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Das vorliegende Buch befa~t sich mit der korrekten Messung individueller Wohlfahrts{nderungen, wie sie sich in der Folge staatlicher Steuerprojekte, einstellen. Hierbei werden die wichtigsten in der Literatur diskutierten Wohlfahrtsma~e vorgestellt und anhand entsprechender Kriterien im Hinblick auf ihre wohlfahrtstheoretische Zuverl{ssigkeit gepr}ft. Neben den "klassischen" Ma~en von Marshall/Dupuit und Hicks sowie den sogenannten "mon...

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* Inside account of the Bosnian war by one of the major players* Also features entertaining and waspish observations of friends and enemies

Investigative journalist and some-time spy Frank Delaney finds himself on assignment for a magazine, covering the aftermath of the tsunami in Phuket, Thailand. He gets pulled into a bizarre situation--why is someone trying to prevent the identification of one of the victims? What can Frank, along with the world's foremast expert in fingerprints, do about it? To what lengths will someone go to stop them?

The second Frank Delaney thriller finds the investigative journalist and sometime spy in London, then Thailand and Burma, where evidence points to an elaborate plot to destabilize the Burmese military regime. Untangling that plot thrusts Delaney directly into the line of fire between the generals at the head of Burma's all-powerful junta and those who would use any means to see them overthrown.

Michael Rose is one of the hottest new thriller writers around. A natural storyteller, the Canadian journalist, broadcaster and foreign correspondent draws on years of experience in exotic locations around the world for his gripping stories and characters. The first novel in his Frank Delaney series, The Mazovia Legacy, won critical acclaim and plenty of fans.

Michael Rose exposes a grim reality: Iraqi insurgents have adoptedthe same guerrilla warfare tactics used during the American Revolution.

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In this eye-opening book, a grim truth is revealed about the ongoing war between the U.S. and Iraq: while the U.S. forces are trained for conventional warfare, Iraqi insurgents have adopted the same guerilla tactics used in the American Revolution.

Michael Rose investigates the nature of literacy and how it relates to child development, and examines what really works in preparing for and teaching literacy.

How Catholic churches are being sapped of their spiritual vitality and what you can do about it The problem with new-style churches isn't just that they're ugly they actually distort the Faith and lead Catholics away from Catholicism. So argues Michel S. Rose in these eye-opening pages, which banish forever the notion that lovers of traditional-style churches are motivated simply by taste or nostalgia. In terms that non-architects can understa...

The contemporary deserts of Arabia form some of the most dramatic arid landscapes in the world, yet, during many times in the past, the region was well-watered, containing evidence for rivers and lakes. Climatic fluctuations through time must have had a profound effect on human population that lived and passed through the region. In this book, paleoenvironmental specialists, archaeologists and geneticists are brought together to provide a comp...

Whether it's a song by Brahms or by the Boss, a serenade by Mozart or a ballet by John Harbison, music radiates a diverse spectrum of meaningful signs, hidden in plain hearing. To enjoy the interplay of musical signs, it helps to recognize them in the first place. The various iconographic strategies of Audible Signs including commentary on graphic works, books, poems, and film yield new appreciations and critiques of composers of vastly diverg...

Love's Work is at once a memoir and a work of philosophy. Written by the English philosopher Gillian Rose as she was dying of cancer, it is a book about both the fallibility and the endurance of love, love that becomes real and lasting through an ongoing reckoning with its own limitations. Rose looks back on her childhood, the complications of her parents' divorce and her dyslexia, and her deep and divided feelings about what it means to be Je...

This classic spy thriller combines fascinating history, deft storytelling, and psychological depth.