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Haunted by the spectre of the Beats and the Boomers, the Hippies and the Punks, today's twentysomethings are desperate for anything that gives them a generational self-image.This waggishly ironic book takes a riotous jab at the Generation X/twentysomething phenomenon and examines various aspects of their pop culture, including music, literature, and politics.

A thrilling account of the 1968 presidential election and its impact on the next four decades of American politics

Cohen can help readers lose negative attitudes so that they can fully accept themselves, plan for the future, and start to move forward in life.

Playing hockey on the pond is something that all professional and even most amateur hockey players have experienced. Ever since the NHL brought this outdoor game to the U.S. in 2008, NHL fans have been flocking to these games in record numbers. Coming this fall via Motivational Press, authors Russ Cohen and Michael del Tufo will take readers behind the scenes for each and every game that has taken place and even the next game in Michigan.

This monograph outlines how the risk based approaches to supervision and regulation of insurance companies and pension funds being used in developed economies can be adapted for use in emerging markets. It discusses the impediments to implementation of risk based supervision and offers a practical but powerful approach to assist governments and government agencies charged with ensuring the solvency of financial institutions to fulfill their ma...

Synopsis: Baptists worldwide recently celebrated 400 years of history and witness. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the "Beyond 400" conference held in Perth, Western Australia, as part of these celebrations. Contributors have written from a broad range of perspectives reflecting biblically and theologically on the thinking and practice of Baptists in the past and present. These reflections form a basis for exploring how Bap...

Cuando en 1968 vimos el primer Newspad, en la película 2001: Una odisea del espacio, nadie podía imaginar que 42 años más tarde, la imaginación de Stanley Kubrick se haría realidad gracias a Apple. El iPad es hoy el más popular de los dispositivos. Con su pantalla grande, táctil y refinada, sus cámaras frontales y trasera y la amplia colección de aplicaciones, es perfecto para trabajar, leer libros, realizar presupuestos, enviar y recibir e-ma...

This volume is a selection of papers from the 19th annual 'Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics' Conference. Topics covered include journalism ethics, organ donation, as well as an essay drawn from Daniel Wueste's keynote address on the conditions and implications of trust for the professions.

Solomon Schechter (1847-1915), the charismatic leader of New York's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), came to America in 1902 intent on revitalizing traditional Judaism. While he advocated a return to traditional practices, Schechter articulated no clear position on divisive issues, instead preferring to focus on similarities that could unite American Jewry under a broad message. Michael R. Cohen demonstrates how Schechter, unable to implemen...

Throughout the years, scores of players have polished their skills in Broome County with the Crickets, the Bingos, the Triplets, and today's Binghamton Mets. Professional baseball began in the area in 1871, and the highlights came quickly. The early stars included an eighteen-year-old future Hall of Famer, Montgomery Ward, the first known black player in professional baseball, Bud Fowler, and Hall of Famer "Wee Willie" Keeler. By 1923, the Tri...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Your full-color iPhone go-to guideGet started enjoying your iPhone's powerful, versatile features quickly and easily! Loaded with crisp, full-color screenshots, this practical, visual guide focuses on the best ways to maximize your iPhone's capabilities. Set ...

The Broome Dusters played their first home game at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on October 18, 1973. The game was symbolic of what was to come. Down 6-0, they fought back only to lose 8-7. Their fan support followed a similar pattern, lukewarm at first and then ferociously loyal. Hockey became a passion for local fans and has continued to be so to this day. When the Dusters disbanded, they were followed by the Whalers, Rangers, B....

Throughout the years, scores of players have polished their skills in Broome County with the Crickets, the Bingos, the Triplets, and today's Binghamton Mets. Professional baseball began in the area in 1871, and the highlights came quickly. The early stars included an eighteen-year-old future Hall of Famer, Montgomery Ward, the first known black player in professional baseball, Bud Fowler, and Hall of Famer "Wee Willie" Keeler.By 1923, the Trip...

While there are books that review lacrimal system disorders and surgery as a section of comprehensive oculoplastic textbooks, The Lacrimal System: Diagnosis, Management and Surgery solely addresses Lacrimology in one concise, practical volume. Building off of the success of the first edition, this text includes significantly updated information, new authors from around the world as well as new chapters that are complete with high quality image...

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This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, cover procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras. The essays offer substantial evidence of legal practice in Crete and Egypt, as well as the intersection of law with...

This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, deal with procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and...

The articles collected in this volume largely arose from two related meetings held last spring. The first was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 11-12, 1997 and was titled Nuevos Avances en el Fenómeno de Isquemia y Reperfusión (New Advances in the Phenomenon of Ischemia and Reperfusion). The second meeting took place in Stará Lesná located in the High Tatras Mountains of the Slovak Republic on June 27-30, 1997. Both meetings were sp...

The culmination of three decades of work by Michigan Natural Features Inventory ecologists, this essential guidebook to the natural communities of Michigan introduces the diverse terrain of a unique state. Small enough to carry in a backpack, this field guide provides a system for dividing the complex natural landscape of Michigan into easily understood and describable components called natural communities. Providing a new way to explore Michi...

When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, causing persistent social and economic detriment in many countries. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and Responses is an examination of the impacts and responses in the diverse Latin American region through the lens of three countries: Mexico, Br...