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Sheldon Kamieniecki is Vice Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Public Representation in Environmental Policymaking, the co-author of Environmental Regulation through Strategic Planning, and the co-editor of Controversies in Environmental Policy.

Born in 1913 in Collinsville, Illinois, Cecil Reed has lived all of his life in the Midwest as a black man among whites. This self-styled fly in the buttermilk worked among whites with such skill and grace that they were barely aware of his existence - unless he wanted to get a bank loan or move into their neighborhood. Now, in his lively and optimistic autobiography, he speaks of his resilience throughout a life spent working peacefully but p...

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Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition takes to a new level the pioneering work in artificial neural networks by Stephen Grossberg and his colleagues. In a simple and accessible way it extends embedding field theory into areas of machine intelligence that have not been clearly dealt with before. Following a tutorial of existing neural networks for pattern classification, Nigrin expands on these networks to present fundamentally new architectu...

The Rape of the Text" deconstructs the history of criticism for "An Essay on Man" to account for and to reverse over two hundred years of deformation and trivialization of Pope's text by literary critics, philosophers, and historians of ideas.

The first volume in the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, Aesthetics presents an up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of art. Aimed at readers with no or little prior knowledge of aesthetics, it provides a provocative and lively exploration that captures the excitement and passion of art itself.

Describes the T-72, the first high-quality Soviet main battle tank which provided the backbone of the Warsaw Pact armies and also equipped Saddam Hussein's Republican Guards. A detailed double page full cutaway is included.

Das um 1330 entstandene Werk von Yoshido-no Kaneoshi, genannt Kenko, liegt hier erstmals in vollständiger deutscher Übersetzung vor, reich illustriert mit Holzschnitten aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. In 243 Abschnitten bietet das Buch - in Form vergnüglicher Plauderei, abgeklärten Bekenntnisses oder heiterer Belehrung - Beobachtungen und Anekdoten, Aphorismen und Reflexionen. 'Ein vor rund 650 Jahren entstandener Text, der sich stellenweise so liest...

Anyone with an interest in this icon of our law and public policy should not miss this excellent book". -- Washington Post Book World.

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Revolutionary War General Thomas Posey (1750-1818) lived his life through one of the most dramatic periods in American history. An advocate of the Revolutionary cause, Posey's military career was highlighted by his participation in the seizure of the fort at Stony Point in 1779 and his role in the defeat of British generals "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne and Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Following the colonial victory in 1...

Esta obra contiene la edición fiel y completa de los textos hebreos y arameos no bíblicos encontrados en las distintas cuevas de Qumrán. Están incluidos no sólo todos los textos ya publicados previamente, sino también los más importantes de los manuscritos aún inéditos. Se trata, además, de la primera traducción al español de esos textos, hecha directamente desde los originales. La obra ofrece los textos agrupados temáticamente, de acuerdo a l...

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The helplessness often felt by families involved with drinkers is frequently shared by professionals and by the drinkers themselves. This book uses these parallel experiences to build a resource that provides an understanding of why people may drink to excess, and combines this with illustrations of ways of dealing with problems linked to drinking.

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A black community gathers to share stories in this lyrical, multi-generational picture book from Sandra Belton and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper.Miss Ida's porch is a place where adults recall their past and where the youngsters love to listen in. On one perfect night, tales are told about two great African American performers: Duke Ellington, who stayed at Mrs. Lomax'​s house when he was shut out of whites-only hot...

A joyfully retold and vibrantly illustrated story about the origin of the constellations, based on a Wasco Indian legend.One evening, crafty Coyote climbs the moon to discover the secrets of the heavens. Instead, he finds a way to make the most wonderful pictures for all the world to see. The next night, the other animals of the canyon look up to the sky, where they see a big surprise!

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Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker is available in print, and now also online as part of the online reference work Jacoby Online. Please click here for more details.