An introduction to the Bowen Family Systems Theory and its applications both to church life and to the role of leadership in creating a healthier church, this book explains the complexities of congregational emotional life in understandable language.
How are Baptists distinctive as a Christian denomination? Canadian Baptists, confronted with the question of discovering a common identity from the welter of strands of influence that make up their heritage, may infer several answers from the essays in Memory and Hope. Focussing on Baptist history in central and western Canada, Memory and Hope discusses individuals, institutions and issues that have stirred Baptists in North America for two ce...
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession.
The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a gr...
Arguably the greatest novelist yet to emerge from the United States, William Faulkner was a white Southerner creatively obsessed with problems of personal identity, social change, region, sexuality, race, and that elaborate circuitry of passion and power, the family.
Die Prinz-Albert-Gesellschaft hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die britisch-deutschen Beziehungen in Wissenschaft, Kultur und Politik zu pflegen. Alljährlich finden unter dieser Prämisse Tagungen statt, deren Beiträge in den Prinz-Albert-Studien veröffentlicht werden und die viele interessante Aspekte der britisch-deutschen Beziehungen verdeutlichen.
ungen verdeutlichen.
Lilly, the indomitable mouse-child of Chester's Way and Julius, the Baby of the World, is back! Young readers will cheer loud and long for Lilly's return and for Kevin Henkes at his hilarious, tender best. Full-color illustrations.
Young listeners will love guessing, counting and choosing--in both English and Spanish. "Fiesta!" is a lively, festive collaboration, and a wonderful first lesson in either language. Full-color illustrations.
Molecular biology and genetics techniques now dominate viral research in attempts to cure diseases such as AIDS. Viral Genome Methods is a practical guide to the newest molecular techniques, providing step-by-step protocols to be used in the laboratory. Recognized authorities and pioneers in viral research pass on their expertise to you.
This is a comprehensive resource aimed at students, teachers and researchers of social psychology who want know more about a particular phenomenon, concept or theory. Every key topic is addressed by internationally recognized authorities.
From the first, it was an adventure. In 1971, at age twenty-five, Galdikas left the placid world of American academia for the remote jungles of Indonesian Borneo. Living with her husband in a primitive camp, she became surrogate mother to a "family" of ex-captive orangutans - and gradually adjusted to the blood-sucking leeches, swarms of carnivorous insects, and constant humidity that rotted her belongings in the first year. Her first son spen...
This edition brings together esaays on democracy, covering a wide range of conceptual, historical, institutional, and policy issues. It addresses the question of civil society, which has become a central focus of popular as well as scholarly concern in both new and established democracies. Included here is Robert D. Putnam's article "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital". The problems confronting democratic governments and movemen...
The purpose of the preface is to explain the book's objectives and how to use it, give warnings, disclaimers, and the like.* The main objective of Protein and Peptide Analysis by Mass Spec trometry is quite straightforward-to present authoritative, up-to-date, and practical accounts of the use of mass spectrometry in the analysis of pep tides and proteins. How to use it? Every reader will have their own particular interests and will surely b...
