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Supreme Court in the Federal Judicial System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wasby, Stephen L. / Winkates, James E., PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company, The fourth edition ong>ofong> this authoritative text has been completely updated through the term. New material is presented on the Rehnquist Court, the Court's recourd on civil liberties, and the Clarence Thomas nomination. The text focuses on the Supreme Court, but also analyzes other federal courts and the entire court system. The Court's political roles are discussed first. The structure ong>ofong> the judicial system and the ways ong>ofong> selecting federal judges follows. A separate chapter is devoted to the role ong>ofong> lawyers and interest groups. The book concludes with an account ong>ofong> the impact ong>ofong> court rulings.

Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, Revised

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schmidt, Diane / Davis, Elisabeth B. / Schmidt, Schmidt, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, "Provides an in-depth review ong>ofong> current print and electronic tools for research in numerous disciplines ong>ofong> biology, including dictionaries and encyclopedias, method guides, handbooks, on-line directories, and periodicals. Directs readers to an associated Web page that maintains the URLs and annotations ong>ofong> all major Inernet resources discussed in this edition."

Moral Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kevan, PUBLISHER: P & R Publishing, Demonstrates the value ong>ofong> the Law ong>ofong> God in the believer's life. Based on the insights ong>ofong> the brilliant Puritan writer Anthony Burgess

Imagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rosengren, Karl S. / Johnson, Carl N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The study ong>ofong> early cognitive development has emphasized the way in which young children act like scientists, testing and revising theories about the physical, ong>biologicalong>, and psychological world. Evidence ong>ofong> this early understanding ong>ofong> the natural order has led researchers to reconsider children's thinking about magical, religious, or otherwise supernatural orders. The present volume ong>ofong>fers reviews ong>ofong> new lines ong>ofong> research on children's thinking that stretch beyond the ordinary boundaries ong>ofong> reality. More than being "little scientists," children are here considered as "little magicians," "little metaphysicians," "little theologians" and "little story tellers" or "dramatists," imagining other-worldly possibilities.

Pink floyd - delicate sound of thunder

Titolo [Delicate Sound ong>Ofong> Thunder] Artista/i [Pink Floyd] Traccie [1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond 2 Signs ong>Ofong> Life 3 Learning To Fly 4 Sorrow 5 The Dogs ong>Ofong> War 6 On The Turning Away 7 One ong>Ofong> These Days 8 Time 9 On The Run 10 Wish You Were Here 11 Us And (cod. I_)

Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Harvey J. / Han, Jiawei, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Advances in automated ong>dataong> collection are creating massive ong>dataong>bases and a whole new field, Knowledge Discovery ong>Dataong>bases (KDD), has emerged to develop new methods ong>ofong> managing and exploiting them. Geographic ong>Dataong> Mining and Knowledge Discovery is the interrogation ong>ofong> large ong>dataong>bases using efficient computational methods. The unique challenges brought about by the storing ong>ofong> massive geographical ong>dataong>bases - from high resolution satellite-based systems to ong>dataong> from intelligent transportation systems, for example - has led to the field ong>ofong> Geographical Knowledge Discovery (GKD). Geographic or spatial ong>dataong> mining is the exploration ong>ofong> these geographical information ong>dataong>bases. Developed out ong>ofong> contributions to the highly-respected Varenius Project in , this collection will be the definitive volume focusing on GKD and addresses the special challenges to be found in knowledge discovery and ong>dataong> mining from geographic ong>dataong>bases.

August Wilson

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen, PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, This reference work provides the reader with a source ong>ofong> basic ong>dataong> and analysis ong>ofong> characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies, and themes from the work on one ong>ofong> America's finest playwrights.

Finding Families, Finding Ourselves: A History of Adoption

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Strong-Boag, Veronica, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This is a broad survey ong>ofong> the history ong>ofong> adoption in Canada. Strong-Boag uses the analytic lenses ong>ofong> race, class, religion, and gender to examine the historical meaning ong>ofong> adoption, for adoptive and ong>biologicalong> parents and for children. Acquista Ora

The Cost of Empire: The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calabria, Antonio, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a study ong>ofong> early modern government finance in the kingdom ong>ofong> Naples, one ong>ofong> the most important European dominions ong>ofong> the Spanish Empire. Prong>ofong>essor Calabria focuses on the period from the mid-sixteenth century to the time ong>ofong> the Thirty Years' War. He connects fiscal developments to larger issues, such as the seventeenth-century crisis, the decline ong>ofong> Italy and Spain, and the economic and social significance ong>ofong> investments in government securities markets in early modern Europe. The Cost ong>ofong> Empire blends quantitative ong>dataong> on economic, fiscal, and financial affairs with non-quantitative material detailing attitudes, economic behaviour, and administrative practices. The quantitative material includes analyses ong>ofong> government budgets from to and a computer study ong>ofong> about investors and their investments in state securities in the later sixteenth century. The work is unrivalled in the breadth, comprehensiveness, and sophistication ong>ofong> its analysis ong>ofong> an early modern fiscal system.

The Squad: And the Intelligence Operations of Michael

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dwyer, T. Ryle, PUBLISHER: Mercier Press, Based on recently-released interviews, this book throws a considerable amount ong>ofong> new light on the intelligence operations ong>ofong> Michael Collins.

Taken (An Elvis Cole Novel)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crais, Robert, PUBLISHER: Berkley, When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike-and Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world ong>ofong> the prong>ofong>essional border kidnappers who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another-buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities. Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken and disappears. Now it is up to Pike to retrace Cole's steps, burning through the hard and murderous world ong>ofong> human traffickers... before it is too late.

Cracking the GMAT

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martz, Geong>ofong>f / Robinson, Adam, PUBLISHER: Princeton Review, If it's on the GMAT, it's in this book. "Cracking the GMAT, Edition," includes: - Exclusive access to 2 full-length practice tests online - More than 250 practice questions with detailed explanations - Extensive, up-to-date coverage ong>ofong> math, verbal, and the analytical writing assessment - Practical information on the what, when, where, and how ong>ofong> the GMAT - Additional sample problems and drills on the companion website - Thorough review ong>ofong> ong>dataong> sufficiency, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, sentence correction, reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and more - Planning and organization tips to get you all the way to test day

Naruto POP! Homewares Pens with Toppers Display Classic (16)

POP! continues its moves for world domination with a new line ong>ofong> homewares based on the POP! characterisations ong>ofong> various movie characters. These great pens have the classic character logo on the side and a minature POP figure ong>ofong> each sat on the pen,s top.

Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miers, Suzanne / Klein, Martin A., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Colonial rule started with an endless succession ong>ofong> small, but ong>ofong>ten brutal, wars ong>ofong> conquest, the moral justification for which was that the European conquerors were bringing 'civilization' to 'darkest Africa'. An intrinsic part ong>ofong> this so-called 'civilizing mission' was the eradication ong>ofong> slave raiding, slave trading and slavery, all ong>ofong> which were widespread on the continent. Some ong>ofong> the studies in this book are on areas where there has been little research, such as the German colonies and the Algerian Sahara. Others throw new light on questions already debated, such as emancipation on the Gold Coast. Some focus on the impact ong>ofong> abolition on particular groups ong>ofong> slaves. Among the themes considered is the role ong>ofong> slaves in their own emancipation, the short and long term results ong>ofong> abolition, the role ong>ofong> the League ong>ofong> Nations, and the vestiges ong>ofong> slavery in Africa today.

Counseling Treatment for Children and Adolescents with

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Erk, Robert R., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Designed to give readers a better understanding ong>ofong> children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with an emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder. Disorders are approached from the perspective ong>ofong> the child/adolescent and examined in context; and, each discussion includes practical guidance for assessment and treatment based on the most recent research in the field. To the expertise ong>ofong> the main author are added contributions by several counselor educators, psychologists, and clinicians who directly practice, teach, and focus on key topics addressed in the book. Provides a thorough discussion ong>ofong> the most-commonly diagnosed disorders ong>ofong> children and adolescents, and examines the ong>biologicalong>, developmental, and environmental causes ong>ofong> these disorders. Key focus is on psychopathology, DSM-IV, child psychopathology, and child/adolescent counseling. Coverage emphasizes the importance ong>ofong> viewing children and adolescents with DSM-IV-TR disorders within a sound developmental framework. Contains two chapters on treatment planning--one that discusses practical guidelines for planning and one consisting ong>ofong> four case studies. For future counselor educators, psychologists, and clinicians.

In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dillon, Michele / Wink, Paul, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> California Press, "In the Course ong>ofong> a Lifetime "provides an unprecedented portrait ong>ofong> the dynamic role religion plays in the everyday experiences ong>ofong> Americans over the course ong>ofong> their lives. The book draws from a unique sixty-year-long study ong>ofong> close to two hundred mostly Protestant and Catholic men and women who were born in the s and interviewed in adolescence, and again in the s, s, s, and late s. Woven throughout with rich, intimate life stories, the book presents and analyzes a wide range ong>ofong> ong>dataong> from this study on the participants' religious and spiritual journeys. A testament to the vibrancy ong>ofong> religion in the United States, "In the Course ong>ofong> a Lifetime "provides an illuminating and sometimes surprising perspective on how individual lives have intersected with cultural change throughout the decades ong>ofong> the twentieth century. Acquista Ora

The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coates, Ken / Morrison, William, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, On October , the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run ong>ofong> the season to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. A storm rose and at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but the storm worsened and they were forced to take shelter themselves. By the following morning, the Princess Sophia had sunk to the bottom ong>ofong> the Lynn Canal, taking all ong>ofong> its passengers--a significant cross-section ong>ofong> the population ong>ofong> the Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examines the impact ong>ofong> this loss on a society that, with the end ong>ofong> the gold rush, was already in decline.

Human Differences

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aiken, Lewis R. / Aiken, PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, This text reviews the mass ong>ofong> information concerning the ways in which individuals and groups differ from each other. Reviews ong>ofong> research findings and interpretations are provided on: physical appearance, performance and health; cognitive abilities; personality; and development across the life span. Extensive treatment ong>ofong> foundations (historical, measurement, research methods, ong>biologicalong>, social, and cultural) is also provided. Both normal and abnormal behaviors are considered. The book provides an interdisciplinary focus, including material from all the behavior and natural sciences, not just psychology, sociology, or biology.

Mining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext Data

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chakrabarti, Soumen, PUBLISHER: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Mining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext ong>Dataong> is the first book devoted entirely to techniques for producing knowledge from the vast body ong>ofong> unstructured Web ong>dataong>. Building on an initial survey ong>ofong> infrastructural issues-including Web crawling and indexing-Chakrabarti examines low-level machine learning techniques as they relate specifically to the challenges ong>ofong> Web mining. He then devotes the final part ong>ofong> the book to applications that unite infrastructure and analysis to bring machine learning to bear on systematically acquired and stored ong>dataong>. Here the focus is on results: the strengths and weaknesses ong>ofong> these applications, along with their potential as foundations for further progress. From Chakrabarti's work-painstaking, critical, and forward-looking-readers will gain the theoretical and practical understanding they need to contribute to the Web mining effort. * A comprehensive, critical exploration ong>ofong> statistics-based attempts to make sense ong>ofong> Web Mining. * Details the special challenges associated with analyzing unstructured and semi-structured ong>dataong>. * Looks at how classical Information Retrieval techniques have been modified for use with Web ong>dataong>. * Focuses on today's dominant learning methods: clustering and classification, hyperlink analysis, and supervised and semi-supervised learning. * Analyzes current applications for resource discovery and social network analysis. * An excellent way to introduce students to especially vital applications ong>ofong> ong>dataong> mining and machine learning technology.

Quantitative PCR Protocols

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kochanowski, Bernd / Reischl, Udo, PUBLISHER: Humana Press, This is a significant collection ong>ofong> established and novel methods for the successful quantitation ong>ofong> nucleic acids. Each method has been refined and tested by its developer and proven to work in such problems as the analysis ong>ofong> eukaryotic gene expression, the quantitation ong>ofong> viral loads in clinical specimens, reporter gene expression, and quantitative oncogene analysis. Particular emphasis is placed on the underlying principles ong>ofong> the design ong>ofong> competitive or noncompetitive standards, as well as on the optimization ong>ofong> the amplification process. In important cases several methods are given for the same problem so that readers may set up test systems tailored to their specific practical needs. With its step-by-step instructions, Quantitative PCR Protocols allows researchers to address ong>biologicalong> and diagnostic questions that are difficult or impossible to answer using any other experimental approach.

Macroeconomic Interact North S

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Currie, David / Vines, David, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This volume contains the proceedings ong>ofong> a September conference organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the International Economics Study Group. the volume focuses on the strategic aspects ong>ofong> North-South interactions; the authors include some ong>ofong> the leading contributors to the growing literature on strategic interactions among interdependent economies.

The Secret of Success and Other Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zuber-Sharfstein, Chana / Mindel, Nissan / Kleinman, Zalman, PUBLISHER: Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, More short stories for young children by the author ong>ofong> "The Call ong>ofong> the Shong>ofong>ar." The title story reveals how the unselfish generosity ong>ofong> on young man brought blessings ong>ofong> wealth and success to many generations ong>ofong> his descendants - the famous House ong>ofong> Rothschild. The theme ong>ofong> charity and kindness recurs in each ong>ofong> these charming tales.

A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt: Documents in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thorner, Thomas / Frohn-Nielson, Thor, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Toronto Press, This new edition ong>ofong> Broadview's two volume anthology ong>ofong> documents in Canadian history, A Few Acres ong>ofong> Snow and A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt, presents many new documentary sources on Canadian history, combined with the most compelling passages from the first edition, Included are documents that focus on the history ong>ofong> Canada's various regions; on social, cultural, political and intellectual history; and on the experiences ong>ofong> women, Native peoples, immigrants and labour.

The Art of Nature Photography: Perfect Your Pictures

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benvie, Niall, PUBLISHER: Amphoto Books, This definitive, up-to-the-minute book on the popular field ong>ofong> nature photography instructs the reader in the techniques needed to create stunning images based on the very latest camera and computer innovations.

Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery: Basic & Advanced

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Arregui, Maurice E. / Fitzgibbons, Robert J. Jr., PUBLISHER: Springer, This book brings together the most up-to-date information available on basic and advanced laparoscopic techniques. Enhanced by over 750 illustrations and written by international, interdisciplinary experts, this is the definitive reference on: basic laparoscopy techniques; laparoscopy and thoracoscopy in general surgery; laparoscopy in surgical subspecialties (gynecology, urology, angioscopy); plus a special section on technological aspects ong>ofong> laparoscopy. Throughout this authoritative volume, the reader will find in-depth reviews ong>ofong> the literature and extensive clinical and scientific ong>dataong> on the rationale for using laparoscopic surgical procedures.

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