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The Encyclopedia of Insects

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Toole, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Twenty contributors, many of them the world's leading experts in their specialties, fully cover the awesome variety of insects ong>andong> their long>andong>-dwelling relatives, including their evolution ong>andong> classification, common physical features, life cycles, reproduction, ong>andong> much more.

World System Structure: Continuity and Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollist, W. Ladd, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), The ong>essaysong> in this volume highlight the different views taken of the world economic system. The first two ong>essaysong> are firmly grounded in the world system of Immanuel Wallerstein. Other ong>essaysong> offer alternative concepts ong>andong> discuss them in the light of contemporary events -- newly industrializing nations ong>andong> Third World coalitions. In the final section, Hollist ong>andong> Rosenau reach conflicting conclusions as to where the world system, ong>andong> the study of it, are proceding. '...the collection captures a wide range of alternative approaches that international relations ong>andong> world-system scholars might profitably be jointly aware of. This heightened awareness surely will stimulate even greater dialogue, the goal of the editors.' -- Contemporary Sociology, Vol 12 No 6, November

Philadelphia Campaign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, David G. / Martin, Jay, PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, This all new study presents the strategy, engagements, ong>andong> personalities of the Philadelphia Campaign (which included Brong>andong>ywine ong>andong> Germantown), along with ong>essaysong> on equip-ment, tactics, ong>andong> uniforms of the period.

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anong>andong>arajan, Murugan / Simmers, Claire A., PUBLISHER: IRM Press, The nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations ong>andong> individuals alike acquire ong>andong> distribute information. Unfortunately the problem of Web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array of Internet abuse issues such as, the impact of Web abuse on individuals, groups, organizations, ong>andong> societies, ong>andong> the problem of Web abuse within other cultures ong>andong> countries. Geared toward business professionals, academicians ong>andong> students from a variety of disciplines, Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical ong>andong> Legal Perspective focuses on the phenomenon of Internet abuse ong>andong> its consequences.

The Handbook of Ecological Monitoring

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clarke, Robin, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The rapidly-developing field of ecological monitoring provides the quantitative data on the environment that planners ong>andong> development experts need to outline future long>andong> use ong>andong> to monitor change. The Hong>andong>book brings together for the first time information on the three major techniques of ecological monitoring: ground surveys, low-level aerial reconnaissance, ong>andong> remote sensing from high-flying aircraft ong>andong> satellites. Written by twelve of the world's experts, the book provides an invaluable introduction filled with ong>practicalong> advice for the design of ecological monitoring programs.

The Early Modern Atlantic Economy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCusker, John J. / Morgan, Kenneth O. / Morgan, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book throws new light on the interlocking commercial relationships of the Atlantic trading world during the centuries ending with the American ong>andong> French Revolutions. Grouped under four themes--the role of merchants ong>andong> their connections; the development of trades; imperial economies; ong>andong> colonial working societies--ong>andong> written by an international team of economic historians, these ong>essaysong> increase our knowledge ong>andong> understong>andong>ing of the transatlantic economy. Contributions include studies of individual businessmen, labor patterns, port cities, branches of trade, ong>andong> comparative studies of trading nations.

Aspects of Malory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Takamiya, Toshiyuki / Brewer, Derek, PUBLISHER: Boydell & Brewer, This volume of ong>essaysong> is aimed at advancing the appreciation of Malory, an author who has always been enjoyed by the common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by the critics. Despite an increasing number of articles on Malory, there is a need for a general survey of recent research, whichl> Aspects of Malory /l>provides. The volume opens with a note by the late Professor Vinaver on Malory's prose, ong>andong> three ong>essaysong> on Malory's Englishness ong>andong> his English sources, including an essay by P. J. C. Field which argues for an English rather than a French origin for the l>Tale of Gareth/l>. This is followed by two ong>essaysong> on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mann ong>andong> Mary Hynes-Berry. Therence McCarthy re-exasmines the sequence of the tales, ong>andong> three further ong>essaysong> look at the scribal ong>andong> textual tradition of Malory's work, in particular the relationship between the Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, ong>andong> the history of the MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders the authorship question, ong>andong> proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as the most likely cong>andong>idate. There is a bibliography of recent research compiled by Professor Takamiya.Full of sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTVolume of ong>essaysong> aimed at advancing the appreciation of Malory ong>andong> providing a general survey of critical research; topics covered include Malory's sources, both French ong>andong> English, the scribal ong>andong> texual tradition of his work, ong>andong> the question of authorship.

Critical Survey of Poetry V06

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jason, Philip K., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, This series contains in-depth analytical reference guides to major writers of world literature. The series has an accessible style ong>andong> format that allow readers to zero in on precise characteristics of a poet's work. The Critical Survey of Poetry presents 698 poets in 697 ong>essaysong>. Each essay includes full birth ong>andong> death data ong>andong> is broken down into principal poetry, other literary forms, achievements, biography, ong>andong> analysis. ong>Essaysong> also include several sections on discrete poems or poetry collections, other major works, ong>andong> bibliography.

An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Dennis / Ballard, Wayne / Ballard, Jr. H. Wayne, PUBLISHER: Mercer University Press, Introduction to Wisdom Literature ong>andong> the Psalms offers a unique approach to studying this material in the classroom. This book is a collection of ong>essaysong> that explore themes ong>andong> background issues intended for the student of the Old Testament. Divided into two sections on the Psalms ong>andong> Wisdom Literature, each section offers an in-depth essay on history of interpretation, forms of poetry, the text's relationship to the ancient Near East, the canonical shape of the material, the theology of the texts, ong>andong> contemporary issues currently under scholarly investigation.

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of the role ong>andong> development of the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social ong>andong> economic history of the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers ong>andong> many unpublished firsthong>andong> accounts, West shows that the physical evolution of the saloon, from crude tents ong>andong> shanties into elegant establishments for drinking ong>andong> gaming, reflected the growth ong>andong> maturity of the surrounding community.

Charles Kuralt's American Moments

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuralt, Charles / Freundlich, Peter, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, To generations of Americans, Charles Kuralt was the wong>andong>erer transfixed by the richness he found in every corner of the country. The project he was working on before he died was An American Moment with Charles Kuralt, a series of TV ong>essaysong> about the people, places ong>andong> ideas that define the national spirit. Kuralt's longtime friend Peter Freundlich has edited ong>andong> collected these ong>essaysong>. The result is an enchanting ong>andong> touching book that brings back Charles Kuralt's distinctive voice ong>andong> celebrates the American character ong>andong> traditions he so loved.

The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Andong>erson, Terry L. / Hill, Peter J., PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, This volume examines the promises ong>andong> pitfalls of national ong>andong> global privatization, providing a variety of perspectives on how privatization can best be achieved. Supported by a wealth of empirical evidence, the contributors assess the institutional changes ong>andong> economic impact of this worldwide phenomenon.

Renaissance Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wiener, Philip P. / Kristeller, Paul Oskar, PUBLISHER: University of Rochester Press, The Journal of the History of Ideashas, over the years, published many important articles on the Renaissance; this ong>selectong>ion provides a significant index of American scholarship in the field in the first twenty-five years of the journal's publication. Apart from the quality of the papers, the main criterion of ong>selectong>ion has been their diversity. The editors aimed to present a broad cross-section of the intellectual history of the Renaissance, ong>andong> have on the whole preferred comprehensive rather than monographic studies. The so-called problem of the Renaissance is represented by FERGUSON; the historical thought of the period by WEISINGER, BARON, ong>andong> REYNOLDS; its social, moral ong>andong> religious thought by ADAMS, RICE ong>andong> TRINKAUS; humanism by GRAY; philsophy ong>andong> science by CASSIRER, Rong>ANDong>ALL ong>andong> BOUWSMA; literature by TUVE; the visual arts by SCHAPIRO; ong>andong> music by LOWINSKY. First published .

Quantitative Ethology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Colgan, Patrick W., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, This volume brings together in one place, for the first time, the variety of advanced quantitative techniques available to the ethologist ong>andong> worker in allied fields. Topics include: data collection; estimation of the behavioral repertory of an animal; the measurement of the amount of information transferred in communicative acts; the quantitative study of durations, intervals, latencies, ong>andong> sequences of stimuli ong>andong> responses; use of cluster analysis to study response types; analyzing multidimensional contingency tables; multidimensional scaling; ong>andong> multivariate analysis based on multinormal populations.

Cadogan Guide Morocco

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rogerson, Barnaby, PUBLISHER: Cadogan Guides, In the fully updated ong>andong> revised edition of his highly acclaimed guide, Morrocan expert Barnaby Rogerson takes travelers by the hong>andong> ong>andong> leads them through the bustling kasbahs ong>andong> ancient ruins of this diverse long>andong>. Barnaby's sound advice ensures they will taste the finest Morrocan cuisine in hong>andong>picked restaurants ong>andong> delight in the experience of bartering in the souks. His narrative seamlessly interweaves the compelling history of this mesmerizing country with ong>practicalong> details on traveling around ong>andong> detailed description of both the major ong>andong> minor sites. Cadogan takes visitors on an exotic journey over the high mountain ranges of the Rif, across the desert plains of Jel ong>andong> the Rekkam, through the palm-shaded valleys of the Dades, ong>andong> into the the heart of vibrant capital Marrakech, ensuring that they will enjoy every step of the way.

Lonely Planet Middle East on a Shoestring

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Humphreys, ong>Andong>rew, PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet, -- the only complete travel guide to the Middle East, now also including Libya -- detailed notes on the fascinating culture ong>andong> history of the region, including special sections on Islamic arts, architecture ong>andong> food -- up-to-date accommodation ong>andong> restaurant listings for all budgets ong>andong> tastes -- local ong>andong> overlong>andong> transport options -- ong>practicalong> Arabic, Turkish, Persian ong>andong> Hebrew language sections

The Printed Media in Fin-de-Siecle Italy: Publishers,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caesar, Ann Hallimore / Romani, Gabrielle / Burns, Jennifer, PUBLISHER: Legenda, The Unification of Italy in heralded a period of unprecedented change. While successive Liberal governments pursued imperial ventures ong>andong> took Italy into World War One on the Allied side, on the domestic front technological advance, the creation of a national transport network, the expansion of state education, internal migration to cities ong>andong> the rise of political associations all contributed to the rapid expansion of the print industry ong>andong> the development of new ong>andong> highly diversified reading publics. Drawing on publishers' archives, letters, diaries, ong>andong> printed material, this book provide the most up-to-date research into the printed media - books, magazines ong>andong> journals - in Italy between ong>andong> . With ong>essaysong> on publishers ong>andong> reading communities, the professionalization of the role of journalist ong>andong> writer, children's literature, book illustrations, ong>andong> printed media in colonial territories among others, this book is intended for those with interests in cultural production ong>andong> consumption ong>andong> questions of nation-formation ong>andong> nationhood in ong>andong> outside Italy.

Marriages & Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, David / DeFrain, John / Skogrong>andong>, Linda, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, An introductory text, "Marriages ong>andong> Families" accentuates the positive aspects of relationships ong>andong> focuses on enriching students' knowledge ong>andong> experience in building strong, successful couple ong>andong> family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars ong>andong> therapists, integrate research, theory, ong>andong> ong>practicalong> applications with an interdisciplinary perspective on marriage ong>andong> family. To enhance teaching ong>andong> student learning, an updated AWARE (Awareness of Attitudes ong>andong> Relationships Expectations) Online computerized assessment contains 15 categories that match the chapters of the book.

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius of Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Of Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius of Halicarnassus had migrated to Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Roman Antiquities" ong>andong> teaching the art of rhetoric ong>andong> literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work ong>andong> in his teaching, was to re-establish the classical Attic stong>andong>ards of purity, invention ong>andong> taste in order to reassert the primacy of Greek as the literary language of the Mediterranean world. He advocated the minute study of the styles of the finest prose authors of the fifth ong>andong> fourth century BCE, especially the Attic orators. His critical ong>essaysong> on these ong>andong> on the historian Thucydides represent an important development from the somewhat mechanical techniques of rhetorical hong>andong>books to a more sensitive criticism of individual authors. Illustrating his analysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number of important fragments of Lysias ong>andong> Isaeus. The ong>essaysong> on those two orators ong>andong> on Isocrates, Demosthenes ong>andong> Thucydides comprise Volume I of this edition. Volume II contains three letters to his students; a short essay on the orator Dinarchus; ong>andong> his finest work, the essay "On Literary Composition, " which combines rhetoric, grammar ong>andong> criticism in a manner unique in ancient literature. The Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition of "Roman Antiquities, " by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a history from earliest times to 264 BCE.

Universalism vs. Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rasmussen, David M. / Rasmussen, David, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), "Universalism vs. Communitarianism" focuses on the question, raised by recent work in normative philosophy, of whether ethical norms are best derived ong>andong> justified on the basis of universal or communitarian stong>andong>ards. It is unique in representing both Continental ong>andong> American points of view ong>andong> both the older ong>andong> a younger generation of scholars. The ong>essaysong> introduce the key issues involved in universalism vs. communitarianism ong>andong> take up ethics in historical perspective, ong>practicalong> reason ong>andong> ethical responsibility, justification, application ong>andong> history, ong>andong> communitarian alternatives. Based on a special issue of the "Journal Philosophy ong>andong> Social Criticism, "the book includes two additional ong>essaysong> by Chantal Mouffe ong>andong> by Hubert ong>andong> Stuart Dreyfus. David Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College ong>andong> editor of "Philosophy ong>andong> Social Criticism." Contents: introduction, David, Rasmussen. Universalisms: Procedural, Contextualist, ong>andong> Prudential, Alessong>andong>ro Ferrara. Beyond Liberalism ong>andong> Communitarianism: Toward a Critical Theory of Social Justice, Gerald Doppelt. The Liberal/Communitarian Controversy ong>andong> Communicative Ethics, Kenneth Baynes. Discourse Ethics ong>andong> Civil Society, Jean Cohen. Equality, Political Order ong>andong> Ethics: Hobbes ong>andong> the Systematics of Democratic Rationality, Rolf Zimmermann. Atomism ong>andong> Ethical Life: On Hegel's Critique of the French Revolution, Axel Honneth. The Gadamer-Habermas Debate Revisited: The Question of Ethics, Michael Kelly. What Is ong>andong> What Is Not ong>Practicalong> Reason? Agnes Heller. Adorno, Heidegger, ong>andong> Postmodernity, Hauke Brunkhorst. Impartial Application of Moral ong>andong> Legal Norms: A Contribution to Discourse Ethics, Klaus Gunther. An Ethics, Politics, ong>andong> History, Jurgen Habermas in an interview conducted by Jean-Marc Ferry. Rawls: Political Philosophy without Politics, Chantal Mouffe. What Is Morality: A Phenomenological Account of the Development of Ethical Expertise, Hubert L Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus. Universalism ong>andong> Communitarianism: A Bibliography, Michael Zilles.

Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fletcher, Anthony / Roberts, Peter, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In this volume seventeen distinguished historians of early modern Britain pay tribute to an outstong>andong>ing scholar ong>andong> teacher. Several present reviews of major areas of debate: of the significance of the regulations which determined the social ong>andong> legal status of professional actors in Elizabethan Englong>andong>, of Protestant ideas about marriage, of the political significance of the Anglo-Scottish Union, of relations between the Churches of Englong>andong>, Scotlong>andong> ong>andong> Irelong>andong> under the early Stuarts, ong>andong> of the riddle of the inner dynamic of the experience of emigration of New Englong>andong>. Case-studies in the social ong>andong> religious history of the period include the relationship between ideas of cleanliness ong>andong> godliness, the flowering of the notion of unitive Protestantism in two declarations on behalf of the National Church ong>andong> provincial preaching at a moment of political crisis in the north of Englong>andong>. Three ong>essaysong> draw on literary evidence to explore attitudes to men of war, the use of the murder pamphlet as a Puritan conversion narrative ong>andong> the service provided by scholarly readers for politically influential public figures. Two ong>essaysong> make impressive use of fieldwork to reveal how the churches of James I ong>andong> VI's two kingdoms were furnished ong>andong> how the gardens of Sir Nicholas ong>andong> Sir Francis Bacon illuminate their minds ong>andong> attitudes. The European dimension is represented by an essay on Nicolas Pithou's history of the Reformation in the city of Troyes. This very wide-ranging ong>andong> fascinating collection of ong>essaysong> will appeal both to specialists in the period ong>andong> to those interested in the social ong>andong> cultural history of early modern Britain.

Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watkins, Michael / Peres, Shimon / Rosegrant, Susan, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, This fascinating ong>andong> instructive book offers a revealing, blow-by-blow description of secret, headline-making negotiations in the Middleast, Korea, Africa, ong>andong> Bosnia, as well as an invaluable guide to conducting such a difficult process of tremendous ong>practicalong> application to a wide variety of conflict resolution professionals. Based on extensive interviews ong>andong> research with key players at the highest level, this book not only tells some incredibly dramatic stories but shows how to use these demonstrated strategies, skills, improvisational interventions ong>andong> other techniques. Detailing breakthrough negotiations which brought the Israelis ong>andong> Palestinians together for the first time in Oslo, built the Gulf War Coalition, ended the great divide between North ong>andong> South Korea, ong>andong> terminated the war in Bosnia, the authors employ a compelling narrative ong>andong> didactic style to explain how to understong>andong> ong>andong> apply sophisticated, field-tested methods of dispute resolution in a variety of situations. Acquista Ora

Apollinaire on Art: Essays and Reviews

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Breunig, LeRoy C. / Shattuck, Roger / Suleiman, Susan Rubin, PUBLISHER: MFA Publications, Poet, critic, impresario, gadfly, visionary, tastemaker: more than anyone, Guillaume Apollinaire embodies the frenzied art world of Paris in the early 20th century. His rampant enthusiasms ong>andong> antipathies, ong>andong> his remarkable acumen, make him still today the most evocative commentator on the intellectual ferment of the time. In he championed Picasso ong>andong> in he promoted Braque in reviews that were amazingly sharp ong>andong> prescient. He first identified the importance of Delaunay, Duchamp, ong>andong> Rousseau, coined the word "Surrealism," ong>andong> almost singlehong>andong>edly pushed Cubism into the mainstream. With a new preface by Roger Shattuck, this edition of Apollinaire on Art is the only collection in English of these seminal ong>andong> ever fresh writings.

The Defense of Western Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Unknown / Gann, L. H., PUBLISHER: Auburn House Pub. Co., After World War II, Western Europe became closely linked to the United States--economically through a variety of associations within the Atlantic Community, ong>andong> militarily through NATO. This volume stresses the strategic importance of Western Europe for the United States. It provides detailed surveys of the background ong>andong> preparedness of the NATO defense forces ong>andong> the forces of Austria, Switzerlong>andong>, ong>andong> other countries of strategic importance. Each chapter provides a general outline of military developments since , including such topics as: the relationship between armed forces ong>andong> society; recruitment practices; armaments; organization; relations with NATO; ong>andong> future projections. The authoritative series of descriptive, historical, ong>andong> analytical ong>essaysong> in this volume makes it an essential resource for defense specialists, policymakers, ong>andong> scholars of Western Europe.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, These new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understong>andong>ing of the "Southern Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into the nature ong>andong> history of O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite the double setbacks of being a woman ong>andong> a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity ong>andong> disturbing vision to successive generations.

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