audio CD with recordings of published poets and children performing their own work</p><p>* Activities to develop speaking and listening skills</p><p>* Model poems from which to work</p><p>* Guidelines for progressing through the writing and performance process</p><p>* A three stage model: preparation -- writing -- performing</p>http://www.lybrary.com/page-to-stage-developing-writing-speaking-and-listening-skills-in-primary-schools-p-297148.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/page-to-stage-developing-writing-speaking-and-listening-skills-in-primary-schools-p-297148.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:52 EDT Bhabha, in his preface, writes 'Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully encounter their horizons in the mind's eye'.<BR>From this seemingly impossibly metaphorical beginning, this volume confronts the realities of the concept of nationhood as it is lived and the profound ambivalence of language as it is written. From Gillian Beer's reading of Virginia Woolf, Rachel Bowlby's cultural history of <EM>Uncle Tom's Cabin</EM> and Francis Mulhern's study of Leaviste's 'English ethics'; to Doris Sommer's study of the 'magical realism' of Latin American fiction and Sneja Gunew's analysis of Australian writing, <EM>Nation and Narration</EM> is a celebration of the fact that English is no longer an English national consciousness, which is <EM>not</EM> nationalist, but is the only thing that will give us an international dimension.http://www.lybrary.com/nation-and-narration-p-297147.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/nation-and-narration-p-297147.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:49 EDT There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political thought in Bukhara. It is the first to utilize original sources preserved in Soviet archives that were previously inaccessible to western scholars. The author has translated numerous original documents from Tajiki and Russian into English. This book thus serves as a useful resource for students of Islam, Central Asia, the former Soviet Union, and of law, politics and philosophy.http://www.lybrary.com/muslim-reformist-political-thought-revivalists-modernists-and-free-will-p-297146.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/muslim-reformist-political-thought-revivalists-modernists-and-free-will-p-297146.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:47 EDT This book presents the musician in dialog with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators, Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Schönberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning, the use of quotation and writing for the stage and an introduction to his musical language.http://www.lybrary.com/music-of-louis-andriessen-p-297145.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/music-of-louis-andriessen-p-297145.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:44 EDT <p>Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help prospective and practicing teachers achieve these goals. Its premise is that current research and theory about motivation offer hope and possibilities for educators -teachers, parents, coaches, and administrators-to enhance motivation for achievement. The orientation draws primarily on social-cognitive perspectives that have generated much research relevant to classroom practice.</p><p>Ideal for any course that is dedicated to, or includes coverage of, motivation and achievement, the text focuses on two key roles teachers play in supporting and cultivating motivation in the classroom: establishing the classroom structure and instruction that provides the environment for optimal motivation, engagement, and learning; and helping students develop the tools that will enable them to be self-regulated learners and develop their potential.</p><p>Pedagogical features aid the understanding of concepts and the application to practice:</p><UL><li>Strategy boxes present guidelines and strategies for using the various concepts.</LI><li>Exhibit boxes include forms for different purposes (for example, goal setting), examples of teacher beliefs and practices, and samples of student work.</LI><li>Reflection boxes stimulate readers' thinking about motivational issues inherent in the topics, their experiences, and their beliefs.</LI><li>A motivational toolbox at the end of each chapter helps readers identify important points to think about, lingering questions, strategies to use now, and strategies to develop in the future.</LI></UL><p>NEW IN THE THIRD EDITION</p><UL><li>Updated research and new topics are added throughout as warranted by current inquiry in the field.</LI><li>Chapters are reorganized to provide more coherence and to account for new findings.</LI><li>New and updated material is included on issues of educational reform, standards for achievement, and high-stakes testing, and on achievement goal theory, especially regarding performance goals and the distinction between performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals as relevant to classroom practice.</LI></UL>http://www.lybrary.com/motivation-for-achievement-possibilities-for-teaching-and-learning-p-297144.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/motivation-for-achievement-possibilities-for-teaching-and-learning-p-297144.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:41 EDT <p>All teachers are meeting more pupils with special needs in mainstream classrooms. Although there are general issues to be aware of subject specialists will always want specific guidance and examples. This series combines SEN expertise with subject knowledge to produce practical and immediate support. Covers:</p><p>* Policy writing and how to do it</p><p>* Simply explanation of SEN labels</p><p>* Creating an inclusive classroom environment</p><p>* Working with TA's</p>http://www.lybrary.com/meeting-special-needs-in-science-p-297143.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/meeting-special-needs-in-science-p-297143.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:39 EDT A chief aim of this resource is to rekindle interest in seeing health care not solely as a set of practices so problematic as to require ethical analysis by philosophers and other scholars, but as a field whose scrutiny is richly rewarding for the traditional concerns of philosophy.http://www.lybrary.com/meaning-and-medicine-a-reader-in-the-philosophy-of-health-care-p-297142.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/meaning-and-medicine-a-reader-in-the-philosophy-of-health-care-p-297142.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:36 EDT Lois Tyson explains the basic concepts of six critical theories in popular academic use today-psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gay/lesbian, African-American, and post-colonial-and shows how they can be employed to interpret five short literary works in the book.http://www.lybrary.com/using-critical-theory-using-critical-theory-to-read-and-write-about-literature-p-297141.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/using-critical-theory-using-critical-theory-to-read-and-write-about-literature-p-297141.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:34 EDT Islamic banking and economics (IBE) is a fast-growing subject of vital interest in both East and West as Muslims change their attitudes towards investments and find ways to invest their funds according to the Islamic faith. Along with the rapid developments in Islamic banking there has been a concomitant increase in the quantity of relevant IBE material generated. Since IBE is a highly specialized cross-disciplinary field involving economics, business, marketing, religion, philosophy and culture, it is difficult for researchers to locate and obtain information without having to go through several secondary sources such as indexing and abstracting services. In this electronic age, it is essential for researchers to be aware of the various forms of information available for consultation. Yet, until now, the few previous works on IBE information sources have been limited to the coverage of materials available during the early 1980s, before the most recent period of expansion, and in addition the materials cited were often unpublished and therefore unobtainable. In answer to a long-felt need, "Information Sources on Islamic Banking and Economics" provides a detailed bibliography of IBE sources concentrating on the period 1980-1990 with some data from 1991 and 1992, and with the additional unique feature of setting out, for the first time, the information infrastructure of the IBE discipline. A comprehensive author index and a keyword subject index for important terms are provided, and only published - and therefore easily obtainable - items have been included. This book is essential reading for all researchers, economists, bankers and others who need information on the increasingly important field of Islamic banking and economics, and related areas. http://www.lybrary.com/information-sources-on-islamic-banking-and-economics-19801990-p-297140.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/information-sources-on-islamic-banking-and-economics-19801990-p-297140.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:31 EDT <p>How to Teach Story Writing at Key Stage 1 is a practical manual for teachers, to be used directly in the classroom. The book begins with a series of language games, designed to warm up creativity and strengthen the imagination. This is followed by a series of creative story workshops, based on the writer's own experience both as a teacher and poet running workshops in schools. These workshops focus on growing the roots of story writing through story telling and reading, and begin with the importance of learning a few well-known tales. There are ideas for drama, role-play and art, and a few model stories are provided for story telling. Other workshops explore simple ideas for creating new stories, based around simple familiar patterns. The book also offers advice on how to organize an effective workshop for younger children, and demonstrates how to teach story writing in a dynamic, creative and imaginative way in relationship with the KS1 national literacy framework.</p><p>Workshops include the story of our lives; stories that make a circle; stories about problems; days of the week tales; humbug, stuff and nonsense stories; quests; repetitive tales; wishing stories; warning stories; and cooking the story soup.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/how-to-teach-story-writing-at-key-stage-1-p-297139.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/how-to-teach-story-writing-at-key-stage-1-p-297139.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:28 EDT <p>How to Teach Fiction Writing at Key Stage 3 is a practical manual to help teachers of 11-14 year-olds to develop effective modeling and scaffolding strategies for the teaching of narrative writing. Using a step-by-step approach, based on the 'word/sentence/text level' convention, the book shows how teachers can help pupils to build work in various genres and to move out from these to more complex writing. Each section has a workshop approach that leads into a narrative writing activity, giving pupils the chance to complete a fully realized piece of work at the end each time.</p><p>The workshops focus on genre features, the craft of the writer, and specific year-related needs (taken from the KS3 Framework).</p><p>The book has a clear progression through KS3, and extension and support activities for the most and least able pupils are provided as an integral part of each section.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/how-to-teach-fiction-writing-at-key-stage-3-p-297138.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/how-to-teach-fiction-writing-at-key-stage-3-p-297138.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:25 EDT Over the last fifteen years, American taxpayers have spent over $300 billion to wage the war on drugs--three times what it cost to put a man on the moon. In <EM>Drug Crazy</EM>, journalist Mike Gray offers a scathing indictment of this financial fiasco, chronicling a series of expensive and hypocritical follies that have benefited only two groups: professional anti-drug advocates and drug lords. The facts are alarming. More than twenty-five years ago, a presidential committee determined that marijuana is neither an addictive substance nor a "stepping stone" to harder drugs, but the embarrassing final report was shelved by a government already heavily invested in "the war against drugs". Many medical experts recommend simply prescribing drugs to addicts, and communities that have done this report a lower crime rate and reduced unemployment among drug users.<p>In a riveting account of how we got to this impasse--discriminatory policies, demonization of users, grandstanding among both lawmakers and lawbreakers--conventional wisdom is turned on its head. Rather than a planned assault on the scourge of addiction, the drug war has happened almost by accident and has been continually exploited by political opportunists. A gripping account of the violence, corruption, and chaos characterizing the drug war since its inception, Mike Gray's incisive narrative launches a frontal attack on America's drug orthodoxy. His overview of the battlefield makes it clear that this urgent debate must begin now.http://www.lybrary.com/drug-crazy-how-we-got-into-this-mess-and-how-we-can-get-out-p-297137.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/drug-crazy-how-we-got-into-this-mess-and-how-we-can-get-out-p-297137.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 11:30:22 EDT <EM>Drama Lessons </EM>offers an exciting and varied range of tried and tested lessons, carefully planned and easy-to-follow, tailor-made for the busy primary teacher. Non-drama-specialists will find the book especially helpful, while specialists will welcome a lesson collection for their own or colleagues' use. For each lesson plan, essential resources and timing information are given, along with helpful suggestions for differentiation and follow-up activities. The lessons cover most curriculum areas, including English (especially Speaking and Listening), History, Science and Numeracy.<p>For teachers, here - for the first time - is a book which just contains lesson plans to pick up and teach. <EM>Drama Lessons</EM> will also give student teachers a flying start in their school placements.http://www.lybrary.com/drama-lessons-for-five-to-eleven-yearolds-p-297136.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/drama-lessons-for-five-to-eleven-yearolds-p-297136.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:15 EDT Leading experts present cutting-edge ideas and current research on product placement!<p>The Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media: New Strategies in Marketing Theory, Practice, Trends, and Ethics is the first serious book in English to examine the wider contexts and varied texts of product placement, related media marketing strategies, and audience impacts. The contributors are national experts in a variety of mass media specialties-history, law, and ethics (both media ethics and medical ethics); cultural and critical analysis; content analysis and effects; visuality; marketing, advertising, public relations, and promotion; and digital technology and futures.<p>Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media is a part of The Haworth Press, Inc. promotion book series edited by Richard Alan Nelson, PhD, APR.This first-of-its-kind book features interviews with leading critics and proponents of product placement (including the Pulitzer Prize-winning media critic of the LA Times and the Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, DC). You'll also find a lively roundtable of many of the major contributors (in Q&A format), a review of a recent video on product placement, and a helpful resource guide to publications and Web sites that further enhance the value of the book.<p>From the editor:<br><i> The influence of product placement is perceived as so great that its detractors have sought federal regulation of the practice. This book examines the wider contexts and varied texts of product placement and related mass media marketing strategies. The contributors represent a rich variety of methodological approaches and viewpoints, which should stimulate readers to think about this complex issue in an appropriately multifaceted fashion and to triangulate their own study.</i><p>The Handbook of Product Placement in the Mass Media: New Strategies in Marketing Theory, Practice, Trends, and Ethics presents careful research, expert opinion, and insiders' perspectives on: <ul><li> product placement's historical context—from its origins in early radio and television programming to the evolution of the practice and the advent of “advertainment” and brand promotion via online computer games <li> the evolution of product placement in Hollywood—with a trend analysis of the 15 top-grossing motion pictures of 1977, 1987, and 1997 <li> the use of product placement to generate additional production revenue for motion pictures <li> brand synergy and building brand identity <li> legal aspects of product placement—how it relates to the First Amendment and to the Supreme Court's commercial speech doctrine <li> ethical issues related to product placement, product integration, and video insertion<p>. . . plus fascinating case studies focusing on important aspects of product placement: <li> its use in movie and television programs in general, and in the 2000 movie Cast Away in particular <li> its use as a marketing technique for medical products <li> the impact upon brand recognition of adding an audible reference to a visually prominent brand placement <li> the inclusion of brand names in book storylines <li> the impact upon viewers of the use of fake (generic, fictitious) products in “realistic” films</ul>http://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-product-placement-in-the-mass-media-new-strategies-in-marketing-theory-practice-trends-and-ethics-p-297135.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-product-placement-in-the-mass-media-new-strategies-in-marketing-theory-practice-trends-and-ethics-p-297135.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:12 EDT Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing systems and literacy acquisition. This text, which derives from a NATO sponsored conference on orthography and literacy, brings together the research of 70 scholars from across the world--the largest assemblage of such experts to date. Their findings are grouped into three parts, as follows:<p><b>Part I,</b> <i>Literacy Acquisition in Different Writing Systems,</i> describes the relationship between orthography and literacy in twenty-five orthographic systems. This section serves as a handy reference source for understanding the orthographies of languages as diverse as Arabic, Chinese, English, Icelandic, Kannada, and Kishwahili.<p><b>Part II,</b> <i>Literacy Acquisition From a Cross-Linguistic Perspective,</i> makes direct comparisons of literacy acquisition in English and other orthographic systems. The overall conclusion that emerges from these eight chapters is that the depth of an orthographic system does influence literacy acquisition primarily by slowing down the acquisition of reading skills. Even so, studies show that dyslexic readers can be found across all orthographic systems whether shallow or deep, which shows that dyslexia also has internal cognitive and biological components.<p><b>Part III,</b> <i>Literacy Acquisition: Instructional Perspectives,</i> explores literacy acquisition from developmental and instructional perspectives and ends with a look into the future of literacy research.<p>This <i>Handbook</i> is appropriate for scholars, researchers, and graduate students in such diverse fields as cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, literacy education, English as a second language, and communication disorders.http://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-orthography-and-literacy-p-297134.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/handbook-of-orthography-and-literacy-p-297134.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:09 EDT This unique dictionary covers all the major German idioms and is probably the richest source of contemporary German idioms available, with 33,000 headwords. <BR>Within each entry the user is provided with: English equivalents; variants; contexts and precise guidance on the degree of currency/rarity of an idiomatic expression.<BR> This dictionary is an essential reference for achieving fluency in the language. It will be invaluable for all serious learners and users of German. <STRONG>Not for sale in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.</STRONG>http://www.lybrary.com/germanenglish-dictionary-of-idioms-p-297133.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/germanenglish-dictionary-of-idioms-p-297133.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:06 EDT Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history.http://www.lybrary.com/from-the-gracchi-to-nero-a-history-of-rome-133-bc-to-ad-68-p-297132.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/from-the-gracchi-to-nero-a-history-of-rome-133-bc-to-ad-68-p-297132.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:04 EDT <p>Following the very successful <EM>Ethiopia Engraved</EM>, an illustrated book of engravings by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, <EM>Ethiopia Photographed</EM> covers the period from the inception of photography in the country up to the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers of Ethiopia - such as Emperor Melenik, Lej Iyasu and Emperor Haile Selassie - make it a highly photogenic country, as this lavishly illustrated book reveals.</p><p>Situated in lofty, often inaccessible mountains between the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, and extending far into the Horn of Africa, it is a complex and mysterious country which as always exercised an extraordinary fascination for the outside world. The book begins with an introduction which gives a brief history of Ethiopia in this period, and describes the role of photography at this time. The richly captured images of <EM>Ethiopia Photographed</EM> bear witness to many personalities and places not previously seen and, in many cases, now lost for all time but for the photogenic memories recorded here.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/ethiopia-photographed-historic-photographs-of-the-country-and-its-people-taken-between-1867-and-1935-p-297131.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ethiopia-photographed-historic-photographs-of-the-country-and-its-people-taken-between-1867-and-1935-p-297131.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:31:02 EDT This text is designed to assist educational leaders in the ethical decision-making process. Theoretically, it is based on Gross's Turbulence Theory and Shapiro and Stefkovich's Multiple Ethical Paradigms of justice, critique, care, and the profession. The authors clearly explain these concepts and demonstrate how they can work together to assist leaders in dealing with challenging situations. Authentic ethical dilemmas are provided to be analyzed using Turbulence Theory and the Multiple Ethical Paradigms and to engage readers in applying these concepts to practice. The text is intended for use in a range of educational leadership, educational administration, and teacher education programs that prepare both educational leaders (administrators) and lead teachers. http://www.lybrary.com/ethical-educational-leadership-in-turbulent-times-re-solving-moral-dilemmas-p-297130.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ethical-educational-leadership-in-turbulent-times-re-solving-moral-dilemmas-p-297130.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:59 EDT This book sets out first to explain how two fairly recent developments in philosophy, externalism and modalism, provide the basis for a promising account of knowledge, and then works through the different modalized epistemologies extant in the literature, assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the author proposes the theory that knowledge is reliably formed, sensitive true belief, and defends the theory against objections.http://www.lybrary.com/epistemology-modalized-p-297129.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/epistemology-modalized-p-297129.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:53 EDT The 12 original and two classic essays offer a dialectic on performance and structure, and substantially advance our knowledge of this seminal playwright. The commentaries examine feminism, pernicious nostalgia, ethnicity, the mythological land motif, the discourse of anxiety, gendered language, and Mamet's vision of America, providing insights on the theatricality, originality, and universality of the work. Although the dominant focus is on <EM>Glengarry Glen Ross,</EM> several essays look at the play against the background of Mamet's <EM>Edmund, Reunion</EM>, and <EM>American Buffalo,</EM> whereas others find fascinating parallels in Emerson, Baudrillard, Conrad, Miller, and Churchill. The book also includes an interview with Sam Mendes, the director of the highly acclaimed 1994 revival of <EM>Glengarry Glen Ross</EM> in London, conducted specifically for this collectio. A chronology of major productions and the most current and comprehensive bibliography of secondary references from 1983-1995 complete the volume.http://www.lybrary.com/david-mamets-glengarry-glen-ross-text-and-performance-p-297128.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/david-mamets-glengarry-glen-ross-text-and-performance-p-297128.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:51 EDT Cultural History and Education brings together an outstanding group of the leading scholars in the study of the cultural history of education. These scholars, whose work represents a variety of national contexts from throughout Europe, Latin America, and North America, contribute to a growing body of work that seeks to re-think historical studies in education.http://www.lybrary.com/cultural-history-and-education-critical-essays-on-knowledge-and-schooling-p-297127.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/cultural-history-and-education-critical-essays-on-knowledge-and-schooling-p-297127.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:48 EDT This classic text argues that crime control, rather than crime itself is the real danger for our future. Since the second edition was published in 1994, prison populations , especially in Russia and America, have grown at an increasingly rapid rate. This third edition is published to take account of these changes and draw attention to the scale of an escalating problem. It contains completely new chapters - one on 'penal geography', the other on 'the Russian case' - and has been extensively revised.http://www.lybrary.com/crime-control-as-industry-p-297126.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/crime-control-as-industry-p-297126.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:46 EDT The practical, user-friendly guide to creating a sustainable future for destinations in developing economies<br /><br />Community Destination Management in Developing Economies is a user-friendly guide that provides a comprehensive view of the issues facing planners, policymakers, and destination managers who attempt to ensure a sustainable future for community destinations in developing economies. Travel and tourism experts from a wide range of disciplines discuss illustrative case studies and effective practical approaches for various facets of destination management. This book explains in detail the complex task of destination management, making the needed basic knowledge and skills understandable to all readers. <br /><br />Community Destination Management in Developing Economies is divided into three sections. The first section provides a basic introduction to community tourism destination management with a special emphasis on community participation and practical case studies. The second section reviews the basic tools essential for managing destinations, such as Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing technologies, good governance, and carrying capacity. The final section provides a wide range of illuminating case studies designed to illustrate both the conceptual issues discussed in the first part along with the tools developed in the second part. The book is extensively referenced and has several helpful figures, tables, and photographs to clarify concepts and topics.<br /><br />Community Destination Management in Developing Economies topics include:<br /><ul><li> the principles of sustainable tourism<br /><li> product marketing and development<br /><li> financing<br /><li> destination planning<br /><li> organizational structure and management<br /><li> destination site management and operations<br /><li> the nature of tourism<br /><li> participation of the community in development projects<br /><li> Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)<br /><li> Geographic Information Systems (GIS)<br /><li> remote sensing technology<br /><li> historic resource management<br /><li> the concept and application of good governance<br /><li> carrying capacity as a destination management tool<br /><li> preservation of heritage in tourism<br /><li> computer visualization technology<br /><li> festival and event tourism<br /><li> and more!<br /><br /></ul>Community Destination Management in Developing Economies is essential reading for urban planners and managers, tourism planners, economic development officials, politicians and policymakers working at the local level, consultants working in developing economies, officials from aid agencies and development banks responsible for developing and approving development projects for tourism purposes, educators and students, and those without tourism planning and development training who need this specialized information.http://www.lybrary.com/community-destination-management-in-developing-economies-p-297125.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/community-destination-management-in-developing-economies-p-297125.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:44 EDT <p><EM>Colloquial Persian</EM> is easy to use and completely clear.<BR>Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, this course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Persian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.<p>What makes <EM>Colloquial Persian</EM> your best choice in personal language learning?<BR>* interactive - lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice<BR>* clear - concise grammar notes<BR>* practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide<BR>* complete - including answer key and special reference section<p>By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.</p><p>Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/colloquial-persian-p-297124.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/colloquial-persian-p-297124.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:41 EDT This volume presents research findings on the use of technology to support learning and reasoning in collaborative contexts. Featuring a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging from sociocultural to social psychological to information processing views, <i>Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology</i> includes an international group of authors well known for their contributions to research on technology learning environments.<p>Two themes are central: the use of technology as a scaffold for learning, and the use of technology to promote argumentation and reasoning. Collaboration among peers is a key element in both of these strands. These foci highlight, respectively, a key element in the design of technology-based learning environments and a key outcome that can result from online instruction/learning. As a whole, the volume addresses some of the core issues in using technology to support collaborative learning, reasoning, and argumentation.http://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-learning-reasoning-and-technology-p-297123.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-learning-reasoning-and-technology-p-297123.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:39 EDT Celebrate spring and Easter with these lovely craft projects:
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<li>Mosaic Eggs
<li>Pinball Machine
<li>Floral Decorations
<li>Spring Placemats
<li>Paper Lantern
<li>Birds
<li>Stained-Glass Flowers
<li>Mirror
<li>Crazy Snacks
<li>Felt Brooches
<li>Wool Flowers
<li>Pebble Mosaic
<li>Engraved Easter Eggs
<li>Wire-Wrapped Ostrich Egg
<li>Picnic Forks
<li>Easter Arrangement
<li>Decorative Key Cast
<li>Goose
<li>Butterflies – Linocut
<li>Eggshell Flowerpots
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<i>40 pages</i>http://www.lybrary.com/creative-amos-2013-issue-1-p-297122.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/creative-amos-2013-issue-1-p-297122.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:36 EDT Get practical tools to successfully develop collaborative online learning projects!<br /><br />Virtual museums provide an opportunity to spark learning through online access to multi-sensory information, and collaboration between sources is needed to efficiently and effectively catalog and present material. Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection Information: Seeing Through the Walls presents respected authorities exploring the world of virtual collections, from the identification and selection of objects to be included to providing online access using common terminology. Future possibilities and problems are fully detailed, taking into consideration the need for fixed metadata, descriptive standards, and negotiated compromise. Solutions to difficult issues are provided to allow successful development of collaborative virtual museum projects of all types.<br /><br />A virtual museum can provide users with direct, easy access to information, photographs, drawings, sound files, and video clips. However, discipline-based differences in terminology between collections are as much a challenge as integrating detailed locally-developed vocabularies with more general descriptors. Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection Information: Seeing Through the Walls shows how to best achieve consistent information access by providing studies of successful collaborative museum projects which resulted in the creation of catalogs of material from a number of separate collections. The book helps you to understand the challenges of dealing with an unknown online user community as well as the opportunities for presenting information to the virtual museum visitor that differs from that information available during an on-site visit. Four case studies are presented in depth and highlight practical strategies on the development of collaborative common language for future projects. Extensive references provide opportunity for further research while tables clearly illustrate data.<br /><br />Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection Information: Seeing Through the Walls thoroughly explores:<br /><ul><li> cataloging and the digital collection at the Experience Music Project<br /><li> the collaborative cataloging efforts using Dublin Core to unite local heritage organizations<br /><li> the compromises and negotiations necessary to build a common catalog for multiple collaborating organizations<br /><li> the challenges of creating contextual information that places objects in relationship to their creators and the circumstances of their use<br /><li> the partnership between museums with Native American collections and tribally controlled schools<br /><li> the types of images indexed by museum practitioners<br /><li> indexing procedures and systems<br /><li> identifying potentially sensitive information for inclusion or exclusion in online collection databases</ul>Collaborative Access to Virtual Museum Collection Information: Seeing Through the Walls is cutting-edge information for museum archivists, librarians, collection curators, and anyone involved in creating catalogs or providing online access to existing museum collection information.http://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-access-to-virtual-museum-collection-information-seeing-through-the-walls-p-297121.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/collaborative-access-to-virtual-museum-collection-information-seeing-through-the-walls-p-297121.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:36 EDT <EM>Being and Nothingness</EM> is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers, it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world. Known as 'the Bible of existentialism', its impact on culture and literature was immediate and was felt worldwide, from the absurd drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets.<BR><EM>Being and Nothingness</EM> is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mind-set of subsequent generations. Sixty years after its first publication, its message remains as potent as ever - challenging the reader to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom, responsibility and action.http://www.lybrary.com/being-and-nothingness-an-essay-on-phenomenological-ontology-p-297120.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/being-and-nothingness-an-essay-on-phenomenological-ontology-p-297120.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:30:33 EDT <i>Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic</i> contributes to a growing body of research relevant to efforts to make algebra an integral part of early mathematics instruction, an area of studies that has come to be known as Early Algebra. It provides both a rationale for promoting algebraic reasoning in the elementary school curriculum and empirical data to support it.<p>The authors rega