Tijuana Dreaming is an unprecedented introduction to the arts, culture, politics, and economics of contemporary Tijuana, featuring selections by prominent scholars, journalists, bloggers, novelists, poets, curators, and photographers from Tijuana and greater Mexico.
Personal and Wireless Communications: Digital Technology and Standards is devoted to providing a concise explanation of the newly emerging wireless access standards for Personal Communications Services (PCS). PCS is a new concept which will expand the horizon of wireless communications beyond the limitations of current cellular systems to provide end users with the ability to communicate `with anyone, anywhere, anytime'.
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Inhaltlich unveränderte Neuauflage. Über Gewalt wurde immer schon viel diskutiert, sowohl als gesellschaftliches Phänomen als auch als Motiv der Literatur. Folgt man den verschiedenen Gewaltdiskursen wird schnell deutlich, dass in der Diskussion traditionell implizit oder explizit beinahe immer Gewalt als "männlich" definiert wurde. Dies führte dazu, dass Frauen als Subjekt der Gewalt lange kaum wahrgenommen wurden und dass Frauen als Autorin...
From the author of "The Locklear Letters", this is an irreverent and hilarious story collection about the lives we lead. And the lives we wish we led. In tales filled with off-beat characters, we meet the proud winner of an inter-office e-mail contest, a mysterious, one-armed, Texaco attendant with a penchant for reading car manuals, and, in the title story, a misguided autobiographer with a tendency toward fabrication. With a voice that is bo...
This is a farcical look at celebrity worship in today's society through the eyes of Sid Straw, an affable, if not boring, software salesman who tries to rekindle an acquaintanceship with his former college classmate turned Hollywood star, Heather Locklear. His innocent letter requesting an auto-graphed picture begins a bizarre series of events that eventually costs him his job, foils his romantic intentions toward a co-worker, drains his finan...
Young Baltimore attorney Hamilton "Ham" Ashe is a man torn between fact and friendship. His neighbour, pal, and client, Sam Shoogey is a former war hero, college football star, professional boxer, and novelist. Or is he? What Hamilton does know is that he is inexplicably drawn to the charming and gregarious raconteur who makes his life hell -- but at least worth living. Representing Shoogey in a nasty divorce case, Ham allows himself to be suc...
After twenty years of marriage, Mary Jude has had enough of Benjamin. "A thousand Benjamins couldn't make me happy", she says. Lost in the monotony of a daily life and the undertow of memories, Benjamin meets Kim, a woman eighteen years his junior who bears a sadness in her green eyes that is connected to a scar that runs from the base of her throat to her ribs. Slowly, Benjamin and Kim, who for entirely different reasons believe themselves be...
Since the multidimensional knapsack problems are NP-hard problems, the exact solutions of knapsack problems often need excessive computing time and storage space. Thus, heuristic approaches are more practical for multidimensional knapsack problems as problems get large. This thesis presents the results of an empirical study of the performance of heuristic solution procedures based on the coefficients correlation structures and constraint slack...
Selection has been a characteristic of humanity since prehistoric times, it can be spotted during the history thereof by the works of literature. In myths, legends, heroes appeared to be better, more suitable for doing some kinds of tasks (heroic deeds) based on certain abilities of them. In football: the development pace of children is well known in the field of their physical abilities, technical levels, however, the examination of the devel...
This exceptional volume of oral history contains exciting new information about Stalin's actual and political 'family', the political Mafia and the clans around him. The author has interviewed key politicians who survived the Stalin era. Kun's special expertise and his access to archival sources in Russia have resulted in a work revealing jealously guarded secrets. In addition to the interviews and hitherto unpublished correspondence between S...
Outlines Hungarian foreign policy since the end of Communism and the formation of the country's democratic coalition. Following a historical review, Kun discusses the 1990 elections and describes how the new foreign policy is West-orientated and aims to protect expatriate minorities.
This six-session Scripture guide will help reader's explore the surprising--and often challenging--dimensions of six of Jesus' parables. Each Chapter includes the full Scripture text of the parable, a short commentary, and questions that will help readers to deepen their understanding of the story and reflect on its meaning for their own lives. Short "In the Spotlight" sections supplement the commentary with fascinating historical details, exp...
Follow in the footsteps of the first disciple of Jesus -- his mother, Mary. As readers take this pilgrimage of faith, their own faith will deepen along the way! This unique book focuses on ten important gospel scenes in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from her fiat at the Annunciation to her presence in the upper room at Pentecost. Each chapter includes a poetic meditation, the Scripture passage to be studied, a series of questions for de...
Excerpt from Revolutionary Essays
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The third in the popular Keys to the Bible series from The Word Among Us, Food from Heaven will help readers navigate through the Bible to understand and appreciate the foundation of eucharistic worship. Among the texts studied are Old Testament realities that anticipate the Eucharistthe manna in the desert and the sealing of the Mosaic covenant with a blood sacrificealong with gospel accounts of Jesus bread of life discourse, the Last Supper,...
