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The struggle to write with deep emotion is the subject of this extraordinary book, the previously unpublished credo of one of America's greatest 20th-century writers."You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich, " writes Nelson Algren in his only longer work of nonfiction, adding: "A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as i...

Remembering Anna O. offers a devastating examination of the very foundations of psychanalytic theory and practice, which was born with an essay on the case of Anna O., a young woman afflicted with a severe hysteria. Borch-Jacobsen maintains that the cure of Anna O. is a myth and suggests that her symptoms were simulated to meet her doctor's expectations. This book reads like a scholarly thriller and has already created a sensation in France.

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Die Reihe Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (MTNF) setzt seit mehreren Jahrzehnten die Agenda in der sich stetig verändernden Nietzsche-Forschung. Die Bände sind interdisziplinär und international ausgerichtet und spiegeln das gesamte Spektrum der Nietzsche-Forschung wider, von der Philosophie über die Literaturwissenschaft bis zur politischen Theorie. Die Reihe veröffentlicht Monographien und Sammelbände, die einem strengen Peer-...

Recent advances in both experimental techniques and theoretical methodologies have meant that increasingly sophisticated studies concerning the formation, structures, energetics and reaction dynamics of state- or energy-selected molecular ions can now be performed. In order to better serve the ion chemistry and physics community, each volume of this series is dedicated to reviewing a specific topic, emphasizing new experimental and theoretical...

Aims to present an entirely fresh picture of Charles I and his annexation of power. Sharpe analyzes the personality, principles, and policies of a monarch who, after summoning more parliaments in his first year of rule than his predecessors had for a century, determined to govern without them.

The Implementation Challenge coversA framework for implementationEvaluating a business planChange ManagementThe managerial dimension of small business failureTranslating business strategies into actionThe culture change processThe corporate cultureEnterprise and mission statementsSearching for the spirit of enterpriseCommunication stylesBusiness and management training needsBusiness-driven competency assessmentCase studies include Xerox, Timex...

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Schaltverhalten...................................... 41 3.2.3 Thyristordaten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.4 Thyristorarten....................................... 44 3.2.4.1 Zweirichtungs-Thyristortriode (TRIAC) .......... 45 3.2.4.2 Asymmetrisch sperrender Thyristor (ASCR) . . . . . . . 47 3.2.4.3 RUckwiirtsleitender Thyristor (RLT). . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . 3.2.4.4 Gate-Assisted-Tur...

Tense Past" provides a much needed appraisal and contextualization of the upsurge of interest in questions of memory and trauma evident in multiple personality and post-traumatic stress disorders, child abuse, and commemoration of the Holocaust. Contributors examine the historical origins of memory in psychiatric discourse and show its connection to broader developments in Western science and medicine. They address the new links between trauma...

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The founding president of the International Association of Geomorphologists, Denys Brunsden, outlines in the opening chapter ten responsibilities for geomorphologists in todays world. In the "Great Debate" which follows, a distinguished international panel (Baker, USA, Bremer, Germany, Slaymaker, Canada, Tricart, France, Twidale, Australia, Yatsu, Japan, and Brunsden himself) debate the ten principles of geomorphology propounded by Brunsden in...

Air pollution poses a serious threat to human health and the environment worldwide. It contributes significantly to regional and global atmospheric issues such as global warming, acidification and depletion of the ozone layer. It affects every living thing, including all kinds of vegetation on which we depend for our survival. Although several works have appeared on air pollution, few, are able to provide the broad background that encompasses ...

Front and center, America! Here comes action! Here comes adventure! Here comes The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — a roller-coaster ride through the minds of Geof Darrow and Frank Miller, the tag team that set you reeling with their hard-hitting series, Hard Boiled! Everything you remember about being eight years old and watching monster movies is right here, but with all the magnified detail that you always wanted to see. Geof Darrow was aw...

Daily, we all face opportunities to convey difficult messages to peers, bosses and employees from news about sales shortfalls to discussions of sexual harassment. This work provides advice on the principles, strategies and skills for becoming an effective and courageous messenger at work.

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian Shapiro assess rational choice theory where it is reputed to be most successful: the study of collective action, the behavior of political parties and politicians, and such phenomena as voting cycles and Prisoner's Dilemmas. In their hard-hitting critique, ...

In this volume Conacher provides a detailed running commentary on the three earlier plays (The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, and The Suppliants), as well as an analysis of their themes, structure and dramatic techniques and devices.

Raman spectroscopy is now well established as one of the most versatile techniques for the chemical analysis of molecular species. Major advances have been made in a number of areas in the field in recent years which enable the researcher and practising analytical scientist to solve the complex chemical problems of today. The ten chapters in Modern Techniques in Raman Spectroscopy cover some of the most exciting fields of research in modern Ra...

Seismology is an important branch of earth science and geophysics, providing most of our knowledge of the structure of the Earth and is used in investigations of the sub-surface, being essential in the modern exploration for oil and gas, an area In which most seismotegists are employed. The study of earthquakes is a fascinating subject both for the professional and the fayperson, and has increasing importance as populations expand and spread. ...