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An outspoken and ardent advocate for openness in adoption, James Gritter writes of the need for members of the adoption triad to emphasize services that benefit adoptees first and foremost. Gritter guides the reader along a spiritual journey that explores the candour, commitment, community, and cooperation that defines successful open adoptions.

This annual volume from Brown and the Worldwatch Institute concisely presents the good news, the bad news, and some surprises about the health of our planet and civilization. Worldwatch's award-winning researchers have culled information from around the globe to come up with key indicators that best track change in the environmental, economic, and social health of the world. Graphs & tables.

In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew members aboard. "Drifting down on swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times ...

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This work presents a process model that answers the questions what is public opinion and how can we best study it? The volume will be of interest to social scientists, politicians, political scientists, political journalists, and social philosophers.

Prayer From Alexander To Constantine presents a diverse selection of prayer chosen by over 40 different historians, all specialists in their respective areas of Graeco-Roman literature. This collaboration gives the book a range and depth that no individual author could hope to rival.Each selection includes an introductory essay, followed by a new English translation of the prayer, accompanied by critical notes and biography. In this way the re...

Designed as an answer to the question of the inclusiveness of the popular culture, this book argues that the values of popular music, media, politics, debates over social issues, and international trade have become everyday propaganda to which everyone relates in some way.

This is a book written especially for fathers who have sons with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and don't know how to interact with them. Voices from Fatherhood is unique in focusing on fathers' concerns in parenting their ADHD sons. It offers fathers support and encouragement and specific management techniques. In summary, this is a book that everyone-fathers, mothers, educators, and mental health professionals-will find useful in h...

This is a comprehensive guide to successful technical services workstations (TSW) for cataloguing and authority control. Taking the perspective of the cataloguer, each key issue in strategy and implementation is thoroughly discussed.

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In the beginning, it was a hog farm. A cow pasture. A trash dump and it was located so far south -- 50 city blocks -- that downtown Kansas City merchants would not deliver goods to the area. In the mind's eye of young real-estate visionary Jesse Clyde Nichols, this eyesore sprawl was perfect for his master plan for a grand Country Club district.

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Its a combination of academic studies, policy analysis & corporate strategic thinking about the future of the telecommunications industry. Its for policy makers, academic researchers, & corporate managers regarding the impact of wireless access.

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Designed as an answer to the question of the inclusiveness of the popular culture, this book argues that the values of popular music, media, politics, debates over social issues, and international trade have become everyday propaganda to which everyone relates in some way.

Acknowledging that advertisements are complex phenomena that require detailed investigation, this book explores the multidimensional nature of advertising's diverse effects from both academic and applied perspectives. It also addresses the problems and limitations of advertising.

On 6 June the greatest landing force ever assembled began the Allied Liberation of France and Europe.