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The Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berger, Ronald J., PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company, This ethnic ong>andong> racially diverse text traces the growth ong>andong> development of the juvenile delinquent field, with historical ong>essaysong> ong>andong> contemporary research that show how a sociological perspective can be insightful, interesting, ong>andong> relevant. The material has been ong>selectong>ed from a wide range of sources using a variety of approaches: from social science surveys to ethnographic ong>andong> gripping journalistic accounts that portray the day-to-day life experiences of delinquent youths ong>andong> the gritty realities of life on the streets. The reader will come away with a thorough understong>andong>ing of the contributions of sociology to the sutdy of juvenile delinquency, ong>andong> a firm grounding in the essential issues of the field.

Competitive and Ethical: How Business Can Strike a Balance

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wyburd, Giles, PUBLISHER: Kogan Page, Wyburd looks at such concepts as honesty, decency ong>andong> truthfulness ong>andong> explores a variety of potentially unethical business practices, covering relevant competition law ong>andong> offering ong>practicalong> advice on the economics ong>andong> morals of competition.

Presence and Power: Releasing the Holy Spirit in Your Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bauman, Harold E., PUBLISHER: Herald Press, Harold E. Bauman looks at the nature of the baptism of the Holy Spirit ong>andong> the reasons for the wide variety of experiences with the Spirit. In this ong>practicalong> Bible study he explains the fruit ong>andong> gifts of the Spirit ong>andong> explores implications of the Spirit's activity both in congregational life ong>andong> in one's individual walk with the Spirit. Bauman evaluates the fruit ong>andong> gifts of the Spirit ong>andong> presents basic principles for renewal.

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrison, Lawrence E. / Kagan, Jerome / Harrison, Harrison E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Developing Cultures: ong>Essaysong> on Cultural Change "is a collection of 21 expert ong>essaysong> on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The ong>essaysong> are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington ong>andong> Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The ong>essaysong> in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, the world's major religions, the media, political leadership, ong>andong> development projects. The book is companion volume to "Developing Cultures: Case Studies."().

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Wendell / Wirzba, Norman, PUBLISHER: Shoemaker & Hoard, Essential ong>essaysong> from Wendell Berry's writings on agrarianism, agriculture, ong>andong> community.

Selected Essays of Wilson Harris: The Unfinished Genesis of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Wilson / Bundy, ong>Andong>rew / Bundy, A. F. M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Wilson Harris is one of the outstong>andong>ing literary innovators of the century. His novels date from The Palace of the Peacock to Jonestown. This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writings, from to the present day. ong>Selectong>ed ong>Essaysong> of Wilson Harris brings together twenty-one lectures, addresses ong>andong> ong>essaysong> to make available Harris's full range of writings on subjects including: * the literate imagination * traditions of myth ong>andong> fable in Central ong>andong> South America * the North American literary imagination, from Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville ong>andong> Ralph Ellison, to William Faulkner ong>andong> Jean Rhys * inheritances ong>andong> legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora This comprehensive collection also comes complete with: * an extensive editorial introduction, providing valuable historical ong>andong> theoretical context for the ong>essaysong> * a map of Guyana * bibliographies of Harris's fiction ong>andong> non-fiction * appendices on the legends of El Dorado ong>andong> the Holy Grail.

Principles of the Constitutional Order

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Utley, Robert L., PUBLISHER: University Press of America, The ong>essaysong> in this volume consider the writings of those who drafted the Constitution, as well as the arguments pro ong>andong> con presented during the ratification debates. The first of these ong>essaysong> examine the founding principles from historical, political ong>andong> philosophical perspectives. The second group outlines the main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion of the nature ong>andong> implications of the doctrine of separated powers follows ong>andong> the volume closes with psycho-historical portraits of Thomas Jefferson ong>andong> John Adams. The volume focuses attention on the Founding period so that the original character ong>andong> principles of our political order may be seen clearly, in spite of the glory ong>andong> veneration with which age ong>andong> custom have draped our constitution.

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department of Music, For many today Johann Sebastian Bach ong>andong> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stong>andong> as towering representatives of European music of the eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, ong>andong> aesthetic trends of the period. Research on their compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understong>andong>ing of eighteenth-century musical thought ong>andong> its contexts. This collection of ong>essaysong> by leading authorities in the field offers a variety of new perspectives on the two composers, as well as some of their important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing topics as diverse as the historiography of eighteenth-century music, concepts of time ong>andong> musical form, the idea of the musical work ong>andong> its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, ong>andong> performance practice, these ong>essaysong> together constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that took place at the Music Department of Harvard University on September , to honor Professor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Professor at Harvard University.

The Cambridge Companion to Kafka

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Preece, Julian / Julian, Preece, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Companion of specially-commissioned ong>essaysong> offers a comprehensive account of his life ong>andong> work, providing a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist. Contributions cover all the key texts, ong>andong> discuss Kafka's writing in a variety of critical contexts such as feminism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, ong>andong> Jewish studies. The ong>essaysong> are enhanced by supplementary material including a chronology of the period ong>andong> detailed guides to further reading. They will be of interest to students of German, European ong>andong> Comparative Literature, ong>andong> Jewish Studies.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Increased interest in the role of women ong>andong> minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The ong>essaysong> in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical ong>andong> historical interpretation of the novel that reflects the best of recent scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments ong>andong> prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing the forms of popular melodrama ong>andong> heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. The individual ong>essaysong> examine the influence of Stowe's novel on the characterization of women in the American novel ong>andong> on later women writers, the role of women in the antislavery movement, the literary exchanges between Stowe ong>andong> her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin ong>andong> the tradition of the Gothic novel, ong>andong> the characterizations of blacks in this novel ong>andong> in later works.

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On the Functions of the Brain ong>andong> of Each of Its Parts: With Observations on the Possibility of Determining the Instincts, Propensities, ong>andong> Talents, or the Moral ong>andong> Intellectual Dispositions of Men ong>andong> Animals, by the Configuration of the Brain ong>andong> Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

The Atlantic in Global History:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge / Seeman, Erik R., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This reader, composed of original ong>essaysong> by leading authors, expong>andong>s the category of the Atlantic chronologically, spatially, ong>andong> methodologically. It firmly places the Atlantic within global history ong>andong> the coverage expong>andong>s into the nineteenth ong>andong> twentieth centuries. The ong>essaysong> present events that formed the nations ong>andong> cultures of the Atlantic region ong>andong> show their global roots ong>andong> how they intertwine with non-Atlantic communities of the world.

Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection of ong>essaysong> by some of the world's leading historians of the South, together with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at the cutting edge of their particular methodological approaches. The book, for example, includes both an essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, ong>andong> one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore the reaches of the Southern past through the dimension of ethnography. The ong>essaysong> in the book are grouped according to theme. The largest section, the social sciences ong>andong> Southern history, includes ong>essaysong> drawing heavily on the insights of anthropology of ethnography ong>andong> of statistical analysis. Each essay in the second section is designed to illustrate how life history can be used to illuminate much larger histoical themes ong>andong> processes. The ong>essaysong> in the last section on labor in the "new" South all illustrate, among other things, the importance of drawing on the insights of historians of women in order to redress the masculinist presuppositons of labor historians. All the ong>essaysong> in the book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender ong>andong> race in the re-interpretation of the Southern past.

Papers on the Archaeology of Black Mesa, Arizona, Volume II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Plog, Stephen / Powell, Shirley, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, These ong>essaysong> deal with methodological ong>andong> theoretical issues addressed by the Black Mesa Archaeological Project, . Introductory ong>andong> concluding chapters by Stephen Plog ong>andong> Shirley Powell dis-cuss the history of archaeological re-search on Black Mesa. The rest of the book centers on four general topics. Papers by Alan T. Synenki ong>andong> by Powell ong>andong> Anthony L. Klesert consider the measurement of relationships be-tween surface ong>andong> subsurface deposits. ong>Essaysong> by Kathy Bagley Baumgartner, Shereen Lerner, ong>andong> Powell discuss func-tional interpretations of material re-mains. Analyses of the environment of the study area ong>andong> the procurement of food are presented by Richard I. Ford, Michele Seme, ong>andong> David Eckles. Trade relationships between groups on north-ern Black Mesa ong>andong> groups in surround-ing regions are explored by Margerie Green ong>andong> Katharine W. Fernstrom.

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomson, Peter / Sacks, Glendyr, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Companion offers students crucial guidance on Brecht's theatrical career from beginning to end, bringing together the contrasting views of major critics ong>andong> active practitioners to offer a provocative overview. The nineteen newly-commissioned ong>essaysong> place Brecht's creative work in its historical ong>andong> biographical context, with separate ong>essaysong> on seven major plays, on the poetry, the theatrical theories, the use of music, the innovations in stage design, the ways of working with actors ong>andong> his hugely influential career with the Berliner Ensemble.

New Essays on the Country of the Pointed Firs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howard, June / Elliot, Emory / June, Howard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett is one of the most important works of New Englong>andong> local color fiction. This collection of ong>essaysong> builds on feminist literary scholarship that affirms the value of Jewett's work, but goes beyond previously published studies by offering an analysis of how race, nationalism, ong>andong> the literary marketplace shape her narrative. The volume constitutes a major rethinking of Jewett's contribution to American literature, ong>andong> will be of interest to the fields of American literary studies, feminist cultural criticism, ong>andong> American studies.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, These twelve ong>essaysong> explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society ong>andong> examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation ong>andong> violence ong>andong> four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the background to the Mutiny. The ong>essaysong> give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, ong>andong> the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies ong>andong> to the sociologist as well as to development economists ong>andong> agronomists generally.

Fiscal Stress and Public Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Levine, Charles H., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Provides some of the most current thinking on various aspects of fiscal stress in the public sector ong>andong> its implications for public management. It lays out the background of financial stress at the federal, state, ong>andong> local levels, suggesting how various public bodies have responded or might respond to fiscal stress. 'Fiscal Stress ong>andong> Public Policy is an excellent collection of articles. They are provocative, readable, ong>andong> of enduring value of academicians, scholars ong>andong> students of public policy. Indeed, individual contributions are overshadowed only by the overall quality of the volume.' -- Quality ong>andong> Quantity, Vol 'This is an excellent collection of ong>essaysong>. They coalesce around an extremely important theme, ong>andong> offer a good variety of approaches ong>andong> applications. All are well written. The volume is a useful addition to a much needed literature on the processes ong>andong> consequences of "negative" changes.' -- Evaluation ong>andong> Program Planning, Vol

The Bathroom Idea Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wormer, ong>Andong>rew, PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, Readers will be inspired by this series of visual ideas for some of the most-used rooms in the house. Each book is rich with beautiful color photographs, ong>practicalong> sidebars -- ong>andong> designs of all kinds that will appeal to a wide range of tastes ong>andong> budgets. The Bathroom Idea Book offers ong>practicalong> ong>andong> useful advice on all aspects of remodeling ong>andong> design, including fixtures, lighting, flooring, ventilation, finishes, ong>andong> counter materials. The book includes floor plans ong>andong> nearly 400 color photos.

Introduction to Bio-Ontologies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Peter N. / Bauer, Sebastian, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Ontologies have become the tool of choice for organizing ong>andong> describing the meaning of biological ong>andong> medical data. This book introduces the most important aspects of bio-ontologies, including statistical overrepresentation analysis, semantic similarity, ong>andong> inference. Each chapter reviews the main goals of the methods discussed, explains the mathematical ong>andong> computation methods used to achieve those goals, offers ong>practicalong> examples, ong>andong> includes theoretical ong>andong> ong>practicalong> exercises. A supporting website provides ontologies ong>andong> files for the ong>practicalong> exercises ong>andong> open-source software.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans ong>andong> other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, ong>andong> physical sciences ong>andong> longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousong>andong> years. From a political science perspective, these ong>essaysong> focus on both individual ong>andong> small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial ong>andong> psychobiological theory, ethology ong>andong> primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, ong>andong> the philosophy of both life ong>andong> social sciences. Introducing ong>andong> concluding the book are ong>essaysong> that discuss the implications of biology ong>andong> the life sciences for the study of political science. The others center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, ong>andong> ontogenetic); ong>andong> the evolution of human thinking.

The Cold War-Volume 2: Magill's Choice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gorman, Robert F., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, The three volumes in The Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of the full sweep of the Cold War, with up-to-date ong>essaysong> on key events between ong>andong> , a new introduction that surveys the origins ong>andong> history of the Cold War, ong>andong> a new epilogue which reviews post- developments ong>andong> assesses the legacy of the Cold War in the early twenty-first century. All ong>essaysong> were ong>selectong>ed from Salem's popular "Great Events from History" series.

Critical Essays on Daniel Defoe: Daniel Defoe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lund, Roger D. / Bartels Emily, C., PUBLISHER: Twayne Publishers, The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical ong>Essaysong> Series. Volume editors have carefully ong>selectong>ed critical ong>essaysong> that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends ong>andong> methodologies relating to each author's work. ong>Essaysong> include writings from the author's native country ong>andong> abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day. Each volume includes: -- An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches ong>andong> sorting out the schools of thought -- The most influential reviews ong>andong> the best reprinted scholarly ong>essaysong> -- A section devoted exclusively to reviews ong>andong> reactions by the subject's contemporaries -- Original ong>essaysong>, new translations ong>andong> revisions commissioned especially for the series -- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters ong>andong> manuscript fragments -- A bibliography of the subject's writings ong>andong> interviews -- A name ong>andong> subject index

Expert Guide to Pain Management:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCarberg, Bill H. / Passik, Steven, PH.D., PUBLISHER: American College of Physicians, A comprehensive ong>andong> ong>practicalong> reference on the assessment of acute ong>andong> chronic pain, this is an authoritative ong>andong> ong>practicalong> guide to the safe ong>andong> effective management of pain. The concisely written text addresses the nature of pain, the pathophysiology ong>andong> pharmacological treatment of pain, the psychological aspects of chronic pain, ong>andong> the psychosocial factors in chronic pain patients. Geared to clinicians in all disciplines, the chapters in this book, written by leading experts, explain the most useful diagnostic tests, describe the entire spectrum of pain syndromes, ong>andong> discuss all currently available drugs ong>andong> other treatment options. Some of the chapters included are: Chronic Pain as Disease, Headache, Osteoarthritis ong>andong> Fibromyalgia, Neuropathic Pain, ong>andong> Addiction in Pain Management.

Cardiac Safety of Noncardiac Drugs: Practical Guidelines for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morganroth, Joel / Gussak, Ihor, PUBLISHER: Humana Press, Basic ong>andong> clinical researchers from industry ong>andong> academia detail the preclinical, clinical, ong>andong> regulatory principles currently used to assess the cardiac safety of new drugs. The authors explain the parameters of cardiac safety at all stages of clinical research ong>andong> drug development, including both the preclinical ong>andong> pharmacogenomic aspects generally ong>andong> the clinical methodologies ong>andong> technical aspects for investigational drugs based on cardiac repolarization, as defined by the duration of the QTc interval. Additional chapters comprehensively review the application of electrocardiography in clinical research, the fundamentals of ECG interpretation in clinical trials, the statistical analysis plans for ECG data obtained in formal clinical trials, ong>andong> the ong>practicalong> interpretation of the ECG results. Highlights include ong>practicalong> guidance on how to conduct a thorough ECG Trial in New Drug Development, how to use new ECG ong>andong> web based technology in clinical research, ong>andong> how to follow the new FDA requirements for ECG submissions.

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