International Law in Antiquity

International Law in Antiquity (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
By David J. Bederman


Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 342
Publication Date: 2001-03-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521791979
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521791977
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. Containing up-to-date literature and archaeological evidence, it reevaluates the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations--diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare--in a detailed analysis of the Near East (2800-700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500-338 BCE), and Rome (358-168 BCE). A fascinating study for lawyers, ancient historians and classicists alike.


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This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. The book examines the sources, processes and doctrines of international legal obligation in antiquity to reevaluate the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations - diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare - in a detailed analysis of international relations in the Near East (2800-700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500-338 BCE), and Rome (358-168 BCE). Containing up-to-date literature and archaeological evidence, this study does not merely catalogue instances of recognition by ancient states of these seminal features of international law: it accounts for recurrent patterns of thinking and practice. This comprehensive analysis of international law and state relations in ancient times provides a fascinating study for lawyers and academics, ancient historians and classicists alike.

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Electronic Media Law and Regulation, Fifth Edition

Electronic Media Law and Regulation, Fifth Edition
By Kenneth Creech


Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 536
Publication Date: 2007-01-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 024080841X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240808413
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

As Media Law continues to grow as a hot topic those of you studying to be new lawyers in the media must keep on top of the latest laws and their implications. This book will keep you on your toes! It prepares you how to avoid common legal pitfalls and anticipate situations that may have potential legal consequences. Specifically, this fifth edition provides updates regarding recent developments in media law, FCC policies and developing technologies, and reviews all new cases, decisions and legislation affecting the conduct of media professionals and businesses. Electronic Media Law & Regulation is a useful reference for students studying to be professionals working in broadcast media and related industries.

*Author's website www.kencreech.com includes not only updates to the text but links to dozens of legal cases relevant to each chapter
*A catalogue of copyright and FCC forms are included in the book
*Complex information is conveyed in an easy-to-understand tone, all with supporting examples and case studies

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Contemplating Art

Contemplating Art
By Jerrold Levinson


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2006-11-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019920618X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199206186
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Contemplating Art is a compendium of writings from the last ten years by one of the leading figures in aesthetics, Jerrold Levinson. The twenty-four essays range over issues in general aesthetics and those relating to specific arts--in particular music, film, and literature. It will appeal not
only to philosophers but also to musicologists, literary theorists, art critics, and reflective lovers of the arts.

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Four Laws That Drive the Universe

Four Laws That Drive the Universe
By Peter Atkins


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2007-09-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199232369
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199232369
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself - everything is directed and constrained by four simple laws. They establish fundamental concepts such as temperature and heat, and reveal the arrow of time and even the nature of energy itself. Peter Atkins' powerful and compelling introduction explains what the laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. Guiding the reader from the Zeroth Law to the Third Law, he introduces the fascinating concept of entropy, and how it not only explains why your desk tends to get messier, but also how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe.

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Vietnam Today: A Guide To A Nation At A Crossroads

Vietnam Today: A Guide To A Nation At A Crossroads
By Mark A. Ashwill, Thai Ngoc Diep


Publisher: Intercultural Press
Number Of Pages: 188
Publication Date: 2004-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1931930090
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781931930093
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is faced with pressing political, social and economic challenges, and yet it is full of hope and potential. Here is a first look at Vietnam in the twenty-first century, a nation undergoing rapid change and opening up to the world. Dr. Mark Ashwill paints a broad picture of Vietnam, past and present, and explores today's defining issues. Readers come to understand how a two-thousand-year history of foreign invasion, occupation and war has deeply influenced the Vietnamese character. The Chinese, French and U.S. Americans have all left their imprint. Yet the struggle against oppression has infused the Vietnamese with a fierce spirit of nationalism and caution in their dealings with foreigners. Building relationships and trust as a prelude to doing business are critical to the Vietnamese, whether at home or abroad. Vietnam Today reveals the most prominent characteristics of the Vietnamese: their energy and drive, the dominance of group over individual and the paramount importance of maintaining harmony. In doing so, Ashwill and his Vietnamese contributor shed light on many sources of misunderstanding between Vietnamese and Western professionals. But for those who are prepared to take the time to get to know the people, to move at their pace, and to learn about their culture and history, Vietnam can be a land of promise and opportunity.

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Morality and Self-Interest

Morality and Self-Interest
By Paul Bloomfield


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-11-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019530585X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195305852
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?

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Asian Islam in the 21st Century

Asian Islam in the 21st Century
By John L Esposito, John Voll, Osman Bakar


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2007-11-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195333039
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195333039
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of Asian Islam in regional and global politics. The Muslims of Asia constitute the largest Muslim communities in the
world -- Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the Philippines, and opposition politics in Central Asia, all point to the strategic importance of Asian Islam.

In Asian Islam in the 21st Century, terrorism and its effects are placed within the broader context of Muslim politics and how Islamic ideals and movements, mainstream and extremist, have shaped Asian Muslim societies. Democratization experiments -- successful and unsuccessful -- are examined. The
rise of radical militant movements is analyzed and placed in historical perspective. The result is an insightful portrait of the rich diversity of Muslim politics and discourse that continue to affect Asian Muslim majority and minority countries.

Specialists and students of Islamic studies, religion and international affairs, and comparative politics as well as general readers will benefit from this sorely needed comprehensive analysis of a part of the world that has become increasingly important in the 21st century.

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Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life

Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life
By Robert C. Solomon


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2002-02-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195134672
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195134674
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Is it possible to be spiritual and yet not believe in the supernatural? Can a person be spiritual without belonging to a religious group or organization? In this book, philosopher Robert Solomon offers challenging answers to these questions as he explodes commonly held myths about what is means to be spiritual in today's pluralistic world. Based on Solomon's own struggles to reconcile philosophy with religion, Spirituality for the Skeptic offers a model of a vibrant, fulfilling spirituality that embraces the complexities of human existence and acknowledges the joys and tragedies of life. Solomon has forged an enlightened new path that synthesizes spirituality with emotions, intellect, science, and common sense. His new paradigm, "naturalized" spirituality, establishes as its cornerstone the "thoughtful love of life"--a passionate concern for the here-and-now, and not the by-and-by. Being spiritual doesn't mean being holed up as a recluse, spending hours in meditation and contemplation, Solomon argues. It demands involvement and emotional engagement with others in the struggle to find meaning in our lives. As such, this modern-day spirituality encompasses a passionate enthusiasm for the world, the transformation of self, cosmic trust and rationality, coming to terms with fate, and viewing life as a gift, all of which are explored in depth throughout this book. Spirituality for the Skeptic answers the need for a non-institutional, non-dogmatic spirituality that leads to personal fulfillment and satisfaction. By examining the ideas of great thinkers from Socrates and Nietzsche to Buddha to Kafka, Solomon arrives at a practical vision of spirituality that should appeal to many seekers looking to make sense of the human condition.

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On Images: Their Structure and Content

On Images: Their Structure and Content
By John V. Kulvicki


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2006-09-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019929075X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199290758
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Whether it was the demands of life, leisure, or a combination of both that forced our hands, we have developed a myriad of artefacts---maps, notes, descriptions, diagrams, flow-charts, photographs, paintings, and prints---that stand for other things. Most agree that images and their close relatives are special because, in some sense, they look like what they are about. This simple claim is the starting point for most philosophical investigations into the nature of depiction. On Images argues that this starting point is fundamentally misguided. Whether a representation is an image depends not on how it is perceived but on how it relates to others within a system. This kind of approach, first championed by Nelson Goodman in his Languages of Art, has not found many supporters, in part because of weaknesses with Goodman's account. On Images shows that a properly crafted structural account of pictures has many advantages over the perceptual accounts that dominate the literature on this topic. In particular, it explains the close relationship between pictures, diagrams, graphs and other kinds of non-linguistic representation. It undermines the claim that pictures are essentially visual by showing that audio recordings, tactile line drawings, and other non-visual representations are pictorial. Also, by avoiding explaining images in terms of how we perceive them, this account sheds new light on why pictures seem so perceptually special in the first place. This discussion of picture perception recasts some old debates on the topic, suggests further lines of philosophical and empirical research, and ultimately leads to a new perspective on pictorial realism.

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Free Will and Luck

Free Will and Luck
By Alfred R. Mele


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2006-03-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195305043
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195305043
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Mele's ultimate purpose in this book is to help readers think more clearly about free will. He identifies and makes vivid the most important conceptual obstacles to justified belief in the existence of free will and meets them head on. Mele clarifies the central issues in the philosophical debate about free will and moral responsibility, criticizes various influential contemporary theories about free will, and develops two overlapping conceptions of free will--one for readers who are convinced that free will is incompatible with determinism (incompatibilists), and the other for readers who are convinced of the opposite (compatibilists). Luck poses problems for all believers in free will, and Mele offers novel solutions to those problems--one for incompatibilist believers in free will and the other for compatibilists. An early chapter of this empirically well-informed book clearly explains influential neuroscientific studies of free will and debunks some extravagant interpretations of the data. Other featured topics include abilities and alternative possibilities, control and decision-making, the bearing of manipulation on free will, and the development of human infants into free agents. Mele's theory offers an original perspective on an important problem and will garner the attention of anyone interested in the debate on free will.

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The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State

The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State
By Peter B. E. Hill


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2006-03-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199291616
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199291618
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had a considerable influence on Japanese society over the past fifty years. Based on extensive Japanese language source material and interviews with criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and scholars, this is the first English language academic monography to analyse Japan's criminal syndicates. Peter Hill argues that the essential characteristic of Japan's criminal syndicates is their provision of protection to consumers in Japan's under- and upper-worlds. In this respect they are analogous to the Sicilian Mafia, and the mafias of Russia, Hong Kong, and the United States. Although the yakuza's protective mafia role has existed at least since the end of the Second World War, and arguably longer, the range of economic transactions to which such protection has been afforded has not remained constant. The yakuza have undergone considerable change in their business activities over the last half-century. The two key factors driving this evolution have been the changes in the legal and law enforcement environment within which these groups must operate, and the economic opportunities available to them. This first factor demonstrates that the complex and ambiguous relationship between the yakuza and the state has always been more than purely symbiotic. With the introduction of the boryokudan (Iyakuza) countermeasures law in 1992, the relationship between the yakuza and the state has become more unambiguously antagonistic. Assessing the impact of this law is, however, problematic; the contemporaneous bursting of Japan's economic bubble at the beginning of the 1990s also profoundly and adversely influenced yakuza sources of income. It is impossible to completely disentangle the effects of these two events. By the end of the twentieth century, the outlook for the yakuza was bleak and offered no short-term prospect of amelioration. More profoundly, state-expropriation of protection markets formerly dominated by the yakuza suggests that the longer-term prospects for these groups are bleaker still: no longer, therefore, need the yakuza be seen as an inevitable and necessary evil.

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Mystics

Mystics
By William Harmless


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2007-11-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195300394
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195300390
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Mystics are path-breaking religious practitioners who claim to have experience the infinite, word-defying Mystery that is God. Many have been gifted writers with an uncanny ability to communicate the great realities of life with both a theologian's precision and a poet's lyricism. They use words to jolt us into recognizing ineffable mysteries surging beneath the surface of our lives and within the depths of our hearts and, by their artistry, can awaken us to see and savor fugitive glimpses of a God-drenched world. In Mystics, William Harmless, S.J., introduces readers to the scholarly study of mysticism. He explores both mystics' extraordinary lives and their no-less-extraordinary writings using a unique case-study method centered on detailed examinations of six major Christian mystics: Thomas Merton, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, Bonaventure, Meister Eckhart, and Evagrius Ponticus. Rather than presenting mysticism as a subtle web of psychological or theological abstractions, Hamrless's case-study approach brings things down to Earth, restoring mystics to their historical context. Harmless highlights the pungent diversity of mystical experiences and mystical theologies. Stepping beyond Christianity, he also explores mystical elements within Islam and Buddhism, offering a chapter on the popular Sufi poet Rumi and one on the famous Japanese Zen master Dogen. Harmless concludes with an overview of the century-long scholarly conversation on mysticism and offers a unique, multifaceted optic for understanding mystics, their communities, and their writings. Geared toward a wide audience, Mystics balances state-of-the-art scholarship with accessible, lucid prose.

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Christian Symbol and Ritual: An Introduction

Christian Symbol and Ritual: An Introduction
By Bernard Cooke, Gary Macy


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2005-08-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195154126
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195154122
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

In Christian Symbol and Ritual, Bernard Cooke and Gary Macy offer an accessible and engaging introduction to the topic written from a non-denominational perspective. Cooke and Macy demonstrate that celebration, ritual, and symbol are already central to our lives, even though most do not see their actions as symbolic or ritualistic. They connect central Christian symbols to the symbols and rituals already present in everyday life and place Christian theology in a familiar context. After discussing the characteristics and functions of rituals, they explore different kinds of ritual, including those of friendship, worship, and healing. The authors also examine such questions as how rituals establish and maintain power relationships, how "official" rituals are different from "popular" Christian rituals and devotions, and how Christian rituals function in the process of human salvation. Christian Symbol and Ritual is an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and lay readers.

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The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach

The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach
By Rod A. Martin


Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2006-10-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 012372564X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123725646
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Research on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is humor used in social interactions?) Although there is enough interest in the area to have spawned several societies, the literature is dispersed in a number of primary journals, with little in the way of integration of the material into a book.

Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a singly authored monograph that provides in one source, a summary of information researchers might wish to know about research into the psychology of humor. The material is scholarly, but the presentation of the material is suitable for people unfamiliar with the subject-making the book suitable for use for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses on the psychology of humor-which have not had a textbook source.

2007 AATH Book Award for Humor/Laughter Research category!

*Up-to-date coverage of research on humor and laughter in every area of psychology
*Research findings are integrated into a coherent conceptual framework
*Includes recent brain imaging studies, evolutionary models, and animal research
*Draws on contributions from sociology, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology
*Provides an overview of theories of humor and early research
*Explores applications of humor in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace
*Points out interesting topics for further research and promising research methodologies
*Written in a scholarly yet easily accessible style
*2007 AATH Book Award for Humor/Laughter Research category

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The Revolution of 1905: A Short History

The Revolution of 1905: A Short History
By Abraham Ascher


Publisher: Stanford University Press
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2004-06-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0804747199
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780804747196
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

This is a concise history of the Revolution of 1905, a critical juncture in the history of Russia when several possible paths were opened up for the country. By the end of that year, virtually every social group had become active in the opposition to the autocracy, which was on the verge of collapse. Only the promise of reform, in particular the formation of a parliament (Duma) that would participate in governing the country, enabled to old order to survive. For some eighteen months the opposition and the Tsarist regime continued to struggle for supremacy, and only in June 1907 did the government reassert its authority. It drastically changed the relatively liberal electoral law, depriving many citizens of the vote. Although the revolution was now over, some institutional changes remained intact. Most notably, Russia retained an elected legislature and political parties speaking for various social and economic interests. As a result, the autocratic system of rule was undermined, and the fate of the political and social order remained uncertain.

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From Plain Fare to Fusion Food: British Diet from the 1890s to the 1990s

From Plain Fare to Fusion Food: British Diet from the 1890s to the 1990s
By Derek J. Oddy


Publisher: Boydell Press
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2003-04-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0851159346
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780851159348
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Simple meals made from a limited range of industrially processed foodstuffs constituted the 'plain fare' which most people in Britain ate from the 1890s until after the Second World War. Dietary surveys show that when wages were low and social conditions poor, health was affected and support the view that malnutrition and dietary deficiencies existed during the first half of the twentieth century. Increasing knowledge of essential nutrients such as vitamins brought scientists into conflict with civil servants, particularly during the Great War and the depression of the interwar years.Wars put great strains on Britain's supplies of food, much of which was imported. In the Great War, civilians suffered unjustifiably before food rationing was finally introduced. The widely held view that the science of nutrition informed government policy in the Second World War is shown to be a myth, since dietary inequalities continued and, by the mid-1940s, children's growth was affected.The technological revolution in food processing, which gathered momentum when rationing was finally abolished in the 1950s, led to the growth of supermarkets, frozen foods and fast foods. By the 1990s, many traditional patterns of eating had been replaced by an ethnic and fusion food restaurant culture. It has been accompanied by new concerns over food safety and health issues - heart disease, obesity - and by an 'alternative foods' backlash. The irresistible question is: are we any better off? DEREK J. ODDY is emeritus professor of economic and social history, University of Westminster.

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Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893

Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
By J. Forbes Munro


Publisher: Boydell Press
Number Of Pages: 536
Publication Date: 2003-04-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0851159354
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780851159355
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

This book explores the nineteenth century roots of globalisation through the activities of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. It follows the rise of the family-led business group from its modest origins in Scotland to its transformation into the world's largest maritime and mercantile conglomerate, tracing the history of the various shipping firms within the group - including the British India, Netherlands India and Australasian United companies - and identifies the key factors behind its domination of coastal steamshipping around the Indian Ocean and into the western Pacific. It provides an analysis of the anatomy and dynamics of the enterprise network over time. The book also examines Mackinnon's relationship with the imperial statesman, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, which drew the network into the operations of British 'informal imperialism' in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and East-Central Africa regions, and eventually to its sponsorship of the ill-fated Imperial British East Africa Company. It breaks new ground in identifying the interplay of personal and business considerations behind Mackinnon's participation in the 'Scramble for Africa' in its combination of maritime history with business history and imperial history to contribute to the current debate over 'gentlemanly capitalism' and British overseas expansion.WINNER OF THE 2004 WADSWORTH PRIZE. JOINT WINNER OF THE 2004 SALTIRE SOCIETY RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. J. FORBES MUNRO is emeritus professor of international economic history, University of Glasgow.

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To HANOI and BACK

TO HANOI & BACK
By Thompson W


Publisher: Smithsonian
Number Of Pages: 436
Publication Date: 2000-12-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1560988770
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781560988779
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

By the summer of 1966, the U.S. Air Force's reputation had hit rock bottom in Vietnam. After nearly eighteen months of the limited bombing campaign called Operation Rolling Thunder, North Vietnam's airfields, principal port, and capital city remained largely unscathed. In 1972 the two Linebacker campaigns joined with other air operations to make a dramatic, although temporary, difference. Wayne Thompson draws upon twenty years of research in classified records to present a full history of the Air Force role in the war against North Vietnam. He provides an unprecedented view of the motivations and actions of the people involved—from aircrews to generals to politicians—in every phase of the air campaigns.

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Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide

Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide (Oxford Guides)
By Nicolas de Lange, Miri Freud-Kandel


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 472
Publication Date: 2005-03-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019926287X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199262878
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought, focusing on social, cultural and historical aspects of Judaism alongside theological issues. This volume includes 38 newly-commissioned essays, including contributions from leading specialists in their fields. This book covers the major areas of thought in contemporary Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues, geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel.

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Instructor Excellence: Mastering the Delivery of Training

Instructor Excellence: Mastering the Delivery of Training (Essential Knowledge Resource)
By Bob Powers, William J. Rothwell


Publisher: Pfeiffer
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2007-01-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0787982296
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780787982294
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

When the first edition of Instructor Excellence was published in 1992, it became an instant bestseller among professionals who deliver and manage training. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition complements the timeless standards that made the first edition a classic as well as covers relevant developments in the design and delivery of training, including online and videoconferencing facilitation and current research on what sets exemplary instructors apart from the average.

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Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Recognition and Redistribution in Contemporary Democracies

Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Recognition and Redistribution in Contemporary Democracies
By Will Kymlicka, Keith Banting


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2006-12-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199289174
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199289172
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

In many Western democracies, ethnic and racial minorities have demanded, and sometimes achieved, greater recognition and accommodation of their identities. This is reflected in the adoption of multiculturalism policies for immigrant groups, the acceptance of territorial autonomy and language rights for national minorities, and the recognition of land claims and self-government rights for indigenous peoples. These claims for recognition have been controversial, in part because of fears that they make it more difficult to sustain a robust welfare state by eroding the interpersonal trust, social solidarity and political coalitions that sustain redistribution. Are these fears of a conflict between a "politics of recognition" and a "politics of redistribution" valid? This volume is the first systematic attempt to empirically test this question, using both cross-national statistical analyses of the relationships among diversity policies, public attitudes and the welfare state, and case studies of the recognition/ redistribution linkage in the political coalitions in particular countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, and in Latin America. These studies suggest that that there is no general or inherent tendency for recognition to undermine redistribution, and that the relationship between these two forms of politics can be supportive as well as competitive, depending on the context. These findings shed important light, not only on the nature and effects of multiculturalism, but also on wider debates about the social and political foundations of the welfare state, and indeed about our most basic concepts of citizenship and national identity. As a ground-breaking attempt to connect the literatures on multiculturalism and the welfare state, this volume will be of great interest to a wide range of scholars and practitioners who work on issues of ethnocultural diversity and social policy.

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A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000

A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000
By Saul Dubow


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2006-12-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199296634
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199296637
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

A Commonwealth of Knowledge addresses the relationship between social and scientific thought, colonial identity, and political power in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. It hinges on the tension between colonial knowledge, conceived of as a universal, modernizing force, and its realization in the context of a society divided along complex ethnic and racial fault-lines. By means of detailed analysis of colonial cultures, literary and scientific institutions, and expert historical thinking about South Africa and its peoples, it demonstrates the ways in which the cultivation of knowledge has served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. In a sustained commentary on modern South African historiography, the significance of `broad' South Africanism - a political tradition designed to transcend differences between white English- and Afrikaans-speakers - is emphasized. A Commonwealth of Knowledge also engages with wider comparative debates. These include the nature of imperial and colonial knowledge systems; the role of intellectual ideas and concepts in constituting ethnic, racial, and regional identities; the dissemination of ideas between imperial metropole and colonial periphery; the emergence of amateur and professional intellectual communities; and the encounter between imperial and indigenous or local knowledge systems. The book has broad scope. It opens with a discussion of civic institutions (eg. museums, libraries, botanical gardens and scientific societies), and assesses their role in creating a distinctive sense of Cape colonial identity; the book goes on to discuss the ways in which scientific and other forms of knowledge contributed to the development of a capacious South Africanist patriotism compatible with continued membership of the British Commonwealth; it concludes with reflections on the techno-nationalism of the apartheid state and situates contemporary concerns like the `African Renaissance', and responses to HIV/AIDS, in broad historical context.

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Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator

Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator
By Roger P. H. Green


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2006-12-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199284571
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199284573
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

Latin Epics of the New Testament is about the growth of Christianity, and in particular the challenge of engaging with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. In this culture epics like those of Vergil and Lucan were highly valued for their language,
their "heroic" themes, and their Rome-centered ideologies. Roger Green examines each of these epics in detail, showing how the three authors Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator repackage the New Testament as epic, and try to make a bridge between two very different cultures. He explores the fascinating
questions of how these authors exploit epic themes such as gods, heroes, war, and fate, without playing down the very real theological concerns of their times. All these poets were popular in the Middle Ages and later, and are the pioneers of poetry that leads to Renaissance epic and the famous poems of John Milton.

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The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany

The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
By S. P. MacKenzie


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2006-10-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199203075
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199203079
Binding: Paperback


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Though only one among hundreds of prison camps in which British servicemen were held between 1939 and 1945, Colditz enjoys unparalleled name recognition both in Britain and in other parts of the English-speaking world. Made famous in print, on film, and through television, Colditz remains a potent symbol of key virtues - including ingenuity and perseverance against apparantly overwhelming odds - that form part of the popular mythology surrounding the British war effort in World War II. Colditz has played a major role in shaping perceptions of the POW experience in Nazi Germany, an experience in which escaping is assumed to be paramount and 'Outwitting the Hun' a universal sport. The story of Colditz has been told often and in a variety of forms but in this book MacKenzie chronicles the development of the Colditz myth and puts what happened inside the castle in the context of British and Commonwealth POW life in Germany as a whole. Being a captive of the Third Reich - from the moment of surrender down to the day of liberation and repatriation - was more complicated and a good deal tougher than the popular myth would suggest. The physical and mental demands of survival far outweighed escaping activity in order of importance in most camps almost all of the time, and even in Colditz the reality was in some respects very different from the almost Boy's Own caricature that developed during the post-war decades. In The Real Colditz MacKenzie seeks, for the first time, to place Colditz - both the camp and the legend - in a wider historical context.

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Swords of the Viking Age

Swords of the Viking Age
By Ian Peirce, Ewart Oakeshott


Publisher: Boydell Press
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2007-05-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1843830892
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781843830894
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

This new work fills a gap in the literature in English on the swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking age, between the mid eighth and the mid eleventh centuries. Ewart Oakeshott outlines the significance and diversity of these ancient heirlooms; co-author Ian Peirce, who handled hundreds of swords in his research for this book in museums across northern Europe, selects and describes sixty of the finest representative weapons. Where possible, full-length photographs are included, in addition to illustrations of detail; an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscription and handle forms and their classification prefaces the catalogue of examples which is the principal part of this work. IAN PEIRCE is lecturer and museum consultant specialising in early swords; EWART OAKESHOTT was renowned for his pioneer studies on a wide range of medieval swords.

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Offshore Finance

Offshore Finance
By Hilton McCann


Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 562
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521862337
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521862332
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

It is estimated that up to sixty percent of the world's money may be located offshore, where half of all financial transactions are said to take place; however, there is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how that information might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions, as well as examining whether some of the perceptions about 'offshore' are valid. He analyses the ongoing work of the Financial Stability Forum, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The book also offers some suggestions as to what the future might hold for offshore finance.

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Accounting and Finance for the NonFinancial Executive: An Integrated Resource Management Guide for the 21st Century

Accounting and Finance for the NonFinancial Executive: An Integrated Resource Management Guide for the 21st Century
By Jae K. Shim


Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2000-06-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1574442872
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781574442878
Binding: Hardcover


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Have you recently been promoted? Are you starting a new business? Do you suddenly find that you need to know more about finances than you ever expected, but have no time for formal training? If so, you need Accounting and Finance for the Non-Financial Executive. Whether you are a newly promoted middle manager or executive, a marketing manager of a small company, an entrepreneur, or own your own business, your results will be measured in dollars and cents. You need to know the basics of finance and accounting to make sound business decisions and become successful. Shim shows you the strategies for evaluating investment decisions such as return on investment analysis. You will see what you need to know, what to ask, which tools are important, what to look for, what to do, and how to do it. Easy to read and useful, the book presents many practical examples, illustrations, guidelines, measures, rules of thumb, graphs, diagrams, and tables that make comprehending the subject easy. Accounting and Finance for the Non-Financial Executive prepares you for additional managerial responsibilities. You will be better equipped to prepare, appraise, evaluate, and approve plans to accomplish departmental objectives. You will be able to back up your recommendations with carefully prepared financial support. Whether they are based on marketing, production, or personnel, by learning how to think in terms of finance and accounting you can intelligently express your ideas.

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From Walden to Wall Street: Frontiers of Conservation Finance

From Walden to Wall Street: Frontiers of Conservation Finance
By James N. Levitt


Publisher: Island Press
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2005-09-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1597260304
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781597260305
Binding: Paperback


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In the absence of innovation in the field of conservation finance, a daunting funding gap faces conservationists aiming to protect America's system of landscapes that provide sustainable resources, water, wildlife habitat, and recreational amenities. Experts estimate that the average annual funding gap will be between $1.9 billion and $7.7 billion over the next forty years. Can the conservation community come up with new methods for financing that will fill this enormous gap? Which human and financial resources will allow us to fund critical land conservation needs?

From Walden to Wall Street brings together the experience of more than a dozen pioneering conservation finance practitioners to address these crucial issues. Contributors present groundbreaking ideas including mainstreaming environmental markets; government ballot measures for land conservations; convertible tax-exempt financing; and private equity markets.

The creativity and insight of From Walden to Wall Street offers considerable hope that, even in this era of widespread financial constraints, the American conservation community's financial resources may potentially grow dramatically in both quantity and quality in the decades to come.

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Seven Indicators That Move Markets: Forecasting Future Market Movements for Profitable Investments

Seven Indicators That Move Markets: Forecasting Future Market Movements for Profitable Investments
By Paul Kasriel, Keith Schap


Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2002-09-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071370137
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071370134
Binding: Hardcover


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How to understandand profit fromreliable and easy-to-use indicators that are often overlooked by the popular press

Seven Indicators That Move Markets reveals easy-to-use indicators that have been shown to actually forecast where the financial markets are going next. These indicators, widely available in daily newspapers and on the Internet, provide continuously updated figures and data that describe what market users are thinking todayand where the markets could be headed tomorrow.

This timely book shows savvy investors where and when to look for these market indicators, how to use them to structure investment strategies, and which asset allocations work best for specific market conditions. It contains hands-on techniques for:
Filtering fact from rumor in the financial press
Understanding relationships between indicators and investment choices
Evaluating market data in relation to Fed policy


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Seven Indicators That Move Markets reveals easy-to-use indicators that have been shown to actually forecast where the financial markets are going next. These indicators, widely available in daily newspapers and on the Internet, provide continuously updated figures and data that describe what market users are thinking todayand where the markets could be headed tomorrow.

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Navigating the Financial Blogosphere: How to Benefit from Free Information on the Internet

Navigating the Financial Blogosphere: How to Benefit from Free Information on the Internet
By Russell Bailyn


Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 220
Publication Date: 2007-09-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470118105
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470118108
Binding: Hardcover


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Praise for Navigating the Financial Blogosphere

"Navigating the Financial Blogosphere is the most enjoyable personal finance book I've ever read. I read it cover to cover within an afternoon, and I didn't want to put it down. It's fresh, practical, and broad in its topic coverage and should be on the top of every person's reading list. Russell Bailyn is a super-talented rising star."
-Matthew D. Hutcheson, Independent Pension Fiduciary, expert Congressional witness on retirement plan economics

"Financial information on the Internet has exploded in volume; the challenge is to find what's useful and reliable. Russell Bailyn's book does an excellent job of presenting important personal finance topics in a clear and digestible form, and pointing readers to a wealth of high-quality sources on the Internet. Navigating the Financial Blogosphere is browsable, fun, and very useful."
-David Jackson, founder and CEO, SeekingAlpha.com

"Russell Bailyn not only explains financial decision making, but like a good research librarian, he tells you where to go on the Web for more information. You'll want to be close to your computer as you read this book."
-Joseph Hurley, founder and CEO, Savingforcollege.com LLC

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Frommer's London 2008

Frommer's London 2008 (Frommer's Complete)
By Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince


Publisher: Frommers
Number Of Pages: 366
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470138211
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470138212
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Lodnon 2008 features gorgeous color photos and maps, a detachable foldout map of London, and details on all of the city's top museums, attractions, historic sites, and more.

Frommer's London 2008 details the best overall travel experiences, from pub crawls to antique shopping to theater-going; the best of literary England (a side trip to Stratford-upon-Avon); the best museums and galleries, from Tate Modern to the British Museum; and the best hotels and restaurants in all price categories.

It's all done with the trademark Frommer's attention to style, accuracy, and detail, including updated addresses and exact prices. Read an in-depth guide to London's art and architecture, and get the latest trip-planning advice on everything from bargain airfares to museum passes.


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From Big Ben to little-known finds, the best of this favorite European city
With an estimated 26 million visitors in 2003, London remains a top destination for U.S. and European travelers
Provides information on events commemorating the 60th anniversary, in 2005, of the end of World War II
Includes a full-color photo insert and a giant foldout map

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Fleeing Hitler: France 1940

Fleeing Hitler: France 1940
By Hanna Diamond


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2007-07-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0192806181
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780192806185
Binding: Hardcover


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Wednesday 12th June 1940. The Times reported 'thousands upon thousands of Parisians leaving the capital by every possible means, preferring to abandon home and property rather than risk even temporary Nazi domination'. As Hitler's victorious armies approached Paris, the French government abandoned the city and its people, leaving behind them an atmosphere of panic. Roads heading south filled with ordinary people fleeing for their lives with whatever personal possessions they could carry, often with no particular destination in mind. During the long, hard journey, this mass exodus of predominantly women, children, and the elderly, would face constant bombings, machine gun attacks, and even starvation. Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, Hanna Diamond shows how the disruption this exodus brought to the lives of civilians and soldiers alike made it a defining experience of the war for the French people. As traumatized populations returned home, preoccupied by the desire for safety and bewildered by the unexpected turn of events, they put their faith in Marshall Petain who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime largely unopposed, while the Germans consolidated their occupation. Watching events unfold on the other side of the channel, British ministers looked on with increasing horror, terrified that Britain could be next.

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Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War

Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War (The Making of the Modern World)
By Alan Kramer


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2007-07-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0192803425
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780192803429
Binding: Hardcover


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On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops. The international community reacted in horror - 'Holocaust at Louvain' proclaimed the Daily Mail - and the behaviour of the Germans at Louvain came to be seen as the beginning of a different style of war, without the rules that had governed military conflict up to that point - a more total war, in which enemy civilians and their entire culture were now 'legitimate' targets. Yet the destruction at Louvain was simply one symbolic moment in a wider wave of cultural destruction and mass killing that swept Europe in the era of the First World War. Using a wide range of examples and eye-witness accounts from across Europe at this time, award-winning historian Alan Kramer paints a picture of an entire continent plunging into a chilling new world of mass mobilization, total warfare, and the celebration of nationalist or ethnic violence - often directed expressly at the enemy's civilian population.

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China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise
By Susan L. Shirk


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-03-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195306090
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195306095
Binding: Hardcover


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Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: The Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel. Shirk, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China, knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. She offers invaluable insight into how they think--and what they fear. In this revealing book, readers see the world through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness to the greater world. Indeed, ever since the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, Chinese leaders have been haunted by the fear that their days in power are numbered. Theirs is a regime afraid of its own citizens, and this fear motivates many of their decisions when dealing with the U.S. and other foreign nations. In particular, the fervent nationalism of the Chinese people, combined with their passionate resentment of Japan and attachment to Taiwan, have made relations with these two regions a minefield. It is here, Shirk concludes, in the tangled interactions between Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States, that the greatest danger lies. Shirk argues that rising powers such as China tend to provoke wars in large part because other countries mishandle them. Unless we understand China's brittle internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders, we face the very real possibility of avoidable conflict with China. This book provides that understanding.

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Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, And Transnationalism

Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, And Transnationalism (African Expressive Cultures)
By Dominic Thomas


Publisher: Indiana Univeristy Press
Number Of Pages: 305
Publication Date: 2006-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0253218810
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780253218810
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

France has always hosted a rich and vibrant black presence within its borders. But recent violent events have raised questions about France's treatment of ethnic minorities. Challenging the identity politics that have set immigrants against the mainstream, Black France explores how black expressive culture has been reformulated as global culture in the multicultural and multinational spaces of France. Thomas brings forward questions such as—Why is France a privileged site of civilization? Who is French? Who is an immigrant? Who controls the networks of production? Black France poses an urgently needed reassessment of the French colonial legacy.

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50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books

50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books
By Tom Butler-Bowdon


Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: 2007-01-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1857883861
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781857883862
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

In his newest addition to the 50 Classics series, Butler-Bowden provides concise summaries and commentaries on fifty of the most influential works on the human mind and behavior, along with special features to provide additional context. Drawing on the rich vein of the classics as well as contemporary works, this book is a worthy addition to a series that has sold over 100,000 copies in English and been translated into 17 languages.

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Langford's Advanced Photography, 7th Edition

Langford's Advanced Photography, Seventh Edition
By Efthimia Bilissi, Michael Langford


Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2008-01-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0240520386
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240520384
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

The 7th edition of Langford's Advanced Photography brings this bestselling advanced guide bang up to date. Efthimia Bilissi maintains Michael Langford's renowned level of technical detail, balancing art and technique, whilst adding information on all the latest digital technologies. This book covers it all; from cameras, lenses, digital imaging sensors and films to insights into photography as an industry and how to kick start your career. Genres are explored, from portraiture and fine art to aerial, and broad coverage of digital manipulation, film processing, colour theory, archiving and storage provide everything the serious photographer needs to extend their art into professional realms. Exciting new areas such as infrared, underwater and stereoscopic photography are included, with a key section on business practices covering how to manage accounts, charge for jobs and self-promote. The book benefits from a full glossary, charts and inspirational images throughout, with a summary and projects to try at the end of each chapter.

A comprehensive guide to digital and film photography for the serious amateur, student or training professional
Fully updated to cover new digital technologies, workflow and methods from image manipulation to colour management and archiving
The ONLY comprehensive guide to photography at an advanced level

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Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor

Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor
By Janet Lowe


Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2007-08-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470152621
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470152621
Binding: Hardcover


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Most people come to know of Warren Buffett through his ability to generate wealth. However, as Janet Lowe reveals in her book, Warren Buffett Speaks, Buffett is more than a money-making machine. Warren Buffett Speaks is a library of notes and quotes that have been collected over the years, aimed at revealing the many aspects of the World's Greatest Investor--his wit, personality, and wisdom. The first half of the book deals with Buffett's view of life, family, and friends, while the latter half focuses on Buffett's investment philosophy and observations about the market. This book is a must for every Buffettologist.


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When Warren Buffett Speaks. . . people listen.

"If people want to improve their investing skills, it has to help to study how the Master does it. This short book outlines Buffett's philosophy and techniques."
—Peter S. Lynch, Fidelity Investments

"Common sense with a deft irony . . ."
—John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and author, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

"It was Warren Buffett's thoughts and philosophy that first captivated investors. Janet Lowe has done us all a great service by collecting and arranging Warren Buffett's wit and wisdom in an easy-to-read and enjoyable book."
—Robert G. Hagstrom, Portfolio Manager, Legg Mason Growth Trust mutual fund, and author, The Warren Buffett Way, Second Edition

"A must-read. Buffett's wit and wisdom is a roadmap for anyone looking to succeed in business, investing, and life."
—Steve Halpern, Editor, www.thestockadvisors.com

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Mastering the Trade

Mastering the Trade (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge)
By John F. Carter


Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 388
Publication Date: 2005-12-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071459588
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071459587
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:


Expert tactics to become make the most of every swing trade

In Mastering the Trade, veteran trader and educator John Carter shares his hard-won five-point technique for successful swing trading. In addition, Carter helps you move to the next level of confidence by explaining how markets really work and detailing behind-the-scenes market mechanics.

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Corporate Governance Best Practices: Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations

Corporate Governance Best Practices: Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations
By Frederick D. Lipman, L.Keith Lipman


Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470043792
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470043790
Binding: Hardcover

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Praise for Corporate Governance Best Practices

"A thorough and thoughtful guidebook on the governance lay of the land."
-Professor Charles M. Elson, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware

"Frederick Lipman provides a comprehensive approach to best corporate governance practices for all organizations, which is current, thoughtful, and practical. Directors and corporate governance personnel of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations must read this book."
-Professor Raphael H. Amit, Director of Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program, Wharton School of Business

"Fred Lipman is considered by many directors and CEOs to be the preeminent expert on corporate governance in the country. His advice on this important topic, which impacts the boards of all types of organizations-public, private, and not-for-profit-is required reading in this day and age."
-Frederick (Ted) Peters, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (aka The Bryn Mawr Trust Company)

"Boards of directors must be aware of best corporate governance practices in order to be effective in their oversight role and that is true for all not-for-profit organizations, including universities, as well as public and private companies. Frederick Lipman has authored a practical and comprehensive guide to 'best practices' for all boards of directors, which is required reading."
-George P. Tsetsekos, PhD, Dean, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

"In a world of 'good,' 'better,' 'best,' where 'good' and 'better' may not be good enough, Fred Lipman's new book is a straightforward, and even comforting, compendium of BEST governance practices for serious directors. It is a handy and reassuring tool for the conscientious."
-Allen R. Freedman, Audit Committee Chairman, StoneMor Partners LP,Founding Director, Association of Audit Committee Members

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Thinking about Consciousness

Thinking about Consciousness
By David Papineau


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2002-06-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199243824
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199243822
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

The relation between subjective consciousness and the physical brain is widely regarded as the last mystery facing science. This book argues that there is no real puzzle here. Consciousness seems mysterious, not because of any hidden essence, but only because we think about it in a special way. David Papineau exposes the resulting potential for confusion, and shows that much scientific study of consciousness is misconceived. Modern physical science strongly supports a materialist account of consciousness. But there remains considerable resistance to this, both in philosophy and in the way most people think about the mind; we fall back on a dualist view, that consciousness is not part of the material world. Papineau argues that resistance to materialism is groundless. He offers a detailed analysis of the way human beings think about consciousness, and in particular the way in which we humans think about our conscious states by activating those selfsame states. His careful account of this distinctive mode of phenomenal thinking enables him, first, to show that the standard arguments against dualism are unsound, second, to explain why dualism is nevertheless so intuitively persuasive, and third, to expose much contemporary scientific study of consciousness as resting on a confusion. In placing a materialist account of consciousness on a firm foundation, this clear and forthright book lays many traditional problems to rest, and offers escape from immemorial misconceptions about the mind.

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Perception and Reason

Perception and Reason
By Bill Brewer


Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1999-06-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198235674
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780198235675
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Bill Brewer sets out an original view of the role of conscious experience in the acquisition of empirical knowledge. Most epistemology of perception takes a person's possession of beliefs about the mind-independent world for granted and goes on to ask what further conditions these beliefs must meet if they are to be cases of knowledge. Brewer argues that this approach is completely mistaken. Perceptual experiences must provide reasons for empirical beliefs if there are to be any determinate beliefs at all about particular objects in the world. The crucial epistemological role of experience lies in its essential contribution to the subject's understanding of certain perceptual demonstrative contents, simply grasping which provides him with a reason to endorse them in belief. Brewer explains in detail how this is so, defends his position against a wide range of objections, and compares and contrasts it with a number of influential alternative views in the area. He brings out its connection with Russell's Principle of Acquaintance, and examines its conseqences for the compatibility of content externalism with an adequate account of self-knowledge. Perception and Reason offers a fresh approach to epistemology, turning away from the search for necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge and working instead from a theory of understanding in a particular area.

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Super Stocks

Super Stocks
By Kenneth L. Fisher


Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2007-09-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071499814
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071499811
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:


Target the Super Stocks that deliver huge returns

One of the most successful investing books ever published, Super Stocks showed investors how to use innovative techniques and fundamental analysis for valuing stocks and predicting future profit margins.

You'll gain valuable insight into Fisher's original thinkin for valuing stocks and predicting future profit margins. A pioneer in the use of the Price Sales Ratio-a powerful analytical tool-Fisher regales readers with instructive tales of the businesses he invested in and profited from.

Super Stocks gives a historical perspective on how Fisher successfully researched companies and stocks—who he saw and what he asked—to get a better read on profitable returns.

“As rich in investment war stories as it is in knowledge.”-The Motley Fool

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All About Stocks, 3E

All About Stocks, 3E
By Esme E. Faerber


Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 340
Publication Date: 2007-09-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071494553
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071494557
Binding: Paperback


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How to buy, what to hold, and when to sell- the guide to getting started in stocks and managing your portfolio!

Want to become a more accomplished investor? All About Stocks is packed with the practical, hands-on guidance you need to choose your investments wisely, minimize your risk, and enter today's market with confidence-no matter your level of experience.

Providing concise, clear answers to your most pressing stock-market questions, this thoroughly revised edition has been updated to address such timely issues as the role of exchange-traded funds, global investing, risk-adjusted returns, and the most effective ways to conduct online research and trading.


All About Stocks explains in easy-to-understand language:
What stocks are, and why you should own them
How to use the Internet to develop buying and selling strategies
How fundamental and technical analysis can help you find undervalued stocks
What mutual funds are, how they work, and which are right for you
How stocks fit within the asset allocation framework
Simple strategies for assembling a high-growth, low-risk, diversified portfolio
Trades to increase your safety during turbulent markets


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Everything an investor needs to know about stocks -- from trading on the Internet to exploring mutual funds to learning how to buy a stock--and knowing when it's time to sell.

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Learning the Ropes

Learning the Ropes (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055203
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055203
Binding: Hardcover

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Professional Ethics and Etiquette

Professional Ethics and Etiquette (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File, J. G. Publishing Company Furguson


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055238
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055234
Binding: Hardcover

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Research and Information Management

Research and Information Management (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055181
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055180
Binding: Hardcover

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Communication Skills

Communication Skills (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055173
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055173
Binding: Hardcover

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Organization Skills

Organization Skills (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055211
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055210
Binding: Hardcover

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Teamwork Skills

Teamwork Skills (Career Skills Library)
By Facts on File


Publisher: Ferguson Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2004-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055246
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055241
Binding: Hardcover

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