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Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering book demonstrates the ways in which inquiry into the seasons reveals new and illuminating perspectives for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism. The Seasons opens up new avenues for research in...

The 1950s marked a transformative period in postwar American history. In baseball, one dynasty was the story during the decade. The New York Yankees played in eight World Series from 1950 to 1959, winning six of them. Yankees icon Joe DiMaggio retired following the 1951 season, but a new super star, Mickey Mantle, took over in Yankee Stadium's center field in 1952. Mantle, the powerful switch-hitter who blasted tape-measure home runs and was o...

The history of prices is the history of change", writes David Hackett Fischer in this broad sweep of western history from the middle ages to our own time. His primary sources are price records, which are more abundant for the study of historical change than any other type of quantifiable data. Fischer uses these materials to frame a narrative of price-movements in western history from the eleventh century to the present. He finds that prices t...

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Safeguards play a key role in verifying the effectiveness of restraints on the spread of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1985, this book is a study of the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an important element of the non-proliferation regime.

Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. Yet Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let it die. This dramatic and colorful narrative of a pivotal moment in American history--George Washington crossing the Delaware--is "highly realistic and wonderfully readable" ("The New York Times Book Review").

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Baseball is a special American sport. At the highest professional level, it is a display of athletic prowess and grace. Over the many decades young men have attempted to master its complexities and nuances to the best of their abilities. Thousands have enjoyed the sport at its many levels. One of those is at the adult amateur level, also frequently referred to as semi-pro baseball. In a bygone era small towns across the country had their local...

This seminal two-volume set contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in research. While the first volume focuses on measures for use with couples, families, and children, the second volume focuses on measures for use with adults whose conditions of concerns are not focused on family relationships or couple relationships. Both include ...

This seminal two-volume set contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in research. Focusing on measures for use with adults whose conditions of concerns are not focused on family relationships or couple relationships, this second volume includes an introduction to the basic priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of ...

This seminal two-volume set contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in research. Focusing on measures for use with couples, families, and children, this first volume includes an introduction to the basic priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of measures, and an overview of Rapid Assessment Instruments.

Ein Tierleben könnte kaum schöner sein als bei der alten Lisette daheim, in ihrem Häuschen am Waldrand. Und deshalb legen sich die Tiere richtig ins Zeug, um ein schönes Geburtstagsfest vorzubereiten. Am Abend glänzt und funkelt die lange Tafel. Das größte Geschenk kommt aber noch: Man präsentiert Lisette einen Korb mit neugeborenen Katzenjungen. Unter ihnen das knopfäugige Kätzchen Pitschi. Dieser Schweizer Bilderbuchklassiker ist nun erstm...

Author David Fischer celebrates Tom Brady's unparalleled football career with passionate and vivid prose, supreme photographic images, call-out quotes, and boxed features. In addition, dozens of personal anecdotes and recollections about Brady from prominent members of the Patriots organization and the NFL community enhance the nostalgic experience.

Bücher zählen bis heute zu den wichtigsten kulturellen Errungenschaften der Menschheit. Ihre Erfindung war mit der Einführung des Buchdrucks ähnlich bedeutsam wie des Internets: Erstmals wurde eine massenweise Weitergabe von Informationen möglich. Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung, aber auch die Unterhaltung wurde auf neuartige, technisch wie inhaltlich revolutionäre Basis gestellt. Bücher verändern die Gesellschaft bei heute.Die technischen Mö...

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Manchmal, wenn man an nichts denkt und gar nichts will, passieren Dinge. Sie können Ihren persönlichen Selbstwert noch heute, in dieser Stunde aktivieren - wenn Sie es nur wirklich wollen. Wenn Sie es nach der Lektüre dieses Buchs nicht schaffen, wollen Sie es wahrscheinlich nicht richtig. Dann kann ich Ihnen auch nicht helfen. Wenn Sie es hingegen wollen, dann wird es Ihnen nach der Geschichte vom Kaffee am Arsch der Welt sehr viel besser g...

The collapse of the former socialist states has led to the transformation of their political, economic and social systems as well as a major change in international orientations. In this context, new economic and political elites of the former state socialist societies have emerged. How they have emerged from state socialism is a major component of this book which has two major themes. First, we consider the recruitment patterns of the new eli...

Key economists for the government and for the Microsoft Corporation lay out their views on the key issues and then respond to the views presented by the opposing side.

Excerpt from Italien und die Italiener: Betrachtungen und Studien Über die Politischen, Wirthschaftlichen und Sozialen Zustande ItaliensSbei ber 9j2annicbfaltigfeit, welche ber 8uhalt ber ®aritellung tmbbem aufmeift, mirb eß icblnerlicb auäbleiben, hai, ber geneigte 8eier uber eine aber bie anbete ber im 2311ebe berührten 9jzaterien grünblicber unterrichtet ift al? ber 23erfafier. @benio bin id) barauf gefaßt, manchem qbiberipnub gegen hie ?iu...

Excerpt from Italien und die Italiener: Betrachtungen und Studien Über die Politischen, Wirthschaftlichen und Sozialen Zustande ItaliensSbei ber 9j2annicbfaltigfeit, welche ber 8uhalt ber ®aritellung tmbbem aufmeift, mirb eß icblnerlicb auäbleiben, hai, ber geneigte 8eier uber eine aber bie anbete ber im 2311ebe berührten 9jzaterien grünblicber unterrichtet ift al? ber 23erfafier. @benio bin id) barauf gefaßt, manchem qbiberipnub gegen hie ?iu...